In the Shadow of the “Crisis”
This book provides a comparative analysis of immigration detention systems in the EU since the "refugee crisis," examining how EU legislation has influenced domestic practices that may violate human rights. It highlights the evolution of policies, detention norms, and practices across member states, serving as a critical resource for academics and practitioners.
A collection of old and new, but finally put together as the author originally imagined the interlocking world of these six stories. Each of the six independent stories lightly touches on another, reminding us of our shared existence even as we deal with our own individual trials and tribulations.
Eine einst stolze Passagierschiff, die „River of Stars“, pendelt nun als Frachter zwischen Mars und Jupiter, bis ein Unfall sie aus dem Sonnensystem katapultiert. Michael Flynn bietet in der Tradition großer Sci-Fi-Autoren ein atemberaubendes Weltraum-Abenteuer.
Centuries ago, one small town in Germany disappeared and was never resettled. Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived. What's so special about Eifelheim? Father Dietrich is the village priest of Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength. To his astonishment, Dietrich makes first contact between humanity and an alien race from a distant star, when their ship crashes in the nearby forest. Flynn gives us the full richness and strangeness of medieval life, as well as some terrific aliens.
In the 21st Century, a woman philanthropist launches a private space program aimed at developing new technologies to improve life on Earth. But as with every innovation, this one steps on some people's toes and they resort to violence to stop her. A work of imagination in space technologies.
In the nineteenth century, a small group of American idealists managed to actually build Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine and use it to develop Cliology, mathematical models that could chart the likely course of the future. Soon they were working to alter history’s course as they thought best. By our own time, the Society has become the secret master of the world. But no secret can be kept forever, at least not without drastic measures. When her plans for some historic real estate lead developer and ex-reporter Sarah Beaumont to stumble across the Society’s existence, it’s just the first step into a baffling and deadly maze of conspiracies.
Contents: • Prelude• Soul of the City • The Washer at the Ford • Remember'd Kisses • (1988)• The Laughing Clone • Werehouse • (1990)• The Blood Upon the Rose
It all happened so fast... One minute the two Space Hab astronauts were scoop-diving the atmosphere, the next they'd been shot down over the North Dakota Glacier and were the object of a massive manhunt by the United States government. That government, dedicated to saving the environment from the evils of technology, had been voted into power because everybody knew that the Green House Effect had to be controlled, whatever the cost. But who would have thought that the cost of ending pollution would include not only total government control of day-to-day life, but the onset of a new Ice Age? Stranded in the anti-technological heartland of America, paralyzed by the Earth's gravity, the "Angels" had no way back to the Space Habs, the last bastions of high technology and intellectual freedom on or over the Earth. But help was on its way, help from the most unlikely sources...
