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Der hier vorgelegte Teil Mark Brandenburg 160-1713 der Bio-Bibliographien. Brandenburgische Gelehrte der Frühen Neuzeit setzt die Reihe fort, in der bekannte und weniger bekannte Gelehrte aus der brandenburgischen Kulturgeschichte vorgestellt werden. In diesem dritten Band sind 50 Autoren aufgenommen, die während der Regierungszeit des Kurfürsten Friedrich Wilhelm und Friedrich III., ab 1701 König Friedrich I. in Preußen, in den Jahren 160-171...

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Gedichte, die unserer zwanghaften Lebensart alles messbar, bzw. beherrschbar zu halten oder zu machen, die unserem Abhakungskult Fragezeichen entgegen halten, die Stille fordern im Lärm und die dem Zweifel den Platz über der Gewißheit einräumen. Gedichte, die den 'großen' Ideen misstrauisch gegenüber stehen, die im Kleinen Sinn suchen und finden.

Kathy schaute auf den Grabstein. Jetzt konnte sie ihn ganz klar sehen. Er trug nur einen einzigen Namen: Tilly. Sie konnte einfach nicht die Augen davon lassen. Sie wollte es auch gar nicht, Sie beugte sich nieder, um besser sehen zu können. Nur ein einziges Datum. Nur eins. Vor neun Jahren. Kathy und Dan Ross sind ein ganz normales Ehepaar. Niemand hätte geahnt, welche Geheimnisse sich in ihrem Inneren verbergen, bis Kathy von diesem einfa...

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Was ist das Lebens-, ja das Überlebenselixier des Golfers? Es ist der Humor, unabdingbar bei dieser Sportart. Wenn Humor ein Mittel zur Versöhnung mit grimmiger Realität ist, braucht der Golfer die doppelte Ration. Denn er legt sich unentwegt mit der Schwerkraft und übermächtigen Gesetzen der Physik an. Für seine Psyche braucht der Golfer den Optimismus eines Don Quijote, der so wunderbar mit den Windmühlenflügeln seiner Imagination kämpfte. ...

Trekking in Sikkim und Darjeeling" ist ein Bericht über eine 4-wöchige Reise in den Nordosten Indiens. Er beinhaltet diverse Tipps und allgemeine Informationen zu Vorbereitung, Anreise, Hotels, Restaurants, Sikkim-Visum und sonstigen Formalitäten. Stationen der Reise waren Darjeeling, Gangtok, Kalimpong und Neu Delhi, der Schwerpunkt des Buches liegt aber auf der Schilderung zweier mehrtägiger Treks in der Nähe von Darjeelingund im Westen Sikk...

Financial Cryptography 2000 marked the fourth time the technical, business, legal, and political communities from around the world joined together on the smallislandofAnguilla, BritishWestIndiestodiscussanddiscovernewadvances in securing electronic ?nancial transactions. The conference, sponsored by the International Financial Cryptography Association, was held on February 20- 24, 2000. The General Chair, Don Beaver, oversaw the local organiza...

Humic substances, the remarkable brown biomaterials in animals, coals, plants, sediments, soils and waters, are crucial components of the carbon cycle and other life processes. Thus greater knowledge and understanding of these versatile materials is of great importance to the productivity, health and safety of the world's ecosystems, humans, land and water. Presenting the best and most recent research in this important area, this book focuses ...

Expanding the field's reach with new approaches to application Design Applications in Industry and Education is a collection of papers presented at the 13th International Conference on Engineering Design in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1981 by Workshop Design-Konstruktion, this conference has grown to become one of the field's major exchanges, one of four volumes, this book provides current insight based on the ongoing work of the field's lea...

Chantal Thomas presents the history of the mythification of one of the most infamous queens in all history, whose execution still fascinates us today.

When a bizarre houseboat explosion rocks the close-knit community of Baxter, firefighters, friends, and neighbors stand powerless as the McConnells' blazing hull sinks to the bottom of Heron Lake. Grief turns to outrage as new evidence proves there was one survivor -- and points to murder, something this sheltered community has never faced in its hundred-year history. In a race with the FBI, Jed sets out to track down the sole survivor, coping...

Profoundly challenging the traditional view of memory as the product and property of individual minds, Collective Remembering is concerned with remembering and forgetting as socially constituted activities. The starting point is a conceptualization of remembering and forgetting as forms of social action. Individual memories cannot be understood as `internal mental processes' which occur independently of the interpretive and communicative pract...

The author, a disabled, African-American Olympic ski medalist, Rhodes scholar, former White House official, and businesswoman, shares her personal formulas for making it to the top of one's field without sacrificing the things that are most important. Deane's prescriptive plan offers tools, insights, and exercises that help readers get the most from life while giving up less.

(O)ne of the most important books yet written about gay life in the U.S."-"Choice" This unparalleled history of queer life in the South persuasively challenges the commonly accepted idea that same-sex desire cannot find expression outside the big city. Spanning four decades, "Men Like That" recounts the life stories of both the ordinary and the famous-often in their own words-and traces queer sexuality throughout its rural landscape.

Romance and revenge, hot tempers, and cold feet frame a gripping story set in rural Elkton, Idaho, in the 1860s. Young Jordan Shaw angers easily and lives wildly, experiencing prison and kidnapping before his family attempts to tame him with marriage. To avoid their choice, he seeks a mail order bride, pretty Diana Morrow, who suffers the abuse of a violent father before escaping her tumultuous family home. When Diana arrives in Elkton and fin...

Attention, chronic worriers: it is possible to reduce the intensity, frequency, and duration of painful episodes of anxiety without medication. Licensed counselor Pam Vredevelt draws from twenty years of clinical experience, scientific research, and scriptural insight to offer the reader tools for living a more peaceful and tranquil life. While worrying is for many a deeply embedded habit, because it was learned, it can be "unlearned, " and wi...

Professional counselor Pam Vredevelt constantly hears the question, "How do I let go of the pain I feel?" Whether it is a soured friendship or dissatisfying job, a wayward child, or unrealistic expectations, every person has to deal with lingering disappointment and its clouding effect on attitude and relationships. God does not intend that pain to cripple, distort, and consume his children. Getting "unstuck" is possible, Pam writes, through t...