Red beans and rice, trad jazz, and second lines are the Big Easy's calling cards, but beyond where the carriage rides take you is a city brimming with genre-defying music, transnational cuisine, and pockets of wild, artistic locals that challenge preconceived notions of what it means to be New Orlea[...]
This is the story of Richard Temple -- prisoner of war, sometime adventurer, lover and artist -- told with insight, empathy and drama by one of the world's master storytellers.[...]
One of the challenges faced by designers of digital systems is optimizing the communication and interconnection between system components. This work offers a presentation of the basic principles of interconnection network design. It incorporates hardware-level descriptions of concepts, allowing a de[...]
One of the oldest known breeds of domesticated dogs, the Saluki traveled throughout the Middle East with a number of nomadic desert tribes, who favored the dogs for their unparalleled ability to hunt desert gazelles. Famously carved into the walls of the Pharaohs' tombs, the Saluki have an exotic hi[...]
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race's official photographer documents an amazing combination of frontier spirit, physical endurance, and the relationship between human and dog, including behind-the-scene photographs, along with an essay by a journalist and musher.[...]
Middelalderen var en broget tid, som strakte sig fra folkevandringstidens slutning omkring år 500 til den gryende renæssance ca. 1000 år senere. Den danskboende forfatter beretter historien om en tid med en kirke splittet mellem vest og øst, med korstog og blodige krige, men også med [...]
Forfatteren følger bønnernes udvikling fra Augustins bekendelser i slutningen af 300-tallet til Jean Gersons bønner til skytshelgenen Johannes evangelisten i begyndelsen af 1400-tallet[...]
Det første bind af firebindsværket Europa i tusind år. Bag værket står historikere fra Danmark, Sverige og Island, som med udgangspunkt i aktuel forskning formidler en dybere forståelse af dette kulturområdes tilblivelse, dets splittelse og sammenhængskraft, og senere den dynamik, som i nogl[...]
Dette er historien om Danmarks dåbsattest og dermed også en vigtig del af historien om danskernes identitet.
»Fornem formidling i en række stærkt læseværdige kapitler.«
- Birgitte Larsen, Kristeligt Dagblad
»McGuire skriver levende og enga[...]
Amerikanskfødte Brian Patrick McGuire, professor i middelalderhistorie ved Roskilde Universitetscenter, udgav i 2008 den anmelderroste Da Himmelen kom nærmere â Fortællinger om Danmarks kristning 700-1300; en indkredsning af oprindelsen til vores nationale identitet.
Med Den[...]
Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. The next novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of the author's death, would have been the chronicl[...]
It is the dawn of the 19th century; Jack Aubrey, a young lieutenant in Nelson's navy, has been promoted to captain, and inherits command of HMS Sophie. A brave and gifted seaman, Aubrey's thirst for adventure and glory is satisfied as he embarks on thrilling battles with his crew.[...]
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written.[...]
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. H.M.S. Surprise follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy as he attempts to hold his ground against admirals, colleagues and the enemy, acc[...]
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the f[...]
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written.[...]
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the s[...]
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the e[...]
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the n[...]
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written.[...]