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From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of MEXICAN GOTHIC (July 2020) and VELVET WAS THE NIGHT (August 2021), comes UNTAMED SHORE, a dark cocktail mixing a nuanced coming-of-age story with a classical noir.
’Brutality takes on an almost divine quality’ LA Review of Books
Baja…
Baja California, 1979: Viridiana spends her days under the harsh sun, watching the fishermen pulling in their nets and the dead sharks piled beside the seashore. Her head is filled with dreams of romance, travel, and a future beyond this drab town where her only option is to marry and have children. When a wealthy…
Kategorier: Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Populärpsykologi och personlig utveckling Självhjälp och praktiska råd Självkänsla, självförtroende och motivation
Shore Lines can help you restore meaning and gain perspective. Mari Messer is a sea lover, who takes annual seaside retreats to collect shells, watch people and animals, and fill notebooks with images, musings, and reflections. The result of her sojourns is a book in the tradition of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s Gift…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Ande, kropp och själ: tänkande och praktik Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling
Struggling musician, wedding singer, musical comedienne, garage organiser, lemonade-stand entrepreneur, competitive swimmer – Karen Drucker has done all of these things and more, in her indomitable urge to grow and evolve.
Often funny, always honest and real, the stories she shares in LET GO OF THE SHORE reveal…
From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of MEXICAN GOTHIC (July 2020) and VELVET WAS THE NIGHT (August 2021), comes UNTAMED SHORE, a dark cocktail mixing a nuanced coming-of-age story with a classical noir.
’Brutality takes on an almost divine quality’ LA Review of Books
Baja…
This volume comprises the stratigraphy within the plot of a bronze caster’s workshop and the surrounding alleys in the period AD 790–870. Tanks to the fine classifcation in the excavation documentation it has been possible to establish a large number of sub-levels, so that the average duration of a sub-level is around…
A beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami’s mesmerizingly surreal classic, now with a new introduction by the authorKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father’s dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre…
The rising demand for fish from New York City's growing population before the middle of the nineteenth century gave impetus to commercial fisheries in the metropolitan area. Fishing communities near Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach, Long Beach, New Jersey and other areas scurried to find faster and safer boats. Although…
In the pre-Hollywood era, theatrical stars flocked to the New Jersey coast to escape the eastern cities’ sweltering heat. After performing from September to May, they relished its tranquil beauty and cool breezes in the summer. This unique book spotlights dozens of the stars from the 1860s to the 1920s, including…
The Eastern shore of Maryland is a peaceful and tranquil land unto itself, off the beaten and frenzied track of I-95 and the cities along it. From the top of the Chesapeake Bay to the Virginia border, Devereux’s photographs explore this region famous for its beauty, history, and culture, and its vast estuary wetlands…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Tour New Jersey’s southern shore. Comprised of fifteen beach communities including Atlantic City, Cape May, Wildwood, Ocean City, Stone Harbor, Avalon, Sea Isle, Margate, Ventor, and Brigantine. Gently sloping white sand beaches appear on 268 color postcards that display the famous boardwalk of Wildwood and the…
In the first book of miniature decorative bird-carving patterns ever published, William Veasey presents intricately detailed designs for the novice carver. This concise practicable guide will help the amateur carver to develop the basic skills necessary to produce his own realistic miniature birds.
The historic North Shore of Massachusetts is known for many things: famous authors, sailing ships, important events, and the paranormal. Travel across the North Shore to discover a treasure trove of the supernatural. Discover a witch who once helped colonists and now roams the cave where she was buried. Learn about…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This fourth book in a series about Maryland’s counties includes Somerset, Dorchester, Worcester, and Wicomico Counties on the Eastern Shore. Written for children in elementary school, the book acquaints readers with the basic facts about the area’s history, geography, climate, plants, animals, education, religion, and…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Take a literary tour of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
Originally published in 1944 as part of the prestigious Rivers of America series, this second edition brings an American classic back into print and into the hands of a new generation.
Author Hulbert Footner tells the story of Maryland’s Eastern Shore through his…
There is something peaceful and serene about the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Away from I-95’s busy metropolitan corridor, the region’s tranquil and picturesque towns reveal glimpses of history dating back to colonial days in their architecture and festivals and fairs. First occupied by Native Americans and…
One of England’s foremost bird photographers presents here for the first time a study of wading and shore birds, with over a hundred full-color pictures. The pictures of these beautiful feathered creatures, favorites of birders and wood carvers alike will delight the eye while providing an important resource for…
Maryland’s famed tidewater region is a wellspring of gourmet delights. One of our most popular titles, A Cook’s Tour of the Eastern Shore has earned a reputation as the cookbook of regional fare. Included are recipes for fish, crabs, clams, and oysters; breads, pones, beaten biscuits, vegetables, sauces, salads,…
From 30,000 feet the shore looks to be all the same—130 miles of a very thin and vulnerable line of sand—and Long Beach Island is the poster child. A closer look reveals an intense, dense variety of buildings and human activity with a few preserved bits of land. Behind it are bays, estuaries, and marshes—essential…
The Atlantic coast, from Maryland north to New England, is part of a major flyway for migrating birds, and therefore an important destination for birdwatchers and other nature lovers. From the great variety of birds found along the shores and wetlands of the Atlantic coast noted bird photographer Roger S. Everett has…
A souvenir, a gift, or a portable way to immerse yourself in the charm
of Cape Cod,
this small-format book captures on each page a new colorful image to
treasure for years to come. One of the finest places to enjoy ocean shore activities, Cape Cod—that finger of
sand extending from mainland Massachusetts into the…
Learn the history and look at emerging tourism during the 1920s in New Jersey, through 276 postcards, vintage photographs, and fascinating accounts of real-life experiences of the day. Consider the best of times enjoyed by wealthy and middle class vacationers, especially at coastal resorts of Sandy Hook, Cape May,…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Discover information about the first American naval battle, great escapes in the middle of the night, and many historic tidbits that don’t often appear in textbooks. These and many other curiosities occurred within Massachusetts’s North Shore. Step back in time and learn about hidden histories in the Bay…
The compelling story of how and why modern ocean lifeguarding emerged on the New Jersey shore is told through 298 rare, unpublished, primary source photographs and fascinating text. This state-wide perspective of beach patrols, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, provides a unique, first-hand outlook garnered from interviews…
Extending along the eastern coast of the state, the Jersey Shore is filled with folklore and strange happenings. Discover how historical events here may have given birth to legend. Read about German U-boats sneaking past Sandy Hook in shallow water defying commonsense. Drive down pineland roads leading to a tiny…
Homes that sit on the water’s edge offer tranquility and tradition that have long been part of the American dream. For those looking to pursue that dream as a vacation home, a vacation to retirement home, or primary residence, this image-driven decor book presents more than 50 waterfront homes in the continental…
The Fourth Shore: the sliver of fertile land along the Tripoli coast, the ’lost’ territory Mussolini promised to reclaim for Italy. Which is how, in 1929, seventeen-year-old Liliana Cattaneo arrives there from Rome on a ship filled with eager colonists to join her brother and his new wife. Liliana is…
Escape to the Scottish Highlands where a tiny bookshop perches on the edge of a loch! Dreams start here… Zoe, a professional child care worker, and single mother to Raffie, 4, who has selective mutism, is sinking beneath the waves trying to cope by herself in London. Then her ex sister-in-law suggests she move to…
The gorgeous new book from Jenny Colgan that Goodreads reviewers are calling: 'A massive hug in book form', 'utterly charming', 'magical', 'heartwarming', 'feel good', 'a breath of fresh air', 'easily one of the best books I have read this year',…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
”Kafka on the Shore” follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father’s dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life…