Alina: 249 books

Daughter of spies For a chance at true freedom, Paulette Heardwyn needs the fortune left her by her inscrutable father. But she doesn’t know what it is, where it is, or how to find it, and the only man with answers, the Earl of Shaldon, takes his secrets to the grave. Worse, the dead earl...

Freedom! Vowing she’ll never submit to an arranged marriage, an earl’s daughter bolts for the remote seaside cottage that should be hers upon marriage. But instead of a quiet respite from her controlling family, she finds her refuge occupied by the last man she ever wants to see...

The essays in this collection make up the first study of “dropping out” of late state socialism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. From Leningrad intellectuals and Berlin squatters to Bosnian Muslim madrassa students and Romanian yogis, groups and individuals across the Eastern Bloc rejected...

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, language: English, abstract: The spectacular but controversial film 'The Birth of a Nation', written in 1915 and directed by a white supremacist D.W. Griffith, was 'hailed...

Kater "Mogli", "Coole Socke" genannt, hat sein Schnäuzchen voll und kehrt seinem Zuhause den Rücken. Er muss einige Hindernisse überwinden bis er ans Ziel kommt. Er nimmt Abschied von Lady "Nicki" und kümmert sich liebevoll um Bang-Büx "Stinki". Eine bezaubernde Geschichte zum Lesen und Vorlesen, für Kinder und junggebliebene Katzenliebhaber.

Der kleine Kater weiß nicht, wie er in den Pappkarton gekommen ist. Wo sind seine "Menschen"? Es ist Adventszeit und alles ist so friedlich, so hell und voller Lichterketten. Auf der Suche nach seinen "Menschen" kommt er auf einen Rummelplatz und steht vor dem Zelt einer Wahrsagerin....

Kater Mogli ist den Lesern schon als "Coole Socke" bekannt. Heute arrangiert er einen Schönheitswettbewerb für seine Freunde. Als Favoritin gilt die schöne "Minou". Wird sie auch heute wieder den Pokal mit nach Hause nehmen? Oder hat die süße Nicki eine Chance? Eine kleine...

Teil von "Coole Socke" sucht. In dieser Geschichte geht "Coole Socke" auf Brautschau. Sein Dosenöffner "Bella" meint, er würde vor lauter Bäumen keinen Wald sehen. Was sie damit nur meint? Auf seiner Suche lernt "Coole Socke" die Katzenladys "Süße"...

This clinical guide reviews the basics of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and presents a quartet of tested protocols for treating anxiety disorders in children and adults. Adult applications feature REBT for treating generalized anxiety disorder and a brief REBT/virtual reality immersion approach...

An impressive study that prompts the reader toward philosophical reflection on the hermeneutics of melancholy in its relation to maturing theological understanding and cultivation of a profound self-consciousness. Melancholy has been interpreted as a deadly sin or demonic temptation to non-being,...

Hardworking and intelligent, draft horses and mules provide clean-energy power for an impressive array of tasks. Bringing strength and endurance to every job, from cultivating farmland and hauling logs to giving long quiet rides through the countryside, these animals love to work. In this illustrated...

Subjects and Simulations presents essays focused on suffering and sublimity, representation and subjectivity, and the relation of truth and appearance in the twenty-first century. Inspired by the work of Jean Baudrillard, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and JeanLuc Nancy, sixteen authors study how the real...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English - Grammar, Style, Working Technique, grade: 2,3, , language: English, abstract: First, the development of adjective forms of comparison should be clarified from the old English untill nowadays to explain the shifts of comparative structures in...

Searching for the Truth Lady Sirena Hollister has lost her family, her home, and even her fey abilities, but somehow the fairies have handed her an unexpected chance at a Season in London. From her place on the fringes of high society, she resolves to find the truth about her only brother’s...