Gedachtes und Erlebtes zu ordnen, Zwiegespräch mit sich selbst zu führen oder auch Zeugnis abzulegen, Flüchtiges festzuhalten im Strom der Zeit: Es gibt viele gute Gründe, Tagebuch zu führen.
Wolfgang Herrndorfs verbüffende Einsichten über Sprache, Kommunikation und Medien in seinem Bestseller tschick verbergen sich in aberwitzigen Dialogen.
Sartres grundlegendes Werk über das Wesen der Literatur, das zugleich ein Schlüsselwerk seines Denkens ist, entstand 1947 als Antwort auf eine Polemik: Man hatte Sartre vorgeworfen, er wolle mit seiner Forderung nach einem Engagement der Literatur diese in den Dienst politischer Zwecke stellen und zur Tendenzliteratur machen, Sartre wies diesen Vorwurf zurück, indem er die für die Literatur grundlegenden Fragen zu beantworten versuchte: Was ist Schreiben?
El Curso de Linguistica General, publicado originalmente en 1916 a partir de los tres cursos impartidos por Ferdinand de Saussure entre 1907 y 1911 en la Universidad de Ginebra, se puede considerar como el texto fundacional de los estudios linguisticos modernos.
This book explores, as one of the priorities of the feminist agenda in the 21st century, feminist education and awareness in pre-service and in-service teacher training.
Jemanden einen Versager zu nennen, ist die größtmögliche Beleidigung, wurzelt darin doch das Urteil, dass sich im Versagen der angesprochenen Person etwas Bahn gebrochen hat, das ohnehin nicht zu vermeiden war: Wer versagt hat, hat das eigene Leben verfehlt, wer versagt hat, ist unfähig, das zu leisten, was allen anderen Menschen scheinbar mühelos gelingt.
En "Inventario de recuerdos", María Elena D′Alessandro Bello realiza un análisis de la literatura escrita desde y sobre Caracas a partir de la propuesta de tres novelistas y cinco novelas: "El exilio del tiempo" (1990), "Vagas desapariciones" (1995) y "Los últimos espectadores del acorazado Potemkin" (1999) de Ana Teresa Torres; "Juegos bajo la luna" (1994) de Carlos Noguera y "El round del olvido" (2002) de Eduardo Liendo.
Wolfgang Herrndorfs verbüffende Einsichten über Sprache, Kommunikation und Medien in seinem Bestseller tschick verbergen sich in aberwitzigen Dialogen.
This long-awaited daily reader brings 365 selections from The Chronicles of Narnia to provide daily inspiration, solace and guidance, as well as a memorable reminder of the power of C.
A haunting and emotionally satisfying novel from a much-loved and critically acclaimed author, which weaves fairy tale and gritty realism together to dazzlingly effect.
Winner of the Crossword Prize for non-fiction, '"e;Curfewed Night'"e; is a passionate and important book - a brave and brilliant report from a conflict the world has chosen to ignore.
Shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, an epic novel of startling originality which confirms Nicola Barker as one of Britain's most exciting literary talents.
Perhaps no work of history written in the 20th century has done more to undermine an existing consensus and cause its readers to re-evaluate their own preconceptions than has Jonathan Riley-Smith's revisionist account of the motives of the first crusaders.
Paul Kennedy owes a great deal to the editor who persuaded him to add a final chapter to this study of the factors that contributed to the rise and fall of European powers since the age of Spain's Philip II.
Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard's 1843 book Fear and Trembling shows precisely why he is regarded as one of the most significant and creative philosophers of the nineteenth century.
Reasoning is the critical thinking skill concerned with the production of arguments: making them coherent, consistent, and well-supported; and responding to opposing positions where necessary.
Roland Barthes's 1967 essay, "e;The Death of the Author,"e; argues against the traditional practice of incorporating the intentions and biographical context of an author into textual interpretation because of the resultant limitations imposed on a text.
Liquidated is a work of anthropology that treats an unusual, despised subculture - that of the Wall Street banker - much as anthropologists have traditionally treated remote 'savage' tribes.
John Dower's War Without Mercy is an attempt to resolve the problem of why the United States fought World War II so very differently in the Pacific and European theaters.
Central to the creative process of the Romantic poets that followed him, Wordsworth's Preface to the Lyrical Ballads has been both a gift and a thorn in the side of critics for over a century.
Francis Fukuyama's controversial 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man demonstrates an important aspect of creative thinking: the ability to generate hypotheses and create novel explanations for evidence.
On Religion is a major text for the development of modern religious thought in the West and its author, German theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher, is remembered as the Father of Modern Protestant Theology, as well as for his contributions to philosophy, ethics and hermeneutics.
Ludwig Von Mises's 1912 contribution to the theory of monetary policy and the current prevailing consensus in modern economic liberalism, The Theory of Money and Credit, was a milestone achievement.
Few historians trace grand themes across many centuries and places, but Ernst Kantorowicz's great work on the symbolic powers of kingship is a fine example of what can happen when they do.
The essay for which The Sacred Wood is primarily remembered is one of the most famous pieces of criticism in English: "e;Tradition and the Individual Talent"e; helped to re-orientate arguments about the study of literature and its production by redefining the nature of tradition and the artist's relation to it.
Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutierrez wanted to solve the problem of how the church could conduct itself to improve the lives of the poor, while consistently positioning itself as politically neutral.
Roland Barthes's 1967 essay, "e;The Death of the Author,"e; argues against the traditional practice of incorporating the intentions and biographical context of an author into textual interpretation because of the resultant limitations imposed on a text.
Milton Friedman was one of the most influential economists of all time - and his ideas had a huge impact on the economic policies of governments across the world.
