Wickerby: An Urban Pastoral Charles Siebert Crown Publishers, 1998 - 216 sider "Outside my window, the city lights are taking hold now, the breeze-brushed, gently pulsating grid. Why is a cemented aggregate of homes arranged in a tall, tight cluster any further from nature than one wood home within the woods? Because it is so thoroughly man-made? But we wouldn't call the towering carpenter ant's nest that I found one day in Wickerby's collapsing southeast corner 'ant-made.' We are no less natural than the next creature except that thinking makes it seem so. There is no such thing as nature. Wickerby would remind me of this. There is just the earth and us, the name-callers, standing upon it, calling those places without us, nature." Against the backdrop of a tumbledown Brooklyn neighborhood, Charles Siebert, a native Brooklynite and longtime city-dweller, reflects upon the five months he
No Country for Old men
Palaces, Castles, and Country Houses A lavish photographic tour of Spain's most magnificent dwellings. Forfatter: Roberto Schezen, Juan José Junquera y Mato Forlag: Universe Pub Udgivelsesår: 1995 Sider: 288 Sprog: Engelsk
The Civil War may have ended on the battlefield, but the fight for equality never did In 1865, the Confederacy was comprehensively defeated, its economy shattered, its leaders in exile or in jail. Yet in the years that followed, Lincoln's vision of a genuinely united country never took root. Apart from a few brief months, when the presence of the Union army in the South proved liberating for newly freed Black Americans, the military victory was squandered. Old white supremacist efforts returned, more ferocious than before. In Civil War by Other Means, Jeremi Suri shows how resistance to a more equal Union began immediately. From the first postwar riots to the return of Confederate exiles, to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, to the highly contested and consequential election of 1876, Suri explores the conflicts and questions Americans wrestled with as competing visions of democracy, rac
Skuespillere: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin Instruktør: Joel og Ethan Coen Denne DVD indeholder en fortælling om en mand, der tilfældigt falder over et blodigt gerningssted fyldt af heroin og to millioner dollars i umiddelbare kontanter. Hans forsøg på at tage pengene udløser en voldsspiral med en veteran-politimand, der forsøger at stoppe den ukontrollerbare voldseksplosion. Studie: Paramount Vantage og Miramax Films Resumé: Filmen følger de hæsblæsende begivenheder, der udspiller sig i det vestlige Texas, når en mand finder en taske med penge og bliver forfulgt af en brutal snigmorder. Politiets ressourcer testes, når den aldrende sherif forsøger at holde styr på den styrkende voldsbølge.
Vinyl LP fra Roger Whittaker med titlen 'In Orbit'. Pladen indeholder flere sange, herunder 'I'm just a country boy', '1944', 'Little finger', og 'Canada is' på side 1 samt 'He ain't heavy… he's my brother', '500 Miles', 'First of May', og 'Lonesome traveller' på side 2. Pladenummeret er 6369 214, og den er udgivet af Philips.
Music and sheesha smoke wafting from the open doorway of a Cairo coffeehouse, the rippling dune and blinding white sand of the Western Desert, and the awe-inspiring temples of Abu Simbel and Karnak-ou bestselling guide to the ancient land of the Pharaoh covers every corner of this inspiring country. Take a cruise with our dedicated Nile Cruises chapter - we'll gave you the low-down on everything that floats, from local feluccas to luxurious cruise ships. Get around with our 128 detailed maps - including customised itineraries and a walking tour map to help you discover the medieval alleyways of Islamic Cairo Get the background on everything from pyramids to papyrus with our special sections on Pharaonic Egypt and the Egyptian Museum. Discover the outdoors with our comprehensive coverage of Red Sea diving and desert safaris - we know every shipwreck and oasis! Talk the talk with the help
