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Cricket is a summer game, intended to be played on green fields
under blue skies and warm sun. But, for the first time, a book
explores the mesmerising beauty of cricket grounds in winter,
carpeted with snow, through remarkable colour photographs depicting
grounds from Lord's to the smallest village pitch in Lancashire,
and internationally from New Zealand to the Indian Himalayas. For
this aspect alone, Snow Stopped Play will be seized upon as the
perfect gift for the cricket fan even by those utterly uninterested
in the sport. But Snow Stopped Play is also a fascinatingly
eccentric and charming disquisition, in the best tradition of
cricket classics like Carr's Dictionary of Extra-Ordinary
Cricketers, on the game of cricket itself, through its hitherto
unexamined relationship with snow. Did John Arlott really find a
snowflake on his sleeve at Lord's in June? Why did a Derbyshire
batsman have to take his false teeth out after a snowfall at Buxton
in 1975? And has the Sussex fast bowler and poet John Snow ever
written a poem about snow?
Dit is my storie, maar dit is ook die storie van elke ouer wat al
'n keer gestruikel het," se Saskia de Coster by geleentheid oor
Nagouers. De Coster (1976 - ) is 'n prominente figuur in die
hedendaagse Vlaamse prosa. Danksy haar optrede by verskillende
kunstefeeste is sy geen onbekende in Suid-Afrika nie. Nachtouders
(2019) is intussen reeds in meer as tien tale vertaal. Dit is die
verhaal van "nie-biologiese ouerskap" waarby die sielkundige
spanning uiteindelik maar te herkenbaar sal wees vir ook diegene
wat al met "biologiese ouerskap" gekonfronteer is. Saskia word
onder verswee teensinnigheid moeder saam met haar groot liefde en
eggenote, Juli. Laasgenoemde dring daarop aan om 'n eie kind in die
wereld te bring. Vervolgens raak 'n skenker betrokke, Karl, 'n
Kanadese homo- vriend van Saskia. Terwyl die skenkerproses self nie
sonder moeite en selfs skaterende humor verloop nie, raak duidelik
dat dit ondanks die kliniese aard daarvan nogtans die individuele
agtergrond van elk van die betrokkenes op die spel bring. Sake word
op die spits gedryf wanneer die gesinn etjie Karl se moeder op die
eiland Portes aan die Kanadese Weskus besoek, 'n van die moderne
wereld afgeslote plek bewoon deur 'n vergrysende hippie-gemeenskap
en 'n afkerige Indiane-groep. Ouerskap, liefde en die stryd om
individuele lewensruimte bly onderliggend aan die gebeure met alle
eienskappe van 'n riller. Hoewel die hooffiguur ook Saskia heet en
die boek eienskappe van 'n ego-dokument het, is dit 'n meesleurende
roman wat uitnooi tot 'n besondere leeservaring.
"Europa" is an instrumental song from Santana's album Amigos. It is
one of Santana's most popular songs, often heard on classic rock
and oldies radio stations. This ballad has been arranged to
showcase the beautiful sounds of the steel drum ensemble, making it
a great tune for your next concert program or gig.
Everyone's image of the ideal cricket ground will be a village
field, fringed by trees, the outfield dappled with clovers and
buttercups, swallows flitting above... And what of all the other
wildlife associated with this most natural of sports? At the Oval
these days, Test Match Special's commentators remark on the
resident foxes as often as the traditional pigeons. At Teddington
Town CC in London's Bushy Park matches are frequently interrupted
by incursions of deer; at Lyndhurst in the New Forest by wild
ponies. At Kirkby Lonsdale CC in Cumbria the local fungus group
found 20 species of waxcap on the outfield. For some reason
hoopoes, spectacular orange and black-crested birds from southern
Europe, favour cricket grounds on their rare migrations to the UK.
This unique, funny, delightful cricket book from left field
explores the relationship between cricket grounds and the natural
world, from wildlife records to the Edwardian cricket writings of
Edmund Blunden, and in many remarkable photos.
Half boat, half aeroplane, taking off in a thrilling tumult of
spray, the flying boat was the journey of a lifetime, Imperial
Airways' legendary Empire boats flying up the Nile in nightly hops
and alighting on lakes and in harbours all the way down to South
Africa. But in 1939 the Empire boat Corsair came down in fog on a
tiny river in the Belgian Congo and, through an epic salvage
operation, gave its name to a new village in an obscure backwater
of Central Africa. The Flying Boat That Fell to Earth, re-published
with a new Afterword, tells the story of this amazing adventure,
and seeks out, from Alaska to the Bahamas, the very last places on
earth where it was still possible to catch a flying boat.
Family and Kinship in England 1450-1800 guides the reader through
the changing relationships that made up the nature of family life
from the late medieval period to the beginnings of
industrialisation. It gives a clear introduction to many of the
intriguing areas of interest that this field of history has opened
up, including childhood, youth, marriage, sexuality and death. This
book introduces the elements that made up family life at different
stages of its development, from creation to dissolution, and traces
the degree to which family life in England changed throughout the
early modern period. It also provides a valuable synthesis of the
debates and research on the history of the family, highlighting the
different ways historians have investigated the topic in the past.
This new edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest
research on urban communities, emotions and interactions between
the family and the parish, town and state. Supported by a range of
compelling primary source documents, a glossary of terms, a
chronology and a who's who of key characters, this is an essential
resource for any student of the history of the family.
Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. A modern-day story of
family, loss, and renewal, Halsey Street captures the deeply human
need to belong-not only to a place but to one another. Penelope
Grand has scrapped her failed career as an artist in Pittsburgh and
moved back to Brooklyn to keep an eye on her ailing father. She's
accepted that her future won't be what she'd dreamed, but now, as
gentrification has completely reshaped her old neighborhood, even
her past is unrecognizable. Old haunts have been razed, and wealthy
white strangers have replaced every familiar face in Bed-Stuy. Even
her mother, Mirella, has abandoned the family to reclaim her roots
in the Dominican Republic. That took courage. It's also
unforgivable. When Penelope moves into the attic apartment of the
affluent Harpers, she thinks she's found a semblance of family-and
maybe even love. But her world is upended again when she receives a
postcard from Mirella asking for reconciliation. As old wounds are
reopened, and secrets revealed, a journey across an ocean of
sacrifice and self-discovery begins. An engrossing debut, Halsey
Street shifts between the perspectives of these two captivating,
troubled women. Mirella has one last chance to win back the heart
of the daughter she'd lost long before leaving New York, and for
Penelope, it's time to break free of the hold of the past and start
navigating her own life.
Despite the importance of the subject to contemporaries, this is
the first monograph to look at the institution of godparenthood in
early modern English society. Utilising a wealth of hitherto
largely neglected primary source data, this work explores
godparenthood, using it as a framework to illuminate wider issues
of spiritual kinship and theological change. It has become
increasingly common for general studies of family and religious
life in pre-industrial England to make reference to the spiritual
kinship evident in the institution of godparenthood. However,
although there have been a number of important studies of the
impact of the institution in other periods, this is the first
detailed monograph devoted to the subject in early modern England.
This study is possible due to the survival, contrary to many
expectations, of relatively large numbers of parish registers that
recorded the identities of godparents in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. By utilising this hitherto largely neglected
data, in conjunction with evidence gleaned from over 20,000 Wills
and numerous other biographical, legal and theological sources,
Coster has been able to explore fully the institution of
godparenthood and the role it played in society. This book takes
the opportunity to study an institution which interacted with a
range of social and cultural factors, and to assess the nature of
these elements within early modern English society. It also allows
the findings of such an investigation to be compared with the
assumptions that have been made about the fortunes of the
institution in the context of a changing European society. The
recent historiography of religion in this period has focused
attention on popular elements of religious practice, and stressed
the conservatism of a society faced with dramatic theological and
ritual change. In this context a study of godparenthood can make a
contribution to understanding how religious change occurred and the
ways in which popular religious practice was affected.
'What's Mine and Yours is a book about parents who try and fail and
then try again. An extraordinary cast of characters, nuanced and
full of insight. Read this book' ANGIE CRUZ, author of Dominicana
************ When a county initiative in the Piedmont of North
Carolina forces the students at a mostly black public school on the
east side to move across town to a nearly all-white high school on
the west, the community rises in outrage. For two students, quiet
and aloof Gee and headstrong Noelle, these divisions will extend
far beyond their schooling. As their paths collide and overlap over
the course of thirty years, their two seemingly disconnected
families begin to form deeply knotted, messy ties that shape the
trajectory of their lives. On one side of the school integration
debate is Jade, Gee's steely, single, black mother, grieving for
her murdered partner, and determined for her son to have the best
chance at a better life. On the other, is Noelle's enterprising
mother, Lacey May, who refuses to see her half-Latina daughters as
anything but white. The choices these mothers make will resound for
years to come. And twenty years later, when Lacey's daughters
return home to visit her in hospital, they're forced to confront
the ways their parents' decisions continue to affect the life they
live and the people they love. WHAT'S MINE AND YOURS is a sweeping,
rich tapestry of familial bond and identity, and a sharp, poignant
look at the ways race affects even the closest of relationships.
With gorgeous prose, Naima Coster explores the unique organism that
is every family: what breaks them apart and how they come back
together. ********** 'What's Mine And Yours dips into many genres -
part coming-of-age novel, part family saga, part social commentary,
it doesn't shy away from addressing racial tension, the
hopelessness of addiction and how sometimes the choices parents
make to better their kids' lives end up doing the opposite' Stylist
The medieval landscape was marked by many sacred sites - churches
and chapels, pilgrimage sites, holy wells - places where the
spiritual and temporal worlds coincided. Although Max Weber argued
that the Reformation brought about the 'disenchantment of the
world', this 2005 volume explores the many dimensions of sacred
space during and after the religious upheavals of the early modern
period. The essays examine the subject through a variety of
contexts across Europe from Scotland to Moldavia, but also across
the religious divisions between the Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran
and Calvinist Churches. Based on research, these essays provide
insights into the definition and understanding of sanctity in the
post-Reformation era and make an important contribution to the
study of sacred space.
The medieval landscape was marked by many sacred sites - churches
and chapels, pilgrimage sites, holy wells - places where the
spiritual and temporal worlds coincided. Although Max Weber argued
that the Reformation brought about the 'disenchantment of the
world', this 2005 volume explores the many dimensions of sacred
space during and after the religious upheavals of the early modern
period. The essays examine the subject through a variety of
contexts across Europe from Scotland to Moldavia, but also across
the religious divisions between the Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran
and Calvinist Churches. Based on research, these essays provide
insights into the definition and understanding of sanctity in the
post-Reformation era and make an important contribution to the
study of sacred space.
Living and Dying with Cancer is a powerful and moving account of
the experiences of those affected by one of the most common causes
of death in the Western world. Through a series of individual
narratives based on extensive interviews carried out by the author,
the book explores the impact of being diagnosed with cancer on
those with the disease and the people around them. It follows the
different trajectories of the disease from the very first symptoms,
through treatment to death and shows how the experience of the
disease and even the way it develops is affected by the social
context of the people involved, as well as their own physical and
psychological characteristics. This book will be an invaluable
resource not only for social scientists and health professionals
but also for those coming to terms with the impact of cancer on
their own lives.
Living and Dying with Cancer is a powerful and moving account of
the experiences of those affected by one of the most common causes
of death in the Western world. Through a series of individual
narratives based on extensive interviews carried out by the author,
the book explores the impact of being diagnosed with cancer on
those with the disease and the people around them. It follows the
different trajectories of the disease from the very first symptoms,
through treatment to death and shows how the experience of the
disease and even the way it develops is affected by the social
context of the people involved, as well as their own physical and
psychological characteristics. This book will be an invaluable
resource not only for social scientists and health professionals
but also for those coming to terms with the impact of cancer on
their own lives.
Family and Kinship in England 1450-1800 guides the reader through
the changing relationships that made up the nature of family life
from the late medieval period to the beginnings of
industrialisation. It gives a clear introduction to many of the
intriguing areas of interest that this field of history has opened
up, including childhood, youth, marriage, sexuality and death. This
book introduces the elements that made up family life at different
stages of its development, from creation to dissolution, and traces
the degree to which family life in England changed throughout the
early modern period. It also provides a valuable synthesis of the
debates and research on the history of the family, highlighting the
different ways historians have investigated the topic in the past.
This new edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest
research on urban communities, emotions and interactions between
the family and the parish, town and state. Supported by a range of
compelling primary source documents, a glossary of terms, a
chronology and a who's who of key characters, this is an essential
resource for any student of the history of the family.
The Dynamical Ionosphere: A Systems Approach to Ionospheric
Irregularity examines the Earth's ionosphere as a dynamical system
with signatures of complexity. The system is robust in its overall
configuration, with smooth space-time patterns of daily, seasonal
and Solar Cycle variability, but shows a hierarchy of interactions
among its sub-systems, yielding apparent unpredictability,
space-time irregularity, and turbulence. This interplay leads to
the need for constructing realistic models of the average
ionosphere, incorporating the increasing knowledge and
predictability of high variability components, and for addressing
the difficulty of dealing with the worst cases of ionospheric
disturbances, all of which are addressed in this interdisciplinary
book. Borrowing tools and techniques from classical and stochastic
dynamics, information theory, signal processing, fluid dynamics and
turbulence science, The Dynamical Ionosphere presents the
state-of-the-art in dealing with irregularity, forecasting
ionospheric threats, and theoretical interpretation of various
ionospheric configurations.
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