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It is the late 1960s. Cold war tensions and the Vietnam conflict dominate the media. John Bluderin, a drafted, dejected nineteen-year-old army specialist, has been assigned to military intelligence in Germany. Fluent in German and absorbed into the social fabric of Schwabisch Gmund, no one would ever suspect him of doing anything out of the ordinary. Specialist Bluderin is about to prove everyone wrong.

As John begins his first assignment, he meets Leda Beschworung, a petite, dedicated agent able to jump twenty yards at a clip and infiltrate the enemy seamlessly. Leda, a practitioner of...

"In this affectionate story, three children follow their grandfather up to the attic, where he pulls out his old bowler hat, gold-tipped cane, and his tap shoes. Grandpa once danced on the vaudeville stage, and as he glides across the floor, the children can see what it was like to be a song and dance man. Gammell captures all the story's inherent joie de vivre with color pencil renderings that leap off the pages. Bespectacled,...

When your plate is too full, it eventually tips. Welcome to the world of a Supermom.

When an overachieving, successful businesswoman tries to be perfect in every role of her life, it leads her onto a dark road of postpartum anxiety and panic disorder with psychotic features. A poignant memoir written with humor and heartache, this autobiography details the other side of postpartum depression: anxiety, panic, and psychosis. Ackerman gently walks readers through her terrifying journey of how a seemingly charming life unfolds into a nightmare of physical and mental breakdown, ending with...

»Großartig und faszinierend: eine neue Sicht auf die Vögel.« Sy Montgomery 

Neue wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse über unsere Vögel stellen vieles auf den Kopf, was wir von ihnen dachten. Wir wissen nun mehr darüber, wie sie leben, denken und agieren. Vögel können vieles, was wir vom Menschen kennen: Täuschung, Manipulation, Entführung etwa, aber auch kluge Kommunikation, Zusammenarbeit, Altruismus, Spiel. Manche Vögel machen Geschenke, manche stehlen, einige tanzen, trommeln oder malen gar. Gestützt auf eigene Beobachtungen und ornithologische Studien...

Designing Healthcare That Works: A Sociotechnical Approach takes up the pragmatic, messy problems of designing and implementing sociotechnical solutions which integrate organizational and technical systems for the benefit of human health. The book helps practitioners apply principles of sociotechnical design in healthcare and consider the adoption of new theories of change. As practitioners need new processes and tools to create a more systematic alignment between technical mechanisms and social structures in healthcare, the book helps readers recognize the requirements of this...

Exploring the relationship between dramatic language and its theatrical aspects, Reading Modern Drama provides an accessible entry point for general readers and academics into the world of contemporary theatre scholarship. This collection promotes the use of diverse perspectives and critical methods to explore the common theme of language as well as the continued relevance of modern drama in our lives.

Reading Modern Drama offers provocative close readings of both canonical and lesser-known plays, from Hedda Gabler to e.e. cummings' Him. Taken...

Neueste Erkenntnisse zu den außergewöhnlichen Eigenschaften und Verhaltensweisen der Eule: Vogelexpertin Jennifer Ackerman erzählt spannend und informativ von den symbolträchtigen Tieren.

Ihre Fähigkeit, den Kopf auf den Rücken zu drehen, ihr forschender Blick, ihr lautloser Flug - Eulen ziehen uns Menschen seit alters derart in den Bann, dass sie als Symbol für Weisheit und Wissen gelten. Aber was weiß eine Eule wirklich?

Die Vogelexpertin Jennifer Ackerman offenbart Erstaunliches: Eulen übermitteln mit ihren Rufen gezielt Informationen über sich...