Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna was the third daughter and middle child of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and 1913 was the tercentennial year of her family's dynastic rule-the last full year before the outbreak of World War I. In her journal, Maria documents the ceremony and celebrations of this important date in Imperial Russian history, while at the same time showing herself to have been a remarkably ordinary young girl who happened to be the daughter of the most powerful man in the world. Maria's journal records the daily routines of the Imperial family, from the mundane to the magnificent, allowing the reader a peek into the lost and distant world of the last Romanovs.
Most companies treat service as a low-priority business operation, keeping it out of the spotlight until a customer complains. Then service gets to make a brief appearance -- for as long as it takes to calm the customer down and fix whatever foul-up jeopardized the relationship. In Uncommon Service, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss show how, in a volatile economy where the old rules of strategic advantage no longer hold true, service must become a competitive weapon, not a damage-control function. That means weaving service tightly into every core decision your company makes. The authors reveal a transformed view of service, presenting an operating model built on tough choices organizations must make: * How do customers define "excellence" in your offering? Is it convenience? Friendliness? Flexible choices? Price? * How will you get paid for that excellence? Will you charge customers more? Get them to handle more service tasks themselves? * How will you empower your employees to deliver excellence? What will your recruiting, selection, training, and job design practices look like? What about your organizational culture? * How will you get your customers to behave? For example, what do you need to do to get them to treat your employees with respect? Do you need to make it easier for them to use new technology? Practical and engaging, Uncommon Service makes a powerful case for a new and systematic approach to service as a means of boosting productivity, profitability, and competitive advantage.
This reprint of 'Cytogenetic and Genome Research' contains contributions discussing the subject in-depth. 'Cytogenetic and Genome Research' is a well-respected, international peer-reviewed journal in genetics.
Cruise the Colorado Rockies, barge the bayous of Louisianna, or caravan along the Mexican border in this revised edition of the popular guidebook. Along with new chapters on Texas and Utah, this book contains detailed route maps, daily travel itineraries, RV park listings, and sightseeing tips.
From best-selling author of Introduction to Global Health, Introduction to Health Research Methods demystifies the research process and empowers students (and other new investigators) to conduct their own original research projects. Using clear language and practical examples, the text has five sections that describe the entire research process beginning with the identification of a research question and the selection of a study approach, proceeding through the collection and analysis of data and the preparation of a formal scientific report, and ending with academic and professional presentations and publishing. By breaking the research process down into manageable steps, Introduction to Health Research Methods communicates the excitement and importance of health research-and encourages readers to make their own contribution to improving the health of individuals and communities through research. Key features:
* A step-by-step guide to conducting research in medicine, public health, and other health sciences * For classroom use or for guiding independent work on scholarly projects * Covers the entire research process from identifying a study question and selecting a study approach to collecting and analyzing data to disseminating the findings * Includes detailed information about how to conduct primary studies (collection of new data), secondary analyses (analysis of existing data), and tertiary studies (literature reviews) * Weaves elements of research ethics throughout the book
Calling all teenagers quit the moaning and start loving life! Don't be a cliche. Don't stay in your bedroom grunting and grumbling. How about getting motivated, energized and start making a difference?! The Art of Being A Brilliant Teenager teaches you how to become your very best self and how to figure out who that is, exactly. The bestselling authors of The Art of Being Brilliant and Be Brilliant Everyday are experts in the art of happiness and positive psychology and, with this new book, you'll find your way to becoming brilliant at school, work, and life in general. Stay cool under all the pressures you're facing, and plot a map for the future that takes you wherever it is you want to go. Become proactive, determined, successful and most importantly: happy! Fact: your life span is about four thousand weeks. It seems like a lot, but it's not. Complaining about life, homework, parents, and relationships may be normal now, but don't let it become your defining trait. When you're forty years old and still moaning, a big chunk of your four thousand weeks have slipped by, and you're no closer to happiness than you were as a teen. This book is a guide to starting the journey to your ideal life now, instead of wasting time being a drip. * Discover the real you, and what you want out of life * Stop moaning and get moving now, while there's plenty of time * Lose your bad habits before they become your personality * Figure out how you want to contribute, and find a way to do it The bottom line is this: it's easy to be the average version of yourself, but is that really all you want? Don't you want to achieve something? Get started now. The Art of Being A Brilliant Teenager helps you figure out where you want to go, and how to get there. So, whether you're an ambitious teenager, a parent or teacher desperate to turn a down-beat teenager into a ray of positivity and delight, How to Be a Brilliant Teenager is here to help.
Called absorbing (Publishers Weekly) and beguiling (The New York Times Book Review), The Fleet Street Murders from Charles Finch finds gentleman detective Charles Lenox investigating the mysterious, simultaneous deaths of two veteran newspapermen, while engaged in a heated race for Parliament.
It's Christmas, 1866, and amateur sleuth Charles Lenox, recently engaged to his best friend, Lady Jane Grey, is happily celebrating the holiday in his Mayfair townhouse. Across London, however, two journalists have just met with violent deaths--one shot, one throttled. Lenox soon involves himself in the strange case, but must leave it behind to go north to Stirrington, where he is running for Parliament. Once there, he gets a further shock when Lady Jane sends him a letter whose contents may threaten their nuptials.
In London, the police apprehend two unlikely and unrelated murder suspects. From the start, Lenox has his doubts; the crimes, he is sure, are tied. But how? Racing back and forth between London and Stirrington, Lenox must negotiate the complexities of crime and politics, not to mention his imperiled engagement. But as the case mounts, Lenox learns that the person behind the murders may be closer to him--and his beloved--than he knows.
An accessible and lively introduction to the field, Law, Justice, and Society: A Sociolegal Introduction, Fifth Edition, explores the relationship between legal systems and other social institutions using a distinctive sociological point of view. Anthony Walsh and Craig Hemmens provide detailed discussions of the various ways in which law impacts people based on race, class, gender, and age while also introducing students to the origins of the law, the history and development of the American legal system, the sociology of law, court structure, and the difference between civil and criminal law.
This work contains Richard McKelvey's classic papers, accompanied by original essays by leading names in the field. The late Richard McKelvey was one of the great figures of American political science, a masterful theorist and analyst. Yet, until now, his foundational articles have never been collected in a single volume. ""Positive Changes in Political Science"" presents McKelvey's most influential work on voting and political behavior, accompanied by new essays from some of the most important figures in modern positive political theory. The book documents the incredible scope of McKelvey's work, and expands upon it with essays that set the agenda for future generations of research.
El projecte Saba per a Bon vent està concebut des d'un enfocament comunicatiu, amb una metodologia pràctica i uns continguts teòrics integrats amb altres llengües. Un dels seus principals objectius és la potenciació de la capacitat d'expressió oral.
Java For Beginners Take your first step towards a career in software development with this introduction to Java for beginners, one of the most in-demand programming languages and the foundation of the Android Operating system. This New Java for Beginners book by Best-Selling Author Mr Kotiyana gets you started programming in Java right away. This guide is written specifically for beginners. We take you step-by-step through writing your very first program, explaining each portion of code as we go along. We guide you through the workings of the Java Development Kit and Java Runtime Environment, as well as choosing an IDE. This book is for you.! You no longer have to waste your time and money trying to learn Java from boring Amazon Java for beginners books that are 1000 pages long, expensive Java online courses or complicated Java tutorials that just leave you more confused and frustrated. What this book offers...Are you looking for a deeper understanding of the programming so that you can write code that is clearer, more correct, more robust, and more reusable? Look no further! This Kindle Programming book was written as an answer for anyone to pick up Programming Language and be productive. How is this book different? You will be able to start from scratch without having any previous exposure to programming. By the end of this ebook, you will have the skills to be a capable programmer, or at least know what is involved with how to read and write code. Afterward you should be armed with the knowledge required to feel confident in learning more. You should have general computer skills before you get started. After this you'll know what it takes to at least look at code without your head spinning. it is the best java book recommendation for beginners. What You Will Learn in This book? Introduction -What This Book Is About? -Why Read This Book? -Do I Need to Know Math? -Programming as a Form of Expression -A Brief History of Computer Programming Getting Started & Setting Programming Environment -What is Programming? -What is Data? -What is Compiler? -What is interpreter? -Programming Environment Setup -Compilation and Execution Basic of java Programming Terms -Tokens-Writing Java-Separator Tokens -Operator Tokens -Literals Basic of Java Program -Basic Structure of Java Program -The main () Method -Access Control -Packages -The import Keyword Variables, Data Types and Keywords -Understanding Variables -Naming Variables -Types of Variables -Data Types -Value and Reference Types -Strong Typing -Understanding floating points -Keywords -Return Keyword -Are Errors Bad? -Compile Time and Run Time Errors Methods and Operators -What are Functions? -Parameters-Multiple Arguments -Code Blocks -Logic and Operators Controlling Execution, Arrays and Loops -Learning if else and other condition statements -Loops-Arrays Object Oriented Programming -Classes -Introduction to Objects -interface -services -The hidden implementation -Reusing the implementation -Inheritance -Polymorphism and Others.. -Exception Handling -Algorithms and the Big O Notation -Data Structures -Network Programming -Software Developer's Career Guide Click the BUY button now and download Java for Beginners book now to start learning Java. Learn it fast and learn it well.
The most effective treatment for eating disorders is family-based, and parents play an essential role. Yet most struggle to know what to do and how to do it.
With a wealth of practical examples and tips that have helped many tens of thousands of relieved parents, Eva Musby guides you through each stage of your son or daughter's recovery. She provides solace and confidence, while addressing the real-life questions that parents struggle with.
The practical and emotional strategies in every chapter rest on up-to-date knowledge distilled from published research, from families, and from therapists worldwide. These pages will boost your effectiveness with an excellent treatment team, and will also help you succeed when you don't have access to cutting-edge care. With her lived experience and that of the hundreds of parents she has coached, this book will empower you to be effective right away, from the first successful meal all the way through to recovery.
* Make meals work in spite of your child's resistance * Deal with distress, inflexibility, exercise compulsion, bingeing and purging * Don't stop at weight-restoration - skilled support all the way to recovery * What to say and what not to say in difficult situations * Actively support your child all the way to recovery and prevent relapse * Recognise the treatments that work and the ones that don't * Grow your own emotional resources
This book is recommended by experts on family-based treatment (FBT, or 'Maudsley'), the evidence-based approach recommended by all major health institutions. It is used by parents and clinicians alike.
"Finally! I have read anything and everything on anorexia and this is the most helpful by far"
CONTENTS 1. How this book can help you 2. How does an eating disorder affect you and your child? 3. Your part in diagnosis 4. Treatment: the essentials 5. What parents need to know about the causes of eating disorders 6. Practical steps to help your child beat the eating disorder 7. How do you get your child to eat in spite of the eating disorder? 8. See the tools in action: mealtime scenarios 9. How to free your child of fears and rules: exposure therapy 10. The road to full recovery 11. Partners, friends, family and work: help or hindrance? 12. Which treatments work? 13. Powerful tools for well-being and compassionate connection 14. Love, no matter what: how to support your child with compassionate connection 15. How to build up your own resilience and well-being
Note: If the eating disorder you are dealing with doesn't involve food restriction, some of the practical tools might not apply to you. Most of the emotional ones will.
"Your book is packed with helpful information for parents and has been brilliant for my patients and for our team."- Esther Blessitt, Senior Systemic Psychotherapist, writing on behalf of the Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Service (CAMHS), Maudsley Hospital
Mit 2. Stimme für Violine ad lib., leicht gesetzt. Der Klavierpart ist leicht gesetzt. Eine zweite Violinstimme bietet die Möglichkeit, alle Lieder in kammermusikalischer Besetzung als Klaviertrio oder als Duo für zwei Violinen zu spielen. Der Ausgabe liegen ein 20-seitiger Einleger für Violine 1 und ein 12-seitiger Einleger für Violine 2 bei.
Legendary war hero Captain "Black Jack" Geary fights to stay ahead of his enemies in the fourth novel in Jack Campbell's New York Times bestselling military science fiction series.
Deep within Syndicate World space, the Alliance fleet continues its dangerous journey home under the command of Captain John "Black Jack" Geary--revived after a century spent in suspended animation. Geary's victories over the enemy have earned both the respect--and the envy--of his fellow officers...
Geary has made many risky decisions as commander of the Alliance fleet, but ordering them back to the Lakota Star System where the Syndics nearly destroyed them has his officers questioning his sanity. It's a desperate gamble that may buy the fleet just enough time to prepare for the Syndics' inevitable return.
Even as he struggles to give the fleet a fighting chance at survival, Geary faces dissent from within. An unknown number of officers want a change of command, but Geary knows that the Alliance fleet must stand together, or else the Syndic forces will tear them apart...
A sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo's seminal account of his journeys in the east, in a collectible clothbound edition.
Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. His account of his travels offers a fascinating glimpse of what he encountered abroad: unfamiliar religions, customs and societies; the spices and silks of the East; the precious gems, exotic vegetation and wild beasts of faraway lands. Evoking a remote and long-vanished world with colour and immediacy, Marco's book revolutionized western ideas about the then unknown East and is still one of the greatest travel accounts of all time.
For this edition - the first completely new English translation of the Travels in over fifty years - Nigel Cliff has gone back to the original manuscript sources to produce a fresh, authoritative new version. The volume also contains invaluable editorial materials, including an introduction describing the world as it stood on the eve of Polo's departure, and examining the fantastical notions the West had developed of the East.
Marco Polo was born in 1254, joining his father on a journey to China in 1271. He spent the next twenty years travelling in the service of Kublai Khan. There is evidence that Marco travelled extensively in the Mongol Empire and it is fairly certain he visited India. He wrote his famous Travels whilst a prisoner in Genoa.
Nigel Cliff was previously a theatre and film critic for The Times and a regular writer for The Economist, among other publications, and now writes historical nonfiction books. His first book, The Shakespeare Riots, was published in 2007 and shortlisted for the Washington-based National Award for Arts Writing. His second book, The Last Crusade: Vasco da Gama and the Birth of the Modern World appeared in 2011 and was shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize.
A memoir and a meditation on individual and class identity, and the forces that keep us locked in political closets.
On thinking the matter through, it doesn't seem exaggerated to assert that my coming out of the sexual closet, my desire to assume and assert my homosexuality, coincided within my personal trajectory with my shutting myself up inside what I might call a class closet. --from Returning to Reims
After his father dies, Didier Eribon returns to his hometown of Reims and rediscovers the working-class world he had left behind thirty years earlier. For years, Eribon had thought of his father largely in terms of the latter's intolerable homophobia. Yet his father's death provokes new reflection on Eribon's part about how multiple processes of domination intersect in a given life and in a given culture. Eribon sets out to investigate his past, the history of his family, and the trajectory of his own life. His story weaves together a set of remarkable reflections on the class system in France, on the role of the educational system in class identity, on the way both class and sexual identities are formed, and on the recent history of French politics, including the shifting voting patterns of the working classes--reflected by Eribon's own family, which changed its allegiance from the Communist Party to the National Front.
Returning to Reims is a remarkable book of sociological inquiry and critical theory, of interest to anyone concerned with the direction of leftist politics in the contemporary world, and to anyone who has ever experienced how sexual identity can clash with other parts of one's identity. A huge success in France since its initial publication in 2009, Returning to Reims received enthusiastic reviews in Le Monde, Libération, L'Express, Les Inrockuptibles, and elsewhere.
This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the full syllabus for examination from 2023.
Benefit from the knowledge of our renowned expert authors to navigate through the content of the updated Cambridge IGCSE (TM) and O Level Computer Science syllabuses (0478/0984/2210). - Develop computational thinking and problem-solving skills: clearly-explained concepts are followed by opportunities to implement in the programming language of choice. - Build an understanding of computer systems and associated technologies: carefully prepared worked examples explain new ideas alongside activities to test and consolidate. - Navigate the syllabus confidently: supplementary subject content is flagged clearly, with introductions to each topic outlining the learning objectives. - Satisfy curiosity: students are encouraged to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the subject with Extension Activities and Find Out More. - Consolidate skills and check understanding: self-assessment questions, activities and exam-style questions are embedded throughout the book, alongside key definitions of technical terms and a glossary.
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Dieser Band ist mit seinem exquisitem Stoffeinband selbst ein must-have Designobjekt!
Eine atemberaubende Sammlung der weltweit großartigsten Wohnräume - gestaltet oder in Auftrag gegeben von den einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten des Interior Design wie David Chipperfield, Le Corbusier, Salvador Dalí, Ann Getty, Peggy Guggenheim, Zaha Hadid, Yves Klein, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Georgia O`Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Lee Radziwill, Niki de Saint Phalle oder Gianni Versace.
Dieses fulminante Buch feiert das Interior Design von seinen Anfängen im frühen zwanzigsten Jahrhundert bis heute. Vorgestellt werden über 400 Räume aus über 25 Ländern, von extravaganten Schlössern über atemberaubende Stadthäuser oder luxuriöse Penthäuser bis hin zu Wüsten-Ranches, Strandhäusern oder winzigen Apartments. Und es zeigt nicht nur die Wohnwelten von Architekten und Dekorateuren, sondern auch von Mäzenen und Stilikonen aus der Welt der Mode und der Kunst. Dieses einzigartige Kompendium ist damit eine Quelle der Inspiration für alle Design-Interessierte, für alle, die wunderschöne Räume lieben und natürlich diejenigen, die Inspiration für ihre eigenen vier Wände suchen.
Longtime pastor and leading authority on church health, Mark Dever draws from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians to tackle twelve major challenges facing the church today. As he presents each challenge, Dever provides practical ways for individuals and churches to respond biblically. Writing for both church leaders and laymen, Dever insists that the health of the local church should be the concern of every believer and that God can overcome the most difficult of challenges.
This book will change the way you think about persuasion, and have you closing deals in no time.
These days, it's just not enough to make a great pitch. Over decades of being marketed, pitched, sold (and lied) to, we've grown resistant to sales persuasion. The moment we feel pressured to buy, we pull away. And if we're told what to think, our defences go up.
That's why Oren Klaff, bestselling author of Pitch Anything, has devised a new approach to persuasion based on a simple insight: everyone trusts their own ideas. Instead of pushing your idea on your buyer, guide them to discover it on their own and they will get excited about it. They'll buy in and feel good about the chance to work with you. In Flip the Script, Klaff breaks down this insight into a series of actionable steps. You will learn how to:
*Achieve Status Alignment: Use a status tip-off, a strategically placed remark that identifies you as an insider who can relate to your client's concerns.
*Close the Certainty Gap: Allay your buyer's fears about going into business with you by delivering a flash roll, proving your expertise in the domain.
*Present Your Idea as Plain Vanilla: Don't overhype your product as a first-of-its-kind solution. The more you emphasise the familiar, reliable elements of your product, the easier you make it for your buyer to say yes.
Packed with examples of the long-shot, often hilarious deals that Klaff has pulled off over the years, Flip the Script is the most entertaining, informative masterclass in dealmaking you'll find anywhere. It will transform your approach to pitching, leaving you fully prepared to raise money, seal deals and keep your cool in the toughest business situations.
How does it look different from other churches? More importantly, how does it act differently, especially in society? Many of us aren't sure how to answer those questions, even though we probably have some preconceived idea. But with this book, you don't have to wonder any more.
Author Mark Dever seeks to help believers recognize the key characteristics of a healthy church: expositional preaching, biblical theology, and a right understanding of the gospel. Dever then calls us to develop those characteristics in our own churches. By following the example of New Testament authors and addressing church members from pastors to pew sitters, Dever challenges all believers to do their part in maintaining the local church. What Is a Healthy Church? offers timeless truths and practical principles to help each of us fulfill our God-given roles in the body of Christ.
'Even one glass of wine a day raises the risk of cancer' 'Hate crimes have doubled in five years' 'Fizzy drinks make teenagers violent'
Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people develop cancer every year' - and sometimes less obvious - 'How smartphones destroyed a generation'. Statistics are an immensely powerful tool for understanding the world; the best tool we have. But in the wrong hands, they can be dangerous.
This book will help you spot common mistakes and tricks that can mislead you into thinking that small numbers are big, or unimportant changes are important. It will show you how the numbers you read are made - you'll learn about how surveys with small or biased samples can generate wrong answers, and why ice cream doesn't cause drownings.
We are surrounded by numbers and data, and it has never been more important to separate the good from the bad, the true from the false. HOW TO READ NUMBERS is a vital guide that will help you understand when and how to trust the numbers in the news - and, just as importantly, when not to.
Sight can be so effortless, so useful, and so entertaining-the average human can distinguish several million colors; a falcon can see a fencepost from three thousand yards-that we never stop to think about how complex a process it is and how easily it can fail us. We never have as clear and complete a picture of the world around us as we think we do. The gaps between what our eyes take in and what is in our mind's eye provide the unifying theme in Bruno Breitmeyer's wide-ranging volume. In his fascinating account of the many ways that our eyes, and minds, both see and fail to see, Breitmeyer moves from cataracts and color blindness through blindsight, acquired dyslexia, and visual agnosias, including fascinating cases like the woman who did not know what she was seeing was a dog until it barked. He then uses what we've learned about the limits of our sight to illustrate the limits of our ability to mentally visualize and our ability to reason, covering everything from logical fallacies to how our motives and emotions relentlessly color the way we see the world. This book will intrigue anyone interested in how easily we can fail to capture the world around us without even realizing it.
