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Horace Walpole (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts #9)
by Wilmarth Sheldon LewisAn illuminating biographical study of the eighteenth-century English man of letters and patron of the artsHorace Walpole (1717–1797) was a collector, printer, novelist, arbiter of taste, and renowned writer of letters. In this book, eminent scholar Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis provides an unprecedented look at the life and work of one of England’s greatest men of letters. Lewis sheds light on Walpole’s relationships with his family and friends, his politics, his writings and printmaking activities, and his correspondence. Featuring portraits of Walpole, his relatives, and friends; images of Walpole's sketches and manuscripts; pages from books printed at Walpole’s Strawberry Hill Press; and views and plans of Strawberry Hill, the house, its rooms and furnishings, and its grounds, and accompanied by Lewis’s extensive annotations, this book provides an invaluable history of an extraordinary man.
The Story of a Life: Volumes 1–3
by Konstantin PaustovskyDiscover one of Twentieth-Century Russia's most lauded lost classics, now in a remarakble new translation.'Outstanding... A sparkling, supremely precious literary achievement' Telegraph'One of the great Russian autobiographies, as fresh now as the day it was written - and the day it was lived' Julian BarnesIn 1943, Konstantin Paustovsky, the Soviet Union's most revered author, started out on his masterwork - The Story of a Life; a grand, novelistic memoir of a life lived on the fast-unfurling frontiers of Russian history. Eventually published over six volumes, it would cement Paustovsky's reputation as the voice of Russia around the world, and see him nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Newly translated by Guggenheim fellow Douglas Smith, Vintage Classics are proud to reintroduce the first three books of Paustovsky's epic for a whole new generation. Taking its reader from Paustovsky's Ukrainian youth, struggling with a family on the verge of collapse and the first flourishes of creative ambition, to his experiences working as a paramedic on Russia's frontlines and then as a journalist covering the country's violent spiral into revolution, The Story of a Life offers a portrait of an artistic journey like no other.As richly dramatic as the great Russian novels of the 19th and 20th centuries, but all the more powerful for its first-hand testament to one of history's most chaotic eras, The Story of Life is a uniquely dazzling achievement of modern literature.
Campbell’s Annales de la Typographie Néerlandaise Au XVe Siècle: Contributions to a New Edition
by M.E. Kronenberg
Navigation (Handbuch für die Schiffsführung #1)
by Ludwig SchnegelsbergDie letzte Verantwortung für die gesamte Navigation des Schiffes trägt grundsätzlich der Kapitän. Er kann diese im allgemeinen weder an einen seiner Offiziere noch an den Lotsen abgeben. Die Anwesenheit eines orts und fahrwasserkundigen Lotsen befreit den Kapitän und die Offiziere nicht von der Pflicht, die N avigierung des Lotsen nachzuprüfen. 1. Betonnung und Befeuerung. Allgemeines. Die Betonnung und Befeuerung der Küstengewässer und Reviere wird in den meisten Staaten nach den im Jahre 1936 in Genf international vereinbarten Richtlinien durchgeführt. Jedoch können Küstengestaltung, Eigenart der Reviere, Klima, Überlieferung usw. die Art und Form der Seezeichen und die Befeuerung stark beeinflussen. Deshalb muß man sich vor dem Einlaufen in das betreffende Gewässer der Seekarte, dem Lfv und dem Shb hierüber genau unterrichten. in Die "Grundsätze für die Bezeichnung der deutschen Küstengewässer" sind am 1. 3. 1954 in Kraft getreten (BGBl., Teil II, Nr. 2/1954). Betonnung der deutschen Gewässer. Es werden verwendet: 1. feste Seezeichen: Leuchttürme, Baken, Dalben (Pfahlgruppen), Stangen und Pricken, 2. schwimmende Seezeichen: Feuerschiffe, Tonnen (Baken-, Leucht-, Glocken-, Heul-, Spieren-, Spitz-, Stumpf-, Kugel- und Faß-Tonnen). Klotzbojen können an die Stelle von Spieren-, Spitz-und Stumpftonnen treten; sie haben die angenäherte Form dieser Seezeichen. Zur Unterscheidung gleichartiger Seezeichen oder zu ihrer besonderen Kennzeichnung dienen Toppzeichen, Aufschriften und Abbildungen. Man achte stets auf die Form des Seezeichens und nicht nur auf die Farbe. Diese kann durch Verwaschung, Vereisung oder Verschmutzung gelegent lich nicht erkennbar sein. Man unterscheidet zwei Bezeichnungssysteme, eines für Fahrwasser und eines für Untiefen außerhalb bezeichneter Fahrwasser.
Think and Grow Rich (Arcturus Classics for Financial Freedom)
by Napoleon HillDo you have the mindset for financial success? How would you like to learn to succeed in all aspects of your life?Think and Grow Rich is one of the most influential and acclaimed books on success ever published. More than just positive thinking, Napoleon Hill's philosophy is a tried and tested technique that can propel you to success. In 13 clear, simple steps, Hill explains his "law of success" which is the cornerstone for harnessing your potential and growing your wealth. Central to this program is the idea that desire, faith, and persistence can propel you to great heights if you can suppress negative thoughts and focus on your long-term goals.This classic edition contains the original and unabridged text as well as an author preface. See for yourself why this perennial bestseller remains so popular eighty years after it was first published.
Vierpoltheorie und Frequenztransformation: Mathematische Hilfsmittel für systematische Berechnungen und theoretische Untersuchungen elektrischer Übertragungskreise
by Torbern Laurent
Experimentelle Untersuchungen zum Mechanismus von Stimme und Gehör in der lautsprachlichen Kommunikation (Forschungsberichte des Wirtschafts- und Verkehrsministeriums Nordrhein-Westfalen #221)
by Werner Meyer-Eppler
Latin American Documentary Narratives: The Intersections of Storytelling and Journalism in Contemporary Literature
by Liliana Chávez DíazWhat defines the boundary between fact and fabrication, fiction and nonfiction, literature and journalism? Latin American Documentary Narratives unpacks the precarious testimonial relationship between author and subject, where the literary journalist, rather than the subject being interviewed, can become the hero of a narrative in its recording and retelling.Latin American Documentary Narratives covers a variety of nonfiction genres from the 1950s to the 2000s that address topics such as social protests, dictatorships, natural disasters, crime and migration in Latin America. This book analyzes – and includes an appendix of interviews with – authors who have not previously been critically read together, from the early and emblematic works of Gabriel García Márquez and Elena Poniatowska to more recent authors, like Leila Guerriero and Juan Villoro, who are currently reshaping media and audiences in Latin America. In a world overwhelmed by data production and marked by violent acts against those considered 'others', Liliana Chávez Díaz argues that storytelling plays an essential role in communication among individuals, classes and cultures.
On a Darkling Plain (Routledge Revivals)
by Harvey Curtis WebsterOriginally published in 1947 and presenting the famed poet-novelist against the background of contemporary thought and society, Harvey Curtis Webster shows that Hardy's later works give consistent evidence of hope; that pervasive pessimism was by no means the keynote of Hardy's thought. On a Darkling Plain traces the evolution of Hardy's thought, from faith, through disillusionment, to a cautious belief in the ultimate progress of man.
On a Darkling Plain (Routledge Revivals)
by Harvey Curtis WebsterOriginally published in 1947 and presenting the famed poet-novelist against the background of contemporary thought and society, Harvey Curtis Webster shows that Hardy's later works give consistent evidence of hope; that pervasive pessimism was by no means the keynote of Hardy's thought. On a Darkling Plain traces the evolution of Hardy's thought, from faith, through disillusionment, to a cautious belief in the ultimate progress of man.
Johnson without Boswell: A Contemporary Portrait of Samuel Johnson (Routledge Revivals)
by Hugh KingsmillFirst published in 1940, Johnson without Boswell is about Samuel Johnson, the dictator of eighteenth-century English letters. It has become almost axiomatic never to mention that mammoth of wit and wisdom without linking him at least in thought with his great biographer, James Boswell. But there were others who knew him well, and who set down what they knew – among them Johnson himself in his letters and autobiographical fragments, his great friend Mrs. Thale in her Anecdotes, and Sir John Hawkins in his Life. From these and others, excerpted and skilfully pieced together in this volume by Hugh Kingsmill, there emerges a portrait of Johnson more domestic and less alarming than Boswell’s. But something of curmudgeon still, who could terrorise his table-companions by brandishing a knife and bellowing that by God he could eat a bit more. The result is a volume richly readable and informative, which can be read with pleasure either wholly or in part, especially by students of English literature.
Johnson without Boswell: A Contemporary Portrait of Samuel Johnson (Routledge Revivals)
by Hugh KingsmillFirst published in 1940, Johnson without Boswell is about Samuel Johnson, the dictator of eighteenth-century English letters. It has become almost axiomatic never to mention that mammoth of wit and wisdom without linking him at least in thought with his great biographer, James Boswell. But there were others who knew him well, and who set down what they knew – among them Johnson himself in his letters and autobiographical fragments, his great friend Mrs. Thale in her Anecdotes, and Sir John Hawkins in his Life. From these and others, excerpted and skilfully pieced together in this volume by Hugh Kingsmill, there emerges a portrait of Johnson more domestic and less alarming than Boswell’s. But something of curmudgeon still, who could terrorise his table-companions by brandishing a knife and bellowing that by God he could eat a bit more. The result is a volume richly readable and informative, which can be read with pleasure either wholly or in part, especially by students of English literature.
Amsterdam Earliest Newspaper Centre of Western Europe: New contributions to the history of the first Dutch and French Corantos
by Folke Dahl
Routledge Revivals: The Psychology of Totalitarian Political Propaganda (Routledge Revivals)
by Serge ChakotinFirst published in French in 1939, and later in English in 1940, this work by the author, analyses and strongly critiques the effect of Nazi propaganda on the psychology of the masses. By bringing together the political and the psychological, the author refers to the use of propaganda in order to serve the ends of a handful of men as ‘psychical rape’ and warns that this phenomenon cannot be attributed solely to the Nazi regime. The English translation was updated to account for the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. It will be of great interest to anyone studying the Second World War, Nazism, Fascism and the psychology of propaganda.
Routledge Revivals: The Psychology of Totalitarian Political Propaganda (Routledge Revivals)
by Serge ChakotinFirst published in French in 1939, and later in English in 1940, this work by the author, analyses and strongly critiques the effect of Nazi propaganda on the psychology of the masses. By bringing together the political and the psychological, the author refers to the use of propaganda in order to serve the ends of a handful of men as ‘psychical rape’ and warns that this phenomenon cannot be attributed solely to the Nazi regime. The English translation was updated to account for the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. It will be of great interest to anyone studying the Second World War, Nazism, Fascism and the psychology of propaganda.
Einführung in die physikalischen Grundlagen der Rundfunktechnik
by Otto FrankeDieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
Bericht über die Einundfünfzigste Zusammenkunft der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft: In Heidelberg 1936
by A. WagenmannDieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
Leitfaden der Rundfunkentstörung
by E.H. DennhardtDieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
Bericht über die Fünfzigste Zusammenkunft der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft in Heidelberg 1934
by A. WagenmannDieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.