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For Claude Monet the designation ‘impressionist’ always remained a source of pride. In spite of all the things critics have written about his work, Monet continued to be a true impressionist to the end of his very long life. He was so by deep conviction, and for his Impressionism he may have sacrificed...

A book full of delicious cookie recipes to share with the family this Christmas! In this book you’ll find favorite cookies of the heroes and heroines in Ten Christmas Brides romance novel boxed set. Some are the treats our characters remember fondly from their childhoods. Others are the...

Teachers are often told that new teaching methods and materials are 'based on the latest research'. But what does this mean in practice? This book introduces you to some of the language acquisition research that will help you not just to evaluate existing materials, but also to adapt and use them in a way that fits what we currently understand about how languages are learned.

Women around the world routinely suffer from beatings, rape, torture and murder. These are not the practices of a few demented individuals, but are often institutionalized, culturally-sanctioned behaviors. Millions of women live in a constant state of isolation, terror and fear; for most, escape is...

A child is kidnapped with consequences that extend across worlds… A writer reaches into the past to discover the truth about a possible murder… Far away a young woman prepares for her mysterious future… In a future scarred by fracking and ecological collapse, Jenna Hoolman’s world is...

A daughter’s account of her father’s escape from the Nazis—and his journey back to Europe with the US Army to bring them to justice.   The scion of a Jewish merchant family, Walter Wolff fled Germany for Brussels, Belgium, when the Nazis came to power. But his new home was no refuge. On the...

Nicknamed Mr. Show Business, Sammy Davis Jr. was a consummate performer who sang, danced, and acted on film, television, radio, and the stage for over six decades. In this uniquely intimate volume, the entertainment legend's story comes to life through rare family photos and a compelling narrative...

Two missing girls. Thirteen years apart. An intense psychological thriller for readers of I Am Watching You, The Luckiest Girl Alive, and All the Missing Girls. Olivia Shaw has been missing since last Tuesday. She was last seen outside the entrance of her elementary school in Hunts Point...

A history of coffee from the sixth century to Starbucks that’s “good to the last sentence” (Las Cruces Sun News). One of Library Journal’s “Best Business Books” This updated edition of The Coffee Book is jammed full of facts, figures, cartoons, and commentary covering coffee...

In Between Slavery and Freedom, Julie Winch explores the complex world of those people of African birth or descent who occupied the “borderlands” between slavery and freedom in the 350 years from the founding of the first European colonies in what is today the United States to the start of the...

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Communications - Journalism, Journalism Professions, grade: 5,0/1,0, University of Helsinki (Communications), course: Nordic Media and Communication, language: English, abstract: Finland belongs to a list of countries that Hallin and Mancini place in the group...

C’est une histoire simple, universelle. Après huit ans d’amour, Adrian quitte A. pour une autre femme : Beaux rivages est la radiographie de cette séparation. Quels que soient notre âge, notre sexe, notre origine sociale, nous sommes tous égaux devant un grand chagrin d’amour. Les larmes...

Da quando ho incontrato Craig Philinstone, multimiliardario, magnate dell’immobiliare e diabolicamente sexy, la vita sembra sfuggirmi di mano. Per pagare i miei debiti ed essere finalmente libera, ho fatto una scelta, una scelta terribile. Mettere in vendita il mio corpo per clienti che hanno bisogno...

For years, the librarians at the New-York Historical Society have kept a record of the questions posed to them by curious New Yorkers and visitors to the city. Who was the first woman to run for mayor of New York? Why are beavers featured on the city's official seal? Is it true that a nineteenth-century...