<br><b>The first full biography in decades, <i>King</i> mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times.</b>
In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. In another part of town, months later, a retired cop named Bill Hodges is still haunted by the unsolved crime. When he gets a crazed letter from someone who self-identifies as the "perk" and threatens an even more diabolical attack, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, hell-bent on preventing another tragedy. Brady Hartfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. He loved the feel of death under the wheels of the Mercedes, and he wants that rush again. Only Bill Hodges, with a couple of highly unlikely allies, can apprehend the killer before he strikes again. And they have no time to lose, because Brady's next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim thousands. Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable
Eignungsabklärung und -reflexion sind zentrale Bausteine vor dem und im Lehramtsstudium, um die Studien- und Berufswahl zu hinterfragen. Die Autor:innen der Beiträge beleuchten diesen notwendigen Modus aus der Perspektive von aktuellen Studien- bzw. Forschungsprojekten, explizieren u. a. Online-Self-Assessments, geben einen Überblick über Verfahrensweisen der Eignungsabklärung und -reflexion an Hochschulstandorten und ordnen die Thematik in multiperspektivische Zusammenhänge im Lehramtsstudium ein.
<b>Magical peril reigns in book 4 of the Witches of Woodville series, a warmly witty WW2 fantasy adventure for fans of Lev Grossman and Terry Pratchett.</b>