Kategorie: Allgemein
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Book Of The Week Das Neue Land
Pausder, Verena (2020). Das neue Land: Wie es jetzt weitergeht! Story behind the Book Choice Heute sind Bundestagswahlen in Deutschland und an einem solchen Tag, dachte ich, täte es gut, ein paar frische Gedanken von einer Nicht-Politikerin zur Politik zu lesen. Ich wurde enttäuscht. Ich kann es leider nicht anders formulieren. Stets versuche ich, in…
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Hal 9000
Clarke, Arthur C. (1982). 2001: A Space Odyssey. Story behind the Passage Yesterday afternoon, they screened Space Odyssey in church. I have to admit, I went without checking how long the movie would be. But I wanted to go see it, no matter what, because I knew that movies shown in such an atmosphere leave special…
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Fathers And Women Leaders
Muna, Farid A., and Grace Khoury (2012). The Palestinian Executive: Leadership under Challenging Conditions, 127. Story behind the Passage Recently, I have come across several life stories which all shared that the protagonist lost his/her father quite at an early age. All of these stories became published, of course, because the respective people had achieved…
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Old Language Old Sins
Raveh-Klemke, Smadar (2013). Ivrit Bekef: Hebräisch für Deutschsprachige, 156. Story behind the Passage A few months ago, I went hiking with a former teacher of mine. We talked about education — my favorite topic — and she mentioned how she had chosen a secondary school for her daughter. Or, rather, it was her daughter doing the choosing, of course,…
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Management Emotion And The University
Corrigan, Paul (1999). Shakespeare on Management: Leadership Lessons for Today’s Managers, 22. Story behind the Passage I really wonder why it is that there is so little passion among university folks. I mean, not in general, they become passionate when they talk about their research. But they are hardly ever passionate personalities in the sense…
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Book Of The Week Trost Der Philosophie
Boethius (2016/523). Trost der Philosophie. Story behind the Passage Today, I was really torn which language to write in. But somehow, even though I read the book in German and the original was in Latin, I still decided to write in English. There is no rational reason for this, I guess. And I doubt that…
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Book Of The Week Dancing In The Mosque
Qaderi, Homeira, and Zaman Stanizai, transl. (2020). Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother’s Letter to Her Son. Story behind the Passage On some days, writing and reading is less fun. On rainy and dark winter days like this one, it is even less fun. But the reading really is not the thing. I guess, people…
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The Enduring Vision
Boyer, Clark et al. (2004). The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, 381. Story behind the Passage I never thought I would blog about this book. But here I am, showing a passage from this “Bible” of American Studies. I am sure, other fields use the book as well but I at least got…
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Book Of The Week War And Peace In The Global Village
McLuhan, Marshall, and Quentin Fiore (1968): War and Peace in the Global Village. Story behind the Book Choice Today, I wrote an essay. And in that essay, I mentioned McLuhan’s Understanding Media. And when I checked the source, I found out that McLuhan and Fiore also wrote this one abot War and Peace. Given the sad…
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Book Of The Week My Inventions
Tesla, Nikola (2019/1919). My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla. Story behind the Book Choice One day after the official end of the 365-Day Blogging Challenge, I find myself blogging again! The reason is simple: It is Sunday, actually a holiday in Germany (Reunification Day), and since I mentioned that I would keep up my habit…