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Pulitzer-Preisträgerin Annie Proulx über die Schönheit und Gefährdung eines einzigartigen Ökosystems. - »Bestes Buch des Jahres.« The New Yorker Pulitzer-Preisträgerin und passionierte Umweltschützerin Annie Proulx erzählt von der Schönheit und Magie der Moorlandschaften - und von der Gefährdung dieses unterschätzten, aber einzigartigen Ökosystems. Sie begibt sich auf eine faszinierende Reise in die Torfmoore Englands, in die endlos weiten ...

A heartbreaking tale of an irresistible and hidden love spanning twenty years and its tragic consequences. Based on Annie Proulx's short story, with original songs by Dan Gillespie Sells.

*One of Time Magazine's Most Anticipated Books* Named a Best Book of the Year So Far by The New Yorker * From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx, this riveting deep dive into the history of our wetlands and what their systematic destruction means for the planet "is both an enchanting work of nature writing and a rousing call to action" (Esquire). "I learned something new?and found something amazing?on every page." ?Anthony Doerr, author of All...

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week`Magnificent¿ Guardian`Remarkable ¿ A compact classic!¿ Bill McKibben`I learned something new ¿ and found something amazing ¿ on every page¿ Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See

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From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx - whose novels are infused with her knowledge and deep concern for the earth - comes a riveting, revelatory history of our wetlands, their ecological role, and what their systematic destruction means for the planet.

From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx - whose novels are infused with her knowledge and deep concern for the earth - comes a riveting, revelatory history of our wetlands, their ecological role, and what their systematic destruction means for the planet.

From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx—whose novels are infused with her knowledge and deep concern for the earth—comes a riveting, revelatory history of our wetlands, their ecological role, and what their systematic destruction means for the planet.A lifelong environmentalist, Annie Proulx brings her wide-ranging research and scholarship to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important yet little understood role they play in preserving t...

For all those working in Early Years, improving quality experiences for all young children is a priority. By examining issues surrounding quality improvement, the importance of reflective practice and the attributes required in the workplace to effect change and leadership, this book provides a contemporary view of practice. Chapters focus on how settings can improve quality experiences for young children and how to implement strategies that...

From Annie Proulx, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain, comes her masterpiece, ten years in the writing - an epic, dazzling, violent, magnificently dramatic novel about taming the wilderness and destroying the forest, set over three centuries. In the late seventeenth century two illiterate woodsmen, Rene Sel and Charles Duquet, make their way from Northern France to New France to seek a living. Bound t...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' comes a collection of short stories inspired by the harsh and unforgiving landscape of Wyoming.

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Folks in the Texas panhandle do not like hog farms. But Bob Dollar is determined to see his new job as hog site scout for Global Pork Rind through to the end. However he is forced to face the idiosyncratic inhabitants of Woolybucket and to question his own notions of loyalty and home.

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Annie Proulx's highly acclaimed, international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. One of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist.

Quoyle vive nei sobborghi di New York, sbarca il lunario facendo il giornalista per un quotidiano locale, ha due figlie e una moglie patologicamente infedele. Una vita come tante, tra piccole gioie e grandi frustrazioni: finché, un giorno, viene licenziato dal quotidiano per cui lavora e, tornato a casa, trova ad attenderlo la babysitter con un messaggio da parte di sua moglie: ha deciso di abbandonarlo definitivamente per fuggire con un amant...

Annie Proulxs Roman ist ein monumentales Epos, das lebensprall, sprachgewaltig und intensiv dreihundert Jahre nordamerikanischer Geschichte einfängt und von der Abholzung der scheinbar endlosen Wälder erzählt, vom ewigen Kampf zwischen Mensch und Natur. Es beginnt mit der Ankunft von zwei Franzosen, René Sel und Charles Duquet, im heutigen Kanada, wo sie über die schier undurchdringliche Wildnis staunen. Sie sind Holzarbeiter und versuchen ihr...

René en Charles, twee berooide jonge Fransen, emigreren in de zeventiende eeuw naar Nieuw-Frankrijk, op zoek naar een betere toekomst. Ze beginnen hun nieuwe leven in Noord-Amerika, beiden als lijfeigenen, en kappen daar de machtige bossen. Al snel lopen hun levens uiteen. De zachtaardige René trouwt een indiaanse vrouw en gaat een arm maar gelukkig bestaan tegemoet. De nietsontziende Charles daarentegen doet alles om een fortuin te vergaren. ...