Results for 'vern'

1. Jules , Verne

Cinq semaines en ballon

Dans 'Cinq semaines en ballon', Jules Verne nous entraîne dans une aventure audacieuse à travers l'Afrique. Le docteur Samuel Fergusson, accompagné de son ami Dick Kennedy et de son serviteur Joe, traverse le continent en ballon, explorant des régions inconnues et vivant des péripéties captivantes. Ce roman mêle science, exploration et suspense, offrant une vision fascinante de l'Afrique du XIXe siècle.

Retter in Uniform

Es waren kaum 100 Soldaten, die sich über den Vernichtungskrieg und sein Mordprogramm hörbar empörten, die ihre Kooperation verweigerten, sich demonstrativ nicht an Exekutionen beteiligten oder gar zu Rettern von Juden und anderen politisch und rassisch Verfolgten wurden. Sie zählen zu den wenigen innerhalb der Wehrmacht, die sich ihre humane Orientierung bewahrt haben - und ihre Namen sind z.B.: Anton Schmid (nach ihm wurde im Mai 2000 die Kaserne der Bundeswehr in Rendsburg benannt), Reinholf Lofy, Karl von Bothmer, Wilm Hosenfeld,Erich Heym, Karl Laabs, Heinz Drossel und Max Liedtke. Wie die Angehörigen des Widerstandes und die Deserteure der Wehrmacht stehen die "Retter in Uniform" dafür, dass es neben dem militärischen Gehorsam auch Möglichkeiten individuell verantworteter Humanität im totalitären Staat gegeben hat - Handlungsspielräume, um "aktiven Anstand" zu praktizieren. Diese Wenigen halten Millionen von gehorsamen Befehlsempfängern den Spiegel vor.

1. Gareth , Verney

York Castle Prison

For nearly 750 years, from the time of Henry II to the end of Queen Victoria's Reign, York Castle stood as the focal point of Crime and Punishment for Yorkshire. From witches to pirates, thieves to highwaymen, traitors to political prisoners, and debtors to murderers, they all came through the walls of York Castle.Changes to the law, methods of punishment, political factors, gender, and social status on the outside all blended together to determine the lives of the men and women held within York Castle's imposing walls. However, above all, their life would be determined by the individuals who ran the prison, both good and bad, always seeking more for themselves.The buildings changed from being part of the fortified Castle of York, through the grandiose architecture of the eighteenth century, into oppressive buildings that typified the nineteenth-century prison. Yet today, with many of the buildings gone, the space has been opened up to be a welcoming environment for visitors to the City of York. This means that for the many annual visitors to the site, it is difficult to appreciate the significant role that York Castle once played.In this book, the author combines past work with new resources and research to tell the story of York Castle's history as a centre of justice in Yorkshire and its significant role within the British justice system as a whole. Telling a story of both local and national importance.

1. Verner Von Heidenstam

The Swedes and Their Chieftains

1. Garry Clement

Under Cover, Fifty Years of Dirty Money, Organized Crime and the RCMP 2nd Edition

Life Writing as World Literature

At its most measured, Life Writing as World Literature explores the challenges of enacting the transnational without reifying the nation, of advocating for the relational and collaborative without erasing individual agency, and of embracing the aesthetic while insisting on the citational. At its most ambitious, it suggests that life writing might usefully ‘blow up the very notion of World Literature.’ A valuable addition to the related projects of worlding literature and articulating lives.