It's clear that trouble lies ahead for Ernst Volger from the first pages of this historical novel set in the years leading to World War II. Volger is a German clerk tasked with retrieving an iconic Greek sculpture from Italy for Germany's growing national collection (this much is historical fact....
In Travelers' Tales Alaska, contemporary adventurers, seekers, and lifelong Alaskans take you into the "Last Frontier" for wild and poignant adventures. Walk among bears, witness the Inupiat taking of a bowhead whale, and spend time "weathered-in" on the Bering Sea coast. Follow the seasons of co...
Dawno nie miałam aż tak ciężkiego wyboru w kwestii czy książka podobała mi się czy nie. Ta książka sprawiła, że nawet kilka dni po jej przeczytaniu mam niezły dylemat w głowie, a czemu? Już śpieszę z wyjaśnieniem.Hiszpański smyczek autorstwa Andromedy Romano-Lax przenosi nas do dziewiętnastowiecz...
Yet the smell of autumn anywhere is for me the smell of memory, and I am preoccupied as my feet guide me through the woods and fields up toward the old Piedmontese villa. When a salt-and-pepper blur charges out of the grass and stops just in front of me, growling, I stand my ground. I resist retr...