Neil Deane Boeken

A contemporary novel about a lottery winner's life after his win

This book on Liverpool offers the reader many things: a comprehensive social and cultural history; an insider travel guide; an analysis of the city s people and the places they inhabit; the gripping tale of the Beatles in their Liverpool home and an evaluation of the music that preceded their rise and followed their demise in 1970. An inside view of the Scouser s unbreakable bond with his football team and the pub completes the picture. Neil Deane weaves in his own story after joining the proceedings in 1957, relating his everyday experience of life in his home town until his departure in 1979, after which he continues his autobiographical narrative as a self-exiled, committed observer and frequent visitor. He attempts to explain how and why Liverpool is a city on the edge , different from its northern neighbours, misunderstood and even reviled by sections of the southern establishment, and too often making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Sweeping away lazy clichés, he aims to get the reader that bit closer to the truth. The book is not a typical tourist guide, more an authentic tale told with love and passion, a personal odyssey with heaven and hell present in equal proportions; however, his final message of optimism is that any stranger visiting Liverpool will be uplifted most of all by its people, ever determined to make sure that heaven wins the penalty shoot-out.

Neil Deane has been happily (and unhappily) immersing himself in German culture since moving to Germany from Liverpool, GB at the end of the seventies; this book reveals the conclusions emerging from his observations since then. Starting with an all-important historical overview since „Zero hour“ (May 8, 1945), he moves on to describe everyday life and challenges, analyses the German way of thinking and attempts to explain the success story of Europe's most powerful economic power. A chapter on the progress of East-West unity since 1990 and a comprehensive “state of the nation” statement bring the reader right up to date with the crucial issues facing Germany at the start of the 21st century. Autobiographical, entertaining and non-academic in nature, yet based on facts, current writing and balanced judgement, the book paints a personal and honest picture of Germany today, providing useful help and insights for anybody intending to spend time there on business or pleasure. Anybody wishing to understand modern Germany - and that includes Germans themselves - will find much to ponder on.

Anybody harbouring the sneaking suspicion that „we are what we hear“ will surely feel at home in Neil Deane’s highly-personalized account of how rock music moved in with him at the end of the Beatles’ era and refused to move out again. It made anarchy-bound Liverpool of the 70s a veritable demi-paradise, helped him survive various challenges in pre- and post- 1989 Germany and even made light of new millennium crises and general mid-life paranoia. Lists pertaining to several facets of his collection of 600 CDs, reflections on the live concert experience and pithy yet revealing philosophizing about the pivotal role music plays in our lives all combine to celebrate a 40-year journey many music lovers will recognise from their own „rocky passages“.

Učebnice Deutsch für deinen Job - Gastronomie byla speciálně vytvořena pro potřeby studentů českých odborných škol, pro firemní výuku i pro praktické profesní využití.

Nadstavbový kurz vhodný zejména pro výuku odborné angličtiny na středních odborných učilištích připravujících profesionály v oboru gastronomie. Mohou jej však využít také provozní zaměstnanci a nižší management podniků veřejného stravování a hotelnictví. Učebnice obsahuje celkem 20 strukturovaných lekcí. Velmi užitečným oddílem učebnice je abecední slovníček, který shrnuje odbornou slovní zásobu z probraných tematických oblastí. Další součástí jsou mp3 ZDARMA v on-line podpoře s nahrávkami rozhovorů a textů. Mp3 ke stažení zdarma na www.fraus.cz