Sept assassinats sont perpétrés dans un village breton, situé en bord de mer. Au cœur de l’enquête, une affaire criminelle non résolue depuis trois décennies surgit sur l’échiquier des investigations. Le major Le Gall et le capitaine Rivoal vont alors se situer dans l’impasse, lorsqu’ils découvrent que les deux affaires criminelles sont liées. Un témoignage inattendu va orienter les enquêteurs vers un lieu qui n’est pas étranger aux deux affaires criminelles.

This volume honors those who experienced the Vietnam War through striking portraits and personal accounts of the conflict and its repercussions.This book offers a uniquely human perspective on the Vietnam War through portraits and stories of American veterans, southern Vietnamese veterans, and civilians. The surreal imagery of Thomas Sanders' photography encourages the viewer to take a closer look at those who experienced the war. These images are paired with the i...

This collection of the best new and recent work on historical consciousness and practice in late Imperial Russia assembles the building blocks for a fundamental reconceptualization of Russian history and history writing.

Sanders Sound and Picture presents:'The Companionship in A Case of O.C.D.'This is a piece of children’s fiction, which tells the story of three brothers who unwittingly stumble upon an evil plot disguised as a children’s birthday party. A few weeks prior, famous scientist and businessman, Dr. Leach disappears. Although still stricken with grief, his wife and son, Jimmy invite the local children to their home to celebrate Jimmy turning eight. The three Lark brothers arrive e...

Encounters in World History is a collection of primary sources from the human past organized under the overarching theme of “encounters.” With the source materials structured in this way, the book makes it easy for students to analyze these texts in a meaningful comparative context. How, for example, did different cultures conceive of the relationship between humans and the divine? What constituted legitimate authority in different value systems? How did the relationship between t...

Encounters in World History is a collection of primary sources from the human past organized under the overarching theme of “encounters.” With the source materials structured in this way, the book makes it easy for students to analyze these texts in a meaningful comparative context. How, for example, did different cultures conceive of the relationship between humans and the divine? What constituted legitimate authority in different value systems? How did the relationship between t...

Seit Generationen wird uns beigebracht, der Blinddarm sei ein nutzloses evolutionäres Überbleibsel – eine tickende Zeitbombe im Unterleib, die man bei der kleinsten Entzündung bedenkenlos entfernen kann. Doch die moderne mikrobiologische Forschung zeichnet ein völlig anderes, faszinierendes Bild unseres Verdauungstraktes. Dieses Buch räumt mit einem der größten Irrtümer der Medizingeschichte auf. Der Wurmfortsatz des Blinddarms ist keineswegs nutzlos, sondern fungiert als lebensrettender S...

„Was ist meine Praxis eigentlich wert?“ Die Antwort auf diese Frage erscheint einerseits trivial und ist andererseits doch extrem komplex. In diesem Buch wird das Thema der Praxiswertermittlung im Hinblick auf die praktische Anwendung, aber auf der Grundlage solider bewertungstheoretischer Hintergründe vermittelt. Die Frage nach dem Wert der Praxis stellt sich im Berufsleben der meisten Ärzte mehrmals, unter anderem beim Kauf oder Verkauf und gegebenenfalls auch bei der Trennung von Praxis...

This book presents two extraordinary texts - The Shining of Swords by Al-Qarakhi and a new translation for a contemporary readership of Leo Tolstoy's Hadji Murat - illuminating the mountain war between the Muslim peoples of the Caucasus and the imperial Russian army from 1830 to 1859. The authors offer a complete commentary on the various intellectual and religious contexts that shaped the two texts and explain the historical significance of the Russian-Muslim confrontati...

This is the story of John H. Ingram, Jr. who served in the 8th Air Force during World War II, told through the letters he wrote home as a young man coupled with his recollections of the war at age 77.Here, you will read his exact words in the unaltered letters he wrote home describing his pathway to becoming a pilot and his experiences in the US and England, along with the interview he gave years later about his war experiences and memories. His story will keep you awaiting every t...

Esta obra constituye una contribución fundamental a la historiografía de las relaciones internacionales y la seguridad hemisférica en el Gran Caribe. A través de la desclasificación y análisis de fuentes primarias, el volumen examina la actividad de inteligencia y vigilancia desplegada por el servicio diplomático de los Estados Unidos en la península de La Guajira durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El texto documenta cómo una región periférica se transformó en un enclave estratégico para l...

The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step toward finding out what we agree on and disagree on. From there, it is largely a question of what the facts are. Social Justice Fallacies reveals how many things that are thought to be true simply cannot stand up to documented facts, ...