Sie haben mit Liedern über wilde Partys und arrogante Sitzungspräsidenten den Karneval revolutioniert, ein Produzent sagte einst über die Kölner Rockband Brings: Sie leben den Rock `n` Roll mehr als jede andere Gruppe.Angefangen haben die Brüder Peter und Stephan Brings, Gitarrist Harry Alfter, Keyboarder Kai Engel und Schlagzeuger Christian Blüm als Kölschrockkapelle. Als sie im Jahr 2000 mit dem Lied "Superjeilezick" im Karneval auftauchten, bedeutete das nicht nur für die Band eine Zeit...

Hurricane Irma forced Joshua from the comfort of his new home. This category five hurricane completely demolished the house. However, he made his escape just in time. Desperate to find a safer place to ride out the storm, he sought shelter with his Landlady.Although he was comfortable living with his brother when he moved to the British Virgin Islands to seek employment, he desired his own space. The tiny wooden house just across the street from where he lived with his brother; loo...

Learn the Japanese secrets to finding calm, contentment and happiness every dayWith its roots in Buddhist thinking, Japanese culture is known for its sincere and mindful approach to life. From ikigai (finding your purpose) to ikebana (the art of flower arranging), Japanese ideas offer the wider world the promise of peacefulness and inspiration.Discover these calming insights and more inside this beautiful volume. Featuring tips on mindfuln...

Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized how people think about writing. Now, in Vernacular Eloquence, he makes a vital new contribution to both practice and theory. The core idea is simple: we can enlist virtues from the language activity most people find easiest-speaking-for the language activity most people find hardest-writing. Speech, with its spontaneity, naturalness of...

Strategies and skills for therapists working with couples about to dissolve.Therapy with couples on the brink of relationship dissolution involves unique challenges. Partners present with high levels of conflict, low levels of intimate connection, disdain and discouragement, and limited patience or hope. These couples have often tried therapy without lasting success, and announce that "this is our last chance." Partners want to see evidence in the first session tha...

Strategies and skills for therapists working with couples about to dissolve.Therapy with couples on the brink of relationship dissolution involves unique challenges. Partners present with high levels of conflict, low levels of intimate connection, disdain and discouragement, and limited patience or hope. These couples have often tried therapy without lasting success, and announce that “this is our last chance.” Partners want to see evidence in the first session tha...

From award-winning musician turned communications expert Peter Himmelman, science-based techniques and simple exercises to get unstuck and unlock your creative potential.Do you want to stop procrastinating? Would you love to be more creative? Is there an idea you’ve dreamt of making a reality? Whether it's learning ragtime piano, losing 30 pounds, or starting an organic jellybean company, Himmelman's unique, inspiring methods will give you the tools and confidence you need to harne...

Setting a new gold standard for service, hospitality, and living a life you loveFor over thirty-five years, Peter Merrett has been transforming luxury hotels, commercial properties, and their teams from status quo to best-in-class. He has revitalized the hearts of some of the world's most recognized brands by showing that bringing wonder back to life, leadership, and service is far more powerful than any mission statement, KPI, or employee handbook.Packed...

Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized how people think about writing. Now, in Vernacular Eloquence, he makes a vital new contribution to both practice and theory. The core idea is simple: we can enlist virtues from the language activity most people find easiest-speaking-for the language activity most people find hardest-writing. Speech, with its spontaneity, naturalness of...

"Komm, lass uns nach Hause fahren und Freunde bleiben", sagte Peter, als er den schrottreifen 124er Benz zum ersten Mal sah. "Der Wagen hat Substanz", sagte Arne mit einem leicht irren Flackern in den Augen. Kurzum: Die beiden haben den Wagen für 300 Euro gekauft. Dann haben sie drei Monate geschraubt, meistens am Bordstein. Ergebnis: Der Wagen hat die TÜV-Plakette und ein Wertgutachten von 5.000 Euro bekommen. Und Arne und Peter sind Freunde geblieben. Peter Pursche (Ex-SZ- und Stern-Auto...

This book is unique among modern contributions to behavioral economics in presenting a grand synthesis between the kind of behavioral economics popularized by Richard Thaler, earlier approaches such as those of the 1978 Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon, evolutionary psychology, and evolutionary economics from Veblen and Marshall through to neo-Schumpeterian thinking. The synthesis employs a complex adaptive systems approach to how people think, the lifestyles they build, and how new production...

Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Falangist uprising in July 2011, Franco's Friends tells the little-known true story of how MI6 orchestrated the coup that brought General Franco to power in Spain in 1936, leading to the Spanish civil war and 40 years of right-wing dictatorship. It has long been known that a British plane took Franco from the Canaries to Morocco at the start of the coup and that Major Hugh Pollard travelled on the plane from London, masquerading as a t...