Die Geschichte folgt dem Soldaten Piet Höller auf einer eindrucksvollen Reise, die ihn von Einsätzen in Afrika bis nach Norwegen führt. Dabei wird er mit extremen Herausforderungen konfrontiert, die ihn nicht nur physisch, sondern auch emotional an seine Grenzen bringen. Die beiden Bände bieten einen tiefen Einblick in die Erlebnisse und inneren Kämpfe des Protagonisten.
Piet Höller, nach seiner Flucht aus Afrika im Heimaturlaub, wird von der Wehrmacht nach Norwegen geschickt. Dort führt ihn der ruhige Soldatenalltag zu ersten Zweifeln über seine Rolle. Ein Wiedersehen mit alten Freunden konfrontiert ihn mit einer schweren Entscheidung und dem härtesten Kampf seines Lebens.
„Geschichten die das JobCenter schrieb“ ist eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten aus Sicht eines Behördenmitarbeiters. Hier beschreibt der Autor belastende, lustige oder zum Nachdenken animierende Situationen aus elf Jahren Berufserfahrung in diesem einzigartigen Berufsfeld. Die passende Lektüre um die eigene Sichtweise auf die Arbeit von JobCentern und Agentur für Arbeit etwas zu verändern.
The ultimate beginner-friendly project guide to whittling flat-plane carvings with a modern twist! Whittling Workbook is perfect for anyone seeking a range of easy wood carvings - all you need is a block of wood and one knife to achieve any of the 16 wood carving projects featured within these pages!
Flown by Victoria Cross recipient Lanoe Hawker and the members of No 24 Sqn, the ungainly yet nimble DH 2 helped the Allies attain air superiority over the Somme in early 1916 and hold it through the summer. That is, until the arrival of the Albatros D II, a machine built for speed and with twin-gun firepower. This book deals with these aircrafts.
A new history of the world’s most embattled idea Today, democracy is the world’s only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? In Can Democracy Work? James Miller, the author of the classic history of 1960s protest Democracy Is in the Streets, offers a lively, surprising, and urgent history of the democratic idea from its first stirrings to the present. As he shows, democracy has always been rife with inner tensions. The ancient Greeks preferred to choose leaders by lottery and regarded elections as inherently corrupt and undemocratic. The French revolutionaries sought to incarnate the popular will, but many of them came to see the people as the enemy. And in the United States, the franchise would be extended to some even as it was taken from others. Amid the wars and revolutions of the twentieth century, communists, liberals, and nationalists all sought to claim the ideals of democracy for themselves—even as they manifestly failed to realize them. Ranging from the theaters of Athens to the tents of Occupy Wall Street, Can Democracy Work? is an entertaining and insightful guide to our most cherished—and vexed—ideal.
Based on extensive new research and a bold interpretation of the man and his texts, The Passion of Michel Foucault is a startling look at one of this century’s most influential philosophers. It chronicles every stage of Foucault’s personal and professional odyssey, from his early interest in dreams to his final preoccupation with sexuality and the nature of personal identity.
Before the good life was reduced to 10 easy steps, philosophers offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes for a life worth living. In this book, Jim Miller turns to this vibrant tradition with short, lively biographies of 12 famous philosophers.
Focuses on the implications of a future society faced with an abundance of human and artificial intelligence. This title offers predictions about the economic implications for a future of widely expanding intelligence and practical career and investment advice on how you can prepare and flourish in a singular environment.
Hazel Ladd has spent her whole life hiding the love she feels for one of her daughters and disguising the hatred she feels for the other. After fifteen years apart, they all meet up for a long weekend. Hazel's guilty secret is finally torn from her and the long-anticipated family reunion ends in disaster, with chilling results...