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Our early explorers quickly discovered they were not the first to conquer the farthest shores of earth. Modern man gazed upon ancient images and monuments of long ago pioneers already decaying from great age. We have all contemplated what secrets petroglyphs kept locked away in a maze of limitless configurations of beauty and synchronicity. Such industrious and indelible creations were certainly made to convey meaning! What connection does a global network of rock carvings and mega structures mean to our history? The answer is an ongoing written record of ancient events lost to man. Chris has uncovered the most startling facts of these individual symbol meanings that reveal amazing stories of courage, inhospitable lands, and global travel. A much deeper innate secret lay rooted in the symbols how­ever; they were the first Universal Language of Man! Thought as just "rock art" by archeologists; petroglyphs, megaliths, and geoglyphs are all related, comprising a single ancient language. This book is dedicated to that first Universal Language. To be reborn so the secrets lost to us can be discovered once more. Finally, a tool capable of peeling away the layers of our forgotten past to read firsthand accounts of the struggles of man on a global scale over 13,000 years ago! The stories are a tribute to our perseverance and domination in a harsh world conquered thousands of years before Columbus. Get ready to witness and unlock the first messages, and treasures, left from the ancient civilizations who vanished without even being known to exist until now! Chris Hegg's research on ancient empires, treasure hunting and Mesoamerican tribes is showcased on his new History Channel Series Lost Gold of The Aztecs and he has appeared on History's Ancient Aliens, plus many podcasts and radio programs.

'Peasants is not just an extraordinary debut, it is that most precious rarity: an out-and-out masterpiece' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE Four crops, three continents, two billion lives: this is the hidden world that we all depend upon for survival. And it's under threat. For centuries, peasants stood at the heart of human society: feeding empires, leading revolutions, building modern states. Industrial modernity forced them into the shadows, replaced in our imagination by machines and megafarms. But the elimination of the peasantry is a myth. Today, peasants make up roughly a quarter of humanity. They underpin the global economy, stabilise food systems and protect fragile ecosystems. Peasants hold up the modern world, yet their labour and voices have been hidden in plain sight - until now. In this landmark book, Maryam Aslany restores the peasantry to the centre of our global story. She embarks on an epic journey across three continents into some of the most remote places on earth - from India's sugarcane fields to Cambodia's rice plains, Peru's cocaine valleys and Ghana's cocoa belt - travelling deep into the landscapes where global supply chains begin. Here, she uncovers the lives behind the world's most vital commodities. She speaks to farmers, smugglers and traffickers. Men driven to extremism or suicide by failing livelihoods, and women forced to bear the burden of agricultural labour. Families on the brink of survival. As our demand for cheap goods intensifies, our most vital and innovative workforce is being driven towards collapse. The consequences are already starting to show: food insecurity, mass migration, ecological collapse. Far from being a relic of our past, the peasantry is essential to our future. Blending personal stories with on-the-ground reporting and pioneering new research, Peasants is a far-reaching yet intimate portrait of the world in four crops - sugarcane, rice, cocoa and cocaine - and an urgent reminder that the story of the countryside is the story of us all.

' Gloriously imaginative ' - SFX Magazine Explore EXODUS, a new sci-fi action-adventure, in this epic novel from legendary author Peter F. Hamilton. A fight for freedom among the stars . . . In a past age, humanity fled a dying Earth in massive ark ships. These searched the galaxy to find a new home. Then one fleet found Centauri, a dense cluster of stars teeming with habitable planets. Now, thousands of years later, Centauri's settlers have evolved into advanced beings known as Celestials - and their great houses rule vast star systems. As they vie for supremacy, Earth's ark ships continue to arrive, and humans must serve these repressive masters. But is there a better life beyond the empire? Finn is a Centauri-born human and yearns for a brighter future. So, when another ark ship arrives, previously thought lost, Finn seizes the chance to become a Traveler. These heroes explore the vast unknowns of distant space, dedicated to humanity's survival. And they hope - one day - to find freedom. Praise for EXODUS: The Archimedes Engine: 'One of SF's most incisive voices. A perfect balance of ingenious ideas and intricate execution. Real big picture Sci-fi' - Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time 'A binge-worthy read from a master of science fiction' - William C. Dietz, author of Halo: The Flood 'A swift-paced and propulsive narrative . . . a very human story about the desire for freedom' - Una McCormack 'Science fiction authors don't get much more legendary than Peter F. Hamilton' - New Scientist 'Packed with gloriously imaginative flourishes, multiple intersecting plotlines and brilliantly realized battle scenes' - SFX Magazine EXODUS is an action-adventure roleplaying game from Archetype Entertainment, led by industry veterans from BioWare (Mass Effect), 343 (Halo), Electronic Arts, Naughty Dog (The Last of Us) and other AAA studios.

'Compelling... Keeps the pages turning. The final cinematic scene, of a vast landscape filled with enormous armies, nicely sets the stage for book three of this daringly unconventional series in the Tolkien mold.' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'A journey unlike any other you have experienced. Part Dante's "Inferno" and part Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness", this is fantasy literature like you've never read before.' - Blogcritics A score of centuries has passed since the First Apocalypse and the thoughts of men have turned, inevitably, to more worldly concerns... A veteran sorcerer and spy seeks news of an ancient enemy. A military genius plots to conquer the known world for his Emperor but dreams of the throne for himself. The spiritual leader of the Thousand Temples seeks a Holy War to cleanse the land of the infidel. An exiled barbarian chieftain seeks vengeance against the man who disgraced him. And into this world steps a man like no other, seeking to bind all - man and woman, emperor and slave - to his own mysterious ends. But the fate of men - even great men - means little when the world itself may soon be torn asunder. Behind the politics, beneath the religious fervour, a dark and ancient evil is reawakening. After two thousand years, the No-God is returning. The Second Apocalypse is nigh. And one cannot raise walls against what has been forgotten... A startlingly original and assured epic fantasy debut. A tale of conspiracy, holy war, empire-building and intrigue set in the most vividly imagined fantasy world since Tolkien's Middle Earth. Books by R Scott Baker: Prince of Nothing Trilogy The Darkness That Comes Before The Warrior-Prophet The Thousandfold Thought Aspect-Emperor The Judging Eye The White Luck Warrior The Great Ordeal The Unholy Consult Novels Neuropath Disciple of the Dog Light, Time, and Gravity

The History Advent Calendar Somewhere behind the first key is a family crouched around a new fire, learning that night doesn't have to be frightening. Behind another is an emperor buried with eight thousand clay soldiers. Behind a third is a woman who gave away so much gold on one journey that she accidentally crashed the economy of Egypt. This is a history advent calendar built like a museum with twenty-four locked rooms - and the reader gets the keys. Each day opens one door and delivers a proper story, not a fact dumped on a page: what happened, who was there, and why it still matters. Then come Five Things That Will Surprise You , a look at what the rest of the world was doing at that exact moment, an everyday word with a very old story hidden inside it, something to actually go and try - and a riddle teasing tomorrow's key. The last page of every day is blank on purpose. Inside the twenty-four doors: The oldest art gallery on Earth, painted by torchlight The bored accountant who invented writing The city with flushing toilets 4,500 years ago - whose language nobody can read A kingdom that raised the tallest stones ever quarried Sailors who found islands the size of a full stop, with no compass at all An empire that ran on knotted string And twenty-two more, ending on the Moon Deliberately not just European history. Aksum and Great Zimbabwe, the Indus Valley, Mali and Timbuktu, Shang China, the Pacific voyagers and the Inca get the same space as Greece and Rome - because that's what actually happened. Written for curious readers of about nine and up, and for the grown-ups who end up reading it over their shoulder. Perfect as a countdown gift, a bedtime chapter, a classroom starter, or a reason to argue with somebody at dinner about whether Vikings really wore horns. (They didn't.)

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Touristik / Tourismus, Note: 1,0, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München (Tourismus), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Wer heute den Begriff Phänomen Tourismus verwendet, wird der komplexen und vielschichtigen Dienstleistungsbranche des Reisens am ehesten gerecht. Von den frühen Versuchen, organisierte Gruppenfahrten in die Sommerfrische durchzuführen, über die freiheitsbewusste Bewegung der Rucksackreisenden in den 70er Jahren bis hin zum Erfolg der klassischen Pauschalreise während der letzten 20 Jahre, hat die Reisebranche kontinuierlich an Facetten dazu gewonnen. Dies führte zu dem komplexen Konstrukt, dass die Tourismusbranche heute darstellt. Mittlerweile gibt es Denkansätze empirischer, ökologischer und interkultureller Natur, die versuchen, den Tourismus der Neuzeit erklärbar zu machen und Wege für seine zukünftige Entwicklung aufzuzeigen. Die Notwendigkeit solcher Denkansätze leitet sich aus der Situation ab, in der sich die Reiseländer heute befinden. Die Urlaubsreise als Massenkonsumgut ist zum potentiellen Wohltäter und Feind in Personalunion für die bereisten Zielgebiete geworden. Für die kostbaren Deviseneinnahmen muss nicht selten der hohe Preis eines sozialen und ökologischen Ungleichgewichts gezahlt werden. Entgegen einem lybernetischen System sind in den Systemen einer sozialen Gemeinschaft oder eines Ökosystems keine automatisierten Rehler vorhanden, die externe Einwirkungen (durch Touristen) wieder ausgleichen können. Diese negativen externen Effekte des Tourismus bleiben bestehen. Es bleibt den betroffenen Reiseländern überlassen, Lösungen zu finden, anstatt dass die Tourismusunternehmen nach dem Verursacherprinzip Abhilfe für die entstandenen Probleme schaffen. Von den Reiseunternehmen aller Stufen der Wertschöpfungskette werden diese negativen Auswirkungen gerne übersehen oder verdängt. Im täglichen Wettbewerb der Minimalmargen und Marktanteile bleibt wenig Platz für die Besinnung auf moralische und ethnische Verantwortung. Das Produkt Urlaubsreise (unabhängig von der Reiseform) lebt von der Schönheit und Unversehrtheit der Landschaft der Zielgebiete, in welche sie führt. Damit ist die intakte Umwelt neben dem kulturellen Erbe, einem milden Klima, natürlichen wie auch künstlich geschaffenen Sehenswürdigkeiten und einer reichen Volkstradition das wesentliche Kapital eines Reiselandes. Dies gilt es zu bewahren und zu pflegen um langfristiges Einkommen aus dem Reiseverkehr sich zu stellen. Aus Sicht der Tourismusbranche muss ebenfalls zum Erhalt der intakten Umwelt in den Reiseländern beigetragen werden, da die bisherige Einstellung sich nach Abnutzung einer Urlaubsregion einfach der Entwicklung einer neuen Urlaubsregion zuzuwenden, nicht mit einer endlichen Zahl an potentiellen Reisezielen auf der Erde vereinbaren lässt. Eine Erkenntnis die gleichermaßen für alle ressourcen-verbrauchenden Industrien und Branchen gilt. Dieses Bewusstsein gewann im Laufe der 80er Jahre an Anhängern und wurde erstmals 1992 auf dem Earth Summit von Rio de Janeiro vor der Weltöffentlichkeit diskutiert. Auf dieser Konferenz fiel auch zum ersten Mal der Begriff der Nachhaltigkeit öffentlich, wenngleich seine Geburtsstunde weiter zurück liegt. Eine sogenannte nachhaltige Entwicklung wurde als ein neuer Denkansatz von der Staatengemeinschaft beschlossen. In Form der Selbstverpflichtung sollte jedes Land die beschlossenen Grundsätze umsetzen. Zu diesen zählten u.a. eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in ökologischer, sozialer und wirtschaftlicher Dimension, die Belastungsgrenzen der Umwelt zu respektieren, globale Umweltgerechtigkeit herzustellen und die Armut wirksam zu bekämpfen. Heute, 10 Jahre nach der Konferenz von Rio de Janeiro, klagen viele Nichtregierungsorganisationen, sogenannte NGOs, über die mangelnde Bereitschaft zur Umsetzung dieser Richtlinien und übe...

The third and final book in the steamy Lyonesse trilogy from the USA Today bestselling author of the Priest, New Camelot and Thornchapel series - a contemporary romance retelling of the legend of Tristan and Isolde. *** I think it's important that you know this about me, that you understand this: I'm not sorry. I'd do it again. After Mark Trevena's husband died eight years ago, he made vengeance his only purpose, his religion, his destiny. But to get to his enemy, he had to make himself like his enemy. Mortimer Cashel had a kingdom of secrets? Then Mark would make an empire. Mortimer Cashel had blood on his hands? Then Mark would bathe in it. But Tristan and Isolde changed everything. Mark hadn't counted on wanting them, needing them; he hadn't counted on how it felt to watch the two of them fall in love. He'd thought he had everything under control - he'd thought he was safe from his own long-dead heart. He'd never imagined that the wronged husband, the jealous king from his childhood fairy tales, would be played by none other than himself. It no longer matters what he used to believe. His enemy is ready to finish the game, and for the first time in eight years, Mark has pieces on the board he can't afford to lose. He'll burn the entire world to keep Tristan and Isolde safe. He'll scorch the earth - but as any good assassin will tell you, fire will only get a man so far, because there's always something left in the ashes. And for Tristan and Isolde, what's left in the ashes is the cold, bitter bones of the truth: their story begins and ends with Mark. And every story needs a villain... The spicy and dramatic conclusion to the Lyonesse trilogy is a no-holds-barred thrill ride in which Mark, Tristan and Isolde must untangle the forbidden love between them as the stakes grow higher than ever. Tropes Reverse Harem MMF Romance BDSM Forbidden Love Spicy Romance Legendary Retelling The Lyonesse Trilogy: Salt Kiss Honey Cut Bitter Burn

NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country s prosperity A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world to answer the very big question of why some countries get rich and others don t. The New York Times FINALIST: Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Economist, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, The Plain Dealer Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, or geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As Why Nations Fail shows, none of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Drawing on fifteen years of original research, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is our man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or the lack of it). Korea, to take just one example, is a remarkably homogenous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created those two different institutional trajectories. Acemoglu and Robinson marshal extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, among them: Will China s economy continue to grow at such a high speed and ultimately overwhelm the West? Are America s best days behind it? Are we creating a vicious cycle that enriches and empowers a small minority? This book will change the way people think about the wealth and poverty of nations . . . as ambitious as Jared Diamond s Guns, Germs, and Steel. BusinessWeek

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Touristik / Tourismus, Note: 1,0, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München (Tourismus), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Wer heute den Begriff Phänomen Tourismus verwendet, wird der komplexen und vielschichtigen Dienstleistungsbranche des Reisens am ehesten gerecht. Von den frühen Versuchen, organisierte Gruppenfahrten in die Sommerfrische durchzuführen, über die freiheitsbewusste Bewegung der Rucksackreisenden in den 70er Jahren bis hin zum Erfolg der klassischen Pauschalreise während der letzten 20 Jahre, hat die Reisebranche kontinuierlich an Facetten dazu gewonnen. Dies führte zu dem komplexen Konstrukt, dass die Tourismusbranche heute darstellt. Mittlerweile gibt es Denkansätze empirischer, ökologischer und interkultureller Natur, die versuchen, den Tourismus der Neuzeit erklärbar zu machen und Wege für seine zukünftige Entwicklung aufzuzeigen. Die Notwendigkeit solcher Denkansätze leitet sich aus der Situation ab, in der sich die Reiseländer heute befinden. Die Urlaubsreise als Massenkonsumgut ist zum potentiellen Wohltäter und Feind in Personalunion für die bereisten Zielgebiete geworden. Für die kostbaren Deviseneinnahmen muss nicht selten der hohe Preis eines sozialen und ökologischen Ungleichgewichts gezahlt werden. Entgegen einem lybernetischen System sind in den Systemen einer sozialen Gemeinschaft oder eines Ökosystems keine automatisierten Rehler vorhanden, die externe Einwirkungen (durch Touristen) wieder ausgleichen können. Diese negativen externen Effekte des Tourismus bleiben bestehen. Es bleibt den betroffenen Reiseländern überlassen, Lösungen zu finden, anstatt dass die Tourismusunternehmen nach dem Verursacherprinzip Abhilfe für die entstandenen Probleme schaffen. Von den Reiseunternehmen aller Stufen der Wertschöpfungskette werden diese negativen Auswirkungen gerne übersehen oder verdängt. Im täglichen Wettbewerb der Minimalmargen und Marktanteile bleibt wenig Platz für die Besinnung auf moralische und ethnische Verantwortung. Das Produkt Urlaubsreise (unabhängig von der Reiseform) lebt von der Schönheit und Unversehrtheit der Landschaft der Zielgebiete, in welche sie führt. Damit ist die intakte Umwelt neben dem kulturellen Erbe, einem milden Klima, natürlichen wie auch künstlich geschaffenen Sehenswürdigkeiten und einer reichen Volkstradition das wesentliche Kapital eines Reiselandes. Dies gilt es zu bewahren und zu pflegen um langfristiges Einkommen aus dem Reiseverkehr sich zu stellen. Aus Sicht der Tourismusbranche muss ebenfalls zum Erhalt der intakten Umwelt in den Reiseländern beigetragen werden, da die bisherige Einstellung sich nach Abnutzung einer Urlaubsregion einfach der Entwicklung einer neuen Urlaubsregion zuzuwenden, nicht mit einer endlichen Zahl an potentiellen Reisezielen auf der Erde vereinbaren lässt. Eine Erkenntnis die gleichermaßen für alle ressourcen-verbrauchenden Industrien und Branchen gilt. Dieses Bewusstsein gewann im Laufe der 80er Jahre an Anhängern und wurde erstmals 1992 auf dem Earth Summit von Rio de Janeiro vor der Weltöffentlichkeit diskutiert. Auf dieser Konferenz fiel auch zum ersten Mal der Begriff der Nachhaltigkeit öffentlich, wenngleich seine Geburtsstunde weiter zurück liegt. Eine sogenannte nachhaltige Entwicklung wurde als ein neuer Denkansatz von der Staatengemeinschaft beschlossen. In Form der Selbstverpflichtung sollte jedes Land die beschlossenen Grundsätze umsetzen. Zu diesen zählten u.a. eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in ökologischer, sozialer und wirtschaftlicher Dimension, die Belastungsgrenzen der Umwelt zu respektieren, globale Umweltgerechtigkeit herzustellen und die Armut wirksam zu bekämpfen. Heute, 10 Jahre nach der Konferenz von Rio de Janeiro, klagen viele Nichtregierungsorganisationen, sogenannte NGOs, über die mangelnde Bereitschaft zur Umsetzung dieser Richtlinien und übe...

Diamonds tell stories that are captivating and timeless. On the one hand, they are just stones, pieces of pure carbon with optical properties that make them glitter and sparkle like stars. On the other, they are mystical entities hypnotically drawing the viewer into a time machine as it were, wherein a cinematic montage of their journey unfolds. Diamonds Across Time presents a sweeping overview of diamonds across time and space, featuring ten essays by world-renowned scholars in love the stone. Here, these authors present new discoveries; explore extraordinary collections; investigate histories, science, and ™ the nature of diamonds; legendary gems, jewelry collections, and great designers. Above all, they tell the human stories that underpin the adoration of diamonds. Diamonds Across Time is a richly illustrated publication with high-quality images of gems and jewels, archival documents, rare drawings, and fabulous photographs. The volume places diamonds in the context of the time in which they were discovered, and on the political, social, and cultural stage on which their histories were etched. In a rapidly changing world, diamonds are eternal. They were created by nature and grew in the womb of the earth. They tell stories, and they record history. With this book, diamonds will finally have their own storytellers. The book was compiled and edited by the World Diamond Museum’s chief curator and world-renowned jewelry expert Dr. Usha R Balakrishnan. She and nine other distinguished authors wrote ten monographs written in the order in appearance: Introduction; The Nizam Diamond: Bala Koh-i-Noor, in the Sacred Trust of the Nizam of Hyderabad - Usha R. Balakrishnan; Diamonds of the French Crown Jewels: Between East and West - François Farges; A Concise History of Diamonds from Borneo - Derek J. Content; Indian Diamonds and the Portuguese Duriing the Rise of the Mughal Empire - Hugo Miguel Crespo; Two Large Diamonds from India - Jack Ogden; The Romanov Diamonds: History of Splendour - Stefano Papi; The Londonderry Jewels, 1819-1959 - Diana Scarisbrick; Dress to Impress in Southeast Asia - René Brus; Powerful Women, Important Diamonds - Ruth Peltason; One in Ten Thousand: The Unique World of Coloured Diamonds - John M. King.

The History Advent Calendar Somewhere behind the first key is a family crouched around a new fire, learning that night doesn't have to be frightening. Behind another is an emperor buried with eight thousand clay soldiers. Behind a third is a woman who gave away so much gold on one journey that she accidentally crashed the economy of Egypt. This is a history advent calendar built like a museum with twenty-four locked rooms - and the reader gets the keys. Each day opens one door and delivers a proper story, not a fact dumped on a page: what happened, who was there, and why it still matters. Then come Five Things That Will Surprise You , a look at what the rest of the world was doing at that exact moment, an everyday word with a very old story hidden inside it, something to actually go and try - and a riddle teasing tomorrow's key. The last page of every day is blank on purpose. Inside the twenty-four doors: The oldest art gallery on Earth, painted by torchlight The bored accountant who invented writing The city with flushing toilets 4,500 years ago - whose language nobody can read A kingdom that raised the tallest stones ever quarried Sailors who found islands the size of a full stop, with no compass at all An empire that ran on knotted string And twenty-two more, ending on the Moon Deliberately not just European history. Aksum and Great Zimbabwe, the Indus Valley, Mali and Timbuktu, Shang China, the Pacific voyagers and the Inca get the same space as Greece and Rome - because that's what actually happened. Written for curious readers of about nine and up, and for the grown-ups who end up reading it over their shoulder. Perfect as a countdown gift, a bedtime chapter, a classroom starter, or a reason to argue with somebody at dinner about whether Vikings really wore horns. (They didn't.)

The third and final book in the steamy Lyonesse trilogy from the USA Today bestselling author of the Priest, New Camelot and Thornchapel series - a contemporary romance retelling of the legend of Tristan and Isolde. *** I think it's important that you know this about me, that you understand this: I'm not sorry. I'd do it again. After Mark Trevena's husband died eight years ago, he made vengeance his only purpose, his religion, his destiny. But to get to his enemy, he had to make himself like his enemy. Mortimer Cashel had a kingdom of secrets? Then Mark would make an empire. Mortimer Cashel had blood on his hands? Then Mark would bathe in it. But Tristan and Isolde changed everything. Mark hadn't counted on wanting them, needing them; he hadn't counted on how it felt to watch the two of them fall in love. He'd thought he had everything under control - he'd thought he was safe from his own long-dead heart. He'd never imagined that the wronged husband, the jealous king from his childhood fairy tales, would be played by none other than himself. It no longer matters what he used to believe. His enemy is ready to finish the game, and for the first time in eight years, Mark has pieces on the board he can't afford to lose. He'll burn the entire world to keep Tristan and Isolde safe. He'll scorch the earth - but as any good assassin will tell you, fire will only get a man so far, because there's always something left in the ashes. And for Tristan and Isolde, what's left in the ashes is the cold, bitter bones of the truth: their story begins and ends with Mark. And every story needs a villain... The spicy and dramatic conclusion to the Lyonesse trilogy is a no-holds-barred thrill ride in which Mark, Tristan and Isolde must untangle the forbidden love between them as the stakes grow higher than ever. Tropes Reverse Harem MMF Romance BDSM Forbidden Love Spicy Romance Legendary Retelling The Lyonesse Trilogy: Salt Kiss Honey Cut Bitter Burn

NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER  From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country s prosperity A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world to answer the very big question of why some countries get rich and others don t. The New York Times FINALIST: Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award  ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Economist, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, The Plain Dealer Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, or geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As Why Nations Fail shows, none of these factors is either definitive or destiny.   Drawing on fifteen years of original research, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is our man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or the lack of it). Korea, to take just one example, is a remarkably homogenous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created those two different institutional trajectories. Acemoglu and Robinson marshal extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, among them:   Will China s economy continue to grow at such a high speed and ultimately overwhelm the West?   Are America s best days behind it? Are we creating a vicious cycle that enriches and empowers a small minority? This book will change the way people think about the wealth and poverty of nations . . . as ambitious as Jared Diamond s Guns, Germs, and Steel. BusinessWeek

Bloomsbury presents Peasants: Makers of the Modern World by Maryam Aslany, read by Kristin Atherton.'A fascinating book, and a must-read' THOMAS PIKETTY'Peasants is not just an extraordinary debut, it is that most precious rarity: an out-and-out masterpiece' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'Miraculous ... This is a major work, bound to ruffle feathers and stir debate' DAVID WENGROW'Totally entrancing, utterly fascinating' ED CONWAYFour crops, three continents, two billion lives: this is the hidden world that we all depend upon for survival. And it's under threat.For centuries, peasants stood at the heart of human society: feeding empires, leading revolutions, building modern states. Industrial modernity forced them into the shadows, replaced in our imagination by machines and megafarms. But the elimination of the peasantry is a myth. Today, peasants make up roughly a quarter of humanity. They underpin the global economy, stabilise food systems and protect fragile ecosystems. Peasants hold up the modern world, yet their labour and voices have been hidden in plain sight – until now.In this landmark book, Maryam Aslany restores the peasantry to the centre of our global story. She embarks on an epic journey across three continents into some of the most remote places on earth – from India's sugarcane fields to Cambodia's rice plains, Peru's cocaine valleys and Ghana's cocoa belt – travelling deep into the landscapes where global supply chains begin. Here, she uncovers the lives behind some of the world's most vital commodities. She speaks to farmers, migrant labourers and traffickers. Men driven to extremism or suicide by failing livelihoods, and women forced to bear the burden of agricultural labour. Families on the brink of survival.As our demand for cheap goods intensifies, our most vital and innovative workforce is being driven towards collapse. The consequences are already starting to show: food insecurity, mass migration, ecological collapse. Far from being a relic of our past, the peasantry is essential to our future.Blending personal stories with on-the-ground reporting and pioneering new research, Peasants is a far-reaching yet intimate portrait of the world in four crops – sugarcane, rice, coca and cocoa – and an urgent reminder that the story of the countryside is the story of us all.

Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began with The Alloy of Law, comes to its earth-shattering conclusion in The Lost Metal. For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set-with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders-since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner Wayne find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead. Conflict between Elendel and the Outer Cities only favors the Set, and their tendrils now reach to the Elendel Senate-whose corruption Wax and Steris have sought to expose-and Bilming is even more entangled. After Wax discovers a new type of explosive that can unleash unprecedented destruction and realizes that the Set must already have it, an immortal kandra serving Scadrial's god, Harmony, reveals that Bilming has fallen under the influence of another god: Trell, worshipped by the Set. And Trell isn't the only factor at play from the larger Cosmere-Marasi is recruited by offworlders with strange abilities who claim their goal is to protect Scadrial...at any cost. Wax must choose whether to set aside his rocky relationship with God and once again become the Sword that Harmony has groomed him to be. If no one steps forward to be the hero Scadrial needs, the planet and its millions of people will come to a sudden and calamitous ruin. Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings Words of Radiance Edgedancer (Novella) Oathbringer Dawnshard (Novella) Rhythm of War The Mistborn trilogy Mistborn: The Final Empire The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series Alloy of Law Shadows of Self Bands of Mourning The Lost Metal Collection Arcanum Unbounded Other Cosmere novels Elantris Warbreaker The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians The Scrivener's Bones The Knights of Crystallia The Shattered Lens The Dark Talent The Rithmatist series The Rithmatist Other books by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners Steelheart Firefight Calamity

Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began with The Alloy of Law, comes to its earth-shattering conclusion in The Lost Metal. For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set-with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders-since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner Wayne find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead. Conflict between Elendel and the Outer Cities only favors the Set, and their tendrils now reach to the Elendel Senate-whose corruption Wax and Steris have sought to expose-and Bilming is even more entangled. After Wax discovers a new type of explosive that can unleash unprecedented destruction and realizes that the Set must already have it, an immortal kandra serving Scadrial's god, Harmony, reveals that Bilming has fallen under the influence of another god: Trell, worshipped by the Set. And Trell isn't the only factor at play from the larger Cosmere-Marasi is recruited by offworlders with strange abilities who claim their goal is to protect Scadrial...at any cost. Wax must choose whether to set aside his rocky relationship with God and once again become the Sword that Harmony has groomed him to be. If no one steps forward to be the hero Scadrial needs, the planet and its millions of people will come to a sudden and calamitous ruin. Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings Words of Radiance Edgedancer (Novella) Oathbringer Dawnshard (Novella) Rhythm of War The Mistborn trilogy Mistborn: The Final Empire The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series Alloy of Law Shadows of Self Bands of Mourning The Lost Metal Collection Arcanum Unbounded Other Cosmere novels Elantris Warbreaker The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians The Scrivener's Bones The Knights of Crystallia The Shattered Lens The Dark Talent The Rithmatist series The Rithmatist Other books by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners Steelheart Firefight Calamity

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY JANET MASLIN, THE NEW YORK TIMES 'Victoria the Queen, Julia Baird's exquisitely wrought and meticulously researched biography, brushes the dusty myth off this extraordinary monarch' The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice). The true story for fans of the hit ITV drama series Victoria starring Jenna Coleman, this page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning book is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience. When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would begin to threaten many of Europe's monarchies in the coming decades. In Britain, a generation of royals had indulged their whims at the public's expense, and republican sentiment was growing. The Industrial Revolution was transforming the landscape, and the British Empire was commanding ever larger parts of the globe. Born into a world where woman were often powerless, during a century roiling with change, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand. Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. As a girl, she defied her mother's meddling and an adviser's bullying, forging an iron will of her own. As a teenage queen, she eagerly grasped the crown and relished the freedom it brought her. At twenty years old, she fell passionately in love with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, eventually giving birth to nine children. She loved sex and delighted in power. She was outspoken with her ministers, overstepping boundaries and asserting her opinions. After the death of her adored Albert, she began a controversial, intimate relationship with her servant John Brown. She survived eight assassination attempts over the course of her lifetime. And as science, technology, and democracy were dramatically reshaping the world, Victoria was a symbol of steadfastness and security-queen of a quarter of the world's population at the height of the British Empire's reach. Drawing on sources that include revelations about Victoria's relationship with John Brown, Julia Baird brings vividly to life the fascinating story of a woman who struggled with so many of the things we do today: balancing work and family, raising children, navigating marital strife, losing parents, combating anxiety and self-doubt, finding an identity, searching for meaning. This sweeping, page-turning biography gives us the real woman behind the myth.

#1 New York Times Bestseller . New York Times Readers' Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21 st Century . The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill Gates Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari comes a landmark work of big history, a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution-a #1 international bestseller-that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one-homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the Cognitive Revolution and the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the story of human evolution in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas. Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because in the wake of the Scientific Revolution, humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become? Featuring 27 photographs, 6 maps, and 25 illustrations/diagrams, this provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential reading for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem. This ambitious account of our species answers the most fundamental questions of our history: A Brief History of Humankind: How did an insignificant ape become the ruler of the planet, capable of splitting the atom, walking on the Moon, and engineering the code of life? The Power of Myth: Discover the secret of our success-the unique ability to believe in collective fictions like gods, nations, money, and human rights that allow for large-scale cooperation. Integrating History and Science: Journey through the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions and explore how they shaped not just our societies, but our very identities. The Question of Happiness: With all our power and knowledge, are we any happier than our ancient ancestors? Harari challenges everything we think we know about what it means to be human.

To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, raccoons, beavers, otters, and foxes. Today, it is the site of Broadway and Wall Street, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty, and the home of millions of people, who have come from every corner of the nation and the globe. In Gotham, Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace have produced a monumental work of history, one that ranges from the Indian tribes that settled in and around the island of Manna-hata, to the consolidation of the five boroughs into Greater New York in 1898. It is an epic narrative, a story as vast and as varied as the city it chronicles, and it underscores that the history of New York is the story of our nation. Readers will relive the tumultuous early years of New Amsterdam under the Dutch West India Company, Peter Stuyvesant's despotic regime, Indian wars, slave resistance and revolt, the Revolutionary War and the defeat of Washington's army on Brooklyn Heights, the destructive seven years of British occupation, New York as the nation's first capital, the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, the Erie Canal and the coming of the railroads, the growth of the city as a port and financial center, the infamous draft riots of the Civil War, the great flood of immigrants, the rise of mass entertainment such as vaudeville and Coney Island, the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and the birth of the skyscraper. Here too is a cast of thousands--the rebel Jacob Leisler and the reformer Joanna Bethune; Clement Moore, who saved Greenwich Village from the city's street-grid plan; Herman Melville, who painted disillusioned portraits of city life; and Walt Whitman, who happily celebrated that same life. We meet the rebel Jacob Leisler and the reformer Joanna Bethune; Boss Tweed and his nemesis, cartoonist Thomas Nast; Emma Goldman and Nellie Bly; Jacob Riis and Horace Greeley; police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt; Colonel Waring and his "white angels" (who revolutionized the sanitation department); millionaires John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, August Belmont, and William Randolph Hearst; and hundreds more who left their mark on this great city. The events and people who crowd these pages guarantee that this is no mere local history. It is in fact a portrait of the heart and soul of America, and a book that will mesmerize everyone interested in the peaks and valleys of American life as found in the greatest city on earth. Gotham is a dazzling read, a fast-paced, brilliant narrative that carries the reader along as it threads hundreds of stories into one great blockbuster of a book.

Harlequin Presents brings you four full-length stories in one collection! Experience the glamorous lives of royals and billionaires, where passion knows no bounds. Be swept into a world of luxury, wealth and exotic locations. This box set includes: GREEK'S BRIDE BY BLACKMAIL by Jackie Ashenden Tech billionaire Archimedes Athineos faces an ultimatum from his conniving foster father: jail or marriage. He won't let his chequered past destroy his billion-dollar empire. Furiously, he chooses to wed. Yet wrath wars with desire when in walks his blackmail bride - foster sister Zoe Hargreaves… The money Zoe gets for saying "I do" is her ticket to freedom but Archimedes is the last Greek she wants as a husband. He abandoned her to their difficult childhood and she won't trust him again. Only remaining indifferent to the touch she's craved for fifteen years is…impossible! HIS FORBIDDEN ROYAL HEIR by USA TODAY bestselling author Carol Marinelli Rejection has blighted Liliana's life. Ignored by her father for being illegitimate, she is determined to succeed on her own terms. Men hold zero appeal. Then a chance meeting with a charismatic stranger tempts innocent Liliana to indulge in earth-shattering, bed-shaking passion! Duty-bound prince Rafiq knows he must forget Liliana…until photos of them hit the press. He whisks his furious captive to the desert to shield her from the scandal. Yet isolated together, their electric connection intensifies. Can it survive Liliana's shocking revelation that she's carrying the sheikh's heir? ITALIAN RING CHARADE by USA TODAY bestselling author Cathy Williams Gabriel Garcia needs a fake fiancée now. Enter Jennifer Carlton, who knew him before he built his billion-dollar walls. Sensible Jen would never confuse convenience for real feelings... And being whisked away on a trip to Tuscany should sweeten the deal! Jen will play the infuriatingly charismatic Italian's game-if only to prove she's immune to his charms! But being Gabriel's pretend bride-to-be feels too easy…and the leap from his arms to his bed too tempting to resist! Surely, a temporary indulgence couldn't hurt? If she can separate their all-consuming heat from her heart… DRIVING THE BILLIONAIRE WILD (A The Fast Track Billionaires' Club novel) by Amanda Cinelli Racing team PR expert Astrid Lewis has a golden rule: no entanglements with drivers. Not even when walking scandal Apollo Accardi seems determined to charm her into his arms. She knows that surrendering to dangerous temptation has consequences… Billionaire playboy Apollo is always in command-it's how he survived his tumultuous upbringing. Astrid's iciness simply fuels his desire. It's a shock to discover they've actually crossed the line before in a searing, anonymous encounter. But the wheels of his ruthlessly controlled life completely fall off at Astrid's bombshell…he's father to her son! For more stories filled with passion and drama, look for Harlequin Presents August 2026 - Box Set 1 of 2

Inhalt H.-P. Schwarz, Das Gesicht des Jahrhunderts. Monster, Retter und Mediokritäten (C. Hacke) G. Besier, Kirche, Politik und Gesellschaft im 20. Jahrhundert (A. Boyens) S. Hessel, Tanz mit dem Jahrhundert. Erinnerungen (U. Lappenküper) R. Burger, Theodor Heuß als Journalist. Beobachter und Interpret von vier Epochen deutscher Geschichte (B. Sösemann) K. Swassjan, Der Untergang eines Abendländers. Oswald Spengler und sein Requiem auf Europa (M. Thöndl) C. Violante, La fine della "grande illusione". Uno storico europeo tra guerra e dopoguerra, Henri Pirenne (1914-1923). Per una rilettura della "Histoire de lEurope" (K.-E. Lönne) H. Fritz, Otto Dibelius. Ein Kirchenmann in der Zeit zwischen Monarchie und Diktatur (G. Besier) E. Schulin, Hermann Heimpel und die deutsche Nationalgeschichtsschreibung (P. Schumann) E. Demm, Von der Weimarer Republik zur Bundesrepublik. Der politische Weg Alfred Webers 1920-1958 (M. R. Lepsius) U. Frevert/H.-G. Haupt (Hrsg.), Der Mensch des 20. Jahrhunderts (P. Fuchs) T. Junker/E.-M. Engels (Hrsg.), Die Entstehung der Synthetischen Theorie. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Evolutionsbiologie in Deutschland 1930-1950 (T. Kailer) R. Federspiel, Soziale Mobilität im Berlin des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Frauen und Männer in Berlin-Neukölln 1905-1957 (K. Tenfelde) J. Winter/E. Sivan (Eds.), War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century (D. Langewiesche) H. Pross, Zeitungsreport. Deutsche Presse im 20. Jahrhundert (K. Koszyk) W. Feldenkirchen, Die deutsche Wirtschaft im 20. Jahrhundert (W. Plumpe) M. Pohl, Philip Holzmann. Geschichte eines Bauunternehmens 1849-1999 (T. Pierenkemper) E. Bendikat, Öffentliche Nahverkehrspolitik in Berlin und Paris 1890-1914. Strukturbedingungen, politische Konzeptionen und Realisierungsprobleme (R. Roth) M. Leutner (Hrsg.), "Musterkolonie Kiautschou". Die Expansion des Deutschen Reiches in China. Deutsch-chinesische Beziehungen 1897 bis 1914. Eine Quellensammlung. Bearb. v. K. Mühlhahn (B. Martin) A. L. Macfie, The End of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1923 (H. Mejcher) S. Heuman, Kistiakovsky. The Struggle for National and Constitutional Rights in the Last Years of Tsarism (G. Hausmann) W. Mühlhausen/G. Papke (Hrsg.), Kommunalpolitik im Ersten Weltkrieg. Die Tagebücher Erich Koch-Wesers 1914 bis 1918 (D. Langewiesche) R. G. Hovannisian (Ed.), Remembrance and Denial. The Case of the Armenian Genocide (M. Dabag) S. Guex (Ed.), La Suisse et les grandes puissances 1914-1945. Relations économiques avec les Etats-Unis, la Grande-Bretagne, lAllemagne et la France (P. Stadler) H. Berghoff/R. von Friedeburg (Eds.), Change and Inertia. Britain under the Impact of the Great War (S. Freitag) W. B. Husband, "Godless Communists". Atheism and Society in Soviet Russia, 1917-1932 (J. Baberowski) I. Mieck/P. Guillen (Hrsg.), Nachkriegsgesellschaften in Deutschland und Frankreich im 20. Jahrhundert (P. Exner) P. Brock/T. P. Socknat (Eds.), Challenge to Mars: Essays on Pacifism from 1918 to 1945 (K. Holl) 80 Jahre Weimarer Reichsverfassung (1919-1999). Red.: H. Mittelsdorf (J.-D. Kühne) J. Elvert, Mitteleuropa! Deutsche Pläne zur europäischen Neuordnung (1918-1945) (S. Neitzel) D. T. Murphy, The Heroic Earth. Geopolitical Thought in Weimar Germany, 1918-1933 (A. Wirsching) M. Kotowski, Die öffentliche Universität. Veranstaltungskultur der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen in der Weimarer Republik (E. Wolgast) M. Köster/T. Küster (Hrsg.), Zwischen Disziplinierung und Integration. Das Landesjugendamt als Träger öffentlicher Jugendhilfe in Westfalen und Lippe (1924-1999) (M. Gräser) S. Müller-Rolli, Evangelische Schulpolitik in Deutschland 1918-1958. Dokumente und Darstellung. Unt. Mitarb. v. R. Anselm (K. Nowak) U. Hörster-Philipps, Joseph Wirth 1879-1956. Eine politische Biographie (A. Wirsching) E. Robertson, Unshakeable Friend. George Bell and the German Churches (M. Greschat) I. Katenhusen, Kunst und Politik. Hannovers Auseinandersetzungen mit der Moderne in der Weimarer Republik (K. Kessemeier) B.

Inhalt H.-P. Schwarz, Das Gesicht des Jahrhunderts. Monster, Retter und Mediokritäten (C. Hacke) G. Besier, Kirche, Politik und Gesellschaft im 20. Jahrhundert (A. Boyens) S. Hessel, Tanz mit dem Jahrhundert. Erinnerungen (U. Lappenküper) R. Burger, Theodor Heuß als Journalist. Beobachter und Interpret von vier Epochen deutscher Geschichte (B. Sösemann) K. Swassjan, Der Untergang eines Abendländers. Oswald Spengler und sein Requiem auf Europa (M. Thöndl) C. Violante, La fine della "grande illusione". Uno storico europeo tra guerra e dopoguerra, Henri Pirenne (1914-1923). Per una rilettura della "Histoire de lEurope" (K.-E. Lönne) H. Fritz, Otto Dibelius. Ein Kirchenmann in der Zeit zwischen Monarchie und Diktatur (G. Besier) E. Schulin, Hermann Heimpel und die deutsche Nationalgeschichtsschreibung (P. Schumann) E. Demm, Von der Weimarer Republik zur Bundesrepublik. Der politische Weg Alfred Webers 1920-1958 (M. R. Lepsius) U. Frevert/H.-G. Haupt (Hrsg.), Der Mensch des 20. Jahrhunderts (P. Fuchs) T. Junker/E.-M. Engels (Hrsg.), Die Entstehung der Synthetischen Theorie. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Evolutionsbiologie in Deutschland 1930-1950 (T. Kailer) R. Federspiel, Soziale Mobilität im Berlin des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Frauen und Männer in Berlin-Neukölln 1905-1957 (K. Tenfelde) J. Winter/E. Sivan (Eds.), War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century (D. Langewiesche) H. Pross, Zeitungsreport. Deutsche Presse im 20. Jahrhundert (K. Koszyk) W. Feldenkirchen, Die deutsche Wirtschaft im 20. Jahrhundert (W. Plumpe) M. Pohl, Philip Holzmann. Geschichte eines Bauunternehmens 1849-1999 (T. Pierenkemper) E. Bendikat, Öffentliche Nahverkehrspolitik in Berlin und Paris 1890-1914. Strukturbedingungen, politische Konzeptionen und Realisierungsprobleme (R. Roth) M. Leutner (Hrsg.), "Musterkolonie Kiautschou". Die Expansion des Deutschen Reiches in China. Deutsch-chinesische Beziehungen 1897 bis 1914. Eine Quellensammlung. Bearb. v. K. Mühlhahn (B. Martin) A. L. Macfie, The End of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1923 (H. Mejcher) S. Heuman, Kistiakovsky. The Struggle for National and Constitutional Rights in the Last Years of Tsarism (G. Hausmann) W. Mühlhausen/G. Papke (Hrsg.), Kommunalpolitik im Ersten Weltkrieg. Die Tagebücher Erich Koch-Wesers 1914 bis 1918 (D. Langewiesche) R. G. Hovannisian (Ed.), Remembrance and Denial. The Case of the Armenian Genocide (M. Dabag) S. Guex (Ed.), La Suisse et les grandes puissances 1914-1945. Relations économiques avec les Etats-Unis, la Grande-Bretagne, lAllemagne et la France (P. Stadler) H. Berghoff/R. von Friedeburg (Eds.), Change and Inertia. Britain under the Impact of the Great War (S. Freitag) W. B. Husband, "Godless Communists". Atheism and Society in Soviet Russia, 1917-1932 (J. Baberowski) I. Mieck/P. Guillen (Hrsg.), Nachkriegsgesellschaften in Deutschland und Frankreich im 20. Jahrhundert (P. Exner) P. Brock/T. P. Socknat (Eds.), Challenge to Mars: Essays on Pacifism from 1918 to 1945 (K. Holl) 80 Jahre Weimarer Reichsverfassung (1919-1999). Red.: H. Mittelsdorf (J.-D. Kühne) J. Elvert, Mitteleuropa! Deutsche Pläne zur europäischen Neuordnung (1918-1945) (S. Neitzel) D. T. Murphy, The Heroic Earth. Geopolitical Thought in Weimar Germany, 1918-1933 (A. Wirsching) M. Kotowski, Die öffentliche Universität. Veranstaltungskultur der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen in der Weimarer Republik (E. Wolgast) M. Köster/T. Küster (Hrsg.), Zwischen Disziplinierung und Integration. Das Landesjugendamt als Träger öffentlicher Jugendhilfe in Westfalen und Lippe (1924-1999) (M. Gräser) S. Müller-Rolli, Evangelische Schulpolitik in Deutschland 1918-1958. Dokumente und Darstellung. Unt. Mitarb. v. R. Anselm (K. Nowak) U. Hörster-Philipps, Joseph Wirth 1879-1956. Eine politische Biographie (A. Wirsching) E. Robertson, Unshakeable Friend. George Bell and the German Churches (M. Greschat) I. Katenhusen, Kunst und Politik. Hannovers Auseinandersetzungen mit der Moderne in der Weimarer Republik (K. Kessemeier) B.