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Am liebsten würde sie dem unbarmherzigen Bayerwald für immer entfliehen: Als Kind hat Josefa wegen ihres ungewöhnlichen Aussehens unter den abergläubischen Waldlern ebenso zu leiden wie unter den Misshandlungen ihrer Mutter. Als junge Frau erfährt sie - wenn auch nur für kurze Zeit - was Glück bedeutet. Viel zu schnell wird es ihr jedoch auf grausame Weise wieder genommen. Doch sie bäumt sich auf ihre eigene Art gegen ihr Schicksal auf und denkt dabei immer zuerst an ihren Sohn, für den sie sich eine bessere Zukunft wünscht.

Com força brutal e horríveis decapitações de reféns, o Estado Islâmico do Iraque e da Síria (ISIS) chocou o mundo.

Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. It has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernity. In these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, Facing Fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents.

Initially dismissed by US President Barack Obama, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has shocked the world by conquering massive territories in both countries and promising to create a vast new Muslim caliphate that observes the strict dictates of Sharia law. In ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, American journalist Michael Weiss and Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who have conquered territory equal to the size of Great Britain.

An inspirational, motivational book that chronicles Michael MacDonald's transformation from a scholarship player at Rutgers' high-level Division I basketball program to a highly successful executive at Xerox and then chairman and CEO of Medifast.