Helga: 242 books

Petticoat und Kriegsheimkehrer - Frauenleben in den fünfziger Jahren Helga Hirsch fängt mit diesem Buch die Doppelgesichtigkeit der fünfziger Jahre aus Sicht der Frauen ein: die Aufbruchsstimmung, den explodierenden Konsum, die wieder erwachte Lebensfreude – aber auch die Massenflucht...

Abandoned by her mother, who left to pursue a career as a camp guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau, loathed by her step-mother, cooped up in a cellar, starved, parched, lonely amidst the fetid crush of her neighbours, Helga Schneider endured the horrors of wartime Berlin. The Bonfire of Berlin is a searing...

Als Helga 1939 ihr Tagebuch beginnt, ist sie noch ein Kind. Der Einmarsch der Deutschen in Prag und die antisemitische Brutalität der Nationalsozialisten reißen sie aus ihrer heilen Welt: Ihr Vater darf nicht mehr arbeiten, die Schule ist ihr plötzlich verschlossen, sie darf die Wohnung nicht verlassen,...

Nobody was there. Nobody had time. We know how it is when the bombs are falling, and something is burning, and somebody dies. Excerpt from Under a Leafless Tree I felt like I was eavesdropping on an exciting and intimate conversation and I didnt want to stop listening! Werner Bell You will feel like...

«Stava lì, l’aguzzina delle SS, capelli biondi e curati, il rossetto sulla bocca dura, l’uniforme impeccabile... Stava lì e pronunciò con sordida cattiveria: “Ho letto sulla tua scheda che eri la puttana di un ebreo. È meglio che ti rassegni: d’ora in poi farai la puttana per cani e porci”»....

Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence. It is a powerful incentive in the search for knowledge and an inherent component of scientific research. We have developed many ways of coping with uncertainty. We make promises, manage risks and make predictions to try to clear the mists and predict...

When a venture seems to be faltering, do you persist and hope that things will get better or do you cut your losses? This may be one of the most important decisions business or project owners may ever have to make. Persistence involves the risk of throwing good money (or resources) after bad, but...

a bambola decapitata è l'opera prima di Helga Schneider: pubblicata nel 1994 da Pendragon in virtù del rapporto di amicizia che legava l'autrice all'editore. Interamente riscritto nel 2010, il romanzo viene qui proposto nella sua nuova veste in occasione del ventennale della casa editrice. Il romanzo...

First published in 1951, this book is a recollection of the memories of the pioneer days in Horse Heaven Hills, gleaned from letter correspondence between the author and early settlers. From the early days of pioneer, James Gordon Kinney, the fertile undisturbed rolling landscape attracted many settlers....

Ende Mai steht Helga Schubert auf dem Gipfel des 6194m hohen Mount McKinley in Alaska, der als der kälteste Berg der Erde gilt. Dies ist ein Ort, stürmisch und unwirtlich, zu dem es niemanden freiwillig zieht, sollte man meinen. Doch in einer Welt, überflutet von materiellem Reichtum und der in der...

"With the inborn wisdom that has guided them for so long through so many obstacles, Hopi men and women perpetuate their proven rituals, strongly encouraging those who attempt to neglect or disrespect their obligations to uphold them. One of these obligations is to respect the flora and fauna...

In this authoritative book, the only work to cover the full sweep of German foreign policy since the end of World War II, noted scholar Helga Haftendorn explores Germany's remarkable recovery from wartime defeat and destruction. Offspring of the Cold War, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German...

Der einzig wahre Wien-Krimi! Die Wiener Würgerin, die Frau mit dem Fleischwolf, der Rächer von Stein und der Gerichtsmediziner als Mörder: Die spektakulärsten, schauerlichsten und skurrilsten Kriminalgeschichten Wiens hat das wahre Leben geschrieben. Packend und kenntnisreich erzählt Helga Schimmer...

'Het lied en de waarheid', het magnum opus van Helga Ruebsamen (1934-2016), is een magistrale roman over heimwee, verlies en onschuld en werd onderscheiden met de F. Bordewijk Prijs 1998.Louise Benda woont tot haar vijfde levensjaar op Java. Overdag speelt ze buiten, ’s nachts leeft ze in een geheimzinnige...