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Oliver Barrett IV found his true soulmate when he met and fell in love with Jenny Cavilleri. Their love was magical, exhilarating . . . and though heartbreakingly brief, it was enough to last a lifetime. Or so Oliver told himself. Two years have passed since Jenny was taken from him, and Oliver truly believes he will never love again. Then one day, Marcie, beautiful and mysterious enters his world . . . and suddenly the future holds a golden new promise.

This poignant philosophy about the human capacity for love in the face of tragedy from New York Times bestselling author Erich Fromm is as relevant today as it was when it was first broadcast. Transcribed from a series of recorded conversations streamed over German public radio in 1970, the profound ideas and thoughts collected in this volume represent a lifetime of the renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher's explorations into human emotion and behavior throughout the twentieth century.

The Definitive War Novels Collection is a collection of 11 works that all centre around the destruction of war, and span out to encompass themes from family to love and beyond. Read by esteemed cast of award-winning narrators, included here are novels and epics from Ernest Hemingway; Erich Maria Remarque; Leo Tolstoy; Homer; Stephen Graves; Rebecca West; and many more.

"Es geht um gekaufte und verkaufte Liebe, um Sehnsucht und Selbstmord, um eine Zeit, die sich verliert, in Berlin, dem zärtlichen Moloch der Moderne." Georg Diez, Der Spiegel Fabian ist Erich Kästners Meisterwerk. Doch der Roman wurde vor seinem Erscheinen verändert und gekürzt. Jetzt liegt er zum ersten Mal so vor, wie ihn Kästner geschrieben und gemeint hat - unter dem Titel, den Kästner ursprünglich vorgesehen hatte: Der Gang vor die Hunde. Nun gibt es das Buch auch als Hörbuch mit einer ungekürzten Lesung von Nico Holonics.

From world-renowned author Erich Segal comes a powerful and moving saga of five extraordinary members of the Harvard class of 1958 and the women with whom their lives are intertwined. Their explosive story begins in a time of innocence and spans a turbulent quarter century, culminating in their dramatic 25 reunion at which they confront their classmates - and the balance sheet of their own lives. Always at the center, amid the passion, laughter, and glory, stands Harvard - the symbol of who they are and who they will be.

The Erich Fromm Reader exhibits the true genius of an original thinker in seeing the connections between overlapping knowledge from many different fields. Here, interdisciplinarity is not only a lip service but the impact of Erich Fromm's unique social psychological notion.

German-American novelist Erich Maria Remarque captured the emotional anguish of a generation in his World War I masterpiece, All Quiet on the Western Front, as well as in an impressive selection of novels, plays, and short stories. This exquisite collection revives Remarque’s unforgettable voice, presenting a series of short stories that have long ago faded from public memory. Eight Stories offers a beautiful tribute to the pain that war inflicts on soldiers and civilians alike, and resurrects the work of a master author whose legacy will endure for generations to come.

Amare non significa possedere in maniera esclusiva, limitare la libertà del partner o escludersi dalla vita del mondo; al contrario, l'amore può aprirsi all'intero universo, spalancando inattese prospettive. Un trattato sull'amore che insegna a sviluppare la propria personalità e raggiungere la pienezza affettiva.

Maminka dvanáctiletého Emila Tischbeina pracuje jako kadeřnice, protože po smrti manžela na tom nejsou finančně nejlíp. Aby si chlapec alespoň trošku užil prázdniny, pozvou ho jeho teta Marta s babičkou na návštěvu k nim do Berlína. Maminka mu na cestu dá 140 marek, z nichž má babičce odevzdat 120 na přilepšenou. Je to pro oba hodně peněz a malý cestovatel si je proto schová do sáčka, aby je neztratil. Jenže ve vlaku usne, a když se probudí, zjistí, že jsou peníze pryč. Co si počne? Má jít na policii? Ne! Rozhodne se pachatele vypátrat na vlastní pěst.

The renowned social psychologist delves deep into the fraught relationship between genders, drawing upon the influential insights of Bachofen, Freud, Marx, and Briffault. Not primarily interested in the existence of anatomical and biological differences between the sexes, Fromm instead analyzes how these differences have been made use of throughout human history.

The War Collection: Essential Battlefield Classics is a collection of 14 works of fiction, philosophy, military strategy, and epic poetry, read by esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are novels from Ernest Hemingway and Erich Maria Remarque; military strategy from Sun Tzu and Carl von Clausewitz; philosophy from Freud, and epic poetry from Homer, amongst much more.

From the best-selling author of Love Story and Doctors comes a powerful and moving saga of three extraordinary individuals as they compete for the ultimate glory: the Nobel Prize. Erich Segal takes us inside the research labs and clinics, the homes and hearts, of the world's most elite doctors and scientists—two men and one woman—whose genius, dedication, and passion cannot always win for them the love and recognition they so desperately seek.

1942, Lissabon: Zwei Männer treffen am Hafen zufällig aufeinander. Der eine will mit seiner Frau Europa verlassen, besitzt jedoch weder Geld noch Papiere. Der andere hat beides und will es dem Fremden überlassen. Einzige Bedingung: Dieser soll sich in der Nacht vor der Abfahrt seine Geschichte anhören. Eine Geschichte von Verrat und Flucht, einer Odyssee durch ganz Europa während des Krieges und von einer großen Liebe, die tragisch endet. Remarques Roman erscheint erstmals als ergreifendes Hörspiel mit Max Simonischek und Max von Pufendorf in den Hauptrollen.

Endlich: die besten Kästner-Gedichte und -Geschichten rund ums Reisen und unterwegs sein! Ob am Strand, am Ufer eines Sees, in der Stadt oder in den Bergen - dieses Hörbuch ist der ideale Begleiter: geistreich, witzig und höchst unterhaltsam.

A wealthy man with a critically ill wife seeks the help of Matthew Hiller, a gifted doctor with a thriving practice. But in addition to the difficult professional challenge, Matthew finds himself facing the toughest emotional crisis of his life, since he met the lovely patient, Silvia, years ago, when both were young doctors healing the sick in Africa.

"This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will simply try to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war." Prologue to All Quiet on the Western Front.

Anfang der fünfziger Jahre erhielt der Dichter von einem Magazin den Auftrag, einmal im Monat ein Naturgedicht zu schreiben...

Nachdem Erich Kästner 1933 von den Nazis als Autor verboten worden war, entschloss er sich, ein geheimes Tagebuch zu führen. Dazu griff er auf ein blau eingebundenes, unbeschriftetes Buch zurück, das er zwischen den anderen viertausend Bänden seiner Bibliothek versteckte. Aus Sicherheitsgründen fertigte Kästner seine Aufzeichnungen außerdem stenografisch an.

The essays in this fascinating volume examine present-day psychological and cultural problems with the keen insight and humanistic sympathies characteristic of Erich Fromm's work. The Dogma of Christ provides some of the sharpest critical insights into how the contemporary world of human destructiveness and violence can no longer separate religion, psychology, and politics. The book brilliantly summarizes Fromm's ideas on how culture and society shape our behavior.

In The Interaction Field, management expert and professor Erich Joachimsthaler explains that the only way to thrive in this environment is through the Interaction Field model. Companies who embrace this model generate, facilitate, and benefit from data exchanges among multiple people and groups - from customers and stakeholders, but also from those you wouldn't expect to be in the mix, like suppliers, software developers, regulators, and even competitors.