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The Wolf

How One German Raider Terrorized the Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of WWI

By: Richard Guilliatt,Peter Hohnen

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The Wolf

How One German Raider Terrorized the Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of WWI

By: Richard Guilliatt,Peter Hohnen

On November 30, 1916, an apparently ordinary freighter left harbor in Kiel, Germany, and would not touch land again for another fifteen months. It was the beginning of an astounding 64,000-mile voyage that was to take the ship around the world, leaving a trail of destruction and devastation in her wake. For this was no ordinary freighter—this was the Wolf, a disguised German warship. In this gripping account of an audacious and lethal World War I expedition, Richard Guilliatt and Peter Hohnen depict the Wolf ’s assignment: to terrorize distant ports of the British Empire by laying minefields and sinking freighters, thus hastening Germany’s goal of starving her enemy into submission. Yet to maintain secrecy, she could never pull into port or use her radio, and to comply with the rules of sea warfare, her captain fastidiously tried to avoid killing civilians aboard the merchant ships he attacked, taking their crews and passengers prisoner before sinking the vessels. The Wolf thus became a huge floating prison, with more than 400 captives, including a number of women and children, from twenty-five different nations. Sexual affairs were kindled between the German crew and some female prisoners. A six-year-old American girl, captured while sailing across the Pacific with her parents, was adopted as a mascot by the Germans. Forced to survive on food and fuel plundered from other ships, facing death from scurvy, and hunted by the combined navies of five Allied nations, the Germans and their prisoners came to share a common bond. The will to survive transcended enmities of race, class, and nationality. It was to be one of the most daring clandestine naval missions of modern times. Under the command of Captain Karl Nerger, who conducted his deadly business with an admirable sense of chivalry, the Wolf traversed three of the world’s major oceans and destroyed more than thirty Allied vessels. We learn of the world through which the Wolf moved, with all its social divisions and xenophobia, its bravery and stoicism, its combination of old-world social mores and rapid technological change. The story of this epic voyage is a vivid real-life narrative and simultaneously a richly detailed picture of a world being profoundly transformed by war.

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410

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Simon and Schuster

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1416573399

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9781416573395

The Company of Wolves

By: Peter Steinhart

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The Company of Wolves

By: Peter Steinhart

As wolves return to their old territory in Yellowstone National Park, their presence is reawakening passions as ancient as their tangled relations with human beings. This authoritative and eloquent book coaxes the wolf out from its camouflage of myth and reveals the depth of its kinship with humanity, which shares this animal's complex complex social organization, intense family ties, and predatory streak.

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403

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Vintage

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0307798488

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9780307798480

In Search of the Gamma Wolf

A Gentleman's Pocket Guide to Pack Hierarchy

By: Nigel Modern,Peter Fasolino

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In Search of the Gamma Wolf

A Gentleman's Pocket Guide to Pack Hierarchy

By: Nigel Modern,Peter Fasolino

IN SEARCH OF THE GAMMA WOLF We have all watched documentaries in the late hours illustrating the exploits of the dominant Alpha wolf and the Beta wolves that he mauls on his way to the top. But did any wildlife documentary maker ever capture the sneaky exploits of the Gamma wolf? The lone straggler at the back of the pack, with the chewed up tail and mangy fur, who cavorts successfully with the females whilst the Alpha is out of sight? This book is an attempt to graft male society onto a quasi-scientific—but predominantly fictitious—concept of the wolf pack hierarchy. Along with the familiar Alpha and Beta wolves, this book sheds light on the lesser known wolf types: the plucky Gamma wolf and his comrades, the Theta, Omega, Zeta and Omicron wolves. It can be used as a light-hearted guide to any informal or institutional environment to identify different male types, the structure of the hierarchy, and where individuals fit within it.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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145754220X

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9781457542206

Wolves at the Door

Migration, Dehumanization, Rewilding the World

By: Peter Arnds

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Wolves at the Door

Migration, Dehumanization, Rewilding the World

By: Peter Arnds

In view of the current rhetoric surrounding the global migrant crisis – with politicians comparing refugees with animals and media reports warning of migrants swarming like insects or trespassing like wolves – this timely study explores the cultural origins of the language and imagery of dehumanization. Situated at the junction of literature, politics, and ecocriticism, Wolves at the Door traces the history of the wolf metaphor in discussions of race, gender, colonialism, fascism, and ecology. How have 'Gypsies', Jews, Native Americans but also 'wayward' women been 'wolfed' in literature and politics? How has the wolf myth been exploited by Hitler, Mussolini and Turkish ultra-nationalism? How do right-wing politicians today exploit the reappearance of wolves in Central Europe in the context of the migration discourse? And while their reintroduction in places like Yellowstone has fuelled heated debates, what is the wolf's role in ecological rewilding and for the restoration of biodiversity? In today's fraught political climate, Wolves at the Door alerts readers to the links between stereotypical images, their cultural history, and their political consequences. It raises awareness about xenophobia and the dangers of nationalist idolatry, but also highlights how literature and the visual arts employ the wolf myth for alternative messages of tolerance and cultural diversity.

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233

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501366777

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9781501366772

Environmental Justice

By: Peter S. Wenz

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Environmental Justice

By: Peter S. Wenz

This great book of prophesy for the next 100 years is a startling and powerful new perspective that views humanity not as fallen, failing beings, but as beloved children growing in Love. It effectively releases us from sin AND repentance.

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388

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SUNY Press

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0887066453

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9780887066450

The Talisman

A Novel

By: Stephen King,Peter Straub

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The Talisman

A Novel

By: Stephen King,Peter Straub

Originally published: New York: Viking, 1984.

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750

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Simon and Schuster

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1451694911

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9781451694918

Wild Dogs and Their Relatives

By: Peter Jackson,Olga Sheean-Stone

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Wild Dogs and Their Relatives

By: Peter Jackson,Olga Sheean-Stone

Discusses the status and conservation of wild canids, including wild dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals, zorros, and dingos.

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IUCN

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2831700477

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9782831700472

Trauma Through a Child's Eyes

Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing

By: Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.,Maggie Kline

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Trauma Through a Child's Eyes

Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing

By: Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.,Maggie Kline

What parents, educators, and health professionals can do to recognize, prevent, and heal childhood trauma, from infancy through adolescence—by the author of Waking the Tiger Trauma can result not only from catastrophic events such as abuse, violence, or loss of loved ones, but from natural disasters and everyday incidents like auto accidents, medical procedures, divorce, or even falling off a bicycle. At the core of this book is the understanding of how trauma is imprinted on the body, brain, and spirit—often resulting in anxiety, nightmares, depression, physical illnesses, addictions, hyperactivity, and aggression. Rich with case studies and hands-on activities, Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes gives insight into children’s innate ability to rebound with the appropriate support, and provides their caregivers with tools to overcome and prevent trauma. “Trauma Through A Child’s Eyes . . . creates its own mold in a way that everyone concerned with the health and happiness of children will be grateful for.” —Gabor Maté, MD, author of Hold On to Your Kids

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540

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North Atlantic Books

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1556436300

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9781556436307

Remus

A Roman Myth

By: Timothy Peter Wiseman

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Remus

A Roman Myth

By: Timothy Peter Wiseman

Romulus founded Rome - but why does the myth give him a twin brother Remus, who is killed at the moment of the foundation? This mysterious legend has been oddly neglected. Roman historians ignore it as irrelevant to real history; students of myth concentrate on the more glamorous mythology of Greece. In this book, Professor Wiseman provides, for the first time, a detailed analysis of all the variants of the story, and a historical explanation for its origin and development. His conclusions offer important new insights, both into the history and ideology of pre-imperial Rome and into the methods and motives of myth-creation in a non-literate society. In the richly unfamiliar Rome of Pan, Hermes and Circe the witch-goddess, where a general grows miraculous horns and prophets demand human sacrifice, Remus stands for the unequal struggle of the many against the powerful few.

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264

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Cambridge University Press

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0521483662

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9780521483667

The Wolf's Head

Writing Lake Superior

By: Peter Unwin

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The Wolf's Head

Writing Lake Superior

By: Peter Unwin

Immortalized in words and song, the symbol of the great, untreaded Wilderness, the shores surrounding Lake Superior rustle with stories of gregarious legend, unlikely heroes, quiet sorrow, and unmatched feats of bravery and adventure. From the earliest European records of the world's largest body of fresh, open water, to the ghostly anecdotes of the men lost in her freezing waters, Peter Unwin records the stories of the great Superior and the people who, over centuries, have determined to make it their home. In short, cultivating chapters, Unwin lays out the history of the lake and its lands, illuminating the stories of the copper stained greed of men who sought the Ontonagon Boulder, the strangling dread of Mishipizheu, the maddening determination of voyageurs as they packed 400 pounds across rugged earth and choppy water, and the hollow ache of loss on the greatest of inland seas. All the ferociousness of the Wolf's Head the lake embodies is laid out here, filled with extraordinary facts, humorous anecdotes, and an understanding of the people who have chosen to live along its shores. In simple, witty language that endears and engages, Peter Unwin brings Lake Superior to life like no other writer can, delivering in breathless vibrancy, the history of the Wolf's Head.

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313

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Cormorant Books

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1770860819

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9781770860810

Wolf Tracks

Popular Art and Re-Africanization in Twentieth-century Panama

By: Peter A. Szok

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Wolf Tracks

Popular Art and Re-Africanization in Twentieth-century Panama

By: Peter A. Szok

How red devil buses and self-taught artists have enlivened one Latin American nation

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1617032433

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9781617032431

Book's by Peter Wolfs

The Wolf

The Wolf

The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves

In Search of the Gamma Wolf

In Search of the Gamma Wolf

Wolves at the Door

Wolves at the Door

Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice

The Talisman

The Talisman

Wild Dogs and Their Relatives

Wild Dogs and Their Relatives

Trauma Through a Child's Eyes

Trauma Through a Child's Eyes

Remus

Remus

The Wolf's Head

The Wolf's Head

Wolf Tracks

Wolf Tracks

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