Anpassung ist alles, weiß Inge Lohmark. Schließlich unterrichtet sie seit mehr als dreißig Jahren Biologie. Daß ihre Schule in vier Jahren geschlossen werden soll, ist nicht zu ändern – in der schrumpfenden Kreisstadt im vorpommerschen Hinterland fehlt es an Kindern. Lohmarks Mann, der zu DDR-Zeiten Kühe besamt hat, züchtet nun Strauße, ihre Tochter Claudia ist vor Jahren in di...(展开全部)

An homage to Africa's people and wildlife. Sebastião Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today, his reputation fo rged by decades of dedication and powerful black-and-white images of dispossessed and distressed people taken in places where most wouldn’t dare to go. Although he has photographed throughout South America and around the globe, his work most h...(展开全部)

An homage to Africa's people and wildlife. Sebastião Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today, his reputation fo rged by decades of dedication and powerful black-and-white images of dispossessed and distressed people taken in places where most wouldn’t dare to go. Although he has photographed throughout South America and around the globe, his work most h...(展开全部)

<blockquote>If you had a giraffe and he stretched another half … you would have a giraffe and a half. And if you glued a rose to the tip of his nose … And … if he put on a shoe and then stepped in some glue … And if he used a chair to comb his hair … </blockquote> And so it goes until … but that would be telling. Children will be kept in stitches until the very end,...(展开全部)

Anpassung ist alles, weiß Inge Lohmark. Schließlich unterrichtet sie seit mehr als dreißig Jahren Biologie. Daß ihre Schule in vier Jahren geschlossen werden soll, ist nicht zu ändern – in der schrumpfenden Kreisstadt im vorpommerschen Hinterland fehlt es an Kindern. Lohmarks Mann, der zu DDR-Zeiten Kühe besamt hat, züchtet nun Strauße, ihre Tochter Claudia ist vor Jahren in di...(展开全部)

In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game ...(展开全部)

In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game ...(展开全部)

Karen Blixen (who wrote under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen) knew the African countryside as intimately as her own face in the mirror. "The civilized people," she wrote, "have lost the aptitude of stillness, and must take lessons in silence from the wild before they are accepted by it." From her own wild heart she wrote this achingly beautiful book.

In a single volume, "History of Africa" offers an illustrated and critical narrative introduction to the history of the continent from earliest times to the present day. Building on the book's established reputation, in this revised 2nd edition, the author draws on the most recent and up-to-date research to convey something of the wealth and depth of Africa's long and fascinati...(展开全部)

This fourth edition of this best-selling core history textbook offers a richly illustrated, single volume, narrative introduction to African history, from a hugely respected authority in the field. The market-leading range of illustrated material from prior editions is now further improved, featuring not only additional and redrawn maps and a refreshed selection of photographs,...(展开全部)