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Lonely Planet Paris
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Paris is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Grab a cafe creme at a Parisian sidewalk cafe, explore the grand Champs-Elysees, shop for haute couture in the city's vintage flea markets or take in the riches of one of the great art repositories of the world; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Paris and begin your journey now!...
Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub2, 157 MB) | Lonely Planet Publications, [Nederland] | 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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Michael Grant Messenger of Fear
Michael Grant's Messenger of Fear is a haunting narrative that examines the nature of good and evil in every human. Fans of Michelle Hodkin's Mara Dyer trilogy and Stephen King will love this satisfyingly twisted series.Mara Todd wakes in a field of dead grass, a heavy mist pressing down on her. She is terrified, afraid that she is dead. She can't remember who she is or anything about her past. Is it because of the boy who appears? He calls himself the Messenger of Fear. If the world does not bring...
Engels | ePub2, 1,3 MB | Katherine Tegen Books, [Nederland] | 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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Negotiate successfully
"You negotiate every day in all types of situations and in many ways.This book will help build confidence and get better results withpractical advice on the basic principles of negotiation, how toprepare, how to keep cool under pressure and how to understand and usebody language to your advantage.The book contains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses,step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind forthe future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summariesof key...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Deal with stress
"While it's said that a little stress is good for you, too much can damage your health, your performance at work, and your relationships.With a self-assessment quiz, step-by-step action points, top tips, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists of handy resources, the now fully revised and updated Deal with stress will help you understand the causes, recognise the symptoms, and find the right answers to put you back in control. You will find practical solutions...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Michael Kimball Big Ray
Nadat een man van zijn zus heeft gehoord dat hun extreem corpulente vader is overleden, overdenkt hij hun moeizame relatie die werd gekenmerkt door geestelijke, lichamelijke en emotionele mishandeling.
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Engels | 192 pagina's (ePub, 2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Mo Hayder Wolf - Jack Caffery 7
The sensational new Jack Caffery thriller from Mo Hayder, bestselling author of Gone and Poppet. Who's afraid?I believe, from what I can hear, that either my daughter or my wife has just been attacked. I don't know the outcome. The house is silent. Fourteen years ago two teenage lovers were brutally murdered in a patch of remote woodland. The prime suspect confessed to the crimes and was imprisoned.Now, one family is still trying to put the memory of the killings behind them. But at their isolated...
Engels | 544 pagina's (ePub2, 1,2 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2014
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Mohamed ElBaradei The age of deception
"Playing fast and loose with the facts. The Age of Deception is a story of human imperfection, of modern society struggling to come to grips with the multiple dimensions of human insecurity."
Engels | 352 pagina's (18 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Andrew Wilson Harold Robbins
the man who invented sex
"Drugs, corruption, greed and, just sometimes, redemption. The world's first playboy writer, Robbins reportedly frittered away $50 million on fast cars, loose women and high living. But, obsessed with fame and fortune, Robbins was a deeply complex and often controversial man, and even his closest friends and lovers could only guess at the past of the man behind the perma-tanned mask and gigantic mirrored sunglasses. This is the fascinating story of his extraordinary life."
Engels | 320 pagina's (2,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Franzeska G. Ewart Bryony Bell's star turn
"Christmas is coming and the Bell household is busier than ever. Fresh from recent success on Broadway, they now star in their own reality TV show, plus there's rehearsals for the school Nativity Play to perform and Bryony's got a secret plan to ensure that the festive season is full of surprises..."
Engels | 112 pagina's (3,9 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
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Franzeska G. Ewart Under the spell of Bryony Bell
"Bryony's back. Her family dreams of starring on Broadway but their first stop is the local Empress Theatre. Bryony, the only non-singing Bell, has to make do with befriending the has-been magician, Ken Undrum. The trouble begins when Ken and his white rabbits move into the Bell household. But can Ken's dark secret make everyone's dreams come true?"
Engels | 96 pagina's (4,5 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
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Rebecca Stott Darwin's ghosts
"Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected criticism. Letters were arriving every day like swarms, some expressing praise, most outrage and accusations of heresy. But the letter from the Reverend Powell was different. It accused Darwin of failing to acknowledge his predecessors, of having taken credit for a theory that had already been discovered by others, Baden Powell himself and Darwin's...
Engels | 400 pagina's (2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Alex Scarrow TimeRiders
The Infinity Cage - book 9
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912.Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history . . .The end is approaching for the TimeRiders. In a final effort to prevent time travel destroying history, Liam and Maddy jump forward to 2070 to confront the enigmatic Waldstein and prove once and for all if...
Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub3, 3,2 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2014
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Paul Rusesabagina An ordinary man
"Confronting killers with a combination of diplomacy, flatter, and deception, Paul Rusesabagina managed to shelter more than 1,200 Tutsis and moderate Hutus while homicidal mobs raged outside with machetes during the Rwandan genocide. His autobiography explores the inner life of the man in a way the film could not. Rusesabagina discusses the racial complexity within his own life - he is a Hutu married to a Tutsi - and his complete estrangement from the madness that surrounded him during the genocide....
Engels | 288 pagina's (3,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Jane Casey Bet Your Life - Jess Tennant
Jess Tennant has now been living in Port Sentinel for three months, and is just beginning to relax and think of it as home after the murderous events of the summer. But in the small hours of a dark night, a teenage boy is left for dead by the side of the road. Seb Dawson has a serious head injury and may not survive - and Jess decides to find out who beat him up, and why?As she investigates, Jess discovers that Seb was involved in some very dangerous games. A secret predator around girls, he would...
Engels | 432 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | St. Martin's Griffin, [Nederland] | 2014
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Lead others effectively
"Developing leadership skills is essential if you want to clamber upthe career ladder. Whether you're trying to motivate and inspire yourimmediate team or manage your boss(es), this is the book for you.Packed with advice on how to build your influence positively, Lead others effectively will help you to realise your ambitions. Chapters include: Leading people in difficult times Managing change Taking responsibility Giving feedback well Setting clear objectives Developing influencing skillsLead others...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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