![]() ![]() Leopold also makes note of the environmental destruction taking place around him, including the loss of prairie flora such as Silphium.Īs the year moves into autumn, Leopold describes how, by watching the signs on the landscape, he’s able to hunt grouse successfully, especially when aided by his dog’s powerful sense of smell. On their journey north, geese are perpetuating an ancient cycle, helped by a relatively modern development: the existence of farmers’ fields, where geese can feast on corn before continuing their journey. As the year moves into March, Leopold notes the return of the geese, following the path of their annual migration. The fuel comes from an oak felled by a lightning bolt, through which Leopold saws, contemplating along the way how each ring of the tree’s trunk corresponds to a year in the United States’ history. ![]() From here, he goes on to describe other observations he makes on the farm-particularly, the appreciation of where his food and fuel come from. The book opens in January, amid a thaw following a midwinter blizzard on Leopold’s Wisconsin farm, where Leopold describes following the various animal tracks and traces. ![]()
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My business partner and I had been working 100+ hour weeks for months (I'd go home at midnight, come back at five or six and ask him if he was already back or still there - he'd typically answer "still here"). This book gets five stars because it saved my business, if not my life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Wilson’s previous studies include War, State and Society in Württemberg, 1677-1793 (1995), German Armies: War and German Society, 1648-1806 (1998), The Holy Roman Empire, 1495-1806 (1999), From Reich to Revolution: German History 1558-1806 (2004), as well as a recently published document collection The Thirty Years War: A Sourcebook (2010). Wilson, Professor of History at the University of Hull, and a leading historian of Early Modern Germany, has taken up this task, and given us the first general account of the conflict since Geoffrey Parker’s The Thirty Years War (1984). ![]() ![]() Most of the published literature is meant for specialists, and many of the brief overviews are geared for students.ĭr Peter H. As such, there are few full-length general accounts of the Thirty Years War. Major stumbling blocks to the study of the war include the need to work with at least fourteen languages, study thousands of published works, and toil in numerous archives to produce a study that would cover all aspects of a conflict that involved much of Europe. Writing a history of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) presents the historian with many problems because of the complexity of the conflict. Originally published in The Journal of Military History 74 (July 2010): 915-16. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2009. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She started hanging out on Mondays to see what made them tick, thinking there might be a book in it. Years later, a change of address and a post-surgery period for her mother reintroduced Lerner to the ritual of the Bridge Ladies. Rebellious since adolescence, Lerner left home for the big city and an independent, self-supporting life. Traditional homemakers, the Bridge Ladies are reticent with personal information and personal feelings even among immediate family, which, in Roz’s case, has always driven Lerner nuts. ![]() It ended up as a memoir that-in presenting the group portrait-peels back the curtain on Lerner’s difficult relationship with her mother, a relationship fraught with a lifetime of intergenerational tension and misunderstanding. The Bridge Ladies, Betsy Lerner’s lauded new book, began as a group portrait of five octogenarian women-including Lerner’s mother, Roz-who have been convening weekly in greater New Haven, Connecticut, for more than 50 years to play cards. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Stride & Son charge a buyer’s premium on the hammer price of 18% plus VAT (21.6% inclusive). Please note we DO NOT offer a packing service. UK Buyers: Small Jiffy bag Items ONLY (A4 Size) by Royal Mail ‘Signed For’ service. Overseas Buyers: We DO NOT provide a postal service outside of the UK. Some endangered species may be prohibited, for example elephant ivory. This is to facilitate the smooth processing of as many enquiries as possible.īuyers intending to export goods should check whether an export or import license is required. "what are the titles of the three shelves of books in lot 111". We are however happy to answer specific questions with relation to the same ie. 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I don't think I have a clear definition of the word Heimat yet. ![]() But did you also come up with an easy way to define the term in interviews? Your graphic memoir offers a complex, very poetic interpretation of the concept of Heimat. I believe it should be possible to both look critically at our past and express love for our country The book is both a quest to find out what it means to be German and it's also a commitment to Germany - in a positive sense. That's exactly why we decided to call the book "Heimat," because we felt that we needed to claim the term back from the extreme right. Edgar Reitz, the director of a series of films in the 1980s called "Heimat," told DW in an interview that he wouldn't have called his project that way today he finds the term to difficult to defend. "Heimat" is a loaded German term it was misappropriated by the Nazis and more recently by the far right. ![]() ![]() This is something that she feels awkward about very often. Jean’s typical surname is such that it is sometimes misunderstood as ‘owl’ (Auel) when pronounced without looking at the spelling. The series was such a hit that it went on to sell more than 34 million copies all over the world and was also translated into multiple languages. The series deals with the interactions of the Cro-Magnon people with the Neanderthal people during the time of prehistoric Europe. Jean is particularly known for his world famous novel series, “Earth’s Children”, which a set of several historical fiction novels. She has the real name, Jean Marie Untinen and was born as the second child among a total of five siblings. Jean’s father was a house painter by profession whereas her mother was a homemaker. She was born in the year 1936 in Chicago, United States to Neil Solomon Untinen and Martha Wirtanen. Jean M Auel is a noteworthy author from the United States who has written a number of novels in the Literature & Fiction genre. ![]() ![]() With a husband and a fiance, Emma has to now figure out who she is and what she wants, while trying to protect the ones she loves. ![]() That is, until Jesse is found., He's alive, and he's been trying all these years to come home to her. ![]() When Emma and Sam get engaged, it feels like Emma's second chance at happiness. Emma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together., Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling in love again. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure., On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. ![]() They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. 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In 1906 at the age of twenty, Harriet Fish hopped on a train from Oakland, California, to the San Juan Mountains of Colorado in search of a new life as the bride of assayer George Backus. A Colorado favorite, Tomboy Bride presents the first-hand account of a young pioneer woman and her life in a rough and tumble mining town of the Old West. ![]() |