Veronica is top of her class - and somehow she's found herself gazing in disbelief at a positive pregnancy test. Even worse, her ex-best friend and the high school's legendary malcontent, Bailey, is the only one there to help. In this warm and darkly funny road trip story, Veronica and Bailey drive a thousand miles to an out-of-state abortion clinic - rediscovering their friendship in the process.

Sytten år gamle Veronica Clarke har aldri i sitt liv ønsket å få negativt resultat på en prøve - helt til hun stirrer på en plastpinne med to tydelige rosa streker på. Med ett er den lovende collegefremtiden i ferd med å fordufte foran øynene på henne, og Veronica står overfor et valg hun aldri trodde hun måtte ta - abort. Det er bare ett problem, og det er at den nærmeste klinikken ligger over 140 mil unna. Veronica har konservative foreldre, en ... skal vi si ikke helt optimal kjæreste, og ikke tilgang på bil, så hun oppsøker den eneste hun tror ikke kommer til å dømme henne: Bailey Butler - Jefferson Highs sagnomsuste utskudd og Veronicas tidligere bestevenn. Planen er ganske enkel. Det tar fjorten timer å kjøre til klinikken, tre timer å få aborten unnagjort og fjorten timer å kjøre tilbake. Hvor galt kan det egentlig gå? «Denne boka har alt.» Stephen Chbosky, forfatter av THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

Introducing... Public Finance, 10th Global Edition, by Harvey S. Rosen and Ted GayerRosen and Gayer's Public Finance provides the economic tools necessary to analyze government expenditure and tax policies and, along the way, takes students to the frontiers of current research and policy. While the information presented is cutting edge and reflects the work of economists currently active in the field, the approach makes the text accessible to undergraduates whose only prior exposure to economics is at the introductory level. The authors' years of policy experience have convinced them that modern public finance provides a practical and invaluable framework for thinking about policy issues. The goal is simple: to emphasize the links between sound economics and the analysis of real-world policy problems. Enhancements and key features for this new Global Edition include:New Policy Perspectives introduce relevant and engaging examples of international policy so students can extend their understanding of theory to policymaking across the globe.New Empirical Evidence applications provide students with real-world examples that are relevant to them, from case studies about Sweden and China to global examples that compare experiences between countries. Updated end-of-chapter questions broaden critical thinking, encouraging students to apply their knowledge to international and comparative examples. The results of econometric models are used to help students understand how expenditure and tax policies affect individual behavior and how governments set policies. Integrated theory and analysis: Institutional, theoretical, and empirical material is interwoven to provide students with a clear and coherent view of how government spending and taxation relate to economic theory. Current research is presented alongside discussion of methodological and substantive controversies. The approach is modern, theoretical, and empirical, and shared by most active economists. Institutional and legal settings are described in detail, and the links between economic analysis and current political issues are emphasized. This Global Edition has been adapted to meet the needs of courses outside of the United States and does not align with the instructor and student resources available with the US edition.

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<p>In the foreword to the first edition, renowned anthropologist Victor Turner wrote that this book was a succinct and lucid account of the sporadic growth of political anthropology over the past four decades . . . the introduction we have all been waiting for. Unique in its field, this book offers a comprehensive overview of political anthropology, including its history, its major research findings, and its theoretical concerns both past and present. The third edition has been significantly updated and expanded, with extensive changes in many chapters, two new chapters, a new Preface that replaces the Introduction of the first two editions, an updated Glossary and Suggested Readings list, and an expanded Bibliography.</p><p><p>In a clearly written style, this introduction also provides the background necessary for further study. The new chapters cover such topics as the politics of identity, and the transition from modernism to postmodernism. As with the earlier editions, this third edition of what has become a classic in the discipline still serves as a basic text and structure for a full course.</p>

Chris Anderson, head of TED, reveals the inside secrets of how to give a first-class presentation. In this official TED guide to public speaking, he shares his five key techniques for presentation success - connection, narration, explanation, persuasion and revelation - plus three to avoid, and answers the most frequently asked questions about giving a talk, from 'what should I wear?' to 'how do I handle my nerves?'.

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TED talks have redefined the elements of a successful presentation and become the gold standard for public speaking around the world. And yet the techniques that top TED speakers use are the same ones that will make any presentation more dynamic, fire up any team, and give anyone the confidence to overcome their fear of public speaking. Communications coach and bestselling author of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, Carmine Gallo has broken down the top TED talks and interviewed the most popular TED presenters to uncover the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations. From 'Unleashing the Master Within' and 'Delivering Jaw Dropping Moments' to 'Sticking to the 18-minute Rule' Gallo provides a step-by-step method that makes it possible for anyone to create, design, and deliver a TED-style presentation that is engaging, persuasive, and memorable. Ideas are the true currency of the 21st century, and Talk Like TED gives readers a way to create presentations around the ideas that matter most to them, presentations that will energize their audiences to spread those ideas, launch new initiatives, and reach their highest goals.

Simon Sinek's recent video on 'The Millennial Question' went viral with over 180 million views. Find Your Why is the follow up to Start with Why, the global bestseller and the subject of the third most watched TED Talk of all time.With Start With Why, Simon Sinek inspired a movement to build a world in which the vast majority of us can feel safe while we are at work and fulfilled when we go home at night. Now, along with two of his colleagues, Peter Docker and David Mead, Sinek has created a guide to the most important step any business can take: finding your why.This easy-to-follow guide starts with the search for your personal why, and then expands to helping your colleagues find your organization's why. With detailed instructions on every stage in the process, the book also answer common concerns, such as: What if my why sounds like my competitor's? Can you have more than one why? And, if my work doesn't match my why, what do I do?Whether you're entry level or a CEO, whether your team is run by the founder or a recent hire, these simple steps will lead you on a path to a more fulfilling life and long-term success for you and your colleagues.

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In the foreword to the first edition, renowned anthropologist Victor Turner wrote that this book was a succinct and lucid account of the sporadic growth of political anthropology over the past four decades . . . the introduction we have all been waiting for. Unique in its field, this book offers a comprehensive overview of political anthropology, including its history, its major research findings, and its theoretical concerns both past and present.

Unik diktsyklus som behandler det myteomspunnede forholdet mellom Ted Hughes og Sylvia Plath. Lyrikerne Ted Hughes og Sylvia Plath var gift i syv år før de ble separert. Kort tid etter, i 1963, tok Sylvia Plath livet av seg. Etter Sylvia Plaths død sto Ted Hughes for utgivelsen av hennes etterlatte dikt. Ted Hughes har alltid senere nektet å snakke om ekteskapet med Plath. Han har blitt en av sin tids store britiske poeter, og ble på begynnelsen av 80-tallet utnevnt til Englands hoff-poet, Poet Laureate. Det kom som en overraskelse på alle da Faber &amp; Faber utga Ted Hughes. diktsamling, Birthday Letters. Her tok han for første gang bladet fra munnen. Fødselsdagsbrev kan leses som en avklaret og vakker episk diktsyklus om forholdet til Sylvia Plath. Gjendiktet av Arne Ruste, som også gjendiktet Ted Hughes i Kråke (1994).

<p><b>‘A science fiction genius . . . Ted Chiang is a superstar.’ GUARDIAN </b><br><br>With <i>Stories of Your Life and Others</i>, his masterful first collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative prose. <br><br>From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the firmament above, to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life; from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty, to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality, Chiang’s rigorously imagined fantasias invite us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it. <br><br><b>‘United by a humane intelligence that speaks very directly to the reader, and makes us experience each story with immediacy and Chiang’s calm passion.’ CHINA MIÉVILLE</b></p>

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Hvis du tror at fluefiskere er en gjeng mutte særinger som tilbringer den beste delen av livet i klamme vadere, har du selvsagt et poeng. Men det finnes mer; mye mer. Gjennom flere hundre år har fluefisket fostret en lang rekke skarpe penner. Og ikke minst - muntre og ettertenksomme penner. Les om å få ku på tørrflue, om å unngå yre jenter når du fisker, om fiskets besettelse og om å sitte ved en elv og gjøre absolutt ingenting. Antologien er komponert av Lars Lenth og bidragene er plukket fra en rekke utmerkede fluefiskere/forfattere: Ted Leeson, Hugh Falkus, Norman Mclean, Rudyard Kipling, John Gierach, James R. Babb, Jan Grünwald, Hans Lidman, Lars Nielsen mfl.