Schmid: 487 books

"...Ich bin im niedrigsten, tiefsten Ardistan geboren..." So beginnt Karl Mays erschütternde Selbstbiographie. Sie berichtet von einer Kindheit in bitterster Armut, von früher Verfehlung und harter Strafe, vom glänzenden Aufstieg zur Höhe des Erfolges und schließlich vom schicksalhaften...

Walter Schmid, a member of Rommel's Afrika Korps, was one of hundreds of thousands of POWs interned in the United States during World War II. Drafted into the German army at twenty, he had fought for only five months when captured in Tunisia in May 1943. Schmid was sent first to POW camps in Oklahoma...

"Philosopher Schmid (High on Low) instructs readers on the art of aging gracefully and contentedly by embracing gelassenheit, a German concept denoting a relaxed attitude. Schmid provides 10 steps toward 'experiencing life's plenitude and accepting its temporal limits', including cultivating...

Come riuscire a dominare il piacere senza esserne dominati? A questa domanda, il pensiero moderno non sembra voler conferire dignità filosofica, volgendo la propria attenzione a questioni apparentemente più urgenti. Eppure, per gli antichi greci, tale quesito non era solo materia di riflessione,...

According to Wikipedia: "Writer of children's stories and educator, Christoph von Schmid was born at Dinkelsbuehl, in Bavaria, on 15 August 1768, and died at Augsburg on September 3, 1854. He studied theology and was ordained priest in 1791. Christoph von Schmid then served as assistant in several parishes...

L'interesse per l'arte di vivere non ha età. In ogni epoca e cultura l'uomo si chiede quale sia il modo per vivere bene, specialmente quando tradizioni, convenzioni e norme sembrano sembrano non avere più una grande forza persuasiva e l'individuo inizia a mettere se stesso al centro delle proprie...

Abschalten ist erlernbar! Unser Gehirn ist rund um die Uhr auf Volllast. In einer Welt aus Leistungsdruck und Reizüberflutung sind Inseln der Achtsamkeit, Stille und Konzentration rar. Dieser Ratgeber macht verständlich, wie die eigenen Gedanken für die Entwicklung von Schlafstörungen, Burnout...

Dieses Buch richtet sich an alle Menschen, die sich mit dem Recht auf Selbstbestimmung, auch beim allerletzten Weg, beschäftigen. Gehen wir gemeinsam auf eine Sinnsuche, ob es jedem Menschen selbst überlassen bleiben sollte, in diesem persönlichsten aller Bereiche selbst zu entscheiden. Seit mehr...

Über dieses Buch:Dieses Buch richtet sich an Pflegende, die aufgrund von vorhandenen Schluckstörungen auf eine ganz besondere Ernährung achten müssen. Bei zahlreichen schweren Nervenkrankheiten, wie z. B. der Chorea Huntington und vielen weiteren, sind die Herausforderungen beim Essen besonders...

Alongside other classic cocktails such as the Old Fashioned, the Mint Julep, and the Martini, the Manhattan has been a staple of the sophisticated bar scene since the late nineteenth century. Never out of style, this iconic drink has seen a renaissance in the contemporary craft cocktail movement,...

In 1915, C. G. Jung and his psychiatrist colleague, Hans Schmid-Guisan, began a correspondence through which they hoped to understand and codify fundamental individual differences of attention and consciousness. Their ambitious dialogue, focused on the opposition of extraversion and introversion,...

"Beyond the Burning Sea" by T.B. Schmid and R.Wade Hodges: It has been over two hundred and fifty years since the sky fell and the Young Gods died. On the mainland of Niyah, the city states of Gundlaan strive to form a united nation. On the fringe of their western frontier,...

Once thought to be only the tipple of southern gentlemen and the companion of confederate roughnecks, bourbon has gained a steady resurgence in popularity over the years with an ever-expanding and diverse audience. A beverage distilled almost exclusively in Kentucky, bourbon has attained prominence...

The Unlimited Sky is a book, written by Albert Schmid, that answers the question, Why did you ever get into aviation? It tells the story of the authors lifelong career in aviation from the time he took his very first flight to his experiences as naval aviator, followed by him flying as a corporate...