Weitere Bücher, die Sie mögen werden

• 

  Lucius D Clay - An American Life

  Jean Edward Smith

  • 0
  • 1
  • 0

  A military biography of the American soldier and statesman who managed the WWII Lend-Lease program and acted as governor of postwar Germany.During World War II, President Roosevelt called upon Lucius D. Clay to run military procurement. It took a man of his logistical genius to oversee the requirements of an eight-million-man army. Clay set priorities, negotiated contracts, monitored production, and coordinated military Lend-Lease—all without a breath of scandal.In 1945, Clay was called upon once again to act as military governor of a decimated Germany. He dealt with everything from de-Nazification to quarrelsome allies, from feeding a starving people to processing vast numbers of homeless and displaced. Above all, he had to convince a doubting American public and a hostile State Department that German recovery was essential to the stability of Europe.Clay went on to play key roles in business and politics, advising presidents of both parties. He helped run Eisenhower's 1952 campaign, led the federal highway program, raised the ransom money for the Bay of Pigs prisoners, and boosted morale in Germany as the Berlin Wall was built. In honor of their debt to him, the Berliners placed a simple stone tablet at his West Point grave: Wir Danken Dem Bewahrer Unserer Freiheit—We Thank the Defender of Our Freedom.

  Zum Buch

• 

  The House in the Ashen Sea

  Marcus Reed

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  The House in the Ashen Sea is a haunting allegory about hope, kindness, and the quiet erosion of innocence in a world that has forgotten its color. Set in a gray and fading landscape where compassion has outlived truth, it tells the story of a house built as a refuge — and what happens when protection becomes denial. 
  Through dreamlike language and philosophical reflection, the book explores the limits of goodness, the fragility of memory, and the beauty that persists even as the world dissolves. The House in the Ashen Sea is not a tale of despair, but a hymn to endurance — to the fragile courage of those who keep lighting lanterns, even when the sea has turned to ash.

  Zum Buch

• 

  Write Your Own Story - How I...

  Patti Ann Browne

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  This upbeat memoir is full of the edgy humor Patti Ann Browne's fans love. She takes an honest look at the highs and lows of her life, both on and off the air. She provides insights into the turbulent world of television news and weaves in advice for aspiring journalists, parents of preemies, working moms, and anyone trying to stay grounded in a world that increasingly values superficiality. 
   
   
   
  In this entertaining and intimate memoir, the woman known by fans as "The Notorious P. A. B." reveals why she walked away from her TV news career after three decades. Patti Ann Browne also shares funny and poignant stories of her life off camera—from how she met her husband four years after turning down a blind date with him, to her son's near death shortly after his premature birth and how it changed her perspective on life. She chronicles life as an "Irish triplet," and tells the dramatic story of her twin sister secretly placing a baby for adoption and being reunited with him decades later. 
   
   
   
  Patti Ann's uplifting story is one of following your heart, owning your mistakes, living with integrity, and leaving the rest to God. Rooted in faith and optimism, it's a redemptive tale of humility and serendipity. Patti Ann demonstrates that with hard work and a willingness to change course, we can all write a life story with a happy ending.

  Zum Buch

• 

  Carl Jung - The Psychoanalyst...

  Lily Yuan

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  This fascinating biography follows the life of one of the most extraordinary psychologists of modern times, Carl Jung, and the incredible impact he made on our understanding of the human mind. 
   
  Author Lily Yuan takes us on a journey through Jung's life, beginning with the formative years of his childhood through his tumultuous relationship with fellow psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud to his travels across the world in his later years. Jung developed such innovative ideas as extraversion and introversion, the shadow, and synchronicity; created a range of stunning works of art, and his legacy can be seen all around us in the music we listen to, the stories we read and the movies we watch. 
   
  With clear explanations of his groundbreaking ideas and insights into Jung's unique personality, this is a compelling introduction to one of the great minds of the 20th century.

  Zum Buch

• 

  A Philosophy of Walking

  Frédéric Gros

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  This "passionate affirmation of the simple life, and joy in simple things" explores how walking influenced history's greatest thinkers—from Henry David Thoreau and Jack Kerouac to Gandhi and Nietzsche (Observer).In this French bestseller, leading thinker and philosopher Frédéric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B—the pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature ramble—and reveals what they say about us.Gros draws attention to other thinkers who also saw walking as something central to their practice. On his travels he ponders Thoreau's eager seclusion in Walden Woods; the reason Rimbaud walked in a fury, while Nerval rambled to cure his melancholy. He shows us how Rousseau walked in order to think, while Nietzsche wandered the mountainside to write. In contrast, Kant marched through his hometown every day, exactly at the same hour, to escape the compulsion of thought. Brilliant and erudite, A Philosophy of Walking is an entertaining and insightful manifesto for putting one foot in front of the other.

  Zum Buch

• 

  Our Georgia - The devastating...

  Lynette Williams, Robin Eveleigh

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Georgia Williams’ murder at the hands of college pal Jamie Reynolds was a crime that shocked the nation: chillingly executed and horrific in its sexual depravity. 
  But when Georgia’s devastated mother, Lynnette, and father, Steve, questioned the events leading to their daughter’s death, they discovered it was also entirely preventable. 
  At the time of Georgia’s disappearance, Steve was – ironically – a highly-commended murder squad detective serving with West Mercia Police. 
  The same force, Steve and Lynnette discovered, had had Reynolds in its sights for years before Georgia’s murder, but let him slip their net. 
  Drawing on Steve’s inside police knowledge, the couple exposed the litany of failures that let Reynolds infiltrate their daughter’s life, and allowed him to kill. 
  Now, in her powerful and moving memoir, Lynnette tries to get beyond the platitudes of ‘mistakes made and lessons learned’ to effect real change, and also details the heartbreaking aftermath of a crime that should never have happened.

  Zum Buch