Die Nestroyana veröffentlichen wissenschaftliche Arbeiten über das Altwiener Volkstheater und im Besonderen über das Werk und die Person Johann Nestroys und berichtet über die Tätigkeit der Internationalen Nestroy-Gesellschaft.
Die Nestroyana veröffentlichen wissenschaftliche Arbeiten über das Altwiener Volkstheater und im Besonderen über das Werk und die Person Johann Nestroys und berichtet über die Tätigkeit der Internationalen Nestroy-Gesellschaft.
17 Jahre, nachdem Morgan Spurlock in der Kult-Doku "Supersize Me" den McDonald's-Selbstversuch wagte, versuchte es Harald Sükar genau andersherum: In diesem Buch zeigt er mit einem unter ärztlicher Begleitung durchgeführten Experiment, warum Fast Food mit den richtigen Zutaten sogar gut für die Gesundheit sein kann und wie er selbst in nur sechs Wochen zehn Kilo mit nichts als Burger, Pizza und Co.
Fast Food-Ketten prägen gemeinsam mit der Zuckerindustrie die Ernährung von Millionen von Menschen und richten damit weltweit schwere gesundheitliche Schäden an, sowohl körperliche als auch psychische.
King Richard the Second William Shakespeare - King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595.
Philoktetes Sophocles - Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Philoketes is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet James Scully.
The Eclogues Virgil - Virgil's great lyrics, rendered by the acclaimed translator of GilgameshThe Eclogues of Virgil gave definitive form to the pastoral mode, and these magically beautiful poems, which were influential in so much subsequent literature, perhaps best exemplify what pastoral can do.
A Journal of the Plague Year Daniel Defoe - A Journal of the Plague Year is a fictionalised account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London.
On Liberty John Stuart Mill - Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty presented one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom in nineteenth-century social and political philosophy and is today perhaps the most widely-read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty.
The Confessions of Arsene Lupin Maurice Leblanc - This early work by Maurice Leblanc was originally published in 1913 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell - In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality.
Gesänge und Inschriften Walt Whitman - Dieser Band enthält die folgenden Werke des großen Schriftstellers: Inhalt: Walt Whitman Das Selbst Sing Ich Als Ich Schweigend Brütete In Engen Schiffen Zur See An Fremde Lande An Einen Historiker Den Staaten An Eine Sängerin Schliesst Eure Türen Nicht Künftige Dichter An Dich Ausgehend Von Paumanok Der Grundstein Aller Metaphysik Ich Sah In Louisiana Eine Eiche Wachsen - Salut Au Monde!
The Complete Poems Emily Dickinson - Only eleven of Emily Dickinsons poems were published prior to her death in 1886; the startling originality of her work doomed it to obscurity in her lifetime.
The Guermantes Way Marcel Proust - Mark Treharne's acclaimed new translation of The Guermantes Way will introduce a new generation of American readers to the literary richness of Marcel Proust.
Nightmare Abbey Thomas Love Peacock - Nightmare Abbey is an 1818 novella by Thomas Love Peacock which makes good-natured fun of contemporary literary trends.
De Profundis Oscar Wilde - Während seiner Zeit im Reading Gaol geschrieben, ist De Profundis Oscar Wildes bewegender Brief an Lord Alfred Douglas, dessen Beziehung zu Wilde zur Inhaftierung des Dichters führte.
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower Marcel Proust - Shattuck leaves us not only with a deepened appreciation of Proust's great work but of all great literature as well.
The Small House at Allington Anthony Trollope - The Small House at Allington is the fifth novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "e;Chronicles of Barsetshire"e;, first published in 1864.
The Apology Xenophon - In this work the Athenian historian Xenophon tries to show that Socrates' proud defense before the Athenian jury was in large part due to his belief that it was the right time for him to die.
Marriage Susan Ferrier - Susan Ferriers novel "e;Marriage"e;, published in 1818, is a good read and interesting in a number of ways, one of which is its Scottishness.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens - Originally published in 1844, Charles Dickens thought 'The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit' to be his best work, even though it was one of his least popular novels.
Aquis Submersus Theodor Storm - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: 1,3, Universität Potsdam (Institut für Germanistik), Veranstaltung: Die Novelle im 19.
Plays Pleasant George Bernard Shaw - "e;Plays Pleasant"e; is a collection of four plays by George Bernard Shaw, first published in 1898: Arms and the Man; Candida; The Man of Destiny; and, You Never Can Tell.
The Alhambra Washington Irving - In the spring of 1829, the author of this work, whom curiosity had brought into Spain, made a rambling expedition from Seville to Granada in company with a friend, a member of the Russian Embassy at Madrid.
A Lover's Complaint William Shakespeare - A Lover's Complaint is a narrative poem published as an appendix to the original edition of Shakespeare's sonnets.
