Rabbit hopes Pete the Problem-Solving Porcupine can get her out of a bind only to wind up with more issues than she started with in this hilarious and relatable picture book. Rabbit has a problem! Her room is a mess. Luckily, Pete the Problem-Solving Porcupine shows up just in time. He can save the day! Except...things don't go quite to plan, and Rabbit realizes that Pete may actually be a problem-causer! Can Rabbit find a way to solve this unexpected new dilemma before chaos ensues?

Red Robot and Blue Robot are back in the hilarious and heartwarming picture book companion to Even Robots Aren't Perfect! in which our favorite robot friends learn how to be grateful for little things. Red Robot and Blue Robot are best friends. And sometimes friends get scared. And sometimes friends get hurt feelings. And in those moments, even robots can be thankful to have a best friend! In three silly and sweet stories, our two favorite robot buddies learn that gratitude isn't always easy, but best friends are something to be thankful for.

Meet two robots who are best friends and learn through their mistakes and make-ups that even robots aren't perfect in this silly and sweet three-part picture book. Red Robot and Blue Robot are very good friends. But sometimes friends say the wrong thing. And sometimes friends don't understand. And, very often, friends make mistakes. In three hilarious and heartwarming stories, Red Robot and Blue Robot find out that even robots aren't perfect but that doesn't mean they aren't perfectly best friends.

Jan Thomas was abused by her father from the age of eleven; her mother refused for years to believe that it was happening. Her life did not get much easier when she grew up and left home, to become involved with a series of men who cheated or bullied her. In the end she had to run away for her own safety, to escape a violent and manipulative husband. Today Jan has achieved freedom, independence and a measure of success in life despite everything, but she has children she is not allowed to see and she has discovered that her problems are partly due to Asperger's syndrome. This is her story.

What kind of a face would you make if a tickly green bug were sitting on "your" nose?

Or -- eek! -- inside your shirt?

Could you make a scary face to frighten it away? Or, even better, stand up and do the chicken dance? Yes?

Then better get to it!

This exuberant, interactive picture book starring a bossy little ladybug and a GIANT hungry frog will have kids leaping up and down and out of their seats to dance and make silly-scary faces of their own.

Easter? I'm so excited

Bug! Rug! Mug! Hug! These dust bunnies love to rhyme. Well, except for Bob. Much to the other bunnies' frustration, Bob can never get the rhythm right. Then he saves everyone from a big, scary monster wielding-gasp!-a broom, and they all breathe a sigh of relief. But can Bob save them from the big, scary monster's next attack? Vrrrrrroooommm . . .

Pig and Mouse are hard at work baking the best birthday cake EVER for Cow. But it would be a lot easier if Duck wasn't hanging around, yammering on about turnips or some nonsense. (Sheesh!) With all this silliness going on, how will they manage to throw Cow a spectacular birthday party? Well, as it turns out, crazy Duck just might have had the right idea all along! Featuring wacky humour, rowdy repetitions, irreverent dialogue, and a hilarious twist at the end, this book is now available in an accessible reader-size format and is sure to have young readers laughing out loud!

This playful picture book from Jan Thomas features a courageous cowboy who croons to his cows before bed--with just a few" fearful interruptions.
Join the Brave Cowboy as he tries to sing his young calf pals to sleep on a dark, dark night--EEEEEEEK IS THAT A HUGE HAIRY SPIDER OVER THERE? Oh, it's just a flower? Well then, back to the lullaby.
No one does preschool humor with Jan Thomas's wit, verve, and bold, snappy color. And her Brave Cowboy and his silly, interrupted lullaby are sure to get "everybody" singing--before they head off into cozy dreamland....

Pig and Mouse are hard at work baking the best birthday cake EVER for Cow. But it would be a lot easier if Duck weren't hanging around, yammering on about turnips or some nonsense. ("Sheesh ") With all this silliness going on, how will they manage to throw Cow a spectacular birthday party? Well, as it turns out, crazy Duck just might have had the right idea all along
With sturdy pages and rounded corners, this board book is just perfect for gifting. The laugh-out-loud story from Jan Thomas features spirited illustrations that toddlers will adore, rowdy repetitions, irreverent dialogue--and a hilarious twist at the end

There's a pest in the garden and he's eating all the vegetables! But Duck has a plan to save the day (well, sort of). Featuring Jan Thomas's wonderfully wacky humor, rowdy repetitions, and hilarious characters, this book is sure to have young readers laughing out loud!

I can see the airport goats and I can see their cases.
But can you count the pilot goats with goggles on their faces?
This hilarious count-to-ten book features goats of all shapes, sizes, hobbies, and professions--and each spread gives readers a delightful opportunity to count the funny four-legged creatures. Acclaimed author Mem Fox's renowned humor and infectious rhyme merge with celebrated illustrator Jan Thomas's bold and brilliant illustrations to make this an instant goat-by-numbers classic.

Das Lehrbuch bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in die unternehmerischen Gestaltung des Management in etablierten Unternehmen (Corporate Entrepreneurship).

Junge Unternehmen zeichnen sich typischerweise durch einen ausgepragten Unternehmergeist aus gerade dieser erlaubt den jungen Unternehmen oft schnelles Wachstum. Ist aus dem jungen, kleinen Unternehmen ein grosses geworden, so hat dieses haufig durch notwendige Hierarchiebildungen, Formalisierungen und Burokratisierungen seinen Unternehmergeist verloren. Gerade deshalb verfolgen viele grosse etablierte Unternehmen Ansatze, in verschiedensten Formen wieder Unternehmertum in ihren Strukturen zu verankern. Als Vorreiter gilt beispielsweise die Firma 3M, die es unter anderem ihren Mitarbeitern in der Entwicklung erlaubt, einen signifikanten Teil ihrer Arbeitszeit in eigene Ideen losgelost voneigentlich laufenden Projekten zu investieren.

Sowohl die Struktur wie auch die inhaltliche Gestaltung des Lehrbuchs sind auf die Anforderungen als Lehrmaterial abgestimmt. Durch kurze Fallbeispiele aus der Praxis, die innerhalb der Kapitel geschildert werden, sowie ausfuhrliche Case Studies als Bestandteil der Ubungen am Ende jedes Kapitels wird aktuelle Forschung mit relevanten Erfahrungen aus der Praxis kombiniert und somit fur Studierende interessant und verstandlich vermittelt.

Auf der Basis eines Uberblicks der Funktionen und Einsatzgebiete von Verrechnungspreisen untersucht Jan Thomas Martini kosten- und marktbasierte Verrechnungspreise hinsichtlich der Koordination delegierter Entscheidungen. Besonderen Wert legt er auf kooperative Bereichsinvestitionen, Bereichsverhandlungen sowie die Konvergenz des internen und externen Rechnungswesens."

The role of the European Union (EU) as a key international economic player is both highly developed and widely recognized. The Union's profile as an international political actor is much more limited, even though its activities are considerable. One of the principal objectives of the workshop on "The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union: Germany's Due Role as Architect and Constrictor" was to familiarize American policy and research communities with the realities of the structure, practice and limits of this policy initiative. The workshop, held in May 1995, and sponsored by the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, the U. S. Army War College, and the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, also highlighted the special role Germany has played in the development of the CFSP, while considering, as well, the contribution of France and the United Kingdom. The future course of the CFSP matters to the United States as it raises questions about the nature of sovereign decision making on the part of principal American allies. Will these allies increasingly come to the tale with singular collective positions? Will such a development enhance European stability? Will greater European unity diminish U.S. influence? How will NATO accommodate the change? The resolution of these issues in the early years of the coming century will have a profound impact on U.S. European relations and gives added salience to this report.

On Wings of Peace is an innocent love story between a Mermaid and a Sea Gull. Though seemingly an impossible fantasy, it transcends far beyond the barriers of age and time. The story weaves itself into a profound commentary on human behavior and ends on a heart warming note that will bring both joy and tears to any reader regardless of gender or generation. This is not a children's book yet it contains no violence, sex or profanity. It's about what happens when two most unlikely characters meet and fall in love. The journey began within the creative recesses of my mind and evolved into a new dimension of truth somewhere along the way. Imagination is the key that unlocks any story worth telling. Imagination keeps us sane because we can escape into a world we create for ourselves and resolve the conflagrations of every day existence when we find a higher place where the sun always shines and the air is clean and fresh. On Wings of Peace discovers that better place we all seek. A fantastic voyage brings meaning to why we're here, what we can be, and who we are. In the end, the answer is revealed somewhere within the dream. What we believe becomes our reality, and that could be anything. Anything at all. JTL

In my travels in California, I started noticing unusually colored houses and that people have begun to get bolder and more individualist. I became interested in all the different colors and started taking pictures. I decided that I wanted to make it into a book.