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"Es war der Söder mit seine spitzen Ohren, und er war ganz grün im Gesicht." So hat Kommissar Steinböck seinen Freund Horsti Schmalzl noch nie erlebt. Im Arm eine junge Frau mit durchgeschnittener Kehle, in der Hand die Tatwaffe. Und dass im Blut des Polizeipsychologen ein Drogencocktail nachgewiesen wird, erleichtert den Fall in keinster Weise. Selbst Steinböcks Katze Frau Merkel, zum Babysitter für Horstis Dackel verdonnert, wird dieses Mal aufs Äußerste gefordert.

The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017 “Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic...

"We were as brothers," William Tecumseh Sherman said, describing his relationship with Ulysses S. Grant. They were incontestably two of the most important figures in the Civil War, but until now there has been no book about their victorious partnership and the deep friendship that made it possible.

In this comprehensive biography, Jean Edward Smith reconciles conflicting assessments of Grant's life, arguing that Grant is greatly underrated as a president. Following the turmoil of Andrew Johnson's administration, Grant guided the nation through the post-Civil War era, overseeing Reconstruction of the South and enforcing the freedoms of new African-American citizens. His presidential accomplishments were as considerable as his military victories, for the same strength of character that made him successful on the battlefield also characterized his years in the White House.