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A Time of Gifts

2011-09-14 Travel
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Release : 2011-09-14
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 174/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Time of Gifts by : Patrick Leigh Fermor

Download or read book A Time of Gifts written by Patrick Leigh Fermor. This book was released on 2011-09-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beloved account about an intrepid young Englishman on the first leg of his walk from London to Constantinople is simply one of the best works of travel literature ever written. At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey—to walk to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan mountains. Acclaimed for its sweep and intelligence, Leigh Fermor’s book explores a remarkable moment in time. Hitler has just come to power but war is still ahead, as he walks through a Europe soon to be forever changed—through the Lowlands to Mitteleuropa, to Teutonic and Slav heartlands, through the baroque remains of the Holy Roman Empire; up the Rhine, and down to the Danube. At once a memoir of coming-of-age, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, A Time of Gifts is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come.

This Is 18

2019-11-12 Young Adult Nonfiction
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Release : 2019-11-12
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 493/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis This Is 18 by : Jessica Bennett

Download or read book This Is 18 written by Jessica Bennett. This book was released on 2019-11-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning celebration of girlhood around the world, from the New York Times Featuring and photographed by young women, This Is 18 is an immersive look at what it means to be on the cusp of adulthood around the world and across cultures. Twenty-two empowering and uniquely personal profiles, expanded from the New York Times interactive feature and curated by Gender Editor Jessica Bennett, with Sandra Stevenson, Anya Strzemien, and Sharon Attia, give teen readers a rare glimpse at the realities and interests of their contemporaries. With stunning photography and a gifty design, This Is 18 is a perfect tribute to girlhood for readers of all ages.

Time Gifts

2000-08-22 Fiction
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Release : 2000-08-22
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 815/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Time Gifts by : Zoran Zivkovic

Download or read book Time Gifts written by Zoran Zivkovic. This book was released on 2000-08-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoran Zivkovic weaves four mysterious encounters around philosophical questions at the core of human existence. Provocative and original, Time Gifts is a meditation on the nature of time and, especially, on the nature of those at its mercy.

Between the Woods and the Water

2010-10-10 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2010-10-10
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 24X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Between the Woods and the Water by : Patrick Leigh Fermor

Download or read book Between the Woods and the Water written by Patrick Leigh Fermor. This book was released on 2010-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed travel writer's youthful journey - as an 18-year-old - across 1930s Europe by foot began in A Time of Gifts, which covered the author's exacting journey from the Lowlands as far as Hungary. Picking up from the very spot on a bridge across the Danube where his readers last saw him, we travel on with him across the great Hungarian Plain on horseback, and over the Romanian border to Transylvania. The trip was an exploration of a continent which was already showing signs of the holocaust which was to come. Although frequently praised for his lyrical writing, Fermor's account also provides a coherent understanding of the dramatic events then unfolding in Middle Europe. But the delight remains in travelling with him in his picaresque journey past remote castles, mountain villages, monasteries and towering ranges.

Gifts of Time

1994-10 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 1994-10
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 039/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Gifts of Time by : Fred J. Epstein

Download or read book Gifts of Time written by Fred J. Epstein. This book was released on 1994-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Epstein, the director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at NYU Medical Center, specializes in the treatment of children with brain and nervous-system tumors. Through his story--and the stories of his patients--readers share a rare inside look at life-and-death struggles when cutting-edge medical technology meets the human spirit.

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