Plante: 76 books

An original and radiant novel about grief, obsession, and the need for meaning from the author of The Family, a finalist for the National Book Award.When his young son dies in a freak accident, Gerard struggles to find a reason in the smallest of details, including the scrap of paper containing the...

This cutting-edge reader demonstrates the multiple ways in which the universe of gender is socially, culturally, and historically constructed. The selections focus on gender itself - how gender operates socioculturally, exists, functions, and is presented in micro and macro interactions. In order...

Combating Poverty critically analyses the growing divergence between Quebec and other large Canadian provinces in terms of social and labour market policies and their outcomes over the past several decades. While Canada is routinely classified as a single, homogeneous ‘liberal market’ regime,...

This brief is based on an analysis that was performed on the 2010 winter storms that caused considerable damage to coastal communities in Atlantic Canada. The hazards that occurred were associated with storm surge,  high waves, coastal erosion, and flooding. The analysis covered a large multisite longitudinal...

Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Domestic Hot Water provides a fundamental understanding of heat and energy conversions and of both solar domestic hot water system types with associated components and photovoltaic/inverter system combinations. It provides the information needed to determine and understand...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich BWL - Handel und Distribution, Note: 2,0, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (Wirtschaftswissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Vertriebsmanagement, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Hausarbeit setzt sich die Autorin mit dem Strukturvertrieb auseinander....

A birth is taking place, not a birth that will be recorded for a later celebration. It is the birth of a bear; a birth that goes near unnoticed by its mother. Bill is a Marine who married his college sweet heart, and now he is without her. He decides that he needs to go to the mountains - the...

In the Darkness, Mike slid over the side of the ship and in to the water, without knowing direction swam away from the ship into the darkness hoping not to hear the sound of a rifle or the pain of its report. Without knowing where he was Mike hoped he was swimming for shore, hoping he would not end...

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Business economics - Marketing, Corporate Communication, CRM, Market Research, Social Media, grade: Passed with Distinction (1,0), Växjö University (School of Management and Economics), course: International Marketing Strategies, 20 entries in the...

Set in the lush wilderness of America in the 1600s, Smith & Priest continues the adventures of professional French educator Henry Priest and his adopted son, Zoel Smith. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean to join French settlers in Quebec City, Henry and Zoel hope to build their fur trade business...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Arbeit, Betrieb, Organisation und Wirtschaft, Note: 1,7, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (Fachgebiet Wirtschaftspsychologie), Veranstaltung: Führungs- und Organisationspsychologie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende...

Elliott est un jeune garçon tout à fait normal… à cela près qu’il communique avec les esprits. Quand il apprend que sa capacité le place au premier rang d’une guerre qui se tiendra entre les esprits du bien et ceux du mal, il refuse d’y croire. Mais lorsqu’il aperçoit sa première...

Pursuing a strategy of colonial expansion in the early 1600s, France encourages its citizens to leave their motherland and venture to the New World. They focus on the St. Lawrence River area and sponsor settlements along its shores, calling this region New France. One of these intrepid individuals...