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Download or read book For They Don t Know What They Are Doing written by Goerdt Abel and published by Europa Edizioni. This book was released on 2024-04-18 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It seems to most people who are inundated with news from the press, television or the internet that the problems in their own country or in the world are getting bigger and bigger and that politics and politicians are getting worse and worse. Politicians are unable to solve the problems at hand, or can only do so poorly. They lack a focus on the common good of all citizens, and their actions frequently constitute the root cause of the issue. Almost everyone is aware that only “bad” news sells well, but they are usually unable to free themselves from this misjudgment. Maybe this book can help people overcome this trap of thought and point out ways to make positive changes in the future. Indeed, by analyzing the social development of Homo Sapiens since the acquisition of the ability to write, this work, aims to demonstrate ways in which our political culture can be improved through a more effective selection of politicians and, in so doing, avoiding potentially catastrophic misappointments.
Download or read book Bulletin of Books in the Various Departments of Literature and Science Added to the Public Library of Cincinnati During the Year written by Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin written by Cincinnati (Ohio), Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book What in the World written by Albert, Mathias and published by Bristol University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-16 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysing social change has too often been characterized by parochialism, either a Eurocentrism that projects European experience outwards or a disciplinary narrowness that ignores insights from other academic disciplines. This book moves beyond these limits to develop a global perspective on social change. The book provincializes Europe in order to analyse European modernity as the product of global developments and brings together renowned scholars from international relations, history and sociology in the search for common understandings. In so doing, it provides a range of promising theoretical approaches, analytical takes and substantive research areas that offer new vistas for understanding change on a global scale.
Download or read book Annual List of Books Added to the Public Library of Cincinnati written by Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book PIERRE LOTI written by Lesley Blanch and published by BookBlast ePublishing. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of the eccentric bisexual naval officer, traveller, amateur acrobat, and best-selling novelist who was given a state funeral in 1923, the only French writer to have received such an honour other than Victor Hugo. Pierre Loti (born Julien Viaud in 1850) was himself his own fictional creation and lived his picaresque fantasies instead of just imagining them. Everything he wrote, novels included, is partly autobiographical. He had a powerful influence on Marcel Proust and Henry James. Bohemian, exotic and fiercely romantic; adored and scorned by French society in equal measure, Loti spent his life escaping the constraints of bourgeois France — and in so doing redefined his age. He travelled the South Seas, Asia and the Middle East (his great obsession) and loved with intense passion and freedom wherever he went. One of the first foreign correspondents, Loti’s published work includes travel books and war reports from Indochina, Turkey, and China during the Boxer rebellion. Today, his house in Rochefort is a museum. One elaborately tiled room is a fantasia of a mosque. Another room evokes a medieval banqueting hall. NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS ― “Part Casanova, part René, and part Baron Müunchhausen [Loti got] out of scrapes and away with behaviour that would normally lead to disaster, disgrace, even death – as in the case of the Turkish lady whom he abducted from her husband’s harem night after night and sometimes for days on end. This adventure forms the subject of his anonymously published novel, Aziyadé (1877).”
Download or read book Essential Novelists Henry James written by August Nemo and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page 981 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Henry James which are The Portrait of a Lady and The Turn of the Screw Henry James (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-British author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. Novels selected for this book: - The Portrait of a Lady - The Turn of the Screw This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Download or read book The Song of Songs written by Hermann Sudermann and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Song of Songs" by Hermann Sudermann (translated by Beatrice Marshall). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Violence and Militants written by Baris Cayli and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do militants rationalize violence and what are their motives? How do time and space shape their destiny? In Violence and Militants Baris Cayli explores these enduring questions by comparing violent episodes in towns and villages in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Balkans with today's zones of conflict from Afghanistan to the Middle East. Placing history alongside the troubles of the present, Violence and Militants reveals parallels between Christian militants who rebelled against the Ottoman Empire and four jihadist organizations of today: Hezbollah, Hamas, al-Qaeda, and Isis. Drawing on scholarship by political theorists, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and philosophers, Cayli traces the root of dissent to a perceived deprivation that leads to aggressive protest and action. He argues that the rationalization of violence functions independently of time and geographical location. Through a riveting narrative, this book uncovers how militant groups use revenge, ideals, and confrontation to generate fear and terror in the name of justice. Breaking new ground, Violence and Militants is the first book to address this complex relationship across different periods of history.
Download or read book Italian Fantasies written by Israel Zangwill and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italian Fantasies is a collection of essays by Israel Zangwill. The work explores various aspects of Italian culture, history, and society, weaving together Zangwill's observations and personal experiences. The book offers a unique and engaging perspective on Italy, making it an enjoyable read for anyone interested in learning more about this captivating country.
Download or read book My Friend Prospero written by Henry Harland and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey to Italy with "My Friend Prospero," a captivating love story set against the picturesque backdrop of the country. Harland weaves a tale of romance and discovery, as characters navigate the complexities of love and relationships. With its rich descriptions and engaging narrative, this work is a testament to Harland's prowess in American literature, capturing the essence of human emotions and the beauty of Italy.
Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of F Marion Crawford Illustrated written by F. Marion Crawford and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2019-10-12 with total page 11217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A late nineteenth century American author, F. Marion Crawford was a prolific novelist and noted writer of classic weird and fantastic stories. Crawford objected to the prevailing taste for realistic fiction and preferred to write gripping romance fiction. His novels are noted for vivid characterisations and their versatile and colourful depictions of European settings. Many of his works are set in Italy, the country he made his long-time home. His most celebrated achievement is the ‘Saracinesca’ trilogy of novels, which explores the effect of recent social changes on the aristocracy at a time when its influence and status were under attack from the emerging forces of modernity. For the first time in publishing history, this edition presents Crawford’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Crawford’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 44 novels, with individual contents tables * Special ‘Saracinesca Series’ contents table to help navigate the novels * Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘With the Immortals’ and Crawford’s last novel, ‘The Undesirable Governess’ * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes Crawford’s non-fiction works, including his detailed history and travel books * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Saracinesca Series The Novels Mr. Isaacs Doctor Claudius To Leeward A Roman Singer An American Politician Zoroaster A Tale of a Lonely Parish Saracinesca Marzio’s Crucifix Paul Patoff With the Immortals Greifenstein Sant’ Ilario A Cigarette-Maker’s Romance Khaled The Witch of Prague The Three Fates Don Orsino The Children of the King Pietro Ghisleri Marion Darche Katharine Lauderdale Love in Idleness The Ralstons Casa Braccio Adam Johnstone’s Son Taquisara A Rose of Yesterday Corleone Via Crucis In the Palace of the King Marietta Cecilia The Heart of Rome Whosoever Shall Offend Soprano A Lady of Rome Arethusa The Little City of Hope The Primadonna The Diva’s Ruby The White Sister Stradella The Undesirable Governess The Shorter Fiction Wandering Ghosts The King’s Messenger The Non-Fiction Our Silver The Novel: What It Is Constantinople Bar Harbor Ave Roma Immortalis Rulers of the South Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
Download or read book Abel and Cain written by Gregor von Rezzori and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appearing together in English for the first time, two masterpieces that take on the jazz age, the Nuremburg trials, postwar commercialism, and the feat of writing a book, presented in one brilliant volume The Death of My Brother Abel and its delirious sequel, Cain, constitute the magnum opus of Gregor von Rezzori’s prodigious career, the most ambitious, extravagant, outrageous, and deeply considered achievement of this wildly original and never less than provocative master of the novel. In Abel and Cain, the original book, long out of print, is reissued in a fully revised translation; Cain appears for the first time in English. The Death of My Brother Abel zigzags across the middle of the twentieth century, from the 1918 to 1968, taking in the Jazz Age, the Anschluss, the Nuremberg trials, and postwar commercialism. At the center of the book is the unnamed narrator, holed up in a Paris hotel and writing a kind of novel, a collage of sardonic and passionate set pieces about love and work, sex and writing, families and nations, and human treachery and cruelty. In Cain, that narrator is revealed as Aristide Subics, or so at least it appears, since Subics’ identity is as unstable as the fictional apparatus that contains him and the times he lived through. Questions abound: How can a man who lived in a time of lies know himself? And is it even possible to tell the story of an era of lies truthfully? Primarily set in the bombed-out, rubble- strewn Hamburg of the years just after the war, the dark confusion and deadly confrontation and of Cain and Abel, inseparable brothers, goes on.
Download or read book Essential Novelists Richard Marsh written by August Nemo and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 867 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Richard Marsh wich are The Crime and the Criminal and The Beetle. Richard Marsh was the pseudonym of the English author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. Novels selected for this book: - The Crime and the Criminal. - The Beetle.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Download or read book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities written by Jan Bondeson and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago, curiosities were arranged in cabinets for display: a dried mermaid might be next to a giant's shinbone, the skeletons of conjoined twins beside an Egyptian mummy. In ten essays, Jan Bondeson brings a physician's diagnostic skills to various unexpected, gruesome, and extraordinary aspects of the history of medicine: spontaneous human combustion, colonies of snakes and frogs living in a person's stomach, kings and emperors devoured by lice, vicious tribes of tailed men, and the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal. Bondeson tells the story of Mary Toft, who gained notoriety in 1726 when she allegedly gave birth to seventeen rabbits. King George I, the Prince of Wales, and the court physicians attributed these monstrous births to a "maternal impression" because Mary had longed for a meal of rabbit while pregnant. Bondeson explains that the fallacy of maternal impressions, conspicuous in the novels of Goethe, Sir Walter Scott, and Charles Dickens, has ancient roots in Chinese and Babylonian manuscripts. Bondeson also presents the tragic case of Julia Pastrana, a Mexican Indian woman with thick hair growing over her body and a massive overgrowth of the gums that gave her a simian or ape-like appearance. Called the Ape Woman, she was exhibited all over the world. After her death in 1860, Julia's husband, who had also been her impresario, had her body mummified and continued to exhibit it throughout Europe. Bondeson tracked the mummy down and managed to diagnose Julia Pastrana's condition as the result of a rare genetic syndrome.
