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At Home with Country

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Author : Christina Strutt
Publisher : CICO Books
ISBN 13 : 9781800651968
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book At Home with Country written by Christina Strutt and published by CICO Books. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Home with Country celebrates the romance of Cabbages & Roses and shows how Christina Strutt's evocative vintage style is equally at home in city apartments, rural retreats and seaside cottages. From urban high-rises to coastal hideaways, the great manor homes of England to the smallest beach house on the other side of the Atlantic, the beauty of the Cabbages & Roses brand is the gentle but highly visible vintage design. This lavish book embodies all locations—country, city and coast. Chapters encompass Classic Country, Modern City, Island Country and Outdoor Country. Homes that bring together the old and the new, evoking the atmosphere of each season, sit beside city spaces where urban living combines with vintage style—think faded florals and ticking fabrics softening an industrial space, splashes of colour to enliven it and contrasting textures to add interest. Coastal dwellings are fresh, breezy and dreamy—beautifully suited for beach living. The book shows that the country can come to the city, that the city can benefit from coastal settings and that the Cabbages & Roses style is a gentle, unassuming and, above all, beautiful asset to any home as it easily complements all environments.

The Country Child

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Author : Alison Uttley
Publisher : Routledge/Curzon
ISBN 13 : 1443738107
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book The Country Child written by Alison Uttley and published by Routledge/Curzon. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE COUNTRY CHILD by ALISON UTTLEY - Originally published in 1931. CONTENTS I . DARK WOOD . . I1 . WINDYSTONHEA LL . I11 . IDOLS . . . . IV . SCHOO . L . . . V . SERVING-MEN . . V1 . THE CIRCU . S . . V11 . THE SECRE . T . . V111 . TREES . . . . IX . LANTERNLI GHT . . X . MOONLIGH . T . . XI . DECEMBER . . . XI1 . CHRISTMADSA Y . . XI11 . JANUARY . . . XIV . THE EASTERE GG . XV . SPRING . . . . XVI . THE THREE CHAMBERS XVII. THE GARDEN . . XVIII . THE OATCAKME AN . XIX . MOWING-TIME . . XX . THE HARVEST . . XXI . THE WAKE . S . . vii THE COUNTRY CHILD DARK WOOD THE DARK WOOD WAS GREEN AND gold, green where the oak trees stood crowded together with misshapen twisted trunks, red-gold where the great smooth beeches lifted their branching arms to the sky. In between jostled silver birches - olive - tinted fountains which never reached the light-black spruces with little pale candles on each tip, and nut trees smothered to the neck in dense bracken. he bracken was a forest in itself, a curving verdant flood of branches, transparent as water by the path, but thick, heavy, secret a foot or two away, where high ferny crests waved above the softly moving ferns, just as the beech tops flaunted above the rest of the wood. The rabbits which crept quietly in and out reared on their hind legs to see who was going by. They pricked their ears and stood erect, and then dropped silently on soft paws and disappeared into the close ranks of brown stems when they saw the child. . She walked along the rough path, casting fearful glances to right and left. She never ran, even in moments of greatest terror, when things seemed very near, for then They would know she was afraid and dose round her. Gossamer stretched across the way from nut bush to bracken frond, and clung to her cold cheeks. Spilt acorns and beech mast Iay thick on the ground, green and brown patterns in the upside-down red leaves which made a carpet. Heavy rains had swept the soil to the lower 1eveIs of the path, and laid bare the rock in many places. On a sandy patch she saw her own footprint, a little square toe and a horse-shoe where the iron heel had sunk. That was in the morning when all was fresh and fair. It cheered her to see the homely mark, and she stayed a moment to look at it, and replace her foot in it, as Robinson Crusoe might have done, A squirrel, rippling along a leafy bough, peered at her, and then, finding her so still, ran down the tree trunk and along the ground. Her step was strangely silent, and a close observer would have seen that she walked only on the soil between the stones of the footpath, stones of the earth itself, which had worn their way through the thin layer of grass. Her eyes and ears were as alert as those of a small wild animal as she slid through the shades in the depths of the wood...

Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall

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Author : Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588392015
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall written by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2006 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laurelton Hall, Louis Comfort Tiffany's (American, 1848-1933) extraordinary country estate in Oyster Bay, New York, completed in 1905, was the epitome of Tiffany's achievement and in many ways defined this multifaceted artist. Tiffany designed every aspect of the project inside and out, creating a total aesthetic environment. This publication accompanies an exhibition that reveals Tiffany's most personal art, bringing into focus this remarkable artist who lavished as much care and creativity on the design and furnishing of his home and gardens as he did on all the wide-ranging media in which he worked. Although the house tragically burned to the ground in 1957, many of its surviving architectural elements and interior characteristics are included in this volume. Also featured are Tiffany's personal collections of his own work-breathtaking stained-glass windows, paintings, glass and ceramic vases-as well as the artist's collections of Japanese, Chinese, and Native American works of art. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Comforts of Country

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Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Comforts of Country written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At head of title:Country Home.

Home Comforts

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Author : Cheryl Mendelson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743272862
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Home Comforts written by Cheryl Mendelson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-05-17 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic bestselling resource for every household, Home Comforts helps you manage everyday chores, find creative solutions to domestic dilemmas, and enhance the experience of life at home. “Home Comforts is to the house what Joy of Cooking is to food.” —USA TODAY Home Comforts is an engaging and comprehensive book about housekeeping. It is a lively and readable guide for both beginners and experts in all the domestic arts. From keeping surfaces free of germs, watering plants, removing stains, folding a fitted sheet, cleaning china, tuning a piano, lighting a fire, setting the dining room table—this guide covers everything that people might want to do for themselves in their homes. Further topics include: making up a bed with hospital corners, expert recommendations for safe food storage, reading care labels (and sometimes carefully disregarding them), keeping your home free of dust mites and other allergens, this is a practical, good-humored, philosophical guidebook to the art and science of household management.

250 Treasured Country Desserts

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Author : Andrea Chesman
Publisher : Storey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603421521
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book 250 Treasured Country Desserts written by Andrea Chesman and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including more than 250 easy-to-bake recipes for the classic desserts loved by everyone, two veteran cookbook authors provide the best recipes at the best price--including whoopie pies, blondies, apple cobblers, and raisiny rice pudding--along with little-known food anecdotes and historical tidbits. Original.

Building Country Comforts

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Author : Robert Inwood
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781402757747
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Building Country Comforts written by Robert Inwood and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2011 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines and updates two sustainable-living classics--In Harmony With Nature and Country Comforts--providing detailed step-by-step building projects and personal stories. Original.

From a Polish Country House Kitchen

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Author : Anne Applebaum
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452110557
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book From a Polish Country House Kitchen written by Anne Applebaum and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-11-21 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In making her new home in Poland in 1989, Applebaum had to cook with ingredients that were local, fresh, and available. She learned how to make food that was, if not exactly traditional, in the Polish spirit. The national rebirth of Poland in the last two decades has meant the rebirth of its cuisine, and the authors have modernized many of its dishes, without losing any of the centuries-old flavors. Collects ninety Polish recipes, including roasted winter vegetables, stewed beef rolls with kasha, pork loin stuffed with prunes, and fruit pierogi.

Breakfast Comforts (Williams-Sonoma)

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Author : Rick Rodgers
Publisher : Weldon Owen
ISBN 13 : 9781616280703
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Breakfast Comforts (Williams-Sonoma) written by Rick Rodgers and published by Weldon Owen. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Savor the best part of the day. Wake up to gooey cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven, spiced apple pancakes dripping with golden syrup, delicately poached eggs lavished with lemony hollandaise, or thick slices of sizzling maple-glazed bacon. All these recipes and over 100 others can be found in this, the only cookbook you’ll ever need to make your mornings spectacular. In Breakfast Comforts, celebrated cookbook author Rick Rodgers shares his favorite tried-and-true recipes for the morning meal, along with a collection of mouthwatering dishes from beloved breakfast and brunch restaurants across the country. Peppered with Rodgers’ nostalgic, personal tales, it also includes engaging stories behind the featured restaurants and the signature dishes that have made them so popular. Over 100 recipes will satisfy any breakfast craving, whether you prefer a sweet or savory start to the day. Showcasing American regional cuisine, the restaurant recipes include decadent cheese and berry blintzes from New York; chile-laced migas from the Southwest; crab cake Benedict from the Pacific Northwest; and the lightest, flakiest biscuits—with plenty of hearty sausage gravy on the side—from the American South. You’ll also find recipes for all the classics, such as butter- and syrup-drenched waffles; marmalade-stuffed French toast; scrambled eggs bursting with herbs and tomatoes; crispy corned beef hash; and sticky caramel-pecan rolls. Wake up to gooey cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven, spiced apple pancakes dripping with golden syrup, delicately poached eggs lavished with lemony hollandaise, or thick slices of sizzling maple-glazed bacon. No matter what you’re in the mood for, you’ll find inspiration for every palate and every occasion, from a casual family breakfast to a lazy Sunday brunch with friends, in this ultimate collection of comfort-food breakfasts. Restaurants and recipes featured are: San Francisco Universal Cafe http://www.universalcafe.net/ 2814 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 Tel: 415-821-4608 Email: [email protected] Chef/Owner: Leslie Carr Avalos Recipe: flatbread breakfast pizza Los Angeles Blu Jam Cafe www.blujamcafe.com 7371 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046 Tel: 323-951-9191 Chef/Owner: Kamil Majer ([email protected]) Recipe: breakfast quesadilla Austin Kerbey Lane Cafe http://www.kerbeylanecafe.com/ Main Office: 2111 Dickson Dr. Suite A., Austin, TX. 78704 Tel: 512-447-3767 Central Location: 3704 Kerbey Lane, Austin, TX 78731 Tel: 512-451-1436 Recipe: migas Portland Daily Cafe (3 locations) www.dailycafeinthepearl.com Daily cafe in the Pearl: 902 NW 13th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97209 Tel: (503) 242-1916 Email: [email protected] Recipe: whole wheat pancakes with berry compote Miami Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink http://www.michaelsgenuine.com/miami Recipe: white chocolate scones with lemon curd New York Sarabeth’s -- www.sarabeth.com Recipe: blintzes Atlanta Highland Bakery www.highlandbakery.com 655 Highland Ave NE # Ne3 Atlanta, GA 30312-1464 Tel: (404) 586-0772 Owner: Stacey Eames ([email protected]) Recipe: Sweet potato & pecan pancakes Philadelphia Jack's Firehouse www.jacksfirehouse.com 2130 Fairmount Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19130 Tel: 215-232-9000 Email: [email protected] Recipe: cheesesteak omelet Seattle Portage Bay Cafe (3 locations) www.portagebaycafe.com Roosevelt: 4130 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle 98105 Tel: 206.547.8230 South Lake Union: 391 Terry Ave N, Seattle 98109 Tel: 206.462.6400 General Managers: Susan Ritchie ([email protected]) and Jeff Smith ([email protected]) Executive Chef: Justin Newstrum ([email protected]) Recipe: Dungeness crab benedict Nashville Sweet 16th – A Bakery http://www.sweet16th.com/ Recipe: grittata casserole Minneapolis Hell's Kitchen www.hellskitcheninc.com 80 South 9th St. Tel: 612.332.4700 Owner: Mitch Omer ([email protected]) Advertising: Cynthia Gerdes ([email protected]) Recipe: Caramel-pecan rolls Denver Snooze Eatery (3 locations) www.snoozeeatery.com 2260 Larimer St., Denver, CO 80205 Tel: 303.297.0700 Recipe: Corned beef hash Chicago HotChocolate Recipe: Monkey bread with orange glaze New Orleans The Ruby Slipper Recipe: BBQ shrimp and grits Santa Fe Cafe Pasqual's Recipe: Homefries with green and red chile sauce Charleston Hominy Grill Recipe: Hi-Rise Biscuits with sausage gravy

Baked Alaska

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Author : Sarah Eppenbach
Publisher : Alaska Northwest Books
ISBN 13 : 9781943328246
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Baked Alaska written by Sarah Eppenbach and published by Alaska Northwest Books. This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baked Alaska presents 72 recipes for favorite home-baked desserts enjoyed by people living in the North Country. Readers will discover a rich variety of recipes for muffins, cookies, steaming berry pies or cobblers, and much more. The book is highlighted with colorful illustrations and delightful Alaskan anecdotes.

A Terrible Country

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Author : Keith Gessen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735221324
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book A Terrible Country written by Keith Gessen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Editors' Choice Named a Best Book of 2018 by Bookforum, Nylon, Esquire, and Vulture "This artful and autumnal novel, published in high summer, is a gift to those who wish to receive it." —Dwight Garner, The New York Times "Hilarious, heartbreaking . . . A Terrible Country may be one of the best books you'll read this year." —Ann Levin, Associated Press "The funniest work of fiction I've read this year." —Christian Lorentzen, Vulture.com A literary triumph about Russia, family, love, and loyalty—from a founding editor of n+1 and author of Raising Raffi When Andrei Kaplan’s older brother Dima insists that Andrei return to Moscow to care for their ailing grandmother, Andrei must take stock of his life in New York. His girlfriend has stopped returning his text messages. His dissertation adviser is dubious about his job prospects. It’s the summer of 2008, and his bank account is running dangerously low. Perhaps a few months in Moscow are just what he needs. So Andrei sublets his room in Brooklyn, packs up his hockey stuff, and moves into the apartment that Stalin himself had given his grandmother, a woman who has outlived her husband and most of her friends. She survived the dark days of communism and witnessed Russia’s violent capitalist transformation, during which she lost her beloved dacha. She welcomes Andrei into her home, even if she can’t always remember who he is. Andrei learns to navigate Putin’s Moscow, still the city of his birth, but with more expensive coffee. He looks after his elderly—but surprisingly sharp!—grandmother, finds a place to play hockey, a café to send emails, and eventually some friends, including a beautiful young activist named Yulia. Over the course of the year, his grandmother’s health declines and his feelings of dislocation from both Russia and America deepen. Andrei knows he must reckon with his future and make choices that will determine his life and fate. When he becomes entangled with a group of leftists, Andrei’s politics and his allegiances are tested, and he is forced to come to terms with the Russian society he was born into and the American one he has enjoyed since he was a kid. A wise, sensitive novel about Russia, exile, family, love, history and fate, A Terrible County asks what you owe the place you were born, and what it owes you. Writing with grace and humor, Keith Gessen gives us a brilliant and mature novel that is sure to mark him as one of the most talented novelists of his generation.

Home Baked Comfort (Williams-Sonoma) (revised)

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Author : Kim Laidlaw
Publisher : Weldon Owen
ISBN 13 : 9781616288242
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (882 download)

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Download or read book Home Baked Comfort (Williams-Sonoma) (revised) written by Kim Laidlaw and published by Weldon Owen. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of decadent, crave-worthy baked goods featuring beloved classics and new flavor pairings. Includes favorite recipes from top bakeries and bloggers from across the country. In this book you’ll discover just how fun it is to transform the simplest ingredients—flour, sugar, eggs, butter—into irresistible baked foods. With over 100 recipes, starring family favorites and tempting creations from seasoned bakers and popular baking bloggers, this enticing book will become your go-to source for the baked treats you crave. Whether you are new to baking or a pro, or lean toward sweet or savory, there’s something inside for everyone. Sample recipes include: -Bite-size bacon and cheese scones -Lemon-blueberry drizzle bread -Whoopie pies -Cherry pot pies -Savory goat cheese soufflés

The Comfort Crisis

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Author : Michael Easter
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 0593138775
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book The Comfort Crisis written by Michael Easter and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you’ve been looking for something different to level up your health, fitness, and personal growth, this is it.”—Melissa Urban, Whole30 CEO and New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Boundaries “Michael Easter’s genius is that he puts data around the edges of what we intuitively believe. His work has inspired many to change their lives for the better.”—Dr. Peter Attia, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlive Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild—from the author of Scarcity Brain, coming in September! In many ways, we’re more comfortable than ever before. But could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives actually be the leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? In this gripping investigation, award-winning journalist Michael Easter seeks out off-the-grid visionaries, disruptive genius researchers, and mind-body conditioning trailblazers who are unlocking the life-enhancing secrets of a counterintuitive solution: discomfort. Easter’s journey to understand our evolutionary need to be challenged takes him to meet the NBA’s top exercise scientist, who uses an ancient Japanese practice to build championship athletes; to the mystical country of Bhutan, where an Oxford economist and Buddhist leader are showing the world what death can teach us about happiness; to the outdoor lab of a young neuroscientist who’s found that nature tests our physical and mental endurance in ways that expand creativity while taming burnout and anxiety; to the remote Alaskan backcountry on a demanding thirty-three-day hunting expedition to experience the rewilding secrets of one of the last rugged places on Earth; and more. Along the way, Easter uncovers a blueprint for leveraging the power of discomfort that will dramatically improve our health and happiness, and perhaps even help us understand what it means to be human. The Comfort Crisis is a bold call to break out of your comfort zone and explore the wild within yourself.

Child and Country

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Author : Will Levington Comfort
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Upheaval

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Author : Jared Diamond
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316409154
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Upheaval written by Jared Diamond and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "riveting and illuminating" Bill Gates Summer Reading pick about how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't (Yuval Noah Harari), by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the landmark bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel. In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crises while adopting selective changes -- a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises. Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals -- ranging from the forced opening of Japan by U.S. Commodore Perry's fleet, to the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, to a murderous coup or countercoup in Chile and Indonesia, to the transformations of Germany and Austria after World War Two. Because Diamond has lived and spoken the language in five of these six countries, he can present gut-wrenching histories experienced firsthand. These nations coped, to varying degrees, through mechanisms such as acknowledgment of responsibility, painfully honest self-appraisal, and learning from models of other nations. Looking to the future, Diamond examines whether the United States, Japan, and the whole world are successfully coping with the grave crises they currently face. Can we learn from lessons of the past? Adding a psychological dimension to the in-depth history, geography, biology, and anthropology that mark all of Diamond's books, Upheaval reveals factors influencing how both whole nations and individual people can respond to big challenges. The result is a book epic in scope, but also his most personal yet.

Beautiful Country

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Author : Qian Julie Wang
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593313003
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Beautiful Country written by Qian Julie Wang and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world—an incandescent debut from an astonishing new talent • A TODAY SHOW #READWITHJENNA PICK In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country.” Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian’s parents were professors; in America, her family is “illegal” and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive. In Chinatown, Qian’s parents labor in sweatshops. Instead of laughing at her jokes, they fight constantly, taking out the stress of their new life on one another. Shunned by her classmates and teachers for her limited English, Qian takes refuge in the library and masters the language through books, coming to think of The Berenstain Bears as her first American friends. And where there is delight to be found, Qian relishes it: her first bite of gloriously greasy pizza, weekly “shopping days,” when Qian finds small treasures in the trash lining Brooklyn’s streets, and a magical Christmas visit to Rockefeller Center—confirmation that the New York City she saw in movies does exist after all. But then Qian’s headstrong Ma Ma collapses, revealing an illness that she has kept secret for months for fear of the cost and scrutiny of a doctor’s visit. As Ba Ba retreats further inward, Qian has little to hold onto beyond his constant refrain: Whatever happens, say that you were born here, that you’ve always lived here. Inhabiting her childhood perspective with exquisite lyric clarity and unforgettable charm and strength, Qian Julie Wang has penned an essential American story about a family fracturing under the weight of invisibility, and a girl coming of age in the shadows, who never stops seeking the light.

Country comforts

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Author : Christian Bruyere
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780706127195
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (271 download)

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