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Life is never dull for Winnie the Witch! In 'Hot Cross Winnie' a trip to the shops turns into a desperate hunt for a missing Wilbur; in 'Winnie's Book Day' a problem with reading doesn't stop Winnie from bringing stories to life for a whole class full of children; in 'Winnie Gets Cracking' she creates a...

The four tales in this volume share autobiographical origins in Conrad's experience at sea and his exile from Poland. They vividly present Conrad's preoccupation with the theme of solidarity, challenged from without by the elements and from within by human doubts and fears. This revised edition uses the English first edition texts and has a new...

A compelling account of how passionately partisan editors in the early Republic overthrew impartial journalism and sparked the birth of democracy in America...

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Europe and the Challenge of the CenturyAn ambitious, original book describing a century of Europe coping with America:        its inventions, personalities, films, armies, business, and politics. These decades        reveal how much emotional energy Europeans invested in finding their own ways to        reconcile tradition and modernity under the...

Managers face a complex and seemingly overwhelming set of decisions in their work        lives. Investigating exactly what managers do on the job, this study presents a        wealth of new evidence to analyze why managers act in the ways they do, what        influences their focus of attention, and which issues and other actors in...