Jens Jessen 
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Oder: Was sucht der Mensch in der Schöpfung?

In 1625 Lady Eleanor Davies“ life took a dramatic turn when, by her account in 1641, a ‚Heavenly voice‘ told her ‚There is Ninteene yeares and a halfe to the day of Judgement, and you as the meek …

The Punjab region of India sent more than 600, 000 combatants to assist the British war effort during World War I. Their families back home, thousands of miles from the major scenes of battle, were …

Walter the Chancellor“s vivid first-hand account of the wars between the Muslims and the principality of Antioch in the early 12th century describes a less well-known period in the history of the …

A WATERSTONES AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine“s past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by a …

An Unfortunate Woman, An Unforgettable Journey was the final book written by Richard Brautigan before his death in 1984 and lay unpublished for sixteen years.Originally written in the 160 pages of a …

“ Readers will come away startled at just how fragile the online infrastructure we all depend on is and how much influence China wields – both technically and politically“ – Jason Q. Ng, author …

Fifteen of these essays by one of the leading authorities on Renaissance Platonism explore the complex philosophical, hermeneutical, and mythological issues addressed by the Florentine, Marsilio …

This critical, multi-volume edition of Mao“s writings is an indispensable guide to post-1949 Chinese politics and an invaluable research tool for anyone seeking to understand Communist rule in …

“Exquisite . . . A genuine, melancholy masterpiece“ WILLIAM DALRYMPLE “A journalistic marvel“ JAMES MEEK “A powerful, unforgettable book“ NADIFA MOHAMMED From Orwell Prize winning journalist Gh …

_______________ “[An] acutely observed collection of occasional pieces that pick at absurdist life and reveal him to be a quiz, a cultural critic gifted with precise comic timing“ – The Time …