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Dis 1934. Poppie Nienaber is 22 jaar oud, en sy werk in die Haberdashery-afdeling in Mr Cristal se algemene handelaar op Bethlehem. Saam met haar ouer sussie, Anna, woon hulle in tant Nelie se losieshuis in die straat af, en haar broer Jannie kom kuier gereeld op ’n Sondagmiddag, sedeprekies en al. Poppie weet daar is geheime in die familie waarvan sy niks weet nie, en dat Sussie Anna dinge van haar weghou. Party goed onthou sy vaagweg, soos haar ma wat staan en strykwerk doen, die skroeireuk...
| Автор | Annemari Coetser |
Did you know the term 'roughing it' comes from the tent city at Algoa Bay? Or that the settlers carried grain rations from Grahamstown on their backs for kilometres? One even called her new home 'the most miserable country in the world'. 1820 descendant Ralph Goldswain retells the tale of the settlers' dramatic first three years in South Africa in lively first-person accounts. Their letters, journals and diaries tell of the dangerous sea voyage, their dismal introduction...
| Автор | Ralph Goldswain |
Bekroon met die derde prys in NB-Uitgewers se Groot Romanwedstryd. Esther van Emmenes het nie die bakkie hoor stilhou nie. Sy loop heeltemal ingedagte tussen die ou grafstene in die Fouriesburgse begraafplaas rond. Soekend. Sy is dikwels in die begraafplaas. Dit is waarom sy op dié Vrystaatse dorpie kom woon het, om naby die bronne vir haar navorsing te wees. Veral naby die Brandwaterkom te wees, want dit is waar kommandant Fanie Vilonel in die Anglo-Boereoorlog die oorgawe van meer as...
| Автор | Alexander Strachan |
In dié opvolg op Debora en seuns is die fokus weer die lief en leed van die Schlagerfeldts. Dis nou die 1960’s, en die hoofkarakter is Debora se kleindogter, ook ’n Debora. Dié 27-jarige dokter kom terug na die Oos-Vrystaat om by haar pa in sy praktyk aan te sluit. Maar dan ontmoet sy dr Tristan Murray en al haar voorgenome drome stort ineen. Sy volg haar neef na Londen om haar wonde te lek, en vind dat die pad van verlore liefde na geluk deur gevaar en hartseer lei.
| Автор | Helene de Kock |
Sanlam/Insig/Kwela Groot Romanwedstryd (2001), WA Hofmeyr-prys (2003), RAU-prys vir skeppende skryfwerk (2003), M-Net-prys vir skeppende werk in Afrikaans (2004), Helgaard Steyn-prys (2004). EILANDE is méér as net 'n boek. Dis 'n magistrale roman, 'n oerteks wat saam met die Dagjoernaal van Jan van Riebeeck gelees behoort te word. Dis eintlik 'n gebeurtenis wat 'n andersmaak bring vir elkeen wat dit onder hande neem. Maar dis ook 'n helder boek. Dit sê vir jou in...
| Автор | Dan Sleigh |
Dubya. The 9/11 terrorist attacks. Enron and WorldCom. The Iraq War. Hurricane Katrina. The disruptive nature of the internet. An anxious aging population redefining retirement. The gay community demanding full civil rights. A society becoming ever more «brown.» The housing bubble and the Great Recession. The historic election of Barack Obama – and the angry Tea Party reaction. The United States experienced a turbulent first decade of the 21st century, tumultuous years of economic crises,...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
During the Anglo-Boer War, the conflict between the British and the Boers spilled over from the battlefield to the farmsteads of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. The internment of women and children in concentration camps was part of a total war waged by the British Empire not only against the republican forces, but also civilians. Perilous conditions and overcrowding in many camps led to thousands of deaths and untold suffering. The trauma this caused unleashed intense emotions among...
| Автор | Helen Bradford |
Established as a Jewish settlement in 1909 and dedicated a year later, Tel Aviv has grown over the last century to become Israel’s financial center and the country’s second largest city. This book examines a major period in the city’s establishment when Jewish architects moved from Europe, including Alexander Levy of Berlin, and attempted to establish a new style of Zionist urbanism in the years after World War I. The author explores the interplay of an ambitious architectural program and the...
| Автор | Nathan Harpaz |
Un amore che solo una fiaba può disegnare. Un amore che solo una fiaba può disegnare. Lady Delilah Everly non ha avuto la vita meravigliosa che si potrebbe immaginare. Il Male non può neanche lontanamente descrivere sua madre e il modo in cui ella si è comportata con chi invece avrebbe dovuto amare. Ciò ha indurito il cuore di Delilah ed ella ha imparato presto che doveva dipendere da se stessa , iniziando ad acquisire le conoscenze necessarie per camminare sulle proprie gambe. Marrock Palmer,...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
Povijesni roman koji govori o iskustvima članova obitelji grčkih ribara tijekom Prvog punskog rata Almices Teópulos, mladi ribar, živi sa svojom obitelji na otoku Samosu, u grčkom arhipelagu Dodekanez. Slučajno spašavanje dvojice brodolomaca prouzročit će obiteljsku tragediju. Godina je 264 pr.Kr.. Nakon Aleksandra Velikog, Kartaga i Rim postali su nove velesile tog vremena, a njihovi će suprotstavljani interesi dovesti do prvog Punskog rata. U ovoj uzbudljivoj drami, likovi će biti uvučeni u...
| Автор | Xisco Bonilla |
Segunda edición de lujo, con imágenes internas en color, del mismo ensayo publicado en primera edición con Tektime en a precio económico. El carácter de la obra es histórico. Asuntos comunes entre Antiguo y Nuevo testamento y la dirección de la historia por parte de Dios: de acuerdo con la impresión de los escritores veterotestamentarios, la Palabra se revela progresivamente a lo largo de los siglos mediante hechos históricos que inducen a la reflexión teológica. Segunda edición de lujo, con...
| Автор | Guido Pagliarino |
Dos personas extrañas entablan una amistad y se enamoran en medio del caos de la guerra. La Srta. Brianne Collins está acostumbrada a conseguir todo lo que quiere en la vida. Creció en una genuina plantación sureña, pero quiere más. Unirse a la sociedad neoyorquina parece ser su meta final, pero nada resulta como ella lo imaginó. Hasta que conoce a Lord Julian Kendall y entablan una extraña amistad. Julian Kendall es el segundo hijo del Duque de Weston. Para aliviar su aburrimiento comienza a...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
He aquí algunas afirmaciones que el autor ha oído por televisión y en otras ocasiones: «Con seguridad, el budismo es superior: no tiene la ingenuidad del cristianismo»; «¿Cristo? Un mito, como Osiris o Dionisio»; «Jesús es un personaje histórico, pero solo fue un buen rabino»; «El Apocalipsis, como el resto de los Evangelios, se escribió como mínimo en el siglo II o III»; «La estrella de Belén habría quemado el portal; más aún, habría destruido el mundo: ¡Son invenciones cristianas anteriores a...
| Автор | Guido Pagliarino |
La Grande Guerra porta Catherine e Ash l'uno nella vita dell'altra. Solo il tempo dirà se è loro destino stare insieme, o se alla fine serviranno uno scopo superiore. Lady Catherine Langdon è speciale, e non perché è la figlia di un duca. Proviene da una lunga linea di individui nati con doni straordinari, e lei è una dei pochi ad avere una variante di tutti e tre. Sull'orlo di una guerra, prende una decisione che altererà in modo irrevocabile il corso della sua vita – amore o dovere. Asher...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
Um encontro ao acaso em um trem leva duas pessoas a se apaixonarem quando menos esperam… e bem durante o Natal! Aletha Dewitt leva uma vida de conto-de-fadas. Ao menos é o que parece para quem olha de fora. Sim, ela tinha tudo o que alguém poderia desejar, exceto respeito. Ela tinha mais ideias e ambições do que o irmão terá algum dia na vida, mas os homens da família eram antiquados demais para notar. No entanto, nada ficaria em seu caminho, nem mesmo o amor. Rafael, o conte Leone, está...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
A guerra que os juntou, acabou por separá-los. Anos mais tarde seus caminhos voltam a se cruzar e eles têm mais uma chance de viver aquele amor, mas os medos de Victoria os mantêm separados. Eles sobreviveram em um mundo destruído pela guerra, só o tempo poderá dizer se o amor que encontraram acabará por florescer. William Collins nunca quis deixar os confortos de Lilimar, o seu lar. Um dia a plantação seria dele, e ele dedicou seu coração e sua alma para fazê-la prosperar. Quando a guerra é...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
Un amor que solamente un cuento de hadas puede crear… Un amor que solamente un cuento de hadas puede crear… Lady Delilah Everly no ha tenido una vida tan maravillosa como algunos podrían creer. El mal ni siquiera empezó a describir a su madre o como debería tratar a las personas que se suponía tenía que amar. A Dalilah se le endureció el corazón y aprendió pronto a depender de sí misma comenzando a adquirir las habilidades necesarias para sobrevivir por su cuenta. Marrok Palmer, el duque de...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
Um amor que só um conto de fadas pode criar… Um amor que só um conto de fadas pode criar… Lady Delilah Everly não levou a vida encantada que alguns podem acreditar. Perversa nem sequer começava a descrever sua mãe ou como tratava aqueles que deveria amar. Isso endureceu Delilah para o amor e ela aprendeu cedo a apenas depender de si mesma e a ganhar as habilidades necessárias para sobreviver sozinha. Marrok Palmer, o duque de Wolfton, não consegue entender a mudança que sua vida tomou. Para...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
At the beginning of the twentieth century, in the poverty-stricken Swedish region of Småland, young Valter, the son of a soldier, explores the world around him and watches his older brothers emigrate to America. In this novel of the life of a farm boy, first published in three volumes in 1946, Vilhelm Moberg sensitively explores his own childhood.<br /><br />When Valter, a boy with great imagination, describes the exciting things he sees so vividly, he is punished for lying, so he...
| Автор | Vilhelm Moberg |
Largely developed by Norwegians, Swedes, and Swedish-speaking Finns who spread in a short time across eight distinct settlements, the isolated community of Hovland, Minnesota, quickly established a reputation for its natural beauty and the lively activity and hospitality of its people. Excerpted and adapted from the book Norwegians and Swedes in the United States: Friends and Neighbors edited by Philip J. Anderson and Dag Blanck.
| Автор | Philip J. Anderson |
Lois Phillips Hudson eloquently portrays George Custer, a determined and angry man who must battle both the land and the landlord; his hard-working wife Rachel; and their young and vulnerable daughter Lucy. Through their compelling story looms a sense of a whole nation's tragedy during the Great Depression.<br /><br />Reviews of The Bones of Plenty:<br /><br />"It is possible . . .that literary historians of the future will decide that The Bones of Plenty...
| Автор | Lois Phillips Hudson |
– The racist violence on display in Charlottesville struck an alarming wake-up call about the rise of white supremacy, anti-Semitism, and pro-fascism have during the Trump presidency. As these flash points continue to occur and tip into the news cycle, Jamey Tracy and Hilary Moore will be able to address them from the standpoint of the history of radical groups’ efforts to confront similar outbreaks when white supremacists felt they had a friend in the White House. – Will be...
| Автор | Hilary Moore |
When Frederick Morgan was appointed COSSAC (Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander), in the spring of 1943, there was no approved plan for a cross-Channel attack and no commander. There was not even agreement about when the re-entry into the Continent would occur. The western Allies were in the midst of a great debate about the strategy or strategies to defeat Nazi Germany. COSSAC’s primary task was to create a plan that would be approved by the inter-allied Combined Chiefs of Staff....
| Автор | Stephen C. Kepher |
Out and Proud in Chicago takes readers through the long and rich history of the city's LGBT community. Lavishly illustrated with color and black-and white-photographs, the book draws on a wealth of scholarly, historical, and journalistic sources. Individual sections cover the early days of the 1800s to World War II, the challenging community-building years from World War II to the 1960s, the era of gay liberation and AIDS from the 1970s to the 1990s, and on to the city's...
| Автор | Tracy Baim |