Edward Hyams Livres

Sm Quarto, 1971, PP.345, A Comprehensive Discussion

“The Dog adopted the Ancsas in the spring of ’48”: so the story begins. The Ancsas are a middle-aged couple living on the outskirts of Budapest in a ruinous Hungary that is just beginning to wake up from the nightmare of World War II. The new Communist government promises to set things straight, and Mr. Ancsa, an engineer, is as eager to get to work building the future as he is to forget the past. The last thing he has time for is a little mongrel bitch, pregnant with her first litter. But Niki knows better, and before long she is part of the Ancsa household. The Ancsas even take her along with them when Mr. Ancsa’s new job requires a move to an apartment in the city. Then Mr. Ancsa is swept up in a political crackdown—disappearing without a trace. For five years he does not return, five years of absence, silence, fear, and the constant struggle to survive—five years during which Mrs. Ancsa and Niki have only each other. The story of Niki, an ordinary dog, and the Ancsas, a no less ordinary couple, is an extraordinarily touching, utterly unsentimental, parable about caring, kindness, and the endurance of love.

1996 Barnes Noble hardcover, {QF} 6th printing. Edward Hyams ( The Story of a Dog), George Ordish (The Living The 400-year History of an English Garden). Dramatically written, authoritative account of the Inca its rulers and their queens, its unique social structure, its cultural achievements, the special circumstances of its downfall. -Google Books

Poutavou formou zachycuje autor vývojový proces vzniku a tvorby kulturních užitkových rostlin. Zpracovává nejstarší zprávy o pěstování obilí, vinné révy, zeleniny, kakaovníku, kávovníku a čajovníku. Hledá počátky pěstování lnu, konopí a bavlny, uvádí doklady o pěstování jabloní, hrušní, pomerančovníků, citroníků, hlavních druhů koření, bobulovin, tropických plodin aj. 24 s. fot. a barev. fot. příl.