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1) Varied types
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This early work by G. K. Chesterton was originally published in 1908. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London in 1874. He studied at the Slade School of Art, and upon graduating began to work as a freelance journalist. Over the course of his life, his literary output was incredibly diverse and highly prolific, ranging from philosophy and ontology to art criticism and detective fiction. However, he is probably best-remembered for his Christian...
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On July 17th 1939, Eileen Alexander, a bright young woman recently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, begins a brilliant correspondence with fellow Cambridge student Gershon Ellenbogen that lasts five years and spans many hundreds of letters.
But as Eileen and Gershon's relationship flourishes from friendship and admiration into passion and love, the tensions between Germany, Russia, and the rest of Europe reach a crescendo. When war is declared,...
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The intrigues of such aptly named characters as Lady Sneerwell, Sir Joseph Surface, Lady Candour, and Sir Benjamin Backbite have amused theater audiences for more than two centuries. They are the invention of the Irish-born playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and they unfold, collide, and backfire hilariously in his masterpiece, The School for Scandal, a play still considered by many the best comedy of manners in English. It is a comedy with two...
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"In this book I have written about some aspects of the war which, I believe, the world must know and remember, not only as a memorial of men's courage in tragic years, but as a warning of what will happen again-surely-if a heritage of evil and of folly is not cut out of the hearts of peoples. Here it is the reality of modern warfare not only as it appears to British soldiers, of whom I can tell, but to soldiers on all the fronts where conditions were...
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Este cuarto volumen de mi serie de Retratos posee, al menos, una característica distintiva en relación a los otros tres libros ya publicados. El transcurso de tiempo comprendido en sus páginas no constituye un universo histórico completo.
"Lo que permite comprender el período que se extiende entre 1400 y 1600 como una unidad, es la fuerte conmoción a la que la cultura se ve sometida en su esfuerzo por quebrar los moldes heredados de otras épocas".
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A masterpiece of Enlightenment-era literature, this collection of brief, incisive essays constitutes a thought-provoking analysis of eighteenth-century social and religious conventions. Voltaire intended to entertain as well as to enlighten, and his sardonic wit lends a strikingly modern feeling to these writings. One of France's most celebrated citizens, Voltaire (1694-1778) is best known for his satirical novel Candide. His political treatises,...
7) Frontera
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En este extraordinario reportaje narrativo, Kapka Kassabova regresa a Bulgaria, desde donde emigró como niña veinticinco años antes, para explorar la frontera que comparte con Turquía y Grecia. Entonces, se decía que la esta zona era un punto de cruce más fácil hacia el bloque occidental que el muro de Berlín y estaba repleta de soldados y espías. Hoy en día, este paisaje densamente boscoso ya no está fuertemente militarizado,...
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G.K. Chesterton's "The Crimes of England" is his response to the Great War in which he holds his own nation to account - a move which might be considered risky. Except, of course, that most of the crimes he details turn out to be England's past alliances with and sympathies towards Germany in general and Prussia in particular. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
9) Twelve types
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G. K. Chesterton's biographical essays provide unique portraits of 12 of Europe's most defining figures. Written by one of the world's master essayists, this collection richly expresses Chesterton's thoughts on Charlotte Brontë, William Morris, Byron, Pope, St. Francis of Assisi, Rostand, Charles II, Stevenson, Thomas Carlyle, Tolstoy, Savonarola, and Sir Walter Scott. The book is a perfect companion for any literature, politics, or history course...
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton,(29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings,...
11) Gondola
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The international bestselling author delivers "a delightful look at the gondola as cultural icon, marvel of construction and object of romance and mystery" (Judith Malafronte, Opera News).
Of all the trademarks of Venice—and there are many, from the gilded Basilica of San Marco to the melancholy Bridge of Sighs—none is more ubiquitous than the gondola. In Gondola, the acclaimed "American with the Venetian heart," tells...
Of all the trademarks of Venice—and there are many, from the gilded Basilica of San Marco to the melancholy Bridge of Sighs—none is more ubiquitous than the gondola. In Gondola, the acclaimed "American with the Venetian heart," tells...
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A haunting and moving collection of original narratives that reveals an expatriate's coming-of-age in Paris and the magic she finds in ordinary objects
An awkward, curious girl growing up in a foreign country, Stephanie LaCava finds solace and security in strange yet beautiful objects.
When her father's mysterious job transports her and her family to the quaint Parisian suburb of Le Vésinet, everything changes for the young American. Stephanie...
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""I want to bring home to our people the gravity of the situation; because I want to tell them that the military and naval power of the German Empire is unbroken; that of the twelve million men whom the Kaiser has called to the colours but one million, five hundred thousand have been killed, five hundred thousand permanently disabled, not more than five hundred thousand are prisoners of war, and about five hundred thousand constitute the number of...
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A vivid portrait of life in Greece, in the series that collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world.
Many have impressions and opinions about Greece based on superficial headlines or pop culture stereotypes. This volume of The Passenger offers instead a wide-ranging, thoughtful, and lively picture of the country in all its nuance and diversity-its people, its problems, its art, its athletes, and much, much more....
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Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders is a darkly satiric take on two of the most famous cases of our era: the kidnapping of heiress, Patty Hearst, and the shocking assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and gay leader Harvey Milk. As a reporter for the Berkeley Barb, Paul Krassner was ringside at the spectacular California trials. Krassner's deadpan, hilarious style captures the nightmare reality behind the absurdities of the courtroom...
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Insightful biographical sketches of major historical figures of the twentieth century, from the incomparable British statesman. Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of "his mastery of historical and biographical description." Nowhere is that mastery more evident than in Great Contemporaries-which features Churchill's profiles of many of the major figures of his time. These short biographies cover political and...
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Extrait: "Comme l'empire, fait par Jules César, constitue une longue période qui aboutit à une catastrophe inouïe, la domination des barbares, c'est à l'origine qu'il faut l'examiner, et dans le caractère que lui imprima son fondateur. Là se forme le nœud qui ne se dénouera pas, mais que tranchera le glaive des Goths, des Burgundes et des Francs. Évidemment les choses tournèrent aussi mal qu'il est possible".
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Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre
Au-delà des Chartrons
Leur seul nom symbolise Bordeaux, l'austère cité bourgeoise et commerçante sur les rives de la Garonne. Mais le quai des Chartrons, aujourd'hui, est baigné de lumière. L'une des opérations de rénovation urbaine les plus audacieuses de France a transformé la métropole bordelaise en une des destinations les plus appréciées de l'hexagone pour son...
19) Paris-médaillé
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Extrait: "L'idée d'association remonte au Moyen ge. De là naquirent les corporations, les jurandes, les maîtrises, qui, sous différents titres, étaient des sociétés de secours et d'encouragement; le compagnonnage, malheureusement disparu, a laissé des traces profondes dans les souvenirs des anciens. Il était naturel que les artistes d'alors imitassent l'exemple des ouvriers des différents corps d'états; ils se groupèrent sous la protection...
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First published in 1947, Edmund Wilson's Europe without Baedeker returns to print with personal notes from the preeminent author-critic. This volume provides an informative and vivid account of postwar Europe in the countries of Italy, Greece, and England, as well as diary entries from Wilson's many travels.
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