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        January 1987

        Vom Segen eines guten festen Rocks

        Aussergewöhnliche Lebensgeschichten weiblicher Abenteurer und Entdeckungsreisender, die auf der Suche nach ihrem Lebensziel mit allen Konventionen brachen

        by Russell, Mary / Übersetzt von Rothman, Ingrid

      • October 2020

        Leonard Cohen, The Untold Stories

        The Early Years, Volume One

        by Michael Posner

        Artist, poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, icon – there has never been a figure like Leonard Cohen. He was a truly international sensation, entertaining and inspiring the world with his art. From his groundbreaking and bestselling novels, Beautiful Losers and The Favourite Game, to timeless songs such as “Suzanne” and “Hallelujah,” Cohen is one of the world’s most cherished artists. His death in 2016 was felt around the world by the legion of fans and fellow artists who would miss his warmth, humor, intellect, and piercing insights.   Leonard Cohen, The Untold Stories follows the great man as he travels the globe developing his style and enigmatic character. This is the story of his early years, from boyhood in Montreal, university, and his growing career in to the 60s that took him to the world’s stage. It probes his public and private life, through the words of those who knew him best: his family and friends, colleagues and contemporaries, rivals, business partners, and his many lovers. From Montreal to Greece, London to Paris and New York, Cohen touched lives everywhere. It's also a snapshot of a golden era – the times that helped foster his talents and successes. In this revealing and entertaining first of three planned volumes, bestselling author and biographer Michael Posner draws on dozens of interviews to present a uniquely true and compelling portrait of Cohen – as if we’re right there beside him, overhearing a private conversation in a New York café.

      • Examinations & assessment
        October 1999

        Testing, Teaching, and Learning

        A Guide for States and School Districts

        by Richard F. Elmore and Robert Rothman, Editors; Committee on Title I Testing and Assessment, National Research Council

        State education departments and school districts face an important challenge in implementing a new law that requires disadvantaged students to be held to the same standards as other students. The new requirements come from provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of Title I, the largest federal effort in precollegiate education, which provides aid to "level the field" for disadvantaged students. Testing, Teaching, and Learning is written to help states and school districts comply with the new law, offering guidance for designing and implementing assessment and accountability systems. This book examines standards-based education reform and reviews the research on student assessment, focusing on the needs of disadvantaged students covered by Title I. With examples of states and districts that have track records in new systems, the committee develops a practical "decision framework" for education officials. The book explores how best to design assessment and accountability systems that support high levels of student learning and to work toward continuous improvement. Testing, Teaching, and Learning will be an important tool for all involved in educating disadvantaged studentsâ€"state and local administrators and classroom teachers.

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        Health & Personal Development

        LIVE WITHOUT STRESS

        How to Enjoy the Journey

        by Dr. Marvin Marshall

        A fresh and innovative read, detailing the ways individuals can improve their lives by reducing stress. Written in simple language, the book demonstrates how to use some basic strategies to significantly reduce stress, promote responsibility, increase effectiveness, improve relationships, and truly enjoy life’s experiences. The book shows how the brain-body connection can be used to reduce and relieve stress. But YOU WILL need to practice what the book shares.

      • Fiction

        St Patrick's Day Special

        by JJ Toner

        It is 2004. Ireland, the ancient land of saints and scholars, has changed. Corruption is endemic in high places. Irish society thrives on the twin pillars of institutionalized greed and organized crime. Church steeples are outnumbered by the tower cranes of avaricious developers and the cities resonate to the sounds of police sirens. Detective Inspector Ben Jordan of Ireland’s Organized Crime Unit focuses on crimes of violence involving firearms and terror. His nemesis, Aloysius Lafferty, specializes in bank and building society heists, cash-in-transit robberies, and “tiger” kidnappings. The two men face off in a deadly game that only one can win. Lafferty fights dirty, murder and deception his weapons of choice. Jordan is determined to work within the law, whatever gets thrown at him. But then Lafferty drags Jordan’s family into the battle...

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