The book opens with a description of the breathtaking scenery, featuring the rugged mountains of Snowdonia, serene lakes, and lush valleys. Wright skillfully depicts the natural beauty of North Wales, highlighting iconic landmarks such as Mount Snowdon and the picturesque coastlines along the Llyn Peninsula. His keen eye for detail allows readers to visualize the landscapes and immerse themselves in the tranquility of the region.As the narrative unfolds, Wright explores various towns and v...

THERE is a local interest attached to mountain scenery, arising not only from a natural concentration of grand and majestic objects, but also from a spirit of independence and ardent love of liberty with which the mountaineer, invariably, seems to be inspired.

Hockey is my life.It's my only goal, my only escape. Everything was going according to plan. All I had to do was focus on the game, keep my head down, then get drafted into the NHL.Starting the year as the captain of FU should have made that easy, but now my attention is torn between the ice and taunting my rival's little sister, Madeline Peters.My only real solace is the mystery girl inside my phone who refuses to tell me her name.Then, one...

Hockey is my life.It's my only goal, my only escape, and everything was going according to plan. All I had to do was focus on the game, keep my head down, then get drafted into the NHL.Starting my senior year at FU, everything was as perfect as always. But sometimes, just because you play on the same team, doesn't mean you can play nice. And it turns out I enjoy taunting a certain teammate just as much as I enjoy being on the ice.Daemon Forbes loath...

Hockey is my life.It's all I've ever wanted, all I've ever needed, and everything was going according to plan. All I had to do was focus on the game, keep my head down, then get drafted into the NHL.With my team by my side, I was focused solely on the game. I thought nothing could stop me. Then my father came along and ruined everything.He demanded a business marriage for my sister, and I knew I had no choice but to step in and take her place so she...

Hockey is my life. It's my only goal, my only escape, and everything was going according to plan.All I had to do was focus on the game, keep my head down, and then get drafted into the NHL.Being a Playboy billionaire should have made that easy. I'm everything they say I am: rich, handsome, charming, and a complete and total player. I don't waste my time with relationships, not when I never know if they want me or my money, so instead I indulge in everything...

'Sicily is the key to everything' Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe author of the classic book on Venice turns his sights to Sicily in this beautiful book full of maps and colour photographs.'I discovered Sicily almost by mistake . . .We drove as far as Naples, then put the car on the night ferry to Palermo. There was a degree of excitement in the early hours when we passed Stromboli, emitting a rich glow every half-minute or so like an ogre puffing on an immense cigar; and a f...

In The Pleasures of England, John Ruskin offers a detailed and passionate exploration of the unique beauty and historical significance of England. The work presents a philosophical examination of the landscape, architecture, and cultural heritage of the country, highlighting the ways in which the natural and built environments contribute to the joy and intellectual enrichment of its people. Ruskin, a prominent critic and social thinker, reflects on how the pleasures of England are not mere...

This book reconstructs the perceptions about mixed marriages across generations, starting from a detailed analysis of the statistical background and a description of this phenomenon in the historical past, and then focusing on the case history of families. As ethnic and religious diversity has long been an important source of social tension in Transylvania, mixed marriages have the potential to link the communities and act as a bridge between ethnic groups. Considering the multilevel analy...

This book analyzes the reasons for the emergence and extinction of the Croatian name in four Slovene border regions. The author uses comparative methods and a broad spectrum of sources. In the early Modern Age, the Croatian name established itself in these areas as a temporary phenomenon, replacing the original Slovene name, which at that time had a «pre-national» content and was also used by a considerable portion of today’s Croats. Extending the use of the Croatian name to the Slovene bo...

At the center of this book are the World War II letters (Feldpostbriefe) of a German artist and art teacher to his wife. While Bernhard Epple’s letters to his wife, Gudrun, address many of the topics usually found in war letters (food, lodging conditions, the weather, problems with the mail service, requests for favors from home), they are unusual in two respects. Each letter is lovingly decorated with a drawing and the letters make few references to the war itself. In addition to...

This book analyzes the patron-client relationship over both space and time. It covers such areas of the globe as Europe, Africa and Latin America, and such periods in time as ancient Rome, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Poland, as well as twentieth-century America. It also analyzes clientelism in U.S. policy toward the Vietnam War and in Richard J. Daley’s mayoral rule over Chicago. In his comparative approach the author makes broad use of theories from such fields as history, sociolo...