The Lay of the Land

In acest volum de memorii, prima lui scriere de nonfictiune, prozatorul american evoca o panorama vie a Americii de la jumatatea secolului XX si un...

Romanul Viata salbatica reda cele cateva zile din toamna anului 1960, in care Joe, un adolescent de saisprezece ani, se confrunta cu slabiciunile p...

Reducere. The Lay of the Land features fifteen nature sketches written from Sharp's personal observations of the land and its inhabitants over a number of ye...

The Lay of the Land features fifteen nature sketches written from Sharp's personal observations of the land and its inhabitants over a number of ye...

A trilogy of novels - "The Sportswriter", "Independence Day", and "The Lay of the Land" - that charts the life and times of one of the most beloved...

Richard Ford's backlist published to coincide with his debut hardback for Bloomsbury, }The Lay Of The Land{. 'Superb... Nobody now writing looks mo...

Reducere. A contemplation of nature and the animals of the woodlands, The Lay of the Land encapsulates and effuses the poetic beauty of the forests, woods an...

Francis Marian, a second-generation immigrant, was of French decent. As a youth, he rode his horse through the streams, lakes, and swamps, learning...

Reducere. DescriptionA series of nature sketches, whose topics range from muskrats building for winter to buzzards nesting in the swamp, written in a way tha...

Tolkien's works are punctuated by dramatic and explosive battles. Men versus Orcs, Elves versus Sauron, Goblins versus Dwarves - the history of Mid...

DescriptionAmerican Indian customs, stories, and history come to life in this important and authoritative reference, artfully designed and packaged...

Reducere. American Indian customs, stories, and history come to life in this important and authoritative reference, artfully designed and packaged for kids a...

Reducere. From Atlantis to Xanadu and beyond, this Baedeker of make-believe takes readers on a tour of more than 1, 200 realms invented by storytellers from ...

Reducere. STANDALONE, Contemporary romance with NO CLIFFY or cheating.After eight years, Henley Calvert is headed home. Back to the family farm and small tow...

In aceste zece proze scurte, publicate in 1987, Ford extrage aur literar din tinuturile maturate de vant ale Vestului american, din singuratatea ch...

Reducere. In acest volum de memorii, prima lui scriere de nonfictiune, prozatorul american evoca o panorama vie a Americii de la jumatatea secolului XX si un...

Reducere. She does Britain's dirty work, but this time she needs help. Beatrix Rose, meet John Milton... Beatrix Rose has a knack for making the British gove...

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Reducere. BOOK THREE in the ALL-NEW BARKS & BEANS CAFE cozy mystery series Welcome to the Barks & Beans Cafe, a quaint place where folks pet shelter dogs whi...

Reducere. Sit on the couch. Speak. Engage in witty banter and share ideas with friends who really understand your predicaments. Sounds like the perfect cafe....

DescriptionUniversities are more than engines propelling us into a bold new future. They are also living history. A college campus serves as a repo...

Reducere. In Britain's land beyond the seasThe wind blows ever through the trees;in Britain's land beyond the wavesare stony shores and stony caves. So begin...

Reducere. "Polepole" (poe-lay-poe-lay) -- a Swahili term meaning "slowly, slowly" -- is what porters on Kilimanjaro say as you climb the mountain. It's also ...

Reducere. In a land of mythical creatures and fantasy, this might seem like your typical tale, but an adventurer simply known as The Omnivore Hero has only o...

Reducere. B.N. RUNDELL KEEPS YOU COMING BACK FOR MORE IN BOOK SIX OF THE FAST-MOVING STONECROFT SAGA.Their dream and goal had always been to explore and disc...

Reducere. B.N. RUNDELL KEEPS YOU COMING BACK FOR MORE IN BOOK SIX OF THE FAST-MOVING STONECRAFT SAGA.Their dream and goal had always been to explore and disc...

A panoramic novel charting 60 years of change in Scotland, by the author of }The Testament Of Gideon Mack{. Seen through the eyes if antives and im...

Reducere. Perhaps no other symbol has more resonance in African American history than that of "40 acres and a mule"--the lost promise of Black reparations fo...

DescriptionFirst published in 1944, The Building of Jalna is one of sixteen books in the Jalna series written by Canada's Mazo de la Roche. In The ...

DescriptionThe views of the American West collected in Robert Adams: From the Missouri West evoke a wide range of memories, myths and regrets assoc...

Reducere. In 1854, as the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad Company made plans to lay track through the Green Bay Trail north of Chicago, builder Charles Peck s...

Reducere. In the 1880s, when adventure lay in the conquest of the prairies, David Beaton and his bride came to Dakota to claim three hundred acres of grassla...

Reducere. In 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester, and the their five children, the oldest of whom was nine-years-old and the youngest, twins, barely one, pu...

Reducere. From the eighth century onwards, the Muslim townsfolk of North Africa were well aware that fifty stages away across the desert to the south lay a l...

After being mugged for the third time in twenty years, Andrea Suarez-Hill knew she could no longer live in New York City. She and her partner, Arth...

Reducere. Slogum House "lay on the winter flat of Oxbow like the remains of some great, hulking animal that had foraged the region long ago, leaving its old ...

Reducere. In the 1820s a series of gold strikes from Virginia to Alabama caused such excitement that thousands of miners poured into the region. This souther...

Reducere. 10 sadistic killers. One state. Countless lives that will never be the same again.To the outside world, New Mexico is the epitome of art, culture, ...

Reducere. A traveler's guide for Christians to a foreign land where the fields are ripe for harvest.For most Christians, prison culture is like visiting a fo...

An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks--who was described in a recent review as "one of the best living writers of English"--ha...

Reducere. There's Something Fishy in Coronado follows the training of a team of Grunions, a small, silver fish native to the shores of Coronado, California, ...

Reducere. "Father, " Gudrid said, "when winter is over, my husband and I want to explore this Wine Land. Will you lend us your ship?" The room fell dead quie...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Jack P. GreeneIn our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birth-right, and which we ever enjoyed till the...

Reducere. While known for the twang of its country music, Nashville is also home to a colorful and salacious past. The earliest settlers to lay claim to the ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Billy Griffiths'People would have known about Australia before they saw it. Smoke billowing above the sea spoke of a land t...

At the beginning of the Civil War, Federal troops secured Alexandria as Union territory. Former slaves, called contrabands, poured in to obtain pro...

Reducere. The book of Leviticus provides two different theologies related to God's presence within ancient Israel. Leviticus 1-16 was written by an elite cas...

DescriptionNew with Index Trains, planes and automobiles arrive and forever change the lives of Alaskans throughout the pages of Aunt Phil's Trunk ...

Reducere. Starman is the third title in Sara Douglass's epic fantasy Wayfarer Redemption series. A sprawling tale of love and magic, enormous battles and tru...

Reducere. The kings and queens of the northern continent lay siege to the Darkwater Forest, desperate to contain its evil. But rumors of gold and aurium have...

Reducere. Texas Range Plants offers a handy and attractive identification guide for the soil conservationist, range ecologist, amateur botanist, land apprais...

Reducere. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is a stirring autobiography by the great American naturalist, John Muir."When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond ...

A poetry collection introducing animal architects that build remarkable structures in order to attract a mate and have babies. Many animals build s...

The story of Mrs. Gordon Baillie is stranger than anything to be met with in the field of fiction.Mrs. Gordon Baillie, known throughout her life as...

Reducere. A shoemaker named Simon, who had neither house nor land of his own, lived with his wife and children in a peasant's hut, and earned his living by h...

As the only book of its kind in the New Testament, Revelation can be difficult to understand, and for readers without specialized training, the his...

Reducere. Along with all manner of European-American immigrants to North America's Great Plains in the nineteenth century - farmers, miners, gamblers, soldie...

Reducere. In 1886, Robert Coburn bought 30, 000 acres of land from Granville Stuart. The tract lay in the long shadows of the Little Rockies of Montana, and ...

Reducere. Native America, Discovered and Conquered takes a fresh look at American history through the lens of the Doctrine of Discovery--the legal basis that...

Reducere. In late September 1820, hoping to lay claim to territory then under dispute between Great Britain and the United States, Governor William King of t...

Reducere. It is November 1918. Germany has just surrendered after four years of the most savage warfare in history. It is teetering on the brink of total soc...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the sequel to the beloved high fantasy East, Rose sets off on a perilous journey to find her true love when he goes missing in a thri...

Reducere. Who can lay claim to a legally-recognized Indian identity? Who decides whether or not an individual qualifies? The right to determine tribal citize...

Everyday theology is the reflective and practical task of living each day as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. In other words, theology is not ju...

Reducere. DescriptionZen koans, beginning some 1500 years ago, refer to stories or questions arising in encounters between monks and old Chinese and Japanese...

What is unique about Brears book is that he combines an account of the cookery with a close look at the practical arrangements, the kitchens and di...

Reducere. With GRIP back in his native land of Cuba and SONNY behind bars potentially facing the death penalty, RAHMELLO is anointed as the new boss of The M...

Reducere. DescriptionIrish military chaplain Fr. Willie Doyle, S.J., died in action during the Battle of Passchendaele on August 16, 1917, having been hit by...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: AskariWith GRIP back in his native land of Cuba and SONNY behind bars potentially facing the death penalty, RAHMELLO is ano...

Reducere. LUST, HATRED, GREED, AND VENGEANCE ALL COMBINE TO MAKE THIS JOURNEY ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS AND DEADLIEST OF THEM ALL. They had rescued a young N...