Martin Mayer: 14 books
Risky Business
An Insider's Account of the Disaster at Lloyd's of London
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
In this fascinating insider’s account, an American woman who became an investor alleges that irresponsibility, incompetence, greed, and fraud at Lloyd’s, the world’s most glamorous insurance enterprise, have caused the company to lose $12 billion in the last ten years.
Lloyd’s of London...
The Judges
A Penetrating Exploration of American Courts and of the New Decisions--Hard Decisions--They Must Make for a New Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Our courts, the third branch of the government, are central in the administration of our democracy. But their operations are shrouded in a mythology with its ritual incantations of "rule of law," "equal justice" and "presumption of innocence"--one that this book pierces.
We...
by Carolin Philipps, Jens Schumacher, Ela Mang
Language: German
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Beinhaltet Leseproben folgender Frühjahrsnovitäten des Ueberreuter Verlags: Martin Widmark, Detektivbüro LasseMaja: Das Fahrradgeheimnis Thomas Jeier, Null Null Schnauze - Bogey schnappt den wilden Tiger Gina Mayer, Theo und Oleander und der unsichtbare Mops Judith Allert, Wunschelberg - Das Lächeln...
The Recited Spates of Limericka (Revisited)
A Collection of Humorous and Social Commentary Limericks by That Little Known Master of Rhyme-----------Martin C. Mayer
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
The limerick form, we are told, originated with the Greeks. The popular enhancement of the form, however, came about through its extensive usage by English authors. Limericks have been known to come in a number of varieties: risqu, suggestive and perfectly clean but not quite as humorous. The author...
The Recited Spates of Limericka
A Collection of Humorous and Social Commentary Limericks by That Little Known Master of Rhyme------ Martin C. Mayer
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010
THE LIMERICK FORM, WE ARE TOLD, IS AN INVENTION OF THE GREEKS. THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE LIMERICK FORM, HOWEVER, CAME ABOUT THROUGH ITS EXTENSIVE USAGE BY ENGLISH AUTHORS. LIMERICKS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO COME IN MANY VARIETIES OF RISQUE, SUGGESTIVE, AND PERFECTLY CLEAN BUT NOT QUITE AS FUNNY.
THE...
Beyond Uncle Tom's Cabin
Essays on the Writing of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Ever since feminist scholarship began to reintroduce Harriet Beecher Stowe's writings to the American Literary canon in the 1970s, critical interest in her work has steadily increased. Rediscovery and ultimate canonization, however, have concentrated to a large extent on her major novelistic achievement,...
Große Predigten
2000 Jahre Gottes Wort und christlicher Protest
Language: German
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Die Predigt spielt im Christentum bereits seit seinen Ursprüngen eine besondere Rolle. In ihr wird seit jeher das Wort Gottes verkündet und sie ist ein zentrales Element in der Liturgie. In einer einzigartigen Auswahl legt dieser Band die wichtigsten Predigten aus 2000 Jahren Kirchengeschichte vor....
The Last Lap
Sheldon Brodsky’S Insightful Guide to the Joys of Retirement
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
How many Sunbelt residents have you ever met who have relocated to the Northeast to retire? Why is the vast percentage of migration between these two areas mostly in one direction? What is the lure of the Sunbelt? Why does it shine so brightly in the hearts and minds of Northeasterners? SHELDON BRODSKY...
by MARTIN C. MAYER
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Increasingly in modern society children are born into the world burdened by parental expectations, which can lead an impressionable child to become an overachiever. As a result, the child may grow into an adult who is never satisfied with his accomplishments, no matter how substantial they are perceived...
by Martin C. Mayer
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Any similarity to persons or places found in this limerick book shall be deemed to be strictly coincidental. The focus of the author, in this volume of over 150 original contemporary social commentary limericks, is to vent his jaundiced opinion on the stated subject matter in rhyme never obscene but,...
by Heike Mayer, Fritz Sager, David Kaufmann
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Capital cities that are not the dominant economic centers of their nations – so-called ‘secondary capital cities’ (SCCs) – tend to be overlooked in the fields of economic geography and political science. Yet, capital cities play an important role in shaping the political, economic, social...
State Politics and the Affordable Care Act
Choices and Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2019
After a great deal of discussion and debate across all levels of government, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law in March 2010. Since President Trump's election into office, the ACA has stayed in the headlines. Trump has continued to call for the replacement and repeal of...
Wortlaut 09. Gold
Der FM4-Literaturwettbewerb. Die besten Texte
Language: German
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Wortlaut, der jährliche Literaturwettbewerb des Radiosenders FM4 geht in die neunte Runde: Die besten zehn Geschichten zum diesjährigen Thema "Gold" sind wieder in einem lesenswerten Band vereint. Über 900 Texte sind in der FM4-Redaktion eingelangt. Nicht nur aus dem deutschsprachigen...
Grenzen europäischer Normgebung
EU-Kompetenzen und Europäische Grundrechte
Language: German
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Fünf Jahre nach Inkrafttreten des Vertrages von Lissabon haben führende Europarechtler bei einem Symposium zu den Grenzen Europäischer Normgebung Zwischenbilanz gezogen, wo die EU bei Fragen der Rechtssetzung und des Grundrechtsschutzes im Mehrebenensystem heute steht. Angesichts der stetig wachsenden...