Shortlisted for the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Award for Adventure TravelTwo decades of adventure writing are captured in this entertaining and inspiring collection of travel journalism by renowned adventurer, writer, filmmaker and environmentalist Frank Wolf.Lines on a Map is a compilation of Frank Wolf’s best work from the past two decades. Some of the adventures include: two friends on a cycling and volcano-climbing odyssey across Java, t...

Join renowned adventurer Frank Wolf on a gripping and epic journey through Canada's unforgiving northern wilderness.Renowned adventurer Frank Wolf annually embarks on a series of long-distance wilderness journeys. A little while back, he attempted a 280-km ski expedition across Baffin Island, a 1750-km canoe trip through the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and a 550-km ski retracing of the 1854 expedition of legendary explorer John Rae, all in less than a year.

Brilliant Holocaust survivor Frank Wolf, now a private eye who investigates with the assistance of his lawyer grandson, specializes in cases the police cannot solve due to the insular nature of many Jewish communities in 1970s New York City. In Were the Angels Wrong?, Frank and Joel tackle a murder that hits too close to home. With the police convinced they have their man, Frank and Joel must prove a close family friend's innocence-despite overwhelming evidence.Were th...

What’s a congressman from Virginia doing in places where bullets fly and babies starve? Thirty years ago, Frank Wolf was elected to the U.S. Congress to address local transportation issues. Fueled by a faith that made him believe he could do something about it, the congressman grew to champion human and religious rights around the world—from cracking down on gang-related crimes in the U.S. to relieving suffering from war, AIDS, and famine in places like Darfur, China, and Bosnia. Eventuall...

What’s a congressman from Virginia doing in places where bullets fly and babies starve?Thirty years ago, Frank Wolf was elected to the U.S. Congress to address local transportation issues. Fueled by a faith that made him believe he could do something about it, the congressman grew to champion human and religious rights around the world—from cracking down on gang-related crimes in the U.S. to relieving suffering from war, AIDS, and famine in places like Darfur, China, and Bosnia. Eventually...

Die Mauer sicherte nicht bloß eine Grenze, sie definierte Deutschland im Kalten Krieg. Von der aktiven Befürwortung über die stille Akzeptanz bis hin zum Widerstand einte die geteilte deutsche Gesellschaft, dass sie sich ihrer Existenz nicht entziehen konnte. In seiner brillanten und faktengesättigten Studie zeichnet der Historiker Frank Wolff diese Verhältnisse im Detail nach und zeigt unter anderem, dass die in der Aufarbeitung der DDR-Vergangenheit eher stiefmütterlich behandelte Forder...

»Wir müssen diese Bilder aushalten«, sagte Sachsens Ministerpräsident Michael Kretschmer im November 2021 angesichts frierender Geflüchteter an der Grenze zwischen Polen und Belarus. Seine Worte machen deutlich, was oft in Vergessenheit gerät: Grenzen sind nicht nur Hindernisse für Menschen, die sie von außerhalb überwinden wollen. Sie verändern auch die Gesellschaften, die sich abzuschotten versuchen.Volker M. Heins und Frank Wolff zeigen, welche Wirkung Mauern und die Abwehr von M...

For Holocaust survivor Frank Wolf, what matters most is helping people. After relocating to New York City after the war, he takes on a new career as a detective. In these three stories, all set in the 1970s, he sets out with methodical determination to do right by his clients—and the truth—no matter the cost. Whether it's a the son of a wealthy businessman, murdered at a Jewish school in New York City, or a missing boy from a poor family in Williamsburg, he is ably assisted by his grandson...

Frank Wolf, a Holocaust survivor turned private detective, returns to solve a chilling mystery in 1970s New York.When Batya Flaum, the wife of a prominent Brooklyn rabbi, is brutally murdered, no one is prepared for the shocking revelations that follow. Teaming up with his grandson Joel and Joel's wife Aliya, Frank uncovers a web of secrets, deceit, and betrayal within the tight-knit Jewish community.As they navigate family dynamics and unravel long-buried truths, the trio m...

Die Migrationspolitik steht unter Druck. Die hohe Zahl Schutzsuchender, integrationspolitische Herausforderungen und Polarisierung der öffentlichen Meinung lassen Politik und Verwaltung oft überfordert erscheinen. Die Folge: Verunsicherung und wachsender Unmut in der Bevölkerung. Zugleich sollte eigentlich unstrittig sein: Deutschland ist auf Zuwanderung angewiesen - wirtschaftlich, gesellschaftlich und demografisch. Doch wie lässt sich eine sachgerechte und von der Bevölkerung akzeptierte...

Der Staat steckt im Verwaltungsdschungel: endlose Formulare, komplexe Zuständigkeiten und lähmende Prozesse bremsen Bürger, Unternehmen und Politik gleichermaßen. Doch es gibt einen Ausweg. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie Lean-Management-Prinzipien – erfolgreich erprobt in Wirtschaft und Industrie – auf den öffentlichen Sektor übertragen werden können. Lea Maria Franke-Wolf beleuchtet die historischen Wurzeln der Bürokratie, analysiert aktuelle Fehlentwicklungen und eröffnet einen klaren Weg zu ein...

Teenagers are tough and anyone who has their own needs help. Witty, enjoyable and genuinely insightful, Get Out of My Life is now updated with how to deal with everything from social media to online threats and porn, as well as looking at all the difficult issues of bringing up teenagers, school, sex, drugs and more. But it's the title of the second chapter, 'What They Do and Why' that best captures the book's spirit and technique, explaining how to translate teenage behaviour int...