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The legendary H-4 Hercules was designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Intended to defeat the German U-boat threat, the plane was intended to be a super transport that could ferry 750 troops from the USA to Europe, and serve as an aerial ambulance on the return flight. Owing to wartime restrictions on the use of aluminum, the prototype Hercules was built using laminated birch wood. Although company CEO Howard Hughes hated it, the na...

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After years of neglect from its cruel and unstable king, the kingdom of Orenck is on the verge of collapse. Conspirators from within plot the king's overthrow while neighboring countries prepare to invade. In the midst of this turmoil petty thief, Shankla, is mistaken for the king. Can he escape assassination, save his country from invasion, and solve the mystery that fate has written in his own image?

An in depth study of the vital principles from "The Language of Love and Respect" now in workbook form. Communication between couples has been dissected in thousands of books and articles, so why does it remain the number one marriage problem? "Because, " says Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, "most spouses don't know that they speak two different languages. They are sending each other messages in 'code, ' but they won't crack that code until they see th...

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From the Cambridge Illustrated Surgical Pathology series, Head and Neck covers disease diagnosis and is illustrated with more than 300 color photomicrographs.

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Providing the fundamental processes and practices for improving stakeholder management in endeavours such as projects, and program management offices (PMO), this work offers guidance on organisational survival during mergers and acquisitions, preparing for the tender bidding, and marketing campaigns.

American Women during World War II documents the lives and stories of women who contributed directly to the war effort via official and semi-official military organizations, as well as the millions of women who worked in civilian defense industries, ranging from aircraft maintenance to munitions manufacturing and much more. It also illuminates how the war changed the lives of women in more traditional home front roles. All women had to cope wi...

In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson offers fresh interpretations and insights into many of the most enduring questions and debates about America's greatest historical crisis - the Civil War. In a collection that includes several never before published essays, McPherson reflects on everything from Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief to what might have happened if the South had...

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This book examines whether domestic courts in twelve countries actually provide remedies to private parties who are harmed by a violation of their treaty-based rights.

Losing a loved one to murder is life's ultimate tragedy. But when the killer is never captured, a family's paralyzing grief only compounds. Years pass. Pain grows. Time heals nothing. Parents, spouses, and children of the victims never find peace. Investigators continue to lie awake night after night, year after year, thinking, "If only..." Cold cases fascinate us because of the endless possibilities. What if Alice Hochhausler hadn't driven he...

Die schönsten Gedichte und Lieder über die Nacht und die Liebe »Unsere kleine Anthologie versammelt Verse von Goethe, Eichendorff, Mörike, Novalis, Höderlin, Claudius und anderen und läßt sie glänzen wie den klaren Mond am nächtlichen Himmel. Die Nacht ist beinahe aus unserem Leben verschwunden, jedenfalls in den Städten, wo die Lichter nicht ausgehen, der Verkehr nie zum Stillstand kommt. Aber seit es Poesie gibt, beschäftigt sie sich wieder...

Paul Siefert, getauft 28. Juni 1586 in Danzig, gestorben am 6. Mai 1666 ebendort, gehört als Komponist und Organist zur "norddeutschen Orgelschule". Dank eines Stipendiums des Danziger Stadtrates weilte Siefert 1607 bis vermutlich gegen Ende 1610 zu einem Studienaufenthalt in Amsterdam, wo er als Schüler von Sweelinck wichtige Anregungen erhielt. Nach der Rückkehr wurde er stellvertretender Organist in Danzig. Von 1611 bis 1616 war er Organist...

Mit seinen Orgelsinfonien hat der Münchener Komponist Enjott Schneider (geb. 1950) in den letzten Jahren viel Aufsehen erregt und Uraufführungen an bedeutenden europäischen Orgeln erlebt. Die 6. Orgelsinfonie Te Deum (2008 in St. Florian über Buckners Grabmal uraufgeführt und dort auf CD eingespielt) übernimmt die Fünfergliederung und einige Motive aus Bruckners Te Deum, um daraus ein kompaktes von Wucht und Gotteslob erfülltes Werk zu werden....

Jean Guillous Hymnus op. 72 entstand im Andenken an den mit dem Komponisten befreundeten Pater Jaap Keulen. Hymnen sind traditionell getragene, akkordische und feierliche Gesänge. Diese Haltung nimmt das Stück auf, indem es mit Ausnahme weniger melodiöser Passagen überwiegend aus akkordischer Bewegung besteht. Neu sind dabei die raffinierte, farbige Harmonik und die ständig wechselnden, energiegeladenen Rhythmen. Der feierliche, zeremonielle A...