Love in the Time of Ethnography explores love – variously defined – as an important facet of human life and a worthy focus of study. The authors look at love in association with an Alevi and Sunni couple in Turkey, organizers of Mexican American and immigrant youth movements, Christian missionaries in China, an elderly man with dementia, two women “coming home” to queer identity, a White researcher working with Black women in the US, the common ground between Dogen’s Zen teachings and Habe...

13 Geschichten, die das Leben auf der kapverdischen Insel Fogo in vielen Facetten und all seiner Intensität widerspiegeln: von Festen und Tragödien über Emigration und Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben bis hin zu Hunger und Verbrechen. Mal anrührend, mal erschreckend und dann auch wieder unfreiwillig komisch. Die karge Landschaft, das allgegenwärtige Meer und die schicksalhafte Abhängigkeit vom Regen bilden den Hintergrund dieser Welt, in der Alltägliches und Existenzielles eng miteinander v...

Una mamma cerca di convincere il suo bambino ad alzarsi dal letto per andare a esplorare il mondo… Quante scuse inventerà il piccolo dormiglione per rimanere sotto le coperte?Una storia di soli dialoghi dedicata a chi ama dormire, con una trama immediatamente percepibile e riconoscibile da grandi e bambini.

La vita di un narratore senza nome cambia per sempre dopo l’incontro con Iris Storm, l’enigmatica donna che bussa alla sua porta in cerca del fratello da cui si è allontanata. Il narratore si ritrova presto coinvolto nella vita ribelle di Iris, fatta di glamour, eccessi e amori spensierati. Riflettendo sulle sue relazioni con la famiglia, gli amici e gli amanti, diventa gradualmente consapevole dei segreti e delle contraddizioni che si nascondono dietro la sua personalità fuori dal comune....

What must you do when the light is red? And what about green? A girl in the car and a boy on the street are about to find out.

Explore history without the confines of time or distance. Dr. Isabel Soto is an archaeologist and world explorer with the skills to go wherever and whenever she needs to research history, solve a mystery, or rescue colleagues in trouble. Readers join Izzy on her journeys and gain knowledge about historical places, eras, and cultures on the way.

Un escriptor relata la visita del seu editor a casa, per treballar en la seva nova obra, i el que va succeir en aquests tres dies. Amb un títol que emmarca la història com si fos un quadre, Michael Köhlmeier troba el límit entre la vida i la narració de la mateixa i ens mostra com pot decidir un escriptor què ha de formar part de la seva obra i què ha de pertànyer a la seva intimitat. Un succés fugaç encara important, la lluita per una vida, actua com a catalitzador d'aquesta bella novel·l...

Un escritor relata la visita de su editor a su casa, para trabajar en su nueva obra, y lo que sucedió en esos tres días. Con un título que enmarca la historia como si fuera un cuadro, Michael Köhlmeier encuentra el límite entre la vida y la narración de la misma y nos muestra cómo puede decidir un escritor qué debe formar parte de su obra y qué debe pertenecer a su intimidad. Un suceso fugaz aunque importante, la lucha por una vida, actúa como catalizador de esta hermosa novela, íntima y c...

The first American woman to fly in space is the 35th hero in the New York Times bestselling audiobook biography series for ages 5 to 9.From childhood, Sally Ride was a daring adventurer, and her parents encouraged her to pursue the things she loved. Those things included science and math, fast rides, and the stars in the sky. Eventually her passions and her hard work led her to NASA, where she became the country's first female astronaut, inspiring generati...

Arizona Is Hard Country... Chet Byrnes is building a new life in Arizona Territory as he expands his cattle ranching operation - but trouble just keeps coming. A brutal Apache attack on his cattle drive. A friend's young daughter is abducted, and the search leads Chet and his men to the wild town of Tombstone and ultimately south of the border, where everything comes with a price...and life is cheap. And Chet Brynes Is A Hard Man...As much as Chet longs to stay close to home and his belove...