Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One of the first great spy novels, "The Riddle of the Sands" is set during the long, suspicious years leading up to the First World War. In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitation from a college friend, Davies, a shyly intrepid yachtsman, and joins him on a sailing holiday in the Baltic, and there, amidst the sunshine and bright blue seas, they discover a German plot to invade England... Like much contemporary British ... |
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Foreign languages are the communicative means of bridging the gap between cultures and people (Vesselinov, 2019a, p. 7). At the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) - Sofia, Bulgaria, the foreign language teaching is organized and carried out by the lecturers at the Department of Foreign Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of International Economics and Politics, who periodically update their syllabuses and regularly publish textbooks and workbooks for the different majors (Vesselinov, 2019b, p. 180). Along with studying English as a first or second foreign language, UNWE students of Economics or ... |
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Financial Market Contagion through the Internal Capital Markets of Global Banks. The book Economic Crises and Financial Contagion is targeted at the applied researcher of financial economics. The methods cover the application of copula analysis, Markov chains and extreme value theory, causal identification based on panel data regression analysis, structural breaks and regime shifts. These tools could be used in various ways: Individual stock market analysis, contagion analysis (among stock markets and banking systems), policy evaluation, event-study and difference-in-differences analysis of important events and crises, ... |
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From the first sparks over blazing flames to red-hot embers - cooking and baking outdoors in nature over the open fire creates a very particular fascination. Combined with a good pinch of adventure and originality, there is more to it than mere food preparation. Outdoor pro Carsten Bothe, together with the innovative but tradition-steeped Petromax company, presents more than 80 recipes for cooking outdoors, and conjures up splendid treats in a Dutch Oven, Skillet or Loaf Pan - from a German farmer's breakfast of pork roast with crackling and vegetables on the Griddle and Fire Bowl, to bread, soups, stews, pastry and ... |
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The book examines the fiercest clash in World War II: the Soviet-German Battle of Kursk, which lasted from July 5 to August 23, 1943. The author presents the Battle of Kursk as a watershed between the two phases of the war. In terms of concentration of people and military equipment, and of power and determination of the German offensive and persistence of the Russian defense, this battle surpassed all other battles. More than 4 million people, 13000 tanks and 12000 planes are involved in this huge clash. ... |
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In Kafka 's powerful and disturbing novel, an innocent man is arrested and repeatedly interrogated for a crime that is never ever explained. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated from German by Douglas Scott and Chris Waller, and features an afterword by David Stuart Davies. On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, a young bank official named Joseph K is arrested although he has done nothing wrong and is never ... |
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Told in a simple mythical style, the story of Siddhartha is an inspirational classic by Hermann Hesse, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated from German by Hilda Rosner with an introduction by John Peacock. Siddhartha, the son of a wealthy Brahmin, is unable to find peace within his own religion and community so sets off on his travels through India in search of ... |
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How Geographers, Pharmacists, Novelists, Plant Hunters, War Correspondents, Engineers, Medical Men & Tourists Discovered & Experienced Nineteenth-Century Bulgaria. What Western and Central Europeans did, saw and experienced in nineteenth-century Bulgaria is the subject of this book. Most of them came from France, Great Britain, the German states and the Austrian Empire, others from Belgium, Denmark or Switzerland. For reasons still to be given, special emphasis is placed on German-speaking visitors to Bulgaria and their writings. Their story has never been told in any comprehensive way in a Western language, and it is ... |
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Multilingual Edition (English, French, German). ... An international guide to contemporary packaging design. Packaging is a highly underrated art form. As the first thing a consumer sees when looking at a product, it can make or break a sale. Every year, the Pentawards celebrate the art of the package by recognizing the world's most groundbreaking and influential designs. Designers compete in five main categories - beverages, food, body, luxury, and other markets - and no fewer than 50 sub-categories. Featuring a selection of hundreds of works, this book brings together Pentawards winners from 2008 to 2016, ... |
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Сборник с научни изследвания в чест на 70-годишнината на проф. д.и.н. Калчо Калчев. ... |
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Multilingual Edition (English, French, German). ... An international guide to award winning packaging design. The field of package design never ceases to expand and innovate, making it one of the most vibrant, competitive, and fast-evolving areas in design today. It is influenced by various factors such as the consumer’s requirements, the ever-increasing marketing demands, evolving environmental policies, and the practice of adhering to the context of cultural aspects and diversity. By developing at such a demanding and rapid pace, package design encompasses many different elements and specialists, including designers, ... |
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Целта на системата "Пианото разказва" е да улесни завършването на началния етап от обучението по пиано и да въведе начинаещите пианисти в света на голямото, прекрасно, завладяващо изкуство. Системата предлага 94 подбрани пиеси, подходящи за нивото на знания и умения в края на първоначалното обучение по пиано. Включени са творби на известни композитори от различни епохи - от майстори на предкласиката до съвременни автори, като произведенията са подредени приблизително по нарастваща трудност. Системата съдържа DVD, на което са записани 35 от пиесите в изпълнение на възпитаници на проф. Милена Куртева. Освен от ... |
