Henni lives in Melbourne, Leo lives in Berlin.Different countries, different lives, so far apart;but sometimes the person furthest away is just the one you needA postcard from Leo Schmidt? I can't believe it. I'm trying to solve the mystery of a boy called Leopold Schmidt who migrated to Australia years ago. Leopold is long dead, but this new Leo is very much alive and kicking.Emails fly as they explore the world according to Henni and Leo. It's fri...

Whether you are new to recruitment, an experienced recruiter or struggling to recruit in a crowded market, How To Fill 50 Jobs In 90 Days is a step-by step guide on how you can achieve personal -and professional success by meeting your recruitment -and financial goals. This book has been specifically written for professionals wanting to recruit the best person for the job when resources are tight in a competitive and demanding market. You'll learn how to stop draining your budget ...

Every dragon carries a golden egg inside himself. Though most of them do not know about it because it lies hidden underneath several layers: thick, thin, shiny, grey, velvety, spiky, light and dark ones. Some dragons do suspect that there is something inside them. Something quite real and unique. Then they begin taking the layers off. Until their golden egg appears. If they are brave, they let themselves speak through their golden egg, and stray. To themselves.

The San Francisco Bay Area Baking Book celebrates the beautiful scenery and culinary delights of the San Francisco Bay Area. As the birthplace of California’s farm-to-table food movement, San Francisco has a long tradition of creating healthy, tasty food. This book reveals long-kept secrets of European-style baking, combined with the sun-kissed fruits of Northern California. Selected recipes range from easy-to-prepare instructions for the novice home baker to new inspirations for the exper...

Craving some laughs and lasagna with a dash of orange cattitude? Dig in to the first of four must-have graphic novel collections for fans of all ages!Join Garfield in the first of four graphic novels collecting his comic book exploits with Jon, Odie, and the rest of the gang! In this delicious collection, a top-tier list of creators brings you a series of hilarious exploits, cat-filled capers, and plenty of sass signature to the one and only orange feline.W...

This thrilling New Year’s Eve tale of sorcery and suspense is like a “goofy Paradise Lost for middle schoolers” (New York Times Book Review).Comic fantasy, clever wordplay, and slapstick shenanigans from the bestselling children’s author of The Neverending Story and Momo!It's New Year’s Eve at the Villa Nightmare but Beelzebub Preposteror is in no mood for celebration. As the Shadow Sorcery Minister, Prep...

How the brutalities of working life are transformed into exhaustion, shame, and self-doubt: a writer's account of her experience working in an Amazon fulfillment center.No longer able to live on the proceeds of her freelance writing and translating income, German novelist Heike Geissler takes a seasonal job at Amazon Order Fulfillment in Leipzig. But the job, intended as a stopgap measure, quickly becomes a descent into humiliation, and Geissler soon begins to inte...

The Kruger National Park in Southern Africa boasts a huge variety of mammals, ranging from bats and rodents to bushbabies and elephants. This book provides detailed information on the distribution and habitat, diet, reproduction, physical characteristics and behaviour of each species, as well as predation rates and percentage kills – unique and specific to this world-famous wilderness.Each species entry contains concise details in a summary box, providing the reader with accessible...

Long ago in the Heian Period, Japan was governed by aristocrats and the Emperor, Mikado.But the decline of the aristocracy and the rise of samurai clans and temples with armed priests had begun to make the nation unstable. Among them, the Taira clan, a samurai family led by Taira no Kiyomori, rose to power. This is a story about one of Kiyomori’s younger brothers, Tadanori.

The Yearbook of Transnational History is dedicated to disseminating pioneering research in the field of transnational history. This fourth volume is focused to the theme of exile. Authors from across the historical discipline provide insights into central aspects of research into the phenomenon of exile in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Both centuries have seen large numbers of people fleeing revolutions, oppression, persecution, and extermination. This volume is the first publicati...

Immigration has expanded dramatically in both traditional and emerging receiving nations. This worldwide boom has profoundly altered urban areas as new arrivals have transformed inner cities and suburbs alike into bastions of new ethnic economic activity. Examining the essential role of space in assisting and modifying ethnic business activity, this book considers how ethnic economies are reshaping the urban landscape in the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, Germany, and Italy. Ea...

“Freda the Little Plump Fairy” is an illustrated children's book about a little plump fairy living on a farm. One day something unexpected happens and now it's up to Freda to save the farm. The book “Freda the Little Plump Fairy” is about courage and confidence and how to overcome a desperate situation with the help of good friends.