Kümmelsaft und Co. gehen wieder auf Gespensterjagd! Toms Laune ist im Keller, denn die abscheulichste Zeit des Jahres steht bevor: Weihnachten. Als wären kitschige Lieder, anstrengende Verwandtschaft und fragwürdige Deko nicht schlimm genug, greift Toms Familie beim Weihnachtsbaumkauf auch noch gefährlich daneben. Statt Festtagsfreude und Besinnlichkeit bringt ihre Tanne Grauen und Gefahr ins Haus. Und Toms größter Albtraum wird wahr: Die Gespensterjäger müssen Weihnachten retten! Das Hörs...

This book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections. It considers what is meant by 'climate change', how effective climate models are in relation to ecosystems, and provides predictions for changes in climate at global, regional and local scales relevant for ticks and tick-borne infections. It examines changes to tick distribution and the evidence that climate change is responsible. The eff...

"A lot of different flowers make a bouquet" is an Islamic proverb that beautifully reflects our society and our organizations. Never before have so many different cultures and generations lived and worked together and never before have we been so aware of the differences in our "being" and "thinking." But how can we build bridges between these differences instead of further fueling polarization? Leadership to the rescue! Leadership Unraveled starts from the belief that everyone can develop...

Winter tourism has seen increased levels of investment in recent times, in an effort to reduce economic risk, address environmental concerns and adapt to the effects of global warming. New ski destinations are developing and merging with traditional ones to increase spatial distribution, while many established leading resorts are adapting their management models. Climate change adaptation processes are supported by the reduction of CO2 emissions and energy consumption in ski resorts. Curre...

Disseminating what is currently known about the skeletal biology of the ancient Rapanui and placing it within the wider context of Polynesian skeletal variation, this volume is the culmination of over thirty years of research into the remotely inhabited Easter Island. Compiling osteological data deriving from Rapanui skeletal remains into one succinct analysis, this book demonstrates how the application of modern skeletal biology research techniques can effectively be employed to address q...

'Vele verschillende bloemen samen maken een boeket' is een islamitisch spreekwoord dat prachtig onze samenleving en onze organisaties weergeeft. Nog nooit hebben zoveel verschillende culturen en generaties samengeleefd en samengewerkt en nog nooit zijn we ons zo bewust geweest van de verschillen in ons 'zijn' en 'denken'. Maar hoe kunnen we bruggen bouwen tussen deze verschillen in plaats van de polarisatie verder aan te wakkeren? Leiderschap to the rescue! Leiderschap ontrafeld vertrekt v...

What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented numbers? What were the martial myths shaping Scottish identity from the aftermath of Bannockburn to the close of the nineteenth century, and what did the Scottish soldiers of the First World War think they were fighting for? Scotland and the First World War: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Bannockburn is a collection of new interdisciplinary essays interrogating the trans-hi...

Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and other environmental factors on ecosystems worldwide. Changes in plant communities can, for example, be a reflection of increased levels of pollution, a response to long-term climate change, or the result of shifts in land-use practices by the human population. This book presents a series of essays on th...

A collection of classic love poetryComposed by many of the world’s best known and most celebrated poets—including William Blake, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Robert Frost, James Joyce, Christina Rossetti, William Butler Yeats, and others—Valentines spans not only the ages, but the full range of passionate expression of love in all its forms and stages.

They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown—until now. In this utterly captivating book, Dr. Elliot Engel, a leading authority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed members of literature’s elite. In lieu of stuffy biographical sketches, Engel provides fascinating anecdotes.

Teenager zu sein ist nicht immer leicht. Du stehst jeden Tag vor vielen Herausforderungen: Schulstress, Auseinandersetzungen mit den Eltern, die ersten Dates, vielleicht die erste Liebe, Gruppendruck, Reizüberflutung durch die Medien, Drogen, die Frage, was will ich einmal werden, und noch einiges mehr.Ob es dir gefällt oder nicht: Vieles in deinem späteren Leben hängt von den Entscheidungen ab, die du heute in Bezug auf diese Herausforderungen triffst. Das soll dich jedoch nicht e...

Christchurch/Neuseeland. Privatdetektiv Theo Tate läßt auf dem örtlichen Friedhof die Leiche eines alten Mannes exhumieren. Doch anders als erwartet liegt im Sarg der Körper einer jungen Frau. Kurz darauf treiben weitere Leichen im Friedhofsee. Wie kamen sie dort hin? Ein Serienmörder ist am Werk - und Tate will ihn fassen! Der private Ermittler gerät jedoch selbst ins Visier der Polizei und auch der Killer ist ihm auf den Fersen ...