Unlike other forms of fictional first-person narrative such as the memoir or epistolary novel, the French fictional journal or diary-novel has received inadequate critical attention.
WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION'Gripping from the start, Written in Bone is superb' - Dr Richard Shepherd, author of Unnatural Causes'No Scientist communicates better than Sue Black' - Val McDermid, author of Still Life'Macabre, authoritative and fascinating.
Das LernkonzeptDie Autoren des Lernbuchs zeigen anhand von 21 prägnanten, lebensnahen Sachverhalten, worauf es in Kurztests, Klassenarbeiten und Prüfungsklausuren zur StPO (Strafprozessordnung) im Rahmen der polizeilichen Ausbildung ankommt.
Paul Broca made the most significant discovery in nineteenth-century human biology when he found that speech resides within the left frontal lobe of the human brain.
A fascinating retelling of Oskar Schindler's extraordinary story and how it came to the world's attention through Thomas Keneally's Booker Prize-winning novel and the subsequent multiple Oscar-winning film, Schindler's List*27th January 2019: 25th anniversary of the movie, which will be re-released in the UK and Australia*In 1980 Thomas Keneally walked into a shop in Beverley Hills to buy a briefcase, an impulse that was to change his life.
A virologist's insight into how viruses evolve and why global epidemics are inevitableIn 1993 a previously healthy young man was drowning in the middle of a desert, in fluids produced by his own lungs.
The extraordinary history of British science, with commentary from Britain's greatest living scientists: Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and James DysonWe may only be a small island, but we are far from small-minded.
Mit den Fortschritten in der Medizin, vor allem aber mit der Verbesserung des Lebensstandards schwindet immer mehr das Bewusstsein, dass Krankheiten einst ein "geschichtsmächtiger" Faktor waren.
Ben Ferencz - Der Mann, der SS-Generäle jagte, Opfer entschädigte und für den Weltfrieden kämpftEs war ein Sensationsfund: Der Jurist Ben Ferencz entdeckte nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg einen Ordner mit minutiös aufbereiteten SS-Ereignismeldungen – eine Chronik des Massenmords.
'Wonderful and enriching' Adam Nicolson'The best book on conservation and the countryside I have read in years' John Lewis-Stempel'A modern pastoral written with intelligence, wit and lyricism' Cal FlynOur wild places and wildlife are disappearing at a terrifying rate.
Die erste Monografie zum BUND DEUTSCHER MÄDEL IN TIROL bietet erhellende Einblicke in die Bedeutung und Funktionsweise dieser NS-Jugendorganisation und zeigt, wie manche Frauen dadurch im "Dritten Reich" Kariere machen konnten.
Gideon Haigh has written numerous acclaimed books on both cricket and true-crime now he's unearthed a gripping story that combines the two, in a masterpiece of historical detective work that ties back to the origin of the Ashes On the night of 23 September 1910, on a station 500km west of Brisbane, farm hand John Neil was beaten to death with a cricket bat.
'A practical and positive guide to using tech to change women's lives for the better' -Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women: exposing data bias in a world designed for men'A powerful and inspiring call to action from one of Britain's brightest minds'- Yomi Adegoke, award-winning journalist, author of Slay in Your Lane etc.
This volume provides an introduction to modern German&Jewish history, from the late Middle Ages to the twentieth century, using analytical categories such as ?
Carola Sterns Vermächtnis – ein Buch über die Schriftstellerin Clara Viebig und den Verleger Friedrich Theodor Cohn Carola Stern erzählt in ihrem letzten Buch die Geschichte einer jüdisch-christlichen Familie zur Zeit der Jahrhundertwende, als die von Fontane beschriebene Welt des preußischen Adels unterging und Berlin zu einer Metropole der wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Moderne wurde.
2000 Jahre Entdeckungsgeschichte: Raimund Schulz nimmt uns mit auf die großen Abenteuerfahrten der antiken Welt und berichtet von Begegnungen mit fremden Kulturen – von Sibirien bis in die Sahara, von Indien bis nach China.
'Never for me the lowered banner, never the last endeavour' SIR ERNEST SHACKLETONAPRIL 1916:After his ship Endurance was crushed by Antarctic ice and now trapped on a small inhospitable island, cut off from all hope of help, with winter approaching, Sir Ernest Shackleton made the fateful decision to attempt a risky, almost foolhardy voyage across the wild Southern Ocean to South Georgia with five of his men.
From butcher's daughter in communist Hungary to winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, this is the story of one woman's extraordinary determination and her breakthrough discovery that saved millions of lives.
