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A World of Beauty: Tales from Pavlysh contains 19 charming little tales about the beauty of the natural world, and how nature supports all living creatures. A chicken hatches some duck eggs. A rowan tree welcomes some beautiful crested birds to feed on its berries. A blade of grass slumbers through the winter and awakens to joyfully greet the spring. In some of the stories, people engage with this beauty. A child admires the magic beauty of a snowflake, “a six-pointed star, so beautiful and shiny, that a fairy-tale master might have cut it from a plate of silver”.

Im Februar wird Malta erkundet und es gibt einen Streifzug durch die bewegte Geschichte der sonnenverwöhnten mediterranen Inselgruppe...

Rome, une ville éternelle, une société ingénieuse formée d'ethnies disparates sous la protection des dieux. Une petite bourgade aménagée sur une colline entourée de marécages qui en un millénaire a bâti un Empire de 5 millions de kilomètres carrés d'espace, sillonné de 90 000 kilomètres de routes. Rome, c'est la guerre incessante, mais aussi la joie et l'art de vivre hérités de la civilisation étrusque ; la littérature et la poésie inspirées de la culture grecque.

Shodo means the traditional Japanese art of calligraphy, in which kanji and kana letters are written using a brush and ink.

The tea ceremony is a traditional way of serving tea and entertaining guests.

Kabuki is a traditional Japanese performing art that features music, dance, and drama.

The Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution are a series of historic heavy industry sites that

Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture, with its white outer walls, has the largest tower of any castle in Japan.

The Kii mountain range has long been seen as a sacred meeting place of the gods.It is also an important place for ascetic Buddhism.