Elisa von der Recke's 'Herzens-Geschichten einer baltischen Edelfrau' ist eine faszinierende Sammlung von Geschichten, die Einblicke in das Leben und die Emotionen einer adligen Dame des Baltikums bieten.
Today's police agencies are in a period of both crisis and reform as they try to improve their ability to deliver public safety to citizens in ways that are effective, legitimate, and sustainable.
Today's police agencies are in a period of both crisis and reform as they try to improve their ability to deliver public safety to citizens in ways that are effective, legitimate, and sustainable.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER An Economist Best Book of 2024 *; A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2024 Legendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th centuryincluding Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plathfinally gets her due in this ';surprising, granular, luminous, and path-breaking biography' (Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem).
Mihir Bose, born in Kolkata shortly before Indian independence in 1947, still feels an enormous debt of gratitude to Mr Crombie, the UK Home Office official who fulfilled his dreams of settling in Britain.
Born in Newcastle in 1976, from the age of three, the very people who meant to be looking after and protecting Sarah Forsyth were sexually abusing her.
At age twenty-two, Yosef Mendelevich participated in an attempt to hijack a plane to the West an act designed to raise awareness about the desperate plight of Soviet Jews.
Die 20 Frauen, von denen Margitta Rosenbaum erzählt, haben eines gemeinsam: Alle befanden sich in einer schwierigen Situation, wo ihnen ein dicker "Stein" im Weg lag.
No Regrets is a memoir of how a young girl navigates through midwestern expectations and manages to travel in all seven continents, including working twice in Antarctica.
Liebe ist ein Spektrum, keine SchubladeAufgewachsen in einer Welt zwischen Disney-Klischees und konservativen Geschlechteridentitäten, spürt Saskia Michalski früh, dass Saskia nicht den Erwartungen entspricht.
Dieses Buch analysiert das Verhältnis zwischen dem jemenitischen König Imam Yaḥyā Ḥamīd al-Dīn und den Juden:Jüdinnen Sanaas aus islamrechtlicher Perspektive.
'She'd done more to belittle, undermine and scar me, with her ten years of scorn and hatred, than Starling with his brutal physical batterings or any of the others with their attempts at forced sexual contact.
Leonora Messing war 15 Jahre alt, als sie aus ihrem Dorf in Sachsen-Anhalt verschwand und sich in Syrien dem Islamischen Staat anschloss, um Drittfrau eines deutschen IS-Terroristen zu werden.
First published in 1943, this third edition of Barnardo of Stepney was published in 1966, when it was a hundred years since a young man of twenty arrived in London on his way from Dublin to China.
First published in 1943, this third edition of Barnardo of Stepney was published in 1966, when it was a hundred years since a young man of twenty arrived in London on his way from Dublin to China.
The Way North tells the story of a young man who decides to embark on a perilous journey to the United States of America after leaving his home country, just like many Central American migrants who have left everything behind.
Of the German Protestant missionaries in Tanzania, Lutheran or Moravian, none was as famous asBruno Gutmann, who worked among the Chagga from 1902 1938, and only World War prevented him and his wife to live there for the rest of their lives (they had already prepared their burial place among the Chagga).
This book is a medley of true stories, memoir, and Christian testimony, each tale a story of a woman who navigated through storms of trauma in her life.
Dieses Buch analysiert das Verhältnis zwischen dem jemenitischen König Imam Yaḥyā Ḥamīd al-Dīn und den Juden:Jüdinnen Sanaas aus islamrechtlicher Perspektive.
In 'The Memoirs of Casanova (Illustrated Edition)', Giacomo Casanova recounts his adventurous life filled with seductions, escapes, and travels across Europe.
In 'Bekenntnisse eines Ichmenschen' präsentiert Stendhal eine introspektive und psychologische Darstellung eines Ichmenschen, der mit den Herausforderungen des Lebens, der Liebe und der eigenen Identität konfrontiert ist.
Harriet Jacobs' 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl' is a poignant and powerful narrative that explores the harrowing experiences of enslavement faced by black women in the 19th century.
In "e;The Education of Henry Adams"e;, Henry Adams reflects on his personal journey of self-discovery and intellectual growth in the rapidly changing world of the late 19th century.
The Life & Times of Mark Twain - 4 Biographical Works in One Edition is a comprehensive collection of four biographies that delve into the life and works of one of America's most iconic authors.
Oscar Wildes 'De Profundis: Metaphysische Schriften & Briefe aus dem Gefängnis' bietet einen faszinierenden Einblick in die Gedankenwelt des berühmten Schriftstellers während seiner Inhaftierung.
In 'Der Held im Schatten' von Karl Bröger wird die Geschichte eines ungewöhnlichen Helden erzählt, der in der Welt des Verbrechens und der Korruption lebt.
Heinrich von Kleist: Der Mann und das Werk ist eine umfassende Studie über das Leben und die Werke des berühmten deutschen Schriftstellers Heinrich von Kleist.