Author: Lesley Choyce
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 0888784163
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
When Taylor returns to his Nova Scotia village to live with his boat-builder father, he grapples with family dysfunction and faces a past he can t seem to escape.
Cold Clear Morning
Author: Lesley Choyce
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 0888784163
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
When Taylor returns to his Nova Scotia village to live with his boat-builder father, he grapples with family dysfunction and faces a past he can t seem to escape.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 0888784163
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
When Taylor returns to his Nova Scotia village to live with his boat-builder father, he grapples with family dysfunction and faces a past he can t seem to escape.
Cold Clear Morning
Author: Lesley Choyce
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1554885086
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
When Taylor returns to his Nova Scotia village to live with his boat-builder father, he grapples with family dysfunction and faces a past he can’t seem to escape.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1554885086
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
When Taylor returns to his Nova Scotia village to live with his boat-builder father, he grapples with family dysfunction and faces a past he can’t seem to escape.
One Clear, Ice-cold January Morning at the Beginning of the 21st Century
Author: Roland Schimmelpfennig
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0857056964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
"A highly original and often hypnotic work . . . exactly the type of book that readers in search of striking European voices should embrace" John Boyne, author of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS A contemporary Berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of Germany's best-known contemporary playwright One clear, ice-cold January morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between Poland and Germany. His trail leads all the way to Berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and diverge. On an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodes. The lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by Tomasz, a Polish construction worker who cannot survive in Germany without his girlfriend. Elisabeth and Micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the city. A woman burns her mother's diaries on a Berlin balcony. And Elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: What am I doing here? And why? Experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white film. Those who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold time. This first novel of Germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precision. Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0857056964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
"A highly original and often hypnotic work . . . exactly the type of book that readers in search of striking European voices should embrace" John Boyne, author of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS A contemporary Berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of Germany's best-known contemporary playwright One clear, ice-cold January morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between Poland and Germany. His trail leads all the way to Berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and diverge. On an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodes. The lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by Tomasz, a Polish construction worker who cannot survive in Germany without his girlfriend. Elisabeth and Micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the city. A woman burns her mother's diaries on a Berlin balcony. And Elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: What am I doing here? And why? Experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white film. Those who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold time. This first novel of Germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precision. Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch
The North American Journals of Prince Maximilian of Wied
Author: Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian of Wied
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806147008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
Few historical chronicles are as informative and eloquent as the journals written by Prince Maximilian of Wied as a record of his journey into the North American interior in 1833–34, following the route Lewis and Clark had taken almost thirty years earlier. In this third, and final, volume, Maximilian vividly narrates his extended stay at Fort Clark (near today’s Bismarck, North Dakota) and his return journey eastward across America and on to his home in Germany. This handsome, oversize volume not only reproduces the prince’s historic document but also features every one of his illustrations—nearly 100 in all, including several in color—from the original journal, along with other watercolors, now housed at Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. This book is published with the assistance of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806147008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
Few historical chronicles are as informative and eloquent as the journals written by Prince Maximilian of Wied as a record of his journey into the North American interior in 1833–34, following the route Lewis and Clark had taken almost thirty years earlier. In this third, and final, volume, Maximilian vividly narrates his extended stay at Fort Clark (near today’s Bismarck, North Dakota) and his return journey eastward across America and on to his home in Germany. This handsome, oversize volume not only reproduces the prince’s historic document but also features every one of his illustrations—nearly 100 in all, including several in color—from the original journal, along with other watercolors, now housed at Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. This book is published with the assistance of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
The Travels of David Thompson 1784-1812
Author: Sean T. Peake
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462017738
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
At age 75, David Thompson began to write about his life of exploration and surveying in western North America from 1784 to 1812. At this point, how-ever, the odds of ?nishing were slim; his eyesight was failing, his body was worn out after years of strain on portages and mountain passes. For ?ve years he toiled with rewrites and revisions, never able to set the ?nal account in order. On 16 January 1851 he “put his “papers to right” in one last attempt to ?nish his work. By 28 February 1851, no longer able to see, he gave up his pen as well as any hope of completing his Travels. Like a true surveyor, though, he left a well-blazed trail for others to follow. Drawing from the four surviving manuscripts and Thompson’s 77 notebooks ?lled with daily journals, reports, essays, and anecdotes, Sean Peake ?nished what Thompson set out to achieve: a full account that encompasses the “extent of the forests, of the great Plains, the animals, birds, ?shes &c &c peculiar to each section; the various tribes of Indians which inhabit these countries, their several languages, their religious opinions, manners and mode of life, place and extent of hunting grounds, and the changes which have taken place, by the fortune of war or other causes... a curious and extensive collection of all that can fall under the observation of a traveller.” This edition of The Travels of David Thompson is a landmark publication in Canadian history, fully deserving of a place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in a ?rst-hand account of the tumultuous struggle for control of western North America.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462017738
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
At age 75, David Thompson began to write about his life of exploration and surveying in western North America from 1784 to 1812. At this point, how-ever, the odds of ?nishing were slim; his eyesight was failing, his body was worn out after years of strain on portages and mountain passes. For ?ve years he toiled with rewrites and revisions, never able to set the ?nal account in order. On 16 January 1851 he “put his “papers to right” in one last attempt to ?nish his work. By 28 February 1851, no longer able to see, he gave up his pen as well as any hope of completing his Travels. Like a true surveyor, though, he left a well-blazed trail for others to follow. Drawing from the four surviving manuscripts and Thompson’s 77 notebooks ?lled with daily journals, reports, essays, and anecdotes, Sean Peake ?nished what Thompson set out to achieve: a full account that encompasses the “extent of the forests, of the great Plains, the animals, birds, ?shes &c &c peculiar to each section; the various tribes of Indians which inhabit these countries, their several languages, their religious opinions, manners and mode of life, place and extent of hunting grounds, and the changes which have taken place, by the fortune of war or other causes... a curious and extensive collection of all that can fall under the observation of a traveller.” This edition of The Travels of David Thompson is a landmark publication in Canadian history, fully deserving of a place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in a ?rst-hand account of the tumultuous struggle for control of western North America.
The Philosophical Transactions and Collections
Author: Royal society of London
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700: Containing all the physiological papers, by J. Lowthorp
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700. Abridg'd and Dispos'd Under General Heads ... By John Lowthorp ... The Third Edition (From ... MDCC ... to ... MDCCXX ... by Benj. Motte ... From ... 1719, to ... 1733 ... By Mr. John Eames ... and John Martyn ... From ... 1732, to ... 1744 ... By John Martyn ... From ... 1743, to ... 1750 ... By John Martyn).
Author: III (London). Royal Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa
Author: Heinrich Barth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700, Abridg'd and Dispos'd Under General Heads ... By John Lowthorp ...: Containing all the physiological papers, by J. Lowthorp
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description