Fifth Edition. ... Would you like to get acquainted with the most important techniques every company manager should know? Quickly differentiate the fundamentals from the secondary, leading to the most accurate decisions? And do all of this for both everyday and extraordinary situations? If so, simply read this book. It presents an atypical look at the most successful techniques in business and draws on rich experience. Even within complex topics, easy-to-remember examples lead the reader step by step through the material clearly and methodically. The leading principles are highlighted, as are possible exceptions to them. ... |
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Това, което изглежда като магия, е просто част от живота, която все още не разбираме... Когато пенсионираната учителка по математика Грейс Уинтърс получава в наследство занемарена къща на остров в Средиземно море от приятелка, с която не поддържа връзка от години, любопитството ѝ надделява. Тя заминава за Ибиса с еднопосочен билет, без туристически справочник и без никакъв план. Сред каменистите хълмове и по златистите плажове на острова Грейс търси отговор на многобройните въпроси за живота и загадъчната смърт на приятелката си. Това, което открива, е по-странно, отколкото би могла да си представи. Но за да се ... |
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After spending several years in a sanatorium recovering from an illness that caused him to lose his memory and ability to reason, Prince Myshkin arrives in St Petersburg and is at once confronted with the stark realities of life in the Russian capital - from greed, murder and nihilism to passion, vanity and love. Mocked for his childlike naivety yet valued for his openness and understanding, Prince Myshkin finds himself entangled with two women in a position he cannot bring himself to resolve. Dostoevsky, who wrote that in the character of Prince Myshkin he hoped to portray a wholly virtuous man, shows the workings of ... |
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Sharp angles, strange forms, lurid colors, and distorted perspectives are classic hallmarks of Expressionism, the twentieth century movement that prioritized emotion over objective reality. Though particularly present in Germany and Austria, the movement’s approach flourished internationally and is today hailed as one of the most influential shifts in art history. With leading groups Die Brücke (The Bridge) and Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), and key players such as Wassily Kandinsky, Egon Schiele,and Emil Nolde, the Expressionists disowned Impressionism, which they regarded as man lowered to the position of a ... |
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 - 1610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of the Italian Baroque, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial, violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Though famed for his dramatic use of color, light, and shadow, it was above all Caravaggio's boundary-breaking naturalism which scorched his name into the annals of art history. From the dirtied soles of feet to the sexualized languor of bare flesh, the artist allowed even sacred and biblical scenes to unfold with a startling, often visceral humanity. This ... |
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My touch is lethal. My touch is power. A fragile teenage girl is held captive. Locked in a cell by The Reestablishment, a harsh dictatorship in charge of a crumbling world. But Juliette is no ordinary teenager - one touch from her can kill. The Reestablishment wants to use her as a weapon. But Juliette has other plans. After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovered the strength to fight back and to find a future with the one person she thought she'd lost forever... "Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance. I'm envious. I couldn't put it down." Lauren Kate, New York Times ... |
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Long ago, Andrew made a childhood wish, and kept it in a silver box. When it finally comes true, he wishes he hadn't. Long ago, Ben made a promise and had a dream: to travel to Africa to volunteer at a lion reserve. When he finally makes it, it isn't for reason he imagined... Ben and Andrew keep meeting in unexpected places, and the intense relationship that develops seems to be guided by fate. Or is it? What if the very thing that drwas them together is tainted by past secrets that threaten everything? A dark, consuming drama that shifts from Zimbabwe to England, and then back into the past, "The Lion ... |
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Beijing is a rapidly growing city where modernity and tradition meet and clash in a dynamic and intense union. Come and discover the most fascinating locations in this great metropolis and let yourself be amazed by the secrets it hides! Immerse yourself in the millennial Chinese culture by visiting the ancient alleys and the futuristic artery roads of the Capital city of the North. In this reader you will find: grammar structures and vocabulary in accordance with the HSK1-2 standards; glossary with pronunciation and translation; text without Pinyin to promote authentic reading; comprehension and grammar revision ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Frederic Henry is an American Lieutenant serving in the ambulance corps of the Italian army during the First World War. While stationed in northern Italy, he falls in love with Catherine Barkley, an English nurse. Theirs is an intense, tender and passionate love affair overshadowed by the war. Ernest Hemingway spares nothing in his denunciation of the horrors of combat, yet vividly depicts the courage shown by so many. In writing "A Farewell to Arms", Hemingway was inspired by his own wartime experience as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. ... |
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Приключението продължава във втората книга от нашумялата сага и първата ѝ част - "Проклятието на тигъра". ... Отново у дома в Орегон, Келси се опитва да събере парчетата от живота си и да преодолее чувствата си към Рен. Но твърде близо дебне опасност, която скоро ще я принуди да се върне в Индия. Притисната от обстоятелствата, Келси се отправя на второ дирене - този път в компанията на по-малкия брат на Рен, "лошото момче" Кишан, над когото също тегне "Проклятието на тигъра". Залог този път е животът на Рен, но докато пътуването ги приближава все повече към ужасяващ сблъсък с похитилото ... |
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Кари Сото е целеустремена и твърдо решена да побеждава на всяка цена, поради което много хора не я харесват. Но когато се оттегля от професионалния тенис, тя е най-великата състезателка на света. Поставила е многобройни рекорди и е спечелила двайсет титли от Големия шлем. Според самата Кари тя си е извоювала с пълно право всяка от тези титли. Пожертвала е много, за да стане най-добрата с помощта на баща си Хавиер, самият той бивш шампион, който я тренира от двегодишна. Но шест години след като се е оттеглила, Кари седи на трибуните на Откритото първенство на САЩ през 1994 година и вижда как рекордът ѝ е изравнен от ... |
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A masterful suspense novel from the author of the unforgettable bestseller "We were liars". ... The story of a young woman whose diabolical smarts are her ticket into a charmed life. But how many times can someone reinvent themselves? You be the judge. Imogen is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook, and a cheat. Jule is a fighter, a social chameleon, and an athlete. An intense friendship. A disappearance. A murder, or maybe two. A bad romance, or maybe three. Blunt objects, disguises, blood, and chocolate. The American dream, superheroes, spies, and villains. A girl who refuses to give people what they want ... |
