Jana: 688 books

Called to Hyde Park, New York, ex-Air Corpsman turned detective Victor Van Voorhis comes to only three conclusions about his newest case: the gulf between his status and the wealthy Westbrook family is no trifling matter; someone brutally killed a young mother; and the victim’s brother-in-law is...

Stell dir vor, du sollst in 500 Wörtern von Kunst erzählen. Oder von Natur. Vielleicht ist dein Thema auch Reise. Oder liegt dir Kirche näher? 18 Lese-Guerillas haben sich der Herausforderung gestellt und Kürzest-Geschichten verfasst, die sie wie jedes Jahr am Buchmessenfreitag in Leipzig vortragen...

Vielfältig und aufregend präsentiert sich die Welt der Cocktails, von Cosmopolitan bis Bloody Mary ist für jeden Geschmack etwas dabei. Um einige dieser Mix-Getränke ranken sich Legenden und Erzählungen, andere haben es sogar schon auf die große Leinwand geschafft. Ein Cocktail kann zu Begegnungen...

Völlig neue Welten und das lockende Unbekannte. Eine unstillbare Neugier treibt zahlreiche Schriftsteller seit Jules Verne dazu, technische Innovationen aufzugreifen, die fesselnde Frage nach Leben auf fremden Planeten zu stellen und über interstellare Transportmöglichkeiten zu spekulieren. Dabei...

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,3, University of Leipzig (Anglistik), course: British Media, Culture, language: English, abstract: The concept of national identity is one of the most interesting in the...

        WHAT'S YOUR DOG TYPE? features a new system to understand yourself and others by knowing the type of dog you like most or least and assessing the type of dog others are most like.  The system can help you improve relationships in your personal life or at work, gain more success in...

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject History - World History - Modern History, grade: 1C, University of Stirling, course: Revolutions , language: English, abstract: The Iranian revolution of 1979 resulted in the declaration of an Islamic republic and consequently overthrew the Iranian monarchy,...

The important and rapidly emerging new field known as 'cyber threat intelligence' explores the paradigm that defenders of computer networks gain a better understanding of their adversaries by understanding what assets they have available for an attack. In this book, a team of experts examines a new...

This book elaborates on the social and cultural phenomenon of national schools during the nineteenth century, via the less studied field of sculpture and using Belgium as a case study. The role, importance of, and emphasis on certain aspects of national identity evolved throughout the century, while...

Seven, who live as humans unaware of their true identities, suffer shocking fates and are thrust into the battle between good and evil. The fate of mankind rests in their hands but they have forgotten their centuries of knowledge and skills. They resent the re-training they must endure and the responsibility for the fate of the world that they did not ask for.

A coming-of-age story of a young white girl who fights racism and betrayal as she tries to unravel the truth about her parents’ deaths and escape the town that lied to her. Ivy, a young girl growing up in a small town in the 60s where everyone knows everything, discovers her family and the...

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Rostock (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: Mass Media Communication: Newspapers and Magazines, 27 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract:...

Lets do a little test: When had been pronounced the names Jan Antonin Bata or Tomas Bata, all literary experts know who they are. When we say Rudolf Schnbach native of Cernovice in the Czech Republic, and founder of leather manufacturing in that region not even one person in several hundred have any...

Globalization and transnationalism have reshaped our communities and their borderlines. Communities exceed fixed boundaries, existing instead in the liminal spaces where narratives intersect, clash, or cooperate. These liminal spaces—physical and virtual, local and global—provide opportunities...