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Plain Style is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism, The True and Only Heaven, and many other memorable works of American history and social criticism. Written for the benefit of the students at the University of Rochester, where Lasch taught from 1970 until his death in 1994, it quickly established itself in typescript as a local classic—a lively, witty, and historically minded alternative to the famous volume by William Strunk and E. B. White, The Elements of Style.

Now available for the first time in published form, Plain Style is fundamentally a clear, readable, practical guide to the timeless principles of effective composition. At the same time, however, in ways that Stewart Weaver explains in his critical introduction, it is a distinctive and revealing addition to the published work of an eminent American thinker. No mere primer, Plain Style is an essay in cultural criticism, a political treatise even, by one for whom directness, clarity, and honesty of expression were essential to the living spirit of democracy.

As the teachers and students who have for years benefited from its succinct wisdom will testify, Plain Style is an indispensable guide to writing and, indeed, Christopher Lasch's least-expected but perhaps most serviceable work.

In this witty satire book, Greg Cote questions whether advances in technology always signify progress or if they are sometimes overrated.

#1 New Release in History Humor and Trivia

A humorous look at the past. Step into world of Back in My Day with Greg Cote, acclaimed Miami Herald columnist and podcaster. Through a collection of short essays, Cote delivers lighthearted yet thought-provoking rants on the perceived "new and improved" aspects of modern life through interesting stories.

More than just a satire book. It's a journey through fun trivia, random interesting facts, and captivating stories. Perfect for fans of the Dan LeBatard Show and those seeking a dose of wit and wisdom, this book promises an entertaining read that leaves a lasting impression.

Inside you’ll find:

• Greg Cote’s delightful exploration of the quirks and nuances of modern living.
• A chance to laugh, ponder the insights, and revel in the joy of discovering the unexpected.
• Stories of nostalgia to entertain an enlighten.

If you liked I Remember That!, Why Do We Say That?, or The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between, you’ll love Back in My Day!

This book argues for an approach to linguistic ethnography which departs from the singular gaze of the academic researcher, to amplify instead the voices of participants, researchers and collaborators. The authors offer an account of writing ethnography polyphonically, incorporating the complexity of individual voices. In doing so they challenge the imperative to make meaning from, and explain the culture of, ‘the other’. Together, the essays open up the emic perspective by considering the experiential, aesthetic, emotional, moral and ethical value people bring to encounters with others. The book is an essential addition to research methods courses in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, and an invaluable contribution to knowledge about research-based drama, theatre and creative practice.

The Urban Prepper's Guide teaches you how to become more self-sufficient while also preparing for any impending worst-case scenarios.

Recent events have shown us that our comfortable lives can be disrupted at a moment's notice by global events far beyond our control. Written by Jim Cobb, a survival expert, this book explains how you can make simple preparations now - without great expense or consuming precious living space - that will allow you to be ready the next time global disaster strikes, and can help you live more economically and self-sufficiently now.

How would you ever know that “to lose a baby ostrich” means to rush into something without thinking? Or that “what can the wind take from the pavement?” is said when someone has nothing left to lose?
This comprehensive guide to idiomatic expressions in literary Arabic, the first of its kind, will inform, amuse, and entertain, through more than 8500 entries found in texts from the Qur’an to today’s newspapers. With explanations in Arabic and English, it is an essential resource for both students of Arabic and native speakers.
Reaching into the great wealth of this complex and intriguing language, the dictionary draws on and reveals the rich cultural and religious traditions of Arabic-speaking communities that have informed its idioms. Expressions of condolence, astonishment, and hardship, alongside sayings about friendship, miserliness, and reconciliation are collected and made accessible here, while glimpses are provided into history through phrases tied to important events and figures—from the ancient Egyptians to Saddam Hussein. Altogether this book allows a fascinating insight into Arabic’s many quirks and intricacies.

Autoethnography and psychobiography, while distinct in focus and application, share key similarities that make them compatible for combined use in research. Despite these commonalities, combining autoethnography and psychobiography remains surprisingly rare. This text introduces a groundbreaking approach to collaborative qualitative research, merging personal narrative with psychological life-study methods.

Patrick Hopkinson and Mats Niklasson provide an in-depth exploration of Digital Collaborative Autoethnographical Psychobiography (DCAP), a research method that enables diverse teams to study complex life experiences and mental health issues with depth and nuance. Through the combination of personal storytelling, cultural reflection, and psychological analysis, the authors explore how DCAP opens doors to studying topics and individuals, often overlooked in traditional research. With chapters on the foundations of autoethnography and psychobiography, the methodology behind DCAP, and real-world studies, DCAP offers a rich, inclusive framework for researchers to gain insights that resonate on both personal and societal levels. The exploration culminates with discussions on national and international applications of DCAP, making it an invaluable resource for those seeking reflective approaches to understanding human experiences.

Offering innovative qualitative methods for exploring complex human experiences, this resource is ideal for researchers and scholars focused on mental health, creativity, culture and diversifying research methods.

Messi is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.

The humble and shy youngster from a working-class family in Rosario, Argentina, who was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency at the age of 11, would become one of the most famous footballers of all time and realise a boyhood dream by captaining Argentina to World Cup glory in 2022.

Messi's popularity around the globe remains undiminished, adored by millions of football fans who put rivalries aside to salute this incredible footballer. He has won every major honour there is to win, including the coveted Ballon d'Or on a record seven occasions and a record two World Cup Golden Ball awards.

His incredible career is mostly centred around his 21-year stay with Barcelona where is revered as a footballing god. Now playing for Paris St Germain, the Argentine genius continues to take the beautiful game to unchartered levels which has spanned a glittering career of more than 20 years - he is, quite simply, a maestro with the gift to do the seemingly impossible.

"I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football."
Lionel Messi on retirement

"I start early, and I stay late, day after day, year after year. It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success."
Messi on Twitter, 13 August 2018

"There is only one Messi."
Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager 2018

Un año más, presentamos la magnífica agenda Paulo Coelho, ilustrada por Catalina Estrada.

Una agenda, una compañera, una tutora vital para compartir el año con las mejores citas de uno de los autores más queridos de nuestro tiempo. A través de sus citas más célebres, Paulo Coelho te propone un apasionante recorrido a lo largo del año 2026 a la vez que te adentra en su extensa obra. La ilustradora Catalina Estrada, artista de éxito mundial, acompaña las citas con explosiones de color que recuerdan a los jardines exuberantes y a la riquísima belleza de la naturaleza de su país natal.

«Educa tus ojos: han sido hechos para ver más allá de lo que crees.» La bruja de Portobello

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Once again, we present the magnificent Paulo Coelho planner, illustrated by Catalina Estrada.

A planner, a companion, a vital guide to share the year with the most inspiring quotes from one of the most beloved authors of our time. Through his most celebrated reflections, Paulo Coelho invites you on a captivating journey throughout 2026 while immersing you in his extensive body of work. Internationally acclaimed illustrator Catalina Estrada brings these quotes to life with bursts of color that evoke lush gardens and the rich natural beauty of her native country.

“Educate your eyes: they were made to see beyond what you believe.” The Witch of Portobello

Prepare for Whatever Comes Your Way With This Essential Survival Bible

“This book is your essential kit for every aspect of what life can throw at you…Brilliant.” ─Amazon review

Learn How to Thrive Against All Odds with the Modern Survival Bible from Ex-UK Special Forces specialist Ollie Ollerton

Be the master of your survival. In How to Survive (Almost) Anything, former Special Forces soldier and bestselling author Ollie Ollerton passes on all the special skills, knowledge, and mindset he’s learned over the course of a life that has experienced some of the world's toughest conditions and most hostile situations.

A lifeline in uncertain times. This modern-day survival bible empowers you to thrive, not just survive. Whether you're faced with the wild elements of nature, societal collapse, extreme weather, or urban warfare, this guide equips you with essential skills. Don't leave your survival to chance! Arm yourself with the knowledge and tools to face anything and become the master of your destiny.

Inside you'll discover:

• Survival Techniques: Learn from an ex-UK Special Forces soldier how to fend off wildlife, survive natural disasters, and navigate man-made challenges
• Mental Resilience: Equip yourself with the mindset to thrive, not just survive, in the face of emergencies and against all odds
• Practical Guidance: Ideal for survivalists, prepping enthusiasts, or as a thoughtful dad gift or gift for a teen boy, this guide offers hands-on advice to face any crisis with confidence.

If you have read books such as The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, Extreme Survival, Surviving the Wild, or The Ultimate Prepper's Survival Bible, you’ll love Ollie Ollerton’s How to Survive (Almost) Anything.

Be a Confident Parent from Day One

“Evie and Sarah artfully marry expert etiquette and parenting advice in a fun, modern, and valuable way.” ―Heidi Dulebohn, international cultural consultant and etiquette expert

#1 New Release in Etiquette Guides & Advice and Children's Studies

Parenting doesn’t happen in a bubble, but you wouldn’t know that from other parenting books. Own this humorous, often irreverent take on what parenting in public is really like.

Real-world advice on embarrassing moments parents with young kids face every day. When you’re raising kids, you’re thrown into dilemmas you could never have dreamed up. A diaper disaster in the middle seat during take-off. Naked baby bath photos your mother-in-law posts online without permission. An unexpected gift that leads to a tantrum in front of the gift-giver. How can you turn these into opportunities to be an A+ parent and friend, role model, and member of your community?

They've done the research so you don't have to. Authors Sarah Davis, Ed.D., and Evie Granville, M.Ed., are educators, manners mavens, and creators of a blog and podcast dedicated to parenting etiquette. Their two families total six young kids. Modern Manners unpacks the complicated social code for parents of kids ages 0 to 5. Discover a public parenting style within a unique framework, analyze your gut reactions to sticky situations, and choose a course of action that balances the needs of parent, child and others.

Written by and for busy parents, this guide includes parenting tips, lists, charts, pop quizzes, personal anecdotes, and practical advice. Get child rearing guidance from real experts on:

• Leading your family with kindness and awareness
• Setting a good example (and realistic expectations) for little ones
• Maintaining friendships and good communication

If you are a fan of etiquette books like A Kid’s Guide to Manners, Dude That’s Rude, or 365 Manners Kids Should Know, you’ll love Modern Manners for Moms & Dads (Kids 0–5).

The publisher issues a notice regarding a design error occurring in the chart “Is Your Kid Too Sick to Leave the House?” on page 77 of the print book (chapter 2 in the eBook). The chart should advise against leaving the house with a child with a temperature of 100.4 and above. As stated by the authors, this book is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of physicians. The reader should regularly consult a physician in matters relating to their health (and their children's) and particularly with respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention. The authors and publisher advise readers to take full responsibility for their safety.

Say “Thank You” With a Happy Heart

“With this book, you’ll find yourself moving towards a happier and more fulfilling life. Gratitude is easy to embrace and very powerful.” ―Nina Lesowitz, bestselling author of Living Life as a Thank You

#1 New Release in Etiquette Guides & Advice

Discover why gratitude is important and the wonder of expressing gratitude daily. Gratitude brings abundance to you and to those around you—we all like to be acknowledged for our efforts. Author Addie Johnson shows us just how easy it is to improve your friendships and other relationships by expressing words of thanks. She offers us gratitude practices to grab on the run or to sit with and ponder, describes gratitude affirmations, and sets out to teach herself—and her readers—how to say “Thank You.”

This “Thank You” book is a small book with a great big heart. We all have things to be grateful for. Feeling gratitude is something that we can all relate to, and this theme runs throughout A Little Book of Thank Yous. From Winston Churchill to Barack Obama, from Shakespeare to Virginia Woolf to Meister Eckhart, Addie Johnson pulls the best gratitude quotes from people from all walks of life. 

Inside A Little Book of Thank Yous, learn about:

• Gratitude affirmations and practices to help keep a thankful mindset
  
• How to say thank you in a meaningful way, for almost any occasion
  
• Words of radiance from historical figures and everyday people

If you liked books such as Words to the Rescue, The 5 Languages of Appreciation, or Thanks for the Feedback, you’ll love A Little Book of Thank Yous.

El diccionario de Español ideal para estudiantes, profesores y hablantes bilingües. Perfecto para para uso escolar, académico o profesional.

• Más de 35 000 entradas del español actual.
• Más de 100 000 definiciones con ejemplos reales y contemporáneos.
• 5 000 notas gramaticales sobre irregularidades frecuentes.
• 3 000 términos del español de América, útil para estudiantes de herencia y hablantes nativos.
• Incluye léxico especializado, extranjerismos frecuentes y neologismos recientes.
• Modelos de conjugación verbal para verbos regulares e irregulares.
• Apéndices gramaticales y ortográficos actualizados.

Una herramienta indispensable de aprendizaje y consulta para clases de español, preparación para exámenes y escritores bilingües.

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The ideal Spanish dictionary for students, teachers, and bilingual speakers. Perfect for school, academic, or professional use.

Fully updated according to the latest rules of the Royal Spanish Academy and designed in a practical pocket-size format, this reference offers a broad selection of core Spanish vocabulary, with clear and precise definitions accompanied by usage and grammar notes.

• Over 35,000 entries from contemporary Spanish.
• More than 100,000 definitions with real, up-to-date examples.
• 5,000 grammar notes highlighting common irregularities.
• 3,000 Latin American Spanish terms, ideal for heritage learners and native speakers.
• Includes specialized vocabulary, frequently used foreign terms, and newly added words.
• Verb conjugation models for regular and irregular verbs.
• Updated grammar and orthographic appendices.

An essential learning and reference tool for Spanish classes, exam prep, and bilingual writers.

Das Handbuch österreichischer Autorinnen und Autoren jüdischer Herkunft verzeichnet ca. 8.000 Kurzbiographien von Autorinnen und Autoren, die seit dem 18. Jahrhundert das Geistesleben Österreichs prägten. Neben Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftstellern im engeren Sinne sind auch Persönlichkeiten aus Journalismus, Wissenschaft und Kultur vertreten. Berücksichtigt werden nicht nur bekannte Personen, sondern auch viele, die in Gefahr sind in Vergessenheit zu geraten und die hier erstmals in einem Verzeichnis aufgeführt und mit biographischen Angaben vorgestellt werden.

Die biographischen Einträge enthalten den Namen, Pseudonyme, abweichende Namensformen, Geburts- und Sterbedaten, bzw. -orte, die berufliche Laufbahn, eine Auswahl veröffentlichter Werke, soweit eruierbar die Namen der Eltern, eventuelle Würdigungen sowie Angaben zum Nachlass. Die Quellenangaben aus einschlägigen Handbüchern, Lexika, Monographien, Zeitschriften- und Zeitungsartikeln u. ä. ermöglichen weitere Recherchen. Weiterhin finden sich ein Verzeichnis der Pseudonyme und abweichender Namensformen, ein Berufsregister, ein Ortsverzeichnis, das die Geburts- und Sterbeorte nach den jeweiligen historischen Gebietsbezeichnungen aufschlüsselt, sowie ein Ortsregister.

Die unternehmensinterne Überwachung befindet sich im Umbruch. Deshalb wurde die Bedeutung und das Betätigungsfeld der Internen Revision in diesem Lexikon - auch im Detail - in Form von Stichworten (kleineren, definitorischen Stichwörtern und umfangreicheren Hauptstichworten) erfasst.

Das Handbuch verzeichnet über 6.700 lebende bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Neben Malerei, Grafik, Bildhauerei, Buchkunst, Aktions- und Medienkünsten sind in Auswahl auch Architektur, Fotografie und Kunsthandwerk vertreten. Das Werk gibt damit einen aktuellen Überblick über die Gegenwartskunst in den genannten Ländern.

Die Artikel enthalten u. a. folgende Informationen: Name; Beruf; Biographische Daten; Adressen (einschließlich E-Mail und rund 4.100 Künstlerhomepages); vertretende Galerien; Ausbildung und Lehrtätigkeit; Arbeitsgebiete, Genres und Techniken; Preise und Stipendien; die Standorte von Werken; Ausstellungen; Bibliographie.

Außerdem: Informationen zu 2.800 Galerien, 1.300 Museen und öffentlichen Sammlungen, 650 Verbänden und Vereinigungen, 300 Kunstschulen sowie 90 Kunstzeitschriften.

Das Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren erschließt den jüdischen Beitrag zur deutschsprachigen Kulturgeschichte in ca. 1.300 biographisch-bibliographischen Artikeln. Der biographische Teil der Artikel enthält Personangaben, Auskünfte zum politischen und zionistischen Engagement, zum Freundeskreis sowie zur Stellung zum Judentum. Im bibliographischen Teil werden die Werke soweit möglich in Autopsie bibliographiert und annotiert. Band 16 verzeichnet z. B. Otto Liebmann, Jakob Löwenberg, Samuel Lublinski, Georg Lukács, Ludwig Marcuse, Walter Mehring.

In der Auseinandersetzung mit den modernen Digitalmedien ist das Buch als Medium mit seinen spezifischen Leistungen und kommunikativen Angeboten in den letzten Jahren in den Blick einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit geraten. Der vorliegende Sammelband stellt Ergebnisse buchwissenschaftlicher Forschung, Institutionen und Gesellschaften der Fachkommunikation, Konzepte buchwissenschaftlicher Lehre, bibliophile Gesellschaften und Forschungsbibliotheken vor. In über vierzig Beiträgen namhafter Wissenschaftler ist ein Handbuch entstanden, das über das engere Fachpublikum hinaus den historischen Nachbardisziplinen, den Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften einen Überblick über die Buchforschung in Deutschland bietet.

Als der pietistische Pastor August Hermann Francke gegen Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts begann, vor den Toren der Stadt Halle ein Waisenhaus und Schulen für jeden Stand aufzubauen, gründete er zu deren Finanzierung erwerbende Betriebe. Dazu zählte der Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, in dem bedeutende theologische, pädagogische, und wissenschaftliche Werke vom Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts bis in das 20. Jahrhundert hinein erschienen sind. Die Werke aus diesem traditionsreichen Verlag werden von seinen Anfängen bis zum Tod des ersten Inspektors Heinrich Julius Elers im Jahr 1728 in einer ausführlichen Bibliographie, die 1650 Titel enthält, erstmals verzeichnet.

Manage hiking, camping, backpacking, and outdoor emergencies

There’s never a good place for a medical emergency, but some locations are much worse than others. If you are out in nature, far from help, when the unthinkable happens, you must be prepared. Outdoor Medicine is your handy, portable, easy-to-understand guide that helps you to follow the correct course of action. Whether it’s illness, injury, or life-or-death conditions, author Patrick Brighton, M.D., FACS, is there to lend his experience in assessing and managing backcountry emergencies. The author’s expertise—as a board-certified trauma surgeon and a mountaineer, climber, kayaker, and member of a mountain rescue team—has allowed him to develop concise descriptions of the diagnosis, treatment options, and evacuation strategies for several common medical emergencies.

This tabbed booklet is organized by type of injury, so you can quickly reference the information you need to evaluate and treat the condition. There’s no need to wade through time-consuming data that you won’t use. The easily digestible instructions help you to assess the situation and decide how to proceed, with tips on what to do and what not to do. The guide also takes into consideration the variable challenges you might face: limited resources, weather, victim/rescuer capabilities, and evacuation options.

With strategies based on the latest research from the American College of Surgeons, the American Heart Association, and Dr. Brighton’s decades of experience, you can be certain that you’re getting the best advice available. So get this pocket-sized guide to outdoor medicine, and hope that you never have to use it—but take comfort in knowing that it’s there if you do.

Learn how to survive in the wilderness until help arrives

You need one vital tool to stay alive in a dangerous situation: good information! So forget everything you think you’ve learned from your favorite survival shows on TV and the movies. Outdoor Survival skips the gimmicks and parlor tricks. It is a straightforward guide for the everyday person—who most likely won’t have perfect conditions or expensive gear. Author Benjamin Sobieck served as editor for a survival magazine and lived through a weeklong wilderness survival situation, and he’s sharing his expertise with you.

In most real-world situations, the best strategy is to remain calm, sit tight, and wait for rescue. This guide covers everything that happens until help arrives. Learn some easy rules to remember, like 3-3-3 and S.T.O.P.—and why shelter, fire, and water are top priorities. Discover time-tested techniques for making yourself easier to find. Topics in this Adventure Skills Guide include everything from building a shelter and making a fire to surviving in a vehicle and administering first aid, as well as advice on knives, emergency kits, and more.

Outdoor Survival provides the information you need in the simplest of terms. It’s conveniently sized to keep in your glove box, backpack, or back pocket. Remember: You will survive, you will get home, and you will have a great story. The key is to use good information to keep you safe and alive.

Loved and admired throughout her long lifetime, her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II touched the lives of millions - not least through the speeches that she broadcast to the world each Christmas during her seventy years on the throne.

This treasury of quotations highlights the values that were closest to her heart - courage, empathy, forgiveness, hope, humility, love and respect. These are the values that she encouraged in others and that she hoped would endure in the hearts of all people of goodwill - whatever their religion or race.

Including official portraits of the Queen from each decade of her reign, this anthology pays tribute to a world leader whose grace and wisdom will never die.

Contents:

1 A special kind of courage
2 People matter
3 Forgive and respect
4 With love in our hearts
5 The wisdom of children
6 Stronger together
7 Hope for tomorrow
Epilogue

With soft-touch covers, rounded corners and a striped coloured design, these notebooks are ready to be filled with your creative ideas.

Further features include:

- Gold foiling
- 90 gsm white paper
- Open-flat binding
- Lined pages
- Sustainably sourced

Loved and admired throughout the world, her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II touched the lives of millions.

This treasury of quotations gives an intimate insight into the values she embodied and faithfully promoted throughout her life.

They speak of the qualities that were closest to her heart: courage, empathy, forgiveness, hope, humility, love and respect. These are the qualities that she encouraged in others and that she hoped would endure among all people of goodwill, whatever their religion or race.

Including seven memorable portraits - one from each decade of her reign - this exquisite giftbook offers an inspiring tribute to a world leader whose wise and gracious influence will live in our hearts forever.

Contents
1 A special kind of courage
2 People matter
3 Forgive and respect
4 With love in our hearts
5 The wisdom of children
6 Stronger together
7 Hope for tomorrow

First-hand information complemented by thoroughly researched editorial entries - this is the formula behind the singularly exhaustive survey of more than 75,000 scholars currently working in academic institutions throughout German-speaking countries. Entries comprise relevant biographical data, addresses, details on fields of research and work, as well as a selected bibliography. The appendix of the printed edition includes a necrology, a subject index, and a calendar listing special birthdays.

The online edition can be ordered independently. It is updated constantly and allows targeted searching for criteria such as field of work etc. In addition to the printed edition it provides information regarding more than 12,000 academics which have been reported as deceased since 1996 as well as more than 20,000 archived entries no longer included in the printed edition.

EVERY DOLLAR IS A VOTE. MAKE YOURS COUNT.

Every dollar we spend has the potential to create social and environmental change. In fact, it already has. The world that exists today is in large part a result of our purchasing decisions.

Now in its seventh edition, The Better World Shopping Guide continues to be the gold standard for socially and environmentally responsible consumers. Pick-up the seventh edition of this perennial bestseller and find out which companies actually"walk the talk" when it comes to:

• Environmental sustainability and climate change
• Human rights
• Community involvement
• Animal protection
• Social justice

From cereal to computers, meat alternatives to outdoor gear, and pet care to toys, check the rating before you buy. Drawing on decades of research, this comprehensive resource rates hundreds of brands, products, and services from A to F so you can quickly tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys" – turning your shopping list into a powerful tool for positive change.

• 6000+ hours of research
• 2000+ companies evaluated
• 70+ product categories
• 50+ reliable sources
• 5 essential issues
• 1 report card

Small enough to fit in a back pocket or handbag, easy to use, and covering more brands than ever, The Better World Shopping Guide helps you reward companies who are doing good, penalize those involved in destructive activities, and change the world as you shop!

ACCESSIBILITY NOTES
This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative texts for images, table of contents, landmarks, reading order, page list, Structural Navigation, and semantic structure. Blank pages have been removed from this EPUB.

This directory covers in its 33rd edition about 60,000 members of academic staff holding the title of Professor at German universities. Details provided include name, title, position held, address(es), contact details as well as the field(s) of activity. The index lists academics alphabetically according to fields of activity.

The database facilitates complex searches.

The guide provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on libraries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Among the approx. 5,500 libraries listed are national, general research, university and institute libraries, public libraries, ecclesiastical, business and other special libraries. Each entry contains contact details, head of library, holdings and special collections. The main body of the guide can be accessed via an index of names and a subject index.

The database edition comprises the content and search criteria of the printed edition and its indices, facilitating complex searches.

Plain Style is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism, The True and Only Heaven, and many other memorable works of American history and social criticism. Written for the benefit of the students at the University of Rochester, where Lasch taught from 1970 until his death in 1994, it quickly established itself in typescript as a local classic—a lively, witty, and historically minded alternative to the famous volume by William Strunk and E. B. White, The Elements of Style.

Now available for the first time in published form, Plain Style is fundamentally a clear, readable, practical guide to the timeless principles of effective composition. At the same time, however, in ways that Stewart Weaver explains in his critical introduction, it is a distinctive and revealing addition to the published work of an eminent American thinker. No mere primer, Plain Style is an essay in cultural criticism, a political treatise even, by one for whom directness, clarity, and honesty of expression were essential to the living spirit of democracy.

As the teachers and students who have for years benefited from its succinct wisdom will testify, Plain Style is an indispensable guide to writing and, indeed, Christopher Lasch's least-expected but perhaps most serviceable work.

The Supplement, consisting of an Author Title and a Subject list, contains microforms and digital resources released between the new editions published annually. It appears six months after the main volumes.

From Juan Ponce de León to John Wayne to Jane Doe to the little-known stories hidden inside bigger historical events, The Book of Facts and Trivia: American History combines the educational, profound, and trivial into a rich account of American history facts (and the interesting role Johns—and Juans and Janes—played along the way)! You’ll learn about the United States through hundreds of absorbing stories and interesting tidbits such as …

Entertaining, informative, and enlightening! Educational, eyebrow-raising, and profound. Science has never been this much fun! Take a weird and wonderful tour of the every branch of science with this treat of stories, trivia, and facts!

From Earth’s weight gain thanks to the many tons of cosmic dust that falls on the planet each year to William A. Mitchell, the inventor of Tang, Cool Whip, and Pop Rocks candy, The Book of Facts and Trivia: Science combines the educational, profound, and trivial into a fascinating collection of science facts! You’ll learn about yourself and the world through hundreds of absorbing stories and interesting tidbits such as …