In the early 1980s, five young men who loved teaching, the natural world, and the North Cascades dreamed of creating a field school to teach about the place and its many histories-natural and cultural. The North Cascades Institute emerged from that dream in 1986 with the help of North Cascades National Park. This is the story of how the Institute grew from humble beginnings to become a model nonprofit environmental education organization admired throughout the United States. Over the 35 ye...

Built in the years AD122-30 by order of the Emperor Hadrian ‘to separate Romans from Barbarians’, Hadrian's Wall was 73 miles long, running from Wallsend-on-Tyne to Bowness on the Solway Firth. It was originally almost 5 metres high with 16 large forts along its length and is the largest Ancient Monument in northern Europe. Following the author’s previous successful book, Hadrian’s Wildlife has been enriched and expanded with additional information on wildlife and Roman history. When stand...

Die liggaam is nie jou vyand nie, het hy begin. Ons leef dubbeld, die bewussyn en die liggaam, die een lewe is weggesteek in die ander een. Hulle is een, maar soms moet die een die knie voor die ander een buig . . . Die geheim lê by aanvaarding, aanvaar dat ons twee keer onsself is. Oplaas ’n nuwe roman deur die bekroonde skrywer John Miles. In ’n klein tuinwoonstelletjie sit en luister ’n oudonderwyser een stormagtige aand na ’n vrou wat met heimwee sing van ’n rivier in ’n ander land, va...

’n Aangrypende roman oor die lotgevalle van die gewone mens in ’n samelewing waar geweld net onder die oppervlakte lê. Die vreemdeling August vestig hom op ’n klein Weskusdorp om sy redigeringswerk aan ’n pasontdekte dagboek van die 18de eeuse ontdekkingsreisiger Robert Jacob Gordon af te rond. Dis wanneer polisievrou Tessa hom vra om haar seuntjie Otto ’n aand lank op te pas terwyl sy die dood van ’n naamlose persoon by die motorhawe ondersoek, dat August homself onverwags bevind op die d...

CNA-prys (1992), M-Net-prys (1992), Helgaard Steyn-prys. Kroniek uit die doofpot (1991) is die aangrypende en onthutsende verhaal van ’n swart polisieman se soeke na geregtigheid en dis gebaseer op die werklikheid. Ten spyte van sy armoedige kinderlewe op ’n plaas in die Vrystaat, verwesenlik Tumelo John Moleko sy droom om by die polisie aan te sluit. En uiteindelik kan hy ’n huis en motor vir sy gesin bekostig en in sy eie tuin werk: Dus, die lewe van ’n gewone, eerbare man. Op ’n dag wor...

John Miles se gevierde debuut. Hier is kort-kortverhale wat fokus op geweldpleging en skokkende gebeurtenisse, asof dit uit alledaagse dagbladberigte geneem is. Dit is gedetailleerde verhale wat raakpunte het met tradisionele spanningsverhale, maar vertel vanuit ’n aweregse, ironiese, amper onbetrokke, vertellershoek, sodat dit die leser lank bybly.

Richard's story è un musical da leggere ispirato alle canzoni dei Beatles e racconta, in un susseguirsi di esperienze ed emozioni, la vita del giovane Richard. Da “Twist and shout” e ”Please, please me”, passando per “All my loving”, “A hard day’s night”, “I want hold your hand”, giungendo ad “Help!”, “Yesterday”, “Drive my car”, la storia di Richard si evolve con “Day tripper”, “Love you to”, “A day in the life”. Il viaggio continua con “Magical Mistery tour”, “Hello, goodbye”e “Lucy in t...

Richard's story é um musical para ler inspirado nas canções dos Beatles e conta, numa sucessão de experiências e emoções, a vida do jovem Richard. De “Twist and shout” e ”Please, please me”, passando por “All my loving”, “A hard day’s night”, “I want hold your hand”, chegando a “Help!”, “Yesterday”, “Drive my car”, a história de Richard se desenvolve com “Day tripper”, “Love you to”, “A day in the life”. A viagem continua com “Magical Mistery tour”, “Hello, goodbye” e “Lucy in the sky with...

First published during the Eisenhower administration, researchers have long depended on America Votes for its consistent and detailed presentation of election data from across disparate state election offices. America Votes (AV) is published biennially, and contains an introduction and election coverage by the author, which captures new trends analysis, and is predominantly composed of election result tables. Organized by state, this edition of AV is a valuable resource that includes offic...

Prepared by Patrick J. Sobkowski, J.D.The Law Officer’s Pocket Manual is a handy, pocket-sized, spiral-bound manual that highlights basic legal rules for quick reference and offers examples showing how those rules are applied. The manual provides concise guidance based on U.S. Supreme Court rulings on constitutional law issues and other legal developments, covering arrest, search, surveillance, and other routine as well as sensitive areas of law enforcement. It in...

In recent decades, the evidence for an oral epic tradition in ancient Greece has grown enormously along with our ever-increasing awareness of worldwide oral traditions. John Foley here examines the artistic implications that oral tradition holds for the understanding of the Iliad and Odyssey in order to establish a context for their original performance and modern-day reception.In Homer's Traditional Art, Foley addresses three crucially interlocking areas...

On the morning of 22nd December 1989, Cornel Lemnariu watched from a small hospital balcony overlooking Bucharest's Palace Square as it was filling with demonstrators. As the protesting crowds gathered in Romania's capital, Cornel initially didn't know that he was witnessing the start of a revolution. The fall of Communism had a great impact on every aspect of life for the country's population. It would also have a profound effect on Cornel who was severely handicapped due to a debilitatin...