Within contemporary Western European academic, media, and socio-political spheres, Muslims are predominantly seen through the lens of increased religiosity.
Verborgener Machtkampf zwischen zwei Gründungsvätern der BundesrepublikLudwig Erhard und Konrad Adenauer – zwei Politiker, die gegensätzlicher nicht sein konnten, prägten die Gründungsphase der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
A firsthand account of the American Jewish experience on the front lines of the Korean War During the height of the Korean conflict, 1950-51, Orthodox Jewish chaplain Milton J.
A biography of the man who served as head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, Hitler's personal secretary, and the monster who decided the fate of millions.
Harold Stassen (1907-2001) garnered accolades as the thirty-one-year-old "e;boy wonder"e; governor of Minnesota and quickly assumed a national role as aide to Admiral William Halsey Jr.
Over the last few years, Orthodox Jewish private schools, also known as yeshivas, have been under fire by a group of activists known as Young Advocates for Fair Education, run by several yeshiva graduates, who have criticized them for providing an inadequate secular education.
Many large or academic libraries have staff specifically trained to care for their collections, but public and other small libraries don't have that luxury.
Zeit zu handeln: Mit humanistischen Werten und Optimismus wider die German AngstRita Süssmuth, ehemalige CDU-Politikerin und Grand Dame der deutschen Politik, mischt sich mit 87 Jahren ein letztes Mal ein: In ihrem Vermächtnis appelliert sie an alle Demokrat:innen, Veränderungen anzugehen und die Politik in Deutschland aktiv mitzugestalten.
Das kleine Dorf Riace in Kalabrien und ihr Bürgermeister Mimmo Lucano (2004–2018) wurden während der humanitären Krise von Lampedusa im Jahr 2009 international bekannt, weil sie 200 Flüchtlingen und Asylbewerbern Unterkunft und Gastfreundschaft gewährten – im Gegensatz zu Mailand, das gerade mal 20 Plätze zur Verfügung stellte.
John Yochelson was seventeen when he first heard President Kennedy’s call, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
Macphail's writing - characterized by clarity of expression and support for unpopular positions - allowed him to develop and document many of the important political, social, and intellectual themes of his time.
"Den Namen dürft ihr nicht vergessen, Paul Schneider ist unser erster Märtyrer", so warnt Dietrich Bonhoeffer eindringlich, als er erfährt, dass sein Amtsbruder im KZ Buchenwald zu Tode gekommen ist.
The name George Armstrong Custer looms large in American history, specifically for his leadership in the American Indian Wars and unfortunate fall at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
The Americanist community played a vital role in the Cold War, as well as in large part directing the cultural consumption of Soviet society and shaping perceptions of the US.
In The Odyssey of an Apple Thief, Moishe Rozenbaumas (1922-2016) recounts his fascinating life, from his Lithuanian boyhood, to the fraught experiences that take him across Europe and Central Asia and back again, to his daring escape from Soviet Russia to build a new life in Paris.
Monsignor Luigi Giussani (1922-2005) was the founder of the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation in Italy, which has hundreds of thousands of adherents around the globe.
Während weltweit Religion, insbesondere das Christentum, boomt, neue kraftvolle Gemeinden entstehen und sich ganze Landstriche dem Glauben zuwenden, leeren sich im kulturellen Westen die Kirchen und die gesellschaftliche Gestaltungskraft des Christentums schwindet.
The Rebel in the Red Jeep follows the personal and professional experiences of Ken Hechler, the oldest living person to have served in the US Congress, from his childhood until his marriage at 98 years of age.
James Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee.
The real Librarian of Auschwitz tell her own story, from surviving the holocaust to life in Israel, in this "e;inspiring [and] unforgettable"e; memoir (The Times, UK).
