Bøger af Eleanor Clark

"These essays gather up Rome and hold it before us, bristling and dense and dreamlike, with every scene drenched in the sound of fountains, of leaping and falling water." -- The New Yorker"Perhaps the finest book ever to be written about a city." -- New York TimesBringing to life the legendary city's beauty and magic in all its many facets, Eleanor Clark's masterful collection of vignettes, Rome and a Villa, has transported readers for generations.In 1947 a young American woman named Eleanor Clark went to Rome on a Guggenheim fellowship to write a novel. But instead of a novel, Clark created a series of sketches of Roman life written mostly between 1948 and 1951. Wandering the streets of this legendary city, Eleanor fell under Rome's spell--its pace of life, the wry outlook of its men and women, its magnificent history and breathtaking contribution to world culture. Rome is life itself--a sensuous, hectic, chaotic, and utterly fascinating blend of the comic and the tragic. Clark highlights Roman art and architecture, including Hadrian's Villa--an enormous, unfinished palace--as a prism to view the city and its history, and offers a lovely portrait of the Cimitero acattolico--long known as the Protestant cemetery--where Keats, Shelley, and other foreign notables rest.

On the northwest coast of France, just around the corner from the English Channel, is the little town of Locmariaquer (pronounced "loc-maria-care"). The inhabitants of this town have a special relationship to the world, for it is their efforts that maintain the supply of the famous Belon oysters, called les plates ("the flat ones"). A vivid account of the cultivation of Belon oysters and an excursion into the myths, legends, and rich, vibrant history of Brittany and its extraordinary people, The Oysters of Locmariaquer is also an unforgettable journey to the heart of a fascinating culture and the enthralling, accumulating drama of a unique devotion.

Buiatrics is the branch of veterinary science that deals with cattle and cattle diseases. Some of the common diseases which afflict cattle are bovine spongiform encephalopathy, blackleg, bluetongue, and foot rot. Diseases like digital dermatitis in cattle are caused by bacteria from the genus treponena and it majorly affects the dairy cattle. Other diseases like ringworm are caused by fungus trichophyton and verrucosum. The major causes of such diseases are unsanitary conditions like poor hygiene, inadequate hoof trimming and many more. Cattle health is characterized as a veterinarian issue as well as a public health issue since diseases like ringworm may be transferred to humans who are exposed to infected cattle. This book contains some path-breaking studies related to diseases and disorders in cattle. It also presents researches and studies performed by experts across the globe. Those in search of information to further their knowledge will be greatly assisted by this book.