Best Selling Books by Alena

A beautiful GRAYSCALE coloring book featuring the illustrations of Alena Lazareva . This book includes 25 unique different hand drawn funny illustrations: cats, hares, elephant, giraffe, tiger, snail, cheerful pig, elephant, hamster, chicken, owl, caterpillar, fish. Please seethe back cover of the book for all images included. * 25 grayscale illustrations * Page size is 8.5x11inches. * Pages printed on one side only. * Paper non-perforated I recommend using colored pencils. Use markers just for small touch ups as well as gel pens (use sheet of card under the page you are colouring). Happy coloring!

A Year of Painting Intuitively! Stay inspired to create art throughout every season! In Intuitive Painting Workshop, you''ll find a timely expressive exercise for each month, along with seasonal check-ins. In discovering how to paint intuitively, you will learn to surrender to your true visual voice as your personal process of making marks emerges. Using acrylic paint, ink, collage papers, stencils, watercolor, gel pens, paint markers and more, you''ll be gently guided by twelve exercises, taking cues from the process, but carrying each in your own direction. • Explore monthly exercises, each offering you a new area of growth from setting intentions, to painting wildly, to getting know your animal totems and much more. • Receive suggestions for painting with a "beginner''s mind" and a glossary of art terms will make following the step-by-step demonstrations clear and easy to understand. • Get further ideas from a monthly gallery of contributing artists who were students of this process, just like you! • Have a chance to assimilate your creative focus every few months with seasonal Check-In journaling prompts and ideas for reflection. Stay inspired month-by-month and season-to-season with Intuitive Painting Workshop!

This up-to-date revision of a bestseller sets the standard for planning and implementing cost-effective sediment sampling programs. Handbook of Techniques for Aquatic Sediments Sampling, Second Edition is the only comprehensive text on procedures for sampling bottom sediments, suspended sediments, and sediment pore water. Practical guidance is also

Master''s Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, Free University of Berlin (John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies), course: Kulturwissenschaft, language: English, abstract: This thesis examines the relatively recent and increasingly popular phenomenon of cringe comedy. The characteristic feature of cringe comedy is the exposure of the viewer to prolonged states of social discomfort in the form of vicarious embarrassment, framed in a faux-realist aesthetic. Appearing increasingly since the turn of the millennium, cringe comedies employ the prolonged suspension of discomfort, deviating from the traditional sitcom. Since academic research on the topic has been limited, this thesis incorporates theoretical perspectives on comedy, embarrassment and shame, television and cultural history, insights from the fields of humor research, affect theory, the sociology of emotions and psychology as well as cultural and media studies. Drawing upon these sources, the author attempts to situate cringe comedy within the late capitalist comedic landscape, and analyze it as an aesthetic bound to the post-Fordist traits of hyperflexibility, hyperperformance and the increasingly blurred lines between work and play. The common experiential thread shared by cringe comedy shows is the endurance – on the part of the viewer – of a kind of voluntary shame stasis, provoked by repeated social faux pas, mixed with desperation and failure, and rarely ending in a comforting comedic resolution. These moments provide an interesting diversion from the usual hyperflexible performances of the late capitalist stage. In allowing for prolonged and awkward gaps, refusing to quickly fill them with socially scripted comfort, and delaying or altogether avoiding a return to a smooth equilibrium, cringe comedy grants us time to question the current methods of managing affective imbalance. In the words of Elspeth Probyn, the benefit of shame (as performed and triggered in these comedies) could be the introduction of “acute sensitivity“ (2) towards ourselves and others. While numerous cringe comedy shows will be referenced,the main analysis centers on the 2005/2014 HBO series The Comeback.

Albe the albatross meets a new friend and is stuck in the north poll by a big storm. Will he ever get home from his fun and mysterious adventure again?

Procvičujte angličtinu s knihou plnou napínavých případů! Kniha povídek vznikla na podkladě soudních případů a je určena středně pokročilým studentům anglického jazyka. Lze ji zařadit mezi knihy zjednodušené četby (simplified reading), které jsou vhodným doplňkovým materiálem při studiu angličtiny. Mohou ji používat samouci při individuálním studiu, ale také studenti při skupinové výuce. Cílem knihy je kromě poutavé četby autentických příběhů poskytnout čtenářům rovněž možnost zopakovat si gramatiku a prohloubit si slovní zásobu o celou řadu zajímavých frází a anglických idiomů. Anglické povídky jsou doplněny zrcadlovým českým překladem, což umožňuje studentům překládat text nejprve z angličtiny do češtiny a potom naopak a svou verzi překladu si hned porovnat s textem v knize. Povídky dále provází kontrolní otázky na porozumění četbě či podněty k samostatnému ústnímu projevu. Za každou povídkou jsou stručně vysvětleny klíčové gramatické jevy, které jsou doplněny vzorovými větami z textu povídky. Vybraná frázová slovesa slouží k jejich snadnějšímu nácviku a zapamatování. Frázová slovesa i gramatické formy vysvětlené v dané kapitole si mohou studenti procvičit v řadě následujících gramatických cvičení. Řešení ke cvičením jsou uvedena v klíči na konci knihy. K dispozici je i nahrávka ke stažení. Kniha In the Name of Revenge je originální verzí a osudy osob, které prožily tyto příběhy, jsou poprvé publikovány v knižní podobě. Přestože povídky nemají právě veselý děj a končí tragicky, jistě zaujmou čtenáře, kteří čtou rádi poutavé příběhy plné emocí, jež zinscenoval sám život.

This book explores how decentralized finance (DeFi) can disrupt traditional centralized finance including the business areas of insurance companies, banks, money markets, and bonds. DeFi is not a company or a single product, rather it is a collection of products or services. As part of the Ethereum ecosystem, DeFi services are provided as Decentralized Applications (dApps), which require smart contracts to lock in assets for processing transactions. Changing consumer expectations, the availability of affordable technologies, and entrepreneurial drive create space for DeFi. Geopolitical crises and trust deterioration exacerbate the need. This book explains the concept of DeFi, the technological opportunities, the current reality and status quo of business transactions, and demonstrates the potential for future use and the eventual transformation of the financial industry. It further provides a comprehensive analysis of the real-world applications of DeFi, the Decentralized Ledger Technology (DLT), and digital assets, as well as their potential risks to consumers and financial institutions to bankers, managers, investors, and policymakers.

Being a Woman and Being Tatar uses ethnographic research to explore the multifaceted and complex identities – such as gender, ethnicity, religion – of Tatar women in Siberia and Estonia. Focusing on the intersections and interactions of multiple identities and exploring that focus through Tatar women’s own voices, narratives, and subjectivity, this book unfolds women’s stories about what it means to be a woman and to be a Tatar in a post-Soviet situation through narrations of their aspirations, their sexuality, their relationship with relatives, and the dynamics of power and hierarchy they feel themselves within. It explores how identity and tradition are shaped by state politics, and also brings attention to new geographical areas, including the Tyumen region and Estonia. Being a Woman and Being Tatar will demonstrate to those studying gender studies and cultural anthropology the intricacies of Tatar women’s identities, and invites readers to better understand the Tatar women’s diversity across Eastern Europe and Russia.

“Never underestimate the power of a group of women. Fierce, thoughtful and dramatic—this is a story of true courage." —Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author She would stop at nothing to protect the women under her care. Inside a century-old row house in Brooklyn, renegade Sister Evelyn and her fellow nuns preside over a safe haven for the abused and abandoned. Gruff and indomitable on the surface, warm and wry underneath, little daunts Evelyn, until she receives word that Mercy House will be investigated by Bishop Hawkins, a man with whom she shares a dark history. In order to protect everything they’ve built, the nuns must conceal many of their methods, which are forbidden by the Catholic Church. Evelyn will go to great lengths to defend all that she loves. She confronts a gang member, defies the church, challenges her own beliefs, and faces her past. She is bolstered by the other nuns and the vibrant, diverse residents of the shelter—Lucia, Mei-Li, Desiree, Esther, and Katrina—whose differences are outweighed by what unites them: they’ve all been broken by men but are determined to rebuild. Amidst her fight, Evelyn discovers the extraordinary power of mercy and the grace it grants, not just to those who receive it, but to those strong enough to bestow it.

Until recently the Russian Federation used to be one of the largest markets for outbound travel. Among Russians’ favourite destinations were cities that used to be part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and are now located in the independent nation-states bordering Russia. This open access book provides an empirically rich and conceptually sophisticated account of the mnemonic interactions between Russians and their neighbours in the shadow of empire and geopolitical confrontations. Based on extensive ethnographic research with tourists and tour guides in the cities of Tallinn, Kyiv, and Almaty before Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, it analyses the practices through which cultural memories are performed in tourism encounters, as well as the forms they take. Imperial nostalgia, the production and consumption of national pasts, and memory diplomacy are discussed as key modes of remembering in tourism. Through the case of Russian tourism, the book argues for an invigoration of research on memory and tourism, which despite the significance of tourism for the circulation of cultural memories has so far received surprisingly little attention. Bringing debates in memory, heritage and tourism studies into a dialogue, the book expands the field of study beyond museums and heritage sites and puts forward a transnational approach that acknowledges diverse and entangled modes of remembering in tourism, situates memory-making in a wider political context and reflects on its geopolitical implications.

Based on in-depth research in Poland and Slovakia, Domesticating Neo-Liberalism addresses how we understand the processes of neo-liberalization in post-socialist cities. Builds upon a vast amount of new research data Examines how households try to sustain their livelihoods at particularly dramatic and difficult times of urban transformation Provides a major contribution to how we theorize the geographies of neo-liberalism Offers a conclusion which informs discussions of social policy within European Union enlargement

While there are languages that code a particular grammatical role (e.g. subject or direct object) in one and the same way across the board, many more languages code the same grammatical roles differentially. The variables which condition the differential argument marking (or DAM) pertain to various properties of the NP (such as animacy or definiteness) or to event semantics or various properties of the clause. While the main line of current research on DAM is mainly synchronic the volume tackles the diachronic perspective. The tenet is that the emergence and the development of differential marking systems provide a different kind of evidence for the understanding of the phenomenon. The present volume consists of 18 chapters and primarily brings together diachronic case studies on particular languages or language groups including e.g. Finno-Ugric, Sino-Tibetan and Japonic languages. The volume also includes a position paper, which provides an overview of the typology of different subtypes of DAM systems, a chapter on computer simulation of the emergence of DAM and a chapter devoted to the cross-linguistic effects of referential hierarchies on DAM. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work''s license are retained by the author or authors.

Essay aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Jura - Sonstiges, University of Westminster, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: The scope of the essay is to outline the significant distinctions between lawful and unlawful combatants and the consequences of such distinction in relation to the entitlement to the status of prisoners of war and legal responsibility. However, due to the lack of expressis verbis provision related to the term of unlawful combatants, the first the terminology will be considered. The distinctions between lawful and unlawful combatants will be illustrated with examples, mostly on war in Afghanistan. Furthermore, the status of unlawful and lawful combatants will be examined in relation to the internal armed conflict.

Učebnice Čeština pro život 2 volně navazuje na úspěšnou konverza ční příručku Čeština pro život. Opět je určena všem středně pokročilým až pokročilým studentům, kteří již mluví česky

Lviv is a city in western Ukraine and a UNESCO world heritage site. Founded in the late Middle Ages by King Danylo and named after his son Lev, Lviv has thrived as a major commercial and religious centre, attracting artists, craftsmen, and intellectuals from all over the world. The influences of this multi-ethnic tapestry – Ukrainian, Armenian, German, Jewish, Polish, Italian and Austrian – are felt in the city today in its majestic boulevards, charming squares, and vibrant café culture. This book is a result of two trips to Ukraine between 2013 and 2014. Lviv was not meant to be my final destination, but once there I could not resist the temptation to linger, to wander its winding cobblestone streets, and to reflect on what makes this place cast such a spell on its visitors. Before long I realised that although Lviv’s Art Nouveau buildings, Gothic churches, Renaissance mansions, and Baroque monuments give it a distinctive ambiance, it is the people that make this town special: laughing and praying, rushing on their daily errands, and slowing down to enjoy a drink; welcoming children into the world and seeing young men off to war – life in Lviv is intense and touching. I hereby share my humble declaration of love for Lviv, a hidden treasure in the heart of Europe.

Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3 (A), University of Leipzig (Culture Studies GB), course: Looking Into England. The English Question, language: English, abstract: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Ursprünge und Traditionen der englischen Küche zu untersuchen und eventuelle Beziehungen zur Ernährung der Engländer heutzutage aufzuzeigen. Dabei wird die Historie des englischen Essens bis in römische Zeiten zurückverfolgt und ihre Entwicklung dann bis in die heutige Zeit untersucht. Stereotypische Konzepte wie die Vorliebe der Engländer für weißes Brot, Fleisch und der oftmals kritisierte ''fade Geschmack'' englischen Essens sollen ebenfalls untersucht werden. Am Ende der Arbeit soll diskutiert werden, ob es so etwas wie ''typisch'' englische Küche überhaupt gibt und, wenn ja, worin sich diese widerspiegelt und von, beispielsweise, der schottischen oder walisischen Küche unterscheidet.

Een aangrijpende historische roman die laat zien hoe kleine keuzes grote gevolgen kunnen hebben. ''Hana'' van Alena Mornštajnová is een aangrijpende oorlogsroman over een Tsjechisch meisje en haar tante. De negenjarige Mira maakt in 1954 een grote fout waardoor ze als wees achterblijft tijdens een epidemie in Mezirící, Tsjecho-Slowakije. Haar excentrieke tante Hana is de enige familie die ze nog heeft, maar die vermijdt toenadering en zwijgt altijd. Ze kleedt zich altijd in het zwart en verlaat haar huis nooit. Mira begrijpt niets van haar, maar heeft geen andere keus dan bij haar in te trekken. Hana lijdt onder de ondoordachte keuze die ze in 1943 maakte als verliefd tienermeisje. Deze keuze had voor haar familie verstrekkende gevolgen en nog steeds draagt ze schuldgevoel met zich mee. Mira weet niets van de familiegeschiedenis, maar begint stapje voor stapje te begrijpen waarom Hana niet in staat is zichzelf en de wereld om haar heen te kunnen vertrouwen, en wat de tatoeage op haar arm betekent. Voor lezers van ''Als je het licht niet kunt zien'' van Anthony Doerr en ''Haar naam was Sarah'' van Tatiana de Rosnay.

"This pioneering collection is an inhabiting of the coal-mining town of Logan, West Virginia. In four gorgeous sequences, Alena Hairston gives voice to generations of African American miners and their kin, rendering with compasson and daring their destitution, their heartbreak, and their incongruous strength of spirit. Displaying both a formal inventiveness and a sense of oral tradition, The Logan Topographies is a groundbreaking debut." -- Back cover.

Experiencias de dos paises socialistas: Union sovietica y checoslovaquia, sobre la igualdad de la mujer. El autor concluye que la liberacion de la mujer necesita un doble proceso: La entrada en la economia nacional y la salida de la economia domestica. En los paises del este, por varias razones, no se dan simultaneamente los dos procesos.

The focus of this tri-authored scholarly work is on marketing communication and consumer behaviour of the selected generations X, Y, and Z in terms of the size of purchases and the types of retail outlets they use. The main part of the book deals with theoretical aspects of retail business and with marketing communication and consumer behaviour of specific generations in the retail sector. The main outcome lies in identifying the optimal location of retail units in combination with customer service to be provided to selected generations and the market potential of the buying gradient in terms of competitors'' impacts. The book also focuses on applying the results of the analyses whilst outlining the potential of the prediction models of generational tendencies towards the realisation of purchases in relation to marketing communication of the retail sector and its subsequent stimulation.

After almost 400 years, the well-known long-lost painting Leda and the Swan by the Rudophine master Joseph Heintz has resurfaced. It is an artwork, which was most respected by Heintz''s contemporaries and was considered lost for good. Three preparatory drawings for this painting are known, one of them owned by the National Gallery in Prague. Joseph Heintz the Elder (1564, Basel - 1609, Prague) was a prominent artist and court painter of Emperor Rudolph II in Prague but he also made a name for himself in Augsburg, Germany. When his peak artwork Leda and the Swan was re-discovered, three art institutions - the Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg, the National Gallery in Prague and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria - have agreed to organize separate small exhibitions, respectively, on the theme of this painting. One was held in the spring in Augsburg, where Heintz had worked as a painter, inventor of prints and also architect. Another exhibition will be held in 2016 in Vienna, where a large part of Rudolph II''s imperial collections have survived. We prepare our exhibition in the autumn in Prague, where Heintz worked in the imperial services. The small exhibition in Prague will present Joseph Heintz the Elder as an artist through his selected artworks. The National Gallery in Prague will display his well-known painting Leda and the Swan (it will be loaned from a collection abroad) with its preparatory drawing as well as other paintings, drawings and graphic sheets. We will also offer more stories linked with the painting''s theme, the classical myth about Leda, the beautiful queen of Sparta, and her encounter with Jupiter, the highest god on Mount Olympus.