Catapult jan 2014 (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Karl Muhlbach, hero of Evan Connell's previous novel, The Connoisseur, has a new obsession-a beautiful, nubile girl-about-New York named Lambeth Brent, whose puzzling background and swinging activities lead Muhlbach into dark areas, causing new revelations of himself as a man to emerge.The mysterious bonds between opposites come into sharp relief as we follow the course of Muhlbach and Lambeth's relationship. An uncomfortable visit to the ballet, an abortive country vacation, brief but sparkling happy moments, and Muhlbach's final, shocking discovery add up to a mosaic of vignettes, rendering the characters startlingly real.Double Honeymoon explores the built-in dangers of a love affair between a cautious, conservative, middle-aged widower and a neurotic, high-strung, self-destructive girl. But far from just another May-September romance, the book is a keen examination of the dilemma posed by two people who are attracted to each other, yet unable to come together because of the profound differences in their backgrounds and outlooks. With a sure hand, Evan Connell demonstrates just how profound those differences can be.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the fall of 1911, Alexandre Lautens, an ambitious French philologist, sweeps into a remote part of India to study the Telugu language. Hosted by a local wealthy landowner and his family, Lautens arrives at a moment of change for the Adivis: Mohini, the younger and strikingly beautiful daughter is about to marry, an act which will inevitably condem her older sister, who suffers from being plain and disfigured, to spinsterhood.Intellectually curious by nature, the elder sister Anjali is beguiled by Lautens, and as they find an intimacy within language, an unexpected relationship develops. After Anjali confesses that her disfigurement - a lasting injury from polio - has kept her from swimming since her childhood, Lautens surprises her with a trip to the beach. Regardless of what might have happened between them, Adivi is outraged when he hears word of their outing. Thinking his daughter a tramp and Lautens a predator, both are swiftly kicked out, left to fend for themselves-separately-as they try to navigate what really happened.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A wildfire that stunned the nation. A trial that made history. This is not just the story of a fireit's the story of how justice flickered to life in the ashes.In the early morning hours of October 26, 2006, a wall of fire exploded across a dry California ridgeconsuming everything in its path, including the five-man Forest Service crew of Engine 57. What began as a brush fire became a national tragedy. And what followed was unprecedented: a murder trial.The Esperanza Fire wasn't just another wildfire. It was a turning point in America's relationship with the wildland-urban interface. The blaze cost $16 million to fightbut the real cost was five lives lost in seconds, when an "area ignition" swept the home they were defending.When Raymond Oyler stood trial for setting the fire, a packed Riverside County courtroom held its breath. Oyler became the first person in U.S. history to be convicted of murder for starting a wildfirea case that reshaped how we prosecute environmental destruction and hold arsonists accountable.Award-winning journalist and wildfire expert John Maclean spent more than five years investigating the Esperanza Fire and covering every detail of the trial. In The Esperanza Fire, he delivers a gripping, insider's accountmoment by moment, witness by witness, flame by flame.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Field Notes From a Hidden City is set against the background of the austere, grey and beautiful northeast Scottish city of Aberdeen. In it, Esther Woolfson examines the elements-geographic, atmospheric and environmental-which bring diverse life forms to live in close proximity in cities. Using the circumstances of her own life, house, garden and city, she writes of the animals who live among us: the birds-gulls, starlings, pigeons, sparrows and others-the rats and squirrels, the cetaceans, the spiders and the insects.In beautiful, absorbing prose, Woolfson describes the seasons, the streets and the quiet places of her city over the course of a year, which begins with the exceptional cold and snow of 2010. Influenced by her own long experience of corvids, she considers prevailing attitudes towards the natural world, urban and non-urban wildlife, the values we place on the lives of individual species and the ways in which man and creature live together in cities.…