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Andrew Flynn Constructuring The Countryside

As the first book in the Restructuring Rural Areas series, "Constructing the countryside" presents a new methodological approach to the analysis of rural change. The authors seek to link wider developments in the global political economy to the behaviour of local actors and, in so doing, they place research into rural studies much more firmly than hitherto in the mainstream of social science enquiry. The outcome is a book that promotes a truly interdisciplinary approach through which the constant "reconstruction" of the countryside can be properly understood. This holistic perspective, sustained by an historical analysis of rural change, has been made possible by the extensive research experience of the authors.; The book is a product of the work done at the London Countryside Research Centre, which was set up in 1989 by the Economic and Social Research Council. The Centre's research has focused upon the social and political forces for change in rural areas and how these relate to rapid alterations in national economic circumstances and to public policies affecting the countryside for example, the Common Agricultural Policy of the EC .; On the one hand, the book provides a set of insights into the trends that will guide rural change in advanced economies into the next century; on the other, it offers a challenging account of how they can be investigated.; "Constructing the countryside" will appeal to both students and staff in a wide range of social science disciplines, including agricultural economics, environmental management, planning, land economy, geography and rural sociology, and to all those concerned with the future development of rural areas.; This book is intended for students and researchers in rural planning and environmental/geographical studies, whether within a geographical or a sociological milieu.

Maramartha Bullied By The Bad Boy

TESSATessa is the picture perfect student, the kind every teacher wishes to have in their classroom. Good grades? Check. Perfect attendance? Double check. Fighter in an illegal club? Triple check. With one year left to graduate high school, and a bucket list imposed by her best friend, her goal is pretty much the same. Stay low and tick off every item on the bucket list. But trouble comes knocking in the form of blue eyes, sharp mouth, and a brooding personality.BENBen is Broadway Heights most loved bad boy. Like Tessa, he wants to finish high school without any drama. But that all changes when he loses a match to Tessa. What happens when the school's bad boy, Benjamin, notices the shy, quiet girl in an illegal fighting ring? Bullied By The Bad Boy is book one of The Bad Boy Trilogy. This is a high school bully romance that contains situations some readers might find uncomfortable. Please don't read this if any of that bothers you. The Bad Boy Trilogy: #1 Bullied By The Bad Boy #2 Broken By The Bad Boy #3 Loved By The Bad Boy This book is part of a trilogy and CANNOT be read as a standalone.

Rita Coolidge Delta Lady

The two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter bares her heart and soul in this intimate memoir, a story of music, stardom, love, family, heritage, and resilience. She inspired songs--Leon Russell wrote "A Song for You" and "Delta Lady" for her, Stephen Stills wrote "Cherokee." She co-wrote songs--"Superstar" and the piano coda to "Layla," uncredited. She sang backup for Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, and Stills, before finding fame as a solo artist with such hits as "We're All Alone" and "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher." Following her story from Lafayette, Tennessee to becoming one of the most sought after rock vocalists in LA in the 1970s, Delta Lady chronicles Rita Coolidge's fascinating journey throughout the '60s-'70s pop/rock universe. A muse to some of the twentieth century's most influential rock musicians, she broke hearts, and broke up bands. Her relationship with drummer Jim Gordon took a violent turn during the legendary 1970 Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour; David Crosby maintained that her triangle with Stills and Graham Nash was the last straw for the group. Her volatile six-year marriage to Kris Kristofferson yielded two Grammys, a daughter, and one of the Baby Boom generation's epic love stories. Throughout it all, her strength, resilience, and inner and outer beauty--along with her strong sense of heritage and devotion to her family--helped her to not only survive, but thrive. Co-written with best-selling author Michael Walker, Delta Lady is a rich, deeply personal memoir that offers a front row seat to an iconic era, and illuminates the life of an artist whose career has helped shape modern American culture.

Jordan Peele Get Out

Jordan Peele's celebrated screenplay combines horror and dark humor to reveal the terrifying realities of being Black in America "Blending race-savvy satire with horror to especially potent effect, this bombshell social critique from first-time director Jordan Peele proves positively fearless." -Peter Debruge, Variety "An exhilaratingly smart and scary freak out about a black man in a white nightmare." -Manohla Dargis, New York Times "A major achievement, a work that deserves, in its own way, to be viewed alongside Barry Jenkins' Moonlight as a giant leap forward for the possibilities of black cinema; Get Out feels like it would have been impossible five minutes ago." -Brandon Harris, New Yorker Jordan Peele's powerful thriller Get Out debuted in 2017 to enormous public and critical acclaim, a Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? for the age of Obama and Trump that scared audiences and skewered white liberal pieties at the same time. Rather than rely on popular archetypes, Peele weaves together the material realities and daily manifestations of horror with sociopolitical fears and elements of true suspense, and combines them with pitch-perfect satire and a timely cultural critique. This companion paperback to the film presents Peele's Oscar-winning screenplay alongside supplementary material. Featuring an essay by author and scholar Tananarive Due and in-depth annotations by the director, this publication is richly illustrated with more than 150 stills from the motion picture and presents alternate endings, deleted scenes and an inside look at the concepts and behind-the-scenes production of the film. Continuing in the legacy of 1960s paperbacks that documented the era's most significant avant-garde films--such as Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, Jean-Luc Godard's Masculin/Feminin and Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura-- Get Out is an indispensable guide to this pioneering and groundbreaking cinematic work. Jordan Peele (born 1979) is an American writer, director and producer. Peele's directorial debut, Get Out (2017), earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. In 2012, Peele founded Monkeypaw Productions, which amplifies traditionally underrepresented voices and unpacks contemporary social issues, while cultivating artistic, thought-provoking projects across film, television and digital platforms, including Peele's follow-up to Get Out, the critically acclaimed horror epic, Us (2019).

Gerd Secher Mellem Blomster Og Pigtråd

Denne charmerende rejseskildring henvender sig til rejsevante, modne mennesker, som vil kunne nikke genkendende til beskrivelser af steder og mennesker rundtomkring i verden.     Ægteparret var ikke på jordomrejse i gængs forstand, men levede livet, mens de flyttede sig langsomt fra sted til sted igennem femogtyve år.     Rejserne førte dem til omkring firs lande, de sidste ti år med deres lille datter.     Efter skilsmisse og tilbagevenden til Danmark begyndte et nyt kapitel, som ledte til en kandidateksamen i teologi og præstegerning i en moden alder.     Både rejseliv og livet efter var en dans på blomster såvel som pigtråd. Alligevel udtrykker bogen optimisme, gåpåmod og sprudlende livsglæde, hvor rejseminder, skæbnefortællinger og refleksioner flettes sammen.     Forfatterens sigte er at indgyde andre mennesker overbevisningen om, at alternative livsformer er mulige, og at det aldrig er for sent at begynde et nyt liv.     Endelig fremstår bogen som en kærlighedserklæring til en elsket ægtemand og rejsekammerat.                    Uddrag af bogen  Pludselig siger chaufføren indtrængende: ”Alle ud af bussen og løb!” Det viste sig, at der havde stået nogle personer med maskingeværer lidt forude, og så vidste chaufføren naturligvis, at det var et hold up. Vi styrede lige ind i en mark, som viste sig at være vanilje, og løb og løb. Det var ved at være mørkt, og vi var ikke stolte ved situationen, men vi kunne lodde retningen efter den nedgående sol og løb videre. Og det var en mærkelig oplevelse, for egentlig var vi ikke bange og tænkte mere på kryb og malariamyggene, som var ved at æde os op. Men frygten bed sig ikke fast, for over det hele hang en tung, næsten bedøvende duft af vanilje, som helt omsluttede os og dulmede vores nerver.                             Om forfatteren Gerd Secher (f. 1937) på en gård i Midtjylland. Rejste som 21-årig stormforelsket til Mexico for at gifte sig med en næsten ukendt mand. De gennemlevede i 25 år det meste af verden. Eventyret sluttede i 1981, hvorefter forfatteren kom til Danmark med sin datter, læste teologi, fik embedseksamen som 60-årig og blev præst. 

Torben Ravn Vand Under Kølen

I 1964 stod en dreng til søs. Det blev til et langt liv med vand under kølen – et med dagens målestok barsk liv, hvor hårdt arbejde og tugt var en del af hverdagen, men hvor resultatet blev et disciplineret menneske, der endte som skibsingeniør og skibsreder. Følg ham fra dreng til mand på de syv verdenshave og de bonede gulve på rederikontorerne, gennem fire skibsforlis og et militærkup i Liberia, mens han stiger gennem graderne til styrmand, skibsfører og senere skibsingeniør, indtil han i 1991 etablerer eget rederi. Undervejs til de dengang eksotiske lande må han opleve en blind passager med en krank skæbne og tabe en voldgiftssag mod Mærsk, samtidig med at han er teknisk ansvarlig for milliardinvesteringer i skibsbyggerier verden over. Torben Ravn, der ikke sovende, er kommet til en fantastisk karriere, har haft hele verden som sin arbejdsplads og er øjenvidne til den for Danmark så vigtige maritime industri – tag med ham på en rejse ind i Den Blå Verden. Vand under kølen – Et liv i Den Blå Verden er ikke blot en erindringsbog, men også en fascinerende bog om Danmarks historie som maritim nation.

Brian Hoey Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Ii: 1926-2022

Long did she reign and peacefully may she rest: this beautiful and thoughtful tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the life of a remarkable woman whose 70 years on the throne made her the longest-reigning monarch in British History.Royal biographer Brian Hoey describes the childhood, accession and coronation of young Elizabeth, and chronicles her extraordinary and dignified transfiguration into beloved wife, mother and grandmother during her seven decades of unflagging service and dedication as Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth. He also explains the constitutional roles and public duties of this accomplished stateswoman, conducted with such outstanding grace and professionalism throughout her life.As the royal family, her country, and countless people around the world prepare to say goodbye, he describes all the honour and ceremony one would expect to be lavished on this cherished sovereign and considers the everlasting effect that her work, life, and legacy will continue to have for many years to come.

Yo Negga Saving Trump

Saving Trump is a fiction based on the true mentality of Trump and the ideologies he possesses about transvestites in the military. It is about Trump coming to Madrid for a world conference, in which he decides to go to Ibiza and have a wild-hell-of a time. His team gets assaulted in Ibiza, where three (3) trannies are on vacation and, because of their loyalty to America, they decide to save Trump. This book will keep you laughing, while you fiction, it will give you insight into the true Trump. Don't miss out on reading this book. This book is a monumental-hysterical read. It is a read that you cannot put down, because you can't stop the universal pastime of humanity: laughter.

Firdausi The Epic Of Kings

The Epic of Kings - Hero Tales of Ancient Persia by Firdausi and translated by Helen Zimmern. Contains 18 Stories of Persian Heroes by Ferdowsi, also transliterated as Firdawsi, Firdusi, Firdosi, Firdausi, was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Greater Iran. Ferdowsi is celebrated as the most influential figure in Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature. It is possible that Ferdowsi wrote some early poems which have not survived. He began work on the Shahnameh around 977, intending it as a continuation of the work of his fellow poet Daqiqi, who had been assassinated by a slave. Like Daqiqi, Ferdowsi employed the prose Shahnameh of Abd-al-Razzaq as a source. He received generous patronage from the Samanid prince Mansur and completed the first version of the Shahnameh in 994.

Dani Rene Kneel

She wasn't meant to fall in love with me. And she certainly wasn't meant to see the monster I hide. My emotions were firmly locked away, never to be found, but as much as I control most things in life, I couldn't control my heart. She exposed my darkest desires, and begged for them and I unleashed hell on her body, while I shattered her heart. I made her kneel, but in that moment I broke the only jewel I ever owned. What will she do when she learns the truth I hide? Behind every shattered heart is a fractured soul. I was always broken. He believes he's responsible, but he wasn't the one to fragment my sanity. Even though he hid his depravity behind a suit and tie, I uncovered it. And I found more to the monster. In our darkness, I discovered emotion so profound I hungered for it. Begged for him to give me everything he could. The one thing I didn't count on was my heart getting in the way. I did kneel. I did care. And then I fell. What will he do when he sees my tormented pieces? *This is a dark erotic romance with BDSM elements. Due to scenes of an adult nature, this book is for 18+ ONLY.

Loa Blasucci All Health'S Breaking Loose

Yu-Shiaw Chen Ph.D Plant-Based Whole Food Recipes

A balanced diet is the key to good nutrition - and nutrition is the foundation of our health and well-being. This recipe book, complete with tantalizing full-color photos, is your inspiration to explore a wide range of homemade, whole food, and vegan meals, including many raw food recipes to give you a full range of nutrients and enzymes. You'll be introduced to colorful and delicious Asian ingredients such as bitter melon, okra, lotus root, wood ear and shiitake mushrooms, gai-lan (Chinese broccoli), and water spinach.With more than seventy meal ideas, there's something for everyone, including gluten-free, vegan, whole grain, and legume options. With easy prep and many delicious choices, Plant-Based Whole Food Recipes is an indispensable tool for healthy living!

Joel Karsten Straw Bale Gardens Complete, Updated Edition

This updated edition of Straw Bale Gardens Complete is the only book you need to get started with the revolutionary gardening method that has taken the world by storm. Written by Joel Karsten, the originator of Straw Bale Gardening, this exciting update contains detailed, start-to-finish instructions for growing vegetables in straw anywhere, plus many new ideas and projects, including how to set up a greenhouse for less than $100 that allows you to start seeds on top of heat-generating straw bale benches. Whatever your gardening challenge, Straw Bale Gardening holds the solution. Have a small or unusual space? Straw Bale Gardening is perfect for urban, rooftop, and balcony gardens. Contaminated soil? Planting in straw bales eliminates the problem. Are you inundated by weeds? With straw bales, there is no weeding. The advantages of growing a Straw Bale Garden go on and on: they require 75 percent less labor, their raised height makes planting easier, they extend the growing season, prevent disease and insect issues, are portable, hold water well but are impossible to overwater, they create excellent compost, and can be grown 100 percent organically.   Imagine building a simple shoulder season seed-starter greenhouse for under $100 and then heating it with six bales of straw. In this all-new section, Karsten explains how you can build his six-week greenhouse, and set all of your seed trays on the nice warm benches inside, made from straw bales. The heat generated during their early decomposition is the entire heat source for the tiny greenhouse. Among the new subjects:   Building and heating the six-week greenhouse for less than $100 Cultivating mushrooms in straw bales Tips and ideas for making your straw bale garden more attractive How to make a cold frame with straw bales Trellising projects for growing vertically And much more Assure your success with Straw Bale Gardening with instructions and advice direct from the pioneer of the method.

Alex Berenson The Power Couple

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award winner Alex Berenson comes a supercharged thriller about marriage and the dangerous secrets spouses keep.Rebecca and Brian Unsworth appear to have it all. A nice house in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Two well-behaved, healthy teenage children. Important government jobs-Rebecca working in counterterrorism for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Brian serving as a coder for the National Security Agency. Their lives stand to improve even more as Brian, in his off-hours, has just developed and sold a highly profitable app. However, the Unsworths' marriage isn't as perfect as it seems. After two decades together, they've drifted apart, talking little and having sex even less. Seeking to revive their strained relationship, they decide for their twentieth wedding anniversary to take their two kids, Kira and Tony, on a European getaway. They have a blast...until one night in Barcelona when Kira doesn't come home from a dance club. She's gone. Abducted. Over the course of a single weekend, the Unsworths will do everything possible to find her-as Kira herself discovers just how far she'll go to break free of the trap that's been set for her. And even as Rebecca and Brian come together for Kira, they realize their marriage is more tenuous than they realized. The Power Couple is both a fast-paced, globe-trotting espionage novel full of surprising twists and a nuanced look at modern marriage-the challenges of balancing career, parenthood, sex, and love.

Brendan P. Bellecourt Absynthe

Some it kills. Others it transforms. See beyond the illusion. CHICAGO, 1928.The Great War has been over for years, and a brave new world forged. With it, Liam's world has transformed as well. He grow up poor, but now works for one of the richest families in Chicago, reaping the benefits of his friendship with the family's son and heir.Now he's at Club Artemis: a palace of art-deco delights and debauchery, filled to bursting with the rich and beautiful. And tonight they're all drinking one thing. Absynthe. The green liquor rumoured to cause hallucinations, madness – even death.While gilded youths sip the viridescent liquid, their seemingly perfect world is crumbling. Their absynthe is no mere folly: some it kills, others it transforms.But in Liam something different has taken place: he can see the world without its illusion. And it isn't the perfect world the government want people to believe...'Bellecourt's sci-fi debut is complex, ambitious, and sweeping in scope.' Publishers Weekly 'A complex feat of world-building that raises evergreen questions of truth and power with dizzying verve.' Daily Mail

Mary Abbajay Managing Up – How To Move Up, Win At Work, And Succeed With Any Type Of Boss

Build vital connections to accelerate your career success Managing Up is your guide to the most valuable 'soft skill' your career has ever seen. It's not about sucking up or brown-nosing; it's about figuring out who you are, who your boss is, and finding where you meet. It's about building real relationships with people who have influence over your career. Managing up is good for you, good for your boss, and good for the organization as a whole. This book gives you strategies for developing these all-important connections and building more than rapport; you become able to quickly assess situations, and determine which actions will move you forward; you become your own talent manager, and your boss's top choice for that new opportunity. As a skill, managing up can do more for your career than simply 'networking' ever could—and this book shows you how. Real-world strategies give you a set of actionable steps, supplemented by expert advice from a top leadership consultant that helps you get on track to advancement. It's never too early or too late to start adjusting your alignment, and this book provides the help you need to start accelerating your trajectory. Develop robust relationships with influential people Enhance your self-awareness and become more adaptable Gain new opportunities and accelerate your career Stop 'schmoozing' and develop true, lasting connections Managing up helps you build the sort of relationships that foster more communication, collaboration, cooperation, and understanding between people at different levels of power, with a variety of perspectives and skills. This type of bridge-building builds your reputation for effectiveness and fit, so you can start skipping rungs on the ladder as you build a strong, successful career. Managing Up is your personal manual for building this vital skill so you can begin building your best future.

P. G. Wodehouse The Jeeves Omnibus - Vol 5

Poor Bertie is in the soup again, and throughout this latest omnibus it is only Jeeves who keeps him from being the fish and the main course as well. In these delightful pages you will encounter all the stalwarts who have made the Jeeves novels and short stories the pinnacle of English humour, from Aunts Agatha and Dahlia to Roderick Spode, Tuppy Glossop, Madeline Bassett, Oofy Prosser and Anatole the Chef. At the end even Augustus the cat has come to be much obliged to Jeeves. This volume contains Much Obliged, Jeeves, Aunts Aren't Gentlemen and the short stories 'Extricating Young Gussie', 'Jeeves Makes An Omelette' and 'Jeeves and the Greasy Bird'.

Terry Pratchett The Light Fantastic

"The Light Fantastic" er anden bog i Terry Pratchetts sjove bogserie, der foregår i det magiske og bundskøre Discworld-univers. Som den eneste roman i Discworld-serien fortsætter bogen faktisk, hvor den forrige bog slap. Og "The Colour of Magic" sluttede med at vor hovedpersoner faldt ud over verdenens kant. I "The Light Fantastic" bevæger Discworld sig imod en tilsyneladende uundgåelig kollision med en ondsindet rød stjerne og mangler desperat et par modige helte. Hvad Discworld i hvert fald ikke har brug for, er en overordentligt kujonagtig og inkompetent troldmand eller en velmenende turist, der rejser sammen med sin egensindige og langbenede kuffert. Desværre er de de eneste helte til rådighed...

Salman Rushdie Shalimar The Clown

'Rushdie's most engaging book since Midnight's Children' Observer Shalimar the Clown was once a figure full of love and laughter. His skill as a tightrope walker was legendary in his native home of Kashmir. But fate has played him cruelly, torn him away from his beloved home and brought him to Los Angeles, where he works as a chauffeur. One morning he gets up, goes to work, and kills his employer, America's former counter-terrorist chief Maximilian Ophuls, in view of the victim's illegitimate daughter, India. The killing has its roots halfway across the globe, back in Kashmir, a ruined paradise not so much lost as shattered. And gradually it emerges that beyond this unholy trinity of Max, India and Shalimar, lurks a fourth, shadowy figure, one who binds them all together. 'This is Rushdie at his most flamboyant best' Financial Times

James Clark Lightroom Cc

Lightroom CCThe Ultimate Beginners Guide for Digital PhotographersLightroom CC from Adobe is photo editing software that can help any digital photographer produce beautiful, professional photographs. The only requirements you need are creativity, imagination, and a digital camera. With Lightroom your images can be enhanced with a few simple steps; you can turn dark or hazy images into bright well-lit photographs and bring out the color, warmth, and fine details with ease.This book will show you how to use Lightroom to get the best pictures possible. Each chapter focuses on important elements of using this software effectively. Here is a preview of what you'll learn: How to create a collection and add photos across all devices. Edit your photos using features such as contrast, preset adjustments, or grain and vignette for artistic expression. Share your faboulous photos. And much more.Lightroom CC is the perfect software choice for every level of photography from beginner to pro. Learning how to use this powerful software will make your photography experience the best it can be. Your memories will look better than ever and they can be shared with everyone everywhere.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes Bad Blood

Alan Hollinghurst The Line Of Beauty

Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador Books There was the soft glare of the flash – twice – three times – a gleaming sense of occasion, the gleam floating in the eye as a blot of shadow, his heart running fast with no particular need of courage as he grinned and said, ‘Prime Minister, would you like to dance?’ In the summer of 1983, twenty-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the wealthy Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious Tory MP, his wife Rachel and their children Toby and Catherine. Innocent of politics and money, Nick is swept up into the Feddens’ world and an era of endless possibility, all the while pursuing his own private obsession with beauty. The Line of Beauty is Alan Hollinghurst’s Man Booker Prize-winning masterpiece. It is a novel that defines a decade, exploring with peerless style a young man’s collision with his own desires, and with a world he can never truly belong to. Winner of the Man Booker Prize, The Line of Beauty is a classic novel about class, politics and sexuality in Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s Britain. Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Ming Tang Parametric Building Design Using Autodesk Maya

Due to its comprehensive tool-set and great potential for 3D modeling, more and more architectural design and interior design firms are adapting Autodesk Maya and integrating it into their practice. There has been no book aimed at architects and designers who wish to harness the opportunities presented by this software, until now..... The book promotes parametric design. It integrates the theoretical research of computational design and Maya non-linear modeling techniques associated with simulation, animation, digital fabrication and form-finding within 2D & 3D design. Readers will learn: How to use Maya polygon and NURBS modeling tools to create non-linear procedural model. How to use Maya driver keys and relationship tools to generate parametrically negotiable solutions across various design professions. The design logic and generative processes, as well as the potential of parametric thinking as a resourceful tool for achieving diversity and complexity in form generation and fabrication. How to use Maya to prepare files for rapid prototyping and the integration of Maya into various fabrication techniques such as laser cutting, CNC milling, and 3D printing. How to create a digital simulation to simulate all aspects of surface properties and dynamic forces with Maya physics engine. How to use Maya skeleton system and animation tools to control complex architectural forms. How to create photo-realistic renderings with Maya lighting, material and texture mapping. Using several real projects as examples, the book will go through the entire rendering process step by step. How to combine Maya with various CAD/BIM tools to create an efficient design pipeline. How to use Maya MEL script to create customized tools and interface. The book includes case studies from Zaha Hadid Architects, Greg Lynn Form, Gage Clemenceau Architects, Tang & Yang Architects, as well as step by step exercises, demonstration projects and crucially a fantastic online resource which includes video tutorials, scripts, and Maya source files.

William Chambers Historical And Literary Celebrities

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

René Kural The Town Hall At The Edge Of The Forest

'The Town Hall at the Edge of the Forest' is the fascinating story of Søllerød Town Hall – now Rudersdal Town Hall – one of the most beautiful works by world-renowned architects Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen.  The ­author, René Kural, describes the distinctiveness of the town hall and takes the reader back to the debate before the architectural competition was ­issued. A heated debate that was cause for wonderment all over the ­country. What took place behind closed doors before the iconic proposal was­­ ­pronounced the winner of the architectural competition in 1939? What happened during the following years until the building was finally inaugurated on 16 March 1942? Few people are aware that the original design for the town hall included a library and a movie theatre, but what happened to this unique functional configuration?   Søllerød Town Hall was ahead of its time but has been consistently ill-fated in relation to one particular problem: lack of space. Over the years, this led to numerous eccentric proposals for solutions, with the expansion in 1965 constituting the first serious proposition.  The book draws upon a wide range of comprehensive archival material, some of which is unique and has rarely – or never before – been published. The comprehensive and varied photographic material contributes significantly to an understanding of the particular qualities inherent in both the town hall and the interior. The book addresses both the professional and the interested reader. Findes også på dansk: "Rådhuset i skovbrynet. Om Søllerød Rådhus tegnet af Arne Jacobsen og Flemming Lassen".

Ian Kershaw Hitler, The Germans, And The Final Solution

A deeply insightful social history of Hitler’s rise to power and the attitudes of the German people during the era of the Third Reich This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period’s most distinguished historians. The volume brings together the most important and influential aspects of Ian Kershaw’s research on the Holocaust for the first time. The writings are arranged in three sections—Hitler and the Final Solution, popular opinion and the Jews in Nazi Germany, and the Final Solution in historiography—and Kershaw provides an introduction and a closing section on the uniqueness of Nazism. Kershaw was a founding historian of the social history of the Third Reich, and he has throughout his career conducted pioneering research on the societal causes and consequences of Nazi policy. His work has brought much to light concerning the ways in which the attitudes of the German populace shaped and did not shape Nazi policy. This volume presents a comprehensive, multifaceted picture both of the destructive dynamic of the Nazi leadership and of the attitudes and behavior of ordinary Germans as the persecution of the Jews spiraled into total genocide.

M. John Harrison Light

Listed by the Guardian as one of the top 100 science fiction books of the 21st century. On the barren surface of an asteroid, located deep in the galaxy beneath the unbearable light of the Kefahuchi Tract, lie three objects: an abandoned spacecraft, a pair of bone dice covered with strange symbols, and a human skeleton. What they are and what they mean are the mysteries explored and unwrapped in LIGHT, M. John Harrison's triumphant novel.

Nick Arnull Contemporary Woodturning

Woodturning, a form of woodworking where the wood is moving while a stationary tool is used to cut and shape it, is capturing the attention of crafters near and far. Contemporary Woodturning, a clearly illustrated guide for those of all skill levels, features step-by-step instructions for creating 15 original projects with contemporary flair. Easy-to-follow and supported by over 750 inspiring photos, chapters include expert information on spindle and faceplate turning, end-grain hollowing, as well as some nifty decorative techniques such as pyrography, texturing, carving, piercing, and coloring. I In addition, readers will have instant access to the most up-to-date information on tools and equipment, sharpening, abrasives, and finishing, plus health and safety issues. Whether you're a seasoned turner or just starting out, Contemporary Woodturning will bring an abundance of technique and encouragement to your shop.

Seema Anand The Art Of Seduction (Pb)

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Bob Lepine Build A Stronger Marriage

Jennifer Teege My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me

Now in paperback: The New York Times bestselling memoir hailed as "unforgettable" ( Publishers Weekly) and "a stunning memoir of cultural trauma and personal identity" ( Booklist). At age 38, Jennifer Teege happened to pluck a library book from the shelf--and discovered a horrifying fact: Her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler's List. Reviled as the "butcher of Plasz w," Goeth was executed in 1946. The more Teege learned about him, the more certain she became: If her grandfather had met her--a black woman--he would have killed her. Teege's discovery sends her into a severe depression--and fills her with questions: Why did her birth mother withhold this chilling secret? How could her grandmother have loved a mass murderer? Can evil be inherited? Teege's story is cowritten by Nikola Sellmair, who also adds historical context and insight from Teege's family and friends, in an interwoven narrative. Ultimately, Teege's search for the truth leads her, step by step, to the possibility of her own liberation.

Dav Pilkey Katte-Knægtens Tegneklub (2) - Perspektiver

Bind 2 om Katte-knægtens tegneklub af manden bag Hundemand! Alle kan fortælle en historie i billeder! Det er bare at kende måderne, man kan gøre det på. Og det gør Katte-knægten. Gennem humor og en skøn historie, lærer Katte-knægten og hans veninden Molly en klasse meget forskellige haletudser, hvordan de kan lave en spændende, skør, sjov eller anderledes historie i billeder. Denne gang lærer vi om perspektiv! Det er ikke lige nemt for alle, og der er bare ALTID den der elev, der skal blære sig foran alle de andre! Katte-Knægtens Tegneklub er for alle dem, der elsker Hundemand og Kaptajn Underhyler, og som elsker at grine og tegne. Det bliver bare ikke bedre! Fra ca. 6 år   Andre bind i serien Katte-knægtens tegneklub: Katte-knægtens tegneklub (1)

April Henry Girl, Stolen

PRIZES:Short-listed for Iowa Teen Award 2015

Clive Barker Books Of Blood Omnibus 1

Here are the stories written on the Book of Blood. They are a map of that dark highway that leads out of life towards unknown destinations. Few will have to take it. Most will go peacefully along lamplit streets, ushered out of living with prayers and caresses. But for a few, the horrors will come, skipping, to fetch them off to the highway of the damned ... Gathered together for the first time in one volume, here are fifteen mind-shattering stories from the awesome imagination of World Fantasy Award winning author Clive Barker. They will take you to the brink - and beyond ...

Tessa Hadley Clever Girl

An indelible story of one woman's life, revealed in a series of beautifully sculpted episodes that illuminate an era, moving from the 1960s to today, from one of Britain's leading literary lights--Tessa Hadley. " Clever Girl is...what could be called a 'sensibility' novel--a story that doesn't overreach, about a character who feels real, told in prose that isn't ornate yet is startlingly exact. The effect is a fine and well-chosen pileup of experiences that gather meaning and power."--Meg Wolitzer, New York Times Book Review Clever Girl is a powerful exploration of family relationships and class in modern life, witnessed through the experiences of an Englishwoman named Stella. Unfolding in a series of snapshots, Tessa Hadley's involving and moving novel follows Stella from childhood, growing up with her single mother in a Bristol bedsit, into the murky waters of middle age. It is a story vivid in its immediacy and rich in drama--violent deaths, failed affairs, broken dreams, missed chances. Yet it is Hadley's observations of everyday life, her keen skill at capturing the ways men and women think and feel and relate to one another that elevate this tale into "a beautiful and precisely drawn portrait of an everywoman, both extraordinary and ordinary" ( Minneapolis Star Tribune).

Juri Levenberg Russian Wristwatches

Twentieth century Russian wristwatches are too costly for many native buyers, but they are still inexpensive for Western Collectors, and are becoming extremely popular. Watch faces commemorate all the great moments of Russian and Soviet history-from Yuri Gagarin's space flight to the Summit meeting between Gorbachev and George Bush-and celebrate Russian culture with images of native costumes from Chechnya to the Ukraine. Collectors have long clamored for a definitive reference and this new book will satisfy even the most avid enthusiast, with photographs of over 500 watches manufactured in Russia and the USSR during the second half of this century, and explanations of their styles, workings, and manufacturers. Poljot, Wostok, and Slava wristwatches are covered, along with a sampling of pocket watches, deck watches, and marine chronometers. This book is a must for serious collectors in the growing field of Russian timekeepers.

Finn Kjeld Hansen Arktisk Elfenben

Fra tid til anden har der været forskellige udstillinger af grønlandsk kunst i Danmark. Kun i ringe grad har det ført til en forståelse og accept af noget ekstraordinært. Måske en introduktion af noget, der kvalificerer sig som verdenskunst, burde have fundet sted. Bodil Kålund har forsøgt og også Birthe Hagen og H C Petersen. Adskillige kunstnere har fundet inspiration i afrikansk kunst. Træskærerarbejde specielt, hvor helt enkelte snit har ført til an forståelse af noget universelt i den menneskelige fysiognomi. Matisse fik engang forevist portrætfotografier af inuitter. Det førte til at han lavede tuschtegninger af ansigter, hvor han fangede det alment menneskelige i få streger. Der ligger en inspirationskilde i grønlandsk kunst, som er uforløst udenfor Grønland, hvorimod inuitkunst er udbredt i hele Canada. Men i Grønland er grønlandsk kunst udbredt. I offentlige institutioner og kontorer er kunst og kunsthåndværk hyppigt forekommende. Også i private hjem er grønlandske værker almindelige, hvilket måske er et udslag af identitetsfølelse og national bevidsthed. Der er inspiration at hente i den grønlandske natur, den grønlandske befolkning og i den grønlandske kunst.

J. R. R. Tolkien Hobbit

For the first time ever, a special enhanced edition of the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout with over 50 sketches, drawings, paintings and maps by J. R. R. Tolkien himself and with the complete text printed in two colours. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon… Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit was published on 21 September 1937. With a beautiful cover design, a handful of black & white drawings and two maps by the author himself, the book became an instant success and was reprinted shortly afterwards with five colour plates. Tolkien’s own selection of finished paintings and drawings have become inseparable from his text, adorning editions of The Hobbit for more than 85 years. But the published art has afforded only a glimpse of Tolkien’s creative process, and many additional sketches, coloured drawings and maps – although exhibited and published elsewhere – have never appeared within the pages of The Hobbit. In this unique enhanced edition of Tolkien’s enchanting classic tale, the full panoply of his art is reproduced for the first time, presenting more than 50 illustrations to accompany Bilbo Baggins on his adventure ‘there and back again’.

Anne Lise Marstrand-Jørgensen Jeg Læner Mig Mod Verden

Jeg læner mig mod verden er Anne Lise Marstrand-Jørgensens essay om sit forhold til litteraturen. Om hvordan først læsning, siden skrivning skabte forbindelser mellem angsten og verden. Om mormorens fortællinger på gåture i Dyrehaven, om den drømte have, der viste sig at være virkelig, om den lærredsindbundne bog, hun stjal fra biblioteket, fordi hun fandt sig selv i et digt, og om kuverten, der blev stoppet ned i barnevognen til hendes baby, før hun senere fik tid til at læse det livsomvæltende indhold.

Renee Conoulty I'M Not Tired: A Daylight Savings Bedtime Story

Going to bed on time can be tricky but it's even harder when time changes. A simple story to help sort out those daylight savings dramas.

Don Ihde Ironic Technics

Mbwana Alliy Innovative Africa

Technology and Innovation are playing a big part in shaping Africa's future and will continue to do so. This collection of essays on the 'New face of Africa' posits an African continent where technology, innovation and entrepreneurship create new opportunities for even further growth on the continent. The uptake and growth of mobile telephony on the continent, for instance, has been indicative of this. The continent has been a leader in innovations such as mobile money with innovation hubs springing up across the continent facilitating a generation of young tech entrepreneurs. Governments are also making significant investments in ICT development, but much more can and should be done. We look at a wide array of issues that affect the creation, growth and sustainability of startup and innovation ecosystems around the continent. The book does not seek to address issues at the level of a specific country or locality, but instead looks at things from a broad and high level, with the intention of highlighting issues that are pertinent across borders and cultures. Indeed, some aspects may apply more within some country or culture than others ("Africa is not a country"). The book is divided into two parts: The first, "Investigating Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa," takes a look at the current state of things and makes observations of what progress has been made, existing challenges and opportunities as well as providing specific recommendations that startups, investors and government can use to further technology innovation and entrepreneurship on the continent. The second part "In Search of a Model for Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems that fits the African Context" takes a close up view of three innovative economies: Silicon Valley, China and Israel, from which we try to glean a few lessons about startup ecosystems that could be applied within the African context in order to come up with a (perhaps hybrid) model that works best for the continent and specific nations within the continent.

Jon Hotten Muscle

Bodybuilding is the wildest, wierdest sport in the world, but it's more than just a sport. It's a whole way of life for the supermen who scale its Olympian heights. Muscle is a journey through a land of giants, men for whom life is given meaning by the pursuit of the perfect pec and who worship at the shrine of Schwartzenegger. Jon Hotten has a 40-inch chest and 12-inch arms. Undaunted, he fights his unpromising genetics to hitch up with the bodybuilding circus, hanging out with the stars and legends, the casualties, gym rats and iron junkies. As his forbidding subjects open up, he discovers a story of unregulated excess, chemical mayhem and hard-won glory, a story for anyone who's ever looked in the mirror and wanted more...