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Peter Munk hat sein einfaches Leben als Köhler im Schwarzwald reichlich satt. Und da die drei Wünsche des weisen Glasmännleins schnell vertan sind, lässt er sich auf einen Pakt mit dem gefürchteten Holländer-Michel ein: Für ein Leben in Saus und Braus gibt Peter sein Herz. Doch Reichtum und Ansehen machen nicht glücklich, wenn man ein Herz aus Stein in der Brust hat ... Neben dem 'Kalten Herz' enthält dieser Band die berühmte 'Geschichte von d...

TRAVEL / Maps & Road Atlases (see also REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps)

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Explores the role of armed self-defense in tandem with nonviolent protests in the African American freedom struggle of the 1950s and 1960s. This study reevaluates black militants such as Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party and also appraises largely unknown protective agencies in Tuscaloosa, Cleveland, and other locales.

Building on the success and maintaining the "99 Jumpstarts" format of the two previous books, "99 Jumpstarts for Kids' Social Studies Reports" is divided into broad topical sections. Each topic is arranged in alphabetical order under its section. Topics are all new to this title and include the Ancient World, Historic World Events, State and Local History, U.S. History, Government and Citizenship, Sociology, Culture, and Economics. The book in...

Hailed by writers and critics alike as one of the most important American novels ever published, Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" gave a distinct voice to American literature. This volume offers perceptive supplementary materials, such as a chronology and an index, that is useful for students writing research papers on this work.

Join the Indian Scouts who rode with the U.S. Army in the Wild West, the soldiers who fought in the Indian Wars of the late nineteenth century, and the military men who worked on the Reconstruction of the South.

A narrative by Pilar Pobil, an artist born on the island of Mallorca, capturing the tales she told her children about her time in there, filled with mystery and excitement, privilege and deprivation, and always a fierce will to face life on her own terms. Included in this book are fifty color reproductions of the paintings and sculptures for which Pilar Pobil has become known.

People from South Asia have been coming to Britain since the beginning of the 17th century. From the 1950s, increased immigration produced new generations of British Asians, who experienced both racism and economic hardship as they strove to express their entrepreneurial spirit and assert their religious identity. This book presents their story.

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What do the Arabs think of American support for Israel or its close relationship with Saudi Arabia? How have they reacted to the American occupation of Iraq? Incorporating interviews with individuals of various sorts from Arab world, this work aims to give voice to ordinary Arabs with strong views on American involvement in the Middle East.

Who was the 'real' Jesus? How much do we really know about his disciples? This book addresses such questions and shows how the early Church Fathers and Popes interpreted competing views and traditions to produce, over time, an approved and codified view of Jesus and his followers, and developed an accepted liturgy with which to worship him.

Explores the science of electromagnetic radiation and its tremendous variety of applications. This book includes discussions of the optics of image formation, the intense beams produced by lasers, the role of light in biological processes and medical procedures.

Part of the "Physics in Our World" set, this title is about matter at its most basic level - atoms and their components - but it also explores how people use material in technology and society.

Rural Literacies" identifies the problems inherent in trying to understand rural literacy, addresses the lack of substantive research on literacy in rural areas, and reviews traditional misrepresentations of rural literacy.

A presidential scandal resulted in this historic Supreme Court case.

Hamid Karzai made history when he became Afghanistan's first democratically elected president.

- "Being Asian American" boxed inserts that examine the impact of the subject's cultural heritage- "The Story of My Family" and "Between the Generations" sections that allow readers to experience an important part of American history- First-person accounts highlighted with full-color photographs that vividly bring each of these individuals' stories to life.

Jacques Chirac has served in every major office of the French state, but has also been beset by corruption and crises.

An A-to-Z encyclopedia that focuses on class in the United States and surveys the breadth of class strata throughout its history. It provides information on class using approximately 300 essay entries on significant people, terms, theories, programs, institutions, eras, ethnic groups, places, and more.