When British soldiers began settling in early Canada, their sporting traditions blended with a Mi'kmaq game to create a new sport that evolved into hockey. A History of Hockey in Canada traces hockey's roots from those first steps on the frozen ponds of eastern Canada to the modern game we know and love: * Games that were the precursors to modern hockey were oochamkunutk (Mi'kmaq), shinty (Scottish), hurling (Irish) and bandy (English) * From ...
Explore the layers of thousands of years of history, through many empires, and what they have become today in the vibrant, multicultural and enigmatic city we know as Istanbul.Burcak Gürün Muraben mixes history and fable in this engaging and light-hearted guide to Istanbul. Adults seem to enjoy this book as much as children as it has been written in an easy-to-read but not dumbed down way. The stories and history bring the city and its treasur...
Büyük Dostoyevskiden kücük bir öyküDünyanin en iyi yazarlarindan Dostoyevskinin Karamazov Kardesler romaninin kahramani Alyosanin basindan gecenlerin derlendigi bir öykü. Insana insani anlatan Dostoyevski ile tanismaniz icin...
Bu güne kadar yüzbinlerce okura ulasan bu roman, bir cok genc kizin icine düstügü acmazi göz önüne sermektedir. Bu öyle bir acmaz ki, etrafinda cazibe ve özentilerden olusan tuzaklar dolu... Acmazdaki genc kizlar ise, bizim insanlarimiz... Usta yazar Ahmed Günbay Yildiz, bu eseri ile insanimizin icinde bulundugu sartlari sebeb - sonuc iliskileri icinde cok boyutlu islerken, cözümü de gösteriyor.
Can Cocuktan tüm zamanlarinKültür Baskenti Istanbul icin bir armagan...Bodrumdaki lahitle karsilastiklari gün, Aliyle Emrenin yasamlarina yeni bir boyut eklendi Istanbul onlarla konusuyordu. Bu gizli boyutu bir tek Burcuyla paylastilar. Artik her gün yeni bir serüvene cikabilirlerdi. Böylece11-12 yaslarindaki bu üc cocuk, kah eglenceli, kah sikintili anlar yasarken hem kendilerini, hem birbirlerini, hem de icinde dolastiklari Istanbulu yeniden...
Sonunda, hep iyiden yana dönecek dünya...Nazim Hikmetten umut üstüne unutulmaz bir masal...Sevdali Bulut, Türkiye ve dünya edebiyatinin büyük ozani Nazim Hikmetin yazdigi masallardan bir masal. Sevdanin, dostlugun, bagliligin ve iyiligin kazandigi bir dünya resmi. Kim asmak istemez ki bu resmi kalbinin duvarina Ayse kizin ela gözleri gün isigiyla doluydu. Sirma saclaripiril pirildi. Bir eliyle, sagindaki tavsanin uzun kulaklarini cekistiriyor,...
When it opened in October 1864, Camp Lawton was called "the world s largest prison.” Operational only six weeks, this stockade near Millen, Georgia, was evacuated in the face of advancing Federal troops under General Sherman. Burned by Sherman's troops following its evacuation, the prison was never reoccupied. This book provides the first full-length, documented history of Camp Lawton.
Daryl Benson is one of Alberta's finest landscape and nature photographers. Alberta: Images by Daryl Benson is a beautifully bound, hardcover collection of 90 stunning photographs taken all over the province. The book honours Alberta's centennial anniversary.
As an article in Publishers Weekly suggests, many people feel disconnected from institutional religion - they don't go to church to pray, but still feel the need to speak to God. This book gives readers an opportunity to pursue that conversation through journaling. More than simply offering the reader space to write, this beautiful journal and companion guide contains quotes from Prayer: The Hidden Fire, a new introduction from Tom Harpur, and...
1973 yilinda, iri-yari, siyah sacli, sakalli bir sinema yönetmeni, askeri darbenin hemen ardindan Siliden kacti. On iki yil sonra, zayiflamis, saclarinin rengi acilmis, sakalini kesmis olarak geri döndü, sahte bir pasaportla, sahte bir ad altinda, sahte bir gecmis ve sahte bir esle. Bu öykü, Pinochet yönetimi altindaki Silide hayatin nasil oldugunu gercek boyutlariyla dünyanin gözleri önüne sermek ugruna özgürlügünü tehlikeye atarak Siliye giz...
Eine Seelengruppe außerhalb unseres Raum- und Zeitgefühls informiert im Frühling 1995 über einen menschlichen Transformator in verständlicher Form kosmisches Wissen.
Little is known in the West about the division of the Islamic world into Shiites and Sunnites and even less about the stratification of these two groups, with most of the attention going to the Sunnites. Moosa's comprehensive study of the origins and cultural aspects of the different extremist, or Ghulat, Shiite sects in the Middle East is a ground-breaking work. These sects whose 'extremism' is essentially religious are generally a peaceful p...
Cinin en ünlü ve Nobel ödüllü yazari Mo Yan, Degisim adli uzun öyküsünde ülkesindeki toplumsal ve siyasal degisimleri dile getiriyor. Otobiyografi tarzinda öykü ya da öykü tarzinda otobiyografi diyebilecegimiz bu yapit, Cin edebiyatindaki cogunlukla siyasal olaylara odaklanan tarihsel anlatilarin tersine, insanlarin tarihini ele aliyor. Degisim bu niteligiyle degisme sürecindeki bir ülkenin görünümünde tavandan asagiya degil, tabandan yukariya...
This book presents the most extensive general review of the pitcher plants of the Americas yet undertaken -- it is a substantive overview of the systematics, biology, ecology, biogeography, and conservation of the five genera of American pitcher plants (s.l.), including three genera of true pitcher plants (Darlingtonia, Heliamphora, and Sarracenia) and two genera of carnivorous tank bromeliads (Brocchinia, Catopsis). Here is information about ...