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Ein gemütliches Cottage auf dem Land: Der Baum ist liebevoll geschmückt, ein köstliches Festmahl vorbereitet und der Klang nostalgischer Evergreens erfüllt die Räume. Als Nell (Keira Knightley), Simon (Matthew Goode) und ihr Sohn Art (Roman Griffin Davis) ihre Freunde willkommen heißen, scheint alles bereit für ein perfektes Weihnachtsfest - bis auf die Tatsache, dass alle sterben werden ...

Ein gemütliches Cottage auf dem Land: Der Baum ist liebevoll geschmückt, ein köstliches Festmahl vorbereitet und der Klang nostalgischer Evergreens erfüllt die Räume. Als Nell (Keira Knightley), Simon (Matthew Goode) und ihr Sohn Art (Roman Griffin Davis) ihre Freunde willkommen heißen, scheint alles bereit für ein perfektes Weihnachtsfest - bis auf die Tatsache, dass alle sterben werden ...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This biography traces the formative years of one of America's most celebrated and influential authors. The first of a projected three-volume life, it examines Hemingway's midwestern childhood, his journalistic apprenticeship, and his experiences as a Red Cross volunteer in Italy during World War I.

In this compelling biography, Peter Griffin draws on a wealth of previously unpublished material--including numerous letters and five of Hemingway's early short stories that appear in their entirety--to trace the formative years of one of America's most celebrated and influential authors.Along with Youth examines in richer detail than any previous account Hemingway's midwestern childhood, his relations with his parents, his journalistic appren...

It is an unfortunate comment on culture today that the wicked and evil steal the show because sin and suffering appear as the most universal experience of the human condition. But the opposite perspective is certainly worth our attention, if not devotion. We spend our lives waiting for that most desired but evanescent of human experiences, moments of love-through family, children, and, most definitively, through our lovers. These moments are d...

When You Hear The Bugle Call subtitled, "Battling PTSD and the Unraveling of the American Conscience" is a compelling, poignant and straightforward presentation of sickness and healing, righteousness opposing wrong doing, and the eventual triumph of the human spirit despite overwhelming obstacles and barriers. This very personal account of war and its aftermath was written to benefit combat veterans agonized by severe and chronic Post Traumati...

Considers the conceptual and political problem of violence in the early modern Anglo-Atlantic, charting an innovative approach to the history of the American Revolution. Its editors and contributors contend that existing scholarship on the Revolution largely ignores questions of power and downplays the Revolution as a contest over sovereignty.

Were the military and the FAA really that incompetent? Were our intelligence-gathering agencies really in the dark about 9/11? How could so much go wrong at once, in the world's strongest and most technologically sophisticated country? Both the government and the mainstream media have tried to portray the 9/11 truth movement as led by people who can be dismissed as "conspiracy theorists." This volume shows this caricature to be untrue. Coming ...

Exploring the Utopian Impulse presents a series of essays by an international and trans-disciplinary group of contributors that explores the nature and extent of the utopian impulse. Working across a range of historical periods and cultures, the essays investigate key aspects of utopian theory, texts, and socio-political practices. Even as some critique Utopia, others extend its reach beyond the limits of the modern western tradition within wh...

This book addresses many of gambling's abstract concepts-proportional wagering, considerations for games with variable payoffs, the effects of rebates on losses-as well as more mainstream subjects, such as the casino's treatment of hold percentages and analyses of gambling systems. Although packed with mathematics, Griffin's easy style accommodates most readers. Gamblers with all levels of experience will have an enhanced understanding of the ...