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Along with the increasing deregulation of European utility markets the dynamics of and the competitive pressure in the utility industries have steadily increased over the last years. These changes in the regulatory framework towards an integrated market environment have resulted in new challenges for the management of power and gas companies and in a substantial need for strategic reorientation. In the context of these developments the Handbook Utility Management reflects current challenges in the utility industries and provides solutions from a managerial perspective. The inclusion of...

Schonungslos ehrlich und tief bewegend: die persönliche Geschichte des beliebten TV-Stars und Bestsellerautors Joe Bausch 

Mit aller Härte, die der Vater für nötig hält und die ihm selbst widerfahren ist, erzieht er den Sohn zum Hoferben. Doch der will kein Bauer werden und nichts wie weg aus dem Westerwald, raus aus der Welt der Enge und Verlogenheit. In seinem neuesten Buch spricht Joe Bausch erstmals über die Zeit, in der er tiefste Demütigung, Gewalt und Übergriffe erleben musste. 

Ein Bauernhof im kargen Westerwald, Anfang der Fünfzigerjahre....

When Skip Granger, the assistant coach for the Washington Redskins, first sees Jesse Smoke, she is on the beach in Belize. And she has just thrown a regulation football a mile.

Granger knows that Smoke's talent is unprecedented for a woman, and nearly unparalleled among men. As Granger observes her throughout a season as quarterback for the Washington Divas of the Independent Women's Football League, he decides to sign her to the Redskins, even as he faces losing his job and credibility. As the first woman on a major NFL team, Jesse Smoke's astounding success places her in the...

Including these stories:

"The Man Who Knew Belle Starr"
"Police Dreams"
"What Feels Like the World"
"Design"
"The Eyes of Love"
"The Fireman's Wife"
"Consolation"
"Letter to the Lady of the House"
"Aren't You Happy for Me?"
"High-Heeled...

At first, all Lily Austin knows about 19th-century explorer Mary Kingsley is that, 100 years before, she was the first white woman to venture into the heart of Africa. But as Lily begins reading about Mary Kingsley, she becomes more and more fascinated - and discovers in Mary a kindred spirit.

In her own life, Lily feels trapped - on the one hand, she craves family and intimate connection; on the other hand, she has no healthy or satisfying role models. Consequently, as she nears graduation from the University of Virginia, she finds herself uncertain about what to do with her life....

Will Butterfield can't believe it. His 75-year-old mother, Holly, is drunk and threatening to jump off the roof. Again.

Holly and Fiona, another elderly relative, won't stop tormenting Will and his wife Elizabeth with their bizarre (though often amusing) antics. Between Will's worries about his bookstore, The Heart's Ease, and Elizabeth's troublesome high school students, dealing with "the crazies" has become just too much.

But then something unexpected happens -- Henry Ward, a neighborhood handyman, meets the two old women, and he, his daughter Alison, and grandchildren are...

Digitale Belastungsfaktoren lauern an den unterschiedlichsten Stellen in unserem Arbeitsalltag. Der daraus resultierende "digitale Stress" kann uns nicht nur stark belasten und unsere Gesundheit beeinträchtigen, für Unternehmen ist er auch erfolgskritisch. David Bausch beleuchtet die Schattenseiten der digitalen Welt, die für viele bereits spürbar, aber nur wenigen bekannt sind. Er erklärt, wie das digitale Stress-Bewertungs-System funktioniert und dessen steigende Relevanz für unseren Alltag. Sie erfahren, warum digitaler Stress gerade bei Ihnen auftreten kann und...

From the prize-winning novelist and universally acclaimed short story writer ("Richard Bausch is a master of the short story" --The New York Times Book Review), thirteen unforgettable tales that showcase his electrifying artistry.
Bausch plumbs the depths of familial and marital estrangement, the violence of suicide and despair, the gulfs between friends and lovers, the complexities of divorce and infidelity, the fragility and impermanence of love. Wherever he casts his gaze,...