A new novel by the author Julian Barnes called “one of the best British writers to emerge in the last decade”
Set in North Africa and Sicily at the end of World War II, In the Wolf’s Mouth follows the Allies’ botched “liberation” attempts as they chased the Nazis north toward the Italian mainland. Focusing on the experiences of two young soldiers—Will Walker, an English field security officer, ambitious to master and shape events; and Ray Marfione, a wide-eyed Italian American infantryman—the novel contains some of the best battle writing of the past fifty years. Eloquent on the brutish, blundering inaccuracy of war, the immediacy of Adam Foulds’s prose is uncanny and unforgettable.
The book also explores the continuity of organized crime in Sicily through the eyes of two men—Angilù, a young shepherd; and Cirò Albanese, a local Mafioso. These men appear in the prologue and in the book’s terrifying final chapters, making it evident that the Mafia were there before and are there still, the slaughter of war only a temporary distraction.
In the Wolf’s Mouth has achieved an extraordinary resurrection, returning humanity to the lives lost in the writing of history.
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Author: Adam Foulds Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 9780374711306 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: June 2014 336 pages
The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels
The past fifteen thousand years – the entire span of human civilization – have witnessed dramatic sea level changes, which began with rapid global warming at the end of the Ice Age, when sea levels were more than 700 feet below modern levels. Over the next eleven millennia, the oceans climbed in fits and starts. These rapid changes had little effect on those humans who experienced them, partly because there were so few people on earth, and also because they were able to adjust readily to new coastlines.
Global sea levels stabilised about six thousand years ago except for local adjustments that caused often quite significant changes to places like the Nile Delta. So the curve of inexorably rising seas flattened out as urban civilizations developed in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and South Asia. The earth’s population boomed, quintupling from the time of Christ to the Industrial Revolution. The threat from the oceans increased with our crowding along shores to live, fish, and trade.
Since 1860, the world has warmed significantly and the ocean’s climb has speeded. The sea level changes are cumulative and gradual; no one knows when they will end. The Attacking Ocean tells a tale of the rising complexity of the relationship between humans and the sea at their doorsteps, a complexity created not by the oceans, which have changed but little. What has changed is us, and the number of us on earth.
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Author: Brian Fagan Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 9781408836040 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: June 2013 288 pages
A ‘travel guide’ to the periodic table, explaining the history, geography and the rules of behaviour in this imagined land.
The Periodic Kingdom is a journey of imagination in which Peter Atkins treats the periodic table of elements – the 109 chemical elements in the world, from which everything is made – as a country, a periodic kingdom, each region of which corresponds to an element. Arranged much like a travel guide, the book introduces the reader to the general features of the table, the history of the elements, and the underlying arrangement of the table in terms of the structure and properties of atoms.
Atkins sees elements as finely balanced living personalities, with quirks of character and certain, not always outward, dispositions, and the kingdom is thus a land of intellectual satisfaction and infinite delight.
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Author: Peter Atkins Publisher: Orion ISBN: 9781780227702 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: December 2013 176 pages
In line with the increasing use of empirical methods in Cognitive Linguistics, the current volume explores the uses of quantitative, in particular corpus-driven, techniques for the study of meaning. It shows how these techniques contribute to the core theoretical issues of Cognitive Semantics as well as how they inform semantic analysis. The research presented in the volume constitutes an important step towards an Empirical Cognitive Semantics.
Author: Dylan Glynn; Kerstin Fischer Publisher: De Gruyter ISBN: 9783110226423 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: November 2010 403 pages
This e-book deals with information organization futures: that is, new ways to add and/or view content in the OPAC, new ways to deal with challenging digital objects, and potential open source and 3D mechanisms for delivering information.
Author: Dr. Bradford Eden Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited ISBN: 9781846638152 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: March 2008 157 pages
Richard Miniter skewers the sacred cow of market share and debunks the conventional wisdom that corporate profits rise as you grab more territory in the marketplace.
Market share is the fool’s gold of modern business. In reality, companies that maximize market share end up minimizing profits, while their smarter rivals earn higher returns. Three times out of four, on average, the most profitable firm is not the one with the largest slice of the market. Yet the myth of market share continues to hobble and kill great companies, while smaller competitors dig out real profits. Executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and regulators will learn why megamergers often fail, brand extensions wither, and stocks tumble. The Myth of Market Share also reveals a positive and proven strategy for transforming a company into a profit leader.
Richard Miniter recounts many cautionary tales of great companies that refused to change—and outlines the practical plans of those that changed and flourished. Managers and investors will profit from knowing why Dell prospers by treating market share as a benchmark, not as a goal. Executives and entrepreneurs can retool their strategies by examining the case studies in this book, including Ryanair, an upstart Irish air carrier that transformed itself into the world’s most profitable airline; International Paper, a manufacturing Goliath that tried to buy success; Boeing, the plane maker that pulled out of a steep dive by jettisoning its market share strategies; and DaimlerChrysler, the carmaker that stalled when it tried to be all things to all people.
By providing a road map for persuading doubtful colleagues and leading a company to profit leadership, The Myth of Market Share is an entertaining, historical review and leadership tutorial, delivering proven strategies for generating long-term profits and sustainable growth during these uncertain times.
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Author: Richard Miniter Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group ISBN: 9781400047383 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: October 2002 128 pages
Alice
COULD BE ANYONE.
Alice
COULD BE SOMEONE YOU KNOW.
Alice
USES DRUGS.
With over a million copies in print, Go Ask Alice has become a classic of our time. This powerful real-life diary of a teenager’s struggle with the seductive — often fatal — world of drugs and addiction tells the truth about drugs in strong and authentic voice. Tough and uncompromising, honest and disturbing — and even more poignant today — Go Ask Alice is page-turning and provocative reading.
Author: Publisher: Simon Pulse ISBN: 9780689832499 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release:
The professional helper should be a teacher, a mentor, a motivator and a guide to assisting the helpee find solutions to her life situations. Most clients have within themselves the answers to most if not all of their life situations; quite often, what they need is someone to assist them in sifting through and evaluating the various possible responses to the situation. The objective of The Professional Helper is to provide a basic understanding of various kinds of helping relationships and characteristics that an effective helper must possess. In this book, the terms helper and counselor are used interchangeably and also refer to numerous other helpers such as social workers, case managers, and rehabilitation specialists. Although this book primarily discusses helping from the standpoint of being a formal professional process, this should not be interpreted to mean that informal helping is less important than professional helping. The fact is that it takes both types of helpers for humans to survive. While some texts attempt to classify helpers by certain professions and/or academic and license/certification, this text is more concerned with identifying the qualities, both personal and professional, that the helper should have in order to be an effective helper. Such qualities include integrity, compassion, self-confidence, patience, availability and, most relevant, being an effective listener. Readers will be given suggestions in detail for becoming an effective listener, such as asking questions, observing body language, listening for logic and the tone of one’s voice, and listening to the responses to your questions. Other topics include understanding cultural differences and disabilities, as well as understanding the differences of individual and family counseling. The Professional Helper will be a beneficial text to counseling students, as well as social work students, human resource students, psychology students, sociology students and human relations students.
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Author: Willie V. Bryan Publisher: Charles C Thomas ISBN: 9780398079888 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: October 2009 220 pages
“Original, funny, and romantic, this is the series that YA fans have been waiting for.” –Nocturne Reads
With power comes enemies. Lots of them.
Hunter Garrity just wants to be left alone. He’s learned the hard way that his unusual abilities come at a price. And he can’t seem to afford any allies.
He’s up to his neck in hostiles. His grandfather, spoiling for a fight. The Merrick brothers, who think he ratted them out. Calla, the scheming psycho who wants to use him as bait.
Then there’s Kate Sullivan, the new girl at school. She’s not hostile. She’s bold. Funny. Hot. But she’s got an agenda, too.
With supposedly secret powers rippling to the surface everywhere around him, Hunter knows something ugly is about to go down. But finding out what means he’ll have to find someone he can trust. . .
Praise for Brigid Kemmerer and The Elemental Series
“Magic, suspense, and enough twists to keep you reading until sunrise. An incredible start to the series!” –Award winning author Erica O’Rourke
“A refreshingly human paranormal romance. . . Read fast and keep that heart rate up.” –Kirkus Reviews on Storm
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Marriage has never been easy. But sometimes it takes surprisingly little to yield infinite rewards. This eye-opening book by marriage experts Nancy Cobb and Connie Grigsby contains humorous and profound true stories of turning points in marriages. From brushing her teeth at a different sink to letting her husband finish his sentences, each woman’s story expresses the staggering impact that simple actions can have on marriages everywhere. More fulfilling relationships, expanded ministry opportunities, and a more intimate walk with God await the readers of this book when they see how God’s best for their marriages may be just one small decision away.
Sometimes the smallest thing can turn a marriage around!
When Nancy Cobb and Connie Grigsby asked women about the best thing they ever did for their marriages, the responses were daringly honest.
Here are fifty eye-opening, often humorous true stories—including contributions from Cynthia Heald, Dee Brestin, Rosemary Jensen, and Donna Otto—that will inspire you with moments that build stronger marriages. Bring down walls between you and your husband Adjust to differences in your personalities Deal with the damage and heartbreak of betrayal Go on living when everything goes terribly wrong
God’s best for your marriage may be one small decision away!
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Author: Nancy Cobb; Connie Grigsby Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group ISBN: 9780307564320 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: June 2010 272 pages
