Kirjahaku

In a world of crushing reality where are the people we can rely on? Oh Superman, where are you now? The kinds of people we want to rely on live only in comic books and on the screens. What we would give for them to rush into our world. What we would give for someone else to save the day. No matter how loud we shout for a hero none will come. The great and the strong men and women who fly around do not exist. Where, instead, must we look to? What must we pin our hopes to? When things fall apart around us or when we are knocked back by life, what is there to pick us up and to help us fight our battles against what hurts us? Tony de Lacey, in this book, has found the answer to the question; 'who will help us' The answer is that the hero is in everyone. Every person, including you, has the potential to be hero in the real world. Tony explains how this is the case and, more importantly, explains how you can become your own hero not just for yourself when things go wrong but for other people. Step by step, this book will explain the fundamental principles of becoming a superhero in the real world. You don't need to be able to fly. You don't need to have super strength. All you need is a willingness to be better than you thought you could be. This book explains what it means to live with 'The Superhero Condition'.

The Great War ends with Germany standing triumphant over the defeated allies. The final offensive turns into a great and astounding victory. The era of Pax Britannica, the era of a British-dominated peace, is over. The era of Pax Germania has begun. The new nation forged in iron and steel now calls itself the greatest amongst the world's nations. Maintaining the peace, however, is a much more difficult affair for the new imperial nation. The iron grip of Imperial Germany might be strong, but the world does not always bend to such strength in peace. In Pax Germania, explore a world that could very well have been through the very different experiences of a man from Britain, a lowly soldier from France, and a young Prussian aristocrat from Germany. Follow the inevitable events of a very different outcome of the event that formed the rest of the decisive 20th century. All these major events occur around the personal lives of these three men, forging their own paths in the new and dangerous world. The events in this book are as a result of extensive research into counterfactual history and investigations into the possibilities of a world that might have been had the German army triumphed in unlikely but very possible circumstances in 1918. With the assistance of research from military historian Robert Cowley in his critically acclaimed work entitled 'What If', this book attempts to create the most realistic possibilities and world events, articulated through the personal experiences of three very different people from three very different geographic, societal and philosophical backgrounds. Tony de Lacey is a graduate of history, majoring in counterfactual history from the University of Nottingham. His previous published works include philosophical publications including the books 'Liberating Life; How paying attention can set you free', and 'The Superhero Condition'. Tony has also published a series of theatrical scripts, some diving into more worlds of historical alternatives. He has worked as a teacher of history, emphasising the importance of counterfactual history as a mechanism of assigning value to historical events and interpretations.