Exploring the influence of an Anglican parson, the book delves into the origins of Welsh Methodism and its impact on contemporary Evangelicalism. It highlights the parson's contributions to revitalizing the Welsh language, emphasizing its significance in both spoken and written forms. The narrative underscores the cultural and religious transformations that shaped Welsh identity and resilience through faith and language.
Em uma distante e escura mansão, onde nada é o que parece, a pequena Florence é negligenciada pelo seu tutor e tio. Guardada como um brinquedo, a menina passa seus dias perambulando pelos corredores e inventando histórias que conta a si mesma, em uma rotina tediosa e desinteressante. Até que um dia encontra a biblioteca proibida da mansão e passa a devorar os livros em segredo. Porém, existem mistérios naquela casa que jamais deveriam ser revelados. Por que Florence sonha sempre com uma misteriosa mulher ameaçando Giles, seu irmão caçula? O que esconde a Srta. Taylor? E por que o tio a proibiu de ler? Florence precisa reunir todas as pistas possíveis e encontrar respostas que ajudem a defender seu irmão e preservar sua paixão secreta pelos livros - únicos companheiros e confidentes - antes que alguém descubra quem ousou abrir as portas do mundo literário. Ou será que tudo isso não seria somente delírios de uma jovem com muita imaginação?
The book traces the lineage of the Rounds and Pfeffer families, encompassing several related families such as Ballard, Cooper, and Whitaker. It highlights the Pfeffer ancestry, which extends back an impressive 39 generations to Duke Bernard Nase Narbonne, who was born in 795 AD in Jutland, Denmark. This extensive genealogical exploration provides a detailed account of familial connections and historical roots.
Rok 1891. Nová Anglie. Dvanáctiletá sirota Florence a její mladší bratr Giles, které jejich lhostejný poručník zanechal svému osudu, se toulají po chodbách chátrajícího novoanglického sídla. Po náhlé násilné smrti jejich guvernantky však přijíždí nová učitelka a začínají se dít podivné věci. Florence je přesvědčená, že musí za každou cenu zachránit bratříčka před mocným zlým duchem… Florence a Giles je mrazivou poctou románu Utažení šroubu od Henryho Jamese, se stejně skvěle vystavěným příběhem a velmi podmanivým vypravěčem, přesněji vypravěčkou: malá, předčasně vyspělá Florence je tajuplnou a znepokojivou postavou, která s vámi zaručeně zůstane ještě dlouho po dočtení poslední stránky.
On an island paradise somewhere in the South Pacific, Managua - the only native who can read or write - is busily translating Hamlet into pidgin English when a plane interrupts his noble work. Strapping on his false leg, he makes his way to the landing strip to greet the unexpected arrival: William Hardt, a young American lawyer driven by his misguided ambition to win reparations for the island's inhabitants. Hardt is not the first white outsider to pay a visit; the British came earlier, bringing their language, the small pigs that run wild in the jungle, and Shakespeare . . . and the Americans followed with guns, land mines, and Coca-Cola. But in this place of riotously logical ritual, Hardt's determined quest to do good could make him the most devastating visitor of all. Profoundly moving and achingly funny, One Big Damn Puzzler brilliantly explores the collision of the twenty-first century with unsullied pagan reality—and establishes John Harding as one of the most imaginative contemporary chroniclers of the human condition.
About to hit 50, obsessed with sex, cocaine-fueled, and gripped by a crippling fear of death, Professor Michael Cole is finding life a bit of a struggle. He knows the time has come to act his age—the question is how. It's when he's caught in the act of adultery by his grandmother that Michael truly begins to see the writing on the wall. After all, she's been dead for 25 years.
Als een Engels echtpaar met de ouders van de man op vakantie naar Malta gaat, blijkt dit mede door de ziekte van Parkinson van de vader minder ontspannend dan ze hoopten.
