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      • Trusted Partner
        January 2021

        The First Rockets

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        This eBook explores the evolution of the rocket from primitive gunpowder devices in ancient China to sophisticated reaction engines capable of brining humans to the Moon and instruments to other worlds in the solar system and beyond. Readers will gain an in-depth understanding of the major aspects of space travel that inspired many young German scientists and engineers to explore rocketry.

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        Children's & YA
        January 2022

        History on Track Number 14

        by Nastya Muzichenko (Author), Khrystyna Lukashchuk (Illustrator)

        On Christmas’ Eve, toy steam locomotive Hriuk lost its owner at the Kyiv-Passenger railway station. But thanks to this mishap, it got acquainted with its unique relatives – the residents of track number 14, where the Museum of Railway Transport of Kyiv is situated. Now young Drezyna, fast Manevrovyi, Mr Steam Locomotive from Budapest, and other residents of the museum exhibition will help and comfort baby Hriuk. They will also tell him and you more about themselves and Ukraine's railway heritage.   From 4 to 9 years, 3500 words Rightsholders: publishing@man.gov.ua

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        April 2010

        Das Lagervolk

        Roman

        by István Örkény, Laszlo Kornitzer

        In Terézia Moras Übersetzung sorgten sie vor Jahren für Begeisterung: die Minutennovellen von István Örkény, Kürzesttexte, »scharf, unerbittlich, gnadenlos: poetisch« (Péter Esterházy). Geschrieben in den wenigen freien Stunden, die er der Geschichte abtrotzen konnte. Diese Bedingungen galten noch radikaler für den dokumentarischen Roman Lagervolk. Örkény kam 1942 als jüdischer Arbeitsdienstler an die Ostfront. Das ungarische Armeekorps, in dem er diente, wurde Anfang 1943 am Don vernichtend geschlagen, die Überlebenden gerieten in Kriegsgefangenschaft. Zu Rodungsarbeiten an einer Bahnstation bei Tambow verurteilt, begann Örkény Aufzeichnungen zu machen - »mit etwas Bleistiftähnlichem auf Tabaksbeutel, die mir die Russen gegeben hatten«. Als sich herumsprach, daß er schrieb, strömten seine Leidensgenossen herbei. »Alle beeilten sich, etwas beizutragen: Daten, Erfahrungen, Namen, Tragödien, aber auch Anekdoten. Nicht ich habe dieses Buch geschrieben, sondern dreihunderttausend Ungarn in der Sowjetunion. Ich war nur ihr Chronist.« Zehn Lebensgeschichten, die weit in die Zwischenkriegszeit zurückgreifen, erweitern das Buch zu einer großen Erzählung voller ethnographischer und soziologischer Details. So präzise Hunger, Heimweh und Zwangsarbeit in Das Lagervolk geschildert sind, so unverkennbar atmet das 1947 veröffentlichte Werk den Geist der Hoffnung auf ein neues, freies, humanes Europa.

      • Trusted Partner
        November 1981

        Gelebtes Denken

        Eine Autobiographie im Dialog

        by Georg Lukács, Hans-Henning Paetzke, István Eörsi

        Gelebtes Denken und die Tonbandaufzeichnungen - beide sind, zusammen mit einer Einführung von István Eörsi, in dem vorliegenden Band enthalten - beleuchten die verschiedenen Etappen von Lukács' Leben: Der Guerillakampf gegen die Mutter in der Kindheit, literarische Versuche, die ersten Essays, die Hinwendung zu Ästhetik, daran anschließend die Beschäftigung mit ethischen Fragen, die Entwicklung zum Kommunisten, die Rolle beim Ungarnaufstand 1956, der Wiedereintritt in die kommunistische Partei im Jahre 1967. Die dadurch entstandenen »Memoiren« berichten von den Ereignissen jedoch nicht aus einer subjektiven Perspektive; sie zeigen vielmehr, wie aus dem Leben das Lukácssche Denken entstand, und wie dieses Denken seinerseits das Verhalten Lukács' bestimmt hat."

      • Trusted Partner
        June 2018

        The Lady in White

        by Donald Willerton

        Mogi Franklin is a typical eighth-grader–except for the mysterious things that keep happening in his life. And the adventures they lead to as he and his sister, Jennifer, follow Mogi's unique problem-solving skills–along with dangerous clues from history and the world around them–to unearth a treasure of unexpected secrets.In The Lady in White, Mogi is working as a cowboy over the summer vacation on one of the largest ranches in New Mexico when hundreds of cattle start mysteriously dying there. Trying to understand the cause, he finds himself embroiled in the life of a boy who was kidnapped by Comanche Indians in 1871. In this seventh book of the exciting Mogi Franklin Mysteries, Mogi comes face-to-face with the ghost of the boy's mother, and must face the reality of the past to save the ranch from the enemies of the present.

      • Trusted Partner
        October 2011

        Claude Lévi-Strauss

        Selbstbildnis des Ethnologen

        by Pierre-André Boutang, Annie Chevallay, Claude Lévi-Strauss

        Als »Legende zu Lebzeiten und eine der prägendsten Figuren der humanwissenschaftlichen Forschung im 20. Jahrhunderts« würdigte Die Zeit den französischen Ethnologen und Universalgelehrten Claude Lévi-Strauss, der im Oktober 2009 im Alter von einhundert Jahren starb. Für ihre Dokumentation haben Pierre-André Boutang und Annie Chevallay Interviews, Zeitzeugnisse sowie Filmmaterial, das Lévi-Strauss selbst gedreht hat, kunstvoll montiert. Der Ethnologe gibt Auskunft über seine Kindheit, seine Forschungsreisen und seine Arbeitsweise, aber auch über seine Liebe zur Musik. Ein »fesselnden Film über ein wohl einzigartiges Wissenschaftlerleben« (Franfkurter Allgemeine Zeitung). Als Extra ist der Dokumentarfilm Traurige Tropen aus dem Jahr 1990 zu sehen.

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        The Arts
        June 2002

        American film and politics from Reagan to Bush Jr

        by Philip Davies, Paul Wells

        Covers a crucial two decades in American history, when the links between Hollywood and Washington DC were at their strongest.. The period is 'book-ended' by the mighty political and cinematic figures of Reagan and Clinton.. Covers a period in which movies have become targets of political rhetoric of 'family values'.. Essays examine cinematic views of key American political institutions - the presidency and electoral process, politically significant places such as New York City and the American South, the promotion of major issues like gender, family and race. This is a subject which has gained new significance in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC, which have changed both the political climate, and the priorities of the movie industry. ;

      • Business, Economics & Law
        March 1905

        The Path of the Law

        by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

        In The Path of the Law, Holmes discusses his personal philosophy on legal practice. The Common Law is a series of lectures that established Holmes's reputation as a witty and articulate writer.

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        Powèm entèdi ak lòt powèm (Forbidden poems and other poems)

        by Guy Régis Jr

        Forbidden poems and other poems are a book designed with a series of words that say without lure all cause people fear to speak daylight. It gathers all the sweet words that make life thrive at night. Every poem in this book is a ochan so life can be plagued even when at night bare the sun at the tip of the dawn. It's a song the poet's hopes bring, a veve he draws for love spread without measure like the hay pid of Christmas.

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        August 2006

        Das gemeine Recht Englands und Nordamerikas

        (The Common Law) in elf Abhandlungen dargestellt. Mit Zustimmung des Verfassers in das Deutsche übertragen von Rudolf Leonhard.

        by Holmes Jr., O. W.

      • Trusted Partner
        January 2019

        Early Human Spaceflight

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        Aimed at inspiring students in high school and college to become the space experts of tomorrow, this eBook recounts the steps taken that would eventually lead to humanity's first forays into spaceflight, from the world's first rockets in medieval China to the beginning of the Space Race, as well as a brief history of early space travel. A wealth of images round out the text.

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        January 2019

        Early Space Stations

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        Aimed at inspiring students in high school and college to become the space experts of tomorrow, this eBook describes early efforts to build an orbiting space system designed to accommodate human habitation in space over a long period of time, including NASA's Skylab and Russia's Mir Space Station. A wealth of images help bring this period of history to life.

      • Trusted Partner
        January 2019

        Human Expeditions to Mars

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        Aimed at inspiring students in high school and college to become the space experts of tomorrow, this eBook uses a collection of artist renderings to describe some of the technologies and events that could surround the first manned expedition to Mars as well as the development of a permanent outpost there.

      • Trusted Partner
        January 2019

        Living in Space

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        Aimed at inspiring students in high school and college to become the space experts of tomorrow, this eBook describes in detail the challenges of living in outer space—including dealing with microgravity, wearing space suits, the hazards of space travel, space food, and radiation—complete with a wealth of images that help recreate the experience of living in space.

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        January 2019

        Permanent Moon Bases

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        Aimed at inspiring students in high school and college to become the space experts of tomorrow, this eBook discusses the properties of the Moon and uses artist renderings to depict some of the events that might take place when human beings return and establish a permanent place there.

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        January 2019

        Space Shuttles

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        Aimed at inspiring students in high school and college to become the space experts of tomorrow, this eBook discusses the history of the space shuttle, its basic features, missions—both successful and unsuccessful—involving space shuttles, and the legacy of the space shuttle missions. A wealth of images help bring the era of the space shuttle to life.

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        January 2019

        Space-Traveling Animals

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        Aimed at inspiring students in high school and college to become the space experts of tomorrow, this eBook discusses and recounts the histories of the animals used in early space missions to test space travel technology, including the "astrochimps" and rhesus monkeys used in American test flights, the dogs used in Soviet tests, and 21st-century space research involving spiders, fish, and rodents.

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