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White Rural Rage

The Threat to American Democracy

par Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman ...

Lu par Ray Porter ...

Version Longue

11 heure 2 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles“This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American PsychosisWhite rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles“This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American PsychosisWhite rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Three Tenant Families

par James Agee ...

Lu par Lloyd James ...

Version Longue

15 heure 14 min

A landmark work of American photojournalism “renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality” (New York Times)In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when Let Us Now Praise Famous ... En savoir plus

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A landmark work of American photojournalism “renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality” (New York Times)In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when Let Us Now Praise Famous
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Murder at Church Lodge

A completely gripping British cozy mystery

par Greg Mosse ...

Lu par Polly Edsell ...

Collections series A Maisie Cooper Mystery
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11 heure 19 min

PRE-ORDER NOW! A gripping British cosy crime mystery with a mysterious death and a village full of secrets...MAISIE COOPER IS NO DETECTIVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.BUT SHE MIGHT JUST SOLVE A MURDER...Maisie left the picture-perfect village of Framlington years ago. But when her brother asks for her help out of the blue she soon finds herself back among the windy lanes and open green fields. But it's ... En savoir plus

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PRE-ORDER NOW! A gripping British cosy crime mystery with a mysterious death and a village full of secrets...MAISIE COOPER IS NO DETECTIVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.BUT SHE MIGHT JUST SOLVE A MURDER...Maisie left the picture-perfect village of Framlington years ago. But when her brother asks for her help out of the blue she soon finds herself back among the windy lanes and open green fields. But it's
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Cider With Rosie

par Laurie Lee ...

Lu par Laurie Lee ...

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7 heure 49 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The classic evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in the English countrysideCider with Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie Lee depicts a world that is both immediate and real ... En savoir plus

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Brought to you by Penguin.The classic evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in the English countrysideCider with Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie Lee depicts a world that is both immediate and real
... En savoir plus
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All Over But the Shoutin'

par Rick Bragg ...

Lu par Rick Bragg ...

Version Abrégée

2 heure 41 min

This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead became a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times. It is the story of Bragg's father, a hard-drinking man with a murderous temper and the ... En savoir plus

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This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead became a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times. It is the story of Bragg's father, a hard-drinking man with a murderous temper and the
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Wastelands

The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

par Corban Addison ...

Lu par Rob Shapiro ...

Version Longue

16 heure 16 min

"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written." —From the Foreword by John GrishamThe once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard ... En savoir plus

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"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written." —From the Foreword by John GrishamThe once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard
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The Lost Flock

Rare Wool, Wild Isles and One Woman’s Journey to Save Scotland’s Original Sheep

par Jane Cooper ...

Lu par Jane Cooper ...

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7 heure 17 min

The Lost Flock is the story of the remarkable and rare little horned sheep, known as Orkney Boreray, and the wool-obsessed woman who moved to one of Scotland’s wildest islands to save them.It was Jane Cooper’s passion for knitting that led her to discover the world of rare-breed sheep and their wool. Through this, Jane uncovered the ‘Orkney Borerary’ – a unique group within the UK’s rarest breed ... En savoir plus

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The Lost Flock is the story of the remarkable and rare little horned sheep, known as Orkney Boreray, and the wool-obsessed woman who moved to one of Scotland’s wildest islands to save them.It was Jane Cooper’s passion for knitting that led her to discover the world of rare-breed sheep and their wool. Through this, Jane uncovered the ‘Orkney Borerary’ – a unique group within the UK’s rarest breed
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Noche de bodas

par Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ...

Lu par Rafael Baena Zapatero ...

Collections series Narrativa breve de Blasco Ibáñez
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50 min

Un joven cura de pueblo sufre una verdadera crisis vital cuando, al salir del seminario, despierta el deseo en él y debe enfrentarse a la fuerza de sus sentimientos y al peso de las decisiones que tomó para salir de la miseria. Un retrato humano acerca de la fuerza de la pasión, y una aproximación muy naturalista al mundo rural del que proviene el protagonista. "Noche de bodas" es uno de los ... En savoir plus

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Un joven cura de pueblo sufre una verdadera crisis vital cuando, al salir del seminario, despierta el deseo en él y debe enfrentarse a la fuerza de sus sentimientos y al peso de las decisiones que tomó para salir de la miseria. Un retrato humano acerca de la fuerza de la pasión, y una aproximación muy naturalista al mundo rural del que proviene el protagonista. "Noche de bodas" es uno de los
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Til Death Do Us Bard

A heart-warming tale of marriage, magic, and monster-slaying

par Rose Black ...

Lu par Owen Findlay ...

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12 heure 26 min

Legends & Lattes meets Kings of the Wyld in this sweet, queer, light fantasy, in which a grumpy ex-adventurer must come out of retirement to save the kingdom... after he saves his sunshiny bard husband.Marriage isn't always sunshine and unicorns... sometimes it's monsters and necromancy.It's been almost a year since Logan 'The Bear' Theaker hung up his axe and settled down with his sunshiny bard ... En savoir plus

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Legends & Lattes meets Kings of the Wyld in this sweet, queer, light fantasy, in which a grumpy ex-adventurer must come out of retirement to save the kingdom... after he saves his sunshiny bard husband.Marriage isn't always sunshine and unicorns... sometimes it's monsters and necromancy.It's been almost a year since Logan 'The Bear' Theaker hung up his axe and settled down with his sunshiny bard
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American Fire

Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

par Monica Hesse ...

Lu par Tanya Eby ...

Version Longue

7 heure 27 min

Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left rural Virginia reeling, Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse drove down to Accomack County to cover the trial of Charlie Smith, who pled guilty to sixty-seven counts of arson. But Charlie wasn't lighting fires alone: he had an accomplice, his girlfriend Tonya Bundick. Through her depiction of the dangerous shift that happened in their passionate ... En savoir plus

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Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left rural Virginia reeling, Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse drove down to Accomack County to cover the trial of Charlie Smith, who pled guilty to sixty-seven counts of arson. But Charlie wasn't lighting fires alone: he had an accomplice, his girlfriend Tonya Bundick. Through her depiction of the dangerous shift that happened in their passionate
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La mestra i la Bèstia

par Imma Monsó, Imma Monsó ...

Lu par Imma Monsó ...

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11 heure 11 min

El subtil retrat d'una noia que aprèn a llegir entre línies la història del seu país. Una novel·la plena d'intel·ligència i humor. Setembre de 1962. Una jove mestra de vocació dubtosa i escassa capacitat de comunicació oral arriba a la seva primera plaça en una escola del Pirineu ribagorçà. Ella volia un poble, una feina i una casa des d'on veure caure la neu. Darrere deixa una infantesa marcada ... En savoir plus

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El subtil retrat d'una noia que aprèn a llegir entre línies la història del seu país. Una novel·la plena d'intel·ligència i humor. Setembre de 1962. Una jove mestra de vocació dubtosa i escassa capacitat de comunicació oral arriba a la seva primera plaça en una escola del Pirineu ribagorçà. Ella volia un poble, una feina i una casa des d'on veure caure la neu. Darrere deixa una infantesa marcada
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Second Chances at Mermaids Point

A warm, escapist, feel-good read from Sarah Bennett

par Sarah Bennett ...

Lu par Annabelle Indge ...

Collections Livre audio : 2 - Mermaids Point
Version Longue

7 heure 38 min

‘Sarah Bennett is back, and better than ever!’ Rachel BurtonWhen her dreams of young love were cruelly shattered, Nerissa Morgan found it hard to move on.Now, at forty-three, everyone around her is enjoying life while she’s just going through the motions. With her boss retiring and rumours of a new doctor coming in to take over the practice she manages, change is coming, whether she’s ready for it ... En savoir plus

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‘Sarah Bennett is back, and better than ever!’ Rachel BurtonWhen her dreams of young love were cruelly shattered, Nerissa Morgan found it hard to move on.Now, at forty-three, everyone around her is enjoying life while she’s just going through the motions. With her boss retiring and rumours of a new doctor coming in to take over the practice she manages, change is coming, whether she’s ready for it
... En savoir plus
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The Chief Shepherdess

Lessons in Life, Love and Farming

par Zoe Colville ...

Lu par Zoe Colville ...

Version Longue

6 heure 41 min

**Brought to you by Penguin."I grab the motionless lamb, which is frighteningly slippery, and scramble on my feet, swinging its little body around to help it breathe. I see its chest move, then it sneezes and starts breathing. It's stunned by its delivery experience. As am I. I'm high on adrenaline. Tears are streaming down my face. I pop the lamb down on the ground and start frantically rubbing ... En savoir plus

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**Brought to you by Penguin."I grab the motionless lamb, which is frighteningly slippery, and scramble on my feet, swinging its little body around to help it breathe. I see its chest move, then it sneezes and starts breathing. It's stunned by its delivery experience. As am I. I'm high on adrenaline. Tears are streaming down my face. I pop the lamb down on the ground and start frantically rubbing
... En savoir plus
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The Crazies

The Cattleman, the Wind Prospector, and a War Out West

par Amy Gamerman ...

Lu par Anna Sale ...

Version Longue

17 heure 56 min

“Yellowstone meets Matlock” (Tom Clavin) in this dazzling tale of land lust and the American West, chronicling the rise and fall of a wind farm that triggers a 21st century range war between a struggling fifth-generation rancher and the billionaires next door.Most locals in Big Timber, Montana, learn to live with the wind. Rick Jarrett sought his fortune in it. Like his pioneer ancestors who ... En savoir plus

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“Yellowstone meets Matlock” (Tom Clavin) in this dazzling tale of land lust and the American West, chronicling the rise and fall of a wind farm that triggers a 21st century range war between a struggling fifth-generation rancher and the billionaires next door.Most locals in Big Timber, Montana, learn to live with the wind. Rick Jarrett sought his fortune in it. Like his pioneer ancestors who
... En savoir plus
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Tusind tønder land

par Jane Smiley ...

Lu par Ellen Fonnesbech-Sandberg ...

Version Longue

13 heure 28 min

"Tusind tønder land" er amerikanske Jane Smileys baske, hjertegribende og Pulitzer-belønnede roman om gårdejeren Larry Cook og hans tre døtre.Larry er ubestridt amtets mægtigste og mest ansete mand. Hans farm, der ligger midt på tusind tønder land, blev grundlagt af Larrys oldefar, og i sit livs efterår vil Larry overdrage den smukke farm til sine tre døtre, der hver kan få sin del af jorden.De to ... En savoir plus

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"Tusind tønder land" er amerikanske Jane Smileys baske, hjertegribende og Pulitzer-belønnede roman om gårdejeren Larry Cook og hans tre døtre.Larry er ubestridt amtets mægtigste og mest ansete mand. Hans farm, der ligger midt på tusind tønder land, blev grundlagt af Larrys oldefar, og i sit livs efterår vil Larry overdrage den smukke farm til sine tre døtre, der hver kan få sin del af jorden.De to
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The Farmer’s Friend

an outback medical drama from the bestselling author of The Opal Miner's Daughter, The Desert Midwife and The Homestead Girls

par Fiona McArthur ...

Lu par Caroline Lee ...

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10 heure 41 min

'Heat and dust, love and hope - Fiona McArthur captures the resilience of rural communities.' FIONA LOWE------------They'd bought a stock and feed store called, of all things, The Farmer's Friend.Gracie could tell Jed thought it a great name. 'Farmers stick together. I like it.'NEW BEGINNINGSJed and Gracie's move to Featherwood brings big dreams and open hearts, despite the drought around them. ... En savoir plus

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'Heat and dust, love and hope - Fiona McArthur captures the resilience of rural communities.' FIONA LOWE------------They'd bought a stock and feed store called, of all things, The Farmer's Friend.Gracie could tell Jed thought it a great name. 'Farmers stick together. I like it.'NEW BEGINNINGSJed and Gracie's move to Featherwood brings big dreams and open hearts, despite the drought around them.
... En savoir plus
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The Mailman

My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home

par Stephen Starring Grant ...

Lu par Stephen Starring Grant ...

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9 heure 37 min

The triumphant New York Times bestseller!“Warm and oddly patriotic...A working-class hero is something to be.” —Dwight Garner, The New York TimesAn uproarious and “utterly charming” (The Washington Post) memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, and educated him deeply abo... ... En savoir plus

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The triumphant New York Times bestseller!“Warm and oddly patriotic...A working-class hero is something to be.” —Dwight Garner, The New York TimesAn uproarious and “utterly charming” (The Washington Post) memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, and educated him deeply abo...
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The Golden Oldies' Book Club

The feel-good novel from MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh

par Judy Leigh ...

Lu par Phyllida Nash ...

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10 heure 52 min

From MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh'Judy’s done it again. Every woman over a certain age should read this wonderful book' Jennifer BohnetDeep in the Somerset countryside, the Combe Pomeroy village library hosts a monthly book club.Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again.Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs ... En savoir plus

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From MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh'Judy’s done it again. Every woman over a certain age should read this wonderful book' Jennifer BohnetDeep in the Somerset countryside, the Combe Pomeroy village library hosts a monthly book club.Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again.Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs
... En savoir plus
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Back in the Day

The deeply affecting, first ever memoir by beloved national treasure Melvyn Bragg

par Melvyn Bragg ...

Lu par Melvyn Bragg ...

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11 heure 54 min

* AN OBSERVER AND DAILY MAIL "BOOKS OF 2022" PICK *Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from his early childhood during the war to the moment he had to decide between staying on or spreading his ... En savoir plus

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* AN OBSERVER AND DAILY MAIL "BOOKS OF 2022" PICK *Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from his early childhood during the war to the moment he had to decide between staying on or spreading his
... En savoir plus
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Stalked

A Harrowing True Story of Stalking, Strength and Survival in Rural Wales

par Amanda Hutton, Richard Burton ...

Lu par Alison Campbell, Mark Meadows ...

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8 heure 32 min

You can choose your house … but you can't choose your neighbours.This is the haunting true story of how one couple found themselves the targets of a relentless campaign of intimidation, harassment and violence – orchestrated by their unhinged neighbours.Amanda and Richard packed up their lives to live debt free and realise their dream of living in the countryside. Little did they know that their ... En savoir plus

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You can choose your house … but you can't choose your neighbours.This is the haunting true story of how one couple found themselves the targets of a relentless campaign of intimidation, harassment and violence – orchestrated by their unhinged neighbours.Amanda and Richard packed up their lives to live debt free and realise their dream of living in the countryside. Little did they know that their
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Why Cities Lose

The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide

par Jonathan A. Rodden ...

Lu par Mike Lenz ...

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10 heure 13 min

A prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyond.Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the ... En savoir plus

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A prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyond.Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the
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The Countryside

Ten Rural Walks Through Britain and Its Hidden History of Empire

par Corinne Fowler ...

Lu par Corinne Fowler ...

Version Longue

14 heure 15 min

An Air Mail Editors’ PickTen walks through idyllic scenery reveal rural Britain’s forgotten links to transatlantic slavery and colonialism—a “revelatory travelogue-cum-exposé” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) that will transform our understanding of the English countryside and its heritage.For centuries, the green fields, rugged highlands, and rolling hills of England, Scotland, and Wales have ... En savoir plus

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An Air Mail Editors’ PickTen walks through idyllic scenery reveal rural Britain’s forgotten links to transatlantic slavery and colonialism—a “revelatory travelogue-cum-exposé” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) that will transform our understanding of the English countryside and its heritage.For centuries, the green fields, rugged highlands, and rolling hills of England, Scotland, and Wales have
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Entre limones

par Chris Stewart ...

Lu par Joe Lewis, Eduardo Díez ...

Version Longue

10 heure 20 min

Primera parte de la trilogía sobre el encanto de la vida alternativa que vive Chris Stewart en la Alpujarra granadina.**Edición actualizada: incluye entrevista del autor y capítulo extra**El primer libro autobiográfico de Chris Stewart, Entre limones, es el divertidísimo relato de un joven inglés que, con tal de no vestir traje y trabajar en una oficina, se gastó todos sus ahorros en la compra de ... En savoir plus

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Primera parte de la trilogía sobre el encanto de la vida alternativa que vive Chris Stewart en la Alpujarra granadina.**Edición actualizada: incluye entrevista del autor y capítulo extra**El primer libro autobiográfico de Chris Stewart, Entre limones, es el divertidísimo relato de un joven inglés que, con tal de no vestir traje y trabajar en una oficina, se gastó todos sus ahorros en la compra de
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Our Towns

A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America

par James Fallows, Deborah Fallows ...

Lu par James Fallows, Deborah Fallows ...

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15 heure 43 min

***NATIONAL BEST SELLER***A vivid, surprising portrait of the civic and economic reinvention taking place in America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media. A realistically positive and provocative view of the country between its coasts.For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of ... En savoir plus

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***NATIONAL BEST SELLER***A vivid, surprising portrait of the civic and economic reinvention taking place in America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media. A realistically positive and provocative view of the country between its coasts.For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of
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