Norman Rockwell's best-loved works, collected in a handsome clothbound volumeNorman Rockwell gave us a picture of America that was familiar—astonishingly so—and at the same time unique, because only he could bring it to life with such authority.Rockwell best expressed this vision of America in his justly famous cover illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post, painted between 1916 and 1963. All of his Post covers are reproduced in splendi...

“I’m being followed,” she said. “I think he wants to kill me.”When a panicked young woman slips her hand into his in 1960s Chinatown, just before a knife-wielding stalker attacks, private eye Alex Novalis finds his cherished hard-boiled persona threatened by a romantic streak that has a habit of getting him into trouble. Sandy Smollett is triple trouble—a stripper who comes on like the girl next door and has a way of bending the truth to suit any occasion. Novalis finds her irresis...

In May of 1968, New York City is broke and on the skids, and private eye Alex Novalis is hard up for gigs. So when he’s offered a case from wealthy construction mogul Gabriel Kravitz, he can’t refuse.Kravitz’s eighteen-year-old daughter Lydia has gone missing. Though she’s presumed to be with Jerry Pedrosian, the radical middle-aged artist and known womanizer she’d been sleeping with, there are few clues. Information is hard to come by; everyone seems to be hiding something. And th...

This is the first book to tell the inspiring story of near tragedy and ultimate triumph behind the dazzling work of one of today's most respected and best-loved artists. Chuck Close is one of the most acclaimed American artists to emerge since Andy Warhol. His larger-than-life portraits look out from the walls of museums and galleries around the globe. His virtuosity and variety of technique, combined with the ambition and accessibility of his chosen subject matter the portrait re-invented...

This multiple award-winning anthology of twenty psychological and supernatural horror stories explores the outer limits of fear.To create this volume, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow wrote to her favorite authors asking for stories that would "provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels impelled to turn up the lights v...

Exit Wounds is a thrilling anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre, including Dean Koontz, Val McDermid, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Elly Griffiths, Dennis Lehane, Joe R. Lansdale, and others.After an introduction by the editors, Paul B. Kane and Marie O’Regan, this collection includes the following stories:“The Bully” by Jeffery Deaver“Dead Weight” by Fiona Cummins“Like a Glass Jaw” by Mark Billingham“On The Anatomization of an Unknown Man

In "Von der syrischen Göttin" entführt Lukian von Samosata seine Leser in eine faszinierende Welt voller Ironie, Satire und theologischer Reflexionen. Der literarische Stil des Werkes verbindet lebendige Erzählungen mit humorvollen Dialogen und kritischen Kommentaren zur Religion der Zeit. Durch die Figur der syrischen Göttin, die als Metapher für das Wechselspiel von Macht und Glauben fungiert, beleuchtet Lukian die Absurditäten und Widersprüche innerhalb der antiken Religionspraxis und s...

Collects Second Coming: Prepare (2009), Second Coming (2010) #1-2, Uncanny X-Men (1981) #523-525, New Mutants (2009) #12-14, X-Men Legacy (2008) #235-237, X-Force (2008) #26-28. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! Mutantkind has never had it worse. The mutant population is down to a mere 181. In the last year, only one mutant has been born: the girl called Hope, believed to be the Mutant Messiah who will re-ignite the species. Hope w...

`This is the first really thought-provoking book that I have read on management development. It is a book primarily addressed to students, but in this field, we are all students. It merits a wide readership both among practising managers as well as among those responsible for developing them′ - Max Boisot, ESADE`Mabey and Finch-Lees inject a breath of fresh air into the management development field by expanding upon its heretofore functionalist base. They offer an informative criti...

"Unlocking the Power of Social Interaction" is your key to mastering the art of connection, offering practical insights and actionable strategies to elevate your social skills and thrive in diverse social settings. This comprehensive guide empowers you to cultivate authentic relationships, enhance communication, and leave a positive impact in both personal and professional spheres.Effective Communication Techniques: Learn to express yourself with clarity, act...

Im Mai 2019 gelang dem 1. FC Union Berlin zum ersten Mal in seiner Geschichte der Aufstieg in die Bundesliga, nach einem Jahrzehnt gab es damit wieder einen Verein mit DDR- Geschichte in der höchsten deutschen Spielklasse. So nah wie noch kein Journalist zuvor in Deutschland, begleitete Christoph Biermann den absoluten Außenseiter durch eine Saison, die in der Corona-Krise eine ganz besondere Wendung nahm. Er nahm an Teambesprechungen teil, reiste mit der Mannschaft zu Auswärtsspielen, ins...

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to symbolize and to describe everything from everyday life, natural wonders, the human condition ...