Mary Kingsley was een baanbrekende Britse schrijfster en reizigster wier meeslepende reizen door West-Afrika een zeldzaam en inzichtelijk perspectief op de regio tijdens het koloniale tijdperk boden. Haar literaire bijdragen, voortkomend uit directe ervaring, leverden haar aanzienlijk respect op vanwege de genuanceerde verkenning van Afrikaanse culturen en haar onderscheidende vertelstem. Kingsley daagde heersende imperialistische houdingen en koloniale aannames uit, en bood een complexer begrip van de interacties tussen Afrikaanse volkeren en het Britse Rijk. Haar geschriften blijven een bewijs van haar intellectuele nieuwsgierigheid, moed en haar unieke vermogen om culturele kloven te overbruggen door middel van meeslepende proza.
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A small guide for those seeking a life of beauty, simplicity, and sustainability.In this simple and inspiring lifestyle handbook, Mary Kingsley - novelist, wife, mother, homesteader and co-founder of Lady Farmer - briefly discusses the history of humanity's relationship with the natural world, how that relationship has shifted, and how the concept of "slow living" can return health to ourselves and our planet. This guide not only includes an exploration of the damage done by our fast-food, fast-fashion, fast-everything culture, but offers simple ways each of us can help to heal that damage.Though she lives and works on a small farm herself, the information Kingsley provides in this handy guide can be implemented in city and suburb, helping all of us feel more connected and less out of step with our environment. The Lady Farmer Guide to Slow Living includes stories, tips, recipes, resources, ideas, and questions to get you thinking about your own relationship to the planet, what you eat, what you wear, where you live, and how you live. It even contains three weeks of daily thought exercises to lead you in the process.The Lady Farmer Guide to Slow Living is the perfect introduction for anyone looking to live a slower, more connected, and more harmonious life on Planet Earth.
The fearless, pioneering Victorian female explorer describes dodging elephants and fighting off a leopard with a stool in Africa.
Blythe Marden begegnet einem entflohenen Gefangenen am Galgen, der sie als Geisel nimmt. Inmitten von Abenteuer und Leidenschaft verliebt sich die schüchterne Blythe in ihn, bleibt jedoch unsicher, ob der Mann mit den zärtlichen Augen ein Mörder ist.
Ausgewählt und Nachwort von Budde, Ulrike 15 Phot., 1 Kte. 338 S.
Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons
The adventures of a middle-aged Englishwoman during her late nineteenth-century tour of the Rocky Mountains are recorded through letters to her sister
