THE SUNKEN RUINS OF MELUSINE After a touching mother-daughter reunion in the city of Erisen, Hajime and his party resolve to take on the fourth Great Labyrinth, the underwater ruins of Melusine. Every labyrinth presents unique dangers, and this one summons up visions of the past to test those who dare to enter. Separated from the rest of their comrades, Kaori and Hajime will be challenged like never before. Will their relationship change in the fires of hardship?

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CLASH AT LABYRINTH’S END Right before Hajime and his companions conquer their third Great Labyrinth, they come face-to-face with Freid Bagwa, one of the most fearsome demons in all the world. Armed with the unique power to create dreadful monsters of his own, he’s the toughest opponent Hajime’s faced so far. Staking their lives and the whole duchy of Ankaji on the battle’s outcome, it’s a fight for survival as the dungeon burns, consumed in a sea of fire!

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Mit dem Ende der DDR wurden, angelehnt an Vorbilder der alten Bundeslander, die Kommunalverwaltungen der nun "neuen" Bundeslander aufgebaut. Dieses Buch geht der kulturellen Seite dieser Transformation nach. Aus der Perspektive der Akteure werden die kollektiven Selbstbeschreibungen der Verwaltungsbeschaftigten rekonstruiert.
Dies geschieht erstmals auch im Vergleich uber die Zeit. 1992 und 1996 wurden Beschaftigte der Stadtverwaltung Frankfurt (Oder) zu folgenden Themen befragt: Verantwortungsspielraum und Qualifikation, Verhaltnis zu den Burgern, zu den Kollegen und zu den Vorgesetzten. Untersucht wird die Stabilitat von Wahrnehmungs- und Deutungsmustern, mit denen die Befragten sich selbst und ihre Verwaltungswelt beschreiben.
Der Autor:
Dr. rer. pol. Karsten Rogas forschte u.a. am Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung und an der Freien Universitat Berlin zur ostdeutschen Transformation von offentlichen Verwaltungen, Banken und Sparkassen. Er war Stipendiat der Graduiertenforderung des Landes Brandenburg und promovierte 1998 an der Universitat Potsdam. Heute ist er als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Bereich Allgemeine Soziologie der Universitat Potsdam tatig und beschaftigt sich im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojekts der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft mit dem Management offentlicher und privater Betriebe."