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Handbuch des Hotelbetriebs

Handbuch des Hotelbetriebs. Praktisches Hilfsbuch für Hoteliers, Restaurateure, Pensionsinhaber und deren gesamtes Betriebspersonal.

An Emerson Calendar

Edited by Huntington Smith. The Emerson Calendar is a yearly planner that includes quotations from Emerson and other notable thinkers. It is perfect for busy people who want to be inspired and motivated every day.

The Redhunter: A Novel Based on the Life of Senator Joe McCarthy

Drawing on the author’s own firsthand knowledge of the subject, a historical novel chronicles the life and times of Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy and his crusade against Communism, offering a stunning portrait of the events and personalities of the Cold War world. A fictional portrait of Joe McCarthysympathetic but not sanitizedin which clay feet replace cloven hooves. Here’s 20-year-old McCarthy needing to pass a written exam in order to get back into high school. But he’s not good at written exams. To him, it seems more efficient simply to draft a friend to take the test for him. Some years later, running for his first elective office and facing a popular incumbent, he informs the tax-jittery electorate that his rival has earned between $175,000 and $200,000. He neglects to add that it took 20 years for this sum to accrue. Sharp dealing, half-truths, and innuendoes abound, and McCarthy detractors will point to these as the mark of the man. But Buckley wants his readers to see McCarthy through the eyes of Harry Bontecou, the novel’s second-string hero. Harry, young, brilliant, politically conservative, and fervently anti-Soviet, views McCarthy as standing in the nation’s first line of defense against an enemy far too lightly regarded. It’s the mans constancy, courage, and foresight that draw Harry to him. To Harry (as to McCarthy), it’s clear that only fools or villains can doubt that loyalty risks operate in the State Department, shaping (and corrupting) American foreign policy. Harry signs on with the redhunting senator, and through him we witness most of the events constituting his meteoric rise and calamitous fall in just a four-year period starting in 1950. We watch the offstage McCarthy as wellthe easygoing charmer, the blindly loyal friend, the smitten lover, the hapless drunk. And then, at the climactic Army-McCarthy hearings, we see him come apart, the victim of his own excesses. But, according to his friend Harry, hes never small-minded or mean-spirited. Brisk, engrossing, vintage Buckley (Brothers No More, 1995, etc.). Given that it’s a tale unabashedly partisan, it isfor the most partsurprisingly credible. (Author tour)

The Temple Of Glas

Preface and Introduction by Josef Schick. CLX+136 pages Lydgate’s Temple of Glas is a book written by John Lydgate and published in 1891. The book is a poem that tells the story of a young knight who falls in love with a beautiful lady. The knight is led to a temple made of glass where he sees a series of images that represent the different stages of love. The images are meant to teach the young knight about the joys and sorrows of love, and how to navigate the complexities of romantic relationships. The poem is written in Middle English and is considered a masterpiece of medieval literature. Lydgate’s use of language and imagery is highly praised, and the poem is often studied by scholars of English literature. The book also includes a critical introduction by the editor, which provides historical context and analysis of the poem’s themes and literary techniques. Overall, Lydgate’s Temple of Glas is a timeless work of literature that explores the universal themes of love, desire, and human relationships. It is a must-read for anyone interested in medieval literature or the history of English poetry.

The End of Order: Versailles 1919

This book tells the story of the end of an era, the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The conference was convened to end World War I, but it ended up creating more problems than it solved. The diplomats from all the warring countries were trying to figure out how to balance the interests of their countries while still maintaining some level of order. It was a difficult task, and the conference failed to produce a permanent solution.

PEARL HARBOR FINAL JUDGEMENT

Description – On December 6, 1941, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, commander in chief of the United States Pacific Fleet, assured his staff that the Japanese would not attack Pearl Harbor. The next morning, Japanese carriers steamed toward Hawaii to launch one of the most devastating surprise attacks in the history of war, proving the admiral disastrously wrong. Immediately, an investigation began into how the American military could have been caught so unaware. The results of the initial investigation failed to implicate who was responsible for this intelligence debacle. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, realizing that high-ranking members of the military had provided false testimony, decided to reopen the investigation by bringing in an unknown major by the name of Henry C. Clausen. Over the course of ten months, from November 1944 to September 1945, Clausen led an exhaustive investigation. He logged more than fifty-five thousand miles and interviewed over one hundred military and civilian personnel, ultimately producing an eight-hundred-page report that brought new evidence to light. Clausen left no stone unturned in his dogged effort to determine who was truly responsible for the disaster at Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement reveals all of the eye-opening details of Clausen’s investigation and is a damning account of massive intelligence failure. To this day, the story surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor stokes controversy and conspiracy theories. This book provides conclusive evidence that shows how the US military missed so many signals and how it could have avoided the events of that fateful day. PEARL HARBOR FINAL JUDGEMENT, The Explosive Truth by Clausen and Bruce Lee

Le Chevalier Delibere

Hardcover 5 X 7 3/4. Library of Congress Facsimile Edition, 2nd. printing 1946. Original text in French. Introduction in English.

The Deb s Dictionary

Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott, 1931. Small, attractive hardcover volume of humorous definitions and sketches devoted to flapper debutantes. Hardcover, no jacket. Light wear. Previous owner’s name. 87 illustrations by the author. A to Z terms for the debutante.

The Yugoslav community of nations

Frontmatter — PREFACE — CONTENTS — CHAPTER ONE. THE MULTINATIONAL CONDITION — CHAPTER TWO.DEVELOPMENT OF THE HISTORICAL UNITS — CHAPTER THREE.RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST YUGOSLAV STATE — CHAPTER FOUR.THE REBIRTH OF YUGOSLAVIA AS A FEDERAL STATE — CHAPTER FIVE.FROM CONSTITUTION TO CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — CHAPTER SIX.FROM CONSTITUTIONAL LAW TO CONSTITUTION — CHAPTER SEVEN.THE 1963 CONSTITUTION — CHAPTER EIGHT.THE NATIONS COME OF AGE — BIBLIOGRAPHY — SAMENVATTING.DE JOEGOSLAVISCHE GEMEENSCHAP VAN NATIES — KRATAK SADRZAJ.JUGOSLOVENSKA ZAJEDNICA NARODA — GENERAL INDEX — INDEX OF PERSONS

Živel napredek, živela svetloba! : Zgodovina elektrifikacije Ljubljane

Knjiga o povijesti elektrifikacije Ljubljane nastala je na 120. obljetnicu početka rada Stare mestne elektrarne. U njoj se autorica Neja Blaj Hribar fokusira na događaje u Ljubljani i široj regiji koji su pridonijeli nastanku prve elektrane u Ljubljani. Na pragu stoljeća električne energije, kako ga je nazvao tadašnji gradonačelnik Ivan Hribar, izgradnja elektrane bila je samo jedan od koraka u modernizaciji današnjeg glavnog grada Slovenije. Knjigu, koju je dizajnirala Ajda Bevc, zapazila je i dizajnerska struka, 9. Bijenalu slovenskog dizajna Zaklade Brumen uvrštena je među najbolje oblikovane knjige, a time i na preglednu izložbu u Narodnoj galeriji.

The Edge of Objectivity An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas

Originally published in 1960, The Edge of Objectivity helped to establish the history of science as a full-fledged academic discipline. In the mid-1950s, a young professor at Princeton named Charles Gillispie began teaching Humanities 304, one of the first undergraduate courses offered anywhere in the world on the history of science. From Galileo’s analysis of motion to theories of evolution and relativity, Gillispie introduces key concepts, individuals, and themes. The Edge of Objectivity arose out of this course. It must have been a lively class. The Edge of Objectivity is pointed, opinionated, and selective. Even at five hundred pages, the book is, as the title suggests, an essay. Gillispie is unafraid to rate Mendel higher than Darwin, Maxwell above Faraday. Full of wry turns of phrase, the book effectively captures people and places. And throughout the book, Gillispie pushes an argument. He views science as the progressive development of more objective, detached, mathematical ways of viewing the world, and he orchestrates his characters and ideas around this theme.

‘Seht wie wir gewachsen sind’ : Eine kurzweilige Kulturgeschichte der fruhen DDR

Auferstanden aus Ruinen und der Zukunft zugewandt, heißt es in der ersten Strophe der DDR-Nationalhymne. Dieser Vers fasst wie wenig andere die Anfangsjahre des Arbeiter-und-Bauern Staates zusammen, der es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hatte, den Sozialismus im Osten Deutschlands voranzutreiben. Große Bauprojekte sind in dieser Frühphase entstanden. Drei von ihnen stellt Tilo Köhler exemplarisch in den Mittelpunkt seiner literarischen Exkursion: die Stalinallee, Prachtstraße Ostberlins, die heute Karl-Marx-Allee heißt und die Stärke und Ingenieurskunst der DDR repräsentierte; Stalinstadt, heute Eisenhüttenstadt, die erste Reißbrettstadt, die lange Zeit als Musterbeispiel des Sozialismus galt und den Weg in eine neue Ästhetik wies; und schließlich die Stalinwerke, die den Neuen Menschen als Werkstätte dienten und den Aufschwung eines Landes markierten, das es vierzig Jahre später nicht mehr geben sollte. Kurzweilig, kenntnisreich und mitunter kurios ist das, was Köhler über die Anfangsjahre der DDR zusammengetragen hat. Eine feinsinnige und pointiert geschriebene Kulturgeschichte, die durch ihren Sprachwitz und ihren Reichtum an Details zu bestechen weiß. Großes Lesevergnügen!