Alla fine dell'Ottocento, si concluse la grande stagione del romanzo vittoriano e per la narrativa inglese si pose la questione di trovare nuovi mezzi espressivi idonei a interpretare le complessità del mondo contemporaneo, teso fra tradizione e modernità. Fu la forma narrativa breve a rappresentare, meglio di altre, lo spirito del tempo: la short story, libera dai canoni estetici tradizionali, permise agli autori un grado di sperimentazione, linguistica e tematica, maggiore rispetto al romanzo. Un contributo fondamentale allo sviluppo del genere ...

OPERN SINGEN, EINE FREMDSPRACHE SPRECHEN UND MORDE AUFKLÄREN Das ist alltägliche Arbeit für Myra Barnett, eine Amerikanerin an der Frankfurter Oper, an der sie ihren ersten Vertrag als Chorsängerin hat. MORD ODER FOUL PLAY? Eine Kollege kommt auf mysteriöse Weise ums Leben bei einem „Unfall" auf der Bühne, und sie ist fest entschlossen zu beweisen, dass es Mord war. Kann sie den steifen deutschen Inspektor davon überzeugen, dass es so war? Und wie kann sie Beweise finden, um ihn zu überzeugen? ...

This book is entitled Memorial Stones because it is about remembering what God has done to and provided for my family as we followed His plan for our lives. In the Bible, I saw a chapter where the Israelites were finally able to live in the land promised to their forefathers many years before. As they crossed the river, each tribe was supposed to pick up a rock. Then when they arrived on the land on the other side, they built a memorial place to remember all that God has done in their lives. I wanted this imagery to have impact on this book. It really ...

For Carrie Destin, a biracial military brat growing up around the world, home is never where you left it. When she learns the injuries she sustained in a car accident will prove fatal before she reaches adulthood, she faces her abbreviated life with a brash attitude and a biting, sometimes morbid sense of humor, racing to experience life before it ends. WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Fiction "I'm still marveling at what an impressive and enjoyable book this is, and I'm looking forward to reading anything by Grindstaff that I can ...

Brad Jr. is learning how to be Heterosexual and get rid of his Father's homophobia! What if you woke up and the world was homosexual only and you felt heterosexual. What if you woke up one day to find out your newest friend was murdered and you may know who did it? What if you had to make decisions that would on one hand, open your heart and on the other hand cause you to regret the day you were born. Often we take for granted that just saying, I'm Sorry, will make everything OK. Just think about all the times you had to say I'm Sorry but if you would ...

Some say the way to a person's heart is through their stomach, what if that was also the way to world peace? In The Power of the Palate: Through the Great Exchange, Kathiana LeJeune cooks up some delectable insight into how food shapes one's cultural identity, builds community, and helps shape government policy. In this book, you'll read about some of the most fascinating leaders who are using their palates for good, including: Veaceslav Pituscan, a diplomat who was able to connect with a Ukrainian ambassador over traditional Eastern European ...

Jules' Gardening is one person's battle against personal demons and shows us both his strengths and weaknesses in a stark, complicated and brutally honest stream of consciousness, which comes straight from the heart to the page. Not for the faint-hearted.

Trotz der zunehmender Etablierung des Supply Chain Management können nicht alle Probleme so leicht bewältigt werden. Supply Chains sind durch die zunehmende Konzentration auf Kernkompetenzen, Globalisierung und Kostendruck unsicherer und störanfälliger geworden, sodass ein unternehmensübergreifendes Risikomanagement immer mehr an Bedeutung gewinnt. Doch wie sollte ein Risikomanagement innerhalb der Supply Chain aussehen? Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt das Risikomanagement in Supply Chains vor. Es werden verschiedene Supply Risiken ...

"Ein Geschöpf war so flatterhaft, dass es nicht einmal sich selber treu blieb. - Nachdem es sich - von allen anderen bereits verlassen - notgedrungen SELBST geheiratet hatte, BETROG es sich auch noch mit sich selbst! - Und hatte tatsächlich sogar die Stirn, sich IN FLAGRANTI dabei zu ertappen!" Eine Sammlung höchst eigenwilliger, markant-skurriler Geschichten in erstaunlich komprimierter Form und pointierter Kürze, die sich ganz bewusst jeder weiteren Kategorisierung entziehen ...