The medical profession is rich in those who have made names for themselves outside of medicine. The fields of literature, exploration, business, sport, entertainment, and beyond abound with doctors whose interests lie outside medicine. This book, largely written by members of the medical profession, examines the efforts of doctors in non-medical fields. The doctors discussed here are those who are, or were, well-known to the public for their contributions to their non-medical fields of cho...

What does it mean to be human in an age of science, technology, and faith? The ability to ask such a question suggests at least a partial answer, in that however we describe ourselves we bear a major role in determining what we will become. In this book, Philip Hefner reminds us that this inescapable condition is the challenge and opportunity of Homo sapiens as the created co-creator. In four original chapters and an epilogue, Hefner frames the created co-creator as a memoirist wi...

Teaching Recent Global History explores innovative ways to teach world history, beginning with the early 20th century. The authors’ unique approach unites historians, social studies teachers, and educational curriculum specialists to offer historically rich, pedagogically innovative, and academically rigorous lessons that help students connect with and deeply understand key events and trends in recent global history.Highlighting the best scholarship for each major continen...

Tod eines Luxussanierers:Ein neuer Fall für Ex-Kommissar Türk.Ein heruntergekommenes Mietshaus in der Münchner Vorstadt. Im Vordergebäude betreibt der Ex-68er Friedemann Lamm ein kleines Antiquariat, im Rückgebäude renoviert ein junger Mann alten Hausrat und Möbel. Die Mieten sind niedrig. Da stirbt der Besitzer, ein Altmünchner Handwerksmeister. Sein Sohn ist von anderem Schlag. Er entscheidet sich für eine Immobilienfirma und Luxus-Sanierungen. Wenig später wird die Leiche...

In München gastiert der Zirkus "Cirque Gitane". Atemberaubende Reiterspiele und akrobatische Darbietungen begeistern das Publikum. Da wird einer der Artisten in seinem Wagen ermordet. Sein Partner, wie der Tote Angehöriger einer ungarischen Sinti-Familie, verschwindet spurlos. Joseph Türk, Kommissar bei der Kripo München, nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Sie führen ihn zunächst zu einem unauffälligen Häuschen in Trudering, wo ein weiterer Toter auf ihn wartet - und schließlich zu einem Jahre zu...

Teaching U.S. History offers an innovative approach to social studies teaching by connecting historians to real-world social studies classrooms and social studies teachers. In an unusual, even unprecedented, dialogue between scholars and practitioners, this book weds historical theory and practice with social studies pedagogy.Seven chapters are organized around key US History eras and events from the time of slavery through the Civil Rights Movement and are complemented by...