Author: Lisbeth Olsso
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: biotechnology, engineering, biochemical, advances, biofuels
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2007-12-06
List price: $399.00
ISBN-10: 3540736506
ISBN-13: 9783540736509

Author: Linda Olsso
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: veronika, astrid
Number of Pages: 259
Published: 2007-02-06
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0143038079
ISBN-13: 9780143038078

With extraordinary emotional power, Linda Olsson’s stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Veronika, a young writer, rents a house in a small Swedish village as she tries to come to terms with a recent tragedy while also finishing a novel. Her arrival is silently observed by Astrid, an older, reclusive neighbor who slowly becomes a presence in Veronika’s life, offering comfort in the form of companionship and lovingly prepared home-cooked meals. Set against a haunting Swedish landscape, Astrid & Veronika is

Author: Lisbeth Littru
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: asian, topics, studies, literature, identity
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 1995-11-29
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 0700703683
ISBN-13: 9780700703685

This work explores the formation of identity in literature from a variety of Asian countries: China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Palestine. The analysis applies new theoretical approaches to identity to indicate the transition from the traditional concept of literature to the modern one. Topics include: Malay literary characters in the literatures of Europe and Asia; ethnicity in modern Indonesian literature; the Self in Chinese classical and modern literature; identity in modern Japanese literature: the case of Natsume Soseki; constructing new identities in Indonesia’s Peranak

Author: Lisbeth Clausen
Publisher: Copenhagen Business School Press
Keywords: communication, organizational, intercultural
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2006-02-01
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 8763001608
ISBN-13: 9788763001601

This book addresses cross-cultural issues in business communication between corporate headquarters in Denmark and subsidiaries and alliance partners in Japan. Japan is an important and interesting market for Danish companies, as it is a highly profitable one and the quality expectations of Japanese consumers mean that products accepted in Japan are quality-stamped worldwide. Experience in the Japanese market also provides an advantageous stepping stone with respect to the rapidly developing Chinese market. Nevertheless, cultural issues and the complexities of penetrating the Japanese m

Authors:Wendy A. Scott, Lisbeth H. Ytreberg,
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Keywords: teaching, language, keys, children, english, longman
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1990-09-01
List price: $35.75
ISBN-10: 058274606X
ISBN-13: 9780582746060

*Chapters on the four skills with useful games and activities which children will enjoy as they learn these skills *Helpful ideas for ways to organise your lessons , create the right atmosphere and what to do when things go wrong

Authors:E. T. A. Hoffman,  Lisbeth Zwerger,
Publisher: North-South Book
Keywords: nutcracker
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2004-09-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0735817332
ISBN-13: 9780735817333

For nearly two hundred years, E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale of the Nutcracker has enchanted readers, inspired artists and composers, and delighted audiences around the world. In cities and towns everywhere, children thrill to annual performances of Tchaikovsky’s classic Christmas ballet about a girl named Marie who helps a wooden nutcracker defeat an evil army of mice, and is rewarded by a visit to the magical dream world, the Land of Toys. Lisbeth Zwerger’s stunning, all-new interpretation on The Nutcracker, adapted from the original Hoffmann tale, rounds out the story depicted in

Authors:O. Henry,  Lisbeth Zwerger,
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Keywords: magi, gift
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2006-10-03
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 141693586X
ISBN-13: 9781416935865

One dollar and eight-seven cents is all the money Della has in the world to buy her beloved husband a Christmas present. She has nothing to sell except her only treasure -- her long, beautiful brown hair. Set in New York at the turn of the twentieth century, this classic piece of American literature tells the story of a young couple and the sacrifices each must make to buy the other a gift. Beautiful, delicate watercolors by award-winning illustrator Lisbeth Zwerger add new poignancy and charm to this simple tale about the rewards of unselfish love.