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Le Cheval d'août
Le Cheval d'août is an independent publishing company located in Montréal (Québec, Canada) that specializes in fictional contemporary literature, from the novel to non-fictional genres. Passionate about new voices, original and pertinent forms, its catalog has quickly acquired a name for itself and has won the favors of critics and readers. Its authors have earned several distinctions, are translated in Canada and in Europe, and have seen their books enjoy a second life through various adaptations.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2025Wildly different
How five women reclaimed nature in a man’s world
by Sarah Lonsdale
The globe-trotting tales of five women who fought for the right to enjoy the wild places of the earth. For millennia the 'wild' was a place heroic men went on epic quests. Women were prevented from joining them, either through physical control or powerful myths about what would happen if they ventured beyond the city wall or village boundary. So how did women claim their place in the remote and lovely parts of our planet? In Wildly different, historian Sarah Lonsdale traces the lives of five women who fought for the right to work in, enjoy and help to save the earth's wild places. We'll meet Mina Hubbard, who outraged the exploration community when she stepped into a canoe in northern Labrador. Evelyn Cheesman, who became the first female keeper of insects at London Zoo. Dorothy Pilley, who shocked polite society by donning men's climbing breeches. Ethel Haythornthwaite, who helped make the Peak District Britain's first National Park. And Wangari Maathai, who started a movement to plant millions of trees across sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on interviews with Sir David Attenborough, Wangari Maathai's daughter and others, Lonsdale recounts the women's adventures across five continents. Evocative and inspiring, this book shows how women can be 'wildly different'.
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February 1994Wilma
Erzählung
by Evelyn Grill
Evelyn Grill, geboren bei Steyr/ Oberösterreich, lebt nach einem Jura-Studium in Linz seit 1986 in Deutschland und wohnt jetzt in Freiburg im Breisgau.
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September 2002Ins Ohr
Erzählung
by Evelyn Grill
»Zu unserem 20. Hochzeitstag hatte mich mein Mann zu einem feinen Abendessen eingeladen. Als mein Mann das Glas erhob und sagte: ›Ich nehme die heutige Gelegenheit wahr, dir zu sagen, was ich bisher nur im stillen mit mir herumgetragen habe. Ich habe die Absicht, mich von dir zu trennen. Deshalb möchte ich mit dir auf die Jahre anstoßen, die noch vor uns liegen und die wir getrennt voneinander verbringen werden‹, glaubte ich, daß es sich dabei nur um einen schlechten Scherz handeln konnte und lachte etwas forciert.«Ein grausamer Einschnitt im Leben der 52jährigen Elfriede Schweiger, Mutter eines erwachsenen Sohnes – und eine Chance. Die Verlassene studiert Jura und eröffnet eine eigene Kanzlei, aus der Hausfrau wird eine Karrierefrau. Aber neue Männer treten in ihr Leben und damit neue Probleme. Ins Ohr ist das Protokoll einer Frau im Umbruch und im Aufbruch. Evelyn Grill legt die seelischen und körperlichen Befindlichkeiten dieser Frau frei. Beschreibt Momente von Hoffnung, Enttäuschung, Verliebtheit, Selbstzweifel, Größenwahn. Zeichnet das Diagramm einer Frau in den besten Jahren.
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Agronomy & crop productionNovember 2004Environmental Impacts of Sugar Production
by Oliver Cheesman
Pressure from conservationists and increasing regulation, means that environmental considerations are increasingly important for the sugar industry. This book examines the environmental impacts of the sugar industry in relation to the cultivation of sugar crops (cane and beet) and the processing of the raw materials that they yield. These include soil erosion, loss of natural habits leading to a reduction in biodiversity, excessive water consumption, water and air pollution, and runoff and leaching of nutrients. Whilst some of these impacts are essentially generic impacts of agriculture, others, such as those relating to irrigation, are more specific to the cultivation of sugar crops. The book also investigates the utilization of waste materials from sugar production, and explores methods of reducing the environmental impacts of sugar production and processing.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2009Evelyn Sharp
by Angela John, Rebecca Mortimer, Chantal Hamil
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