Jack Kramer Knihy

"Absolutely Fabulous" (Wired). "The single best source for unclassified intelligence information" (U.S. military deployment officer). "A real lifesaver" (Time). The critics rave and here's why: Robert Young Pelton goes where the timid fear to tread -- straight into the heart of the world's forbidden, lethal, even criminal places, and gives readers all they need to know to survive. Pelton reveals the hidden dangers, including disease, land mines, kidnapping, terrorists, mercenaries, mujahedin, and militias of more than 30 dangerous countries. With firsthand accounts of adventures in these places, Pelton provides indispensable information on contacts for rescue organizations, environmental groups, political activists (including rebel groups), training schools in outdoor survival, ice climbing, commando techniques, motorcycle racing, and other white-knuckle pursuits. The World's Most Dangerous Places is everything you didn't want to know about drugs, guns, crime, war, accidents, and uprisings, but should, in one engrossing book.

Since ancient times the orchid has been a source of fascination and inspiration -- not just for horticulturists but for artists, writers, historians and others drawn to their mysterious beauty and unparalleled variety. Collected by one of America's foremost orchid experts, this treasury of more than sixty antique orchid illustrations offers a cultural history of the flower as well as sublime reproductions by famous botanical artists.The world's obsession with the orchid can be traced to ancient Chinese calligraphers and Japanese illustrators who included the flower in their beautifully rendered landscapes. By the eighteenth century orchid collecting was an established pastime in Europe. A generation later saw the publication of lavish, expensive books devoted to the flower. The passion for orchids continues to this day, with more than 35,000 known varieties and more being propagated every day. In A Passion for Orchids Jack Kramer offers an intriguing cultural history of the flower. Stunning color plates by such renowned botanical illustrators as Martin J. Heade, Lucien Linden and Walter Hood Fitch are accompanied by brief histories of the artists, making this collection of orchid lore and art a unique addition to the libraries of art lovers, horticulturists, and collectors of this strangely alluring flower.

Inhalt/Klappentext: "..Orchideen ist ein beliebtes Hobby und längst Pflegeobjekt für Heimgärtner, Gewächshausbesitzer sowie Liebhaber in aller Welt. Das Buch ist für den Orchideenfreund, oder für welche, die es sich zum Ziel gestellt haben, Orchideen zu pfelgen, halten oder gar zu züchten.Das Buch Orchideen beginnt mit einer allgemeinen Übersicht über die botanischen Eigenschaften, Entwicklung, Verbreitung und Geschichte. Dann folgt der praxisbezogene Abschnitt, in welchem leicht verständlich mit Zeichnungen und Fotos illustrierte Anleitungen zur Orchideenhaltung gegeben werden. Im dritten Teil werden die einzelnen Gattungen berücksichtigt, Ihre Haltung und Zucht und besondere geeignete Pflegeobjekte für anfänger für eine problemlose Haltung.Über 300 farbaufnahmen machen aus diesem Buich nicht nur ein Fachbuch für die Haltung und Zucht der Pflanze, sondern ein fast Bildband. .."