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Ein deutsches Auswandererschicksal und ein großes Abenteuer Im Sommer des Jahres 1852 sticht im Hamburger Hafen ein Auswandererschiff in See. Mit an Bord: der fünfzehnjährige Josef Scholz. Ziel des Dreimasters ist Chile. Dort will Josef seinen verschwundenen Bruder Raimund finden. Aber die neue Heimat entpuppt sich als rau und gefährlich. Bei einer Expedition in den Urwald lernt Josef den Mapuche-Jungen Kayuantu kennen. Schon bald verbindet di...

Und ich sah ein weißes Pferd, und des Reiters Name hieß Tod Ende des 9. Jahrhunderts haben die dänischen Eroberer alle fünf englischen Königreiche unterjocht. Das gesamte Land der Angelsachsen ist in der Gewalt der Invasoren - mit Ausnahme eines kleinen Sumpfgebietes. Hier hält sich König Alfred von Wessex mit wenigen Getreuen versteckt. Uhtred, Krieger in Alfreds Diensten, kennt die Übermacht des dänischen Heeres genau. Dennoch will Alfred ei...

Warum lacht der Mensch?Manfred Geier beschreibt, was die großen Philosophen über die Bedeutung von Witz und Humor für unser Leben herausgefunden und worüber sie sich selbst amüsiert haben. Außerdem erzählt er, warum Platon von Athen zwar über die Idee des Lächerlichen nachdachte, dabei aber nichts zum Lachen fand. Weshalb Demokrit von Abdera gern gelacht hat und von seinen Mitbürgern für verrückt gehalten wurde. Warum Immanuel Kant in Königsbe...

Jede Familie hat ein dunkles Geheimnis - doch keines ist sicher vor Kommissarin Gottberg Ein totes Mädchen im Hof eines Schwabinger Mietshauses gibt Kommissarin Laura Gottberg Rätsel auf. Das Opfer ist eine junge Italienerin, die als Au-pair bei einer Münchner Ärztefamilie arbeitete. Um den Fall zu lösen, muss Laura in die Heimat des Mädchens fahren: ein kleines Dorf in den Cinque Terre, wo die Frauen der Familie Cabun eines vorzüglich können:...

Wiederbegegnung mit großen Autoren der Literaturgeschichte und unserer Gegenwart von einer überraschend-unterhaltsamen Seite Franz Hohler ist keineswegs nur ein Meister der kleinen Form, er kennt sich in kurzen Geschichten auch hervorragend aus. In seiner Sammlung von 112 Geschichten aus der Weltliteratur, von denen keine länger als eine Buchseite ist, kommen Johann Peter Hebel ebenso zu Wort wie Otto Waalkes, Bertolt Brecht, Anja Tuckermann o...

The crack, ultrasecret Sigma Force team returns in another adventure that, as usual, unfolds at breakneck speed. Sigma Force, made up of former Special Forces officers, scours the world for technologies that could help or threaten the U.S. Unabridged. 9 CDs.

The Backpack Content Reader gives students extra reading practice. A thematically related selection for each unit presents real-world information students will enjoy. A worksheet for each unit helps young readers improve their reading comprehension.  Bold, beautiful and bursting with color!Packed with tools to learn! Backpack, brings to life a love of learning through songs and chants, stickers, and hands-on activities. Your students will want...

The Backpack Content Reader gives students extra reading practice. A thematically related selection for each unit presents real-world information students will enjoy. A worksheet for each unit helps young readers improve their reading comprehension.  Bold, beautiful and bursting with color!Packed with tools to learn! Backpack, brings to life a love of learning through songs and chants, stickers, and hands-on activities. Your students will want...

The Backpack Content Reader gives students extra reading practice. A thematically related selection for each unit presents real-world information students will enjoy. A worksheet for each unit helps young readers improve their reading comprehension. Bold, beautiful and bursting with color!Packed with tools to learn! Backpack, brings to life a love of learning through songs and chants, stickers, and hands-on activities. Your students will want...

The Backpack Content Reader gives students extra reading practice. A thematically related selection for each unit presents real-world information students will enjoy. A worksheet for each unit helps young readers improve their reading comprehension.     Bold, beautiful and bursting with color! Packed with tools to learn!   Backpack, brings to life a love of learning through songs and chants, stickers, and hands-on activities.   Your students w...

The Backpack Content Reader gives students extra reading practice. A thematically related selection for each unit presents real-world information students will enjoy. A worksheet for each unit helps young readers improve their reading comprehension.  Bold, beautiful and bursting with color!Packed with tools to learn! Backpack, brings to life a love of learning through songs and chants, stickers, and hands-on activities. Your students will want...

In the follow-up to Don't Kiss Them Goodbye, Allison DuBois answers the question most commonly asked of mediums, 'what happens to our loved ones when they die?

CMH Pub 70-107-1. This gripping journal of a company commander from 2003 to early 2004 in some of the most dangerous areas of post-Hussein Iraq discusses tactics, techniques, and procedures as they evolved in the struggle to maintain order and rebuild the country. The journal tells of the dichotomy of combat operations versus nation building. It vividly captures the stresses of combat and corresponding emotions as they accumulate over time in ...

In the contemporary West, pressures to more effectively reallocate water to meet growing urban and environmental demands are increasing as environmental awareness grows and climate change threatens existing water supplies. The legacy of Owens Valley raises concerns about how reallocation can occur. Although it took place over seventy years ago, the water transfer from Owens Valley to Los Angeles still plays an important role in perceptions of...

In the contemporary West, pressures to more effectively reallocate water to meet growing urban and environmental demands are increasing as environmental awareness grows and climate change threatens existing water supplies. The legacy of Owens Valley raises concerns about how reallocation can occur. Although it took place over seventy years ago, the water transfer from Owens Valley to Los Angeles still plays an important role in perceptions of...

From a review of the first edition: This book is suitable for those who lack confidence ... It is particularly useful as a revision guide... Tasks and practical exercises are included throughout the book. Worth buying a copy' - Primary Mathematics This task-driven text emphasizes strategies and processes and is very different from the usual style of mathematics textbooks. For example, algebra is treated as a way of thinking mathematically, r...

A new, original anthology of literary fantasy stories, including tales from Holly Phillips, Stewart O'Nan and others.

Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but the layers of years are too many. Thus begins the gathering of her family's history through the tales of her aunts.

PARENTING MAGAZINE RECOMMENDED: Robert Stanek's Bugville Critters stories were recommended to parents for their children by Parenting Magazine in September 2008. The magazine recommended "Visit Dad and Mom at Work, " "Go To School, " "Have A Sleepover, " and "Visit Garden Box Farms." These stories are included in "Bugville Critters Storybook Treasury Volume 1" and in "Bugville Audio Collection 1." ABOUT THE BOOK: Perfect for ages three to eigh...

A gunman opens fire in a shopping mall. Not a terrorist, apparently, but a madman with a rifle. Or not, as he is mysteriouusly (and quickly) set free without charge...