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Wer kennt sie nicht: frustrierende Streitgespräche, die ergebnislos in einer Sackgasse enden? Ob bei Konflikten am Arbeitsplatz, beim Streit mit dem Partner oder mit dem Nachbarn - das LEAP-Konzept des amerikanischen Psychologen Xavier Amador wird Ihnen helfen, ausweglose Diskussionen in zielorientierte Gespräche umzuwandeln. Amadors grundlegende Erkenntnis ist: Es führt zu nichts, Ihr Gegenüber zu dem Eingeständnis zu bewegen, dass Sie im Recht sind bzw. der andere im Unrecht ist. "Listen" (zuhören), "Empathie zeigen", "Agree" (zustimmen) und "Partnerschaftlich handeln" - das sind die Säulen von Amadors LEAP-Konzept. Dabei geht es um eine Kommunikation, die eine gute Beziehung zum Gesprächspartner herstellt - denn nur so erzielen Sie ein positives Ergebnis, mit dem beiden Seiten zufrieden sind. Machen Sie Ihren Gegner zum Partner, der mit Ihnen die bestmögliche Lösung anstrebt - gehen Sie mit ihm gemeinsam vom Streit zum Ziel. ...

Our planet faces many challenges. In 2013, an international partnership of more than 140 scientific societies, research institutes, and organizations focused its attention on these issues. This project was called 'Mathematics of Planet Earth' and featured English- and French-language blogs, accessible to non-mathematicians, as part of its outreach activities. This book is based on more than 100 of the 270 English-language blog posts and focuses on four major themes: A Planet to Discover; A Planet Supporting Life; A Planet Organized by Humans; and A Planet at Risk. Readers will learn about the challenges that confront the Earth today, and how mathematics and mathematicians can contribute to a better understanding of these challenges. This book is accessible to a general audience with a basic scientific background. Mathematicians will learn about some planetary challenges which provide mathematical and/or interdisciplinary research problems. ...

An instant New York Times bestseller! Nothing compares to the physical chemistry between an immortal and his life mate-or to the spellbinding thrills in a new Argeneau novel by New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands . . . A simple promise to protect her friend's infant son has turned Allie Chambers' existence upside down. Caring for-and feeding-an orphaned vampire baby has been tricky enough. But as little Liam grows, so does his appetite. He needs more blood than she can personally supply. And when her attempts to steal from a blood bank go awry, Allie wakes up surrounded by doctors, cops . . . and the gorgeous, mesmerising Magnus, who she can neither trust nor resist. Magnus never expected to find his life mate breaking into a blood bank. Clearly, Allie is already entwined with his world-in deeper, more dangerous ways than she realises. A band of vicious rogue immortals is in pursuit, and Magnus' first task is to keep her safe. His second: to awaken her to mind-...

How much of Earth's surface is covered by water? How do the northern lights get their colors? Planet Earth has been home to mankind for hundreds of thousands of years and while scientists have learned a lot about it, they're still unraveling many of its mysteries. B is for Blue Planet: An Earth Science Alphabet explains what we do know about our planet and what more we have to learn. Examine Earth's diverse ecosystems (deserts), discover geological wonders (karst caves), learn about weather phenomena (hurricanes), and much more. Ruth Strother has been in the publishing industry for more than twenty years and is the author of fifteen books for children. She also wrote Sleeping Bear's W is for Woof: A Dog Alphabet. Ruth lives in Southern California. Bob Marstall was a K-12 art teacher for many years, and today he is an award-winning children's book illustrator. He tours all over the country, lecturing in schools on the integration of art and science. Bob lives in ...

Know him? Yes, I know him -- knew him. That was twenty years ago. Everybody knows him now. Everybody who passed him on the street knows him. Everybody who went to the same schools, or even to different schools in different towns, knows him now. Ask them. But I knew him. I lived three feet away from him for a month and a half. I shipped with him and called him by his first name. Product details Format Hardback | 22 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 x 6mm | 209g ...

The mesmerizing adult debut from Leigh Bardugo, a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite Galaxy "Alex" Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she's thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world's most prestigious universities on a full ride. What's the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale's secret societies. Their eight windowless "tombs" are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street...

'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.' In The Outsider (1942), his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal. Albert Camus' portrayal of a man confronting the absurd, and revolting against the injustice of society, depicts the paradox of man's joy in life when faced with the 'tender indifference' of the world. Sandra Smith's translation, based on close listening to a recording of Camus reading his work aloud on French radio in 1954, sensitively renders the subtleties and dream-like atmosphere of L'Etranger. Albert Ca...

Selections from both Iliad and Odyssey , made with an eye for those episodes that figure most prominently in the study of mythology. Product details Format Paperback | 532 pages Dimensions 140 x 216 x 27.43mm | 454g Publication date 15 Sep 2000 P...

He's her best friend's ex. Justin used to rule the boardroom, now he rules his own little plot of land, or he could if he wasn't a single dad with a newborn. The doctor who delivered his son is an old friend and he calls in an SOS. But the longer she's around, the harder it is to ignore that a stunning intellect isn't her only appeal. It was supposed to be two friends getting through a baby's colic together. Only Priya has harbored way more than friendly feelings for Justin for years. But she's struggling to keep her thoughts platonic around the scruffy, rugged rancher. Justin's sworn off women and refuses to change for anyone. Priya's fighting to save her job and won't be second rate to anyone. So why not a friends with benefits arrangement? Then no one will get their heart broken... A friends to lovers romance from an award-winning author. Product details ...

'Feels like a Hollywood film in the making' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Essential' MARGARET ATWOOD 'Cinematic, remarkable' GUARDIAN 'Totally gripping' JON RONSON 'Has the morally satisfying arc of a thriller, with all the suspense. For lovers of Spotlight' i 'Seismic. Examines what happens when a bully is cornered' OBSERVER 'Incredible. It staggered me. I could talk all day about this book' PANDORA SYKES 'Unputdownable non-fiction. A powerful book' RENI EDDO-LODGE 'All the President's Men for the #MeToo era' WASHINGTON POST 'A binge-read of a book. Adrenaline-spiking' LOS ANGELES TIMES On 5 October 2017, the New York Times published an article by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that helped change the world. Hollywood was talking as never before. Kantor and Twohey outmanoeuvred Harvey Weinstein, his team of defenders and private investigators, convincing some of the most famous women in the world -...

Alexis Purcell, autora de galardonados libros y apps interactivos, está de vuelta con otro libro maravilloso. ¡Quién habría pensado que leer sería tan divertido! Ya es hora de dormir en el zoológico; hora de que los animales vayan a la cama. ¿Pero están listos para dormir, o siguen los animales jugando? Únete a la diversión mientras los animales del zoológico sepreparan para dormir. Los amantes de los animales disfrutarán de las bellas ilustraciones y divertidas rimas mientras siguen a los animales que se preparan para ir a la cama....¡¡cuando dejen de jugar!! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Alexis Purcell, the author of award-winning books and interactive apps, is back with another wonderful book. POSING FOR PICTURES WAS PART OF THE FUN ACTING KOOKY AND CRAZY UNTIL THEY WERE DONE IT'S THE END OF THE DAY; THE SUN'S LOST ITS GLOW THE ANIMALS NEED SLEEP; OFF TO BED THEY MUST GO Who knew reading could be so much fun! It's night time at the zoo -- time f...

October 1918: En route from New York to Seattle, Jessica Layton stops for a visit in her hometown of Powell Springs, Oregon, and comes face-to-face with Cole Braddock, her first and only love from years ago. Now Jessica is a highly accomplished clinical physician preparing for an exciting new job in Washington, and Cole is a successful horse breeder who is courting her sister Amy. Both are convinced they have moved beyond their youthful passion and the heartbreak it produced; nonetheless, they are grateful that Jessica's brief visit will leave little opportunity to rehash old wounds. But before Dr. Layton can leave town, Powell Springs is hit hard by the influenza epidemic ravaging the country. With no other doctors available, Jessica must remain in Oregon and tend to her friends and former neighbors. Her work brings her in constant contact with Cole, and with each passing day he finds it harder to convince himself that mild-tempered Amy can fill his heart as Jessica once did. Set ...

"Smart and funny, with characters so real and vulnerable, you want to send them care packages. I loved this book." -Rainbow Rowell From debut author Mary H.K. Choi comes a compulsively readable novel that shows young love in all its awkward glory-perfect for fans of Eleanor & Park and To All the Boys I've Loved Before. For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn't actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it's seventy-nine miles and a zillion light years away from everything she can't wait to leave behind. Sam's stuck. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, financially. He works at a cafe and sleeps there too, on a mattress on the floor of an empty storage room upstairs. He knows that this is the god-awful chapter of his life that will serve as inspiration for when he...

Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller! 'It's like The Four Hour Work Week and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck had a love child. Readable, informative, and good weird' Allen Gannett, author of The Creative Curve 'Refreshing to see an author who is actually doing what he writes, and then sharing his real tactics. No BS "theory," this book is for people who take action' Tucker Max, CEO of Book in a Box __________ You don't need to be university educated, have money, be creative, or even have an idea to get rich. You just need to be willing to break the rules. How to be a Capitalist Without Any Capital will teach you how to be a modern opportunist - investor, entrepreneur, or side hustler - by breaking these four golden rules of the old guard: 1. Focus on one skill: Wrong. Don't cultivate one great skill to get ahead. In today's business world, success goes to the multitaskers. 2. Be unique: Wrong. The way to get rich is not by launchi...

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother's murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance. But when victims of a brutal new serial killer start turning up, the Naturals are pulled into an active case that strikes too close to home: the killer is a perfect copycat of Dean's incarcerated father-a man he'd do anything to forget. Forced deeper into a murderer's psyche than ever before, will the Naturals be able to outsmart the enigmatic killer's brutal mind games before this copycat twists them into his web for good? With her trademark wit, brilliant plotting, and twists that no one will see coming, Jennifer Lynn Barnes will keep readers on the edge of their seats (a...

Niceros is a Greek slave on the run in ancient Italy, avoiding capture, and seeking his one true love, Melissa. However, a chance encounter at an inn sets in motion a harrowing chain of events that lead to murder, mayhem, mystery, and a bit of magic. Loosely adapted from the Roman author Petronius, Via Periculosa ("The Dangerous Road") is an exciting and surprising supernatural thriller suitable for Latin readers in the first year of study and beyond. Product details Format Paperback | 102 pages Dimensions 127 x 203 x 5m...

NOW A NEW YORK TIMES, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, INDIEBOUND, LOS ANGELES TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, CHRONICLE HERALD, SALISBURY POST, GUELPH MERCURY TRIBUNE, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER - NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Washington Post - Bustle - Men's Journal - The Chicago Reader - StarTribune - Blavity - The Guardian - NBC New York's Bill's Books - Kirkus - Essence "One of the most frank and searing discussions on race ... a deeply serious, urgent book, which should take its place in the tradition of Baldwin's The Fire Next Time and King's Why We Can't Wait." --The New York Times Book Review Toni Morrison hails Tears We Cannot Stop as "Elegantly written and powerful in several areas: moving personal recollections; profound cultural analysis; and guidance for moral redemption. A work to relish." Stephen King says: "Here's a sermon that's as fierce as it is lucid...If you're black, you'll feel a spa...

Ποιον περίμενε ο κόντες Διονύσιος Σολωμός στη Ζάκυνθο των σεισμών του 1953; Τι σχέση έχει μ' ένα μυστηριώδη ποδηλάτη; Πώς μια κλεμμένη σελίδα μπορεί να αναστατώσει την ήσυχη ζωή μιας κωμόπολης; Μπορεί ένας άνθρωπος στον καιρό μας να εμπιστεύεται τα ξωτικά; "Ο σκοτεινός κύριος του Βέρτεκοπ" είναι μια πορεία ζωής που εξελίσσεται σε τέσσερις διαφορετικές εποχές. Στα συντρίμμια της Ζακύνθου, ο Στάθης, φοιτητής ακόμα, συναντιέται με το έργο του Μεγάλου Ποιητή, που θα σημαδέψει την υπόλοιπη ζωή του. Στην ιλαροτραγική ατμόσφαιρα της Επταετίας, καθηγητής φιλολογίας πια, "ανακοινώνει" με τον πιο περίεργο και συνάμα επικίνδυνο τρόπο το περιεχόμενο της κλεμμένης σελίδας. Στα χρόνια της σοσιαλιστικής αλλαγής θα αποπειραθεί, γράφοντας στο γιό του, να μιλήσει για τα ανείπωτα. Μετά τη "χρυσή" Ολυμπιάδα, ο γιός του ανήμπορου πλέον Στάθη διερευνά τη σκοτεινή πλευρά του πατέρα. Πατέρας και γιος θα βρεθούν αντιμέτωποι ο ένας με τον άλλον, όπως και η Ελλάδα που φεύγει είν...

A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! From the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, comes Ann Patchett's most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are. At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. The story is told by Cyril's son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly a...

He's just the man she's looking for. Cash Walker always leaves a lady's bed before morning--after all, he has a day full of chores waiting on his ranch. So when he wakes up one morning to his latest catch creeping out of the room, he figures he had it coming. Until later the same day, when she shows up in his barn. Turns out, she's come to town to talk about the one subject Cash refuses to discuss with anyone. Abbi Daniels is tired of being the responsible woman her parents expect her to be, but even she can admit that jumping into bed with the last guy to see her brother alive wasn't her smartest move. Cash won't talk about the day her brother was killed, but she refuses to leave town without answers. Only the more she's around Cash, the less she wants to return home and the more she feels like her old self again. With Abbi around, Cash's no-commitment resolve breaks down. Around Cash, Abbi finds the freedom she's craved for so long. But how...

Marketing: An Introduction is your clear, comprehensive and concise guide to the key ideas in marketing, focusing on how to deliver improved customer value in order to achieve marketing success. The second European edition of this classic text has been updated with the latest ideas in marketing and with numerous new European marketing examples and case studies. The authors prompt students to discover the concepts of marketing and translate them into real commercial practice for themselves. Product details Format Hardback | 672 pages Dimensions 216 x 276mm ...

Toddler mealtimes can be a battleground. And for busy parents, time for preparing food is in short supply. The UK's number-one expert on feeding children, Annabel Karmel, is on hand to help. In this new Quick and Easy book she offers 130 recipes that can be rustled up in minutes. With an eye on nutritional content and appeal for children, as well as speediness for hassled mums and dads, she solves mealtimes in an instant. With plenty of tips and tricks to encourage your child to eat, from savoury to sweet, for breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner, Annabel's Quick and Easy Toddler Recipes will make for mellow mealtimes. Product details Format Hardback | 144 pages ...

In Aliens Product details For ages 12-17 Format Paperback | 192 pages Publication date 31 Jan 1996 Publisher Pan MacMillan Imprint ...

An easy-to-navigate, visually engaging guide to becoming an effective public speaker Revel(TM) DK Guide to Public Speaking gives students the practical information they seek, supported by the concepts and theories instructors want -- all presented within a compelling Dorling Kindersley design that facilitates an intuitive learning experience. Author Lisa Ford-Brown offers a user-friendly resource that equips students with the tools to become effective public speakers. The Third Edition has been updated with contemporary examples of speeches and presentation aids to engage students and ensure a contemporary view of public speaking. Revel is Pearson's newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, Revel is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one...

#1 New York Times Bestseller A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick "I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't want this story to end!" Reese Witherspoon "Painfully beautiful." The New York Times Book Review For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens. Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Celeste Ng, Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natura...