Die Lebensdaten von Max Reger (1873–1916) fallen ebenso zufällig wie bedeutungsvoll mit den Koordinaten des Deutschen Kaiserreichs zusammen. Nach erster musikalischer "Aufrüstung" führte Regers Werkausstoß in eine Innerlichkeit, die sich den Tendenzen der Epoche entgegenstellt. Seine Fortschrittlichkeit gründet auf musikalischer Rückschau, die sich mehr an Bach und Brahms orientierte als am Zeitgeist der "Neudeutschen". Trotz vielfältiger Würdigungen ist Reger noch immer ein weithin Unbeka...

Sowohl das Bild Hans Pfitzners (1869–1949) als auch die Rezeption seiner Werke leiden in der deutschen Musiklandschaft noch weitgehend unter einem Stigma durch seine Anbiederung an den Nationalsozialismus. Dabei ist schon eine ausgewogene Beurteilung seiner vielgestaltigen Musik (im Gegensatz zu der seines Zeitgenossen Richard Strauss) äußerst schwierig: Werke tiefster Herzensinnigkeit oder höchst komplexe Schöpfungen – wie sein "Palestrina" – stehen neben Kompositionen erschütternder Simp...

In Manhood Acts Michael Schwalbe offers a new perspective on the social construction of manhood and its relationship to male domination. Schwalbe argues that study of masculinity has lost touch with its feminist roots and has been seduced by the politically safe notion of 'multiple masculinities'. Manhood Acts delineates the practices males use to construct 'women' and 'men' as unequal categories. Schwalbe reclaims the radical feminist insights that gender is a field of domination, not a f...

Miért dolgozzunk „állandó béta üzemmódban”? Hogyan válhat kedvtelésünk hivatássá? Mi mindennel járulhatnak hozzá mások képességeink kibontakoztatásához? Ebben az igényesen összeállított kötetben húsz, a maga területén meghatározó vezető, többek között Scott Belsky, Jocelyn K. Glei és Tony Schwartz mutatja be a gyökeresen átalakult munkaerőpiacon bevált stratégiáit. Ehhez kapunk praktikus tippeket a karrierlehetőségeink megteremtése, az önfejlesztés, a networking és a kockázatvállalás témáj...

If you work at a multinational company, at some point you may be asked to travel the world to maintain or install equipment or seek to boost your firm’s reputation. It happened to Andrew Mackay, and he was unprepared from the moment he stepped on an helicopter to go to a Chevron platform in the North Sea, when everyone was dressed for freezing temperatures except him. Working as what he calls “a travelling prostitute,” Mackay was surprised to find that almost all of the time, he was on his...

Have you ever wanted the power to rule the world? Sounds amazing, right? But maybe not possible. Instead, what if you were given the rules that power your mind? What if you could learn to read minds, starting with your own? What would you do with your new superpower? How would you rule your world? Your mind operates on a set of unspoken, yet extremely persuasive internalized rules. Understanding how these Mind Rules operate provides you a spectacular advantage for upgrading your present st...

Fields is the last link to the other five books, it shows how the Dust in Heaven follows the macroscopic rules to make the Black Hole Fields, the Galaxy Fields, the Star Fields, and the Planetary and Moon Fields. The Planetary and Moon Fields have rules that allow matter to exist in Inanimate Fields and Animate Fields. Earth provides the essential environments that have the temperature, the pressure, the air, the water, the elements, and the food necessary for life to exist in the differen...

Marine operating engineer, 82nd Airborne paratrooper, Special Ops Army Ranger, an entrepreneur who circumnavigated the globe, are a few of many pursuits that insatiable curiosity led the author to explore. He takes the reader on a ninety-year journey from near death as a child, through an unhappy childhood, leading to dropping out of high school. He found success in the military and after honorable discharge, returned to school become an educator earning BA, MEd, and ATA degrees. With wisp...

Inspired by God to write about human pain and the ability to witness his love and mercy, author John Muza presents Heaven’s Gate. It offers a collection of gospels and spiritual inspirations based on the words of the Bible.A devout Catholic who serves on the board of directors of Full Gospel Business Men’s International, Muza puts into writing his thoughts on a wide array of subjects using God’s word and his teachings as a guide. Heaven’s Gate. addresses everythin...

Anyone who starts reading this book will think it is a biography, but this book is much more than that. It is the conjugation of a life of experiences and anecdotes with the sole objective of helping those who are in a difficult situations, in drugs, crime or jail. It is a compilation of real-life stories that serve as an example and motivation to continue struggling, to convince us that in life, despite difficulties and challenges there is always a positive solution to any situation, no m...

This book is a compilation of personal journals (conversations with God) that have been documented on the computer. The responses from God to the authors are often quite insightful and amazing. The subjects covered are wide-ranging. Also in this book, is the complete outline of the class “How to Hear God’s Voice,” which the authors have taught in the prisons.

Gen. George Washington faced a myriad of obstacles in the summer of 1781. In George Washington at “Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry,” author and historian Mary Sudman Donovan explores this crucial period during the American Revolutionary War by chronicling his activities. In July, he moved a large contingent of the Continental army to the east bank of the Hudson River near the eastern terminus of Dobbs Ferry. There, on a large expanse known as Philipsburg, he established a joint encampment with ...