Kampf um "Seltene Erden": In Köln stirbt ein Forscher, der einer geologischen Sensation auf der Spur war. Kommissarin Hannah Franckh übernimmt die Ermittlungen. Dabei deckt sie nach und nach Hintergründe von geopolitischer Bedeutung auf und erkennt, dass im weltweiten Kampf um Ressourcensicherung und Mobilität jedes Mittel recht ist - bis hin zum Mord. Sie gerät zwischen die Fronten skrupelloser internationaler Interessenvertreter aus Politik...

Highlights the schooling, job training, and life on the job for heavy-machine operators. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, resources for further study, a selected bibliography, an introduction to the author, and an index. From building skyscrapers to maintaining plumbing, trade jobs are essential to everyday life in the United States. Information about jobs ranging from dental hygienists...

Practical keys to transforming the world around you. In a world where evil dominates the headlines, we are often left wondering, Will good really triumph over evil? Or are we hurtling toward oblivion? It's here, during this very hour--when political chaos seems to reign and the media persecutes anyone who disagrees with them--that God is searching for men and women who long for an infusion of boldness that possesses their souls, who will take a stand...

The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class,...