Community Based Monitoring Programs in the Arctic explores the concept and use of community-based monitoring (CBM) of ecological conditions in the Arctic. The authors analyze current programs and determines that CBM, while widespread and effective, nonetheless still has untapped potential. Presenting numerous examples and substantial data from a pan-Arctic survey and several workshops around the Arctic, Ths book offers a state of the field and a guide for mapping out the next step...

Now a major film starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy and Kyle Chandler, directed by Oscar-winner Damien Chazelle, First Man by James Hansen offers the only authorized glimpse into the life of America’s most famous astronaut, Neil Armstrong – the man whose “one small step” changed history.In First Man, Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over 50 hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive ...

Wall Street Journal Business BestsellerA Financial Times Business Book of the MonthNamed by The Washington Post as One of the 11 Leadership Books to Read in 2018From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Great by Choice comes an authoritative, practical guide to individual performance—based on analysis from an exhaustive, groundbreaking study.W...

Wall Street Journal Business BestsellerA Financial Times Business Book of the MonthNamed by The Washington Post as One of the 11 Leadership Books to Read in 2018From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Great by Choice comes an authoritative, practical guide to individual performance—based on analysis from an exhaustive, groundbreaking study.W...

Now a major motion picture, this is the first—and only—definitive authorized account of Neil Armstrong, the man whose “one small step” changed history.When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over fifty hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private docume...

High Society - Liebe in Adelskreisen SammelbandLeseglück für viele Stunden zum Sparpreis!Es wird geliebt, gehasst, gewonnen und verloren. Werfen Sie einen Blick in die aufregende Welt der Reichen und Schönen und erleben Sie spannende Verwicklungen! Denn eins wird es in den feinen Kreisen garantiert nie: langweilig!Was Frauen lieben und wovon sie heimlich träumen, davon erzählen die Romane in High Society - Liebe in Adelskreisen auf mitreißende Weise. Die perfekte Mi...

Gustav Klimt 1901 – 1903 (25 Color Paintings) Volume 3All of the pictures can be zoomed in and enlarge for full screen viewing,active table of contents for easy navigation.

Carl Spitzweg Art Collection 1837 – 1880 (67 Color Paintings)All of the pictures can be zoomed in and enlarge for full screen viewing,active table of contents for easy navigation.

Soon to be a major motion picture, this is the first—and only—definitive authorized account of Neil Armstrong, the man whose “one small step” changed history.When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over fifty hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private...

Ein opulentes Sittengemälde aus der Frühzeit der Hanse, ein Seefahrer-Roman voller Spannung und LeidenschaftSimon Gronewech soll als Kumpan von Klaus Störtebeker, dem Anführer der Vitalienbrüder und dem gefürchtetsten Widersacher der Hanse, hingerichtet werden. Doch vor seinem Tod darf er seine Lebensgeschichte diktieren – und der Leser wird Zeuge seiner Abenteuer und Irrfahrten, die ihn von Lübeck nach Island und aus englischen Kerkern an tunesische Fürstenhöfe bra...

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees. When we weren’t sheltering in place, we were advised to wear masks, wash our hands, and practice social distancing. We watched in horror as medical personnel worked around the clock to care for the sick and dying. Businesses were shuttered, travel stopped, workers were furloughed, and markets dropped. And people continued to die.Amid all this uncertainty, writers and artists from around the world continued to create com...

From the co-producer of Dork Diaries comes Kaylee, a lover of pranks, who takes on The Tooth Fairy, a Prankster Extraordinaire!Kaylee loves pulling pranks: from dropping water balloons on passersby to even tricking Santa Claus, she's a prize-winning prankster!Is she the Princess of Pranks? No! That title is held by none other than the Tooth Fairy. But when ...