Karsten: 326 books
Der Untergang der Welt von gestern
Wien und die k. u. k. Monarchie 1911-1919
Language: German
Release Date: March 14, 2019
Die "Welt von gestern", die mit dem Ersten Weltkrieg unterging, war voller innerer Widersprüche und äußerer Spannungen und erschien doch im Rückblick als verlorenes Paradies. Die Sieger dieser Geschichte sind oft genannt und gehört worden. Doch was war mit den Verlierern, und welches...
by Chris Karsten
Language: Afrikaans
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Language: Afrikaans
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Wanneer ’n nagklubbaas die katelknaap van sy minnares laat vermoor deur ’n eksentrieke huurmoordenaar, loop hy hom vas in die vermoorde se familie, die Hartslief-clan van Brixton. Elie Hartslief is die brein; Antie Engel met haar sopkombuis en sesde sintuig die hart; neef Boela met die slaghuis,...
by Chris Karsten
Language: Afrikaans
Release Date: October 10, 2016
Language: Afrikaans
Release Date: October 10, 2016
Ella Neser, befaamde speurder uit die Abel-trilogie en meer onlangs, Die verdwyning van Billy Katz, is weer op die spoor van ’n raaiselagtige moord. In ’n voorstad van Johannesburg word Clara Heyns, voorbeeldige moeder van twee en weldoener van die gemeenskap, dood gevind met engelvlerke aan....
by Chris Karsten
Language: Afrikaans
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Language: Afrikaans
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Naaswenner in NB-Uitgewers se Groot Afrikaanse Romanwedstryd (2012) Op ’n fynbosplaas in die Langkloof word die oorskot van vier jongmense gevind. Onder dié wat antwoorde soek, is die amper-afgetrede joernalis Luther en die Struggle-veteraan Mosman. Mosman is direkteur van ’n obskure intelligensieafdeling,...
Charlize
Life's one helluva ride
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
As a young girl Charlize Theron saw Darryl Hannah in Splash and she was convinced that she would make a better mermaid. Ever since, she has pursued her dream with single-minded obsession. Prize-winning author Chris Karsten traces Charlize’s meteoric rise from a smallholding in South Africa to the...
Beyond Democracy
Why democracy leads to social conflict, runaway spending and a tyrannical government
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Democracy is widely considered to be the best political system imaginable. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that democracy has become a secular religion. The largest political faith on earth. To criticize the democratic ideal is to risk being regarded an enemy of civilized society.
Yet...
Get Your Book On!
Free Teen eSampler
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Reading is always in, and this free teen e-sampler has something for everyone!
Featuring first chapter excerpts from:
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Possession by Elana Johnson
Love Story by Jennifer Echols
Wildefire by Karsten Knight
Clean by Amy Reed
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
by Karsten Dahmen
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
This outstanding introductory survey collects, presents and examines, for the very first time, the portraits and representations of Alexander the Great on the ancient coins of the Greek and Roman period.
From 320 BC to AD 400, Karsten Dahmen examines not only Alexander’s own coinage and the...
Bobby Fischer
The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The Ultimate Fischer Collection! The Chess Publishing Event of the Decade! The years after the Second World War saw international chess dominated by the Soviets Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian and then Spassky held the world crown, treating it as if it were almost an integral part of their country...
The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2
Test and Improve Your Positional Intuition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
German Grandmaster Karsten Müller combines clear discussions of tactical themes with over 600 well-chosen positions to test, challenge and teach. Although the classic combinations are not ignored, the great emphasis is on positions from modern tournament practice of the last decade. From the Author's...
Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada
Taking the Next Steps
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Rural communities, often the first indicators of economic downturns, play an important role in planning for development and sustainability. Increasingly, these communities are compelled to reimagine the paths that lead not only to economic success, but also to the cultural, social, environmental,...
Danish Dynamite
Explosive Gambits: the Danish, Göring, Scotch and Urusov
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
White Goes for the Jugular The Danish Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3, is one of the most aggressive chess openings ever devised. Dynamite was invented by a Swede, Alfred Nobel. The book you are reading now, however, was not written by Nordic players. Instead, Grandmaster Karsten Müller and FIDE...
by Fred R. Dallmayr, Steven Crowell, Gregory Fried
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Heidegger scholars consider the philosopher's recently published notebooks, including the issues of Heidegger's Nazism and anti-Semitism.
For more than forty years, the philosopher Martin Heidegger logged ideas and opinions in a series of notebooks, known as the “Black Notebooks” after...
by Karsten Alnaes
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Europa staat in het middelpunt van de belangstelling: de uitbreiding van de Unie met tien nieuwe lidstaten en de mogelijke toetreding van nog enkele grote naties, en de discussie over de Europese Grondwet. Om het Europa van vandaag beter te begrijpen moeten we het verleden kennen. Karsten Alnaes'...