Boken dækker hele Midtfrankrig med Loire-dalen, Atlanterhavskysten, Bourgogne, Jura og Lyon, Alperne og området fra Bordeaux til Ardèche. Guiden giver indblik i dagligdagen i Midtfrankrig og forklarer politiske og kulturelle problemstillinger. En række artikler går tæt på historie, religion, kunst og kultur, mad og drikke, natur og geografi. Desuden er guiden rigt illustreret med fotos og kort.

Reiseguiden forteller om hvilke restauranter som gir best valuta for pengene, hyggelige vinbarer og de beste delikatesseforretningene. Den forteller også om muligheter for opphold på landet og vinruter og vingårder. Har ordliste og register.

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Lyset, fargene, duftene. Boken dekker Provence, Den franske rivieraen med Nice, St. Tropez, Antibes, Menton og Cannes, Fyrstedømmet Monaco Languedoc-Roussillon, Pyreneene og Atlanterhavskysten. Guiden gir et innblikk i dagliglivet i Sør-Frankrike og forklarer politiske og samfunnsmessige forhold. En rekke artikler tar for seg kunst og kultur, mat og drikke, samt Sør-Frankrikes særegne og vakre natur og geografi. Boken er også rikt illustrert med bilder og nyttige kart.

Lyset, fargene, duftene. Boken dekker Provence, Den franske rivieraen med Nice, St. Tropez, Antibes, Menton og Cannes, Fyrstedømmet Monaco Languedoc-Roussillon, Pyreneene og Atlanterhavskysten. Guiden gir et innblikk i dagliglivet i Sør-Frankrike og forklarer politiske og samfunnsmessige forhold. En rekke artikler tar for seg kunst og kultur, mat og drikke, samt Sør-Frankrikes særegne og vakre natur og geografi. Boken er også rikt illustrert med bilder og nyttige kart.

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Den ulne avantgarde er Susanne Christensens klippbok 2000-10, med artikler, innlegg, samtaler, etc. om: Susan Sontag, performativ kritikk, Sara Stridsberg, Mette Moestrup, Kjetil Kausland, Gunnhild Øyehaug, mediert nyfeminisme, Lars Norén, Anselm Kiefer, simulakrumsåpebobler, Kelly Clarkson, Matias Faldbakken, Madonna, Kenneth Goldsmith, selvframstilling i litteraturen, Virginie Despentes, Stig Larsson, Lars Ove Seljestad, Lukas Moodysson, Virginia Woolf, uvirkelighetshunger, David Cronenberg, Jörgen Gassilewski, Pablo Llambías, Martina Lowden, Dave Eggers, kunstneriske manifester, Hélène Cixous, Tommy Olsson, deleuziansk litteraturkritikk, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, Ingrid Z. Aanestad, Rønnaug Kleiva, Sophie Calle, Cathrine Knudsen, Erlend Hammer, Nicolas Bourriaud, arbeiderdiktning, den københavnske hjemmesykepleien, Charlotte Roche, Kurt Cobain, Sarah Kane, Lone Hørslev, Valerie Solanas, Hanne Ørstavik, Juliana Spahr, Walter Benjamin, Rosalind E. Krauss, Kathy Acker, camp, Sex Pistols, Camille Paglia, riot grrrl, fanzinekultur, Kathleen Hanna, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, queer science fiction, Viktor Sjklovskij, Donna Haraway, Monique Wittig, Samuel R. Delany, The Runaways, Judith Butler, suburbia, Pavement, livet som grevling, Fredrik Nyberg, Pia Juul, Lars Mikael Raattamaa, John Cage, Gunnar Wærness, Catharina Gripenberg, Jim Carrey, poesi som gjør en kvalm, Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson, Knut Hoems puddelfrisyre, Mara Lee, Maurice Blanchot, Paul McCarthy, Anne Bøe, Michael Moore, Guy Debord, Isidore Isou, Das Beckwerk m.m.m. Susanne Christensen (f. 1969) ble av Kritikerlaget kåret til «Årets litteraturkritiker 2011». Foruten å skrive kritikk for Morgenbladet og Klassekampen har Susanne Christensen vært redaksjonsmedlem i tidsskriftet Vagant. Hun redigerer bloggen Claws Talks.

Gestapo var Hitlers hemliga polis och en viktig del i nazisternas förtryck av den egna befolkningen. Samtidigt var det en underdimensionerad organisation som saknade de nödvändiga resurserna att fullt ut kunna spionera på sina medborgare. Till stor del förlitade man sig på tips från allmänheten. Tortyr förekom men var relativt ovanligt, och de allra flesta utredningar lades snabbt ner. Dessa är några av många helt nya perspektiv och uppgifter som framkommer i denna banbrytande skildring. Frank McDonough har skrivit en bok som ifrågasätter och reder ut flera gamla myter om Gestapo. Med utgångspunkt från tidigare opublicerat arkivmaterial får vi ta del av ett stort antal människoöden - vanliga och ovanliga tyskar som vågade utmana nazisternas skräckvälde. Gestapo - Sanning och myt om Tredje rikets hemliga polis ger oss värdefulla inblickar i vardagslivet i Nazi-Tyskland. Vi får också ta del av starka vittnesmål från regimens offer. FRANK MCDONOUGH är universitetsprofessor och har skrivit flera böcker. Gestapo - Sanning och myt om Tredje rikets hemliga polis har sålts till en lång rad länder. "Frank McDonoughs bok är både upplysande och till viss del avslöjande [...] en viktig länk för att förstå hur hela nazistaten fungerade. Och hur (skrämmande) nöjda och belåtna de flesta tyskar ändå var med sin hemliga polis." Johan Croneman, Dagens Nyheter McDonoughs väldokumenterade bok modifierar bilden av Gestapo, men innebär inte något försök till äreräddning. Slutkapitlet är en vidräkning med rättsprocesserna i Västtyskland efter 1949.Nils Fredrik Aurelius, Östra Småland/Nyheterna"I denna väl underbyggda och elegant formulerade bok ifrågasätter Frank McDonough decennier av Gestapomyter. Boken är lika överraskande som belysande och kommer att bli ett nytt standardverk i detta viktiga ämne." Roger Moorhouse

Given the scarcity of data relating to trade with Japan in 1861-1910, the Cornes archive is of great significance. A complete transcript on CD forms part of this volume, which in turn is supported in Part 2 by content summaries of all the private letters and copy books. Part 1 considers the life and times of Frederick Cornes and his legacy.

This book argues that American and European policies toward Central Asia and the Caucasus suffer from both conceptual and structural impediments. It traces the framework of Western policies to the 1975 Helsinki Final Act, which resulted in the stovepiping of relations into political, economic, and democracy categories - and in often uncoordinated or contradictory policies. While the authors embrace the goal of promoting human rights and democracy, they argue that the antagonistic methods adopted to advance this goal have proven counter-productive. They propose that Western governments work with the regional states rather than on or against them; and that instead of focusing directly on political systems, policies should focus on developing the quality of governance and help build institutions that will be building blocks of rule of law and democracy in the long term. The authors also argue that Western leaders have largely failed to grasp the significance of this region, relegated it to a subordinate status and thus damaging western interests. The development of sovereign, economically strong, and effectively self-governing states in the Caucasus and Central Asia is an important goal in its own right; the book stresses the importance of a region where the development and preservation of secular statehood could become a model for the entire Muslim world.

Uzbekistan, long considered the center of Central Asia, is undergoing rapid and fundamental reforms affecting all areas of society, from economics and judicial matters to religious life and foreign affairs. This process is helping kindle a new spirit of regionalism in Central Asia, and provides new opportunities for Western governments and businesses.

<i>The Chinese Cornerstone of Modern Banking: The Canton Guaranty System and the Origins of Bank Deposit Insurance 1780-1933</i>, by Frederic Delano Grant, Jr., details the evolution of modern deposit insurance from collective responsibility for debt enforced under the Canton System.

Daughter of fashion icon C. Z. Guest and Winston Frederick Churchill Guest, polo champion and heir to the Phipps steel fortune, Cornelia Guest resisted eating animal products from childhood because of her passion for critters." When her mother became ill, her research compelled her to take the leap to eat cruelty-free. In Cornelia Guest's Simple Pleasures , she reveals the secrets of understated elegance she learned from her parents and the family's extraordinary friends. Her favourite simple recipes are so delicious, even the most fervent carnivores do not miss the meat, and her tips on entertaining take the stress out of any event. Her ulterior motive is to inspire readers to have fun experimenting with healthy alternatives and to change the way they think about food. She shows readers how to incorporate affordable, cruelty-free eating into their daily lives and how to serve that wholesome food to friends. Organized by season, each section begins with a luscious meal: a light spring lunch of chilled asparagus soup and quinoa salad, an alfresco summer dinner of veggie carpaccio and stuffed squash blossoms, a fall breakfast buffet of pecan waffles, faux buttermilk pancakes, and raspberry muffins, and a cozy winter's dinner of shepherd's pie with a chocolate tart for dessert. Each season contains recipes for beverages, soups, salads, pasta, side dishes, main courses, and an abundance of desserts that everyone will love. Special sections feature recipes for grains, greens, and beans. Her favourite chefs, doctors, a veterinarian, and other health experts have contributed sidebars with tips, advice, and eye-opening information. Dismissing fussy food and pretention, she believes the key to entertaining well is simplicity. Cornelia Guest's Simple Pleasures is filled with advice on how to set a lively and original table, how to bring nature inside, even how to stay calm in the face of entertaining disasters. She shows how a little thought and effort makes it a snap to create a relaxed, warm atmosphere and fabulous food free of animal products that will not only please family and friends but will also allow you to enjoy your own party. Richly illustrated with photographs of personal memorabilia and of Templeton, her legendary home, the book captures the feeling of a well-lived life. Cheerful, colourful, and unpretentious, Simple Pleasures will give readers all they need to know to cook in the most nutritious way possible and to serve it up with great style.

The fascinating story of the American art pottery movement told through hundreds of distinctive works During the height of the Arts and Crafts era in Europe and the United States, from the late 1800s until World War I, American ceramics were transformed from industrially produced ornamental and table wares to aesthetically and technologically innovative art pottery. This fascinating history is exemplified by the outstanding works in the collection of Robert A. Ellison Jr., who over half a century assembled one of the most important and comprehensive selections of American art pottery. More than 300 of the finest examples of works made by both well-known and less familiar ceramists, including George E. Ohr, Hugh Robertson, Charles Volkmar, Mary Louise McLaughlin, Matt Morgan, Maria Longworth Nichols, and Frederick Hurten Rhead, are beautifully reproduced, along with numerous period advertisements and photographs, imparting a full understanding of the movement's personalities and achievements.

From the master of Freud debunkers, the book that definitively puts an end to the myth of psychoanalysis and its creator. Sigmund Freud is one of the most influential figures of western society. His ideas transformed the way that we think about our minds, our selves and even our thoughts. But while he was undeniably a visionary thinker, Freud's legend was also the work of years of careful mythologizing, and a fierce refusal to accept criticism or scrutiny of his often unprincipled methods. In Freud: The Making of an Illusion, Frederick Crews dismantles Freud's totemic reputation brick by brick. Looking at recently revealed correspondence, he examines Freud's own personality, his selfishness, competitiveness and willingness to cut corners and exploit weaknesses to get his own way. He explores Freud's whole-hearted embracing of cocaine as a therapeutic tool, and the role it played in his own career. And he interrogates Freud's intellectual legacy, exposing how many of his ideas and conclusions were purely speculative, or taken wholesale from others.As acidic as it is authoritative, this critique of the man behind the legend is compulsory reading for anyone interested in Freudianism.

I denne boken videreføres beretningen om Operafantomet, som er blitt vel kjent gjennom Andrew Lloyd Webbers musikal: Den vansirede Erik Muhlheim, som holder til i Paris-operaens underjordiske ganger, forelsker seg i sangerinnen Christine de Chagny. Under en forestilling kidnapper han henne, men slipper henne fri igjen. En rasende folkemengde prøver å drepe ham. Frederick Forsyth gir oss del i Erik Muhlheims skjebne etter at han har flyktet til New York. Han har blitt rik og mektig, blant annet ved å skape en fornøyelsespark på Coney Island, der han uten å vekke oppsikt kan skjule ansiktet bak en maske. Han bestemmer seg for å reise et nytt operahus, The Manhattan. Hit inviterer han Christine de Chagny, som svarer ja. Hun tar med seg sin sønn. Gjensynet blir dramatisk. I et forord forteller Frederick Forsyth om bakgrunnen for Lloyd Webbers musikal, og om vanskene som oppsto under byggingen av Paris-operaen . de sju etasjene under bakkenivå og alle gangene, og sjøen som fremdeles befinner seg aller nederst.

CORNELIS SÅNGERHär har vi samlat 125 av Cornelis Vreeswijks sånger. Här finns inte bara de mest kända, utan även många andra av de fantastiska sånger och klurigheter som Cornelis hann spela in under sin alltför korta karriär. Så läs, spela och framförallt njut av skaldens sköna visor!Ur innehållet:ÅngbåtsbluesBalladen om herr Fredrik Åkare och den söta fröken Cecilia LindBrev från kolonienByssan lullDeirdres sambaDen lycklige nudistenFelicia adjöGrimasch om morgonenI natt jag drömde något somJag hade en gång en båtMin polare PerSomliga går med trasiga skorSommarkort (En stund på jorden)Turistens klaganoch många fler!