Mann Thomas: 204 books

Would you ever enter into a pact with the Devil to sell your soul and body in return for becoming a great musical genius like Beethoven? Aspiring musical composer Leverkühn's extraordinary intellect and creativity as a young man mark him as destined for success, but his ambition is for true...

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Eight complex stories illustrative of the author's belief that "a story must tell itself," highlighted by the high art style of the famous title novella.

This book details polysaccharides and other important biomacromolecules covering their source, production, structures, properties, and current and potential application in the fields of biotechnology and medicine. It includes a systematic discussion on the general strategies of isolation, separation...

Ann Arbor is known as a center of culture and education, but that hasn't prevented various tyrants and scoundrels from sullying the sophistication with base and murderous deeds. Revisit the case of "Jacke the Hugger," a turn-of-the-century deviant who routinely accosted and squeezed the women of Ann...

Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives examines forms of pedagogy such as service-learning, experiential learning, and problem-based learning in order to determine how students make connections between and among abstract academic concepts and real-life...

The deregulation of labour law in the European Union was thought to be a spur to lasting growth of employment and an increase in labour market efficiency. This book reveals that the results of such policies have been far from those expected.This study provides a country by country overview of the legal regulations concerning employment protection a

Geplant als Novelle, als heiteres Gegenstück zum ›Tod in Venedig‹, entstand mit dem ›Zauberberg‹ einer der großen Romane der klassischen Moderne. Ein kurzer Besuch in einem Davoser Sanatorium wird für den Protagonisten Hans Castorp zu einem siebenjährigen Aufenthalt, der Kurort wird zur...

While writing the book it opened up my eyes. It made me look at my life and how I really lived. I was living a life that was a lie. But this book made me relook at my life. And see how I could change my life. I started to read the Bible more. And went to the Lord and prayed for guidance. And God led...

In this engaging study, the author compares Mary Oliver's poetry and traditional religious language and provides a fresh perspective from which to enjoy her work.

O livro mais importante do autor Prémio Nobel da Literatura de 1929. História mágica ou filosófica, romance histórico ou de formação, narrativa sobre o tempo ou viagem interior de um jovem alemão honrado e ávido de experiências, este romance envolve e enreda o leitor em teias mágicas que não...

Die Außenpolitik des Deutschen Kaiserreiches ist fraglos eines der zentralen und bis heute umstrittensten Themenfelder der Neueren Geschichte. Die europäischen Rivalitäten, das imperiale Ringen um überseeische Besitzungen und die zunehmende Bedeutung der eigenen Öffentlichkeit für das außenpolitische...

An orphaned American boy wounded by Vietnam, used by Mossad and the CIA…‘They will try to turn you into a machine. Don’t let them do that!’If he were a machine, could he be switched off? For the first time in his war-torn life, he doubted it. He felt as though life had gripped...