Peter Peter: 17025 books

“Always remember today’s date,” her grandmother said to Irma. “El diez de Mayo”—the tenth of May. After World War II, Peter, a handsome German pilot, met Irma, a beautiful Texan woman of Hispanic descent. It was love at first sight. Their meeting had been prophesized—for Irma by her grandmother...

ÜBER DAS BUCH:"In anderen Ländern zieht man Leute so an, um kleine Kinder zu erschrecken, im Königreich Frauen. Dreizehn Monate lang hat der deutsche Journalist Peter Boehm an saudischen Universitäten unterrichtet. Er erzählt von Kindern, die Auto fahren dürfen, aber Frauen, die das nicht dürfen,...

 There comes a time when prudent and meaningful planning and preparation can become excessive and evolve into an impediment much like an anchor, keeping one in place! Almost always, adventure requires a submission to uncertainty and abandon of the pursuit of omniscience, taking at least, to a...

Peter Habeler wurde im Jahr 1978 weltbekannt, als ihm gemeinsam mit Reinhold Messner die erste Besteigung des Mount Everest ohne zusätzlichen Sauerstoff gelang. Weitere erfolgreiche Achttausenderexpeditionen, z. B. zum Nanga Parbat, Cho Oyu oder Kangchendzönga folgten. Schon zuvor machte sich Habeler...

Ein Buch wie ein Erdbeben. Über fünfzig Jahre quälte sich Peter Wawerzinek mit der Frage, warum seine Mutter ihn als Waise in der DDR zurückgelassen hatte. Dann fand und besuchte er sie. Das Ergebnis ist ein literarischer Sprengsatz, wie ihn die deutsche Literatur noch nicht zu bieten hatte. Ihre...

Der Weg zur feinen Kommunikation. Manche Menschen haben ihn einfach, den 'besonderen Draht' zum Pferd. Doch wie bekommt man ihn? Mit den Übungen der Bodenschule können auch Einsteiger den feinen, aber wichtigen Unterschied zwischen schlichter Gewöhnung und nachhaltigem Lernen in der Pferdeausbildung...

Peter Ames Carlin’s New York Times bestselling biography of one America’s greatest musicians is the first in twenty-five years to be written with the cooperation of Bruce Springsteen himself; “Carlin gets across why Mr. Springsteen has meant so much, for so long, to so many people” (The New...

In 2001 Peter Anderson was 37 and had the perfect life: very much in love and recently married with an infant daughter he adored; an intelligent and sensitive man working a job he loved as a popular secondary school teacher and a talented sportsman training for a marathon... The bubble was...

Have you ever dreamed about walking the Camino de Santiago? Join Peter Murtagh, acclaimed Irish journalist, and his teenage daughter Natasha on their epic pilgrimage across the Way of St James and experience their life-changing adventure with them. If you’ve ever wondered what a hike of 900...

In Over the Hills, Peter Steele recounts the story of his turbulent childhood in England and his student years at Cambridge University. There he learned mountaineering and medicine, culminating in his selection as medical officer to the ill-fated 1971 International Expedition to Mount Everest....

We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren't managing their knowledge workers careers. Instead, you must be...

"The need for realism in reform of its monetary system is what makes Bernstein’s story of the Power of Gold so timely. It is a compelling reminder that maintaining a fixed price for gold and fixed exchange rates were difficult even in a simpler financial environment….Peter Bernstein was reluctant...

In The Lazy Project Manager and the Project from Hell, Peter Taylor applies the lazy project management technique introduced in his Kindle bestsellers The Lazy Project Manager and The Lazy Winner to a project that has gone seriously wrong. Based on a workshop Peter has been delivering for several years,...

This 'passport to creativity' is a short illustrated guide to creating entirely new things, making creative improvements to anything, and solving all kinds of problems. It uses the 'IdeaTree', a five-part colour-coded diagram of process which enables all stages to be clearly visualised - and applied. The...