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Plantation Diary of the Late Mr. Valcour Aime - Formerly Proprietor of the Plantation Known as the St. James Sugar... is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1878. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future. Product details Format Paperback | 198 pages ...

En un desert de gel i neu, infinit, dos homes es troben fent camí, en sentits oposats. Un canal d'aigua els impedeix continuar i cadascun, des d'una vora de l'escletxa, va desgranant la seua perspectiva del món tal com el coneix. Les coses han canviat molt: una sèrie de fenòmens geològics planetaris ha deixat la Terra desfigurada, i també ha canviat les regles de la supervivència, la relació entre les persones que hi queden i els interessos de cadascú. Les amenaces d'aquest nou escenari són diverses: la climatologia, per una banda, però també l'evolució animal, que ha fet aparèixer sobre el gel uns gats hipersensibilitzats, de pell blanca i amb una voracitat desmesurada. Els dos homes, forçats a una col·laboració que no es presenta gens fàcil, ens descobriran que la raça humana també ha canviat, i que la supervivència d'uns implicarà, necessàriament, el sofriment d'altres. I un bon dia, sobre el canal, es precipitaran de sobte les decisions dels viatgers, la...

In Curative Violence Eunjung Kim examines what the social and material investment in curing illnesses and disabilities tells us about the relationship between disability and Korean nationalism. Kim uses the concept of curative violence to question the representation of cure as a universal good and to understand how nonmedical and medical cures come with violent effects that are not only symbolic but also physical. Writing disability theory in a transnational context, Kim tracks the shifts from the 1930s to the present in the ways that disabled bodies and narratives of cure have been represented in Korean folktales, novels, visual culture, media accounts, policies, and activism. Whether analyzing eugenics, the management of Hansen's disease, discourses on disabled people's sexuality, violence against disabled women, or rethinking the use of disabled people as a metaphor for life under Japanese colonial rule or under the U.S. military occupation, Kim shows how the possibility of...

Rugby fans will delight in this astonishing collection of outlandish stories from the past 150 years of the game. Here you'll find, among many other curious events, the Irish international who arranged his marriage in order to play against England, the team of top soccer players who beat their rugby counterparts at their own game, the day the entire Wales team was sent off, and when in an astonishing turn of events underdog Japan trimphed and beat South Africa (and who doesn't love an underdog). The tales in this book are bizarre, fascinating, and, most importantly, true. Revised, redesigned and updated for 2016, this book makes the perfect gift for the rugby obsessive in your life. Word count: 45,000 Product details Format Paperback | 256 pages ...

An Economist Book of the Year A Financial Times Book of the Year "A book that has long cried out to be written." -- Observer (UK), Books of the Year In 1937, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, Chinese troops clashed with Japanese occupiers in the first battle of World War II. Joining with the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, China became the fourth great ally in a devastating struggle for its very survival. Prizewinning historian Rana Mitter unfurls China's drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue as never before. Based on groundbreaking research, this gripping narrative focuses on a handful of unforgettable characters, including Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, and Chiang's American chief of staff, "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell. Mitter also recounts the sacrifice and resilience of everyday Chinese people through the horrors of bombings, famines, and the infamous Rape of Nanking. More than any other twentieth-century ev...

Excerpt from Bird Center Cartoons: A Chronicle of Social Happenings at Bird Center, Illinois Capt. Roscoe fry, who fought at Gettysburg, Pa. He will tell you many an interesting anecdote of that memorable fight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Product details Format...

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Product details Format Paperback | 108 pages Dimensions 191 ...

Der Roman "Dreckskerl" verschaffte Wojciech Kuczok den Ruf, der stilsicherste, musikalischste und leidenschaftlichste Schriftsteller der polnischen Gegenwartsliteratur zu sein. Sein neues Buch handelt von drei Menschen und ihrem Beschluß, das eigene Leben zu verändern. Adam, ein junger Arzt, flieht vor seinem dominanten Vater vom Dorf in die Stadt. In der Liebe zu einem jungen Mann, einem homophoben Kleinkriminellen, findet er sein Glück. Robert ist ein alternder Schriftsteller, den seine Schreibblockade, seine hysterische Ehefrau und seine Schwiegereltern in die Verzweiflung treiben. Eines Tages erfährt er von etwas, das sein Leben verändert. Róza, eine erfolgreiche Schauspielerin und Werbeikone, lebt in unglücklicher Ehe. Doch sie beschließt, aktiv zu werden und ihrer Lethargie ein Ende zu setzen. Mit psychologischer Präzision und sprühendem Witz gelingt Kuczok die schonungslose Analyse zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen und nebenbei eine bitterböse Satire der zwischen Popk...

Baby dogs are puppies and they belong to a litter, but what is a baby skunk called and what is the name of its family group? This clever, rhythmic story tells us just that! Counting from one to 10, familiar backyard animals are introduced by baby and family group name. Each stanza also tells a bit more about each animal by providing clues as to what they eat, how they sound or where they live. The "For Creative Minds" section includes more animal fun facts, information on keeping a nature journal and how to watch for wildlife in your own backyard. Product details Format Paperback | 32 pages Dimensions ...

This new book focuses on the important concern of sustainability in tourism and hospitality industry. As the world's natural resource base is limited, the world is looking for solutions in the domains of energy, water, alternate building materials, resource redeployment, and sustainable livelihoods as well. The tourism and hospitality industry is a large deployer of natural and created resources. Some of the themes the book addresses include: designing sustainable restaurants sustainable accommodation practices designing green hotels energy conservation in hotels- a Green Approach technology and sustainability marketing sustainability to consumers sustainable culinary practices sustainable employee practices sustainable equipment design for the hospitality industry sustainable tourism practices sustainable transport practices sustainable tourism destinations/cities The book takes sustainability beyond the realms of external factors that matter to an organization. The authors look...

Deutschland, 1952: Zwei Frauen mit Vergangenheit, ein geheimer Auftrag Rosa Silbermann reist mit einem geheimen Auftrag in das Nobelhotel Bühlerhöhe. Sie soll Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer schützen. Rosa ist in den dreißiger Jahren aus Köln nach Palästina emigriert und arbeitet für den israelischen Geheimdienst. Ihre Gegenspielerin ist die misstrauische Hausdame Sophie Reisacher, die ihre Heimatstadt Straßburg verlassen musste und für den gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg alles geben würde. Rosa und Sophie wissen, was es heißt, wenn ein ganzes Land neu beginnen will. Beide verfolgen ihre eigenen Pläne. Vor dem Hintergrund der jungen Bundesrepublik erzählt Brigitte Glaser eine spannende Geschichte, die auf wahren historischen Ereignissen beruht. "Selten wurde so spannend und sprachlich präzise über die Gründungszeit der Bundesrepublik geschrieben." Verena Hagedorn, Barbara Product details ...

From country to blues, jazz to soul, bluegrass to the more recent alternative takes on these genres, It Still Moves looks at the paths trodden in American roots music and those to come. Taking the highway - perhaps that most potent symbol of American freedom - as her starting point, Amanda Petrusich's book explores how this melting pot of styles and influences all contribute to the rich and progressive sounds coming out of America today. Warm, entertaining and insightful, it is the first serious attempt to celebrate the much maligned and misunderstood term 'Americana'. Product details Format Paperback | 304 pages Dimensions ...

When the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (the 'PRB') exhibited their first works in 1849 it heralded a revolution in British art. Styling themselves the 'Young Painters of England', this group of young men aimed to overturn stale Victorian artistic conventions and challenge the previous generation with their startling colours and compositions. Think of the images created by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and others in their circle, however, and it is not men but pale-faced young women with lustrous, tumbling locks that spring to mind, gazing soulfully from the picture frame or in dramatic scenes painted in glowing colours. Who were these women? What is known of their lives and their roles in a movement that, in successive phases, spanned over half a century? Some were models, plucked from obscurity to pose for figures in Pre-Raphaelite paintings, whileothers were sisters, wives, daughters and friends of the artists. Several were artists ...