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Wenn eine gute Fee Jona Crawford fragen würde, was ihr sehnlichster Wunsch sei, wäre ihre Antwort: Alles soll so bleiben, wie es ist. Dabei ist Jonas Leben in keiner Weise besonders. Sie ist neununddreißig, alleinstehend, lebt in Bath in Südengland, wo sie aufgewachsen ist, und hat noch nie woanders gearbeitet als in dem Reisebüro von Keaton Fairchild, einem alten Freund ihres Vaters. Und das, ohne je selbst zu verreisen. Mit Anfang zwanzig wo...

Poetry. With photography by Joan Scott. Claire Scott's great accomplishment is in knowing how to make poetry out of every part of her life. She's patient enough to hold opposites to the breaking point, and then to keep going toward that frontier where real poetry takes place. Each poem in WAITING TO BE CALLED lives in a world where nothing's sacred and yet everything's sacred. Just when you think she's taking you to a place too dark to enter, ...

this book provides everything you need to know, including: - UK legislation, biosecurity and pig-related choices - Creating an optimal pig environment - Feeding, handling and transporting pigs - Disease prevention strategies, from vaccination to piglet care - Common diseases and how to recognise them - Making the most of your vet - Raising a pig from weaning to finishing - Breeding pigs - Keeping pet pigs

«Murderous Mothers is both an homage to and a critical reflection on the multiple Medea figures that populate late twentieth-century German literature. Claire Scott artfully demonstrates how feminist politics and women¿s issues ¿ from abstract questions about the power of women¿s bodies and voices, to concrete matters like abortion and sexual violence ¿ speak through this ancient myth, transforming it into something vital and urgent. Scott¿s o...

Fun preparation for Pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers covers all the skills you need to be ready on exam day.

Witness a unique multimedia creation! Read the story. Read the comic. Read both in one book for a new and innovative experience. Kevin Robbins is down on his luck, especially when it comes to making it to work on time. Luckily, that changes when a young girl gifts him with an alarm clock that does a lot more than wake him up, however, Kevin quickly finds out that his alarm clock is a double-edged sword, taking away luck faster than it brings i...

Fun preparation for Pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers covers all the skills you need to be ready on exam day.

By exploring whiteness and white identity through the lens of literary journalism, this book reflects on ways in which writers use the uncertainties and contradictions inherent in this genre to reveal the complexities of white identity formation and negotiation within contemporary society.

Edward Waverley, a young English soldier, is caught up in the Jacobite rising of 1745-6, the last civil war fought on British soil and the attempt to reinstate the Stuart monarchy. With Waverley Scott invented the modern historical novel and profoundly influenced the development of European and American fiction for a century at least.

This novel, which has always been regarded as one of Scott's finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736. The people of the city have been infuriated by the actions of John Porteous, Captain of the Guard, and when they hear that his death has been reprieved by the distant monarch they ignore the Queen and resolve to take their own revenge. At the center of the story is Edinburgh's forbidding Tolbooth prison, known by all as the Heart of Mid...

Inseln im Strom" erzählt die spannende Geschichte des Künstlers und Abenteurers Thomas Hudson, angefangen im Jahr 1930. Von seinen Erlebnissen als Maler auf der Insel Bimini am Golfstrom bis hin zu seinen Aktivitäten gegen die U-Boote an der Küste Kubas während des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Es ist ein ergreifender Film über die Liebe eines Vaters und ein leidenschaftliches Plädoyer gegen die Tyrannei. Hemingways Lieblingsthemen Krieg, Freiheit, Tr...

An elegant book of photographs, accompanied by poems, that invite readers to discover the beauty, simplicity, and spirituality that flows through hands.

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Chronicles of the Canongate consists of three tragic tales of cultural conflict: "The Highland Widow, " "The Two Drovers, " and "The Surgeon's Daughter." The first two are recognised as among the greatest of Scott's achievements, the last is his almost unknown critique of British imperialism. This is the first time since its appearance in 1827 that the work has been published in the form Scott intended, and the recovery of the original design ...

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