Ergebnis für "Chance" in Historisch

A Chance to Die is a vibrant portrayal of Amy Carmichael, an Irish missionary and writer who spent fifty-three years in south India without furlough. There she became known as "Amma," or "mother," as she founded the Dohnavur Fellowship, a refuge for underprivileged children. Amy's life of...

He fought Napoleon's army and survived. He was sent to the gallows and escaped the noose. Now he is in chains and on his way to the other side of the world. What happens next will become one of the most remarkable survival stories in history. The 19th century has just begun. The world is at war. England, ruled by a mad king, is exiling thousands of criminals to an old land that has become its newest dumping ground.

Der CDU-Politiker Peter Tauber hat ein autobiografisches Buch für alle Männer geschrieben, die sich in der Lebensmitte Fragen nach dem "Warum?", "Wozu?" und "Wohin?" stellen. Und er bietet nebenbei einen spannenden Blick hinter die Kulissen der Spitzenpolitik. Wann ist ein Mann ein Mann? Was macht ein Mann, wenn er merkt, dass er nicht mehr kann und nicht mehr weiter weiß? Wofür lohnt es sich eigentlich, sich derart aufzureiben? Und was passiert mit dem eigenen Ego, wenn man plötzlich feststellt, dass man gar nicht so tough ist, wie man immer dachte, und kürzertreten muss?

Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than the photograph of Marshal Philippe Pétain - the great French hero of the First World War - shaking the hand of Hitler on 20 October 1940. In the radio speech after this meeting, Pétain said 'It is I alone who will be judged by History.' Five years later, in July 1945, the hour of judegment - if not yet the judgement of History - arrived.

He was a murderer, swindler, bigamist and suspect in the Jack the Ripper killings. Frederick Deeming was also the most hated man in the world. Claiming to be haunted by the ghost of his dead mother, Deeming had spent years roaming the planet under various aliases, preying on the innocent, the...