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Songs Of Trees Penguin Putnam Inc
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"Here is a book to nourish the spirit. The Songs of Trees is a powerful argument against the ways in which humankind has severed the very biological networks that give us our place in the world. Listen as David Haskell takes his stethoscope to the heart of nature - and discover the poetry and music contained within."-- Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of TreesThe author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature's most magnificent networkers - treesDavid Haskell's award-winning The Forest Unseen won acclaim for eloquent writing and deep engagement with the natural world. Now, Haskell brings his powers of observation to the biological networks that surround all species, including humans.Haskell repeatedly visits a dozen trees around the world to stop, listen, and look, exploring each tree's connections with webs of fungi, bacterial communities, cooperative and destructive animals, and other plants, and demonstrating how the lives of trees and people are deeply interwoven. Several trees, including a balsam fir in Ontario and an Amazonian ceibo, are located in areas that seem mostly natural, but which are affected by industrial development and climate change. Haskell also turns to trees in places where humans seem to have subdued "nature" - a pear tree on a Manhattan sidewalk, an olive tree in Jerusalem - demonstrating that wildness permeates every location.We have much to learn from trees, says Haskell; they show us how to thrive and participate in nature's networks. Roots communicate with neighboring fungi and bacteria, sending chemical messages through the soil. Twigs have memories of light, gravity, heat and minerals. Plant cells in leaves use airborne odors to attract caterpillar-eating insects. Haskell pays particular attention to the sounds that emerge from or surround trees; behind each sound are fascinating stories of how tree lives are joined to other lives.With its deep understanding of the complexity of trees and the way they shape their ecosystems, Haskell's book will make you look at trees in an entirely new way.
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122,95 z³
Pagan Christmas Inner Traditions Bear and Company
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The day on which many commemorate the birth of Christ has its origins in pagan rituals that centre on tree worship, agriculture, magic and social exchange. But Christmas is no ordinary folk observance. It is an evolving feast that over the centuries has absorbed elements from cultures all over the world - practices that give plants and plant spirits pride of place. In fact, the symbolic use of plants at Christmas effectively transforms the modern-day living room into a place of shamanic ritual. This book analyses the symbolism of the many plants associated with Christmas and reveals the shamanic rituals that are at the heart of the Christmas celebration. Christian Ratsch and Claudia Muller-Ebeling show how the ancient meaning of the botanical elements of Christmas provides a unique view of the religion that existed in Europe before the introduction of Christianity. The fir tree was originally revered as the sacred World Tree in northern Europe. When the church was unable to drive the tree cult out of people's consciousness, it incorporated the fir tree by dedicating it to the Christ child.Father Christmas in his red-and-white suit, who flies through the sky in a sleigh drawn by reindeer, has his mythological roots in the shamanic reindeer-herding tribes of arctic Europe and Siberia. These northern shamans used the hallucinogenic fly agaric mushroom, which is red and white, to make their soul flights to the other world. Apples, which figure heavily in Christmas baking, are symbols of the sun god Apollo, so they find a natural place at winter solstice celebrations of the return of the sun. In fact, the authors contend that the emphasis of Christmas on green plants and the promise of the return of life in the dead of winter is just an adaptation of the pagan winter solstice celebration.
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24,20 z³
Sorrows of Young Werther Penguin
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You only find true love once. When Werther dances with the beautiful Lotte, it seems as though he is in paradise. It is a joy, however, that can only ever be short-lived. Engaged to another man, she tolerates Werther's adoration and encourages his friendship. She can never return his love. Broken-hearted, he leaves her home in the country, trying to escape his own desire. But when he receives a letter telling him that she is finally married, his passion soon turns to destructive obsession. And as his life falls apart, Werther is haunted by one certainty: He has lost his reason for living. This book is a Penguin Red Classic. To see other Penguin Reds, visit the minisite by clicking here. 4th May 1771 How happy I am to be away! My dear friend, what a thing is the heart of Man! To leave you, whom I love so, from whom I was inseparable, and to be happy! I know that you will forgive me. Were not my other attachments hand-picked by Fate to beset a heart such as mine with fears? Poor Leonore! And yet I was innocent. Was it my fault that, while I was taking pleasure and amusement in the wilful charms of her sister, a passion was growing in that poor heart? And yet
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50,91 z³
Wildwood Penguin Books
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Roger Deakin's "Wildwood" is a much loved classic of nature writing. "Wildwood" is about the element wood, as it exists in nature, in our souls, in our culture and our lives. From the walnut tree at his Suffolk home, Roger Deakin embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia and Australia, in search of what lies behind man's profound and enduring connection with wood and with trees. Meeting woodlanders of all kinds, he lives in shacks and cabins, travels in search of the wild apple groves of Kazakhstan, goes coppicing in Suffolk, swims beneath the walnut trees of the Haut-Languedoc, and hunts bush plums with Aboriginal women in the outback. Perfect for fans of Robert Macfarlane and Colin Tudge, Roger Deakin's unmatched exploration of our relationship with trees is autobiography, history, traveller's tale and incisive work in natural history. It will take you into the heart of the woods, where we go 'to grow, learn and change'. "Enthralling". (Will Self, "New Statesman"). "Extraordinary ...some of the finest naturalist writing for many years". ("Independent"). "Masterful, fascinating, excellent". ("Guardian")."An excellent read - lyrical and literate and full of social and historical insights of all kinds". (Colin Tudge, "Financial Times"). "Enchanting, very funny, every page carries a fascinating nugget. Should serve to make us appreciate more keenly all that we have here on earth ...one of the greatest of all nature writers". (Craig Brown, "Mail on Sunday"). "Breathtaking, vividly written ...reading "Wildwood" is an elegiac experience". ("Sunday Times"). Roger Deakin, who died in August 2006, shortly after completing the manuscript for Wildwood, was a writer, broadcaster and film-maker with a particular interest in nature and the environment. He lived for many years in Suffolk, where he swam regularly in his moat, in the river Waveney and in the sea, in between travelling widely through the landscapes he writes about in "Wildwood". He is the author of "Waterlog", "Wildwood" and "Notes from Walnut Tree Farm".
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764,39 z³
THE PERFECT ELVIS PRESLEY SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION 20CD WYDAWCA
Muzyka > P³yty kompaktowe > Rock'n'roll
Elvis Presley: The Perfect Elvis Presley Soundtrack Collection [20CD] 1. Mean Woman Blues - Elvis Presley 2. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley 3. Loving You - Elvis Presley 4. Got a Lot O' Livin' to Do! - Elvis Presley 5. Lonesome Cowboy - Elvis Presley 6. Hot Dog - Elvis Presley 7. Party - Elvis Presley 8. Blueberry Hill - Elvis Presley 9. True Love - Elvis Presley 10. Don't Leave Me Now - Elvis Presley 11. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Elvis Presley 12. I Need You So - Elvis Presley 13. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 14. Young and Beautiful - Elvis Presley 15. I Want to Be Free - Elvis Presley 16. Don't Leave Me Now - Elvis Presley 17. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care - Elvis Presley 18. Treat Me Nice - Elvis Presley 19. I Beg of You - Elvis Presley 20. Don't - Elvis Presley 21. Playing for Keeps - Elvis Presley 22. Shake, Rattle and Roll - Elvis Presley 23. Good Rockin' Tonight - Elvis Presley 24. I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine - Elvis Presley 25. King Creole - Elvis Presley 26. As Long As I Have You - Elvis Presley 27. Hard Headed Woman - Elvis Presley 28. Trouble - Elvis Presley 29. Dixieland Rock - Elvis Presley 30. Don't Ask Me Why - Elvis Presley 31. Lover Doll - Elvis Presley 32. Crawfish - Elvis Presley 33. Young Dreams - Elvis Presley 34. Steadfast, Loyal and True - Elvis Presley 35. New Orleans - Elvis Presley 36. Tonight Is So Right for Love - Elvis Presley 37. What's She Really Like - Elvis Presley 38. Frankfort Special - Elvis Presley 39. Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley 40. G.I. Blues - Elvis Presley 41. Pocketful of Rainbows - Elvis Presley 42. Shoppin' Around - Elvis Presley 43. Big Boots - Elvis Presley 44. Didja' Ever - Elvis Presley 45. Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley 46. Doin' the Best I Can - Elvis Presley 47. Follow That Dream - Elvis Presley 48. What a Wonderful World - Elvis Presley 49. I'm Not the Marrying Kind - Elvis Presley 50. Sound Advice - Elvis Presley 51. Angel - Elvis Presley 52. King of the Whole Wide World - Elvis Presley 53. This Is Living - Elvis Presley 54. Riding the Rainbow - Elvis Presley 55. Home Is Where the Heart Is - Elvis Presley 56. I Got Lucky - Elvis Presley 57. A Whistling Tune - Elvis Presley 58. Flaming Star - Elvis Presley 59. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears - Elvis Presley 60. Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley 61. Almost Always True - Elvis Presley 62. Aloha Oe - Elvis Presley 63. No More - Elvis Presley 64. Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley 65. Rock-a-hula Baby - Elvis Presley & Hula Baby 66. Moonlight Swim - Elvis Presley 67. Ku-u-i-po - Elvis Presley & Po 68. Ito Eats - Elvis Presley 69. Slicin' Sand - Elvis Presley 70. Hawaiian Sunset - Elvis Presley 71. Beach Boy Blues - Elvis Presley 72. Island of Love - Elvis Presley 73. Hawaiian Wedding Song - Elvis Presley 74. Girls! Girls! Girls! - Elvis Presley 75. I Don't Wanna Be Tied - Elvis Presley 76. Where Do You Come From - Elvis Presley 77. I Don't Want To - Elvis Presley 78. We'll Be Together - Elvis Presley 79. A Boy Like Me, a Girl Like You - Elvis Presley 80. Earth Boy - Elvis Presley 81. Return to Sender - Elvis Presley 82. Because of Love - Elvis Presley 83. Thanks to the Rolling Sea - Elvis Presley 84. Song of the Shrimp - Elvis Presley 85. The Walls Have Ears - Elvis Presley 86. We're Coming in Loaded - Elvis Presley 87. Beyond the Bend - Elvis Presley 88. Relax - Elvis Presley 89. Take Me to the Fair - Elvis Presley 90. They Remind Me Too Much of You - Elvis Presley 91. One Broken Heart for Sale - Elvis Presley 92. I'm Falling in Love Tonight - Elvis Presley 93. Cotton Candy Land - Elvis Presley 94. A World of Our Own - Elvis Presley 95. How Would You Like to Be - Elvis Presley 96. Happy Ending - Elvis Presley 97. Fun in Acapulco - Elvis Presley 98. Vino, Dinero Y Amor - Elvis Presley 99. Mexico - Elvis Presley 100. El Toro - Elvis Presley 101. Marguerita - Elvis Presley 102. The Bullfighter Was a Lady - Elvis Presley 103. (There's) No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car - Elvis Presley 104. I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here - Elvis Presley 105. Bossa Nova Baby - Elvis Presley 106. You Can't Say No in Acapulco - Elvis Presley 107. Guadalajara - Elvis Presley 108. Love Me Tonight - Elvis Presley 109. Slowly But Surely - Elvis Presley 110. Kissin' Cousins (Number 2) - Elvis Presley 111. Smokey Mountain Boy - Elvis Presley 112. There's Gold in the Mountains - Elvis Presley 113. One Boy Two Little Girls - Elvis Presley 114. Catchin' On Fast - Elvis Presley 115. Tender Feeling - Elvis Presley 116. Anyone (Could Fall in Love With You) - Elvis Presley 117. Barefoot Ballad - Elvis Presley 118. Once Is Enough - Elvis Presley 119. Kissin' Cousins - Elvis Presley 120. Echoes of Love - Elvis Presley 121. (It's A) Long, Lonely Highway - Elvis Presley 122. Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley 123. I Need Somebody to Lean On - Elvis Presley 124. You're the Boss - Elvis Presley 125. If You Think I Don't Need You - Elvis Presley 126. What'd I Say - Elvis Presley 127. Today, Tomorrow and Forever - Elvis Presley 128. C'mon Everybody - Elvis Presley 129. Do the Vega - Elvis Presley 130. Night Life - Elvis Presley 131. The Lady Loves Me - Elvis Presley & Ann-Margret - Elvis Presley & Margret 132. The Yellow Rose of Texas/The Eyes of Texas - Elvis Presley 133. Santa Lucia - Elvis Presley 134. Roustabout - Elvis Presley 135. Little Egypt - Elvis Presley 136. Poison Ivy League - Elvis Presley 137. Hard Knocks - Elvis Presley 138. It's a Wonderful World - Elvis Presley 139. Big Love, Big Heartache - Elvis Presley 140. One Track Heart - Elvis Presley 141. It's Carnival Time - Elvis Presley 142. Carny Town - Elvis Presley 143. There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon - Elvis Presley 144. Wheels On My Heels - Elvis Presley 145. Girl Happy - Elvis Presley 146. Spring Fever - Elvis Presley 147. Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce - Elvis Presley 148. Startin' Tonight - Elvis Presley 149. Wolf Call - Elvis Presley 150. Do Not Disturb - Elvis Presley 151. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die - Elvis Presley 152. The Meanest Girl in Town - Elvis Presley 153. Do the Clam - Elvis Presley 154. Puppet On a String - Elvis Presley 155. I've Got to Find My Baby - Elvis Presley 156. You'll Be Gone - Elvis Presley 157. Harem Holiday - Elvis Presley 158. My Desert Serenade - Elvis Presley 159. Go East Young Man - Elvis Presley 160. Mirage - Elvis Presley 161. Kismet - Elvis Presley 162. Shake That Tambourine - Elvis Presley 163. Hey Little Girl - Elvis Presley 164. Golden Coins - Elvis Presley 165. So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise) - Elvis Presley 166. Animal Instinct - Elvis Presley 167. Wisdom of the Ages - Elvis Presley 168. Frankie and Johnny - Elvis Presley 169. Come Along - Elvis Presley 170. Petunia, the Gardener's Daughter - Elvis Presley 171. Chesay - Elvis Presley 172. What Every Woman Lives For - Elvis Presley 173. Look Out, Broadway - Elvis Presley 174. Beginner's Luck - Elvis Presley 175. Down By the Riverside/When the Saints Go Marching In - Elvis Presley 176. Shout It Out - Elvis Presley 177. Hard Luck - Elvis Presley 178. Please Don't Stop Loving Me - Elvis Presley 179. Everybody Come Aboard - Elvis Presley 180. Paradise, Hawaiian Style - Elvis Presley 181. Queenie Wahine's Papaya - Elvis Presley 182. Scratch My Back - Elvis Presley 183. Drums of the Islands - Elvis Presley 184. Datin' - Elvis Presley 185. A Dog's Life - Elvis Presley 186. House of Sand - Elvis Presley 187. Stop Where You Are - Elvis Presley 188. This Is My Heaven - Elvis Presley 189. Sand Castles - Elvis Presley 190. Stop, Look and Listen - Elvis Presley 191. Adam and Evil - Elvis Presley 192. All That I Am - Elvis Presley 193. Never Say Yes - Elvis Presley 194. Am I Ready - Elvis Presley 195. Beach Shack - Elvis Presley 196. Spinout - Elvis Presley 197. Smorgasbord - Elvis Presley 198. I'll Be Back - Elvis Presley 199. Tomorrow Is a Long Time - Elvis Presley 200. Down in the Alley - Elvis Presley 201. I'll Remember You - Elvis Presley 202. Double Trouble - Elvis Presley 203. Baby, If You'll Give Me All of Your Love - Elvis Presley 204. Could I Fall in Love - Elvis Presley 205. Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On) - Elvis Presley 206. City By Night - Elvis Presley 207. Old MacDonald - Elvis Presley 208. I Love Only One Girl - Elvis Presley 209. There Is So Much World to See - Elvis Presley 210. It Won't Be Long - Elvis Presley 211. Never Ending - Elvis Presley 212. Blue River - Elvis Presley 213. What Now, What Next, Where To - Elvis Presley 214. Guitar Man - Elvis Presley 215. Clambake - Elvis Presley 216. Who Needs Money? - Elvis Presley 217. A House That Has Everything - Elvis Presley 218. Confidence - Elvis Presley 219. Hey, Hey, Hey - Elvis Presley 220. You Don't Know Me - Elvis Presley 221. The Girl I Never Loved - Elvis Presley 222. How Can You Lose What You Never Had - Elvis Presley 223. Big Boss Man - Elvis Presley 224. Singing Tree - Elvis Presley 225. Just Call Me Lonesome - Elvis Presley 226. Speedway - Elvis Presley 227. There Ain't Nothing Like a Song - Elvis Presley 228. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby - Elvis Presley 229. Who Are You? (Who Am I?) - Elvis Presley 230. He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad - Elvis Presley 231. Let Yourself Go - Elvis Presley 232. Your Groovy Self - Elvis Presley 233. Five Sleepy Heads - Elvis Presley 234. Western Union - Elvis Presley 235. Mine - Elvis Presley 236. Goin' Home - Elvis Presley 237. Suppose - Elvis Presley
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83,87 z³
Boy Who Met Jesus Hay House Inc
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It's the greatest story never told: that of a boy who met Jesus and dared to ask Him all the questions that have consumed mankind since the dawn of time. His name was Segatashya. He was a shepherd born into a penniless and illiterate pagan family in the most remote region of Rwanda. He never attended school, never saw a Bible, and never set foot in a church. Then one summer day in 1982 while the 15-year-old was resting beneath a shade tree, Jesus Christ paid him a visit. Jesus asked the startled young man if he'd be willing to go on a mission to remind mankind how to live a life that leads to heaven. Segatashya accepted the assignment on one condition: that Jesus answer all his questions-and all the questions of those he met on his travels - about faith, religion, the purpose of life and the nature of heaven and hell. Jesus agreed to the boy's terms, and Segatashya set off on what would become one of the most miraculous journeys in modern history. Soon, this teenage boy who had never learned to read or write was discussing theology with leading biblical scholars and advising pastors and priests of all denominations.He became so famous in Rwanda that the Catholic Church investigated his story. His words and simple truths converted thousands of hearts and souls wherever he went. The answers to these and many other momentous, life-changing questions are revealed in this riveting book, which is the first full account of Segatashya's remarkable life story. Written with grace, passion, and loving humour by Immaculee Ilibagiza, Segatashya's close friend and a survivor of the Rwandan holocaust herself, this truly inspirational work is certain to move you in profound ways. No matter what your faith or religious beliefs, Segatashya's words will bring you comfort and joy, and prepare your heart for this life ...and for life everlasting.
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46,37 z³
Kathryn Lasky - Siege HarperCollins Publishers
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Fourth title in a mythic adventure series in which the heroes are owls! In the owl kingdom, a war between good and evil is raging. On one side, Soren and the noble owls of the Great Ga'hoole tree. On the other, Soren's fearsome brother Kludd, who wears a terrifying metal mask to cover his battle scars. Driven by an all-consuming lust for power, Kludd leads his forces in a brutal attack on the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Meanwhile, Soren is asked to lead a mission back to the one place he never wanted to see again - St Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls. He and his crew will have to enter St Aggie's as spies, then leave without being noticed...or caught. Soren escaped the rocky confines of St Aggie's once. If the Ga'Hoole tree is to be saved he must do it again...
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92,95 z³
Mirabilis Anomalist Books
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Welcome to a carnival unlike anything that you have ever read about, visited, or even imagined before. Here, before your very eyes, you will encounter bizarre, anomalous creatures of every conceivable (and inconceivable!) kind-a veritable menagerie of cryptozoological mysteries to dazzle and delight, tantalize and terrify. For this is Mirabilis-a realm of marvels, wonders, miracles...and monsters! Peer through the shadows and see what you may. Was that scuttling horror a spider the size of a puppy? Did that fallen tree trunk suddenly sprout a pair of alligator jaws? Was that a living toad that leapt out of that split-asunder block of stone? Did those flowers abruptly put forth wings and fly away as tiny birds? Behold Trunko, the hairy marine elephant-bear that supposedly battled whales off the coast of South Africa almost a century ago. Look around in every direction and witness the very last giant lemurs brought to you from the rainforests of Madagascar, the very same unicorn that was once encountered by Julius Caesar, dinosaur-sized crocodiles from the swamps of the Congo, the elephantine harpoon-tusked sukotyro of Sumatra, gargantuan prehistoric beavers resurrected in modern-day North America, illusive Germanic horned hares and elusive Liberian micro-squirrels, a giant sea snail with antlers and paws from the Sarmatian Sea and a veritable whale-fish from a forgotten Swedish lake, a vanished striped mystery steed from Iberia, enormous toothless freshwater sharks from South America, flying turtles from China and a hippoturtleox from Tibet, sea dragons and pseudo-pterodactyls, and the world's only known tusked megalopedus. Let us not tarry even a moment longer. The miracles and marvels of Mirabilis await you impatiently inside, to scintillate, spellbind, and stultify your senses. So I bid you welcome, and pray that your visit to this carnival of cryptozoology and unnatural history will be entertaining...and not too perilous! About the Author: Born and still living in the West Midlands, England, Karl P.N. Shuker graduated from the University of Leeds with a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree in pure zoology, and from the University of Birmingham with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in zoology and comparative physiology. He now works full-time as a freelance zoological consultant to the media, and as a prolific published writer. Shuker is currently the author of 19 books and hundreds of articles, principally on animal-related subjects, with an especial interest in cryptozoology and animal mythology, on which he is an internationally recognized authority, but also including a poetry volume. He is also the editor of the Journal of Cryptozoology, the world's only existing peer-reviewed scientific journal devoted to mystery animals. He is a Scientific Fellow of the prestigious Zoological Society of London, and a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. He is Cryptozoology Consultant to the Centre for Fortean Zoology, and is also a Member of the Society of Authors.
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51,90 z³
Shatter sphere
Powie¶æ zagranicznaSensacja. Thiller. Krymina³
IF THERE IS ONE LINE in Shakespeare that is more underrated than any other it is the four words uttered by Macduff when he has just been told that Macbeth has had his children murdered. But the would-be king Malcolm is urging him to think only of revenge. ?He has no children.? There it is: the great gulf in humanity. In a nutshell the impossibility of explaining to the childless the heart-stopping, soul-tugging moment of almost blind panic experienced by the parent who fears mortal harm to a child. Is there anything easier to exploit? Any weakness more apparent? Any faultline in the human psyche easier to fracture? Michael Robotham clearly doesn't think so. When the psychologist Joseph O'Loughlin is called from his part-time lecturing class by police seeking his help in preventing a woman leaping from the Clifton Suspension Bridge, he has no idea what is in her mind. He has even less idea why, as she stands there naked save for red Jimmy Choo shoes, and with the word ?slut? scrawled across her torso in lipstick, she is still talking into her mobile phone. Until it becomes clear that the woman will do whatever the voice on the other end tells her, even when that voice says: ?Jump!? When a few days later her friend and business partner ends up hanging from a tree in a park dead of hypothermia and wearing only handcuffs, he begins to suspect a pattern. Someone is making these women kill themselves, and the only reason he can imagine is that they think the killer is making a deal: their life for their child's.
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185,62 z³
Jeffrey Burton Russell - Satan Cornell University Press
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The History of the Devil, Part II: the continuation of a clear, competent, but rather dry survey. In his first volume, Russell (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) followed the supreme symbol of evil from antiquity to the beginning of the Christian era. He now traces Satan through the first four centuries, up to and culminating in the "diabology" of St. Augustine. This period shaped much of subsequent Christian thought on the Devil, and Russell's study handily summarizes this important chapter of Western intellectual history. He notes, for example, the long shadows cast by Tertullian's doctrine that paganism and heresy are directly inspired by Satan. This means that the apparently good lives of infidels (Jews, witches, etc.) are in fact diabolical evil, a notion future Inquisitors took to heart. Like many other church fathers, Origen too had demons on the brain: he popularized the theme of human life as the setting of a psychomachia between good and evil angels. And Augustine grimly argued that, "The human race is the devil's fruit tree, his own property, from which he may pick his fruit. It is a plaything of demons." Russell's book should prove a gold mine for students of religion, though they'll need Greek to understand his footnotes. And many of them will wish he had devoted more time to the early iconography of Satan and less to the logical conundrums posed by Satan's existence (why does God allow evil spirits such power over humanity? etc.). Yet, for all the withering critical fire Russell trains on diabology, he still thinks the devil, whether personal reality or mere personification, can serve to explain the existence of evil. Perhaps. But even Russell's atheistic readers will admit his contention that, given the horrors of the 20th century, we won't be able to get the devil off our minds for a long time yet. A valuable piece of scholarship. (Kirkus Reviews)
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65,62 z³
Falling Like Snowflakes Thomas Nelson Publishers
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When the Christmas season finds Eden in Summer Harbor, Maine, she's on the run from trouble. Romance is the last thing on her mind. Riding in a bus in the thickly falling snow, Eden Davis wonders how it ever came to this--fleeing under cover of night with young Micah sleeping fitfully in the seat beside her. When a winter storm strands them in Summer Harbor, Maine, Eden wonders if what might have been the end could be a new beginning. Beau Callahan is a habitual problem-solver. He's recently left his job with the sheriff's department to take over the family Christmas tree farm to save it from insolvency. But he's flummoxed. During the busiest season of the year, he's shorthanded. Then Eden shows up looking for work, and Beau believes he's been rescued. Competent, smart, and beautiful, Eden's also guarded and quiet. He soon figures out she comes with a boatload of secrets. But Beau can't seem to help himself from falling for her. As Christmas Eve approaches, Beau discovers he'll do anything to keep Eden safe. But who's going to protect his heart from a woman who can't seem to trust again?
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101,94 z³
Fosse: Plays Six Bloomsbury Publishing
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Jon Fosse has been called 'the Beckett of the 21st century' (Le Monde), and the Royal Court production of Nightsongs was dubbed 'Waiting for Godot without the gags'. Just as Beckett's plays - and those of all great playwrights - grew out of their time, and influenced the current styles of drama, and were part of what brought their times forward, so do Fosse's plays now. Fosse: Plays Six marks the culmination of this Norwegian playwright's body of work for the stage to be published in the English language. The volume includes the plays Rambuku, Freedom, Over There, These Eyes, Girl in Yellow Raincoat, Christmas Tree Song and Sea. Rambuku: Two people. One finds it difficult to speak. The other attempts to understand. But what is Rambuku? Or who is Rambuku? Freedom: There is a sense of otherness in Fosse's work that challenges our notions of a concept such as 'freedom'. This play questions if freedom, as we often understand it, is perhaps a prison. Over There: A woman follows a man to his death. But do they see the same images on the way to the top of the mountain? These Eyes: A snapshot of the dreamlike state of life.The characters exist in an in-between space which becomes their reality. Girl in Yellow Raincoat: An examination of our collective weakness, and the fragility of children. It asks questions about notions surrounding fear. Christmas Tree Song: A man celebrates Christmas alone (and reflects in a somewhat ironic way) on his life as he attempts to put up a Christmas tree. Sea: A group of people gathered in a kind of limbo, on a ship, disappearing into something unknown.
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175,36 z³
Maurice Sendak and the Art of Children's Book Illustration Crescent Moon Publishing
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MAURICE SENDAK Maurice Sendak is the widely acclaimed American children's book author and illustrator. This critical study focusses on his famous trilogy, Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen and Outside Over There, as well as the early works and Sendak's superb depictions of Grimms' fairy tales in The Juniper Tree. L.M. Poole begins with a chapter on children's book illustration, in particular the treatment of fairy tales. Sendak's work is situated within the history of children's book illustration, and he is compared with many contemporary authors. This new edition includes a new introduction, a new bibliography and many more illustrations. The text has been completely revised and updated. Illustrated. With bibliography and notes. 268 pages. ISBN 9781861713460. www.crmoon.com MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012), has become America's premier children's book author and illustrator. He's as important - and as adored - as Theodore Geisel (Dr Seuss). Best known for his trilogy of classic picture books - Where the Wild Things Are (1963), In the Night Kitchen (1970) and Outside Over There (1981) - Sendak has also written many other books (though mainly in children's book form). His interpretation of the Grimm Brothers, The Juniper Tree, although it is less well-known, could be said to be his most accomplished work. This book aims to consider some of Maurice Sendak's most significant works, concentrating on the children's books and the picture books. Other chapters explore Sendak's relationship with the movies and art of Walt Disney (which Sendak admires); his interpretation of classic fairy tales; a brief consideration of the fairy tale form; Sendak's links with the tradition of children's book illustration; and finally a comparison of Sendak's art with that of other book illustrators. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature offers a typical assessment of Maurice Sendak as one of the highpoints of modern children's book illustration: Quite apart from his outstanding draughtmanship and mastery of styles, Sendak's exploration of the realms of the unconscious in Where the Wild Things Are and its successors lifts his work beyond the confines of the children's picture book and places it among major art of the 20th century. Joyce Whalley and Tessa Chester write of Sendak: Sendak's superiority amounts to far more than mere technical ability and an instinct for interpreting a text, whether his own or that of someone else. His sympathy and concern with every book he illustrates mounts to an almost religious obsession when it comes to his own picture books... His vision is unique, his draughtsmanship par excellence, and his work as a whole lifts him well into the ranks of the great illustrators of all time.
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36,60 z³
Kiwi Tracks New Zeland Journey 1e Lonely Planet Publications
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Many of us dream of escaping from everyday life, tossing a few possessions in a backpack and travelling light in far-off lands. Andrew Stevenson did more than dream: he packed his rucksack and went.Andrew's destination was New Zealand, the island nation famous for its pristine wilderness, from sandy beaches and fast-flowing rivers to glacial mountains and primeval forests. In a hiker's heaven, he treks along the Milford Track, the Kepler Track, the Abel Tasman Track and other famous walking routes. Along the way he gets caught in a blizzard on a mountain path, spends time in a Maori settlement and tries hugging a tree.With insight and a gentle humour, he explores the spirit of this spectacular land at the southern end of the Pacific, its indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, and provides an illuminating view of his fellow backpackers and twilight world they inhabit, forever between destinations. He also reveals that, however much or little you may have in you rucksack, the heaviest baggage is what you carry inside.About the author:Andrew Stevenson was born in Canada and brought up in Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Scotland, Singapore and Malaysia before attending university in Canada and France. He has worked in Canada, Tanzania and Norway as banker, economist for the United Nations, African safari operator and owner of a Norwegian adventure company. When he isn't travelling he writes in Bermuda. Andrew is also the author of Annapurna Circuit: Himalayan Journey.
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Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Penguin Books
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An irresistible new collectible hardcover in the beloved series of six Penguin Christmas Classics§§L. Frank Baum's Life and Adventures of Santa Claus was first published in 1902, two years after his Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Drawing on the attributes of Santa Claus from Clement Moore's 1822 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("The Night Before Christmas"), Baum chronicles Santa's life from his childhood in an enchanted forest-the same forest that is the source of all magic in the land of Oz-to his destiny of sharing gifts and spreading love to his fellow man. Along the way we witness him making his first toys, discover the origins of the Christmas tree and Christmas stockings, and learn the stories behind many Christmas secrets, like why Santa slides down chimneys, how he picks his reindeer, and how he delivers all his toys in one night. Later adapted into multiple animated films, and published here with the original illustrations from the first edition, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus evinces the charm, warmth, and fantasy that made L. Frank Baum's Oz stories American classics.§§Penguin Christmas Classics§§Give the gift of literature this Christmas.§§Penguin Christmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on giving through the ages. The six volumes in the series are not only our most beloved Christmas tales, they also have given us much of what we love about the holiday itself. A Christmas Carol revived in Victorian England such Christmas hallmarks as the Christmas tree, holiday cards, and caroling. The Yuletide yarns of Anthony Trollope popularized throughout the British Empire and around the world the trappings of Christmas in London. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus created the origin story for the presiding spirit of Christmas as we know it. The holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott shaped the ideal of an American Christmas. The Night Before Christmas brought forth some of our earliest Christmas traditions as passed down through folk tales. And The Nutcracker inspired the most famous ballet in history, one seen by millions in the twilight of every year.§§Beautifully designed-with foil-stamped jackets, decorative endpapers, and nameplates for personalization-and printed in a small trim size that makes them perfect stocking stuffers, Penguin Christmas Classics embody the spirit of giving that is at the heart of our most time-honored stories about the holiday.§§Collect all six Penguin Christmas Classics:§§A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens§Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope§The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum§A Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott§The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol§The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann
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