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Change careers successfully
"Have you reached a dead end in your current career? Do you want tobuild a wider variety of skills? Or do you simply feel like finding anew challenge? Whatever your reasons, Change careers successfully will help you do just that.To help you look before you leap, this book includes advice on: Working out whether you're in the right job Understanding the portfolio career Researching the job market Looking for a new challenge Working with professional search organisations Making a lateral move (such...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Kate Summerscale The suspicions of Mr Whicher
"It is a summer's night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, Wiltshire, all is quiet. Behind shuttered windows the Kent family lies sound asleep. At some point after midnight a dog barks.The family wakes the next morning to a horrific discovery: an unimaginably gruesome murder has taken place in their home. The household reverberates with shock, not least because the guilty party is surely still among them. Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard, the most celebrated detective...
Engels | 400 pagina's (4,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Sandy Gall War against the Taliban
"Afghanistan's strategically significant lands have long been fought over by foreign invaders. Today, as yet another generation risks life and limb in this inhospitable territory, an ever-rising death toll puts back under the spotlight the way the modern war in Afghanistan is being run, and demands answers. Drawing on interviews with Afghan politicians, businessmen and ordinary people, British, American and European diplomats and soldiers, Sandy Gall addresses the challenges - political, religious,...
Engels | 400 pagina's (1,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Mick Brown The spiritual tourist
"The extraordinary figure of the 19th-century occult adventuress Madame Blavatsky, via the philosopher Krishnamurti, to the genial Scottish clairvoyant who claims that the Christ of the age is alive and well and living in London. In India, he encounters the miracle-working Sai Baba, and discusses reincarnation with the world's most revered spiritual figure, the Dalai Lama. In Germany, he joins the pilgrims who kneel at the feet of the young Indian Woman, Mother Meera, believing she is divine. In...
Engels | 320 pagina's (0,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Wendy Plump Vow
"There are so many ways to find out. From a mobile phone. From a bank account. From some weird supermarket encounter. One morning in early January 2005, Wendy Plump's neighbour came over to tell her that her husband was having an affair. The news hit her with an almost audible click. It was not a shock. Actually, it explained quite a lot. What she was not prepared for however was the revelation that he had an eight-month-old son living within a mile of their family home.Monogamy is one of the most...
Engels | 288 pagina's (2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Aldo Buzzi The perfect egg
"`The writer who never talks about eating, about appetite, hunger, food, about cooks and meals, arouses my suspicion, as though some vital element were missing in him'Scholarly, playful, idiosyncratic and witty, Aldo Buzzi's The Perfect Egg is an excursion into the food that has obsessed, provoked and intrigued the author through his life. A book of genial and highly refined chat, enriched with personal anecdotes, recipes and quotations from literature and history, it is a tribute to the profound...
Engels | 160 pagina's (3,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Assert Yourself
"Do you find it hard to say 'no'? Are you tongue-tied in important meetings? Assert Yourself will help you find your voice and stand up for yourself without appearing aggressive.Full of practical advice on how to change the way you work and livefor the better, the book contains a self-assessment quiz, step-by-stepguidance, top tips, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them,summaries of key points, and lists of handy books and websites."
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Atka Reid | Hana Schofield Goodbye Sarajevo
"But as the Bosnian war escalates and months go by without contact, their promise becomes deeply significant. Hana is forced to cope as a refugee in Croatia, while Atka and their younger siblings battle for survival in a city overwhelmed by crime and destruction. Then, when Atka manages to find work as a translator, events take an unexpected turn, and the remarkable events that follow change her life, and those of her family, forever."
Engels | 352 pagina's (2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Andrew G. Marshall I love you but I'm not in love with you
"How do you fall back in love? This was the underlying problem of one in four couples seeking help from relationship therapist Andrew G. Marshall. They described their problem as: `I love you but I'm not in love with you'. Noticing how widespread the phenomenon had become, he decided to look more closely. Why were these relationships becoming defined more by companionship than by passion, and why was companionship no longer enough? From his research Andrew has devised his own unique programme. By...
Engels | 304 pagina's (2,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Christopher de Bellaigue Rebel land
"What is the meaning of love and death in a remote, forgotten, impossibly conflicted part of the world? In Rebel Land the acclaimed author and journalist Christopher de Bellaigue journeys to Turkey's inhospitable eastern provinces to find out. Immersing himself in the achingly beautiful district of Varto, a place left behind in Turkey's march to modernity, medieval in its attachment to race and religious sect, he explores the violent history of conflict between Turks, Kurds and Armenians, and the...
Engels | 1,7 MB | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Manage projects successfully
"Juggling all the tasks and resources you need to make a project run smoothly can seem like an onerous task, but Manage Projects Successfully will help you do just that. Practical,easy to read and jargon-free, the book contains a quiz to assessstrengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action points, toptips to bear in mind for the future, common mistakes and advice on howto avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists of the best sourcesof further help."
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,4 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Erik M. Conway | Naomi Oreskes Merchants of doubt
"The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. These scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers,...
Engels | 368 pagina's (2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Peter Clarke Mr Churchill's profession
"In 1953, Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize for Literature. In fact, Churchill was a professional writer before he was a politician, and published a stream of books and articles over the course of two intertwined careers. Now historian Peter Clarke traces the writing of the magisterial work that occupied Churchill for a quarter century, his four-volume History of the English-Speaking Peoples.As an author, Churchill faced woes familiar to many others; chronically short of funds, late on deadlines,...
Engels | 368 pagina's (3,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Mike Carson The manager
"Whats the best way to build long-term success? How can you lead calmly under pressure? The issues are the same whether youre managing a Premier League football team or a FTSE 100 company. Here, for the first time, some 30 of the biggest names in football management reveal just what it takes. With their every decision, remark, skill, and success or failure under constant scrutiny from the media and the fans, these managers need to be"
Engels | 320 pagina's (0,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Michael Dobbs Down with Big Brother
"The author of this volume was present during the final decade of the Soviet empire, first for Reuters, then for the "Washington Post". While Dobbs watched, playwrights and elctricians were transformed into presidents, while Communist Party leaders became jailbirds or newly-minted tycoons. He identifies the seeds of destruction, and shows how Mikhail Gorbachev, in particular, was the unwitting inspiration for the upheaval of the empire, while he thought he could save the Communist Party by reforming...
Engels | 513 pagina's (3,1 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Susannah Clapp A Card from Angela Carter
"Angela Carter was one of the most vivid voices of the twentieth century: much studied, copied and adored. When she died at the age of fifty-one, she had published fifteen books of fiction and essays; outrage at her omission from the shortlists of any Booker Prize led to the foundation of the Orange Prize. February 2012 will be the twentieth anniversary of her death but no biographical work has yet appeared.Susannah Clapp and Angela Carter were friends for years. The postcards that Carter sent to...
Engels | 112 pagina's (1,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Manage meetings positively
"Too many meetings, never enough decisions. Badly-managed meetings are a waste of time, and often they just don't need to happen at all. If you have to chair or arrange meetings, this book will help you to make sure that they're useful and helpful exchanges of information rather than pointless shouting matches. Manage Meetings Positively offers practical solutions for many situations, including keeping the meeting on schedule, making sure decisions are reached, and dealing with conflict if tempers...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Kim Newman Nightmare movies
"Now over twenty years old, the original edition of Nightmare Movies has retained its place as a true classic of cult film criticism. In this new edition, Kim Newman brings his seminal work completely up-to-date, both reassessing his earlier evaluations and adding a second part that assess the last two decades of horror films with all the wit, intelligence and insight for which he is known. Since the publication of the first edition, horror has been on a gradual upswing, and taken a new and stronger...
Engels | 640 pagina's (5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Alexia Brue Cathedrals of the flesh
"People journey to Greece for the ruins, Turkey for the Hagia Sophia, and Russia for St. Peter's, but Alexia Brue travels with a different itinerary: to visit the baths. What starts off as an innocent vacation quickly becomes an obsession, as the author ventures to Turkey, Greece, Russia, Finland, and Japan to sample the range of bathing traditions the world has to offer. Caught up in the tide of travel and exploration and crossing paths with fellow travellers along the way, Alexia drifts further...
Engels | 224 pagina's (2,8 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Susan Osborne Bloomsbury essential guide for reading groups
""A book club gives the opportunity to meet up with friends and wake the brain up a bit with lively and often quite aggressivediscussion" Dawn FrenchHow do you keep your reading groups discussions lively andfocussed? If you want to gain new insight into literature and shareyour passion with friends this book offers readers guides for 75 of thevery best reads - guaranteed to provoke spirited debate!Each of the readers guides includes a summary of the book, a briefauthor biography, discussion points...
Engels | 272 pagina's (2,4 MB) | A&C Black Academic and Professional, [London] | 2014
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