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Does feminism give a much-needed voice to women in a patriarchal world? Or is the world not really patriarchal? Has feminism begun to level the playing field in a world in which women are more often paid less at work and abused at home? Or are women paid equally for the same work and not abused more at home? Does feminism support equality in education and in the military, or does it discriminate against men by ignoring such issues as male-only...

Der große Roman über die letzten Tage des britischen Empires jetzt endlich als Taschenbuch. Indien 1857: George Fleury, ein junger Angehöriger der britischen Oberschicht, reist zu dem isolierten britischen Außenposten Krishnapur. Von dort soll er über den positiven Einfluss von Zivilisation und Fortschritt auf das vermeintlich rückständige Indien berichten. Gerüchte von Unruhen und Aufständen erreichen die Stadt, das Land ist in Aufruhr, doch...

Contemporary air traffic management (ATM) challenges are both (1) acute and (2) growing at rates far outpacing established ways for absorbing technological innovation. Lack of timely response will guarantee failure to meet demands. Immediately that creates a necessity to identify means of coping and judging new technologies based on possible speed of adoption. Paralleling the challenges are developments in capability, both recent and decades o...

Singapur 1937. Walter Blackett, Direktor eines britischen Kautschukunternehmens, weiß sich von der bewährten Ordnung britischer Kolonialherrschaft getragen, als er die Feierlichkeiten zum hundertjährigen Jubiläum seiner Firma ausrichtet. Noch ist die Welt, zumindest für die Engländer, in Ordnung: Die »Da Dousa Sisters« haben ihre Gesangsauftritte, der zerzauste Hund »La Condition humaine« ist nur halb tot und es gibt standesgemäße Paraden und ...

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1919: Major Brendan Archer, nach dem Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs aus der englischen Armee entlassen, reist an die irische Ostküste, um seine Verlobte zu heiraten. Das Wiedersehen mit der Tochter des Besitzers des Hotels Majestic verläuft allerdings gänzlich anders als erhofft, zumal die Verlobte bald darauf verstirbt. In der Zwischenzeit aber hat sich der Major bereits auf die verbliebene Schar von Katzen, skurrilen Dienern und Bewohnern eingel...

Excerpt from The Shipping Situation of the World: An Address Delivered by James A. Farrell, Chairman, National Foreign Trade Council, Before the Tenth National Foreign Trade Convention, New Orleans, La., May 4, 1923The restriction as to sales of ships to foreigners still obtains. So, while we can sell shipbuilding material and all other products of the soil, mills, and mines, to the nations of the world, the Board seems unwilling to dispose of...

Excerpt from The Shipping Situation of the World: An Address Delivered by James A. Farrell, Chairman, National Foreign Trade Council, Before the Tenth National Foreign Trade Convention, New Orleans, La., May 4, 1923The restriction as to sales of ships to foreigners still obtains. So, while we can sell shipbuilding material and all other products of the soil, mills, and mines, to the nations of the world, the Board seems unwilling to dispose of...

Nel 1857 a Krishnapur, uno dei centri più importanti dell'Amministrazione civile dell'Impero britannico in India, la vita scorre serena e secondo il più rigoroso decoro e stile europei. La quiete di questa esistenza svanisce, però, di colpo il giorno in cui nella borsa dei dispacci, anziché i documenti attesi, vengono trovate quattro chapati, quattro piccole focacce di pasta non lievitata. Basato su un episodio storico reale, la celebre e sang...

Excerpt from An Omnibus of Short StoriesON A sunny Monday morning Tom Lambert reported for work at the studios of Grandiose Films, Inc. He went to the office of Sidney Klem, producer, and introduced himself to the secretary, Miss Kennedy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books use...

On Saint Patrick's Day 2016, Jim Farrell received a surprising email: an M-1 rifle engraved with the name M. Teahan had been discovered in Normandy 72 years after its owner, Martin (Matty) Teahan, Jim's uncle, had been killed in the June 1944 D-Day invasion of France. A young private in the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Matty had been laid to rest beside his fellow heroes in the Normandy American Cemetery, but now French Army General Patr...