An heir to the throne and wizard in training has his powers tested when he faces a dangerous enemy in this epic fantasy saga.For a thousand years, there have been no great wizards in the world—and even longer since a wizard-king reigned. Now all must welcome and fear the coming of The Amber WizardAs Gerin Atreyano takes his place as the Crown Prince of Khedesh after his father ascends to the throne, a stranger appears and proclaims that Gerin may be the amb...

Broken Land Dreams, with its fragments of dreams, poems, lyrics, reflections, and social commentary, defies a conventional linear narrative. Part I is the background in which Jacob Traum, a grumpy, Brooklyn, retired high school social worker and meditating lefty boomer, first tells us his wife Maya has left him and warns him he needs to recover from himself. He describes the puzzling and socially unjust things he broods and dreams about that contribute to his grumpiness and emotio...

Written for everyone who loves and is simultaneously driven crazy by the holiday season, Christmas: A Candid History provides an enlightening, entertaining perspective on how the annual Yuletide celebration got to be what it is today. In a fascinating, concise tour through history, the book tells the story of Christmas—from its pre-Christian roots, through the birth of Jesus, to the holiday's spread across Europe into the Americas and beyond, and to its mind-boggling transformatio...

This ambitious volume assembled by scholar David W. Forbes features a collection of ninety previously unpublished letters, as well as excerpts from two diaries, written between 1881 and 1885 by Hawaiian royal consort Queen Emma Kaleleonālani. In Haste with Aloha illuminates the last five years of the Queen’s life and makes available an important record of royal social life and customs in nineteenth-century Hawai‘i. Much of her earlier correspondence has been published in two books...

The Book of Kells is a magnificently illuminated manuscript Gospel in Vulgate Latin containing the four Gospels of the New Testament - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created by Celtic monks on the small Island of Iona off the coast of western Scotland in about 800 CE. The text is mainly in Vulgate Latin dating from the 4th century CE, though there are passages in Vetus Latin or ‘Old Latin’ that predate the Vulgate Bible....

There can be few people in the world that do not know the name, location and recent history of Vietnam. Yet beyond the period of US involvement in what Americans call the 'Vietnam War' how much is really known?Almost no Vietnamese bear a grudge against the USA, but this is less true for China, Vietnam's close neighbor, mentor and rival for more than two thousand years.Vietnamese like to name their streets after what they consider to have been ‘acts of foreign aggression’, a...

The last years have seen a profusion of books and articles on managing technology, focused almost exclusively on leading edge firms in leading edge countries. This book argues that succeeding as a follower-firm requires learning from many experiences and avoiding simplistic 'how-to' approaches that prescribe one best practice. Individual chapters c

Captain John Smith is probably best known for his association with the colonization of Virginia from the early days of Jamestown, and his exploration of New England. But, he had quite a colorful life leading up to these days, much of which is highlighted in this adventurous account of his life including, far flung battles with the Turks. Of course, his encounter with the Powhatan maiden, Pocahontas is also included.

Diesmal laden wir Sie ein, uns in die Multikulti-Metropole Singapur zu begleiten. Erfahren Sie von einem renommierten Architekten, nach welchem Prinzip die Hochhäuser des Stadtstaats heutzutage gebaut werden und lernen Sie einen singapurischen Drachenbootfahrer näher kennen. Damit es Ihnen beim nächsten Telefonat auf Englisch die Sprache nicht verschlägt, geben wir Ihnen zudem wichtige sprachliche Mittel an die Hand, die Ihnen helfen, unterschiedlichste Situationen auch in der fremden Spra...

Beim Lernen einer Fremdsprache ist es sehr hilfreich, Bücher in dieser Sprache zu lesen. Mit ein paar Tipps wird Ihnen das Lesen im Englischen leichter fallen und mehr Spaß machen. Hören Sie auch einen Ausschnitt aus einem Audiobuch von Langenscheidt. Außerdem geht es im Dezember um einen romantischen Kurztrip zu einer irischen Burg. Üben Sie neue Vokabeln rund um die Burg und schulen Sie ihr Hörverständis mit einem Interview über die neue irische Küche. Hören und Verstehen ist der beste W...

With a foreword by First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, this book is the first to offer an in-depth look into what makes the Welsh Social Work context unique. It includes the move towards joint children, families and adult provision and the emphasis on early intervention, future generations and partnership considerations.Covering the subject knowledge required by the Welsh regulator, Social Care Wales, it provides essential reading for students and practising social workers in ...

Looking beyond the communications technology horizon and projecting future competency-specific employment demand, this book presents an evaluation of desirable information systems enhancements by integrating two disparate-domain computer ontologies. It provides readers a fresh solutions approach based on dynamic modeling and methodological contributions to philosophical and assistive communications system development in healthcare, addressing the need for both demand intelligence and pract...