Pleuke Boyce Libri

An absorbing first-hand account of living with bears, from the acclaimed author of The Spirit Bear. To many, grizzlies symbolize power and ferocity—creatures to be feared and often killed. However, Charlie Russell, with a forty-year relationship with bears, believes it is possible to coexist with and understand them in the wild. For five years, Russell and his partner, artist and photographer Maureen Enns, have spent summers on the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia, home to the world's densest population of brown bears. They defy the preconceptions of wildlife officials and the public by living peacefully among the grizzlies. Russell shares the trials and successes of their fieldwork, from persuading Russian officials to allow their study, to adopting three orphaned bear cubs and teaching them survival skills, to raising environmental awareness through art. Through careful study and dedication, they challenge the notion of the grizzly bear as a relentless threat, demonstrating that a respectful relationship with these majestic animals is possible. Their experiences aim to inspire a cultural shift in perception, emphasizing the potential for harmony between humans and bears. "We have been able to live beautifully with these animals, with no serious threat, because of what we've learned."

An anthology of stories probing the human psyche. In the title story, a woman prepares to put her life on the line to get a man. She will confront him with a murder he committed, at which point he might kill her, but if he doesn't she will have him in her power

It’s 1937, and with her father in debt, motherless 16-year-old Roop learns she is to become the second wife of Sardarji, a wealthy Sikh landowner whose first wife, Satya, has failed to bear him a child. Roop believes that the strong-willed Satya will treat her as a sister, but their relationship swiftly becomes ominous and complicated. What the Body Remembers is Satya’s story. Mortified when Sardarji marries Roop, Satya resorts to desperate measures to maintain her place in society and her husband’s heart. Sardarji himself struggles as the India he knows begins to change when separatist tensions between Hindus and Muslims trap the Sikhs in a horrifying middle ground, and the departing British prepare to divide the land into India and Pakistan.

Het uitzicht vanaf Castle Rock is het meest persoonlijke boek van Alice Munro (geboren Laidlaw) waarin ze uit haar familiegeschiedenis put. Haar voorouders van vaderskant hebben sinds mensenheugenis in Schotland gewoond en het is haar vaders betovergrootvader die met zijn gezin de oversteek naar de Nieuwe Wereld waagt. Er zijn brieven bewaard gebleven van meerdere generaties Laidlaw; zo heeft Munro een beeld kunnen geven van hoe het de nieuwe emigranten en hun nageslacht verging.

Felicità? Troppa felicità? Qual è il limite entro cui ci si può dire felici? Per Alice Munro è chiaro: la felicità sta nel potenziale di spregiudicatezza della vecchiaia, l'età che permette di spingersi fino a fondo nel vortice della vita. E se poi la felicità è troppa, restano le storie. Storie di omicidi, furti, suicidi, crudeltà, bugie, che portano allo scoperto le crepe e le fratture che sfregiano silenziosamente anche le esistenze normali. E rendono visibile quello che si nasconde dietro ad ogni illusione, ad ogni tentativo di dimenticare e di distorcere ciò che è stato. Con una scrittura sempre piú consapevole e mai cosí grande Alice Munro trascina il lettore in un caleidoscopio di racconti di bellezza incandescente, animati «da un'elettricità inedita, una scarica di tremenda libertà».