Die Grenzöffnung für Flüchtlinge im September 2015 hat Europa gespalten und für immer verändert. Rainer Nowak, Thomas Prior und Christian Ultsch rekonstruieren in Gesprächen mit damaligen Entscheidungsträgern in Österreich und Europa das Flüchtlingsjahr 2015 und die Ereignisse, die im März 2016 zur Schließung der Balkanroute geführt haben. Sie beschreiben, wie Europas Staatskanzleien in diesen Monaten die Kontrolle verloren und danach verzweifelt versuchten, sie wiederzuerlangen. Sie analy...

Der Bestseller aus Großbritannien über das Leben, die Liebe und die Rettung der Pinguine.Die 86-jährige Veronica McCreedy lebt entfremdet von ihrer Familie in einem großen Anwesen an der schottischen Küste. In letzter Zeit fragt sich die rüstige alte Dame oft, was sie noch mit ihrem Leben – und ihrem Vermögen – anfangen soll. Als sie eines Abends im Fernsehen eine Sendung über eine Kolonie bedrohter Adeliepinguine in der Antarktis sieht, ist Veronica zutiefst beein...

With a foreword by Eric Metaxas, best-selling author of Bonhoeffer and Amazing Grace.The enthralling biography of the woman writer who helped end the slave trade, changed Britain’s upper classes, and taught a nation how to read.The history-changing reforms of Hannah More affected every level of 18th-Century British society through her keen intellect, literary achievements, collaborative spirit, strong Christian principles, and colorful personality. A woman...

Fairly or unfairly, the stalemate on the First World War's Western Front is often attributed to the intellectual stagnation of the era's military officers. This paper traces the development (or absence of development) of combined arms and fire & maneuver tactics and doctrine in the period prior to WW I, focusing on the Russo-Japanese War.The Western armies that entered the Great War seemingly ignored many of the hard-learned lessons and observations of pre-war conflicts. Though Worl...

Trotz ihrer 87 Jahre denkt Veronica McCreedy nicht im Mindesten daran, die Füße in ihrem schottischen Anwesen hochzulegen. Stattdessen unterstützt die rüstige alte Dame die Pinguinforschung in der Antarktis und nimmt die quirlige kleine Daisy als Pflegekind bei sich auf. Und als sie das Angebot erhält, eine Naturfilmreihe über Pinguine zu drehen, zögert Veronica keine Sekunde. Zusammen mit Daisy reist sie auf die Südhalbkugel, um den TV-Zuschauern von den faszinierenden Tieren zu berichten...

Jane Eyre. Frankenstein. Tess of the d'Urbervilles. You’re familiar with these pillars of classic literature. You have seen plenty of Frankenstein costumes, watched the film adaptations, and may even be able to rattle off a few quotes, but do you really know how to read these books? Do you know anything about the authors who wrote them, and what the authors were trying to teach readers through their stories? Do you know how to read them as a Christian? Taking into account your old...

The life and career of a Poet is often thought of as musing at a desk, or lying in a meadow, or on long journeys to find inspiration for their next masterwork. But more often than not a poet was a part-time profession in subservient submission to their actual, salary-paying job.In this volume we bring together those professionals whose skills are based on using words to achieve the ambitions, policies, desires and sleights of hand of their Governments and institutions. This calcula...

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The enthralling biography of the woman writer who helped end the slave trade, changed Britain’s upper classes, and taught a nation how to read.The history-changing reforms of Hannah More affected every level of 18th-Century British society through her keen intellect, literary achievements, collaborative spirit, strong Christian principles, and colorful personality. A woman without connections or status, More took the world of British letters by storm when she arrived in London from...

Le Manuel pratique de chirurgie orthopédique, à la fois clair et exhaustif, s'appuie sur les innovations les plus récentes dans les domaines de la biomécanique, de la biologie et de l'imagerie médicale pour guider le traitement chirurgical des pathologies dégénératives, traumatologiques, tumorales, ligamentaires et sportives. Articulé en 4 grandes parties (Aspects fondamentaux – Radiologie orthopédique – Orthopédie pratique – Spécialités locorégionales) et rythmé par une riche iconographie...

In Volume 3, Eliot R. Smith of Purdue University proposes that social cognition theorists have placed excessive emphasis on the role of schemata, prototypes, and various other types of abstractions. This has affected both the methodologies they use and the type of theories they construct. What has not been adequately appreciated is the storage and retrieval of specific episodes, especially those with idiosyncratic features. This volume s designed as a required text for those studying perso...

Throughout history the sword has been a valuable weapon for combat and survival. In our modern society the sword continues to be a great tool for developing the mind and body and enhancing martial arts skills.This simple how-to manual will instruct beginners on basic body movements with a single-handed sword, and sword and shield. Stage combat basics with a sword are explained and shown with many photos of the authors demonstrating the exact moves you will learn.