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The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, which won the young David Rabe an Obie and was hailed by The New York Times as "rich in humor, irony, and insight," is the story of a naive recruit's initiation into war. Sticks and Bones concerns a blinded Vietnam veteran who, returning home numbed by the war, is astonished by his family's inability to comprehend their country's politics and his rage.

Matt Wild is an ordinary south London driving instructor with an extraordinary plan to win back his estranged wife and child. During a routine driving lesson with a talkative bank clerk, a brilliant idea strikes him like lightning: to orchestrate a daring bank heist, aiming for a haul of over a million pounds. With a mix of charm, persuasion, and a touch of deception, Matt enlists the help of three friends to join him on this audacious adventure, ready to take on the high street bank in broad daylight. But will their hair-brained scheme actually work? Set against the scorching backdrop of the summer of 1976, this heart-pounding tale is a rollercoaster ride of spills and thrills, guaranteed to keep you perched on the edge of your seat, eagerly turning the pages to discover if Matt's desperate gamble will pay off or lead them all into a dangerous abyss.

"Wir erreichten Neapel am frühen Abend, der Flieger hatte vier Stunden Verspätung. Ich schlug Giacomo vor, ein Taxi zu rufen, wir wären schneller im Rione Sanità als mit dem Bus, die Fahrtkosten würde ich übernehmen. «Zum Casa del Monacone», sagte ich dem Taxifahrer. Und weil sich herausstellte, dass er nicht genau wusste, wo das ist, bat ich ihn auf die napoleonische Brücke zu fahren, die Ponte della Sanità, die direkt über das Stadtviertel hinweggeht und zum Museo di Capodimonte führt, er könne uns auf der Brücke absetzen, wir würden den Fahrstuhl nach unten nehmen."Jan, ein Reisender aus Hamburg, und Giacomo, Sohn seines italienischen Freundes, suchen in Neapel ein Familien-Geheimnis zu entschlüsseln. Warum hüllt sich Giacomos Vater plötzlich in tiefes Schweigen? Giacomo glaubt, dass der Freund aus Deutschland etwas weiß, das Jahrzehnte verborgen blieb."Giacomo ¿ eine italienische Novelle" ist die Geschichte einer verlorenen und die Geschichte einer gefundenen Liebe. Ein queeres Manifest in Zeiten dröhnender Kriegsglocken.

Wahrnehmung und Einstellung der Bevölkerung zum Strafvollzug werden entscheidend von den ihr zur Verfügung stehenden Informationen geprägt. Fehleinschätzungen der Strafvollzugswirklichkeit sind das Ergebnis von wechselseitigen Kommunikationsprozessen, auf deren Ebenen, abhängig vom Strafvollzugszeitgeist, unterschiedliche Strafvollzugswirklichkeiten dargestellt werden. Aufgrund der spärlichen Informationsquellen der Bürger stellen die medialen Nachrichten mitunter die einzige Quelle dar, anhand derer die Rezipienten ihre Einstellung und Meinung zum Strafvollzug entwickeln. Ausgehend von diesen Überlegungen befasst sich die Dissertation mit der Frage, wie die lokale Presse über den Strafvollzug berichtet. Die Datengrundlage der Inhaltsanalyse bilden 1603 Presseartikel, die in der Meppener Tagespost erschienen sind.

In the chilly winter of 1981, Peter Brume, a budding 26-year-old reporter in Paris, finds his career abruptly halted due to budget cuts. This professional setback spirals him into a spiritual quandary, prompting him to delve deeper into the Catholic faith that has always perplexed him. As part of his exploration, he even commits to celibacy while interviewing priests and religious figures.However, his journey takes an unexpected turn with the entrance of Evelyne, a captivating Parisian. She challenges Peter's binary perception of women and ignites a passion within him. Seeking answers, Peter travels to Catholic Ireland, a land where divorce and abortion are taboo. From trailing a Jesuit up a mountain to enduring the austere rituals of Lough Derg, Peter's journey is both enlightening and tumultuous. Along the way, he encounters priests whose intentions blur the lines between the sacred and the profane.Torn between his spiritual calling and the allure of Evelyne, Peter's quest culminates in Rome. There, amidst the sanctity of the Holy See and in the company of a priest, he faces a life-altering decision: to answer the divine call or to embrace the love that tugs at his heart.

This is not a sob story. It's a story about the difficulties of growing into manhood and my own particular struggle with disabling anxiety that came along with it, and how I managed to find my way. That was more than fifty years ago. American life was more comfortable and comprehensible than it is now as we face the discords of what I call the long emergency. I still had a hard time. I observe that boys today are up against a whole lot more in their quest to become fully functional adult men.

Cary Raditz's memoirs reveal the backstory of his friendship with Joni Mitchell while she was writing and composing the Blue Album, which included the song "Carey," written for his twenty-fourth birthday present.

Book 1 in the Rift Walker trilogy.

With more than 330 color and black-and-white photographs, Chasing Fire in Steel is photographer Paul Stephanus' chronicle of American-style steam locomotives operating across 28 countries and three continents in the early 1970's.

Havana's apartment-galleries have been vital venues for the city's art scene since the 1990s, hosting art exhibitions, workshops, and conferences. In the context of Cuba's limited art market and dearth of cultural institutions with international reach, these residential spaces have offered artists a unique opportunity to display their work and to connect with international art circuits. Focusing on the histories of three specific apartment-galleries - El Apartamento, Estudio Figueroa-Vives, and Avecez Art Space - this chapbook reflects on the complex interplay of the local and the global in the 'worlding' of cultural institutions.

Drei Frauen - drei SchicksaleStuttgart, 1957: Endlich dürfen Katharina und Moritz sich das Jawort geben. Die Geburt ihres Kindes macht ihr Glück vollkommen, obwohl dies für Katharina den Abschied von ihrem geliebten Beruf bedeutet. Das Schicksal führt die kleine Familie nach Berlin, eine schillernde Metropole, aber gleichzeitig das Herz des Kalten Krieges, eine geteilte Stadt und Spielball politischer Intrigen der Supermächte.Zwei Frauen werden in dieser bewegten Zeit zu Katharinas Freundinnen: Lisa, die sich gegen die gnadenlose Moral der Wirtschaftswunder-Ära behaupten muss, und Marion, deren Liebe zu Claus durch die heraufziehenden Schatten des Berliner Mauerbaus bedroht ist. Währenddessen gibt Katharina ihren Traum nach einer beruflichen Zukunft nicht auf - entgegen aller Widerstände. Finden die drei Frauen ihr Glück oder zerbrechen ihre Träume an der harten Realität?

Echoes of Vietnam captures an American soldier's memories of the journey from the comforts of home, to the jungles of Southeast Asia, and the grim realities of war. A retrospective five decades in the making, Echoes includes a first-person assessment of our nation's leaders in their role as overseers of the Vietnam war.Against the backdrop of our nation's current struggle to retain a constitutional republic, Echoes provides timeless insight into leadership shortcomings which can erase citizen confidence and erode the very freedoms our soldiers fought to protect.Echoes provides a soldier's analysis and comparison of Vietnam and Afghanistan end-of-conflict scenarios, and probes America's subsequent involvement in the Russia/Ukraine war.

On July 31, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) began a reconnaissance cruise off the coast of North Vietnam. On August 2, three North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked the ship. On the night of August 4, the Maddox and another destroyer, the USS Turner Joy (DD-951), expecting to be attacked, saw what they interpreted as hostile torpedo boats on their radars and reported themselves under attack. The following day, the United States bombed North Vietnam in retaliation. Congress promptly passed, almost unanimously and with little debate, a resolution granting President Lyndon Johnson authority to take "all necessary measures" to deal with aggression in Vietnam. The incident of August 4, 1964, is at the heart of this book. The author interviewed numerous Americans who were present. Most believed in the moment that an attack was occurring. By the time they were interviewed, there were more doubters than believers, but the ones who still believed were more confident in their opinions. Factoring in degree of assurance, one could say that the witnesses were split right down the middle on this fundamental question. A careful and rigorous examination of the other forms of evidence, including intercepted North Vietnamese naval communications, interrogations of North Vietnamese torpedo boat personnel captured later in the war, and the destroyers' detailed records of the location and duration of radar contacts, lead the author to conclude that no attack occurred that night.

A GRAZIA BOOK CLUB PICK, Ghost Girl, Banana is a powerful debut novel about the family secrets unearthed by a surprise inheritance. Set between Hong Kong in the 1960s and London in the 1990s, and revealing the hidden life of a mother to her daughter, it asks questions of identity, race and belonging.'A real nail-biter ... so winningly chronicled by Wharton' NEW YORK TIMES'Ambitious ... readers won't be disappointed as Wharton ultimately resolves many mysteries in the book' GUARDIAN'An astounding debut ... written with emotion and astuteness, this deserves to be on book prize lists' PRIMA1966: Sook-Yin is exiled from Kowloon to London with orders to restore honour to her family. As she strives to fit into a world that does not understand her, she realizes that survival will mean carving out a destiny of her own.1997: Sook-Yin's daughter Lily can barely remember the mother she lost as a small child. But when she is unexpectedly named in the will of a powerful Chinese stranger, she embarks on a secret pilgrimage to Hong Kong to discover the lost side of her identity and claim the reward. But she soon learns that the secrecy around her heritage has deep roots, and good fortune comes at a price.'Genuine and joyously written' Platinum'Brilliant' Hello!'A gripping and evocative tale of family secrets, courage, adversity and love. Sook-Yin and Lily's stories are beautifully told and truly unforgettable . . . such accomplished storytelling and gorgeous prose. Brilliant' Emma Stonex'An absolute wrecking ball of a novel. Ghost Girl, Banana is an enchanting, suspenseful journey through family, distance, money and betrayal. I loved it so much' Erin Kelly'A story of family, love, redemption and belonging, told with such heart and empathy. Essential and utterly unforgettable' Fíona Scarlett'Ghost Girl, Banana is an epic yet deeply intimate novel. I could feel the vibration of these women existing in the wider world; their stories are so skilfully shot through with the hum of change' Kate Sawyer, author of Costa prize-shortlisted The Stranding'An intriguing, beautifully written study of the stories we inherit. I loved being in Lily and Sook-Yin's heads, my heart breaking for them . . . I loved it!' Nikki May'Sparkling prose and a page-turning plot combined with wonderful storytelling . . . An absolutely dazzling debut' Julie Owen Moylan'From the first pages, I was drawn into the worlds of Lily and Sook-Yin and the stories that bind them together across the years. Wiz is a master storyteller, weaving Lily and Sook-Yin's stories of belonging together with elegance and wit' Ronali Collings'Fresh, funny, infuriating, heartbreaking - Ghost Girl, Banana is sure to be a massive hit. I adored it' Emily Koch'Captivating characters and lucid prose' Melissa Fu

If you want to uncover more about some of the Vietnam War's most courageous American heroes, then keep on reading...Not many historic events have had such a strong impact on the way we see and live our nation's values as the Vietnam War.Entering the conflict to defend democracy and fight against the communists, countless Americans departed towards the unknown in the mid-60s.One of these units of brave men was the 173rd Airborne Brigade, better known as the "Sky Soldiers," or simply as "the Herd."During their six years in Vietnam, the Sky Soldiers fought relentlessly against the communist forces. From their early involvement in War Zone D operations, to the Battle of Dak To, this book pays tribute to their valiant efforts in the bid to prevent the collapse of democracy in Vietnam.Thank them for their service.

"1966, NYC: Jacquelins Susann's Valley of the Dolls hits the bookstores, and she is desperate for a bestseller. It's steamy, it's a page-turner, but will it make the big money she needs? In London, Jackie Collins's racy The World is Full of Married Men launches her career. But neither author is prepared for the price they will pay for being women who dare to write about sex. Jacqueline and Jackie are lambasted by the literary establishment, deuged with hate mail, and even condemned by feminists. In public, both women shoulder the outcry with dignity; in private, they are crumbling--particularly since they have secrets they don't want splashed across the front pages. 1965, NYC: College graduate Nancy White is excited to take up her dream job at a Manhattan publishing house, but she could never be prepared for the rampant sexism she will encounter. While working on Valley of the Dolls, she becomes friends with Jacqueline Susann, and, after reaching out to Jackie Collins about a US deal, she is responsible for the two authors meeting. Will the two Jackies clash as they race to top the charts? Will Nancy achieve her ambition of becoming an editor, despite all the men determined to hold her back? Three women struggle to succeed in a man's world, while desperately trying to protect those they love the most."--Provided by publisher.

"A fascinating look at the most famous sign of the Cold War can be found in 'Berlin Wall: Looking Back at a Fractured Past.' Alina's carefully researched book goes into the turbulent past and long-lasting effects of the Berlin Wall. It brings to light stories that haven't been told before and gives new perspectives on this historical divide.Alina carefully explains the political issues that led to the building of the Berlin Wall, looking at the important politicians who decided what would happen to it. Stories and tales from real people take readers back to a time when families were suddenly split up, changing their lives forever.Although the story is mostly about politics, it also goes into great depth about how the Berlin Wall was built and how it was put up so quickly. The strong differences between East and West Berlin, as well as the daily struggles of Berliners, give us a full picture of what it's like to live in this split city.This book not only looks at the ideological reasons behind the wall, but it also looks at how it was used as a battleground sign during the Cold War. 'Berlin Wall' gives a full picture of a troubled time, from stories of people who tried to escape to those who failed and how it affected families, friendships, and cultural exchanges.'Berlin Wall' makes us think again about a broken past by revealing the layers of a huge wall that was once a stark sign of ideological conflict.

Child survivors of the Armenian Genocide, jewish child survivors of the Holocaust, non-jewish slavic children, and war children of the Second World WarEHS Volume 5 presents child-oriented research approaches by scholars from the fields of Holocaust Studies, Genocide Studies, and Second World War History. The authors highlight key concepts of Childhood Studies, arguing that children are historical actors with their own ideas, identity-forming experiences, and agency. The contributions demonstrate the importance of children`s accounts of war and postwar experiences for deeper understanding of the history of war and society in the twentieth century. The volume showcases a variety of children`s voices including child survivors of the Armenian Genocide, Jewish child survivors of the Holocaust, non-Jewish Slavic children, and war children of the Second World War by utilising testimonies from lesser-known archival and oral history collections.Includes:Edita Gzoyan: Forcibly Transferred and Assimilated: Experiences of Armenian Children during the Armenian Genocide.Dieter Steinert: Echoes from Hell: Jewish Child Forced Labourers and the Holocaust.Oksana Vynnyk: Surviving Starvation in Soviet Ukraine: Children and Soviet Healthcare in the early 1930s.

In diesem Buch geht es um eine autobiographische Erzählung meiner Erlebnisse während meiner Dienstzeit bei den Grenztruppen der DDR. Eingezogen zu den Grenztruppen im März 1989 und entlassen aus dem Dienst nach dem Fall der Mauer im Mai 1990. Es erzählt die Geschichte eines Grenzdurchbruchs, vom Leben in der Kompanie und vom Alltag des Grenzdienst. Und gibt einen Einblick in eine Welt, die viele Bürger der ehemaligen DDR nie kennen lernen mussten. Es geht um das Leben der Soldaten und Unteroffizieren welche an der Grenze ihren Wehrdienst ableisteten, mit all seinen Facetten des täglichen Wahnsinns des Systems.