Die Superkraft in uns.Jeder Mensch hat Zugang zu einem unbegrenzten Potenzial an Kraft. Je mehr davon er sich erschließt, desto höher seine Lebensqualität. Phil Stutz und Barry Michels, Autoren des Bestsellers »The Tools«, zeigen eindringlich, was wir an Glück, Erfolg und gelingenden Beziehungen erreichen können, wenn wir uns entscheiden »The Force« zu aktivieren. Doch erstaunlich viele Menschen geben sich mit wenig zufrieden. Sie überlassen sich dem inneren Verhin...

Ovid’s sensuous and witty poem brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation, often as a result of love or lust, in which men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best known myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe...

It's 1978 in "America's Finest City"—San Diego, California—and one rookie cop is learning the hardest lessons the streets have to teach. Luke Jones—a recently graduated, Shakespeare-quoting literature major—is about to discover that dealing with crooks is the easiest part of his new job. For here, in a world populated by people ruled by their obsessions, Luke's strong will and quick tongue alienate many of his senior officers, and he must fight for acceptance. Though eventually labeled a h...

A Fellow of Infinite Jest is the second novel in the Luke Jones series, which follows one cop's career from rookie to retirement.Unconventional police rookie Luke Jones is back to work after reluctantly killing a man he knew and liked in order to save the life of a partner he despises. Although labeled a hero by some, he's soon up to his old tricks—doggedly challenging authority in an organization with little tolerance for defiance, irritating peers and superiors alike by ...

As environmental issues continue to become more prevalent in society and surrounding policy challenges become more complex, Environmental Policy once again brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes and continuities in American environmental policy since the late 1960s and their implications for current policy. Students will learn to decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape today’s environmental politics a...