Of all the stirring tales of this picturesque region of the Santa Catalinas, of all the romantic legends and traditions that have come down to us from its shadowy past, none is more filled with the essence of human life and love and hopes and dreams than is the tale of the Mine with the Iron Door. – Summary by The Author [chương_files]
In the small Midwestern town of Parthia, Myra Henshawe was a legend. The grandniece and ward of Parthia’s richest resident, Myra had shocked the locals by sacrificing her inheritance to run off and marry her true love Oswald. Thirty-odd years later, the still feisty Myra, now enjoying a sophisticated life with Oswald in New York, takes Nellie, the teenage niece of her oldest friend, under her wing. From Myra, Nellie discovers not only the fineness of art and culture, but the mysterious intricacies of friendship and romance as well. (Summary by Amy Dunkleberger) [chương_files]
In this prequel to “Charles Rex” by Ethel M. Dell you will meet the aristocratic blackguard Lord Saltash for whom our distressed heroine Maude Brian still holds deep feelings. Dedicated to the care of her younger crippled brother whom she adores, Maude eventually agrees to a marriage of convenience in order to escape from a home which has become unbearable after her mother marries a brutish hotel owner. Jake, an honest, strong and silent type, agrees to the marriage because he is secretly in love with her but refrains from showing it which leads to many regrettable misunderstandings. This is a lovely old fashioned romantic drama filled with strong emotions. And whether or not you have read Charles Rex, you will definitely find the prequel enlightening and compelling. – Summary by Celine Major [chương_files]
語り手は、鎌倉の海岸で、先生と知り合いになる。東京に戻ってからも度々、先生の家を訪ねた。先生は、苦悩持っていた。先生の友人Ｋが、先生が若い頃に自殺をした。先生は、毎月、その友人の墓を訪ねていた。 語り手が、大学を卒業し、父の病の為に帰省したままで、東京に戻れない時、先生からの遺書を受け取った。その中で、先生はＫが自殺した上京、そして自分の苦悩を語り手に伝えた。 The storyteller initially met Sensei at a bathing beach in Kamakura and later often visited Sensei in Tokyo. When Sensei was still young, his friend committed suicide, and Sensei visited his tomb every month. Only towards the end of his own life, Sensei comes to terms with his feelings of guilt. (by ekzemplaro) [chương_files]
As an observer at the WASHINGTON CONFERENCE FOR THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS held in 1921 and attended by the victorious nations of The Great War, the acclaimed author H. G. Wells wrote 29 short essays that were serialized in the New York World and other newspapers. This book is a collection of those essays. They are not a record or description of the Conference, but the impressions of one visitor. Wells noted that the failed League of Nations was the first American initiative toward an organized world peace, and in its absence “the American mind has produced this second experiment, which has been tried with the loosest of constitutions and the most severely defined and limited of aims. Instead of a world constitution we have had a world conversation.” The essays relate “one observer’s conviction of how things can be done, and of how they need to be done, if our civilization is indeed to be rescued from the dangers that encompass it and set again upon the path of progress.” While history would not bear out all of Wells’ various expressions of optimism and pessimism, his vision of world peace nevertheless remains relevant today. ( Lee Smalley) [chương_files]
Dick Armstrong is an enterprising young man who works his way out of a slave-labor situation to become a successful businessman at only age 17. He shows through cool, reasonable understanding of business, an honest man can make something of himself if he takes advantage of the opportunities given him. (Summary by Keith Salis) [chương_files]
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. Der Luftballon übersetzt von Marie Franzos (1870 – 1941) Die Sphinx ohne Geheimnis übersetzt von Frieda Uhl, Rudolph Lothar [chương_files]
This book is a compilation of scholarly lectures by distinguished experts delivered at Cambridge in August 1916. The titles of the lectures reveal the contents of each presentation and include the following: The war and Balkan politics; the representative system in Russia; past and present of Russian economics; Poland, old and new; the nationalities of Russia; and the development of science and learning in Russia. – Summary by Jan Moorehouse [chương_files]
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. “Giftmischer” übersetzt von Margarete Jacobi Die Übersetzung von “Der Raub der Schicksalstafeln” beruht auf unvollständig erhaltenen Keilschrifttafen. Fehlende Stellen sind in der Aufnahme durch das Wort “Lücke” angezeigt. “Der Leib des Vaters Christian Rosenkreuz” übersetzt von Friedrich Eckstein (1861-1939) [chương_files]
Η Αθηναίων Πολιτεία του Αριστοτέλη γράφτηκε μεταξύ 328 και 322 πΧ. Περιέχει πολλές πληροφορίες για την πολιτειακή εξέλιξη των Αθηναίων αλλά και για το Αστικό και για το Δημόσιο Αττικό Δίκαιο. Το σύγγραμμα διαιρείται σε δυο μέρη: το Ιστορικό και το Περιγραφικό μέρος.Το ιστορικό μέρος είναι ελλιπές στην αρχή του επειδή δεν υπάρχει η ιστορία των Αθηνών εως τη συνωμοσία του Κύλωνα. Το περιγραφικό μέρος είναι ελλιπές γιατί λόγω της φθοράς του παπύρου λείπει η περιγραφή του οργανισμού και των δικονομικών τύπων των Αθηναϊκών δικαστηρίων. Ο Αριστοτέλης πήρε πληροφορίες απο τους: Ηρόδοτο, Σόλωνα, Θουκιδίδη, Θεόπομπο, αλλά και από τους Ατθιδογράφους, Κλεόδημο, Φανόδημο και Ανδροτίωνα. Πολλές πληροφορίες επίσης πήρε από τα διατάγματα και τα επίσημα έγγραφα του Κρατερού του Μακεδόνα απο επιγραφές, τα ποιήματα, τα μνημεία του Σόλωνα, τα λαϊκά άσματα και παροιμίες. Στο δεύτερο μέρος του έργου, ο Αριστοτέλης δεν αναφέρεται σε ιστορικές πηγές γιατί περιγράφεται το σύγχρονό του πολιτειακό σύστημα, αντιλαμβανόμενος και πληροφορούμενος ο ίδιος τα πράγματα. Από ιστορική αλλά και από φιλολογική άποψη, η Αθηναίων Πολιτεία είναι ένα από τα πολυτιμότερα κειμήλια που κληροδοτήθηκαν σε εμάς από την κλασσική Ελληνική αρχαιότητα. (Summary by karampas1968) [chương_files]
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