Der Althistoriker Christian Meier als Begleiter und Kommentator der Europäischen Geschichte Christian Meier ist einer der bekanntesten Fachvertreter der Alten Geschichte mit populär gewordenen Büchern über Caesar (1982) oder Athen (1993).
Joyce in jungen Jahren als Dubliner ›Type‹, auffällig legendenumrankt, Joyce als Autor, als Geschäftsmann, als Mensch: in vielen Facetten tritt James Joyce vor Augen in diesem Buch, das oft überraschend und immer lebensnah ist.
Explore the depths of love and loss across three generations of women Hummingbird is a spiritual memoir about the connection between three generations of women--the author, her mother and her beloved maternal grandmother whose wisdoms taught the author how to exist in the world by following her intuition and listening to her heart.
Für den Krebs sind alle Menschen gleich – die empowernde Story einer Frau, die sich nicht unterkriegen lässtReyhan Şahin ist als feministische Rapperin aufgetreten, als das noch längst nicht in Mode war.
At a time when her friends were planning cushy retirements, Nancy Wesson instead walked away from a comfortable life and business to head out as a Peace Corps Volunteer in post-war Northern Uganda.
This behind-the-scenes account of a USAF career is "e;an absorbing read, written with the classic humor fighter pilots seem to have"e; (Flight Line Book Review).
Johnny Cash, 'The Man in Black', is one of America's most prolific and influential songwriters, speaking through his songs to the soul of the nation while capturing the victories and losses that marked his own life.
Roger Scruton is Britain's best-known intellectual dissident, who has defended English traditions and English identity against an official culture of denigration.
In the summer of 2002, I began to chronicle my Daily events on a Major Label recording session with a bidding-war band, an infamous producer, and a seemingly limitless budget.
David Wiseman was the first soldier on the scene of one of the most devastating attacks on British soldiers in Afghanistan, witnessing the horrific aftermath of an attack on unsuspecting troops by a rogue element of the Afghan police, which left five men dead and nine wounded, shaking the British forces in Helmand to the core.
David Wiseman was the first soldier on the scene of one of the most devastating attacks on British soldiers in Afghanistan, witnessing the horrific aftermath of an attack on unsuspecting troops by a rogue element of the Afghan police, which left five men dead and nine wounded, shaking the British forces in Helmand to the core.
'Having turned away from the organized church, a young man joins the Army, where he repairs helicopters and receives orders to perform an assassination for the CIA.
Erinnerungen eines erfolgreichen Bonvivant an eine wundervolle Zeit in den 80ziger Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts, als das junge Erwachsenenalter aufregend und verheißungsvoll war, voller Erwartungen, großer Emotionen, frei und ungebunden.
