The story of a Canadian farm boy and his life’s journey as a bush pilot and then as a bureaucrat, and how he found his way back to his aviation roots. This collection of stories describes the progress of Tim Cole through one half of the history of aviation in Canada.Tim worked as a bush pilot in Northern Quebec and Labrador. As a commuter captain he flew Twin Otters into Montreal’s downtown STOLport, and later flew these float-equipped aircraft on Canada’s West Coast.Workin...

Ist die Digitalisierung eine Gefahr für die deutsche Wirtschaft?„Manche Hunde glauben, der Knochen komme zum Hund, und man muss sie zum Jagen tragen. So etwa sieht es mit vielen Unternehmen gegenüber dem Digitalen aus. Man sieht Tim Coles Sorge und Ungeduld beim Schreiben förmlich vor sich, wenn man dieses Buch liest. ,Schaut Ihr denn nicht zwei Schritte voraus?‘ Lesen Sie selbst, und lassen Sie sich wecken.“Prof. Dr. Gunter Dueck, Autor ...

If you were a king, how would you prepare your sons to inherit your throne? And how would you know if a son is qualified to do so? This story is about a king with twin sons, Markus and Junias, who on their tenth birthday are presented with two gifts by their father - swords to learn to use, and keys to learn not to use. Each following year the boys are given additional instructions about their swords, their keys, and about two mysterious doors in the castle wall. Little do they realize how...

Technik kann faszinierend sein. Sie kann aber auch verängstigen oder abschrecken. In diesem Dilemma befinden sich viele Verkäufer technischer Produkte, insbesondere dann, wenn sie selbst Techniker sind, der Käufer aber nicht, sondern Manager. Bits und Bytes, Drehzahlen, Arbeitsspeicher oder Datengeschwindigkeit: Darüber kann ein Techniker stundenlang schwärmen. Sein Kunde aber langweilt sich oder versteht nur Bahnhof.

Das Unternehmen von morgen wird ganz anders sein als heute. Digitalisierung und Vernetzung zwingen Unternehmen dazu, sich anzupassen. Tun sie es nicht, droht Deutschland seine Führerschaft in Technologie und Entwicklung zu verlieren. Aber die Bereitschaft, in neue Technik zu investieren und neue Geschäftsprozesse zu etablieren, ist nicht erst seit der Wirtschaftskrise begrenzt. Wenn der Mittelstand die nächste Stufe der Internet-Revolution verschläft, werden die "Drittweltländer" an uns vo...

Why is it that marriage can be so painful and what answers does the Bible provide? Family Forum Japan founder and family expert Tim Cole offers an in-depth understanding of God's intentions for marriage and how to find hope, courage, and wisdom to survive and thrive in a difficult marriage. Tim knows from personal experience that there are few easy answers. But for those determined to keep their marriages intact, the Bible provides penetrating insights, necessary choices, and motivational ...

Insynnium is the name of a mysterious sleeping pill derived from a tiny seed that only three people know how to germinate. For its users, though, Insynnium stimulates vivid dreams with an emotionally uplifting effect that leaves them with the most restorative rest imaginable. For a population hungry for sleep and a little magic inside their slumbering minds, it is the fix everyone is in search of.But Insynnium is also a drug with dimensions that seem to know no bounds; a substance ...

Drawing from the ideas of critical geography and based on extensive archival research, Cole brilliantly reconstructs the formation of the Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust, focusing primarily on the ghetto in Budapest, Hungary--one of the largest created during the war, but rarely examined. Cole maps the city illustrating how spaces--cafes, theaters, bars, bathhouses--became divided in two. Throughout the book, Cole discusses how the creation of this Jewish ghetto, just like the others be...

Cole shows us an "Auschwitz-land" where tourists have become the "ultimate ruberneckers" passing by and gazing at someone else's tragedy. He shows us a US Holocaust Museum that provides visitors with a "virtual Holocaust" experience.

All she wanted was a normal life. When an unexpected destiny appears, can this high school girl and her hunky new guys rise to the challenge?Jess Bailey hates her restricted world. With an abusive father keeping a tight leash, she dare not reveal the secret scar on her hand that kills anyone it touches. But when her drop-dead gorgeous stepbrother moves into the house, she sees the perfect escape route into some thrilling shenanigans.Enjoying the lingering a...

A captivating glimpse of Britain then and now, seen from behind the steering wheel.In 1951, the Festival of Britain commissioned a series of short guides they dubbed 'handbooks for the explorer'. Their aim was to encourage readers to venture out beyond the capital and on to 'the roads and the by-roads' to see Britain as a 'living country'.Yet these thirteen guides did more than celebrate the rural splendour of this 'island nation': they also made much of Br...

Wie wäre es, wenn die Geschichte eines Denkmals einmal aus dessen Sicht erzählt wird? Die AutorInnen dieser Anthologie wagen den Perspektivenwechsel und schildern, wie es Denkmälern im Wandel der Zeiten erging, hin- und hergerissen zwischen ursprünglichen Intentionen, Umdeutungen und Instrumentalisierungen. Mit tiefgründigem Humor begeben sie sich in den Kopf der Freiheitsstatue, lassen die Brooklyn Bridge über ihre Rezeption in der Literatur zu Wort kommen, oder enttarnen die Neue Wache i...