Bøger af Denis Boyles

The Republican River rises in Colorado and flows along the Nebraska-Kansas border until it reaches Fort Riley, Kansas. Those from blue coastal precincts see this, accurately, as the mysterious middle of red America. Beyond the caricatures and stereotypes created in the national media, most blue staters know little about Midwestern politics. This book is a perfect visitor's guide for those who decide not to fly over but drive through the agrarian heart of the country.

"A fast-paced look at white personalities in Africa, a few well-knowns from the past and a few collected by the author in recent years . . . Denis Boyles knows the territory well."-The New York Times Book Review In a series of ebullient and evocative portraits, journalist Denis Boyles chronicles the white men and women who journeyed to Africa in the twentieth century, seeking things they couldn't find at home. Daredevil flyers and dedicated missionaries, intrepid explorers, and charming con men-they all turn up in African Lives. You'll meet General Charles George "Chinese" Gordon, who, as governor of Equatoria in the 1870s, mapped the region, drove out slave traders, and made the area safe for travelers. There is gossip about Beryl Markham and Isak Dinesen, who were legendary rivals in literature and in love. There are also sketches of such colorful figures as Patrick Shaw, the 300-pound "Clint Eastwood" of Kenya, and George Pappas, a self-made millionaire pilot. Vivid, provocative, and insightful, African Lives is a testimony to the continent's hold on the popular imagination. "Entertaining . . . jazzy . . . Boyles' prose has a certain cheeky charm, and he spins some good yarns."-The Washington Post

Focuses on a man's life lived out-doors camping, hunting, and fishing. This book offers a rediscovery of the wonders of the great outdoors for even the most terminally modern among us.

Examines the internal crises - a falling birthrate, an expanding Muslim minority, economic stagnation, a lessening of international prestige - that have changed the personality of what was once La Belle France.