It’s December 1944, and knowing they wouldn’t be home for Christmas, a handful of battle weary GIs decide to throw a holiday party for the children of Wiltz, Luxembourg.

Ten Days later the town is all but destroyed during the Battle of the Bulge, and in the years that followed, Wiltz never forgot the kindness and generosity of those soldiers that one St. Nicolas Day.

For thirty years the people of Wiltz searched for those soldiers, and especially the American St. Nicolas, in hopes of brin...

This is the official courseware for the accredited BIAN Foundation training. It is intended for professionals that aim to pass the BIAN Banking Architecture Foundation certification, via the online exam. The BIAN Banking Architecture Foundation exam leads to the official BIAN Foundation certification by the Banking Industry Architecture Network. It is carried out by Van Haren Learning Solutions. The BIAN Foundation Certification exam tests the training participant’s knowledge of the BIAN Re...

Besides the PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation Courseware – English publication you are advised to obtain the official publication from TSO.

PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation is applicable to anyone who delivers projects, large or small, in an agile context.

This certification is for professionals who work within a project that includes key staff and integrating project management with product delivery. This requires an understanding of the agile concepts detailed in PRINCE2 Agile. And will also be benef...

In the Netherlands and Flanders, a growing number of primary schools are now providing gifted education. Teachers have expressed their need for practical suggestions that will help them to offer high-quality education to gifted learners. To achieve high quality in gifted education, high quality in teacher education on this subject is required. To meet their professional needs, an increasing number of Dutch and Flemish teachers are investing in continuous professional development on the subjec...

Cities around the world are working to build more livable environments, better-quality public spaces, more resilient and sustainable urban economies, lower resource impacts, greater social equity, and other goals of a “new urban agenda.” In this process, the American movement advanced by the Congress for the New Urbanism has been unquestionably influential, if sometimes controversial. This volume presents a distillation of key essays by CNU proponents in their own words, as well as perspe...

Dr.Alain Saint-Saëns is a poet, a playwright, a literary critic, a novelist, and a translator. As a playwright, he recently authored La prisionera (2021); Ña Celestina (2021); Artigas (2017); Soledad. Vida y muerte de una poeta (2016); Romeo y Julieta en el Marzo Paraguayo (2016); Pecados de mi pueblo (2013); and, Ordeal at the Superdome (2010). He is considered as 'the Father of the Paraguayan Theater's Renaissance', a dign successor of great Luis Ruffinelli.

His books of poetry are: Canto...

Are you in business for yourself ? Are you an entrepreneur ? Don't we read books written by other business people ? That talk from reality , from real life, from experience ? Don't we wanna get better at it ? Don't we want to learn from others who walk the almost same path ? Do we want to learn how to persist ? Do we still enjoy an exciting story....in these times ? This book has it all and will have you thinking... this is insane....but it all happened... For real...Plus you get book Victory...

La notion de forme continue à susciter des débats théoriques dans les études littéraires et dans l’esthétique. Qu’est-ce qu’une forme, au juste? Le consensus sur une définition n’est pas près de s’imposer, d’autant plus que les théoriciens qui s’intéressent à cette notion ont des formations disciplinaires diverses (en linguistique, lettres ou philosophie) et peinent souvent à s’entendre. Comme l’a rappelé récemment Patrice Maniglier dans une défense vigoureuse...

As an art lover and connoisseur, journalist Eric Rinckhout lost his heart to the South of France. In this guide, he sets out to prove that when talking about art and culture, the region between Collioure and Menton can easily compete with Paris. This book is more than just a guide for visitors: it makes for an excellent, instructive and inspiring read for anyone who’s keen to learn more about the artists, writers, musicians and filmmakers who lived and worked in the South of France. Relying...

In social care, mobilizing network support is a topical issue. Networks are at the heart of Family Group Conferencing, or Family Group Decision Making. FGC originated in New Zealand but has spread to many countries worldwide. In this book, FGC researchers with different methodological orientations discuss their findings and reflect candidly on the methodological choices they made and the challenges faced. The ‘what works’ versus ‘context’ controversy in social work research is highlig...