Bøger om År 1920 til 1929

From the incomparable author of LIFE AFTER LIFE and DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK, a story of nightclub owners and socialites, gangsters and dancing girls set in 1920s Soho.'Seduction, betrayal, and larger-than-life characters that will have you hooked until the last page' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHAtkinson on her finest form. A marvel of plate-spinning narrative knowhow, a peak performance of consummate control.' OBSERVER'Brilliant' RICHARD OSMAN____1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time.At the heart of this glittering world is notorious Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie's empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho's gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost.With her unique Dickensian flair, Kate Atkinson brings together a glittering cast of characters in a truly mesmeric novel that captures the uncertainty and mutability of life; of a world in which nothing is quite as it seems._____'This is the perfect novel for uncertain times.' THE TIMES'I can think of few writers other than Dickens who can match it' SUNDAY TIMES'Kate Atkinson is simply one of the best writers working today, anywhere in the world' GILLIAN FLYNN'This book is one to savour, for the energy, for the wit, for the tenderness of characterisation that make Atkinson enduringly popular' GUARDIAN'As vividly filthy, populous, dangerous as anything described by Dickens, but writing is closer to Thackeray's...Atkinson is a novelist of unrivalled immediacy, authority, and skill.' FINANCIAL TIMES

A collection of essays introducing and assessing the work of political theorist Wendy Brown. Includes an original essay by Brown and a reply to her critics.

Adapted from the author's book Sisters in spirit: the Iroquois influence on early American feminists.

Walther Kabel (1878 ¿ 1935) war einer der meistgelesenen Volksschriftsteller der zwanziger Jahre des vorigen Jahrhunderts, dessen umfangreiches Werk heute nahezu in völlige Vergessenheit geraten ist. Er veröffentlichte zahlreiche Kriminal-, Abenteuer- und Jugendromane. Unter den Nationalsozialisten wurden seine Bücher als »Schundliteratur« bezeichnet und er wurde mit einem Schreibverbot belegt. Das vorliegende Buch ist eine moderne Aufarbeitung der spannendsten Texte aus der Romanreihe ¿Harald Harst: Aus meinem Leben¿, in denen es um die fantastischen Abenteuer der beiden Detektive Harald Harst und Max Schraut in Indien und Nepal geht. Die Texte wurden im Abentheuer Verlag neu lektoriert und das Schriftbild der historischen Groschenromane in eine den heutigen Anforderungen angepasste Form gebracht. Hiermit ist ein Werk für ein Lesevergnügen von ganz besonderer Art entstanden.

”Jeg har mistet hende.” Ingeborg kan næsten ikke høre hans stemme i telefonen. Så lyder en hjerteskærende hulken.”Bliv i røret,” hvisker hun åndeløst og styrter ind i biblioteket for at finde Morten. Da Morten ser hendes øjne, følger han hende stum af skræk tilbage til telefonen.Han kan bare høre Jeff græde og prøver at tale til ham. Først blidt og så hårdt. Til sidst råber han, at han fanden gale mig skal tage sig sammen, og der er stille i den anden ende.”Jeg har mistet hende,” lyder det igen tonløst.LÆS "Nutid” der er anden del af den erotiske trilogi. Den begynder, hvor romanen “Datid” slutter.Vi er tilbage i november 1923, hvor vi følger Amalie og Jeff i deres forsøg på finde hinanden efter et dramatisk brud. Vil det lykkes? Kan hun komme imellem ham og et barn? Kan hun tilgive hans svigt?

Infrastructure development is inescapable for both developed and developing countries. Urban Infrastructure Provision is the backbone of economic development. It attracts investors, development agencies, project construction contractors, and business stakeholders and government agencies in the light of good governance framework. In Ethiopia, good urban governance under the federal government is the pillar of poverty-reduction and attracts innovation and public private partnership complemented with institutional framework. This review paper used explorative research design confined to content analysis of secondary data about governance, innovation, public private partnership and institutional structures. The research provided empirical literature on the innovative models public private partnership, institutional structures and governance towards infrastructure development used in the industrialized and less industrialized countries.

The 20th century began with a host of question marks. The Enlightenment view of human rationality and goodness was questioned; the belief in natural rights and objective standards governing morality were attacked. Shattering old beliefs, this century left Europeans without landmarks, without generally accepted cultural standards or agreed upon conceptions about human beings and life¿s meaning. T.S. Eliot¿s ¿The Waste Land¿ is a realistic complex depiction of the post-War Western civilization, where people suffer from moral and spiritual decay. The poem is a lamentation over the devastations of the war, which left people with nothing except mourning the dead. It is also a sour commentary over the loss of moral values, the embracing of bestial way of life and the discrediting of traditional wisdom and values.

En 1920, à Paris, François de Séryeuse, jeune étudiant issu de la vieille noblesse féodale et le comte Anne d'Orgel, venu de la noblesse de cour, se lient d'amitié dans le but initial de jouer Paul Robin, ami commun et diplomate, le soir d'un spectacle chez Medrano. C'est à cette occasion que l'étudiant rencontre la femme du comte, Mahaut d'Orgel, dont il tombe immédiatement amoureux. Ne s'avouant pas ce sentiment et voulant faire bonne figure auprès d'Anne qu'il apprécie beaucoup en tant qu'ami, il est dès lors de toutes les activités des Orgel, devenant rapidement un intime de la maison.