As the Second World War raged across Europe, and the Nazi regime tightened its reign of horror and oppression, nine women, some still in their teens, joined the French and Dutch Resistance. Caught out in heroic acts against the brutal occupiers, they were each tortured and sent east into Greater Germany to a concentration camp, where they formed a powerful friendship. In 1945, as the war turned against Hitler, they were forced on a Death March, facing starvation and almost certain death. Dete...

Now in its third edition, Making Out in Japanese is your indispensable guideto contemporary Japanese as it's really spoken. This best-selling phrasebook is the perfect introduction to everyday interactions in Japan, andincludes colorful slang that'll help rev up your social life.

Norm Architects A Sensory Approach to Architecture and Design. Step inside Norm Architects world of Soft Minimalism, a design philosophy that is inspired by a love of minimalism and which moves away from the cold sterility it is often associated with.

Modulares Bauen und Fertigbauten weisen auf die Zukunft moderner Architektur.

Prefab and Modular zeigt sorgfältig ausgewählte Projekte von vorgefertigten und modularen Wohnhäusern, Kultureinrichtungen, Büroräumen und öffentlichen Gebäuden und erkundet die grenzenlosen Möglichkeiten der Fertigteil- und Modulbauweise.

Dieses Buch ist eine Quelle für Konzepte und Technologien, die herkömmliche Ideen des Bauens neu denken. Von modularen Strukturen bis zu intelligenten Raumoptimierungen ...

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives.

Why do we laugh? What makes memories fade? Why do people believe in ghosts? How the Mind Works explores every aspect of mental life, showing that our minds are not a mystery, but a system of organs of computation designed by natural selection.

'Graham Greene has wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the top ranks of world literature' John le Carré The Third Man, Graham Greene's most iconic tale, takes place in post-war Vienna, a 'smashed dreary city' occupied by the four Allied powers.