This book empowers college students and young professionals to develop a critical capacity of climate action in the energy transformation, which is necessary to address unprecedented climate crises. It illuminates the monumental challenges and pioneering solutions in accelerating renewable energy technologies, including solar energy, wind power, bioenergy, hydropower, and geothermal energy, as well as energy storage, along with their practical applications.The book offers the most ...

Discover the lost art of great writing.Since the invention of writing, the written word has fueled humanity's astonishing progress. Thus, the ability to write effectively and beautifully has long been revered and rewarded. Yet, in the digital age, people have begun to believe that this talent is somehow obsolete. It is assumed that writing is something unworthy of study beyond the basic mechanics of vocabulary, syntax, and grammar, and that mediocre prose is acceptable in a world c...

Modern German Plays: An Advanced German Textbook utilizes some of the most famous modern plays written in German as vehicles to teach German language, literature, and culture. The featured works are The Three-Penny Opera, The Devil’s General, Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Chinese Wall, Visit, A Sports Play, and Innocence. The authors of these masterpieces include not only world-renowned dramatists such as Brecht, Zuckmayer, Frisch, and Dürrenmatt but also such cele...

"The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can't play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all."'Eugenics and Other Evils' (1922) is a magnificent takedown of the entire basis of eugenic thought – the idea that controlled breeding will improve the human population. But it is about far more than eugenics: it is about h...

Die Schachnovelle ist eine Novelle von Stefan Zweig, die er zwischen 1938 und 1941 im brasilianischen Exil schrieb. Es ist sein letztes und zugleich bekanntestes Werk.Die Erstausgabe erschien am 7. Dezember 1942 in Buenos Aires in einer limitierten Auflage von 300 Exemplaren. In Europa wurde das Werk im Dezember 1943 im Stockholmer Exilverlag von Gottfried Bermann Fischer verlegt. 1944 erschien in New York die erste Übersetzung ins Englische. In Deutschland hat sich das Buch seit d...

Das Urteil by Franz Kafka.

Bahnwrter Thiel by Gerhart Hauptmann.

“The definitive essay about the world's most buzzed about city. JM Stim vividly describes exactly what makes Berlin such a beacon for young artists from all over the world, examines how the city's unique qualities developed, and debunks some myths – all in a deeply personal, but simultaneously erudite style.”From the introduction by Tim Mohr"Capturing the heart and soul of a city": International press reviews of "Here is Berlin""Stim stroll...

The German-language translation of the autobiography of Frank Oberle, born Franz, in Mörsch, Germany. At age nine he relocated with his parents to Poland where, having been placed within a Nazi youth indoctrination program, he fled the Russian advance and survived on grass and stolen eggs. He walked 800 kilometres to his ancestral village on the edge of the Black Forest, only to be rejected by his remaining family. He emigrated to Canada at age 19, then sent for his teenage sweetheart. As ...

Classic Schiller drama about the Thirty Years' War, in the original German. . According to Wikipedia: "Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the last few years of his life (17881805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang Goethe, with whom he greatly discussed issues concerning aesthetics, encouraging Goethe to finish works he left merely ...

Thorvald Svensson ist in der damaligen DDR geboren und im heutigen Sachsen aufgewachsen. Er hat seine Kindheit als Sohn eines Revierförsters in der Natur verbracht und hatte das gesellschaftliche System des Sozialismus kennengelernt. Durch die Natur von der Information abgeschnitten, lernte er erst spät westliche Medien kennen. Er erlernte den Beruf Koch, die Mauer jedoch versperrte den Weg zur Aneignung höherer Kenntnisse, wie westlich der Mauer unter Köchen übli...

Developing Writing Skills in German, is a unique course designed to improve the reading and writing skills of intermediate students of German. Presenting a wide range of authentic written materials, the book aims to develop reading strategies and the ability to write texts of various types - essays, articles and reviews - while imparting an understanding of important aspects of German society.From the environment to consumerism, each chapter focuses on a different theme an...