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Eigentlich führt Lea Blumenthal ein ausgeglichenes Leben ... wenn da nicht die anderen wären. Vor allem die Kratzbürsten und Krawallmacher, mit denen sie sich andauernd konfrontiert sieht. Denn Lea hat ein ausgesprochenes Bedürfnis nach Harmonie. Konflikte und Meinungsverschiedenheiten sind ihr ein Graus, weshalb sie jeder Provokation aus dem Weg geht und weiterlächelt, selbst wenn sie schon längst explodieren will. Bis sie beschließt: Es reicht! Zusammen mit ihrer Psychologinnenfreundin stellt Lea sich der Harmoniesucht und lernt die Mechanismen in ihrem Unterbewusstsein kennen....

The fascinating and topical nonfiction story of how one gun changed American courtrooms, streets, and homes, told for a YA audience by award-winning author Karen Blumenthal

John Taliaferro Thompson had a mission: to develop a lightweight, fast-firing weapon that would help Americans win on the battlefield. His Thompson submachine gun could deliver a hundred bullets in a matter of seconds--but didn't find a market in the U.S. military. Instead, the Tommy gun became the weapon of choice for a generation of bootleggers and bank-robbing outlaws, and became a deadly American icon....

It began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places. Over time, their protests, petitions, and activism paid off--when a Constitutional Amendment banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified, it was hailed as the end of public drunkenness, alcoholism, and a host of other social ills related to booze. Instead, it began a decade of lawlessness, when children smuggled (and drank) illegal alcohol, the most upright citizens casually broke the law, and a host...

When television first became a practical reality in the 1950s, winning prizes and money quickly became a national pastime because NBC's Concentration was one of the most popular programs. As each year passed, the stakes rose higher, until the piles of cash reached unheard of proportions. Producer Norm Blumenthal worked tirelessly to raise the bar, and audience participation boiled into a nationwide obsession, but the pedestal of success wobbled on shaky ground. Frenzied winners and other unscrupulous producers were caught faking the games, and the scandal erupted in front page...