Aimed at visitors and residents alike, this companion to the history of Wakefield is an indispensable reference guide to the long, varied and sometimes surprising story of the town.
When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse's training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later - one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses.
From the bestselling author of 'The Binding Chair', this dazzling follow-up to her memoir 'the Kiss' explores the bonds of motherhood between four generations.
Més de 200 curiositats dividides per sis èpoques diferents, a més d'un epíleg amb els carrers principals, denominacions populars, refranys barcelonins, els orígens dels barris, etc.
We have a book in our hands that is the result of nearly thirty years spent collecting its material, compiling it, and presenting it in a readable and understandable way that is not satisfied with the old as it is and does not embrace the new without distinction.
We have a book in our hands that is the result of nearly thirty years spent collecting its material, compiling it, and presenting it in a readable and understandable way that is not satisfied with the old as it is and does not embrace the new without distinction.
Ilse Gräfin von Bredow nimmt ihre Altergenossen ins Visier: Von ausgeklügelten Gedächtnistrainings für Senioren und den besorgniserregenden Gedächtnislücken der Jugend, von überbesorgten Töchtern, die ihre Väter älter machen, als sie sind, und dem fidelen Ehepaar, das lieber mit seiner Haushaltshilfe Karten spielt, als diese putzen zu lassen: Mit ihrem berühmt-liebevollen Augenzwinkern erzählt Ilse Gräfin von Bredow aus dem Leben der wichtigsten "Randgruppe" unserer Gesellschaft.
Im Sommer flirrte das Licht durch die Bäume und Büsche, wurde der See zum Mückenparadies, duftete es nach Himbeerkompott, ließ der Bernhardiner im Schatten des Kastanienbaums die Zunge hängen.
Ilse Gräfin von Bredow, Chronistin des Alltags, liebenswerte Erzählerin kleiner und großer Geschichten», feiert in diesem Buch mit uns Weihnachten, das Fest der Liebe, mit der es, wie sie mit bissig-liebenswürdiger Feder beweist, oft nicht so weit her ist.
Die wohlmeinendsten Geschenke der Welt sind für ein kleines Mädchen mit Modefimmel nichts gegen den ein wenig vergilbten Plüschaffen des Lieblingsonkels, der den alten Schlager «Benjamin, ich hab nichts anzuziehn» plärren kann.
We have a book in our hands that is the result of nearly thirty years spent collecting its material, compiling it, and presenting it in a readable and understandable way that is not satisfied with the old as it is and does not embrace the new without distinction.
We have a book in our hands that is the result of nearly thirty years spent collecting its material, compiling it, and presenting it in a readable and understandable way that is not satisfied with the old as it is and does not embrace the new without distinction.
Zu den eigenen Wurzeln finden mit einer modernen Schamanin»Erst wenn man mehr über seine Vorfahren weiß und sich seiner Wurzeln bewusst ist, kann man zu sich selbst finden.
Nach den Erfolgen von ›Ich und meine Oma und die Liebe‹ und ›Benjamin, ich hab nichts anzuziehn‹ hat sich Ilse Gräfin von Bredow neue Geschichten zum Fest der Liebe ausgedacht.
We have a book in our hands that is the result of nearly thirty years spent collecting its material, compiling it, and presenting it in a readable and understandable way that is not satisfied with the old as it is and does not embrace the new without distinction.
We have a book in our hands that is the result of nearly thirty years spent collecting its material, compiling it, and presenting it in a readable and understandable way that is not satisfied with the old as it is and does not embrace the new without distinction.
Americans often assume that slave societies had little use for prisons and police because slaveholders only ever inflicted violence directly or through overseers.
How the Confederate capital's citizens, white and Black, faced their future in the wake of Union victory In April 1865, the Civil War, which had consumed the lives of the residents of Richmond, Virginia, for four years, ended in a vast conflagration that nearly destroyed their city.
Americans often assume that slave societies had little use for prisons and police because slaveholders only ever inflicted violence directly or through overseers.
From 1965 to 2005, the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO) defied the South's conservative anti-union efforts to become the largest local in Louisiana.
In this masterful work of family-focused sociology, Lois Benjamin considers the lives of Pennie and Roscoe James and their children, revealing how a large, close-knit African American family with humble origins in a small town of North Carolina is shaped by the contours of its religious and ethical value system.
From 1965 to 2005, the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO) defied the South's conservative anti-union efforts to become the largest local in Louisiana.
How the Confederate capital's citizens, white and Black, faced their future in the wake of Union victory In April 1865, the Civil War, which had consumed the lives of the residents of Richmond, Virginia, for four years, ended in a vast conflagration that nearly destroyed their city.
In this masterful work of family-focused sociology, Lois Benjamin considers the lives of Pennie and Roscoe James and their children, revealing how a large, close-knit African American family with humble origins in a small town of North Carolina is shaped by the contours of its religious and ethical value system.
Hasta el momento, el discurso tendencialmente esotérico en torno al cerro Uritorco, la ciudad de Capilla del Monte, el centro intraterreno de Erks y sus "próceres" –Ángel Cristo Acoglanis, Guillermo Alfredo Terrera y José Hipólito Trigueirinho– fue monopolizado por individuos que buscan sobre todo adoctrinar y lucrar.
As Britain moved from austerity to prosperity in the 1950s and 1960s, it became clear that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport.
The son of one of the greatest writers of our time-Nobel Prize winner and internationally best-selling icon Gabriel Garcia Marquez-remembers his beloved father and mother in this tender memoir about love and loss.
LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sportswriter comes a deeply personal account of his parents an intimate portrait of American mid-twentieth century life, and a celebration of family love Richard Ford's parents volunteered little about their early lives and he rarely asked.
