Bøger om Maryland

Bay Weekly Sporting Life ColumnistFor 16 years, Dennis Doyle led a weekly in-print and on-line fishing seminar, enriched by tall fish- and human-tales, for the 50,000 readers of Bay Weekly newspaper. His columns, regular prize-winners in Maryland, D.C., Delaware Press Association competition, kept real-time and armchair anglers connected to the living waters of our great Chesapeake Bay and aware of the diversity and wonder of the Bay's many aquatic citizens.

The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller from Diane Capri "Make some coffee. You'll read all night." Lee Child A wanted man. Wanted...dead. Four men in a van barrel toward Chicago on a crime spree fueled by greed and vengeance. One man driving, another preoccupied with the sophisticated plan. In the back, a new recruit worried and wary, another angry and hot-headed. A day behind them, at a lonely motel in an out of the way New Mexico town, an unthinkable murder brings FBI Special Agent Kim Otto to a dead stop. Soon, Otto realizes the murder is tied to a massive crime wave. Otto and her new partner pursue Reacher's prey to Chicago and reconnect with his old friend. Frances Neagley fills in a few missing pieces and teams up with Otto in a race to stop the killers before a powerful unknown enemy can destroy them all. "Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her." Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers including A Wanted Man and The Sentinel.

Martha Hall Kelly har skrevet endnu en medrivende historisk roman inspireret af virkelige levede liv, denne gang under den amerikanske borgerkrig. Georgeanna ”Georgey” Woolsey er ikke skabt til en verden af overdådige fester, hvor det forventes, at en kvinde i hendes position er duknakket og ærbødig. Så da den amerikanske borgerkrig bryder ud og antænder hele nationen, ser Georgey sit snit og vælger at forfølge sin lidenskab for sygepleje - i en tid, hvor kvinder er uønskede ved fronten. Men Georgey og hendes søster Eliza vil modbevise de onde tunger, og de vover sig ud på en rejse fra New York til Washington D.C. og Gettysburg, hvor de bliver førstehåndsvidner til slaveriets og krigens rædsler.I sydstaterne møder vi Jemma, som er slavegjort på Peeler-plantagen i Maryland, hvor hun bor med sin mor og far. Hendes søster, Patience, lider samme skæbne på naboplantagen, og begge lever de i frygt for plantagelederen, LeBaron. Da Jemma sælges til den grusomme mrs. Anne-May, mens unionshæren marcherer igennem landet, øjner Jemma chancen for at flygte, selvom hun må sige farvel til sin elskede familie.Georgeys kald som unionssygeplejerske medvirker til, at hun krydser veje med Jemma, og herfra fremskrives et levende og detaljerigt portræt af borgerkrigsoplevelsen; fra de barbariske og umenneskelige plantager, til et krigshærget New York og slagmarkens rædsler.Georgey er en fjern forfader til Caroline Ferriday, som Kelly introducerede i sin bestseller Blomstrende syrener, og Solsikkesøstrene er inspireret af virkelige begivenheder.

Ny udgave med nyt omslag.12. december 1974 forsvinder et spædbarn sporløst fra et storcenter i Maryland.Næste 30 år senere ankommer arkæologen dr. Callie Dunbrook til den lille by Woodsboro, hvor et historisk fund har sat en stopper for et nyt byggeri. Ikke kun fortiden kaster skygger, udgravningen rammes også af en række uheld og ulykker. Og som om trusler og hærværk ikke var nok, er Callie også tvunget til at arbejde Sammen med sin irriterende, men stadig uimodståelige, eksmand, Jake.Da en kvinde opsøger Callie og spørger til hendes opvækst i Boston, kan Callie ikke ryste spørgsmålene af sig, og hendes liv bliver vendt på hovedet.Fortidens skygger er en #1 New York Times-bestseller fra Nora Roberts, der byder på den gribende blanding af spænding og romance, som hun er kendt og hyldet for. Sagt om Fortidens skygger:“En fængslende historie fyldt med fare, hjertesorg, kærlighed, lidenskab og mord. En utrolig intens og fuldstændiggribende fortælling!” – RT Book Reviews”Kort sagt, den er fantastisk.” – The State”Fortidens skygger gør det tydeligt, hvorfor Nora Roberts er en af USA‘s bedst sælgende forfattere.” – Fort Worth Star-Telegram”Fortidens skygger fletter uden problemer karakter, plot og en mordgåde sammen til endnu en pageturner.”  – BookLoons.com

AgriHood Baltimore: Community Collaboration and Cleaner, Greener Foods includes the first-person stories of seventeen junior farmers, volunteers, elders, and leaders revolutionizing urban farming in Baltimore City.

"Even before the guns fell silent at Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee was preparing for the arduous task of getting his defeated army back safely into Virginia. It was an enormous, complex, and exceedingly dangerous undertaking, told here in exciting fashion"--

"In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation that landed eight of its members in prison Sandtown is one of the deadliest neighborhoods in the world; it earned Baltimore its nickname Bodymore, Murderland, and was made notorious by David Simon's classic HBO series The Wire. Drug deals dominate street corners, and ruthless, casual violence abounds. Montana Barronette grew up in the center of it all. He was the leader of the gang 'Trained to Go,' or TTG, and when he was finally arrested and sentenced to life in prison, he had been labeled 'Baltimore's Number One Trigger Puller.' Under Tana's reign, TTG dominated Sandtown. After a string of murders are linked to TTG, each with dozens of witnesses too intimidated to testify, three detectives set out to put Tana in prison for life. For them, this was never about drugs: it was about serial murder. An acclaimed journalist who spent his youth in the white suburbs of Baltimore, Mark Bowden returns to the city with exclusive access to the FBI files and unprecedented insight into one of the city's deadliest gangs and its notorious leader. As he traces the rise and fall of TTG, Bowden uses wiretapped drug buys, police interviews, undercover videos, text messages, social media posts, trial transcripts, and his own ongoing conversations with Tana's family and community to create the most in-depth account of an inner-city gang ever written. With his signature precision and propulsive narrative, Mark Bowden positions Tana--as a boy, a gang leader, a killer, and now a prisoner--in the context of Baltimore and America, illuminating his path for what it really was: a life sentence"

A true-crime whodunnit set in a Chesapeake Bay oystering village at the turn of the 20th century with a double-barrel focus on crime and its consequents-in the courts of public opinion and of law-and beyond.

Hæsblæsende storbystemning og vandreture i vildnisset. Hurtige highways og amish-folk i hestevogn. Æblecider og ahornsirup. Fra Atlanterhavets vilde kyster til Adirondacks hundrede bjergtoppe. Dette hjørne af USA favner New Englands rødgule efterårsfarver, mikrobryggerier og magtens korridorer i Washington D.C.

The story of the youngest enlisted soldier to die during the American Civil War.

Die letzte Generation eines amerikanischen Clans mit indigenen, afrikanischen und europäischen WurzelnSeit 1997 arbeiten die Journalistin Leslie Tucker und der Fotograf Henry Horenstein an ihrem gemeinsamen Projekt über die Wesorts in Maryland, USA, ein geheimnisvoller Clan mit indigenen, afrikanischen und europäischen Wurzeln: »We sorts are different from you sorts.« Das Projekt began als genealogische Untersuchung einer Famile, die auf die erste katholische Kolonie zurückgeht und entwickelte sich zu einer detektivischen Arbeit über die Ursprünge unterschiedlicher ethnischer Gruppen in Amerika. Schließlich wurde es zu einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, da die Wesorts allmählich aussterben. Während Horenstein die letzte Generation der Familie Proctor und ihre verschwindende Welt fotografierte, zeichnete Tucker ihre Gespräche mit den alten weisen Frauen der Familie auf. Es entstand ein lebendiges Archiv, das das Leben der Wesorts in ihren eigenen Worten und aus ihrer Sicht schildert.

The Battle of South Mountain at Fox's Gap - "prelude to emancipation" - deserves an accurate portrayal. "Hood's Defeat near Fox's Gap" discloses the most significant discovery on the battlefield of Fox's Gap in 160 years, soundly and undeniably refuting every author who has written about the actions of Confederate General John Bell Hood during the battle. Based on a careful understanding of the history of the roads and land tracts associated with Fox's and Turner's Gaps, and the details of specific landmarks mentioned in primary documents, the author presents a more detailed and accurate geographical and topographical study of the battlefield than any previously presented. The correct placements of Hood's troop positions reconfigures the entire placement of the competing forces in the battle, setting the record straight on the achievements of the Union army in the battle, and the Confederate casualites. Rebuffing a significant amound of incorrect material published about this battle, this new account of the battle of South Mountain gives the reader the opportunity to re-examine and re-interpret the Maryland campaign.

"In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation that landed eight of its members in prison. Sandtown is one of the deadliest neighborhoods in the world; it earned Baltimore its nickname "Bodymore, Murderland," and was made notorious by David Simon's classic HBO series The Wire. Drug deals dominate street corners, and ruthless, casual violence abounds. Montana Barronette grew up in the center of it all. He was the leader of the gang "Trained to Go," or TTG, and when he was finally arrested and sentenced to life in prison, he had been labeled "Baltimore's Number One Trigger Puller." Under Tana's reign, TTG dominated Sandtown. After a string of murders are linked to TTG, each with dozens of witnesses too intimidated to testify, three detectives set out to put Tana in prison for life. For them, this was never about drugs: it was about serial murder. An acclaimed journalist who spent his youth in the white suburbs of Baltimore, Mark Bowden returns to the city with exclusive access to key FBI files and unprecedented insight into one of the city's deadliest gangs and its notorious leader. As he traces the rise and fall of TTG, Bowden uses wiretapped drug buys, police interviews, undercover videos, text messages, social media posts, trial transcripts, and his own ongoing conversations with Tana's family and community to create the most in-depth account of an inner-city gang ever written. With his signature precision and propulsive narrative, Mark Bowden positions Tana-as a boy, a gang leader, a killer, and now a prisoner-in the context of Baltimore and America, illuminating his path for what it really was: a life sentence"--

"Make bird-watching in Maryland and Delaware even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in your area. This handy book features 148 species of Maryland and Delaware birds-including Washington, D.C., and the Chesapeake Bay-organized by color for ease of use. Full-page photographs present the species as you'll see them in nature, and a "compare" feature helps you to decide between look-alikes"--

The Johnson-Gilmor Raid represents one of three attempts to free prisoners of war during the American Civil War. The thundering high-stakes operation was intended to ease the suffering of 15,000 Confederate prisoners held at Point Lookout, Maryland.

450 siders rejseguide til 2 af USA´s mest historisk interessante stater. Forslag til 5 dage for den aktive turist, et 7-dages historisk road-trip og pub tur. Guiden giver utallige bud på masser af tilbud i forskellige genrer.