Inconspicuous

Uncertain Ground

From the author of Redeployment and Missionaries, an astonishing fever graph of the effects of twenty years of war in a brutally divided America When Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago, after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself part of the community of veterans who have no choice but to grapple with the meaning of their wartime experiences-for themselves and for the country. American identity has always been bound up in war-from the revolutionary war of our founding, to the civil war that ended slavery, to the two world wars that launched America as a superpower. What did the current wars say about who we are as a country, and how should we respond as citizens? Unlike previous eras of war, few other Americans have had to do any real grappling with the endless, invisible wars of the post-9/11 world at all; in fact, increasingly, few people are even aware they are still going on. It's as if there's a dark star with a strong gravitational force that draws a relatively small number of soldiers and their families into its orbit, while remaining inconspicuous to most other Americans. In the meantime, the consequences of American military action abroad may be out of sight and out of mind, but they are very real indeed. This chasm between military and civilian in American life, and the moral blind spot it has created, is one of the great themes of Uncertain Ground, Phil Klay's powerful series of reckonings in essay form over the past ten years with some of our country's thorniest concerns. In the name of what do we ask young Americans to kill, and to die? In the name of what does this country hang together? As we see at every turn in these pages, those two questions have a great deal to do with one another, and how we answer them will go a long way toward deciding where our troubled country goes from here.

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Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

**Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime** A "terrific, harrowing, true-crime account of an elusive serial killer who preyed upon gay men in the 1990s." -The New York Times (Editor's Pick) "In this astonishing and powerful work of nonfiction, Green meticulously reports on a series of baffling and brutal crimes targeting gay men. It is an investigation filled with twists and turns, but this is much more than a compelling true crime story. Green has shed light on those whose lives for too long have been forgotten, and rescued an important part of American history." -David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon The gripping true story, told here for the first time, of the Last Call Killer and the gay community of New York City that he preyed upon. The Townhouse Bar, midtown, July 1992: The piano player seems to know every song ever written, the crowd belts out the lyrics to their favorites, and a man standing nearby is drinking a Scotch and water. The man strikes the piano player as forgettable. He looks bland and inconspicuous. Not at all what you think a serial killer looks like. But that's what he is, and tonight, he has his sights set on a gray haired man. He will not be his first victim. Nor will he be his last. The Last Call Killer preyed upon gay men in New York in the '80s and '90s and had all the hallmarks of the most notorious serial killers. Yet because of the sexuality of his victims, the skyhigh murder rates, and the AIDS epidemic, his murders have been almost entirely forgotten. This gripping true-crime narrative tells the story of the Last Call Killer and the decades-long chase to find him. And at the same time, it paints a portrait of his victims and a vibrant community navigating threat and resilience.

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Was die Reitbahn uns lehrt

"Ziel wirklichen Reitens ist: innere Zwiesprache mit dem Pferd", sagt Dorothee Baumann-Pellny. Doch in ihrem Alltag als Reitlehrerin erlebt sie oft das Gegenteil, denn Details werden als unwichtig übergangen oder sind gar nicht bekannt, selbst in der Fachliteratur werden sie kaum thematisiert. Dieses Buch schärft systematisch die Aufmerksamkeit für Feinheiten, die unscheinbar wirken mögen, jedoch der Schlüssel zu erstaunlichen Leistungen von Pferd und Reiter sind. Die eindrückliche Beschreibung von Hilfengebung und Bewegungsabläufen erlaubt es dem Leser, in Gedanken "mitzureiten" und so die Zusammenhänge der Reitlehre zu verinnerlichen - von den Grundlagen bis hin zum Schulgalopp. Ein umfangreicher Fototeil dokumentiert die sorgfältige Grundausbildung des Araberwallachs "Siwango" und verdeutlicht wichtige Momente in der Entwicklung einer Reiter-Pferd-Dyade. Eine empathische Arbeit mit dem Pferd fordert dem Menschen nicht nur reiterliche Fähigkeiten, sondern Selbstdisziplin und Reife ab. Die Autorin zeigt Wege auf, wie der Reiter auch in unseren schnelllebigen Zeiten zu Muße, Hingabe und Konzentration finden kann. So schult die Reitbahn die Verständigung mit dem Pferd und die Persönlichkeit des Menschen gleichermaßen.Ein außergewöhnliches Lehrbuch für Reiter wie Ausbilder!Baumann-Pellny, Reiten"The goal of true riding is an inner dialogue with the horse," says Dorothee Baumann-Pellny. But in her everyday work as a riding teacher she often experiences the opposite, seeing fine details ignored as unimportant or simply not recognised. Even in the literature on the topic they are seldom a theme. This book systematically sharpens the attention to those fine details that may seem inconspicuous but are nonetheless the key to amazing achievements by both horse and rider. The impressive description of riding aids and sequences of movements allow the reader to "ride alongside" in their mind and thus to internalise the interrelationships in the theory of riding - from the basics to the school canter. An extensive section of photographs documents the careful training of the Arab gelding "Siwango" and captures important moments in the development of the rider-horse dyad. Working empathetically with a horse demands of the rider not only technical ability but also self-discipline and maturity. The author demonstrates ways in which riders, even in our own fast-paced times, can find time for relaxation, commitment and concentration.In this way the riding-school teaches an understanding with the horse while at the same time training the rider's personality.An exceptional textbook for both riders and trainers!

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