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The Champion Maker
A record-breaking high school track phenom and his coach uncover a conspiracy extending far beyond the sports world, while training for Olympic gold. Action packed fiction with mysterious drug test results, a psychic teenager, a beautiful sports lawyer, and more.
The Devil's Music Master
From 1922 until his death in 1954, Wilhelm Furtwangler was the foremost cultural figure of the German-speaking world, conductor of both the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras. But his decision to remain in Germany when the Nazis came to power earned him condemnation as a Nazi collaborator--"The Devil's Music Master". 30 halftones.
Babies by Design
Product Description: We stand on the brink of unprecedented growth in our ability to understand and change the human genome. New reproductive technologies now enable parents to select some genetic traits for their children, and soon it will be possible to begin to shape ourselves as a species. Despite the loud cries of alarm that such a prospect inspires, Ronald Green argues that we will, and we should, undertake the direction of our own evolution. A leader in the bioethics community, Green offers a scientifically and ethically informed view of human genetic self-modification and the possibilities it opens up for a better future. Fears of a terrible Brave New World or a new eugenics movement...
The Theatre of the Weimar Republic
The most definitive, comprehensive study of the origins, development, achievements and ultimate destruction of the performing arts in Germany from World War I through the rise of Hitler, "" The Theatre of the Weimar Republic "" is an invaluable record of creativity born out of conflict. John Willett focuses on the intellectual and sociocultural factors that brought Weimar theatre to its peak and analyses the theatrical theories and movements of the era. In addition, he includes a unique section of appendices, spanning 1916 to 1945, supplementing the text and providing detailed information on theatres, actors, performances, films, and radio and gramophone recordings. The theatre during this p...
Zwischen allen Bühnen
Infolge des im April 1933 in Deutschland erlassenen Gesetzes zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums wurden ca. 8.000 Schauspieler, Musiker, Sänger, Regisseure, Bühnenarbeiter und Direktoren von Theatern, Opernhäusern und Konzertsälen mit einem Mal arbeitslos. Viele von ihnen suchten sich neue Arbeitsplätze und Erwerbsquellen, zunächst in Europa und später an jedem Ort auf der Welt, der bereit war, sie aufzunehmen. Vor besonderen Schwierigkeiten standen jene Theaterschaffenden, die der Sprache, ihrem Ausdrucksmittel auf der Bühne, beraubt waren. Noch schwerer hatten es die Theaterschaffenden unter den 'Jeckes', den jüdischen Einwanderern aus dem deutschen Sprach- und Kulturraum,...
