In their straight-talk couple's memoir, "Carry-on Baggage: Our Nonstop Flight," Cynthia Bailey Thomas and Peter Thomas chronicle their journey of raising a blended family, running a mini-empire, and keeping the fire burning in marriage after age forty. The book's title is a playful euphemism that de[...]

Thomas Ekberg, en av Sveriges mest publika jägare med massor av tv-filmer om jakt, har levt med och för jakten redan innan han klev ur kortbyxorna. En av hans deviser är att vilt ska vårdas hela vägen från skogen till köket. Att ta hand om vilt efter skottet är inte bara ett intresse, det ä[...]

In 1810, John Jacob Astor sent out two advance parties to settle the wild, unclaimed western coast of North America. More than half of his men died violent deaths. The others survived starvation, madness, and greed to shape the destiny of a continent.At a time when the edge of American settlement ba[...]

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Peter Lorre described himself as merely a "face-maker." His own negative attitude also characterizes traditional perspectives on the actor's career which position Lorre as a tragic figure within film history: the promising European artist reduced to a Hollywood gimmick, unable to escape the murderou[...]

The Winterthur architect Peter Kunz is well known for his stringent residential buildings in development zones located between urbanity and nature. This book not only documents twelve of his buildings, but also creates an impressive dialogue between the view of the Winterthur photographer Claudia Lu[...]

Ein Phänomen, welches Falladas literarisches Schaffen begleitet, ist sein großer Publikumserfolg einerseits und die zwiespältige Rezeption seines Werkes in einschlägigen literarischen Fachkreisen, zum Beispiel Literaturkritiker bei Zeitungen und Zeitschriften, anderseits. In diesen Kreisen ist d[...]

Vildsvin är vårt nya högvilt, en stor natur-resurs. Nya studier pekar på att den svenska vildsvinsstammen kommer att fortsätta växa i 30 år till. Allt fler jägare, allt längre norrut i landet, får det nygamla viltet till sina marker. Man räknar med att 100 000 vildsvin måste fällas varj[...]

Acclaimed biographer Peter Ackroyd vibrantly resurrects the legendary epic of Camelot in this modern adaptation. The names of Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, the sword of Excalibur, and the court of Camelot are as recognizable as any from the world of myth. Although many versions exist[...]