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An intimate history of the most important month of the Second World
War - perhaps the century - as experienced by those who lived
through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs.
At the beginning of November 1942, it looked as if the Axis powers
could win the war; at the end of that month, it was obviously just
a matter of time before they would lose. In between came
el-Alamein, Guadalcanal, the French North Africa landings, the
Japanese retreat in New Guinea, and the Soviet encirclement of the
German 6th Army at Stalingrad. In this innovatively kaleidoscopic
and riveting historical marvel, Peter Englund reduces these
epoch-making events to their basic component: the individual
experience. In thirty memorable days we meet characters including a
Soviet infantryman at Stalingrad; an Italian truck driver in the
North African desert; a partisan in the Belarussian forests; a
machine gunner in a British bomber; a twelve-year-old girl in
Shanghai; a university student in Paris; a housewife on Long
Island; a prisoner in Treblinka; Albert Camus, Vasily Grossman, and
Vera Brittain - forty characters in all. We also witness the launch
of SS James Oglethorpe; the fate of U-604, a German submarine; the
building of the first nuclear reactor; and the making of
Casablanca. Not since Englund's own The Beauty and the Sorrow has a
book given us one of the most dramatic periods of human history in
all its immensity and emotional range.
Sally Jones is not only a loyal friend, she's an extraordinary
individual. In overalls or in a maharaja's turban, this unique
gorilla moves among humans without speaking but understanding
everything. She and the Chief are devoted comrades who operate a
cargo boat. A job they are offered pays big bucks, but the deal
ends badly, and the Chief is falsely convicted of murder. For Sally
Jones this is the start of a harrowing quest for survival and to
clear the Chief's name. Powerful forces are working against her,
and they will do anything to protect their secrets.
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The False Rose (Hardcover)
Peter Graves; Jakob Wegelius
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R461
R437
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When Sally Jones and The Chief discover a curious rose-shaped
necklace hidden onboard their beloved Hudson Queen, it's the start
of another perilous adventure for the seafaring gorilla and her
faithful friend. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery,
they set sail for Glasgow, but there fall into the clutches of one
of the city's most ruthless gangs, commanded by a fearsome smuggler
queen who will stop at nothing to snatch the necklace for herself.
Held prisoner hundreds of miles from friendship and safety, Sally
Jones must use all her strength, determination and compassion to
escape and unravel the mysterious story of the False Rose - a
twisting tale leading all the way from Lisbon to Shetland and the
South Seas.
When Sally Jones and The Chief discover a curious rose-shaped
necklace hidden onboard their beloved Hudson Queen, it's the start
of another perilous adventure for the seafaring gorilla and her
faithful friend. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery,
they set sail for Glasgow, but there fall into the clutches of one
of the city's most ruthless gangs, commanded by a fearsome smuggler
queen who will stop at nothing to snatch the necklace for herself.
Held prisoner hundreds of miles from friendship and safety, Sally
Jones must use all her strength, determination and compassion to
escape and unravel the mysterious story of the False Rose - a
twisting tale leading all the way from Lisbon to Shetland and the
South Seas.
This is the story of a gorilla like no other. This is the story of
a fantastic voyage across the world, from the Congolese rainforest
to the grand bazaar of Istanbul, from Borneo to London, Singapore
and beyond. The story of a mysterious jewel thief and a sad sailor
with a heart of gold. A story of friendship and adventure on the
high seas. This is the story of Sally Jones.
An intimate history of the most important month of World War II, as
experienced by the people who lived through it, completely based on
their diaries, letters and memoirs. At the beginning of November
1942, it looked as if the Axis powers could still win the Second
World War; at the end of that month, everyone realized that it was
just a matter of time before they would lose. In between was El
Alamein, Guadalcanal, the French North Africa landings, the
Japanese retreat in New Guinea, and the Soviet encirclement of the
German 6th Army at Stalingrad. It may have been the most important
month of the 20th century. In this hugely innovative and riveting
historical marvel, Peter Englund has reduced an epoch-making event
to its basic component: the individual experience. Englund's
narrative is based solely on what he learned from the writings of
soldiers and citizens alike. Not a word is made up. It didn't have
to be, because the material is incredible. In 30 memorable days we
meet: a Soviet infantryman at Stalingrad; an American pilot on
Guadalcanal; an Italian truck driver in the North African desert; a
partisan in the Belarussian forests; a machine gunner in a British
bomber; a 12-year-old girl in Shanghai; a university student in
Paris; a housewife on Long Island; a shipwrecked Chinese sailor; a
prisoner in Treblinka; a Korean sex slave in Mandalay; Albert
Camus, Vasily Grossman, and Vera Brittain-40 characters in all. In
addition, there are threads about the construction and launching of
SS James Oglethorpe, a Liberty ship built in Savannah; the fate of
U-604, a German submarine; the building of the first nuclear
reactor in Chicago, and the making of Casablanca. Not since the
publication of the author's The Beauty and the Sorrow, which
similarly looked at World War I, have we had such a remarkable,
mesmerizing work of history.
A SUNDAY TELEGRAPH AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF SWEDEN'S
AUGUST PRIZE WINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 'Osebol is a
magnificent success; it is hard to imagine it better ... Kapla is a
magician ... mesmerizing' Sara Wheeler, TLS 'A simple, pared-back
and down-to-earth masterpiece' James Rebanks 'We listen to them
like something caught on the wind ... so moving and so strangely
beckoning' Nicci Gerrard, Observer '[Among] the year's most
pleasing books' Rishi Dastidar, Guardian, Books of the Year
'Engrossing and humbling and quietly revelatory' Max Porter
'Fascinating ... I was riveted' Lydia Davis 'Like standing outside
an open window on a warm summer evening and listening to a piece of
contemporary history' Lanstidningen 'What a wonderful book . . .
You want to move into it' Expressen Near the river Klaralven, snug
in the dense forest landscape of northern Varmland, lies the
secluded village of Osebol. It is a quiet place: one where
relationships take root over decades, and where the bustle of city
life is replaced by the sound of wind in the trees. In this
extraordinary and engrossing book, an unexpected cultural
phenomenon in its native Sweden, the stories of Osebol's residents
are brought to life in their own words. Over the last half-century,
the automation of the lumber industry and the steady relocations to
the cities have seen the village's adult population fall to roughly
forty. But still, life goes on; heirlooms are passed from hand to
hand, and memories from mouth to mouth, while new arrivals come
from near and far. Marit Kapla has interviewed nearly every
villager between the ages of 18 and 92, recording their stories
verbatim. What emerges is at once a familiar chronicle of great
social metamorphosis, told from the inside, and a beautifully
microcosmic portrait of a place and its people. To read Osebol is
to lose oneself in its gentle rhythms of simple language and open
space, and to emerge feeling like one has really grown to know the
inhabitants of this varied community, nestled among the trees in a
changing world.
Over the past 100 years the European Automotive Industry has been
repeatedly challenged by best practice. First by the United States,
through the development of 'mass production' pioneered by Henry
Ford and more recently by 'lean production techniques' as practised
by the leading Japanese producers, particularly Toyota. It has
consistently risen to these challenges and has shown it can compete
and even outperform its competitors with world-class products.
However, the European - dustry is now faced with growing
competition and growth from new emerging low-cost countries and
needs to re-define its competitive advantage to remain at the
forefront of the sector. Automotive growth is driven by two
factors, new m- kets and new technologies. Global competition is
increasing, with technology and product differentiation becoming
the most important sales factors, but with c- tinued cost pressure.
Within the market the winners will be more profitable and the
losers will disappear. The Automotive Industry makes a significant
contribution to the socio-economic fabric of the European Union.
Manufacturing output represents EURO700 billion and research and
development spending EURO24 billion. European automotive suppliers
number 5000 member companies and represent 5 million employees and
generate EURO500 billion in revenues. These are significant figures
that generate wealth and high value employment within the EU.
European firms must consistently improve their competitive position
to ensure that the industry does not migrate to growing new
markets.
In the beginning the page was blank and without form, and the
scribe sat in front of it, a world forming inside his head. The
world grew large, spilling out of him and on to the page. The
scribe shaped the world into an island. He named it Fagero, and
populated it with an assortment of likely and plausibly unlikely
characters, and saw that it was good for his purposes.The people of
Fagero were often divided against each other but united in their
appreciation of their happy little island. Then the dead bodies
began to arrive: hordes of them, washing ashore with no
identification and no one to claim them.The island was changing,
and the small-town quirkiness becoming less restrained. And the
bodies kept arriving, forcing Fagero's inhabitants to confront the
unhappy truth that, even on their remote island, the world's
horrors and injustices could not be ignored. This was prescient at
the time of writing and is sadly relevant in 2016, the year of this
English translation.A Happy Little Island is an elaborate tale told
with style and intelligence.The number and variety of Sund's
Dramatis Personae make Fagero the perfect stage for an encounter
between common humanity and the insularity and fear of change that
affect all cultures.
For poverty-stricken farm labourer Jan, the birth of his daughter
Klara gives life a new meaning; his devotion to her develops into
an obsession that excludes all else. We are taken from the miracle
of a newborn child and a father's love of his baby girl into a
fantasy world emerging as a result of extreme external pressures,
in which Jan creates for himself the role of Emperor of
Portugallia. Yet this seemingly mad world generates surprising
insights and support. Described as 'perhaps the most private of
Selma Lagerloef's books', the novel takes us deep into a
father-daughter relationship that carries the seeds of tragedy
within it almost from the start. Selma Lagerloef (1858-1940)
quickly established herself as a major author of novels and short
stories, and her work has been translated into close to 50
languages. Most of the translations into English were made soon
after the publication of the original Swedish texts and have long
been out of date. This Norvik Press series, 'Lagerloef in English',
provides English-language readers with high-quality new
translations of a selection of the Nobel Laureate's most important
texts.
Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey through Sweden (1906-07) is
truly unique. Starting life as a commissioned school reader
designed to present the geography of Sweden to nine-year-olds, it
quickly won the international fame and popularity it still enjoys
over a century later. The story of the naughty boy who climbs on
the gander's back and is then carried the length of the country,
learning both geography and good behaviour as he goes, has
captivated adults and children alike, as well as inspiring
film-makers and illustrators. The elegance of the present
translation - the first full translation into English - is
beautifully complemented by the illustrations specially created for
the volume.
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A Manor House Tale (Paperback)
Selma Lagerlof; Translated by Peter Graves; Introduction by Helena Forsas-Scott
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R482
Discovery Miles 4 820
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Written in 1899, Selma Lagerlof's novella A Manor House Tale is at
one and the same time a complex psychological novel and a folk
tale, a love story and a Gothic melodrama. It crosses genre
boundaries and locates itself in a borderland between reality and
fantasy, madness and sanity, darkness and light, possession and
loss, life and death. Lagerlof's two young characters, Gunnar and
Ingrid, the one driven to madness by the horrific death of his
goats in a blizzard, the other falling into a death-like trance as
a result of the absence of familial warmth, rescue each other from
their psychological underworlds and return to an everyday world
that is now enhanced by the victory of goodness and love. Selma
Lagerlof (1858-1940) quickly established herself as a major author
of novels and short stories, and her work has been translated into
close to 50 languages. Most of the translations into English were
made soon after the publication of the original Swedish texts and
have long been out of date. This Norvik Press series, 'Lagerlof in
English', provides English-language readers with high-quality new
translations of a selection of the Nobel Laureate's most important
texts.
Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey through Sweden (1906-07) is
truly unique. Starting life as a commissioned school reader
designed to present the geography of Sweden to nine-year-olds, it
quickly won the international fame and popularity it still enjoys
over a century later. The story of the naughty boy who climbs on
the gander's back and is then carried the length of the country,
learning both geography and good behaviour as he goes, has
captivated adults and children alike, as well as inspiring
film-makers and illustrators. The elegance of the present
translation - the first full translation into English - is
beautifully complemented by the illustrations specially created for
the volume. Selma Lagerloef was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1909.
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The Phantom Carriage (Paperback)
Selma Lagerloef; Translated by Peter Graves; Preface by Helena Forsas-Scott
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R479
Discovery Miles 4 790
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'Written in 1912, Selma Lagerlof's The Phantom Carriage is a
powerful combination of ghost story and social realism, partly
played out among the slums and partly in the transitional sphere
between life and death. The vengeful and alcoholic David Holm is
led to atonement and salvation by the love of a dying Salvation
Army slum sister under the guidance of the driver of the death-cart
that gathers in the souls of the dying poor. Inspired by Charles
Dickens' Christmas Carol, The Phantom Carriage remained one of
Lagerlof's own favourites, and Victor Sjostrom's 1921 film version
of the story is one of the greatest achievements of the Swedish
silent cinema.'
Over the past 100 years the European Automotive Industry has been
repeatedly challenged by best practice. First by the United States,
through the development of 'mass production' pioneered by Henry
Ford and more recently by 'lean production techniques' as practised
by the leading Japanese producers, particularly Toyota. It has
consistently risen to these challenges and has shown it can compete
and even outperform its competitors with world-class products.
However, the European - dustry is now faced with growing
competition and growth from new emerging low-cost countries and
needs to re-define its competitive advantage to remain at the
forefront of the sector. Automotive growth is driven by two
factors, new m- kets and new technologies. Global competition is
increasing, with technology and product differentiation becoming
the most important sales factors, but with c- tinued cost pressure.
Within the market the winners will be more profitable and the
losers will disappear. The Automotive Industry makes a significant
contribution to the socio-economic fabric of the European Union.
Manufacturing output represents EURO700 billion and research and
development spending EURO24 billion. European automotive suppliers
number 5000 member companies and represent 5 million employees and
generate EURO500 billion in revenues. These are significant figures
that generate wealth and high value employment within the EU.
European firms must consistently improve their competitive position
to ensure that the industry does not migrate to growing new
markets.
Tepe Yahya provides a stratigraphic sequence that stretches some
6,000 years, from the Neolithic period to the early centuries AD.
As a result, the site is critical for understanding cultural
processes in southeastern Iran. In this fifth volume of results of
the excavations at Tepe Yahya, Peter Magee presents evidence from
the Iron Age occupation of the site. Looking beyond the epigraphic
and historical data and examining the insights provided by the
artifactual record, Magee describes how a small settlement, located
some distance from the main centers of power, came into being and
was affected by the emergence of the Achaemenid imperial system,
which stretched from Pakistan to Libya.
Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey through Sweden (1906-07) is
truly unique. Starting life as a commissioned school reader
designed to present the geography of Sweden to nine-year-olds, it
quickly won the international fame and popularity it still enjoys
over a century later. The story of the naughty boy who climbs on
the gander's back and is then carried the length of the country,
learning both geography and good behaviour as he goes, has
captivated adults and children alike, as well as inspiring
film-makers and illustrators. The elegance of the present
translation - the first full translation into English - is
beautifully complemented by the illustrations specially created for
the volume.
The first edition of this book was reviewed in 1982 as 'the most
extensive treatment of Pade approximants actually available'. This
second edition has been thoroughly updated, with a substantial
chapter on multiseries approximants. Applications to statistical
mechanics and critical phenomena are extensively covered, and there
are extended sections devoted to circuit design, matrix Pade
approximation, and computational methods. This succinct and
straightforward treatment will appeal to scientists, engineers, and
mathematicians alike.
The first edition of this book was reviewed in 1982 as the most
extensive treatment of Pade approximants actually available. The
revised version aims to maintain this status. It has been updated,
with several new sections added, including a new chapter on
multiseries approximants. The book is a comprehensive treatment of
all straightforward aspects of Pade approximation, and some themes
are developed to the level of current research. Applications to
statistical mechanics and critical phenomena are extensively
covered, and there are newly extended sections devoted to circuit
design, matrix Pade approximation, computational methods, and
integral and algebraic approximants. The book also contains an
extensive bibliography of recent monographs on other specialized
material. This straightforward treatment should appeal to
scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
A fascinating, helpful exploration of the underlying principles of
the ancient Chinese discipline of feng shui, with clear and useful
recommendations for improving domestic and work environments, the
book is grounded in classical Chinese knowledge. One of the
cornerstones of the traditional Chinese holistic view of health,
feng shui assesses, diagnoses and adjusts the house in relation to
the person living in it. The author explains the key universal
principles upon which feng shui is based, and the deep relationship
between ourselves, our houses and our surroundings. She explains
how a classical trained consultant would proceed analysing your
house, how to think about each room in your house, and provides
practical advice on what to do and what to avoid. With many real
life illustrations, the book gives the reader a fundamental
understanding of what classical feng shui does, and how to begin to
think practically about improving life circumstances.
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The People of Hemsoe (Paperback)
August Strindberg; Translated by Peter Graves; Afterword by Peter Graves
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R487
Discovery Miles 4 870
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August Strindberg (1849-1912, Sweden's internationally recognised
dramatist, was an astonishingly prolific all-rounder. The new
National Edition of his works will run to seventy-two volumes: he
was a writer of novels, short stories, essays, journalism and
satire, he experimented with early photography, and in recent years
his paintings have achieved the recognition they deserve. His novel
'The People of Hemso' (1887) will come as a surprise to most
English-language readers, used as they are to seeing the bitter
controversialist of plays like 'The Father' and 'Miss Julie' or the
seeker for cosmic meaning and reconciliation of those mysterious
later dream plays 'To Damascus' and 'A Dream Play'. This novel, a
tragicomic story of lust, love and death among the fishermen and
farmers of the islands of the Stockholm Archipelago, reveals a very
different Strindberg. The vigour and humour of the narration, as
well as its cinematic qualities, are such that we witness a great
series of peopled panoramas in which place and time and character
are somehow simultaneously specific and archetypical, and we leave
the novel with memories of grand landscapes and spirited scenes.In
a recent essay Ludvig Rasmusson wrote: 'For me, 'The People of
Hemso' is the Great Swedish Novel, just as ...The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn is] the Great American Novel'. His comparison is
an apt one: if the Mississippi becomes the quintessence of America,
the island of Hemso and the archipelago become the quintessence of
Sweden.
How can the quality of service provision and clinical governance in
primary care be assessed? This book is designed to help evaluate
the way practices interpret their legal obligations, the way the
management systems within practices run, and the quality of the
systems and processes that most affect the patient care.
Quantifying Quality in Primary Care contains frameworks on which to
build policies for the smooth running of practices and provides
clear insights into attitudes of those working within them, and how
to use this information to improve service provision. This
straightforward, concise guide will help general practitioners,
registrars and managers in primary care improve both service
provision and management in the practice.
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