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A Jewish family saga.
Provides the first comprehensive analysis of the history of returning German POWs after the Second World War, explored as a history of memory both during Germany's division and after unification.
Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.
The writers of Captain America were originally criticized for being too harsh on Nazis. Batgirl was created to make Batman "less gay." Of the top ten greatest Marvel comics, five of them are X-Men stories. Shazam was originally more popular than Superman. Black Panther loves Game of Thrones. Wolverine was a Canadian secret agent. His first mission was to kill the Hulk. Keanu Reeves nearly played Plastic Man. The Punisher defeated the Hulk in three seconds. Aquaman's series was the first DC comic to be cancelled. Deadpool believes he is "the Canadian James Bond." Wonder Woman was nearly called Superma. Ant-Man merged with Ultron. Green Arrow has a tuning fork arrow. Hulk originally turned grey, not green. Green Lantern's original weakness was wood. Spider-Man's origin story is based on the Greek myth of Arachne. Superman was originally a bald, telekinetic villain.
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Learn the secrets of middle market private equity hiring practices. This book is a definitive resource to learn the tricks of the trade, potential pitfalls in the hiring process and how to conduct an effective C-Suite job search. Powerful insight about middle market private equity hiring coupled with the author’s unique due diligence screening process makes Skin in the Game indispensable. In this book, you’ll discover: Examples of hires who earned millions because they believed in Warren Buffet quote “We eat our own cooking”The difference between a stakeholder and a hired handThe power of the Prefect Bio and Crafting Your Elevator PitchHow to find private equity investors that fit your profileSecrets of hiring effective C-level employeesHow to discern a good offer with examples and bonus materials
Collection of essays concerning how African-American musical idioms were spread across Europe by African-American musicians
Mathematics education research indicates the value of a meaning-making and problem-solving approach to the teaching mathematics in primary and lower secondary classrooms. Yet teachers, most of whom have not experienced such pedagogies in their own mathematics learning, often find it difficult to implement such approaches. Based on over twenty-five years in mathematics preservice education, this book is intended to support preservice tutors and their students in bridging this gap. The book takes six topics from the primary and lower secondary curriculum: place value number systems; the four rules of number; polygons, their properties and their symmetries; natural numbers including factors, mu...
Mill Creek tells the story of the age-old struggle of an adolescent's attempts to understand himself and his world. Peter Martin, the brainy, shy, farm-boy narrator, pious beyond his years, fi ghts a private war: whether to remain with his strict farm people or whether to embrace his best friend's anarchic approach to Mennonite life. Arthur Nyce, with his fl ashy clothes, his repertoire of pop tunes, his dereliction of a school's prescribed piety and his open affection throws Peter off balance again and again. Mill Creek records Peter's fl uctuations between accepting and denying the diverse aspects of these two approaches to Mennonite life. An almost amorous friendship, the threat of the dr...