Im Dschungel Venezuelas trifft eine junge Amerikanerin auf die Yequana-Indianer. Fasziniert vom offenkundigen Glück dieser "Wilden", bleibt sie insgesamt zweieinhalb Jahre bei dem Stamm und versucht, die Ursachen dieses glücklichen und harmonischen Zusammenlebens herauszufinden. Sie entdeckt dessen Wurzeln im Umgang dieser Menschen mit ihren Kindern und zeigt, wie dort noch ein bei uns längst verschüttetes Wissen um die ursprünglichen Bedürfnisse ...

A history of codes and code breakers from the former )Tomorrow's World( producer whose )Fermat's Last Theorem( went straight to the top of the UK non fiction bestseller charts and was translated into 22 languages. Subtitled )The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking(, Singh unravels how codes and cyphers from Ancient Egypt all the way up to present day computer encryptions work, and also asks why we have such a yearning for secrecy. Popular ...

The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research institutes, Bjorn Lomborg systematically examines a range ...

Focuses on the effects of the indiscriminate use of chemicals, describing how pesticides and insecticides are applied almost universally to farms, forests, gardens and homes with scant regard to the contamination of the environment and the destruction of wildlife.
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The inside story of the popular motorbike, told by the grandson of William Davidson who, with Walter Harley started the company, published to celebrate its 100th anniversary. ...

This text argues that boys need to be parented in a different way from girls with their own very special psychological and physical make-up. It provides advice on: the stages of boyhood; how a mother teaches about life and love; and how schools need to change to be made a good place for boys.
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Breakthrough courses are aimed at Adult Education classes and also at the self study learner. Each course offers authentic, lively, conversational language through a coherent and carefully structured approach. The books are in full colour with attractive photographs and artwork giving a real sense of the country and its culture. There are four hours of audio material to accompany this course available in cassette or audio CD format. The new ...

Die Bilder vom Überfall auf die OPEC in Wien gingen vor rund dreißig Jahren um die ganze Welt. War es nach dem Terrorakt im Münchner Olympiastadium ein weiterer Schritt einer Eskalation von Terror und politisch motivierter Gewalt in Europa?
Als die elf OPEC-Ölminister als Geiseln in unbekannte Wüsten entführt wurden und mit ihnen der schwerverletzte deutsche Terrorist H.J.Klein auf Drängen des Drahtziehers Carlos ausgeflogen werden sollte, ...

Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art of pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation. However, as Querry loses himself in work for the lepers his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure. Then the white community finds out who ...

New edition incorporating the unique and colourful )World Reference( section. It focusses on contemporary English, providing straightforward definitions and helpful notes. Panels and tables present useful information such as military ranks and common abbreviations.
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