Karl May's works have shaped a uniquely European version of the post-Civil war American West. Rarely out of print since the late 1890s. his beloved novels are a true phenomenon in Europe and have been adapted for the stage, movies, and comic books. In The Oil Prince (Der Olprinz) May created another multicultural adventure full of excitement, villainy, and courage--sprinkled throughout with a Germanic twinkle of comic relief. Beautifully illustrated, this action-packed "travel" tale is set in the late 1860s in Old Arizona where danger abounds and survival is dependent on having the fastest...
Karl May's works have shaped a uniquely European version of the post-Civil war American West. Rarely out of print since the late 1890s. his beloved no...
No, my life did not proceed at all the way I had imagined it, although, at first, everything looked as if it would. I enjoyed my occupation as a flight attendant. With a little good will, life seemed to fully satisfy my wishes as a wife and mother. In the summer of 1994, at the age of 31, I suffered a brain stem thrombosis. It was on the night of my son's second birthday. A cause was never established. All body functions ceased including my respiration. Except for my left eye, I was totally paralyzed.
No, my life did not proceed at all the way I had imagined it, although, at first, everything looked as if it would. I enjoyed my occupation as a fligh...
The poems cover a wide range of subjects observing and reflecting on the human enterprise, nature, science, love, behavior, history, belief, culture, etc., most using rhyme and meter, little of narrative poetry. Each poem is followed by an aphorism which may amplify the message of the poem or counterpoint it.
The poems cover a wide range of subjects observing and reflecting on the human enterprise, nature, science, love, behavior, history, belief, culture, ...
