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Johanna, the oldest of the three Steinmann sisters, has successfully managed the family glassblowing business since her father's death, and her sister Marie's artistic gifts have made their wares unexpectedly famous. But now the livelihood of the town of Lauscha, Germany - known around the world as the "paradise of glass" - is in danger. The local glassworks is about to be sold, and rumor has it the buyer wants to make changes that will challenge glassblowing tradition.

Die außergewöhnliche und spannende Geschichte einer bewegten deutsch-deutschen Biografie. Samuel Meffire wuchs als Afrodeutscher in der DDR auf und wurde allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz der erste schwarze Polizist Ostdeutschlands. In den von Umbruch und Unruhen geprägten 90er-Jahren war er Gesicht einer sächsischen Antirassismus-Kampagne, erhielt Einladungen zu Politiker-Empfängen, Talkshows und etlichen Medienauftritten.

The story of a truly galactic civilization with more than 6,000 inhabited worlds. Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a science-fiction masterpiece, an essay on the inexplicability of sexual attractiveness, and an examination of interstellar politics among far-flung worlds. First published in 1984, the novel's central issues - technology, globalization, gender, sexuality, and multiculturalism - have only become more pressing with the passage of time.

As the threats to their lives escalate and dangerous, long-hidden truths are revealed, Olivia and Roman may be torn apart forever. The only way to save their future will be to untangle the secrets from the past. But can they survive the darkness hunting them?

Full-cast dramatisations of six seminal sci-fi novels that have shaped the genre Thrilling and thought-provoking, shocking and satirical; science fiction has long captivated us with its surprising scenarios and subversion of the familiar. Included here are six classics from the past 250 years...

Merritt Alder is done with Earth. The planet is polluted and overpopulated, and its people are hungry. Earth's first colony, Galena, is a pioneer world 10,000 light years away. It has clean air, unpolluted water, and continents of arable land. Anyone can start a new life…if they can get there. For Merritt, the journey is only the beginning. Obstacles arise every step of the way, forcing compromise and sacrifice. And not everyone on his ship is pure of heart. The bonds he forges on the journey will be the key to surviving on another world—a world anyone has yet to fully explore.

This groundbreaking guide is the first comprehensive, hands-on textbook designed for engineers, vocational students, educators, and innovators who want to master the physical building blocks of humanoid robots. Unlike software-heavy AI books, this volume focuses on the body of AI—the skeletons, actuators, sensors, power systems, and modular parts that make humanoids move, perceive, and interact with the real world.

In the village of Lauscha in Germany, things have been done the same way for centuries. The men blow the glass, and the women decorate and pack it. But when Joost Steinmann passes away unexpectedly one September night, his three daughters must learn to fend for themselves. While feisty Johanna takes a practical approach to looking for work, Ruth follows her heart, aiming to catch the eye of a handsome young villager.

Born in New York City’s Black ghetto Harlem at the start of World War II, Samuel R. Delany married White poet Marilyn Hacker right out of high school. The interracial couple moved into the city’s new bohemian quarter, the Lower East Side, in 1961. Through the decade’s opening years, new art, new sexual practices, new music, and new political awareness burgeoned. Beautifully, vividly, insightfully, Delany calls up this era of exploration and adventure as he details his development as a Black gay writer in an open marriage, with walk-ons by Bob Dylan, Stokely Carmichael, and more.

Samuel Widmer beschreibt, wie es möglich ist, zu mehr Selbsterkenntnis zu gelangen. Es ist nicht mit oder aus dem Denken möglich.

After an arduous journey to integrate an ancient spirit heart into her core, Raysha sets out to prove her worth in the Academy's tournament. Raysha must find a path, forge her own techniques, and advance to the Initiate. As the clock ticks down to the start of the contest, will she be able to prepare and overcome the fierce competition from the student elite? Can she control the vast ocean of aeon with sheer stubbornness and claim victory? Provided the tournament is a straightforward content of will and power, Raysha is determined to find a way.

This classic teaching by a Tibetan master continues to inspire both beginners and long-time practitioners of Buddhist meditation. Chgyam Trungpa Rinpoche shows that meditation extends beyond the formal practice of sitting to build the foundation for compassion, awareness, and creativity in all aspects of life. He explores the six activities associated with meditation in action - generosity, discipline, patience, energy, clarity, and wisdom - revealing that through simple, direct experience, one can attain real wisdom.

The pop music podcast reliving the UK Top 40 singles charts of the 2000s, one week at a time.Every week, culture writer Samuel Spencer relives the singles chart from that day 20 years ago. If you miss cutting out the posters and lyrics from Smash Hits in the 00s, this is the podcast for you.On The 2000s Chart Show, Y2K big hitters like Britney Spears, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Jennifer Lopez, Robbie Williams, Shakira, Pink, Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga meet forgotten icons like Lisa Scott-Lee, Delta Goodrem, Rachel Stevens, The 411, Sonique and Samantha Mumba.If you loved '...

The Internet of Things is a networked world of connected devices, objects, and people. In this book Samuel Greengard offers a guided tour through this emerging world and how it will change the way we live and work. Greengard explains that the Internet of Things (IoT) is still in its early stages. Smartphones, cloud computing, RFID (radio-frequency identification), technology, sensors, and miniaturization are converging to make possible a new generation of embedded and immersive technology.

Sie haben keinen Erfolg im Job? Sie fühlen sich unwohl, wenn Sie mir anderen Leuten einen Smalltalk halten? Warum können die besten Manager der Welt so gut kommunizieren? Kommen Sie nicht gut beim anderen Geschlecht an? Haben Sie schon mal etwas von nonverbaler Kommunikation gehört? Sie wollen lernen was Schauspieler, Politiker und mächtige Menschen schon seit langer Zeit wissen? Noch nie von sogenannten "Manipulationstechniken durch Körpersprache" gehört? Du willst selbst entscheiden, wie du wahrgenommen wirst?...Dann ist diese Hörbuch genau das richtige für dich.

Fans of Barbara Freethy, Susan Mallery, and Robyn Carr will love this powerful, full-length, contemporary romance novel by award-winning Barbara Samuel.

When the Jezebel River overflows her banks and tries to swallow the small town of Gideon in East Texas, Celia Moon is alone and frightened in the farmhouse she inherited from her grandmother. When a mesmerizing and troubled drifter washes up on her porch, she has no choice but to take him in. As the river rises, the pair retreat to the attic to ride out the storm - and discover a compelling attraction.

Most Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the nation's Capital on January 6th, 2021. And many were bewildered by the images displayed by the insurrectionists: a wooden cross and wooden gallows; "Jesus saves" and "Don't Tread on Me;" Christian flags and Confederate Flags; even a prayer in Jesus's name after storming the Senate chamber. Where some saw a confusing jumble, Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry saw a familiar ideology: white Christian nationalism.

Jessica Jackson är polis i Västervik och får ärva ett gammalt nedlagt mejeri på (den fiktiva ön) Mörkö, där hon drömmer om att starta ett mikrobryggeri. Men när en död man flyter i land på ön grusas hennes planer. Efter en fest i bygdegården försvinner en ung kvinna. Allt tyder på att hon blivit utsatt för våld. Jessica var själv med på festen, men har inte någon klar bild över vad som egentligen hände. Allt hon minns är ett bråk mellan några invandrare och den försvunna kvinnan. Eftersom hon känner till platsen dras Jessica snart in i den alltmer komplicerade polisutredningen.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in English history. Written between 1660 and 1669, as Pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the Navy Office, it is an intimate portrait of life in 17th-century England, covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music, theatre, food, and wine and his peccadilloes.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in collaboration with his friend, William Wordsworth, revolutionized English poetry. In 1798 they produced their Lyrical Ballads, poems of imagination and reflection using "the language of men" - pointing the way forward for a generation of Romantic poets.