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Der Band enthält Humoresken und Kurzgeschichten aus Mays früher Schaffenszeit. Die Titelgeschichte erzählt von einem zerstreuten Professor, der sich ganz der Erforschung der amerikanischen Urvölker ergeben hat. Daran knüpfen sich Erinnerungen an eine Episode aus Old Shatterhands eigenem Leben.

In diesem abschließenden Band der Romanreihe um die Schicksale der Familie Greifenklau steigert sich die Handlung zu einem großen Höhepunkt und drängt ihrer endgültigen Entscheidung entgegen. In rascher Folge gleitet das Geschehen vor dem Hintergrund des Deutsch-Französischen Kriegs nach Paris, nach Algier, nach Berlin und schließlich vor die Tore von Sedan. Die Lösung aller Rätsel der Vergangenheit ist nun greifbar nahe.

As an agency owner, you're running a uniquely complicated business. Like any services firm, you're surrounded by clients, team members, and other humans—and humans are complicated. But unlike a plumber or electrician, your clients tend to be picky about whether your work is "good enough"...or even whether it's "done." Other professional services firms sell complex services, too. Yet in spite of all the lawyer and accountant jokes, their clients tend to pay their bills on time.

An unabridged audio collection of the "best of the best" science fiction stories written in 2011 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster, as narrated by top voice talents. In "Dying Young", by Peter M. Ball, cyborgs, clones, and post-humans collide with a dragon bent on revenge in a post-apocalyptic space western. In "Canterbury Hollow", by Chris Lawson, two lovers on a planet orbiting a killer sun share their few remaining weeks together before they die....

Outlining the theory of communism by Marx and Engels, this political document explains the material conception of history and presents their theories and ideas of how in due course socialism would replace the capitalist society of the time. It discusses the relationship between the proletarians and the bourgeoisie, the communists and the proletarians, and the communists and other opposition parties.

Es nuestro distinto placer presentarle nuestra versión de Manifiesto del Partido Comunista por Karl Marx y F. Engels, narrado por Vanesa Amezquita.

Am Rio de la Plata beginnt für den Erzähler das Südamerika-Abenteuer...

Karl Petry was born with an unusual ability to see and communicate with the dead, see into the past, and touch the troubled hearts of the living. Karl shares some of his most interesting cases, such as the soul-eating house, the victims of 9/11, the dead who do not want to be forgotten, and lost souls in a mass pauper's grave. Some of his true stories are amazing, some are heartwarming, and some are funny - and all of them will keep you listening from beginning to end.

Originally published in 1848 as a political pamphlet, The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels would become one of the most influential works of the era. Written as a summary of the authors' political thought, the manifesto is also a reflection of the unrest and the revolutions of the time.

A captain who'll take any job if there's enough money in it. A pilot with an agenda of her own. And a mechanic with an eye on the pilot. The crew of the Fives Full are just trying to make enough money to keep themselves in the black while avoiding the attention of a government so paranoid it's repealed Moore's Law. They're not looking for adventure in the stars...but they're not going to back down just because something got in their way.

Public-service executives, both elected and appointed within the public and nonprofit sectors, are retiring at record levels, and the number of Americans reaching age 65 annually will continue to rise over the next decade and is expected to surpass four million in 2020. Finding qualified, motivated leaders to fill vital public-service positions will challenge the public and nonprofit sectors. Unfortunately, recent studies show that few proactive steps are being taken by public-service organizations to plan for the next generation.

It's not another dusty research article that will take a month to go through and a year to understand. This audiobook is like your friend in the staffroom, ready with a warm cup of coffee and some wise words to share. The Action Hero Teacher will give you a no-nonsense road map that will make you less stressed and more confident going into your classroom.

The Communist Manifesto (originally Manifesto of the Communist Party) is an 1848 political pamphlet by the German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Commissioned by the Communist League and originally published in London (in German as "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei") just as the revolutions of 1848 began to erupt, the Manifesto was later recognized as one of the world's most influential political documents. It presents an analytical approach to the class struggle (historical and then-present) and the conflicts of capitalism and the capitalist mode of production, rather than a prediction of communism's potential future forms.

Karl Mays bekannteste Abenteuergeschichte über die Blutsbrüderschaft von Old Shatterhand und Apachenhäuptling Winnetou...

It's no secret that continuous innovation is the key to seizing and maintaining the competitive edge in today's increasingly challenging business environment. Unfortunately, the process for achieving this holy grail of business has been a mystery - until now. Built to Innovate delivers a proven system for building relentless innovation into your company's DNA.

Meet Adam Black: a loner, a fighter, a man bound by honour—and haunted by his past. When a long-awaited message sends Black to America, he’s thrust into a deadly game of betrayal and revenge, uncovering enemies from his time in Afghanistan. Back in Scotland, a seemingly minor act of intervention spirals into a brutal feud with a psychotic heir to a crime empire. From cult compounds to the rugged Scottish hills, Black must rely on his lethal skills to survive. But when the dust settles, can he escape the ghosts of his past—or will they consume him?

Nominiert für den Deutschen Buchpreis 2024. Ein dubioses Spa, ein entkräfteter Mann und die Frage, was es heute bedeutet, glücklich zu sein. Ein Mann kann nicht mehr schlafen. Mit den Kräften am Ende, fürchtet er, alles zu verlieren: seine Ehe, seinen Status, das Leben. Seine Frau Imogen schickt ihn ins San Vita, ein mysteriöses Nobelresort in der verschneiten Stille der Dolomiten. In Obhut von Prof. Trinkl soll er dort zu sich selbst finden. Doch er sträubt sich aus Angst, sich in die Seele schauen zu lassen.

Ein gefährliches "Buschgespenst" treibt im sächsischen Hohenthal sein Unwesen...

Die spannenden Abenteuer um den "Ehri" und den "Kiang-lu" geben ein farbiges Bild von der Südsee und vom Reich der Mitte. Nach einer Episode in Russland führt der Reiseweg nach Ceylon und in den Indischen Ozean.

Das Vermächtnis des Inka ist das Ziel des Rittes, zu dem "Vater Jaguar" und seine Gefährten in Buenos Aires aufbrechen. Sie folgen dem Stierkämpfer Antonio Perillo, der sich verbrecherisch in den Besitz des Geheimnisses gebracht hat, hinauf in die Anden. Wird in der finsteren "Mordschlucht" endlich die Gerechtigkeit siegen?