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"With the moral stamina and intellectual poise of a twentieth-century Titan, this slightly built, dutiful, unassuming chemist set out systematically to remember the German hell on earth, steadfastly to think it through, and then to render it comprehensible in lucid, unpretentious prose. He was...

Sybille hat ihre Arbeit als Oberärztin in Deutschland aufgegeben, um das in die Realität umzusetzen, wonach sich viele Menschen sehnen: Ein Leben am thailändischen Strand. Dort rettet sie behinderte Straßenhunde und kümmert sich aufopferungsvoll und mit viel Liebe und Geduld um ihr auf 24 Vierbeiner gewachsenes Rudel. In »Pfoten im Sand« erzählt sie von ihrer Reise – der im Außen und der inneren –, vom Glück, nie wieder Socken tragen zu müssen, den Wolken im Paradies und davon, wie man Erfüllung findet, wenn man Gutes tut.

Dean Yates was the ideal warzone correspondent: courageous, compassionate, dedicated. After years of facing the worst, though, including the Bali bombings and the Boxing Day tsunami, one final incident undid him. In July 2007, two of his staff members were brutally gunned down by an American...

A real-life "Indiana Jones", Donald P. Ryan, PhD, offers a breathtaking personal account of his adventures in archaeology in Beneath the Sands of Egypt. Fans of The Lost City of Z will thrill to the exploits of this "unconventional archaeologist" as he retrieves the remains of Egypt's past - including his breakthrough discovery in the Valley of the Kings of Egypt's famous female pharaoh, Hatshepsut.

Spiritual Ink is a collection of personal essays highlighting examples of strength, hope, and inspiration and drawing on the author's experiences as a Child Life Specialist working with hospitalized children and their families.