Bertrand: 139 books

Burkina Faso Governance, Economy Political History Since its independence on 5August 1960, the political scene has been characterized by the succession of constitutional regimes and emergency laws resulting from military coups d’etat. The return to constitutional life started in 1991 with the adoption...

During the last two decades, many countries in sub-Sahara Africa embraced centralization as a new management strategy to render local government, broadly understood, more democratic, accountable, and responsive to the pressing social and economic needs of their citizens. The urgency of these reforms...

Ethiopia Economy and Political Layout. Agriculture, Environmental Management. Find out about Ethiopia Economy from years back, A Book. Good governance is primarily concerned with the processes for making and implementing decisions irrespective of whether the decisions are wrong or right. The term...

Danish West Indies History, and Slavery Periodic Analysis. An Examination of Slave Life in the Danish West Indies. A Book on Danish West Indies The Danish West Indies consisted of three small islands in the Caribbean situated to the east of Puerto Rico, namely Saint Thomas since the 1660s, Saint John...

Esta comovente história, cujo pano de fundo é a Guerra Civil Espanhola, narra três dias na vida de um americano que se ligara à causa da legalidade na Espanha. Hemingway conseguiu que seus leitores sentissem que o ocorrido no país ibérico em 1937 era apenas um aspecto da crise do mundo moderno....

O sol também se levanta é uma obra vigorosa que retrata, em estilo direto e despojado, os conflitos e frustrações dos norte-americanos e ingleses que vivem em Paris após a Primeira Guerra Mundial. Numa linguagem acelerada, Hemingway cria personagens que logo se inserem no convívio do leitor,...

O capitão Harry Morgan não é um homem que se deixa envolver por questões ideológicas. Sempre às voltas com problemas financeiros, ele vive da própria competência profissional, da audácia, da ânsia de liberdade. Um solitário, um durão, um realista que enfrentava bons e maus momentos com...

HEMINGWAY EXPLORA DE FORMA SENTIMENTAL O AMOR, A MORTE E O CHOQUE COM O MUNDO EM QUE VIVE Do outro lado do rio, entre as árvores demonstra uma vez mais a precisão formal com que Ernest Hemingway escrevia: a linguagem direta, as pinceladas curtas, o todo descrito pela exatidão minuciosa do pormenor,...

A NOVA EDIÇÃO DO ÚLTIMO CLÁSSICO DE HEMINGWAY As ilhas da corrente narra as aventuras e as tragédias presentes em momentos cruciais da vida do pintor Thomas Hudson – um evidente alterego hemingwayniano. O livro é dividido e, três partes. A primeira parte, "Bimini", é ambientada...

Marshall Islands History, and Environment. People of Marshall Islands, Culture of Marshall Islands, Tradition, Travel and Tourism in Marshall Islands. A Book on Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands were settled initially around the beginning of the Christian era by Micronesians who may have been...

Jersey Culture and Tourism. Environmental Analysis. A Book on Jersey travel and tourism. What does Jersey provide for English (and French) People living in nearby Brittany and Normandy? I would say incomparable beauty and a unique mixture of French and English cultures and a fascinating history. Many...

Andros Island, Travel Guide and Environmental Information. History, Vacation, Holiday, Environment. Andros, the second-largest island of the Cyclades, has a long and proud seafaring tradition and, conversely, is a walker’s paradise. Its wild mountains are cleaved by fecund valleys with bubbling...

Central African Republic Governance and Political Conflict. The ongoing presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) look set to produce a new government in early 2016. The foremost responsibility of the country’s elected leaders and the Central African people will...

Congo Brazzaville Political History. A Book you would want to read. President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s new term in office, a continuation of his decades in power after a murky re-election, has gotten off to a rocky start since violence in the Republic of Congo has left his political opponents fearing...