The Delaware River has been home to steamboats and canoes, swimmers and fishermen, and shipyards and factories for generations. Recreation and industry have long coexisted along its changing banks. Along the Delaware River presents the Delaware River corridor-from Hancock, New York, in the Catskill Mountains, to the mouth of the Delaware Bay-at the beginning of the twentieth century. Postcards, many nearly a hundred years old, are used to show a river system that both resembles and differs...

‘Must-read… A funny yet tragic tale of a husband and wife’s car journey across the US with Albert the alligator in tow. Yes, really.’ Marie ClaireA journey of a thousand miles. With an alligator on the back seat. And John Steinbeck as a passenger.This is a tale where everything is true,except the bits that are made up.In 1930s America, the Great Depression made everyone’s horizons smaller, and Elsie Lavender found herself back where she began, in the coalfields of W...

A moving tribute to love—and alligators—from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Rocket Boys , the basis of the movie October Sky .Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the father of the author) were high school classmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as the Great Depression began. When Homer asked for her hand,...

Carrie är klumpig på gymnastiken, har konstiga kläder och förstår aldrig ett skämt. Hon är udda och har mobbats hela sin skoltid. Men Carrie har dolda krafter som ingen känner till: genom att koncentrera sig kan hon få speglar att spricka och dörrar att låsa sig.Denna märkliga gåva måste dock som så mycket annat i hennes liv undertryckas. Carries djupt religiösa mor säger nämligen att förmågan är en synd och att kraften kommer från Djävulen.På skolans avslutningsbal utsätts...

‘Must-read… A funny yet tragic tale of a husband and wife’s car journey across the US with Albert the alligator in tow. Yes, really.’ Marie ClaireA journey of a thousand miles. With an alligator on the back seat. And John Steinbeck as a passenger.This is a tale where everything is true,except the bits that are made up.In 1930s America, the Great Depression made everyone’s horizons smaller, and Elsie Lavender found herself back where she began, in the coalfields of W...

Potatoes are a staple crop around the world. Covering all aspects of botany, production and uses, this book presents a comprehensive discussion of the most important topics for potato researchers and professionals. It assesses the latest research on plant growth such as tuber development, water use and seed production, covers all aspects of pest management and reviews postharvest issues such as storage, global markets, and of course, nutritional value and flavour.

Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning memoir Rocket Boys—the basis of the movie October Sky.Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the father of the author) were high school classmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as the Great Depression began. When Homer asked fo...

1928, Olympiastadion i Amsterdam. Den kanadensiska elitlöparen Aganetha ”Aggie” Smart vinner guld på 800 meter – en distans som av många vid den tiden betraktas som olämplig, rentav skadlig, för kvinnliga friidrottare.I Carrie Snyders roman Löparflickan möter vi Aggie många år senare. Hon är 104 år gammal och bor på ett äldreboende, ensam, rullstolsburen och på väg att skrivas ut ur historien. En dag dyker ett ungt par upp som påstår sig vilja göra en dokumentär om Aggies idrottska...

Your sins affect more than your soul. Now, your sins decay your body, make it burn, or they can even transform you into a monster. Julianna and Grayson are two sinners who are doing penance for their past sins by helping out others and the Church by defending the innocent from the monstrous sinners who refuse to repent, but their past sins will come back to haunt them in more than one major way.