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Paddling to Jerusalem: An Aquatic
Par David Aaronovitch. 2000
In the last summer of the twentieth century a large man got into a small boat and went out to…
discover England, on its canals and rivers, from the Thames to the Trent, from Camden Lock to Skipton. This text is the story of where the author went, who he met and what he thought. 2000.Our harsh logic: Israeli soldiers' testimonies from the occupied territories, 2000-2010
Par Breaking the Silence Group Staff. 2012
The very name of the Israel Defense Forces suggests that its primary mission is the defense of the country's territory,…
and support for the occupation of Palestinian territory rests on the belief that the army's actions and presence in the West Bank and Gaza are essentially defensive and responsive. But Israeli soldiers reveal how the key planks of the army's ostensibly protective program - "prevention of terror," "separation of populations," "preservation of the fabric of life," and "law enforcement" - have in fact served to accelerate acquisition of Palestinian land, cripple all normal political and social life, and ultimately thwart the possibility of independence. Includes violence and strong language. 2012.Operation Nemesis: the assassination plot that avenged the Armenian genocide
Par Eric Bogosian. 2015
In 1921, a tightly knit band of killers set out to avenge the deaths of almost one million victims of…
the Armenian Genocide. They were a humble bunch: an accountant, a life insurance salesman, a newspaper editor, an engineering student, and a diplomat. Together they formed one of the most effective assassination squads in history. They named their operation Nemesis, after the Greek goddess of retribution. The assassins were survivors, men defined by the massive tragedy that had devastated their people. With operatives on three continents, the Nemesis team killed six major Turkish leaders in Berlin, Constantinople, Tiflis, and Rome, only to disband and suddenly disappear. 2015.Orientalism: Western Conceptions Of The Orient (Penguin classics)
Par Edward W Said. 2003
The author surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering Orientalism as a powerful European ideological…
creation. He traces his view through the writings of Homer, Nerval and Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West's romantic and exotic picture of the Orient. Drawing on his own experience as an Arab Palestinian living in the West, the author examines how these ideas can be a reflection of European imperialism and racism. 2003, c1978.Open lands: travels through Russia's once forbidden places
Par Mark Taplin. 1997
An American diplomatic officer chronicles his travels through seven Russian cities and regions that were restricted zones prior to 1992.…
Describes the local scenes, people, and historical events that took place in these areas during the Soviet era. Descriptions of violence. c1997.One room in a castle: letters from Spain, France & Greece
Par Karen Connelly. 1995
Connelly writes of her travels and experiences in Spain, France, and Greece. Favouring letters because of the "sometimes funny, sometimes…
jarring intimacy" they create, Connelly has collected letters she has written to friends, to herself in diaries, and to the reader of this book. 1995.Norway: the essential guide to customs & culture (Culture smart!)
Par Linda Davis March. 2016
Nexus (Littératures)
Par Henry Miller, Christian Séruzier. 2004
"Nexus", publié en 1960, devait être suivi d'un second volume, mais le projet de "Nexus 2" fut laissé en plan…
en 1962 après 112 feuillets. Ainsi, la conclusion à la trilogie "Crucifixion en rose" restera inachevée. Précisons que "Nexus 2" constitue la chronique des déplacements, en 1928, de Miller et de son épouse June dans divers pays d'Europe, dont la France, le Royaume-Uni, la Hongrie, etc. Les scènes érotiques abondent, et pas seulement avec June (nommée ici "Mona"). 2004.Nagasaki: life after nuclear war
Par Susan Southard. 2015
Published to coincide with the seventieth anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, a narrative of human resilience, told through first-hand…
experiences of five survivors, reveals the physical, emotional, and social challenges of post-atomic life. 2015.Near myths: a love affair with Greece
Par John Ebdon. 1989
John Ebdon's affection for the Greeks is without stint, and his curiosity about them and their beautiful surroundings is boundless.…
As a wise old man from the island of Siphos once said to him, "You see Yanni, when a Greek is born, he follows life - and wins it. And then, Yanni, he enjoys life! Endaxi? OK? Bravo!". Not a bad lesson for any of us! 1989.Narrow dog to Carcassonne
Par Terry Darlington. 2005
Terry and Monica Darlington are intrepid pensioners who made the surprising decision to sail their canal narrowboat Phillis May, sixteen…
hundred miles across France and down to the Mediterranean, accompanied only by their whippet Jim. They took advice from nautical experts, who told them they would lose their boat and their lives (and, indeed, Jim). It is a true story of high adventure in France, England, Belgium and out at sea, as experienced by two innocents and a reluctant dog. Some strong language. 2005.Murray was the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Uzbekistan until he was removed from his post in October 2004 after exposing…
appalling human rights abuse by the US funded regime of the President of Islam Karimov. In this memoir, he lays bare the dark and dirty underside of the War on Terror. 2007.Mrs. Adams in winter: a journey in the last days of Napoleon
Par Michael O'Brien. 2010
Bancroft Prize-winning British historian re-creates the forty-day journey by Louisa Catherine Adams and her seven-year-old son from St. Petersburg, Russia,…
to Paris during the winter of 1815. Provides an in-depth look at the early life of the future American first lady, wife of John Quincy Adams. 2010.Les geishas, ou, Le monde des fleurs et des saules
Par Robert Guillain. 1988
Très peu d'Occidentaux sont parvenus à pénétrer et à comprendre le monde secret des geishas japonaises. Robert Guillain, qui a…
vécu 40 ans en Asie, nous livre sur cet univers un témoignage sans précédent. 1988.Les services secrets chinois: de Mao aux JO
Par Roger Faligot. 2008
Cette enquête menée sur plusieurs années sur les services de renseignements chinois et les coulisses de la politique internationale de…
Pékin est issue des archives américaines, françaises, russes et chinoises. L'auteur a interviewé des spécialistes de la diplomatie, des responsables de la défense, et met à jour les performances du renseignement chinois fondées sur l'art de la guerre secrète. 2008.Dictionnaire insolite de la Norvège ((Dictionnaire insolite).)
Par Ingrid Van Houdenhove, Simon Descamps. 2014
" Si à Oslo règne Harald V, la vraie souveraineté en Norvège est bien celle de la nature. Cliché ?…
Réalité ! L'outdoor s'enseigne à l'école. Les Sâmes continuent à élever des rennes mais ont leur parlement depuis 1989. Se rendre en Norvège, c'est avant tout rencontrer un mode de vie original, où le repas chaud se prend à 17 heures et où la pizza surgelée est élevée au rang de plat national. On s'y régale de fromage brun, d'oeufs et de langue de morue tandis que le saumon n'est pas un plat de fête. On peut aussi planter sa tente partout ou dormir dans des hôtels de glace... " -- 4e de couv.Miles away: a walk across France
Par Miles Morland. 1992
In 1989 Miles Morland gave up his high-pressure job in the London office of a Wall Street firm--with no specific…
plans for the future. His wife Guislaine, whom he had divorced and remarried, suggested they walk across southern France. Morland recounts their preparations for the trip, their blistering trek, the French history they learned, the side trips they made, and their delight in being together. Some strong language. 1992.Megève, un roman d'amour (Memoires - Temoignages - Biographies Ser. #Vol. 6089742)
Par Nadine De Rothschild. 2004
Mediterranean: portrait of a sea
Par Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford. 1971
La cité des anges déchus
Par John Berendt, Pierre Brévignon. 2007
Un peu à la manière de " Minuit dans le jardin du bien et du mal ", un portait de…
Venise à l'occasion de l'incendie qui détruisit le théâtre de La Fenice le 1er février 1996. À mi-chemin entre le reportage et le journal de voyage, une évocation envoutante de la Sérénissime nourrie de quelque dix ans de fréquentation et qui s'achève, comme il se doit, avec la réouverture de La Fenice. Quelques descriptions de violence. 2007. Titre uniforme: The city of falling angels.