Auch Deutschland wird das Machtvakuum füllen müssen - ob es uns nun gefällt oder nicht. Spätnachts im Kanzleramt: Gebannt starren Kanzlerin Angela Merkel, Außenminister Guido Westerwelle und ihre engsten Mitarbeiter und Vertrauten auf den Bildschirm. Sie verfolgen eine streng geheime GSG-9-Kommandoaktion, die den meistgesuchten Terroristen der Welt zur Strecke bringen soll. Aus dem Lautsprecher knarzt es: "Zielobjekt ausgeschaltet." Wir alle wissen: So hat sich die Geschichte natürlich nicht zugetragen. Ort des Geschehens war das Weiße Haus, auf Angela Merkels Sessel saß Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton schlug entsetzt die Hand vor den Mund und die Elitetruppe, die Osama bin Laden tötete, war das SEAL Team Six. Bisher konnte sich alle Welt darauf verlassen, dass die USA die Kohlen aus dem Feuer holen. Doch das ist bald Geschichte. Amerika will und kann nicht mehr die Rolle des Weltpolizisten spielen. Man mag das begrüßen oder bedauern, an folgender Frage kommt man nicht vorbei: Und was dann? Klar ist: Das entstehende Machtvakuum muss gefüllt werden, und Deutschland wird dabei nicht außen vor bleiben können. Dieses Buch bietet beides: eine schonungslose Analyse der (Fehl-)Entwicklungen, die den Abstieg der USA verursacht haben, und umfassende Ausblicke auf die sich daraus ergebenden Konsequenzen für den Rest der Welt. Brauchen wir einen neuen Weltpolizisten? Mehrere? Oder eröffnen sich ganz neue Perspektiven für eine größere Machtbalance? Michael Moran zeigt auf, wie die USA ihre neue Rolle finden können und in welche neuen Rollen Deutschland, Russland, China und Co schlüpfen müssen.
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On Thursday, December 20, 1848, the Constituent Assembly, being in session, surrounded at that moment by an imposing display of troops, heard the report of the Representative Waldeck-Rousseau, read on behalf of the committee which had been appointed to scrutinize the votes in the election of President of the Republic; a report in which general attention had marked this phrase, which embodied its whole idea: "It is the seal of its inviolable authority which the nation, by this admirable application of the fundamental law, itself affixes on the Constitution, to render it sacred and inviolable."
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This book provides an essential appraisal of the recent advances in technologies, mathematical models and computational software used by those working with geodetic data. It explains the latest methods in processing and analyzing geodetic time series data from various space missions (i.e. GNSS, GRACE) and other technologies (i.e. tide gauges), using the most recent mathematical models. The book provides practical examples of how to apply these models to estimate seal level rise as well as rapid and evolving land motion changes due to gravity (ice sheet loss) and earthquakes respectively. It also provides a necessary overview of geodetic software and where to obtain them. <p></p>
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<p> The third book „Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue” in the Gray Seal series is quite fantastic! Jimmie Dale, alias The Gray Seal, alias Smarlinghue, the gentleman adventurer, is back on the scent with the King of crim and quarry. Over the head of the woman he loves hangs a menace from the gang, she and Jimmie have often thwarted, and through the previous volume saw the leader disposed of, and they free to marry and live their own lives. But Marie knows that there is still one, „The Phantom”, who menaces her. She again disappears to work out her own salvation... Jimmie too resumes his underworld work. A fast-paced, adventurous story riddled with aliases, disguises, gunfire and opium dens.</p>
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<p> A Canadian novelist Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942) wrote about 30 thrillers including ones with the character Jimmie Dale, aka Gray Seal and Smarlinghue, a safecracking Robin Hood who uses his criminal talents to right wrongs, save lives and reputations, and expose wrongdoers to the light of day. „Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder” is №4 and the last book in the Gray Seal series. In it, Jimmie Dale tries to protect his friend who received a threat in the form of a mysterious blue envelope, but when the friend is found dead, Jimmie is accused of the murder. To clear himself, Jimmie must resolve the envelope’s mystery and find out who stands behind the murder, and he must do it while avoiding the police and his old enemies from the underworld.</p>
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<p> Wealthy millionaire by day, at night Jimmie Dale put on a costume and becomes „The Grey Seal,” daredevil safe cracker and footpad – he never takes a thing, but leaves behind his mark, a grey seal of paper to mark his conquest. He was just doing it for „the sheer deviltry of it” at first, but when a woman catches him she blackmails him to war on certain crime organizations. Frank Packard’s Gray Seal character first appeared in print in 1914. In some ways he was inspired by earlier Edwardian adventurers like A.J Raffles, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and Arsene Lupin, but Packard blended those borrowed elements into an entirely new concept. Dale’s adventures first appeared in „People’s Magazine” and then were collected into several novels.</p>
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A brutal sea captain. A ship at the mercy of the Pacific. A battle for body, mind, and soul. When literary critic Humphrey van Weyden is rescued from the icy waters of San Francisco Bay, he expects salvation. Instead, he finds himself aboard the Ghost, a seal-hunting schooner captained by the ruthless Wolf Larsen—a man of immense intellect, physical strength, and terrifying authority. Thrust into a harsh world of danger, violence, and philosophical clashes, Humphrey must adapt quickly or perish in the unforgiving life at sea. First published in 1904, The Sea-Wolf is Jack London's masterpiece of high-seas adventure and psychological drama. Blending action with profound philosophical debates on morality, survival, and the nature of man, it remains one of the most compelling maritime novels ever written. "London's greatest sea novel—brutal, beautiful, and impossible to forget." – The Atlantic Review "A thrilling blend of adventure and philosophy, as relevant now as when it was first written." – The New York Times ✅ Why Readers Love It: ⚓ Authentic maritime atmosphere and vivid seafaring detail Sharp philosophical battles between idealism and brutal realism A tense survival story set against the wild Pacific Click 'Buy Now' to set sail on Jack London's unforgettable voyage of courage, cruelty, and self-discovery.
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When Great-Uncle Horace brings back lost and homeless animals from his travels around the globe, it falls to Zoe, and her mum, the zoo vet, to settle them into their new home. She's good at this, because she can understand what they say and talk to them, too. But that's a secret. In the fourth book in the series, a sad little seal pup arrives at the zoo. But how can Zoe welcome him to the zoo if the zoo might be closing down?
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