Set in a German spa town wracked by climate change, this intense, enthralling debut explores trust, abuse, and solidarity through the unexpected bond between two women.When Iris took over the family hotel from her grandfather, Bad Heim was still a popular spa town. But now fierce wildfires rage in the area, spewing smoke into the air. The summers are dry and hot and never seem to end. Guests have become a rare sight. But suddenly, a young mother shows up with her s...

This book is dedicated to those women and men who have sat with their partner at the best table the restaurant has to offer but quietly reject the other and their annoying ‘little things they always do’– in short, ALL partners ☺ . Let*’*s see if we can turn the hellish marriage into a heavenly marriage – we just need a sense of perspective. It can be heaven on earth – when you are more awa...

Discover how social media can transform your business and help you attract more customersSocial Media For Small Business delivers a step-by-step guide to unlocking the potential of social media to grow your business. Award-winning author and entrepreneur Franziska Iseli walks you through how to use Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Pinterest to market your small-to medium-sized business. The book provides you with:Effective...

Master the principles of building secure, scalable, and sustainable authorization concepts in SAP.This expert guide explores the evolution of SAP authorizations and the increasing demand for robust authorization concepts in today’s complex business landscapes. Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining an existing model, this book walks through every phase of an authorization concept project, from preparation and design to building, testing, go-live, hypercare, and ongoing mai...

Grabeland takes place in a country that no longer exists, in a culture rooted in soil and projections. Like a travelogue, the story tours the inner exiles of its characters as they test the limitations of their actual existence. Focusing on Germany and The United States, Grabeland dramatizes the formation of national identity and ultimately its dissolution through an accumulation of personal and collective experiences, anecdotes, accidents, propaganda, falsifications, histories, victimizat...

A menu of debt policy options is available to reduce the likelihood of the current debt wave ending in crisis and, if crises were to take place, alleviate their impact.

The increase in volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity in business and society is confronting many managers with the question of which skills they need to adapt or relearn to act effectively as managers in the future. The authors show you that the key to this does not lie in the learning of new management concepts. On the contrary, effective leadership is much more about homing in and focusing on what has not changed, namely the core attitudes and patterns of action inherent in ...

Women hate women – we all know it’s true but nobody talks about it. Why does nobody talk about it? Because it is nauseating and perhaps the biggest setback since the evolution of man. Talking about men – men only profit from this very female, competitive behaviour. Otherwise women would be too strong, take over, hunt their own sushi, buy their own fake-fur coat and fart in their own pink silk bed sheets. What use would men be? So if we sum it up, men need women to bitch to reinsure their o...

With almost 1,25 million inhabitants Nizhny Novgorod is the fifth-largest city in Russia. From 1932-1990 the city was named Gorky, after the well-known author who was born there. The view of the confluence of the Oka and the Volga is breathtaking. This guide book does not only provide you with useful information about Russia, but also with everything you need to know about Nizhny Novgorod.

Developing countries in Asia have expanded their social protection programs. One of the key challenges is creating sustainable financing---considered the bedrock for success of the social protection agendas of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda and Strategy 2030 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This book focuses on the analysis of fiscal requirements to achieve the social protection agenda of the SDGs and explore options to close the gaps in population cover...

How do states and societies confront the legacies of war and occupation, and what do truth, guilt, and justice mean in that process? In Ghosts of War, Franziska Exeler examines people's wartime choices and their aftermath in Belarus, a war-ravaged Soviet republic that was under Nazi occupation during the Second World War.After the Red Army reestablished control over Belarus, one question shaped encounters between the returning Soviet authorities and those ...

Epilepsy has long been one of the most stigmatised health conditions. People's beliefs about it are doubtless partly due to what a fit looks like and its aftermath- the frothing at the mouth, shouting, bleeding, bumps, bruising and injuries - all of which can be difficult to look at.After nearly thirty years of living with seizures, Fran Thomas provides a much-needed handbook for epileptics and non-epileptics alike. It includes everything you need to survive when you are having fit...