Biography and non-fiction prose

"e;We are not the sum of our possessions.

Acht Menschen, acht Blickwinkel: So wurde die Geschichte der Manns noch nicht erzählt.

En su nuevo libro la autora Robin McGraw, habla directamente al corazón de cada mujer y la desafía a reconocer y desarrollar su rol característico que la dirige hacia su auto satisfacción personal, su carrera, su familia y lo que ella emprende.

"e;Revelatory.

Serena Williams is the most successful tennis player male or female of the modern, professional era, with more Grand Slams than either Steffi Graf or Roger Federer.

Portrait of a versatile citizen of the early days of the Republic, his civic and literary activities, and his friendships with many famous men of his day.

Obesity and eating disorders have stubbornly refused to respond to treatment since the 1990's.

First published in 1996, The William Makepeace Thackeray Library is a collection of works written by and about the novelist.

This book demonstrates the importance and potential role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in foreseeing and curbing future global pandemics.

With its towering mountains, sun-scorched deserts, fierce wildlife, and hard-to-predict weather, the American West ranks among the most forbidding places on Earth.

The first major English-language study of Jarmusch At a time when gimmicky, action-driven blockbusters ruled Hollywood, Jim Jarmusch spearheaded a boom in independent cinema by making now-classic low-budget films like Stranger than Paradise, Down by Law, and Mystery Train.

Theodor Hugo Hasselt hat Haltung, Wutanfälle und fluktuierende Finanzen.

Life-and death-may be hard; but joy is simple.

Before he was one of the most well-known yoga teachers in North America and an international hip hop artist,MC YOGI was a juvenile delinquent who was kicked out of three schools, sent to live at a group home for at-risk youth, arrested for vandalism,and caught up in a world of drugs, chaos and carelessness.

Transformations of Global Food Systems for Climate Change Resilience: Addressing Food Security, Nutrition, and Health provides poignant case studies of climate change resilience frameworks for nutrition-focused transformations of agriculture and food systems, food security, food sovereignty, and population health of underserved and marginalized communities from across the globe.

Deutschlands Trainer des Jahres 2024Die überragende Saison 2023/24 hat das Team von Bayer 04 Leverkusen rund um Trainer Xabi Alonso mit der ersten Deutschen Meisterschaft des Klubs und dem DFB-Pokal gekrönt.

Given the extent of his influence on 17th-century life, and his lasting impact on the British landscape it is remarkable that no book has been written before about John Evelyn.

This wide-ranging resource uses evidence-based documentation to examine claims and beliefs - and provide the facts - about sexual assault and harassment and other forms of sexual violence in the United States.

A study of political possibilities in the era of modern imperialism, from the perspective of the sovereign state of Hyderabad.

What motivates a lifelong scholarly pursuit, and how do one's studies inform life outside the academy?

The fascinating area of Nutrigenomics describes this daily communication between our diet and our genome.

Caste and gender are complex markers of difference that have traditionally been addressed in isolation from each other, with a presumptive maleness present in most studies of Dalits (untouchables) and a presumptive upper-casteness in many feminist studies.

It was 1976 when Leon and Michael Spinks first punched their way into Americas living rooms.

This book contains papers presented in an International Conference Jointly organised by the Council for Social Development and All India Womens Conference, New Delhi on September 2-3, 2013.

Putting on the Dog explores the age-old relationship between humans and animals, providing fascinating details about the historic use of animals as clothing.

By all measures, the late twentieth century was a time of dramatic decline for the Islamic world, the Ummah, particularly its Arab heartland.

'Fearless and fierce .

This Brief evaluates the consequences of protein modifications in cheeses, with special emphasis on mozzarella cheeses.

A wide-eyed South African conscript relates his small share of the war in Angola and Namibia in the 1980s.

In this landmark text, Gilbert Rist provides a comprehensive and compelling overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history.

"e;This book will find a place with the world War II remembrances of Tom Brokaw and Stephen Ambrose and the film Saving Private Ryan .

Ein literarischer Schatz wird gehoben.

DianeTuckman and Cecile Spiegel fled religious persecution with WWII conflicts attheir heels.

Edgar Award Finalist: The hunt for Ronnie Shelton, Cleveland’s West Side Rapist, and the victims who united for justice—“Groundbreaking” (Ann Rule).

Bestselling author Michelle McKinney Hammond encourages women to look beyond their daily activities and accomplishments to find true and lasting happiness by focusing on God's priorities.

Beneath the commonplace affirmation that Jesus “paid for our sins” lie depths of implication: did God demand a blood sacrifice to assuage divine anger?

It introduces a religious dimension to the study of ethnic identity and globalization in the provinces of the Roman Empire.

Phytochemicals as Bioactive Agents focuses on the mechanisms of action of phytochemicals identified as displaying bioactivity in the prevention of cancer, heart disease and other diseases and the prospects for developing functional foods containing these bioactive compounds.

1944 auf dem italienischen Kriegsschauplatz.

Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly went undercover in the late 1800s to shed light on the horrific conditions of Victorian mental asylums.

Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.

Presenting the life and professional career of The Dean of Afro-American Composers, this is the first comprehensive book on the writings by and about Still, the compositions with manuscript sources, the performances of Still's works, and the reviews of those performances.

A self-taught culinary virtuoso, Francesco Bracali is one of Italy's top chefs.

Feminist philosophers Barrett Emerick and Audrey Yap bring theoretical arguments about personhood and moral repair into conversation with the work of activists and the experiences of incarcerated people to make the case that prisons ought to be abolished.