Whether rising up from fiery leaders such as Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro or from angry masses of Brazilian workers and Mexican peasants, anti U.S. sentiment in Latin America and the Caribbean today is arguably stronger than ever. It is also a threat to U.S. leadership in the hemisphere and the world. Where has this resentment come from? Has it arisen naturally from imperialism and globalization, from economic and social frustrations? Has it served opportunistic politicians?...
Thomas Piketty's book <i>Capital in the Twenty-First Century</i> has enjoyed great success and provides a new theory about wealth and inequality. However, there have been major criticisms of his work. <i>Anti-Piketty: Capital for the 21st Century</i> collects key criticisms from 20 specialists—economists, historians, and tax experts—who provide rigorous arguments against Piketty's work while examining the notions of inequality, growth, wealth, and capital.
Deals with one of the most mysterious passages from John’s Revelation, chapter 20, which describes the Millennial Kingdom. The book also features the analysis of the interpretative tradition for this prophesy based on the written sources, some of which are quoted for the first time for the purposes of this research.
Selle raamatu kaante vahele on kogutud 16 intervjuud Venemaa tuntud kultuuritegelaste, nagu Sergei Lukjanenko («Öine vahtkond» ja «Päevane vahtkond» ilmunud ka eesti keeles), Karen Žahnazarov (režissöör ja Mosfilmi direktor) ning teised, ajaloolaste, majandusteadlaste, politoloogide ja ajakirjanikega.
"Artists' Wives" by Alphonse Daudet (translated by Laura Ensor). 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...
"Artists' Wives" by Alphonse Daudet (translated by Laura Ensor). 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...
Walter Serner’s first story collection, published in German in 1921, brought to narrative form the philosophy of his earlier Dada manifesto/handbook, Last Loosening: A Handbook for the Con Artist & Those Who Wish to Be One —life is a con job and demands the skills of a swindler. With its depiction of a world of appearances in which nothing can be trusted, At the Blue Monkey helped establish the ex-doctor and renounced Dadaist as a literary “Maupaussant of crime” and offers in this first...
These stories explore the human heart in conflict with itself, created out of the human spirit and brought to life by the experiences and imagination of the writer. Each story depicts the struggles to resolve those human dilemmas that confront, confound and confuse us in making the choices that determine how we live our lives. The more troubling and controversial the questions, the more relevant and compelling the story. These are emotionally charged stories about things that matter—love and...
Acht heitere Erzählungen aus dem Leben des Autors, überraschend pointiert. Nach der Fertigstellung der ersten beiden Geschichten schrieb ihm der unvergessene Hellmuth Karasek: »Lieber Herr Schulte, Ihre beiden Kurzgeschichten habe ich gerne gelesen. Besonders hat mir der arme Rasierpinsel gefallen, der seine Haare verliert. Ich glaube, man kann Sie mit gutem Gewissen ermuntern weiterzumachen. Herzlich Ihr Hellmuth Karasek«
Auf fremden Pfaden reist der Erzähler durch die ganze Welt: vom Rentierzelt in Lappland bis zu den Lagern der Kurden, von den Beduinendörfern der Sahara bis ins Gebiet der nordamerikanischen Indianer. Treue Freunde, vor allem Winnetou und Hadschi Halef Omar, stehen ihm in den acht Geschichten zur Seite. Der Band enthält folgende Erzählungen: 1.) Der Talisman; 2.) Das Kafferngrab; 3.) Blutrache; 4.) Der Kutb; 5.) Der Händler von Serdescht; 6.) Maria oder Fatima; 7.) Der Flucher; 8.) Ein Blizzard
Thwarted ambition, talent turned sour, supernatural encounters, last chances for redemption. The characters of these stories all face crucial turning points in their lives that reveal their true colours.<br /> <br />From Emilie Collyer – the author of A Clean Job and other stories – comes a collection of speculative fiction with a darkly humorous flavour, that will put a twist in how you see the world.<br /> <br />Autopsy of a Comedian<br />A forensic pathologist is...
Come and spend a little time with Dr. Robert Galen, aka Berto, as he traverses the memories of the tenement neighborhood of his youth. Meet the Mad Russian–why does he always carry a meat cleaver whenever he goes to get a shave from Thomas the barber? Then there's Giuseppe–Joe the Junkman–who roams through a neighborhood too poor to throw anything away. There are the Old Guys, veterans of the Great War, one a radio repairman who returned home with shell...