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Sandy Gall War against the Taliban
"Afghanistan's strategically significant lands have long been fought over by foreign invaders. Today, as yet another generation risks life and limb in this inhospitable territory, an ever-rising death toll puts back under the spotlight the way the modern war in Afghanistan is being run, and demands answers. Drawing on interviews with Afghan politicians, businessmen and ordinary people, British, American and European diplomats and soldiers, Sandy Gall addresses the challenges - political, religious,...
Engels | 400 pagina's (1,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Alice Schroeder The snowball
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Prize 2008The Snowball is the first and will be the only biography of the world's richest man, Warren Buffett, written with his full cooperation and collaboration. Combining a unique blend of "The Sage of Omaha's" business savvy, life story and philosophy, The Snowball is essential reading for anyone wishing to discover and replicate the secrets of his business and life success.Warren Buffett is arguably the world's greatest...
Engels | 832 pagina's (4,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Martin Thomas | David Brain Crowd Surfing
"The way people buy has gone through a massive revolution in recent years: thanks to blogs, review sites and chat rooms, we no longer have to rely on what a company says about its products and services - we can read what our fellow consumers think about what they've bought, and make our own decisions bearing those views in minds. The result? Empowered customers who know exactly what they want and who can now explore many ways to get it. Many companies, however, just won't accept that things have...
Engels | 208 pagina's (1,7 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Succeed as a new manager
"It's great to have a new challenge at work. Managing others, though,can be a daunting new responsibility and can be tricky if you're nowthe boss of former colleagues or friends. Packed with practical advice,it will help you sail through issues such as getting to know your team,dealing with internal politics, motivating others, and celebratingsuccess. Whatever your new job, Succeed As a New Manager will help youfind your feet and get great results along the way. This book alsoincludes a quiz, step-by-step...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Leo Hollis Cities are good for you
"The 21st century will be the age of the city. Already over 50% of the world population live in urban centres and over the coming decades this percentage will increase. Blending anecdote, fact and first hand encounters - from exploring the slums of Mumbai, to visiting roof-top farms in Brooklyn and attending secret dinner parties in Paris, to riding the bus in Latin America - Leo Hollis reveals that we have misunderstood how cities work for too long. Upending long-held assumptions and challenging...
Engels | 416 pagina's (2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Frederick Taylor Exorcising Hitler
"Not since the end of the Roman Empire, almost fifteen hundred years earlier, is there a parallel, in Europe at least, to the fall of the German nation in 1945. Industrious and inventive, home over centuries to a disproportionate number of western civilization's greatest thinkers, writers, scientists and musicians, Germany had entered the twentieth century united, prosperous, and strong, admired by almost all humanity for its remarkable achievements. During the 1930s, embittered by one lost war and...
Engels | 480 pagina's (2,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Jimmy Burns Barça
"Founded in 1898, FC Barcelona or Barça, is the world's biggest and best-loved football club. Barça has more than 500 local fan clubs spread across the world, while its championship matches attract a global TV audience. Former players include such legendary figures as Kubala, Maradona, Cruyff, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Lineker, and Barça has been managed by greats such as Helenio Herrera, Cesar Menotti and Bobby Robson. The club's honorary members include Pope John Paul II and opera star José Carreras....
Engels | 384 pagina's (4,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Chitrita Banerji Eating India
"In Eating India, the award-winning writer Chitrita Banerji takes us on a thrilling journey through a national food formed by generations of arrivals, assimilations and conquests. In mouth-watering prose, she explores how each wave of newcomers brought innovative new ways to combine the subcontinent's rich native spices, poppy seeds, saffron and mustard with the vegetables, fish, grains and pulses that are the staples of the Indian kitchen. Along the way, she visits traditional weddings, tiffin rooms,...
Engels | 3,2 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Richard Fitzpatrick El clásico
Barcelona v Real Madrid
Real Madrid versus Barcelona is regarded by many as the most captivating fixture in world football. But it is not only the on-pitch battles that have forged their rivalry. From General Franco and bloody civil war to the Catalan city of Barcelonas lukewarm reaction to Spains recent World Cup and European Championship triumphs, bitterness is never far from the surface. In El Clásico, Richard Fitzpatrick charts the key political and historical flashpoints between the two clubs. With exclusive interviews...
Engels | 256 pagina's (3,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Lynn Schooler Walking home
"In the spring of 2007, hard on the heels of the worst winter in the history of Juneau, Alaska, Lynn Schooler finds himself facing the far side of middle age and exhausted by labouring to handcraft a home as his marriage slips away. Seeking solace and escape in nature, he sets out on a solo journey into the Alaskan wilderness, travelling first by small boat across the formidable Gulf of Alaska, then on foot along one of the wildest coastlines in North America.Walking Home is filled with stunning...
Engels | 272 pagina's (3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Ed Hawkins Bookie gambler fixer spy
"A startling and powerful journey to the very core of India's illegal bookmaking industry that exposes the scale of corruption and the match-fixing that now runs rife throughout world cricket. For several years Ed Hawkins made friends with India's illegal bookmakers - men who boast turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars per cricket match - as well as the corruption officers of the International Cricket Council who are trying to shut them down. It's a shady world and rumours abound. But then...
Engels | 240 pagina's (2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Lorenza Clifford Interview others
"Interviewing prospective job candidates can be a real challenge, and sometimes the interviewers are just as nervous as the interviewee! If you are new to interviewing and need to learn some essential skills, Interview Others is the book for you. Full of advice on how to get the best from others and from yourself, it covers everything from preparing for an interview, to dealing with different types of interview situations, to the right (and wrong) questions to ask, to making a job offer. This book...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Julia Sweeney If it's not one thing, it's your mother
"Julia Sweeney was nearing forty, and quite famous, when she got on a flight to China to turn her life upside down. She had a flourishing career as a comedienne and performer, ample friends and admirers, but what she didnt have was a child and, after a string of non-committal boyfriends, she decided to adopt alone.Mulan was one-and-a-half years old when she met her new mother, and every bit as feisty as the Disney character (whom she was emphatically not named for). If It's Not One Thing, Its Your...
Engels | 2,1 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Get that job
interviews
"You've got a fantastic CV; now comes the big test. 'Where do you seeyourself in five years' time?' 'What is your greatest weakness?' Get That Job: Interviews providesstrategies to cope with these classic questions and more. The bookcontains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-stepguidance and action points, top tips, common mistakes and advice on howto avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists of the best sourcesof further help."
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,3 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Richard Eyre National service
"During the ten years from 1987 to 1997 that he was Director of the Royal National Theatre, Richard Eyre kept a diary - a record that disarmingly captured a life at the heart of British cultural and political affairs. The powerful and the famous inevitably strut and fret upon its pages, but National Service is also a moving personal journey, charted faithfully by a fiercely self-aware and frequently self-doubting individual. The job of grappling with a giant three-headed monster as complex as the...
Engels | 448 pagina's (2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Richard Van Emden Boy soldiers of the Great War
"The youngest soldier who fought in the Great War is believed to have been just twelve years old. Many thousands of other boys are known to have faked eye tests, inflated their small chests and stood on tiptoes to bluff their way into a war of unforeseen horror. How and why so many under-aged boys were able to get to the battlefields is a complex mystery of World War I, and until Richard van Emden's classic account, largely unexplored.Boy Soldiers of the Great War tells for the first time the incredible...
Engels | 416 pagina's (5,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Brian M. Fagan Beyond the blue horizon
"Enduring quest to master the oceans, the planet's most mysterious terrain. From the moment when ancient Polynesians first dared to sail beyond the horizon, Fagan vividly explains how our mastery of the oceans changed the course of human history. What drove humans to risk their lives on open water? How did early sailors unlock the secrets of winds, tides, and the stars they steered by? What were the earliest ocean crossings like? With compelling detail, Fagan reveals how seafaring evolved so that...
Engels | 336 pagina's (9,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Hugh Barker Hedge Britannia
"Creations. Fromformal garden features to emphatically rustic barriers, Hugh exploresour hedges in all their diversity. Hedge Britannia offers a wittyinsight into the history of hedges and the way they relate to ourculture as well as our landscape. Hugh travels the breadth of Britainmeeting fellow enthusiasts who range from horticultural experts to theBrixton man who lovingly cultivated a whale-shaped hedge and ran intotrouble with the local council."
Engels | 336 pagina's (13 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Hannah Evans MOB rule
"You know you've joined the MOB when you hear... 'My, are they all yours?' 'Bless you!' (Occasionally) 'Poor you!' (Frequently) 'Lucky you!' (Once) And of course, the ultimate: 'So ... are you going for a girl?' Hannah Evans has three small boys. In her world, farting is so much more interesting than phonics, dam-building trumps damsels in distress any day and, astonishingly, she now instinctively knows the difference between a Frontloader and a JCB. It's a world of mud and just occasionally blood...
Engels | 288 pagina's (0,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Carolyn Burke No regrets
"Edith Piaf was one of the most greatly loved singers of the twentieth century. From the start of her exceptional career in the 1930s, her waif-like form and heart-wrenching voice endeared her first to the French, then to audiences around the globe. As she moved from her youth singing in the streets to the glamour of the Paris music-halls, Piaf formed lasting friendships with such figures as Maurice Chevalier, Jean Cocteau and Marlene Dietrich; she wrote many of her own songs, aided the Resistance...
Engels | 304 pagina's (5,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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