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With the cost of family holidays increasing, more an more people are looking to take their holidays at home, so a campervan or motorhome makes an ideal choice. Combining transport and accommodation, motorhome popularity is increasing both for holidays and as a hobby.This book gives guidance on the many sizes and types of motorhome available, the accessories you may expect your motorhome to be equipped with and it also shows you what you can do to make your motorhome more individual.Covering every aspect of motorhome ownership, it explains the pitfalls of the payload and maximum gross...

Eine Reise zu den erstaunlichsten akustischen Phanomenen der Erde und ein Appell, uber die Rolle der Klange in unserem Alltag neu nachzudenken.

Mit dem Buch der Klange fuhrt uns der britische Wissenschaftler Trevor Cox in verborgene Horwelten. Es weckt in uns das Verlangen, in einem Alltag, in dem das Visuelle so sehr dominiert, doch einmal genauer hinzuhoren und unsere Ohren fur das wunderbare Klangdurcheinander um uns herum zu offnen.

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Trevor Cox spurt den seltsamsten Klangen auf unserem Planeten nach. Als Fachmann fur technische Akustik hat er...

Combine elements of Bob Marley, Malcolm X and Patrice Lumumba you get a sense of the power of the world's wildest rockstar. Fela created Afrobeat, an infectious mix of American funk and jazz with traditional Yoruba and highlife music, and used it to rail against the corrupt, hypocritical Nigerian government. Repeatedly targeted by police and military for his rebellious, counter-culture lifestyle, he created a political party and seceded from the Nigerian state, renaming his commune the independent "Kalakuta Republic." Cultural icon and beloved hero of the pan-African world, Fela loomed...

Four-time winner of the O. Henry Prize, three-time winner of the Whitbread Award, and five-time nominee for the Booker Prize, William Trevor is one of the most acclaimed authors of our era. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Trevor has crafted exquisitely rendered tales that brilliantly illuminate the human condition. A powerful collection by "the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language" (The New Yorker), Selected Stories brings together...