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November 2011Lustig, lustig, tralalalala
Weihnachtsgeschichten zum Lachen
by Morgowski, Mia; Evers, Horst; Rath, Hans; Wolff, Steffi von / Beiträge von Brandl, Martina; Herausgegeben von Redies, Sünje; Beiträge von Uschmann, Oliver; Beiträge von Bittrich, Dietmar; Beiträge von Capitoni, Roberto; Beiträge von Hertz, Anne; Beiträge von Moschner, Ruth; Beiträge von Vérollet, Mischa-Sarim; Beiträge von Boes, Mirja; Beiträge von Engelmann, Gabriella
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Krav Maga - Combat Mindset & Fighting Stress
How to Perform under Alarming and Stressful conditions
by Eyal Yanilov and Ole Boe
Krav Maga emerged from the Israel Defense Forces. It was then transformed into an integrated system of self-defense, fighting tactics, and VIP protection that meets the needs of government units as well as civilians, including men and women of all ages. This inventive new Krav Maga title, covering the yet-unknown inner work of the system, has been discreetly prepared over the last few years and relates to our classic bestselling Krav Maga book, How to Defend Yourself against Armed Assault, which has so far been published in twelve languages, including Japanese and Korean. As George S. Patton, the celebrated US Army general, said, “Now if you are going to win any battle you have to make the mind run the body.... When you were younger the mind could make you dance all night, and the body was never tired.... You've always got to make the mind take over...and keep going.” This innovative Krav Maga book depicts cutting-edge techniques and training methods for martial artists, and was tailored for law-enforcement and military personnel. It covers the most sensitive core topics that have proved to be highly applicable in professional and personal situations alike. Combat Mindset & Fighting Stress was prepared by Master Eyal Yanilov, who is the most distinguished successor of Krav Maga’s founder, Imi Sde-Or, and wrote the first Krav Maga book with him. Yanilov coauthored this latest work with his prominent disciple, Dr. Ole Boe, a Norwegian special forces fighter and psychologist. The book’s editor and publisher, Zvi D. Morik—the official publisher of the original Krav Maga series, and a direct student, assistant, and friend of Grandmaster Imi Sde-Or for over thirty years—considers it to be the most pioneering and revolutionary work among current Krav Maga literature. An English-language edition was co-published in spring 2020 with Meyer & Meyer Sport UK. A Chinese edition has been scheduled for publication in Fall 2024.
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January 2008Propaganda der Tat
Die RAF und die Medien
by Andreas Elter
Schleyer als Gefangener der RAF, die Trümmer der PanAm-Boeing im schottischen Lockerbie, die brennenden Türme des World Trade Centers – Bilder, die sich ins kollektive Gedächtnis eingebrannt haben. Terroranschläge gelten nie nur den Opfern, sie zielen auf die jeweilige Gesellschaft. Es gehört zum Wesen des Terrors, mit minimalem Aufwand maximalen Schrecken zu verbreiten. Dabei sind die Attentäter auf die Massenmedien angewiesen. Öffentlichkeit als Lebenselixier des Terrorismus, das ist das Thema von »Propaganda der Tat«. Andreas Elter erörtert zentrale Begriffe, gibt einen Überblibk über die Geschichte der Theorie und der Praxis des Terrorismus und untersucht anhand zum Teil bisher unveröffentlichter Dokumente die Medienstrategie der RAF. So entwickelt er eine Theorie zunm Verhältnis von Terror und Massenmedien.
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July 2004Mitmach- und Familiengottesdienste
by Beiträge von Alshuth, Christel; Beiträge von Barabasch, Dunja; Beiträge von Beckmann, Martina; Beiträge von Bömcke, Reiner; Beiträge von Hansel, Wilfried; Beiträge von Landsberg, Susanne; Beiträge von Petersen, Karl; Beiträge von Stemkowicz, Jürgen; Beiträge von Taube, Andreas; Beiträge von Taube, Bärbel; Herausgegeben von Freudenberg, Hans; Beiträge von Mämecke, Thomas; Beiträge von Stemkowicz, Mirja; Zeichnungen von Beckmann, Martina; Zeichnungen von Krüger, Siegfried; Zeichnungen von Stemkowicz, Mirja
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December 2015Everything We Had
A Novel of the Southwest Pacific Air War, November-December 1941
by Tom Burkhalter
November 1941: In the Pacific, war looms with Japan. In Europe, the Nazis are triumphant. England is under siege by air and sea. France has fallen, and the Nazi Wehrmacht is at the gates of Moscow itself. Japan has been at war with China since 1937. Japan’s war industries depend upon imports of scrap metal and oil from the Allied nations. The Allies place an embargo on imports to Japan in 1941. The Japanese have a year's supply of oil to supply their armed forces. Japan surrounds American possessions in the Philippines with overwhelming force on three sides. The US Army makes a desperate attempt to reinforce the Philippines garrison, but the clock is also ticking for the Japanese. The armed forces of Imperial Japan may attack the Philippines at any moment. Two brothers, Jack and Charlie Davis, are pilots in the US Army Air Forces. They are part of the reinforcements sent to the Far Eastern Air Force, charged with air defense of the Philippines. For Jack and Charlie, in a time when the US is on the brink of world war, a simple question must soon be answered: what will I do when the Japanese come?
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Children's & YAKai Flammersfeld und die Wahnnacht der Wolfire
by Hagen Röhrig
Um herauszufinden, wo sich Sandra befindet und wie er zu ihr gelangen kann, trifft Kai auf der Messe für Spaltspiegelbesitzer den Vampir Torkel Bierström, der ihm von zwei Schlüsseln berichtet, die ihn hinter den Spaltspiegel und zu Sandra bringen können. Doch was genau diese Schlüssel sind und wo Kai diese findet, weiß Torkel nicht. Als Kai den Wolfir Rabak, ein Mischwesen aus Vampir und Werwolf, kennenlernt, keimt Hoffnung in ihm auf. Rabak berichtet von einem rothaarigen Mädchen, das von der Riege der Richtigen, die die Macht bei den Wolfiren an sich gerissen hat, gefangen gehalten wird. Rabak will Kai und seinen Freunden helfen, Sandra ausfindig zu machen. Doch er stellt Bedingungen: er möchte vom Saft der Trügerichen Trautelbeere etwas haben, um seine Frau zu retten, die ebenfalls von der Riege festgehalten wird. Kai, seine Freunde und Rabak begeben sich zu den Wolfiren, wo sie feststellen, dass Wieland die Riege der Richtigen anführt und der erste Schlüssel das Licht der Werwölfe ist! Auf der Suche nach Sandra finden sie Rabaks Freund Gorx, der von der Riege ebenfalls gefangengehalten wird. Gorx hat den zweiten Schlüssel gefunden. Es ist eine Energie, die in den Wörtern eines Textes steckte und auf Gorx über ging. Mit beiden Schlüsseln ausgestattet, steigen Kai und Rabak hinter einen Spaltspiegel. Sie kommen in die „Halle der Gefangenen Seelen“, wo sich Sandra und Rabaks Frau Kara befinden. Doch Wieland konnte ihnen folgen. In einem Kampf mit ihm verliert Kai seinen Freund Rabak. Nun stehen sich Kai und Wieland gegenüber. Wieland versucht, Kai in den Spaltspiegel zu drängen. Da kommt Kai das Licht der Werwölfe zu Hilfe. Ein riesiger Wolf aus Licht läßt Wieland zurückweichen. Doch er kommt zu nah an den Spiegel heran. Weißer Nebel quillt daraus hervor und der Vampirjäger wird in den Spiegel gezogen. Kurz darauf setzt sich Wieland vor Kais Augen wie aus Scherben eines zerborstenen Spiegels zusammen und schwebt regungslos in der Luft. Kai hat den Kampf gewonnen und er konnte seine Freundin retten, bevor er sie vergisst. Wieder bei seiner Großmutter, vereinigt sich Kai mit seinem Spiegel-Ich und wird Tagvampir.
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Project managementAdvanced Multi-Project Management
Achieving Outstanding Speed and Results with Predictability
by Gerald I. Kendall, PMP, and Kathleen M. Austin
Even in a well-managed multi-project environment, it is not unusual to see half of all projects completed either late, over budget or with cuts to original scope. However, the proven approach presented in Advanced Multi-Project Management has enabled large, medium, and even small organizations to consistently complete their projects faster, within original scope and budget, and increase the number of projects executed with the same resources by as much as 70%. The list of companies that have used this methodology for stunning results includes some of the biggest, well-known names in the world—Boeing, Rio Tinto, ABB, and Chrysler. This guide details the six gears that must work in unison to drive speed and predictability within an organization.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 1991People and Technology in the Workplace
by National Academy of Engineering; Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Research Council
Quick introduction of new technology is essential to America's competitiveness. But the success of new systems depends on their acceptance by the people who will use them. This new volume presents practical information for managers trying to meld the best in human and technological resources. The volume identifies factors that are critical to successful technology introduction and examines why America lags behind many other countries in this effort. Case studies document successful transitions to new systems and procedures in manufacturing, medical technology, and office automation--ranging from the Boeing Company's program to involve employees in decision making and process design, to the introduction of alternative work schedules for Mayo Clinic nurses. This volume will be a practical resource for managers, researchers, faculty, and students in the fields of industry, engineering design, human resources, labor relations, sociology, and organizational behavior.
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September 2017Sous le rideau, la petite valise brune
by Thiry, Françoise
During the winter of 1966, a Boeing 707 of Sabena arriving from Bujumbura landed on Belgian soil. A half-asleep girl, holding a small brown suitcase in her hand, trotted behind a flight attendant, who handed it over to a man wearing a white shirt with a funny white collar, a black suit, and on the back of the jacket a small golden cross. The hostess greets "Monseigneur" before splitting the crowd and disappearing. The heroine of the novel is a Métis child of a Burundian mother and an unknown Belgian father, taken from her maternal family to be, like many others, given in adoption to a "good Catholic family" in Belgium. Throughout the narration, the hidden part of the narrator questions her "licit" part in the hope that one day both will join. The reader follows the slow metamorphosis of the child and the amputation of his memory until his fierce struggle against oblivion, his efforts to "reattach" his broken halves lead to the discovery of his astonishing identity. To raise the curtain, to open the padlock of the little brown suitcase, is to traverse a singular journey imbricated in a collective history long shelved in the cupboard, a secret of state and a secret of Church: the forced rapt of the half-breeds, “the children of shame” born under Belgian colonization before the Independences. A moving and lucid autofiction, which shows to what extent a religious institution can place itself above the laws and make suffer in the name of a distorded pseudo-morals.
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Business competitionGet Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
How to Use Seminars and Public Speaking to Market and Promote Your Business, Profession, or Passion — Profitably
by David R. Portney
We are in an age where the battle to get your customers’ attention is fierce and advertising options are becoming more expensive and less effective. In Get Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, you will learn everything you need to know to market yourself and your business in the least expensive and most effective way possible — by using the power of seminars and public speaking. With seminar and public speaking expert David Portney as your guide, you’ll learn how to ▪ organize a seminar for little or no money, ▪ sell from the stage, ▪ write a presentation in four easy steps, ▪ brand yourself as the expert in your field, ▪ get your customers to come to you. Get Your Money Where Your Mouth Is contains all of the information and know-how so that you can go from stage-wary beginner to awe-inspiring speaker in no time flat, including ▪ a 30-day fast-start action plan, ▪ a cornucopia of resources, ▪ tons of advice and methods for overcoming stage fright and fear of public speaking, ▪ how to combine your Internet strategy with your seminar strategy, ▪ and all the tips and techniques you need to market whatever you’re selling effectively, inexpensively—and profitably.
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Teacher trainingJanuary 1992Teacher Supply, Demand, and Quality
Policy Issues, Models, and Data Bases
by Erling E. Boe and Dorothy M. Gilford, Editors; Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council
This book examines policy issues, projection models, and data bases pertaining to the supply of, demand for, and quality of teachers in the United States from kindergarten to twelfth grade. It identifies additional data needed to clarify policy issues or for use in projection models, with a long-range view of contributing to the development of a teaching force of higher quality in the United States. The book has major implications for the teacher work force and for statisticians and researchers involved in investigating, modeling, and projecting teacher supply, demand, and quality.
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October 2013Data Engineering
by Brian Shive
If you found a rusty old lamp on the beach, and upon touching it a genie appeared and granted you three wishes, what would you wish for? If you were wishing for a successful application development effort, most likely you would wish for accurate and robust data models, comprehensive data flow diagrams, and an acute understanding of human behavior. The wish for well-designed conceptual and logical data models means the requirements are well-understood and that the design has been built with flexibility and extensibility leading to high application agility and low maintenance costs. The wish for detailed data flow diagrams means a concrete understanding of the business' value chain exists and is documented. The wish to understand how we think means excellent team dynamics while analyzing, designing, and building the application. Why search the beaches for genie lamps when instead you can read this book? Learn the skills required for modeling, value chain analysis, and team dynamics by following the journey the author and son go through in establishing a profitable summer lemonade business. This business grew from season to season proportionately with their adoption of important engineering principles. All of the concepts and principles are explained in a novel format, so you will learn the important messages while enjoying the story that unfolds within these pages. The story is about an old man who has spent his life designing data models and databases and his newly adopted son. Father and son have a 54 year age difference that produces a large generation gap. The father attempts to narrow the generation gap by having his nine-year-old son earn his entertainment money. The son must run a summer business that turns a lemon grove into profits so he can buy new computers and games. As the son struggles for profits, it becomes increasingly clear that dad's career in information technology can provide critical leverage in achieving success in business. The failures and successes of the son's business over the summers are a microcosm of the ups and downs of many enterprises as they struggle to manage information technology. Brian started his data modeling career in the late 1970s while working as a consultant to the relational database gurus at IBM. Brian learned from John Zachman at IBM how to use the discipline of engineering when designing data. Brian works at Microsoft where during his 18 years he has served as Microsoft Corporate Data Administrator, Enterprise Architecture Lead Information Architect, Principal Architect, Development Manager and most-fun-one Developer. He spent 16 years with Boeing IT. Brian also worked as Solar Energy Designer, Executive of Boy Scouts of America, musician, comedian and poet and janitor. Brian and his wife and two children live in the Seattle area. He teaches Aramaic in his Methodist church and can be seen on YouTube sounding at times like Jimi Hendrix. He is working on a book of poetry and loves teaching data modeling, database design and data integration. The human brain and the behavior it elicits have provided Brian with years of study in neurology, psychology, sociology and history.
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September 2021The Escape Agent (Der Rausholer)
by Max Claro
Shortly before taking the school certificate exams, the hippy and opponent of the war in Vietnam, Michael Müller, drops out of high school. In response, his mother coldly tosses him out into the street. Following a revealing travel odyssey throughout America, the country of his dreams, he obtains US citizenship in the name of Michael Miller and finally winds up signing on the dotted line to serve in the U.S. Army. Once in Vietnam, Miller deserts in such a high profile and adventurous manner, that the eyes of the CIA fall on him. To avoid prosecution, and a certain prison sentence for desertion, Miller agrees on behalf of Langley to extract chosen Assets out of the Warsaw Pact and Middle East States to the West. His finest coup, on behalf of the BND, to free 141 German hostages from the firm clutches of the Islamic Republic of Iran had gone almost unnoticed by the press and the general public at the time. The gripping story of an agent who never actually wanted to be one.
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In Other Wor(l)ds
by Mikko Metsähonkala
In Other Wor(l)ds is a book which defies all classification. It’s not exactly a comic, nor is it an art book. It is something in between, aphoristic cartoons perhaps. Accompanied by one or two sentences of the most gnomic kind, architect Mikko Metsähonkala’s illustrations speak volumes. The images in the book are basically single-frame comics - a bit like Gary Larson’s The Far Side. Topics in Metsähonkala’s illustrations range from history and natural sciences to arts, myths, and everyday life. Humour is based on the mundane and sublime, fairy tale and the real world.
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July 2015Quiero ser artista
by Pablo Ottonello
Nothing is known beforehand of these blind, halftruths distributed in “Kovacic,” nor of the apparent lack of turbulence that imprints “Founding a sex” with a kind of backdrop scenery, or of the speck of flour or talcum powder that confines “Buy cream” to a whiteness that plays on two points, from the hinting glimpse to the concluding sentence with experimentation and innocence. Quiero ser artista changes from a yearning and methodical aspiration into a tautological confession: Literature is the best possible means for such things to happen.
