Ergebnis für "Sand" in Politik & Sozialwissenschaften

A paradigm-shifting book in the vein of Sapiens that brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability—and offers a new template for living. As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a...

'An indelible and enthralling work of moral witness' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'These questions of memory and impunity are forever timely' FINANCIAL TIMES 'An extraordinary achievement . . . I read with open mouth and thumping heart' STEPHEN FRY The house at 38 Londres Street in Santiago, Chile, is...

Von ihrer frühesten Kindheit an ist Amelie dem Hass der Frau ausgeliefert, die sie "Mama" nennen muss. Nach außen hin sind die Sanders die perfekte Familie. Doch Amelie bekommt kaum zu essen und zu trinken, wird eingesperrt, gequält und erniedrigt. Wenig, das ihr nicht bei Strafe verboten ist. Erst spät findet Amelie heraus, was mit ihrer leiblichen Mutter geschehen ist. Als sie schon fast alle Hoffnung verloren hat, gelingt ihr mit 21 Jahren endlich die Flucht.

‘The very grubby coalface of foreign policy … I found the entire book most horribly addictive’ Independent ‘One of the unexpected responses to reading this masterful study is amazement at the efforts the British and French each put into undermining the other’ Spectator A fascinating...

WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'A monumental achievement: profoundly personal, told with love, anger and great precision' - John le Carré 'A triumph of astonishing research ... No novel could possibly match such an important work of truth' - Antony Beevor 'Magnificent ... I...

Von der Autorin des Weltbestsellers Dschungelkind Sabine Kuegler wuchs im Dschungel von Westpapua auf, ihr Buch Dschungelkind wurde ein weltweiter Millionenbestseller. Mit 17 Jahren kam sie nach Europa und erfuhr einen Kultur-Clash. Heute lebt sie in Hamburg, hat Kinder, Freunde und Arbeit. Aber...

Inhalt: "Aus meinem Leben. Die Verknüpfung philosophischer und physikalischer Probleme"; "Was bedeutet "Verstehen" in der theoretischen Physik?"; "Kant - Demokrit - Plato"; "Die Physik der Elementarteilchen"; "Über die friedliche Nutzung der Atomenergie"; "Die Abstraktion in den modernen Naturwissenschaften".

Was ist das Patriarchat, und wie ist es entstanden? Jahrhundertelang sahen Gesellschaften männliche Vorherrschaft als natürlich an. Was aber, wenn wir nicht davon ausgehen, dass Männer stets über Frauen herrschten? Wenn wir die Ungleichheit der Geschlechter als etwas Fragiles wahrnehmen, das...

Brought to you by Penguin. Today, Trump’s USA is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires. As inequalities grow starker and authoritarianism takes hold, people are deprived of both the basic necessities of life and the right to hold to account the...

Use a scientifically proven method to harness your inborn psychic abilities and achieve breakthroughs in everyday life! Everyone has occasional psychic experiences, but few people realize that it is possible to access ESP on command. Using his extensive study of biomedical chemistry and brain science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pete A. Sanders Jr. has developed a method to show how we can tap into our psychic abilities at will to expand our knowledge and gain control of our destiny.

Since the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments. Over time, soldiers, scholars, and military experts have offered various explanations for this pattern.

It's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on the 1% and speaks blunt truths about a system that is fuelled by uncontrolled greed, and rigged against ordinary people. Where a handful of oligarchs have never had it so good, with more money than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes, and the vast majority struggle to survive. Where a decent standard of living for all seems like an impossible dream.

"In allem Wissen, auch im selbstvergessenen, im Schaffen wie im Betrachten, im Streit und in der Liebe, sind die gegenwärtig, die von sich selbst wissen." Auf "Von sich selbst wissen", seinem wohl persönlichsten Dokument, gerät Dieter Henrich aus dem Gespräch heraus ins Erzählen, wie auch ins spontane Philosophieren. Im Medium seiner Stimme verlässt er die Strenge seiner Begründungen in der Philosophie und schlägt den Bogen von seinen weltweit beachteten Forschungen und Konzeptionen zu seiner Kindheit in der Weimarer Republik und seiner Jugend bis 1945.

In this advisedly optimistic book, Rewiring Democracy, security technologist Bruce Schneier and data scientist Nathan Sanders cut through the AI hype and examine the myriad ways that AI is transforming every aspect of democracy—for both good and ill. The authors describe how the sophistication of AI will fulfill demands from lawmakers for more complex legislation, reducing deference to the executive branch and altering the balance of power between lawmakers and administrators

The idea that we are more than the sum of our current experiences—that our consciousness may transcend time, death, and even identity—has captivated human thought for thousands of years. Across cultures, continents, and centuries, the concept of reincarnation has persisted in one form or another. Whether depicted as a formal doctrine, a spiritual metaphor, or a speculative theory, it continues to ignite our deepest curiosities. But what if reincarnation isn’t just a mystical story passed down through generations?

A collection of more than fifty hard-to-crack medical quandaries, featuring the best of The New York Times Magazine's popular Diagnosis column—now a Netflix original series “Lisa Sanders is a paragon of the modern medical detective storyteller.”—Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal As a...

NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) has helped millions to overcome their fears, increase their confidence, and achieve greater success in their personal and professional lives and relationships. Now, from the company that created NLP: The New Technology of Achievement - one of the best-selling NLP books of all time - comes NLP: The Essential Guide to Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

“Phenomenal…a jaw-dropping book.” —Jon Stewart, The Daily Show Named by The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Prospect magazine as a best book of the year, this “scrupulously reported” (The New Yorker) and “astonishing” (The Daily Telegraph, London) book rivets with its...

Ontdek hoe Europees imperialisme en gruwelijk machtsmisbruik een rijk Afrikaans gebied verwoestten voor puur gewin. Terwijl je naar werk reist of een rustige avondwandeling maakt, zuigt deze beklemmende en onthullende historische kroniek je mee in een duister web van hebzucht. Het toont de rauwe...

FROM THE WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE and author of EAST WEST STREET THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Should be read by anyone who cares about justice, humanity and human rights' Elif Shafak 'An essential account' Sunday Times 'Powerful and persuasive . . . superb' Abdulrazak Gurnah...