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    Perfection Comes at a Price

    by Ulla Beattie ...
    Narrated by Steve Miller ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 59 min

    Eric has a miserable childhood in a violent, drunken family in a tough London housing estate. He compensates by looking for perfection. For him, this means worldly success in a diplomatic career as far away from his childhood as possible. His single-minded ambition comes at a price. It makes him leave his childhood sweetheart Katie behind, since he knows that she can’t keep up with him.Their ways ... Read more

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  • Eco-Print

    The Guide to Natural Botanical Printing on Fabric

    —Topic is very relevant: Interest in natural dyes and dyeing is flourishing like never before!—Ecoprinting is the latest and still evolving range of natural printing and dyeing techniques, and plays a vibrant role in this boom.—Necessary: Professional textile artists, teachers, and hobbyists alike are yearning to learn the secrets of ecoprinting, but there is no comprehensive book about it yet. ... Read more

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  • Ulla's Courage

    Ulla Wingate learns her aunt and uncle are conspiring not only to take the general store her father founded, but the money he left her, too. She knows to protect herself she must find a way to leave town, but she has to work up the courage to go. ... Read more

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  • Hitler's Personal Prisoner

    The Life of Martin Niemöller

    Translated by Christine Brocks ...
    This is the first fully researched biography of Martin Niemöller (1892-1984). It charts his life from his service in the Imperial German Navy, his work for the Inner Mission and as a Protestant pastor in the Berlin suburb of Dahlem from 1931. Niemöller's work as a leading figure of the Confessing Church and his contribution to the conflicts over church policy during the Third Reich are analysed ... Read more

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  • German Soldiers in the Great War

    Letters and Eyewitness Accounts

    The first English translation of writings that capture the lives and thoughts of German soldiers fighting in the trenches and on the battlefields of WWI.German Soldiers in the Great War is a vivid selection of firsthand accounts and other wartime documents that shed new light on the experiences of German frontline soldiers during the First World War. It reveals in authentic detail the perceptions ... Read more

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  • The White House Cook Book (1887), cooking, toilet and household recipes, menus, dinner-giving, table etiquette, care of the sick, health suggestions, facts worth knowing etc.

    The co-author was a "Steward of the white House", hence the title. "In presenting to the public the "WHITE HOUSE COOK BOOK," the publishers believe they can justly claim that it more fully represents the progress and present perfection of the culinary art than any previous work. In point of authorship, it stands preeminent. Hugo Ziemann was at one time caterer for that Prince Napoleon who was ... Read more

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  • Textiles and Textile Production in Europe

    From Prehistory to AD 400

    Series Book 11 - Ancient Textiles
    There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function. Textiles express who we are - our gender, age, family affiliation, occupation, religion, ethnicity and social, political, economic and legal status. Besides expressing our identity, textiles protect us from the harsh conditions of the environment, whether as clothes or shelter. We ... Read more

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  • The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887)

    Enriched edition. Unveiling Victorian Culinary Traditions and Household Practices

    The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) serves as an enduring emblem of culinary history, blending both practical and sophisticated instruction for household management and gastronomy. Its pages are rich with a diverse array of recipes and techniques that range from everyday household dishes to grand feasts fit for presidential dining. As a product of its Victorian-era context, this collection exemplifies ... Read more

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  • Hands-On Accelerator Physics Using MATLAB®

    Hands-On Accelerator Physics Using MATLAB®, Second Edition, provides a broad introduction into the physics and the technology of particle accelerators from synchrotron light sources to high-energy colliders. It covers the design of beam optics, magnets, and radio-frequency systems, followed by a discussion of beam instrumentation and correction algorithms. Later chapters deal with the interaction ... Read more

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  • Estela

    This New York Times Book Review Best Cookbook features over 130 recipes from the renown restaurant Estela.“The rare restaurant-y cookbook whose recipes actually turn out as well as the seemingly unattainable photos.” —The New York Times Book ReviewOne flight up, in a bustling neighborhood bistro overlooking the chaos of one of downtown New York’s busiest streets, Ignacio Mattos serves food so ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Reading Primary Sources

    The Interpretation of Texts from Nineteenth and Twentieth Century History

    Series series Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources
    Now in its second edition, Reading Primary Sources explores the varied traditions in source criticism and, through specific examples, illustrates how primary sources can be read and used in historical research.Part I of this two-part volume begins by establishing the reader’s understanding of source criticism with an overview of both traditional and new methodological approaches to the use of ... Read more

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  • Revitalizing Collegiality

    Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities

    Series Book 87 - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
    The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.The higher education and research system faces a constant dilemma. On the one hand, research and higher education are run by autonomous, interrelated academic communities, often described as collegial governance. On the other hand, they are an instrument for the fulfillment of goals that are often external to the ... Read more

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