Upton Sinclair's disturbing novel about the Wall Street scare of 1907 portrays the tactics of greedy capitalists who organise the fall of a rival trust company, creating a crash in the stock market crash and a run on American banks.
Excerpt: “To all surviving saloon passengers of the good ship Lithia, who have rounded the Horn and passed through perilous Beering Straits, and suffered shipwreck, shock, and sudden thirst: to those intrepid souls who have clung to the slippery hull of the Water Wagon when it seemed the gallant craft could not live another hour; who, lashed to the sprinkler, have ridden out many a choking dust-storm; who have heard the cafe Lorelei sing, and still hung on, deaf to her seductive song: and— To the memory of countless thousands lost at sea, swept into the seething drink without a word of warning, cut off in the blossoms of their resolutions, and sent to their slate accounts with all their imperfections on their heads— This little volume is affectionately dedicated.
The Satyricon, Satyricon liber (The Book of Satyrlike Adventures), or Satyrica, is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petronius.
A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick,[1] commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729.
Das eBook mit dem Titel: "Diagnose: Inkompetenz – Einkaufsparadoxon durch Nilpferd-Management" ist ein humorvoller Kurzroman mit elefantöser Industrieeinkaufserfahrung und viel Witz.
Ein handlicher Liebesroman mit vier paarungsbereiten Hauptdarstellerinnen, die einen Glücksbringer suchen: Brigitte & Petra (20) und Emma & Marie-Claire (40) lieben Bert, den Leiter des Spielplans, der Zeitschrift für Theater-, Film- und Fernsehwissenschaften.
La reticencia de lady AnneLa telarañaLa ventana abiertaLa música del monteAlpiste para codornicesCatástrofe en la joven TurquíaEl alceEl alma de LaploshkaEl barco del tesoroEl buey cebadoEl cuentistaEl huevo de pascuaEl lienzoEl programa de galaEl tatuajeEsméGabriel-ErnestoLa benefactora y el gato satisfechoLa inocencia de ReginaldLa jauría del destinoLa lobaLauraLos fabuladoresLos huéspedesLos intrusosLos lobos de CernogratzSredni VashtarTéTendencias encontradasTobermoryHector Hugh Munro, conocido por el pseudónimo literario de Saki, 1870 - 1916, fue un escritor, novelista y dramaturgo británico.
Engelbert, 44jährig, ein liebenswerter Typ, der allerdings wesentlich mehr als andere mit dem normalen Alltags - Wahnsinn zu kämpfen hat, denn Engelbert ist schizophren.
