Jonathan Buckley is een romanschrijver wiens werk de complexiteit van identiteit en herinnering onderzoekt. Zijn verhalen duiken vaak in personages die worstelen met hun verleden, betekenis zoeken in het heden en nadenken over de toekomst. Buckley's proza kenmerkt zich door precieze taal en beeldende beelden, die lezers meeslepen in rijk gedetailleerde werelden. Hij creëert verhalen die resoneren met een diep begrip van de menselijke ervaring, waardoor ze zowel tot nadenken stemmen als emotioneel boeien.
This guide to Venice gives background information on everything from the city's great monuments to the latest plans for its future. There is advice on where to stay and eat, as well as coverage of the city's art, history and culture.
Focusing on grassland restoration, this book offers a comprehensive review of recent research and its practical applications for management. It delves into the various grassland communities and the wildlife they sustain, while emphasizing the management of semi-natural habitats, particularly drier grassland areas. The insights provided aim to enhance understanding and practices related to restoring and maintaining these vital ecosystems.
Venice received around 3.16 million visitors in 2014 (Source: http: //blog.euromonitor.com), Easy to use, inspirational and pocket-sized, not to mention topical - includes features on the recent polls in favour of Veneto independence and the controversy surrounding the disastrous Canal Grande bridge designed by Santago Calatrava, With handy pull-out map, tailored itineraries and tips on how to escape the crowds, Rough Guides was the No.3 travel publisher in 2014, worth over £3 million (Nielsen Bookscan, 2014)
With reviews of the best places to eat, drink and stay, to suit all budgets, this guide has accounts of sights from hill-town frescos and churches to the sulphur baths of Bagno Vignoni and Carrarra's marble quarries. It has tips on activities from the Siena Palio to the Gubbio candle race.
"Richard and Juliette Willoughby live in an old farmhouse somewhere in North Yorkshire. The place has been called Starve Acre since anyone can remember and there is a local story about there being ‘something’ buried in the field. A 'something' which prevents anything from growing there. Quite what it is varies from one person to the next – a witch, or some tool once used by a witch, or the rope used to hang a witch – but there is general agreement in the area that it is a place to be avoided. In fact, the locals blame Starve Acre for Juliette’s illness, a degenerative mental condition that has transformed her into a vacant, ghost-like shell of her former self. "--Publisher's description.
The Pocket Rough Guide to Florence is your essential guide to this beautiful city, with information on all the key sights in an easy-to-use, pocket-size format and a full-color, pull-out map. Whether you have an afternoon, a few days, or more, at your disposal, Rough Guides' carefully curated itineraries help you plan your trip, and the Best of Florence section picks out the highlights you won't want to miss. Divided by area for easy navigation, the Places section is written in Rough Guides' trademark honest and informative style, with listings of the must-see sights and our pick of the places to eat, drink, and more. - Full-color pull-out map, plus easy-to-use maps to help you find your way around. - The very best of the area, selected by our expert authors. - Tailored itineraries and highlights to make trip-planning easy. - Inspirational color photography brings the area to life. - Up-to-date background information, including transportation details and a calendar of events. Travel like you mean it, with The Pocket Rough Guide to Florence.
Text and photographs portray the life of Ernest Hemingway from birth to death, with many photographs published here for the first time.
The new, full-colour Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria is the ultimate travel guide to some of Europe's most popular tourist destinations. Covering the region more comprehensively than any other guide, it's packed with up-to-date and expert information on all the attractions, from the great museums of Florence and Siena to the tiny rural hill-towns, as well as guiding you to the best of the beaches, forests, mountains and vineyard-clad hills. It also it gives you the lowdown on the best hotels and restaurants for all budgets, and illuminates the sights with background information on history, folklore, art, architecture and festivals. Dozens of photographs and easy-to-use colour maps complete a guide that has long been established as the best you can buy. Make the most of your time on Earth™ with The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria.
Following in the wake of his highly praised first two books, Jonathan Buckley’s ‘Ghost MacIndoe’ is a bold and ambitious novel that focuses on the life of Alexander MacIndoe, a self-centred man who is characterised only by his physical beauty and a complete lack of will.Jonathan Buckley’s third novel opens with Alexander MacIndoe’s earliest a February morning in 1944, in the aftermath of the second wave of German air-raids. Set mainly in London and Brighton, Ghost MacIndoe is the story of the next fifty-four years of Alexander’s life. We meet his glamorous mother and his father, a pioneering plastic surgeon; a traumatised war veteran called Mr Beckwith with whom Alexander works for several years as a gardener and, most important of all, the orphaned Megan Beckwith, whose relationship with Alexander crystallises into a romance in the 1970s. In the wake of his highly praised first two novels, Jonathan Buckley’s third miraculously brings into being one simple life and the last sixty years of English history.
