Im Urlaub auf Gran Canaria verschwindet die Hundin Bonny spurlos. Naturlich vermissen ihre Besitzer sie sehr, und so sind sie au?er sich vor Freude, als Bonny Monate spater wieder auftaucht – mit einem zerzausten Mischling im Schlepptau. Wie haben die beiden kleinen Hunde sich nur durch Sudeuropa geschlagen? Neugierig recherchiert Christos Yiannopoulos ihren Weg: die Flucht vor Tierfangern, die Uberfahrt aufs Festland als schwarze Passagiere, ih ...
Der Winter 2010 ist ungewohnlich hart in England. Im Dezember gibt es heftige Blizzards, selbst in London liegt Schnee und es ist bitter kalt- schlechte Voraussetzungen fur einen Stra?enmusiker! Schon bald wird das Geld knapp. Wahrend die Londoner hektisch und spurbar in Feierstimmung durch die vorweihnachtlich erleuchtete Innenstadt hasten, ringt James um seine Einkunfte, um wenigstens Strom und Gas zu bezahlen. Ganz zu schweigen von Weihnachte ...
The closer the end of Second World War came, the louder the voices of those who demanded the displacement of the Sudeten German population became. The Czechs' ever greater hatred of everything that was German became noticeably clear. Terrible attacks on the civilian population followed. Experience a piece of contemporary history with this book. The author describes moving experiences and the escape from the Sudetenland – up close. No food, ...
If you’ve watched TV in the last 50 years, you already love Bill Persky. He discovered Goldie Hawn, gave Kelsey Grammer his first television job, created the ground breaking TV series, ‘That Girl’ and won 5 Emmy Awards. Raising his three daughters as a single parent, Bill Persky’s life has been its own never ending situation comedy helping him write ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’, ‘Welcome Back Kotter’, ‘Who’s The Boss’, ‘Kate & Allie’, ‘Bill Cosb ...
This is the first full-length biography of Richard Titmuss, a pioneer of social policy research and an influential figure in Britain’s post-war welfare debates. Drawing on his own papers, publications, and interviews with those who knew him, the book discusses Titmuss’s ideas, particularly those around the principles of altruism and social solidarity, as well as his role in policy and academic networks at home and overseas. It is an enlightening ...
Seit Jahrzehnten sind sie der Inbegriff des Rock 'n' Roll: uber 200 Millionen verkaufte Alben, ausgebuchte Tourneen und eine gigantische Fangemeinde sind Ausdruck einer einmaligen Erfolgsgeschichte, die noch lange nicht zu Ende ist. AC/DC – Die Audiostory gewahrt den Fans Einblicke hinter die Kulissen der Band, nimmt die Horer mit auf eine musikalische Reise – und garantiert Maximum Rock 'n' Roll. ...
The biography of Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, who was awarded the highly prestigious Melvil Dewey Medal by the American Library Association in 2015, will be welcomed by readers interested in knowing not only more about Lee’s personal achievements and contributions in librarianship but also about the rapid changes in the library profession in general. The biography, written by Ms. Yang Yang of China Central Television in Beijing, was first published in Chine ...
In this timely addition to the Ohio Short Histories of Africa series, Pamela Scully takes us from the 1938 birth of Nobel Peace Prize winner and two-time Liberian president Ellen Johnson through the Ebola epidemic of 2014–15. Charting her childhood and adolescence, the book covers Sirleaf’s relationship with her indigenous grandmother and urban parents, her early marriage, her years studying in the United States, and her career in international ...
Central Asia has long stood at the crossroads of history. It was the staging ground for the armies of the Mongol Empire, for the nineteenth-century struggle between the Russian and British empires, and for the NATO campaign in Afghanistan. Today, multinationals and nations compete for the oil and gas reserves of the Caspian Sea and for control of the pipelines. Yet “Stanland” is still, to many, a terra incognita, a geographical blank. Beginnin ...
