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Morange covers everything from the first cell theory to the origins of the concept of ecosystems, and offers perspectives on areas that are often neglected by historians of biology, such as ecology, ethology, and plant biology. He highlights the contributions of technology, the important role of hypothesis and experimentation, and the cultural contexts in which some of the most breathtaking discoveries in biology were made. Unrivaled in scope and written by a world-renowned historian of science, A History of Biology is an ideal introduction for students and experts alike.

„Das Leben als Schulkatze wäre geradezu unerträglich, wenn es nicht die Kinder aus der 5a geben würde. Wenn man mich fragt, sind sie nicht die schlimmste Klasse der Welt, sondern die beste.“ Na – das sehen zumindest die Lehrer der Gutenbergschule ganz anders als die räudige Schulkatze Bürste! Stell dir vor: 24 Schüler und einer ist schlimmer als der andere. In dieser Klasse herrscht Chaos pur: Hakim parkt Frau Sammets Auto an einem höchst ungewöhnlichen Ort, Rolfs Fürze zwingen die komplette Lehrerschaft in die Knie, und Ewald fackelt fast die Schule ab.

He understood why she did it. She had lost her own baby - one conceived by the unwanted advances of a sexual predator - and hated thinking of them out there in the cemetery, alone and cold. She had to bring them into the warmth. She had to give them the lives they'd otherwise never live. It was her mission. But with each new doll brought home, her yearning for a living child of her own continued to grow. Yes, he knew why she did it, but even so, he wasn't able to stand by her, and he knew she was going to get a lot worse before she got better.

Robert Nash is unlucky in love. He is so unlucky in love, in fact, that he has never been with another living person. And that's not about to change any time soon when his latest date is far from living.

After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl he's secretly in love with, have carved out a precarious existence among the chaos. But when another tribe member discovers a clue that may hold the cure to the Sickness, five teens set out on a life-altering road trip to save humankind.

Mit 19 verließ Hanna Duncker die Insel Öland im Süden Schwedens. Damals wurde ihr Vater wegen Mordes und Brandstiftung verurteilt. Nie wieder wollte sie hierhin zurück. Seitdem sind 16 Jahre vergangen und nach dem Tod ihres Vaters zieht es sie nun plötzlich zurück. Kaum tritt sie ihren Dienst bei der Polizei von Kalmar an, wird ein Teenager erstochen aufgefunden: Das Kind ihrer besten Schulfreundin. Zusammen mit ihrem neuen Kollegen Erik Lindgren muss Hanna tiefer in ihre Vergangenheit eintauchen, als ihr lieb ist.

Steed and Dr Keel return to action in these four recreations of classic lost episodes. 1: "Ashes of Roses". Carol goes undercover at a hairdressing salon, which appears to be at the centre of an arson ring. 2: "Please Don’t Feed the Animals". Steed takes on blackmailers who are extorting secrets from government officials. 3: "The Radioactive Man". Someone is at large in London, unwittingly carrying a radioactive isotope. 4: "Dance with Death". Dr Keel is framed for murder.

It’s 1943 in Huntsville, Texas. Stephan, a German army conscript, is imprisoned in one of the first POW camps hastily built in America. The hostile community opposes the enemy on American soil, but Stephan’s greatest threat lurks inside the camp, where Nazis demand his loyalty to a cause he despises. Stephan arrives in Huntsville after his surrender in North Africa where he saves the life of his American interrogator Captain Ralph Bauer. After parting ways, a shaken Ralph discovers a family heirloom that belongs to the prisoner.

Mrs Beatrice Dark, the wife of powerful cabinet minister, Joseph Dark, enters the office of a tabloid newspaper and shoots her husband’s enemy, the editor of the tabloid on the eve of World War Two. A sensational murder trial occurs, with its unfolding secrets, lies and sex scandals, mesmerising the nation, with those who believe she should be acquitted and those who think she should hang. But what is the real reason she killed Steven Hood, the editor?

Der neue Thriller von Bestseller-Autor Jean-Christophe Grangé liefert einen gnadenlosen Blick in die dunkelsten Abgründe der menschlichen Seele. Während der Pariser Studentenproteste tauchen die Leichen von mehreren jungen Frauen auf. Das Bizarre: Sie sind alle in Yogaposen arrangiert. Die blutige Spur des Mörders führt um die halbe Welt bis nach Indien. Paris, 1968: Die Straßen brennen, die staatliche Ordnung scheint ausgehebelt – und mitten in diesem Chaos befindet sich Hervé, ein ebenso kluger wie wütender Student. Er hätte ein Held der Studentenproteste werden können.

Drawing on decades of work in philosophy including a huge range of interviews with contemporary philosophers, Julian Baggini sets out how philosophical thought can promote incisive thinking. Introducing everyday examples and contemporary political concerns—from climate change to implicit bias—How to Think Like a Philosopher is a revelatory exploration of the techniques, methods and principles that guide philosophy, and how they can be applied to our own lives.

Marriage in the 21st century is weird. Marriage seems to be in a funny transitional period. The ancient perspectives on marriage and what it means to be endowed to another person is evolving, taking shape as something familiar...but altogether new.

In 2008, when the Bitcoin Whitepaper was published online, the technology world changed forever. Hero / Villain: Satoshi: The Man Who Built Bitcoin tells the story of how an awkward Australian security specialist first created something revolutionary under the moniker “Satoshi Nakamoto” and how he spent every moment thereafter either in self-imposed hiding or in court trying to protect his invention.

For 300 years the ghetto defined Jewish culture in the late medieval and early modern period in Western Europe. In the 19th century it was a free-floating concept that traveled to Eastern Europe and the United States. Eastern European "ghettos", which enabled genocide, were crudely rehabilitated by the Nazis during World War Two as if they were part of a benign medieval tradition. Here, Bryan Cheyette unpicks the extraordinarily complex layers of contrasting meanings that have accrued over 500 years to ghettos, considering their different settings across the globe.

Alea liebt ihren Plus-Size-Körper, die Freiheit, sie selbst zu sein. Das verbreitet sie auch auf ihrem Body-Positivity-Account auf Social Media. Die Resonanz ihrer Follower bestärkt Alea, mit ihrer schwierigen Vergangenheit Frieden zu schließen. Aber es ist ein wackliger Frieden, den sie nur aufrecht erhalten kann, indem sie im realen Leben niemandem wirklich nahekommt. Das gilt insbesondere für Männer wie Titus, die Körper optimieren, anstatt Menschen zu akzeptieren, und damit für all das stehen, was Aleas Leben früher zur Hölle gemacht hat. Und doch ist Titus plötzlich da. In ihrer WG.

Moving from school to school is never easy. You're constantly struggling to catch up to the level of the other students. You're forever meeting new friends just to have to leave them and establish new colleagues at the new schools. You always find yourself lost in the never-ending maze of corridors as you battle to get to grips with where everything is.... But it's worse when the more unfriendly students decide to take an instant dislike to you. Tormenting you each day...pushing you to see how long it is before you're going to snap...

Hercule Poirot’s tranquil afternoon is ruined when an angry woman accosts him outside his front door. She threatens to report the famous detective to Scotland Yard for falsely accusing her of murder. Seeking sanctuary inside, Poirot is startled to find that he has a visitor – another stranger claiming to have received a letter from Poirot accusing him of killing the same man.

Steed and Dr Keel return to action in these four re-creations of classic lost episodes.

In this compelling book, Ther examines the major causes of mass flight, from religious intolerance and ethnic cleansing to political persecution and war. He describes the perils and traumas of flight and explains why refugees and asylum seekers have been welcomed in some periods - such as during the Cold War - and why they are rejected in times such as our own. He also examines the afterlives of the refugees in the receiving countries, which almost always benefited from admitting them. He reconceptualizes Europe as a unit of geography and historiography.

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