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      • Petra Schier

        Petra Schier, Jahrgang 1978, lebt mit Mann und Hund in einer kleinen Gemeinde in der Eifel. Sie studierte Geschichte und Literatur an der Fernuniversität Hagen und arbeitet seit 2003 freie Autorin. Ihre sehr erfolgreichen historischen Romane erscheinen u.a. im Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, ihre ebenfalls sehr beliebten Weihnachts- sowie Liebesromane bei Rütten Loening, MIRA Taschenbuch, HarperCollins und Weltbild.Unter dem Pseudonym Mila Roth veröffentlicht die Autorin verlagsunabhängig verschiedene erfolgreiche Buchserien.

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      • Kerstin Schulze

        Ein angesehener Privatbankier wird erpresst. In einem Luxushotel wird ein Escort-Girl brutal ermordet und die Vereinten Nationen sind Ziel eines Anschlagplans islamistischer Terrorristen.    In dem ersten Teil der Thriller-Trilogie »Geneva Girl – Todesursache unbekannt« geht es um Schwarzgeld, Mord und Terrorgefahr in einer der teuersten Städte der Welt: Genf. Im Mittelpunkt des Buches steht eine deutsche Praktikantin bei den Vereinten Nationen, die an Angststörungen und Klaustrophobie leidet, und zwischen die Fronten von Geheimdienst und Diplomatie gerät. Es handelt sich um eine brisante Mischung aus Psycho- und Politthriller. Die Idee zu dem Roman lieferte der nie aufgeklärte Tod des ehemaligen Ministerpräsidenten von Schleswig-Holstein Uwe Barschel im Genfer Hotel Beau-Rivage.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2000

        Cultures of Empire

        A reader

        by Catherine Hall, Meg Davies

        Collects together the best articles by key historians, literary critics, and anthropologists on the cultures of colonialism in the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.. A substantial introduction by the distinguished historian, Professor Catherine Hall, discusses new approaches to the history of empire and establishes a narrative frame through which to read the essays which follow.. The volume is clearly divided into three sections: theoretical, emphasising concepts and approaches; the colonisers 'at home', focusing on how empire was lived in Britain; and 'away' - the attempt to construct new cultures through which the colonisers defined themselves and others in varied colonial sites. A useful guide to recent scholarship on the culture of imperialism. ;

      • Biography & True Stories
        March 1905

        Alaska Days with John Muir

        by Samuel Hall Young

        Samuel Hall Young, a Presbyterian clergyman, met John Muir when the great naturalist's steamboat docked at Fort Wrangell, in southeastern Alaska, where Young was a missionary to the Stickeen Indians. In "Alaska Days With John Muir" he describes this 1879 meeting: "A hearty grip of the hand and we seemed to coalesce in a friendship which, to me at least, has been one of the very best things in a life full of blessings." This book, first published in 1915, describes two journeys of discovery taken in company with Muir in 1879 and 1880. Despite the pleas of his missionary colleagues that he not risk life and limb with "that wild Muir," Young accompanied Muir in the exploration of Glacier Bay. Upon Muir's return to Alaska in 1880, they traveled together and mapped the inside route to Sitka. Young describes Muir's ability to "slide" up glaciers, the broad Scotch he used when he was enjoying himself, and his natural affinity for Indian wisdom and theistic religion. From the gripping account of their near-disastrous ascent of Glenora Peak to Young's perspective on Muir's famous dog story "Stickeen," Alaska Days is an engaging record of a friendship grounded in the shared wonders of Alaska's wild landscapes.

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        The Passengers’ Hall

        by Ezzat El-Kamhawi

        A text that transcends literary genres, this book concludes a path that runs through the author’s previous books: Al Ike fe Al Mabahej was Al Ahan (The Ike in the Joys and Sorrows) 2002, Kitab Al Ghewaya (The Book of Seduction) 2007, and Al Aar men Al Difatayn... Abeed Al Azmenah Al Hadethah fee Marakeb Al Tholomat (Shame on the Two Banks: Slaves of Modern Times in the Boats of Darkness) 2011.   The theme of the book focuses on travel as a human activity and an example of human life. Hence the novel’s philosophical approach manifests itself as an examination of the different stages of travel as a metaphor for man’s journey from life to death. With this philosophical view the writer's prose fuses with cities and travel experiences, diving deep to describe the souls of the cities, going far beyond what can be captured by a camera.   The book contemplates the styles of architecture and the meanings they represent, reflecting on the meaning of beauty and perfection, as well as the nature of aggression that resides in them. It reflects, too, on the meaning of living on an island and the symbolism of water, which makes travel a unique experience that increases the depth of life and compensates us for our short existence.   The writer examines his visions by invoking publications that highlight travel, including The Thousand and One Nights, which he considers to be a travel book.

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        Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
        2017

        No Entry to the Performance Hall after the Third Bell. Short stories

        by Oksana Zabuzhko

        This collection includes the best short prose by the most successful Ukrainian female author. The reader will find here both recognized masterpieces that have been translated into many languages and sperformed on numerous European stages ("Alien", "Girls", "The Tale of the Guelder Rose Flute"), and little-known youthful attempts in various prose genres. The book concludes with a recently written story, which sums up the history of an entire generation, the "deferred war generation", through the drama of the misunderstanding between a mother and her daughter.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2020

        John Hall, Master of Physicke

        by Paul Edmondson, Greg Wells

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        The Arts
        May 2003

        Scotland and the music hall, 1850–1914

        by Paul Maloney, Jeffrey Richards

        Music hall reflected the lifestyles and preoccupations of working people in a way that only television in the modern era has done since. While London dominated the wider British music hall, Glasgow was the centre of a vigorous Scottish performing culture developed in a Presbyterian society with a very different experience of industrial urbanisation. This book explores all aspects of the Scottish music hall industry, from the lives and professional culture of performers and impresarios to the place of music hall in Scottish life. It explores issues of national identity in terms of Scottish audiences' responses to the promotion of imperial themes in songs and performing material, and in the version of Scottish identity projected by Lauder and other kilted acts at home and abroad. ;

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        Business, Economics & Law
        January 2017

        Tourism and Geopolitics

        Issues and Concepts from Central and Eastern Europe

        by Derek R Hall

        With 29 contributors from across Europe and beyond, this work represents a unique and important resource that examines the many relationships between tourism and geopolitics, with a focus on experiences drawn from Central and Eastern Europe. It begins by assessing the changing nature of 'geopolitics', from pejorative associations with Nazism to the more recent critical and feminist geopolitics of social science's 'cultural turn'. The book then addresses the important historical role of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in geopolitical thinking, before exemplifying a range of contemporary interactions between tourism and geopolitics within this critical region. Edited by a renowned authority on tourism geopolitics, this book: · Provides the most comprehensive overview of tourism and geopolitics available · Applies a range of geopolitical concepts and approaches to empirical experiences of tourism and mobility in Central and Eastern Europe · Embraces contributions from both established and new academic voices. Pursuing innovative analytical paths, the book demonstrates the interrelated nature of tourism and geopolitics and emphasizes the freshness of this research area. Addressing key principles and ideas which are applicable globally, it is an essential source for researchers, teachers and students of tourism, geography, political science and European studies, as well as for diplomatic, business and consultant practitioners. ; This book is a unique and important resource that discusses the relationship between tourism and geopolitics, with a focus on experience from Central and Eastern Europe ; Part I: Introduction and Overviews1: Bringing geopolitics to tourism2: Tourism and geopolitics: the political imaginary of territory, tourism and space3: Tourism in the geopolitical construction of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)Part II: Reconfiguring Conceptions and Reality4: The Adriatic as a (re-)emerging cultural space5: Crimea: geopolitics and tourism6: The geopolitical trial of tourism in modern Ukraine7: Under pressure: the impact of Russian tourism investment in MontenegroPart III: Tourism and Transnationalism8: Large-scale tourism development in a Czech rural area: contestation over the meaning of modernity9: The expansion of international hotel groups into Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 – strategic couplings and local responses10: Conceptualising trans-national hotel chain penetration in Bulgaria11: New consumption spaces and cross-border mobilitiesPart IV: Borderlands12: From divided to shared spaces: transborder tourism in the Polish-Czech borderlands13: Finnish-Russian border mobility and tourism: localism overruled by geopolitics14: Kaliningrad as a tourism enclave/exclave?15: An evaluation of tourism development in KaliningradPart V: Identity and Image16: Mutli-ethnic food in the mono-ethnic city: tourism, gastronomy and identity in central Warsaw17: Rural tourism as a meeting ground in Bosnia and Herzegovina?18: Interrogating tourism’s relevance: mediating between polarities in Kosovo19: European Night of Museums and the geopolitics of events in Romania20: The power of the Web: blogging destination image in Bucharest and SofiaPart VI: Mobilities21: The role of pioneering tour companies22: The geopolitics of low-cost carriers in Central and Eastern Europe23: Tourism and a geopolitics of connectivity: the Albanian nexus24: Heroes or ‘Others’? A geopolitics of international footballer mobility25: Tourism, mobilities and the geopolitics of erasurePart VII: Conclusions26: In conclusion

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        Fiction
        January 2016

        Hall of Mirrors

        by Chen Qian

        In this novel, a series of mirrors has been used by the author as a tool to reflect daily life of ethnic Chinese scientists in Silicon Valley. Behind the marvelous high-tech products and glory of scientific workers, there are deep anxiety and bewilderment.

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        September 2021

        Weihnachten auf Thompson Hall

        by Anthony Trollope, Irmela Schautz, Andrea Ott

        Brown am Abend vor Weihnachten in einem Pariser Hotel mit Husten krank im Bett liegt, kommt ihm das nicht ganz ungelegen: Seine Frau wollte dieses Jahr unbedingt im Kreise der Großfamilie auf dem englischen Familiensitz feiern, doch er hat ganz und gar keine Lust, am kommenden Tag früh dorthin aufzubrechen. Mrs. Brown will keine Ausflüchte gelten lassen, und damit ihr Mann rasch wieder zu Kräften kommt, verspricht sie ihm einen Senfwickel, der seinen Husten mildern soll. Doch woher mitten in der Nacht in einem fremden Hotel Senf nehmen? Mrs. Brown irrt durch die dunklen Gänge, doch als es ihr endlich gelingt, den Senfwickel anzulegen, erlebt sie eine Überraschung … Eine herrlich vergnügliche Weihnachtsgeschichte der etwas anderen Art mit bestem britischen Humor von Anthony Trollope.

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        October 2001

        Jahrbuch Menschenrechte 2002

        by Gabriele Arnim, Volkmar Deile, Franz-Josef Hutter, Sabine Kurtenbach, Carsten Tessmer, Gabriele Arnim, Volkmar Deile, Franz-Josef Hutter, Sabine Kurtenbach, Carsten Tessmer, William Zartmann, Rainer Huhle, Katja Wiesbrock, Brigitte Hamm, Andreas Mehler, Heribert Prantl, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Erhard Eppler, Horst Fischer, Mary Robinson, Konrad Raiser, Fatimata M’Baye, Jörn Böhme, Andreas Steinhauf, Georg Will, Silvi Sterr, Gerd Poppe, Rolf Künnemann, Camilla Waszik, Stefan Keßler, Hannes Tretter, Ute Hausmann, Beate Winkler, Dieter Schindlauer, Mathias John, Klaus Ahlheim, Barbara Lochbihler, Marianne Birthler, Jenneke Quast, Kamal Hossain, amnesty international, Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für Menschenrechte, Wien, Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden, Duisburg

        Heribert Prantl, geboren 1953, ist Mitglied der Chefredaktion der Süddeutschen Zeitung und leitet dort das Ressort Innenpolitik. Für seine Stellungnahmen zu gesellschaftspolitischen Themen wurde er vielfach ausgezeichnet, unter anderem mit dem Geschwister-Scholl- und dem Kurt-Tucholsky-Preis. Erhard Eppler war einer der einflussreichsten Programmatiker der deutschen Sozialdemokratie. Als Minister für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit im Kabinett Willy Brandts begleitete er den politischen Aufbruch zu Beginn der siebziger Jahre. Auch nachdem er sich in den neunziger Jahren von seinen Ämtern zurückgezogen hatte, griff er publizistisch in aktuelle politische Debatten ein. Erhard Eppler wurde 1926 in Ulm geboren. Er studierte Deutsch, Englisch und Geschichte und promovierte im Jahr 1951. Bis 1961 arbeitete er als Lehrer, parallel dazu war er parteipolitisch aktiv: seit 1952 in der von Gustav Heinemann gegründeten Gesamtdeutschen Volkspartei, ab 1956 in der SPD, für die er 1961 in den Bundestag einzog. Kurt Georg Kiesinger berief ihn 1968 zum Minister für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit, einen Posten, den er auch unter Willy Brandt und Helmut Schmidt bis 1974 innehatte. Von 1973 bis 1992 leitete Eppler die Grundwertekommission der SPD, von 1973 bis 1989 war er (mit einer Unterbrechung in den Jahren 1982-1984) Mitglied im Präsidium seiner Partei. Eppler engagierte sich nicht nur in der Parteipolitik, sondern auch in der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland, in den Jahren 1989-1991 war er Präsident des Kirchentags. Seit seinem Rückzug aus der offiziellen Politik widmete sich Eppler dem Schreiben. Als 1992 Kavalleriepferde beim Hornsignal erschien, verortete Siegfried Unseld den Autor Eppler in der Tradition von Böll, Grass und Johnson: »Eppler stellt sich als Aufgabe seines Buches, unsere Freiheit wie auch unsere Gebundenheit gegenüber der Sprache wieder bewußt zu machen, eine Sprache zu finden, die den Gefahren, die drohen, angemessen ist.« Erhard Eppler starb am 21. Oktober 2019 im Alter von 92 Jahren in seiner Wahlheimat Schwäbisch Hall.

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