A Hartmann: 5 books

Throughout A’s life, the common thread has been chaos. He has a history of trickster antics that often start on a whim and end in trouble. This collection of stories—darkly funny and unflinchingly honest—builds a memoir of A’s life through a series of vignettes, replaying successes and failures...

Frühlingsgefühle mit Anfang sechzig? Leidenschaft, Begehren und Sex mit siebzig und eine neue Liebe mit achtzig? Für jüngere Generationen ist das unvorstellbar. Die Partnerschaft im Alter, in der Liebe und Sexualität gelebt werden, ist ein Thema, das von der Gesellschaft tabuisiert oder verniedlicht...

The basic principles of the phenomenon "erection" have been known since the pioneering work of Kolliker, Eckhard and Langley in the nineteenth century. Nonetheless, under the influence of Freud, erectile dysfunction was predominantly at­ tributed to psychogenic factors. A more liberal perception...

Is sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemning contact sports for their concussion risk or prescribing athletics as a cure for the childhood obesity epidemic. Child’s Play presents a more nuanced...

This collection of essays examines President Truman’s somewhat contentious relationships with Congress. Authors evaluate Truman’s successes and defeats and measure him against later presidents of the United States. While the Truman era has been perceived as a stalemate between the executive and...