Sielke Sabine Sielke 
Nostalgie / Nostalgia [EPUB ebook] 
Imaginierte Zeit-Raeume in globalen Medienkulturen / Imagined Time-Spaces in Global Media Cultures

Written and compiled by friends and former students, The Idea of Social Structure honors Robert K. Merton, considered one of the premier sociologists of the twentieth century. Along with Talcott Pars …

The Dream of Bernat Metge is the first English translation of Lo Somni, a prose dialogue written around 1397 by the Catalan humanist Bernat Metge (?1340-1413). It stands as a noteworthy example of na …

When he suddenly came to power in Italy in 1537, the young Duke Cosimo I de” Medici amazed friends and foes alike with his ability to extricate himself from mortal danger, affirm his authority and r …

I also highly recommend Anne R. Dick s The Search for Philip K. Dick for anyone interested in the life of the writer. Lavie Tidhar, Washington Post Offering an intimate perspective on the life of an …

From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, the first insider exposé of the dangers of America”s hidden, seventy-year-long nuclear policy. When former presidential advisor Da …

This is a classic real-life story of derring do on the high seas, complete with extreme risk, last-minute ingenuity and many near-misses. Beginning in the 1960s, this book tells of the real life adve …

Dr Chaloner considers economic history to be a branch of what the French call the historical sciences and believes that it is impossible to treat usefully of the rise, decline and metamorphosis of in …

The acclaimed author of The Magnetic Girl delivers “an elegy for her dead sisters . . . a heartfelt, painful family saga, skillfully told by a survivor” (Kirkus Reviews).   When J …

Union cavalryman Boston Corbett became a national celebrity after killing John Wilkes Booth, but as details of his odd personality became known, he also became the object of derision. Over time, he w …