This fascinating collection of primary source accounts focuses on the combat actions of the Wehrmacht in the bitter cold of the Russian and Arctic winters. The material is drawn from a variety of wartime sources and encompasses fascinating writings concerning the tactical, operational and strategic aspects of winter warfare. Compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers, this absorbing assembly of primary source intelligence reports encompasses rare material originally drawn from German original sources to provide the reader ...

Dear Bridget, I’m writing this letter because it’s highly doubtful I’ll ever garner the courage to say this to your face.  So, here goes. We’re totally wrong for each other. You’re the proper single mum with a good head on your shoulders. I’m just the carefree British doctor passing through town and temporarily living in your converted garage until I head back to England. But here’s the thing… for some bloody reason, I can’t stop thinking about you in very inappropriate ways.  I want you. ...

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Without any doubt, both horizontal and vertical keiretsu relationships are deeply rooted in the Japanese institutional framework. Nevertheless, a general agreement on the nature and implications of keiretsu ties does not exist. The objective of this thesis is to reconcile the conflicting opinions from the viewpoint of international diversification strategies and develop a position that takes into account the complexity of keiretsu relationships as well as the recent changes in the Japanese business environment. Companies with close ties to main banks neither ...

At a time when poetry has little regard for anything beyond the commonplace realities of everyday perception and sentiment, these studies propose a restoration of balance as between outer and inner worlds. For too long, in the wake of our attempt at a rational, scientific civilization, it has been readily assumed that the centre of gravity of reality and truth falls within the realm of the physical world. But for the poets discussed in these pages the opposite is the case. For them the centre of gravity of the Real and the True decidedly falls within the ...

Emily’s skating career and personal life have never been more golden. She and her partner Chris have won every competition they’ve entered this season, and she’s found the man of her dreams in her coach Sergei. But when one of the biggest competitions of the year takes Emily and Sergei to Russia, Sergei’s past explodes into the present and makes Emily doubt everything in their future.

Anastasia Mikhelson is the rising star of the New York City Ballet. She's sacrificed creature comforts, a social life, as well as her own physical well-being for perfection in dance. Even her reputation as The Ice Queen doesn't faze her. Though Ana's at the peak of her career, competition from a new and noteworthy dancer puts all she's worked for in jeopardy. While Natalie Frederico has shown herself to be a prodigy when it comes to ballet, she much prefers modern dance and living on her own terms. Life is too short for anything else. However, when the opportunity ...

First published in 1909, “Anne of Avonlea” is Lucy M. Montgomery’s second installment in the much loved “Anne of Green Gables” book series. Following the life of Anne Shirley from age sixteen to eighteen this chapter in Anne’s life sees her having left Green Gables for the grown up world of Avonlea where she is to begin a job teaching school. Gilbert Blythe, who we are introduced to in the first book as Anne’s enemy, is now a good friend teaching at the nearby White Sands School. Anne studies at home with Gilbert ...

Anikó Veres, a gasztronómia szerelmese és az indiai konyha rajongója, bemutatja Önnek ezt az inspiráló és ízletes könyvet, "Az India Konyhája: Ízek Varázsa" címmel. Ha valaha is álmodott arról, hogy felfedezze az indiai kulináris világot, és otthon is elkészítse az autentikus ételeket, akkor ez a könyv az Ön számára készült. "Az India Konyhája: Ízek Varázsa" ...