Bøger om Nebraska

Af forfatteren til En gentleman i Moskva.Dannelsesroman møder road trip-film i denne rørende og charmerende bog, der bobler af fortælleglæde og tager læseren på en rejse gennem et eventyrligt USA.Juni 1954. 18-årige Emmett Watson køres hjem til Nebraska af forstanderen fra den opdragelsesanstalt i Kansas, hvor han har sonet femten måneder for uagtsomt manddrab. Med en mor som forlod familien for mange år siden, en far der netop er død, og familiegården på tvangsauktion, har Emmett en plan om at hente sin otte år gamle bror og drage vestpå for at starte en ny tilværelse. Men da forstanderen er kørt sin vej, opdager Emmett at to venner fra opdragelsesanstalten har gemt sig i bilens bagagerum. Og de to har lagt en helt anden plan for Emmetts fremtid, en plan som vil tage dem på en skæbnesvanger rejse i den modsatte retning – til New York City. Lincoln Highway udspiller sig over ti dage og er en hjertevarm og storladen saga, en historie fuld af overraskende forviklinger, hvor Towles' fortælletalent folder sig ud i al sin pragt.

The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller from Diane Capri! "Make some coffee. You'll read all night." Lee Child Some things are worth dying for. Rescuing innocents is one of them.FBI Special Agent Kim Otto won't believe Reacher's dead until she sees his body for herself. Which she hasn't. Yet.But if Reacher's not dead, where is he? Seven years ago, in Lee Child's Worth Dying For, Reacher rescued Eleanor Duncan and saved sixteen Thai women from fates much worse than death.Eleanor's tormenters were controlled by a powerful mob boss with a long memory. He wants his property back and will stop at nothing to get it.Now Reacher comes back to save Eleanor Duncan from the mob's terrible vengeance.With innocent lives at stake, Otto and Burke risk their lives to pick up Reacher's trail and race to Las Vegas for an explosive final showdown.Because some things are worth living for.Lee Child Gives Diane Capri Two Thumbs Up!"Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her." Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers including Worth Dying For and The Sentinel.

Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte became the first Native American doctor in 1889. After medical school back East, she returned to serve her Omaha people in Nebraska. She provided medical help and leadership, as a healer and advocate for justice.

"With Stan Tekiela's famous bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in your area. This handy book features 127 species of Nebraska birds organized by color for ease of use. Full-page photographs present the species as you'll see them in nature, and a "compare" feature helps you to decide between look-alikes"--