I den lille landsby Tel Ilan i det nordlige Israel følger vi byens indbyggere i deres på overfladen helt almindelige liv. Under overfladen luer dog overraskelser og hemmeligheder
En skildring af engelske kunstneres og forfatteres liv fra dronning Victorias død og op til 2. verdenskrigs udbrud
Berlin was at the very center of the Second World War. Moorhouse uses diaries, memoirs, and interviews to provide a searing first-hand account of life, death, and chaos in the Nazi capital
Ruth Goodman believes in getting her hands dirty. Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Victorian conditions, Goodman serves as our bustling and fanciful guide to nineteenth-century life. Proceeding from daybreak to bedtime, this illustrative work celebrates the ord…
The study of everyday life is fundamental to our understanding of modern society. This agenda-setting book provides a coherent, interdisciplinary way to engage with everyday activities and environments. Arguing for an innovative, ethnographic approach, it uses detailed examples,…
How do people and goods get in and out of Gaza? Do Gazans ever have fun? Is the Strip beautiful? And do TV reports actually reflect ordinary life inside the world's largest open-air prison? This book reveals the pleasures and pains, hopes and frustrations of Gazans going about t…
Forfatteren skildrer livet i det gamle Rom fra ca. 500 f. Kr. til år 27 e. Kr. og beskriver romernes liv og færden, deres livsopfattelse, slavernes liv, romernes dagligdag m.m.
En ung mand, som studerer i Paris møder en ung pige fra samme landsby (Sarmadah), han selv kommer fra. Hun fortæller ham mange historier fra landsbyen
Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we try to figure out the shower control in a hotel or attempt to navigate an unfamiliar television set or stove. When The Design of Everyday Things was published in 1988, congnitive scientist Don Norman provocatively proposed that the…
Whether dark, edgy or humorous, street photography shows us that daily life can be a little surreal but also gently poignant. Photo sharing on Flickr and Facebook has rejuvenated the genre, and its spirit has been reborn. This book is about the possibilities of street photograph…