Sebastian: 1681 books

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Law - Miscellaneous, grade: B-, César Ritz Colleges (Hotel Management School), course: Business Law, 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Health and Safety in the working environment The hospitality industry that we focus on is...

Notes from a bibliophile on the lure of rare and first editions, the beauty of dust jackets, the thrill of browsing in antiquarian bookshops, the bibliomania of book thieves, movies about books, and the inner life of a reader. The Groaning Shelf is not so much a book about books as a book about books...

Jedes Jahr verschwinden auf hoher See rund zwanzig Menschen spurlos von Kreuzfahrtschiffen. Noch nie kam jemand zurück. Bis jetzt ... Martin Schwartz, Polizeipsychologe, hat vor fünf Jahren Frau und Sohn verloren. Es geschah während eines Urlaubs auf dem Kreuzfahrtschiff "Sultan of the Seas"...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Schirmer Performance Editions are designed for piano students and their teachers as well as for professional pianists. Pedagogical in nature, these editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions, permanent fingering, and historical and stylistic commentary. Prepared...

In the blustery final days of 2007, seven characters will reach an unexpected turning point: a hedge fund manager pulling off a trade, a professional football player recently arrived from Poland, a young lawyer with too much time on his hands, a student led astray by Islamist theory, a hack book reviewer,...

The very best of Bach for harpsichord, piano, and other keyboard instruments. This affordable edition includes English Suites, French Suites, 6 Partitas, Goldberg Variations, 2-Part Inventions, and 3-Part Sinfonias. Faithfully reprinted from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition.

(Schirmer Performance Editions). This edition combines the contents of both books of the timeless Bach/Carroll Schirmer Library volume. Includes audio recorded by the editor and performance notes on the individual pieces.

Dr. Suker ist einer der besten Augenchirurgen der Welt. Und Psychopath. Tagsüber führt er die kompliziertesten Operationen am menschlichen Auge durch. Nachts widmet er sich besonderen Patientinnen: Frauen, denen er im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes die Augen öffnet. Denn bevor er sie vergewaltigt, entfernt...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A real-life thriller that leaves us with the taste of salt on our tongues and a terror of the deep.

Essay from the year 2003 in the subject Communications - Movies and Television, grade: D (1,5), Macquarie University (Media Department), course: Introduction to the Cinema, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This essay will treat the 'Cinema verite' and its development until...

One of the most significant contributors to the American independent cinema that developed over the late 1980s and 1990s, Hal Hartley has throughout his career created films that defy convention and capture the stranger realities of modern American life. The Cinema of Hal Hartley looks at all of Hartley's...

This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic pressure, threatening to dismantle the national vision at the moment of its construction.

Written in the tradition of Stefan Zweig’s biographical studies, Haffner’s Churchill is a concise, effective, warts-and-all analysis of one of the giants of the twentieth century. Beginning with a brief history of the Churchill family, Haffner examines the future Prime Minister’s childhood;...