Deutschland steckt fest: in einer Selbstwirksamkeitskrise. Selbst die Menschen, die in Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft an den entscheidenden Hebeln sitzen, fragen sich zunehmend, ob es ihnen gelingt, eine gute Zukunft für Deutschland zu gestalten. Zu groß scheinen mitunter die Herausforderungen von militärischer und geopolitscher Bedrohung, über den Klimawandel und Digitalisierung bist zu globalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Doch lähmender Zweifel ist gefährlicher als jede Krise. Denn er ve...

Reginald hat nicht nur einen seltsamen Namen, er ist auch schon lange tot. Trotzdem erinnert er sich gut an den Sommer 1971, als das Transformatorhäuschen am Freibad zum Treffpunkt der Jugend wurde. Hier verbringen die Langhaarigen, die Möchtegern-Hippies und Kleinstadt-Revolutionäre und ihre ständig wechselnden Freundinnen ihre Nachmittage, hier sitzen sie herum, rauchen und hören ihre Musik. Jeder von ihnen hat sein eigenes Lied, in dem die Eigenarten und die Träume aufbewahrt sind. Heik...

How to Fall Asleep In Less Than 5 Minutes is a guide to falling asleep fast. It identifies the most common reasons for sleeplessness, teaches you what foods promote sleep, and reveals several unique sleep hacks to help you fall asleep instantly.The guide also reveals:• The most commons 'sleep stressors' and how to to alleviate them.• How your bedroom can actually aid or impede your ability to fall asleep.• Proven sleep inducers help you fall asleep.•...

This practical guide for managers and engineers in the plastics industry shows how to reduce high noise levels which often occur in the workplace and reduce the risk of noise-induced hearing damage to employees. Practical methods for reducing noise from industrial machinery are described and illustrated with about twenty-five case studies relating to plastics processing machines such as granulators, shredders, extruders and injection moulders. Noise-control techniques include standard nois...

David Elliot, ex-pat, ex-paramedic living in Lima Peru with his family is caught up in a plot against the government of Peru. It is led by a team of ex-military United States and Peruvian members who are trying to make the world a better place, as they see it. You see into David's mind as he is dragged along throughout the city of Lima. His depression, his wants, his needs, his anxiety. He is basically crutch to the team’s leader and medic to the rest. As they move they are seen and David ...

Robert Bosch (1861 - 1942) war einer der erfolgreichsten deutschen Unternehmer des 20. Jahrhunderts und gleichzeitig ein Pionier der sozialen Marktwirtschaft. Mit diesem Buch liegt die umfassende Biographie eines Visionärs vor, der wie kaum ein anderer über seine Zeit hinaus gedacht hat. Robert Bosch eröffnete1886 in einem Stuttgarter Hinterhaus die Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Elektrotechnik, die heutige Robert Bosch GmbH. Hier entwickelte er bahnbrechende Innovationen für das Kraftfah...

**PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • An “urgently readable” (Newsweek) biography of the captivating tsar who changed Russian history—from the New York Times bestselling author of Nicholas and Alexandra, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great“Enthralling . . . as fascinating as any novel and more so than most.”—**The New York Times Book ReviewAgainst the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russ...

Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, crowned at the age of 10. A barbarous, volatile feudal tsar with a taste for torture; a progressive and enlightened reformer of government and science; a statesman of vision and colossal significance: Peter the Great embodied the greatest strengths and weaknesses of Russia while being at the very forefront of her development.Robert K. Massie delv...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! “James Acton: A little bit of Jack Bauer and Indiana Jones!"A MISSING DA VINCI.A TERRIFYING GENETIC BREAKTHROUGH.A PAST AND FUTURE ABOUT TO COLLIDE!In World War Two, a fabled da Vinci drawing is hidden from the Nazis, those involved fearing Hitler may attempt to steal it for its purported magical powers.It isn’t returned for over fifty years....

Fate vacanze da soli? “Siete degli sfigati”, almeno secondo Roberto Formigoni, governatore della Lombardia da più di tre lustri e indagato per corruzione: avrebbe ricevuto benefit per 9 milioni di euro, tra cui yacht, ville, viaggi dall’amico Pierangelo Daccò, faccendiere ciellino, uomo chiave dello scandalo San Raffaele e della Fondazione Maugeri. Per chi si fosse perso qualche puntata dell’abbuffata regionale, "il Fatto Quotidiano" pubblica in un unico instant book tutte le beghe del Pir...

Peter O'Toole was supremely talented, a unique leading man and one of the most charismatic and unpredictable actors of his generation. Described by Richard Burton as 'the most original actor to come out of Britain since the war', O'Toole regularly seemed to veer towards self-destruction.With the help of exclusive interviews with colleagues and close friends, Peter O'Toole: The Definitive Biography paints the first complete picture of this much loved man and reveals what dr...

Het vierde deel van de verslavende, bij vlagen gruwelijke en tegelijkertijd invoelende thrillerserie over inspecteur Robert KettElke keer dat je zijn stem hoort, sterft er weer een kind.Het gezin van rechercheur Robert Kett is misschien weer compleet, maar hij is een gebroken man. Nu hij geschorst is, neemt hij zijn dochters mee voor een welverdiende vakantie aan de kust van Norfolk.Kett vindt er echter niet de rust die hij zo hard nodig heeft; hij treft ee...