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Curling, Etcetera
A lighthearted, fact-filled guide to the roaring game: curling Immensely popular in Canada, curling has captured the hearts of millions of diehard enthusiasts around the world. Full of quirky characters, fascinating facts, intriguing history, and amazing trivia, this unique guide gives curlers (and lovers of the game) a colorful and often amusing look at this singular sport. With odd, funny factoids on every page, the book sheds light on the long-forgotten Downer Disc, a round curling broom, and how Charlie Kerr, a Brier curler of the '40s, was thwarted by the ash from his own cigar. This one-of-a-kind volume is the ultimate bonspiel prize for curling fans everywhere.Bob Weeks (Toronto, ON) is the editor of the Ontario Curling Report and the author of three books.
The Two Baronesses
Den fattige Elisabeth, plejebarn på de vestfrisiske øer i et præstehjem, får den dannelse, der naturligt lader hende indgå giftermål med baron Hermann, barnebarn af den gamle standsbevidste baronesse
The Two Baronesses
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Elisabeth auf Oland
Eigentlich wollte Moritz Nonnesen, Pfarrer auf der Hallig Oland, seine junge Frau mit nach Hause bringen. Doch Caroline Heimeran ist an Typhus gestorben, wie auch der kleine Sohn von Moritz' Schwester Hedevig. Die Geschwister beschließen gemeinsam für die kleine Elisabeth zu sorgen, deren Mutter bei der Geburt starb, deren Vater verschollen ist und die von ihrer Pflegemutter, der alten Baronin, verstoßen wurde. Elisabeth ist ein kluges, aber verschlossenes Mädchen. Fasziniert erkundet sie ihre neue Heimat und schließt Freundschaft mit Pastors Keike, die ihr die Sagen Nordfrieslands nahe bringt. Mit Elimar, dem Enkel des alten Kapitäns aus der Nachbarschaft, erlebt sie ihre erste zarte ...
A Different Kind of Knowing
Picture yourself standing in the middle of a desert, alone, thirsty and hungry.All of a sudden, an angel appears, presenting you with two choices.On the one hand, you can choose actual physical food, and actual physical water. On the other hand, you can choose the words: Water, apple, bread, tomato etc.What do you choose? Perhaps you find the question silly, but bear with me, I have a point. So really what do you choose? The actual physical food and water, or do you choose the words?The reason why we easily find a question like this silly is the obviousness of the answer. In fact, when we are hungry and thirsty we instinctively go for the actual physical food, because only that will ever que...
