Pepper Martin, the Wild Horse of the Osage, is famous for having dominated the October 1931 World Series - stealing bases, making diving catches and driving in runs. This portrait follows Martin's rise from Oklahoma farmboy to being one of America's most successful and beloved professionals.

Until 1947, professional ball players were paid only from opening day to season's end. Even during the season, a lot of their expenses came out of their own pockets. Even the best-paid players had trouble making ends meet. One answer to their money woes was barnstorming--tours out of season. Cities lacking their own major league teams were happy to host big-league players for such events, as well as for special exhibition games whose proceeds sometimes went to local charities. Here is a history of barnstorming and exhibition games from 1901 (when both of the two current major leagues began...

While Abner Doubleday is remembered primarily, and mistakenly, for having "invented" baseball (he did not), it was his selfless exercise of duty to his nation that should be honored. Following his youth in Auburn, New York, and his days as a cadet at West Point to the Union general's involvement in the American Civil War and his public service afterwards, he is revealed in this biography as a man who took unpopular stands but was guided by a firm vision of justice. One chapter fully explores the baseball myth.

Das deutsche Arbeitnehmerurheberrecht als Querschnittsmaterie zwischen Arbeitsrecht und Urheberrecht ist hinsichtlich der im Arbeitsverhaltnis erstellten Werke von zwei kontraren Grundsatzen gepragt. Dem arbeitsrechtlichen Grundsatz von der Berechtigung des Arbeitgebers am Arbeitsergebnis steht der das deutsche Urheberrecht beherrschende Grundsatz des Schopferprinzips gegenuber. Dies fuhrt in der Praxis zu erheblichen Rechtsunsicherheiten bei Werken im Sinne des 43 UrhG. Die Untersuchung richtet sich an den in der Praxis mit dem Arbeitnehmerurheberrecht befassten Leser und fuhrt ihn in die...