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Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission to fitted kitchens—every aspect of our history, science, and culture is in some way shaped by Vienna. Richard Cockett gives us the entirety of an extraordinary story of how one city made the modern world—and how we all remain inescapably Viennese.

Art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is sent to Vienna to authenticate a painting, but the real object of his search becomes something else entirely: to find out the truth about the photograph that has turned his world upside down. It is the face of the unnamed man who brutalized his...

Was würdest du tun, wenn dein liebster Mensch plötzlich spurlos verschwände? Würdest du nicht Himmel und Hölle in Bewegung setzen? Dein Albtraum wird wahr... ... wenn jene, von denen du Hilfe erwartest, deine Gegner sind. Der charismatische, aber unerfahrene Privatdetektiv Andorian van Anders wird beauftragt, eine vermisste Studentin zu suchen. Das Ausmaß dieses Falls kann er nicht im Mindesten erahnen. Auch die härteste Kommissarin des Wiener LKA, Danny Friedmann, wird plötzlich in die Geschehnisse involviert.

When Austrian President Franz Jonas visited the Vatican in 1971, Pope Paul VI named Austria “the Island of the Blessed”. He did so to emphasize Austria’s steep recovery. Only 25 years had passed since the end of the Second World War, and Austria was already one of the most prosperous European countries. One might argue that Austria was always a rich country, and during the times of its Habsburg rulers, it certainly was. But after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was lost between two worlds - its German heritage and its multiethnic nation.

Die Special Agents Jeremiah Cotton und Philippa Decker werden nach Wien gerufen. Ihr Auftrag: Sie sollen einen wichtigen Zeugen sicher in die USA zurückgeleiten. Der Mann ist kein geringerer als Marek Kompowski, der ehemalige Buchhalter eines Mafiabosses, gegen den das FBI schon seit Jahren erfolglos ermittelt. Doch plötzlich verlangt Kompowski für seine Aussage eine Gegenleistung. Cotton und Decker sollen seinen entführten Sohn finden. Für die beiden Agents beginnt ein tödlicher Tanz auf blutigem Parkett.

Vienna: Years Ago includes six short stories focusing on a collection of people in 1945 Vienna, including a Vienna police inspector, an American soldier, a former SS major, an American woman doctor, and various friends, lovers, spouses, and enemies.

Art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is sent to Vienna to authenticate a painting, but the real object of his search becomes something else entirely: to find out the truth about the photograph that has turned his world upside down. It is the face of the unnamed man who brutalized his...

1937. Katya Komarovsky is studying medicine in Glasgow, living among friends and eager to begin her career as a doctor. But when her spendthrift parents announce that they’ve run out of money and are facing ruin—and that she’ll now have to support them by working as a governess in Vienna—the life she’s dreamed of goes up in smoke. Furiously resentful, Katya rages at her wealthy employer, Thor, for stealing her future—and saddling her with twelve-year-old Gretchen, a deeply troubled child who has only a blazing musical talent to redeem her.

The Battle of Vienna (1683): The History and Legacy of the Decisive Conflict Between the Ottoman Turkish Empire and Holy Roman Empire chronicles the dramatic siege, and how the Christian forces turned back the Ottomans. You will learn about the battle like never before.

File clerk turned British agent, Fiona Figg, is more comfortable wearing a fake mustache than a ballgown. When a royal ball ends with a royal body in the middle of the dance floor, Fiona trades her dancing slippers for practical Oxfords and sets out to investigate. As she tracks her nemesis, the Black Panther, from Vienna to the Austrian countryside, a hunting accident makes her rethink her loyalties. Can Fiona prevent the Black Panther from striking again, save her own skin, and find a decent cup of tea, all before the emperor realizes she’s a spy?