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Robin Vale ist unter Menschen aufgewachsen, doch das rettet ihn nicht davor, von Jägern entführt zu werden. Als er von einer Faeprinzessin gerettet wird, öffnet sich für ihn der Weg nach Wychwood, dem Reich der Fae, in dem sich alle auf einen Krieg gegen die Menschen vorbereiten. Robin versteht nicht, wie er in diese Pläne hineinpasst, bis ihm eröffnet wird, dass er der verlorene Erbe des Icethorn-Hofs ist, dessen unbeanspruchte Macht den Krieg beginnen soll.

On November 4, 1980, American voters gave Ronald Reagan a 41-state Electoral College landslide. The man this mandate carried into the White House was largely compounded of mythology. Like most compelling mythologies, Reagan's was a synthesis of celebrity as well as emotional, intellectual, and cultural streams. Throughout his eight years in the oval office, the "Great Communicator" was largely successful in shaping the soul of America to reflect his durable mantra that "government is the problem.

The astonishing journey of a bright, utterly displaced boy, from the short-lived African nation of Biafra, to Jamaica, to the harshest streets of Los Angeles—a searing memoir that adds fascinating depth to the coming-to-America story The first time Chude-Sokei realizes that he is “first son...

This is is the second of three books in the Character and Leadership Series. The series should be listened to in order. The first book is Take the Stairs!, which is a step-by-step guide to personal and organizational success, by developing and improving your character. The first book is focused primarily on leading yourself. This second book, Be a Leader of Character!

The autobiography of Louis Hughes serves as a window on the daily lives of slaves before and during the Civil War. Born into slavery near Charlottesville, Virginia in 1832, the narrative charts his life through Pontotoc, Mississippi to Memphis where he met his wife Matilda Morgan, to Tombigbee, Alabama and escape from slavery in Mississippi in 1865. Hughes provides unique historical insight into slavery in the Confederacy during the Civil War and concludes with the family living as free people in Milwaukee.

Errett Lujan served during World War II with the U.S. Army 200th/515th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) Regiment in the Philippines, the largest regiment on the islands when the Japanese invaded just hours after Pearl Harbor. The regiment was credited as both the first and the last to fire on the enemy before surrendering. Lujan survived the invasion, the Bataan Death March and more than three years in POW camps. After the war, he said little to his family about his harrowing experiences.

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In his 1920 book The Jews of Africa, Mendelssohn attempts to chart the separate and progressive histories of the Jews in the different parts of Africa where they lived since their expulsion from the land by the Romans. He succeeds in compiling a narrative of a large part of the histories of the Jews of Africa during the centuries following the Romans’ destruction of Jerusalem.

Paul Jennings, a slave of James Madison's, recounts his experiences with the man. He provides insights into his relationship with President Madison, including the kindness he showed him. Jennings lived in the White House and was with President Madison until the day of his death.

Das Finale der Romantasy-Trilogie von TikTok-Star Lauren Roberts. Paedyn kehrt nach Ilya zurück und muss sich dort einer lebensverändernden Entscheidung stellen. Ihr Beschluss wird ihr Schicksal – und auch das des gesamten Königreichs – für immer verändern. Wer wird im Kampf um Liebe und Loyalität die Oberhand erlangen?Noch nie war der Enemies-to-Lovers-Trope mitreißender! Band 3 der großen Romantasy-Saga von TikTok-Star Lauren Roberts endlich auf Deutsch!

Als Winslow in die Kleinstadt Quincy in Montana kommt, hat sie nur ein Ziel: Die Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen und allen beweisen, dass sie den Job als neue Polizeichefin verdient hat. Dumm nur, dass sie gleich am ersten Abend ihren Ruf aufs Spiel setzt. Der One-Night-Stand mit Griffin Eden war ein Fehler. Ein attraktiver Fehler … Aber das ändert nichts an dem Problem. Denn die Edens haben in Quincy das Sagen und damit auch Winslows Karriere in der Hand. Daher versucht sie, die Nacht zu vergessen und sich auf ihren Job zu konzentrieren.

Bad Boy oder Good Guy: Wem gehört dein Herz? Seit Jahren ist Ari heimlich verliebt in Chase, den besten Freund ihres Bruders. Im Sommer ihres ...

The Rev. Calvin Dill Wilson (1857-1946) was an author and Presbyterian minister. In Black Masters of 1904, he discusses the little-known history of the free African-Americans that bought and sold slaves just like Southern white planters. Free colored men and women could own their families and in this way protect them against oppressive local laws. There was also the desire to attain a position of superiority over other blacks, an ambition to rise to the class of the masters and to be on the same level as white men.

Monuments du cinéma populaire français, Bernard Blier et Louis de Funès usent de leur talent comique et de leur verve pour défendre l'immortelle comédie-ballet de Molière, "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme". À leurs côtés Marthe Mercadier, François Périer, Jean Topart, Jean Parédès..., grandes figures du théâtre français.

'Sixteen's an interesting age: not quite a fully grown man, but not a kid either. Anything is possible when you're sixteen.' Finmere Tingewick Smith was abandoned on the steps of the Old Bailey. Under the guardianship of the austere Judge Harlequin Brown and the elderly gentlemen of Orrery House...

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to multiple presidents of the United States. Washington came from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. Character Building (1902) is a collection of talks on self-development given to students and faculty at the Tuskegee Institute, of which he was leader. The author stresses the importance of developing oneself for life-long success.

A “vivid, urgent” (Entertainment Weekly) story that follows a young man faced with a fraught decision: escape a dangerous past alone—or brave his old life and keep the woman he loves. Sayon Hughes longs to escape the volatile Bris­tol neighborhood known as Ends, the tight-knit but...

"J'écris ces pages comme on rédige un constat ou un curriculum vitae, à titre documentaire et sans doute pour en finir avec une vie qui n'était pas la mienne. Les événements que j'évoquerai jusqu'à ma vingt et unième année, je les ai vécus en transparence - ce procédé qui consiste à faire défiler en arrière-plan des paysages, alors que les acteurs restent immobiles sur un plateau de studio. Je voudrais traduire cette impression que beaucoup d'autres ont ressentie avant moi : tout défilait en transparence et je ne pouvais pas encore vivre ma vie."

"The Heroic Slave" is the only work of fiction by the eminent abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The narrative was inspired by Madison Washington, a slave on the Creole who led a rebellion on the ship in November 1841, and had it sail to Nassau in the Bahamas instead of New Orleans. The short story appeared in the collection Autographs for Freedom (1852).

Der mit Spannung erwartete dritte Band der romantischen New Adult-Fantasy-Reihe um mächtige Fae und eine scharfzüngige Heldin: Lor taucht immer tiefer in die Welt der Fae ein und setzt dabei ihr Leben und Herz aufs Spiel Lor ist in das Reich des Sonnenkönigs zurückgekehrt. Und sie hat Großes vor: Mithilfe der Herzkrone will sie ihre Magie entfesseln, um endlich das Erbe ihrer Familie zurückzugewinnen. Doch am Sonnenhof wird schnell deutlich, dass nicht alles Gold ist, was glänzt. Und Aphelions High Fae und Sonnenkönig Atlas ist alles andere als erfreut, sie wiederzusehen.