It's three days before Christmas, and the Malworth Amateur Dramatic Society's rehearsal of Cinderella, scripted by GP Carl Bignall, is struggling thanks to a flu epidemic that has hit the production.
The house of the title is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted from its foundation by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft, and sudden death.
Quirt Creek flowed sluggishly between willows which sagged none too gracefully across its deeper pools, or languished beside the rocky stretches that were bone dry from July to October, with a narrow channel in the center where what water there was hurried along to the pools below.
In seinem Werk 'Die sozialen Gründe des Untergangs der antiken Kultur' untersucht Max Weber die komplexen Zusammenhänge zwischen sozialen Strukturen und dem Niedergang der antiken Zivilisationen.
In 'Die römische Agrargeschichte in ihrer Bedeutung für das Staats- und Privatrecht' von Max Weber wird die bedeutende Rolle der römischen Landwirtschaftsgeschichte für die Entwicklung des Staats- und Privatrechts untersucht.
In 'Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben' analysiert Georg Simmel auf faszinierende Weise die Auswirkungen der Großstadt auf das individuelle und kollektive Bewusstsein.
The Rider on the White Horse is a classic German novella, in which the individual wrestles with the mass, the man with the most elementary forces of nature.
Beni-Amer cattle owners in the western part of the Horn of Africa are not only masters in cattle breeding, they are also knowledge sovereign, in terms of owning productive genes of cattle and the cognitive knowledge base crucial to sustainable development.
Village Housing explores the housing challenge faced by England's amenity villages, rooted in post-war counter-urbanisation and a rising tide of investment demand for rural homes.
Based on four years of reporting, "e;a heartfelt portrait of five teenage girls growing up in Maine's remote and economically depressed Washington County"e; (Publishers Weekly).
Early in the twentieth century, for-profit companies such as Duke Power and South Carolina Electric and Gas brought electricity to populous cities and towns across South Carolina, while rural areas remained in the dark.
The acclaimed author transforms a single day on his small farm into a “gorgeously thoughtful meditation on the natural world” and our place in it (Vancouver Sun).
Akenson argues that, despite the popular conception of the Irish as a city people, those who settled in Ontario were primarily rural and small-town dwellers.
Early in the twentieth century, for-profit companies such as Duke Power and South Carolina Electric and Gas brought electricity to populous cities and towns across South Carolina, while rural areas remained in the dark.
An inside look at why the Republican Party has come to dominate the rural American South Beginning with the Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948 and extending through the 2020 election cycle, political scientists M.
An inside look at why the Republican Party has come to dominate the rural American South Beginning with the Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948 and extending through the 2020 election cycle, political scientists M.
The acclaimed author transforms a single day on his small farm into a “gorgeously thoughtful meditation on the natural world” and our place in it (Vancouver Sun).
