ár a könyvön:
Az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár), a kiadó által ajánlott fogyasztói ár, amely megegyezik a bolti árral (bolti akció esetét kivéve).
4899 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, abban az esetben az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár) az érvényes, kivétel ez alól a boltban akciós könyvek.
ár a könyvön:
Az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár), a kiadó által ajánlott fogyasztói ár, amely megegyezik a bolti árral (bolti akció esetét kivéve).
6990 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, abban az esetben az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár) az érvényes, kivétel ez alól a boltban akciós könyvek.
eredeti ár:
A termék ára Líra Könyv Zrt.-nél, ami nem tartalmaz online kedvezményt.
4890 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, akkor az adott boltban lévő ár az irányadó.
eredeti ár:
A termék ára Líra Könyv Zrt.-nél, ami nem tartalmaz online kedvezményt.
4990 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, akkor az adott boltban lévő ár az irányadó.
ár a könyvön:
Az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár), a kiadó által ajánlott fogyasztói ár, amely megegyezik a bolti árral (bolti akció esetét kivéve).
5999 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, abban az esetben az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár) az érvényes, kivétel ez alól a boltban akciós könyvek.
ár a könyvön:
Az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár), a kiadó által ajánlott fogyasztói ár, amely megegyezik a bolti árral (bolti akció esetét kivéve).
5999 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, abban az esetben az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár) az érvényes, kivétel ez alól a boltban akciós könyvek.
ár a könyvön:
Az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár), a kiadó által ajánlott fogyasztói ár, amely megegyezik a bolti árral (bolti akció esetét kivéve).
5990 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, abban az esetben az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár) az érvényes, kivétel ez alól a boltban akciós könyvek.
eredeti ár:
A termék ára Líra Könyv Zrt.-nél, ami nem tartalmaz online kedvezményt.
2350 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, akkor az adott boltban lévő ár az irányadó.
SAUSAGE IMMIGRANTS
A nna K. was not the only pale woman in a black shearling to glide along 108th Street in Rego Park, but she was the most striking. A Tajik shopkeeper, about to weigh a bag of unripe persimmons, paused in order to follow the course of Annas backside as it made its way down the...
PREFACEThe "what ifs" can kill you.Something missed. A failure of will. A turn in one direction when the other way was the right path.Over time, people tend to get past them. We did what we could, they say, and move on.But, in terms of the tragedy of 9/11, a particular regret lingers for those who...
IntroductionWHEN STEVE'S FIRST CHILD was born, a friend gave him a mug inscribed Anyone can be a FATHER, but it takes someone special to be a DAD. This slushy, saccharine sentiment mystified him at the time. When you're up to your armpits in a sea of disposable nappies, pushchairs and bottle...
1u In the summer of 1980, in the Archer City Dairy Queen, while nursing a lime Dr Pepper (a delicacy strictly local, unheard of even in the next Dairy Queen down the roadOlney's, eighteen miles southbut easily obtainable by anyone willing to buy a lime and a Dr Pepper), I opened a book called...
INTRODUCTIONwT Triti'riting about modern Europe is so vast and ambitious a project that the first problem is deciding what to leave out. Thousands of books have been written in recent years about almost every country, almost every aspect, of the continent that gave rise to Western civilization. The...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
The Timetables of History is a direct translation of much of the material that appears in the original great work on which it is based, Kulturfahrplan (The Culture Timetables), a spectacular success in Germany ever since its creator, Werner Stein, produced it in 1946. In the...
One day Budgie, the little helicopter, was chatting with his friend Pippa, the Piper Warrior plane. He told her he had been given the exciting new job of postman.
'Nothing exciting about that!' said Pippa. 'We all carry mail from time to time/
'But you couldn't do this job/ crowed Budgie,...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
The Timetables of History is a direct translation of much of the material that appears in the original great work on which it is based, Kulturfahrplan (The Culture Timetables), a spectacular success in Germany ever since its creator, Werner Stein, produced it in 1946. In the...
AcknowledgmentsInterdependence is a higher value than independence.This work is a synergistic product of many minds. It began in the middle seventies as I w^as reviewing 200 years of success literature as part of a doctoral program. I am grateful for the inspiration and wdsdom of many thinkers and...
PREFATORY NOTE by Albert E. Kahn
When I first discussed with Pablo Casals the possibility of my writing a book on him, I had in mind a work quite different from the present one. The book I then envisioned was one depicting—in words and photographs—his daily life and work, and presenting an...
Introduction
If this book has found its way into your hands, then there is a good chance that you are concerned about your relationship. Odds are you are searching for a way to make things better, more Hke what they once were or Hke you had hoped they would be. Before going any farther, I first...
Unit 1I. Reading SelectionI JUST LOVE TO TRAVEL BY PLANE[o]Part IStatistics show that today travel by plane is one of the safest means of travel. But to me personally each trip is still a rather frightening experience.I begin to get nervous several hours before flight time. I try to eat lunch but...
Cl/futliox'iThe Academy Awards for any given year are presented in the following year; for example, the 1991 Oscar ceremony was held in March 1992. To avoid confusion throughout this book, the year cited is that of the film's release, and thus of the award rather than of the ceremony: e.g., 1991...
AUTHOR'S NOTE
You know when I was nineteen, Grandpa took me on the roller-coaster up down up down Oh, what a ridel Some didn't like it. They went on the merry-go-round.
That just goes around nothing.
I like the roller-coaster. You get more out of it.
Helen Shaw (Grandma),...
Jerusaletn, 1992Th at morning Lucas was awakened by bells, sounding across the Shoulder of Hinnom from the Church of the Dormi-tion. At first light there had been a muezzin's call in Silwan, insisting that prayer was better than sleep. The city was well sup-plied with divine services.He climbed out...
PREFACE
What's What and Who's Who in Europe aims to provide concise information on current affairs in Europe. The information is presented in the form of alphabetically arranged entries which give basic definitions and background on people, places, organizations, terms and events in the news....
Introduction
This book has been written at a time when global environmental concerns have become urgent. No longer are they minority interests discussed only by academics, campaigned for by environmentalist groups, or merely the subject of occasional wildlife documentaries. It is also written...
Introduction
Gail Twersky Reimer and Judith A. Kates
Every year on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, we and our families sit together in a temporarily large but informal congregation. Located in a university, the congregation fosters active intellectual engagement with the holiday services and...
''.'.^A-;- ill. (iiLilAWATAWAWATATAWAWAthfpfndu.UMKITATAW^INTRODUCTIONowsing is a scientific art. It is a tool tiiat can be used to bridge the gap between the analytical and the intuitive sides of our being. Many people today are looking for ways to redress the balance; to use their intuition more....
Introduction
This is the tenth annual edition of what I suppose must have become the world's most-consulted wine reference book. These ten years have been the most tumultuous in wine's long history. The general trend has been steadily better quality from more and more proficient producers in...
It has been five years since I wrote Cult Movies 2.
Since then there have been cult movie festivals all over the country, on college campuses and in museums. Not only have "cult movies" been almost legitimized, but also it has become increasingly important for films to achieve a degree of "cult"...
Introduction
Books on economics abound. Most of them have two purposes. They tell you how to make a great deal of money—in the stock market, in real estate, in gold; or they tout some kind of economic salvation—less government or more government, less regulation or more regulation, less...
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you, Digby Diehl, for having organized my free associations into a manageable manuscript of remembrances so that the reader can place one foot in front of the other without tumbling down the rabbit hole of memory.
George Feltenstein and Roger Mayer, thank you for the...
UNKNOWNMANINTRODUCTIONUnknown Man is neither a scientific hypothesis nor a mystical truth. It might best be described as an English eccentric needing an introduction.Its genesis was one of those awakening visions which happen once in a lifetime when the miraculous landscape of reality is lit up by...
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Writing is by necessity a solitary process. Fortunately, my wife, a beautiful, stoic Scandinavian from Northern Minnesota, understands this. Lysa, you are an amazing partner. Every year you bear the brunt of these deadlines. Even when I am physically around, I am mentally...
TO THE READEREnglish is a wonderful language, but it does have pronoun problems.Fill in the following sentence with the appropriate pronoun: Feed your child as much as_wants.The incorrect way would be to say "it," the old-fashioned way would be to say "he," the currently current way would be to say...
PREFACE BY BILLY JOEL
I am one of the lucky ones. Not only because 1 have had a wonderful, extended career in popular music, but also because when 1 was a child 1 had parents who introduced me to classical music. The treasure that is the classics has stayed with me, influenced my writing, and...
introduction
Breaking All the Rules
The greatest managers in the world do not have much in common. They are of different sexes, races, and ages. They employ vastly different styles and focus on different goals. But despite their differences, these great managers do share one thing: Before they...
FOREWORDMarvelous, simply marvelous, is the way I feel about Laura Norman and reflexology. Actually, there is no difference between Laura Norman and reflexology, since she is so dedicated to her work and to the expansion of this wonderful healing art.I have been fortunate to work with Laura, and it...
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\Vliy is a book like this necessary? Beer, after aU, is commonplace in our society and most people, whether or not they drink beer, feel fairly confident that they know all there is to know about it. Furtliennorc, to most Americans, "beer" is equated with a pale, inexpensive...
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
It is a pleasure to acknowledge the generous assistance of many friends and colleagues: Jonathan Aaron, Ann Balas, Charles Balas, Mary-Claire Barton, Bruce Cratsley, Dan Danielsen, Carolyn Dever, Rebecca Folkman, William Germano, Pat Johnson, David Kennedy, Thomas Laqueur, David...
HAMPTON COURT PALACE, SPRING 1543
He stands before me, as broad as an ancient oak, his face like a full moon caught high in the topmost branches, the rolls of | creased flesh upturned with goodwill. He leans, and it is as if the If^ tree might topple on me. I stand my ground but I think - surely...