Maier: 217 books
The 100
Insights and lessons from 100 of the greatest speakers and speeches ever delivered
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2011
What are the greatest speeches of all time? Who are the greatest communicators and orators and what made them so successful? And, significantly, what lessons can you learn from the world’s greatest influencers and communicators? This book individually profiles 100 powerful speakers and analyses the...
by Katharina Maier
Language: German
Release Date: February 18, 2007
Language: German
Release Date: February 18, 2007
Schriftsteller und Dichter prägen unsere Kultur, unser Denken, unser Reden, unser Sein. Die Namen bedeutender Poeten führt jeder im Mund. Aber wer genau war Charles Baudelaire? Warum ist Mary Shelleys Frankenstein zu einem modernen Mythos geworden? Was hat Dantegeschrieben? Und was machte William Shakespeare...
Die großen Literaten der Welt
Amerika und Asien
Language: German
Release Date: October 18, 2007
Osten und Westen haben den Europäer seit jeher gleichermaßen fasziniert. Und wodurch lässt sich eine Kultur besser verstehen als durch die Werke ihrer großen Dichter und Schriftsteller? Das vorliegende Buch möchte schlaglichtartig sowohl die amerikanische als auch die uns bei weitem ferner liegende...
by Paul L. Maier
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Harvard Professor Jonathan Weber is finally enjoying a season of peace when a shocking discovery thrusts him into the national spotlight once again. While touring monasteries in Greece, Jon and his wife Shannon—a seasoned archaeologist—uncover an ancient biblical manuscript containing the lost...
by Paul L. Maier
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
When an ancient skeleton is discovered in Israel, will it shed new light on the life of Jesus or plunge the world into chaos?
Dr. Jonathan Weber, Harvard professor and biblical scholar, is looking forward to his sabbatical year on an archaeological dig in Israel. But a spectacular find that...
by Paul L. Maier
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
A man claiming to be Jesus is in Rome. Is it the beginning of the end?
Joshua Ben-Yosef attracts a huge following. He was born in Nazareth to parents name Mary and Joseph and speaks more than a dozen languages—fluently and without accent. His words ripple with wisdom and authority. And the...
Evaluation and Translation
Special Issue of "The Translator"
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
The definition of value or quality with respect to work in translation has historically been a particularly vexed issue. Today, however, the growing demand for translations in such fields as technology and business and the increased scrutiny of translators' work by scholars in many disciplines is...
by Brenda Maier
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
**A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
* "The Little Red Hen gets an appealing girl-power update...Young makers of all genders will be inspired." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review**
Ruby's mind is always full of ideas.
One day,...
Polypropylene
The Definitive User's Guide and Databook
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1998
Polypropylene: The Definitive User's Guide and Databook presents in a single volume a panoramic and up-to-the-minute user's guide for today's most important thermoplastic. The book examines every aspectùscience, technology, engineering, properties, design, processing, applicationsùof the continuing...
The Data Game
Controversies in Social Science Statistics
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This book introduces students to the collection, uses, and interpretation of statistical data in the social sciences. It would suit all social science introductory statistics and research methods courses. Separate chapters are devoted to data in the fields of demography, housing, health, education,...
The Open Gate of Mercy
Stories from Bangkok’s Klong Toey slum
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
As the Parish Priest for the Catholic community living beside Bangkok’s main slaughterhouse and founder of the Human Development Foundation - Mercy Centre, Father Joe has been walking arm in arm with his brothers, sisters, aunties, uncles, grannies, and children in the city’s slums for over 40...
Designer Biology
The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems. An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems are increasingly understood and approached...
Rape, Victims, and Investigations
Experiences and Perceptions of Law Enforcement Officers Responding to Reported Rapes
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Despite changes to laws and attitudes, rape continues at epidemic levels worldwide. As gatekeepers to the criminal justice system, law enforcement officers are important to the processing of rape cases and their interactions with victims can potentially affect the victim’s reaction to and recovery...
The Diary
100 days and lessons in managing your business communications
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
What is the greatest headache faced by those involved in managing corporate and internal communications? In these times of crises and immense change, business communications has become the latest minefield for management. Ian Chappell is a communications manager who has just joined the Firm. The Diary...