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196 Tage auf treibender Eisscholle (Classics To Go)
by Emil BesselsEmil Bessels wurde 2. Juni 1847 in Heidelberg geboren und starb am 30. März 1888 in Stuttgart. Er war ein deutscher Naturforscher und Nordpolfahrer. Bessels studierte Naturwissenschaften und Medizin und trat 1869 seine erste Nordpolfahrt an, um das Östliche Eismeer zwischen Spitzbergen und Nowaja Semlja zu untersuchen und Gillisland zu erforschen. Nur die erste Aufgabe wurde gelöst, da die ungünstigen Eisverhältnisse eine Erforschung von Gillisland nicht zuließen. Indes wurden wichtige hydrographische Arbeiten und eine vollständige Reihe von Seetiefenmessungen vorgenommen sowie zum ersten Mal die Existenz des Golfstroms östlich von Spitzbergen nachgewiesen. 1871 wurde Bessels nach den Vereinigten Staaten berufen, um die wissenschaftliche Leitung der Nordpolexpedition unter Charles Francis Hall zu übernehmen. (Info von Amazon)
1960: When Art and Literature Confronted the Memory of World War II and Remade the Modern
by Al FilreisIn 1960, when World War II might seem to have been receding into history, a number of artists and writers instead turned back to it. They chose to confront the unprecedented horror and mass killing of the war, searching for new creative and political possibilities after the conservatism of the 1950s in the long shadow of genocide.Al Filreis recasts 1960 as a turning point to offer a groundbreaking account of postwar culture. He examines an eclectic group of artistic, literary, and intellectual figures who strove to create a new language to reckon with the trauma of World War II and to imagine a new world. Filreis reflects on the belatedness of this response to the war and the Holocaust and shows how key works linked the legacies of fascism and antisemitism with American racism. In grappling with the memory of the war, he demonstrates, artists reclaimed the radical elements of modernism and brought forth original ideas about testimony to traumatic history.1960 interweaves the lives and works of figures across high and popular culture—including Chinua Achebe, Hannah Arendt, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Paul Celan, John Coltrane, Frantz Fanon, Roberto Rossellini, Muriel Rukeyser, Rod Serling, and Louis Zukofsky—and considers art forms spanning poetry, fiction, memoir, film, painting, sculpture, teleplays, musical theater, and jazz. A deeply interdisciplinary cultural, literary, and intellectual history, this book also offers fresh perspective on the beginning of the 1960s.
1964, A Year in African American Performance History (ISSN)
by David KrasnerThis book examines the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of a single year, 1964.The book analyses specific events that occurred in 1964 as benchmarks of the Civil Right Movement, making the case that 1964 was a watershed year. Each chapter considers individually politics, rhetoric, sports, dramatic literature, film, art, and music, breaking down the events and illustrating their importance to the social and political life in the United States in 1964. This study emphasizes 1964 as a nodal point in the history of the Civil Rights Movement, arguing that it was within this single year that the tide against racism and injustice turned markedly.This book will be of great interest to the scholars and students of civil rights, theatre and performance, art history, and drama literature.
1967 (Exploring Civil Rights)
by Jay LeslieLearn about the key events of the civil rights movement in the latest installment of this exciting and informative series.The year 1967 was pivotal to the civil rights movement. In April, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a speech to thousands inside a New York church condemning the Vietnam War and asking for a peaceful end. In June, the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia would determine whether interracial couples could legally marry in the United States. The five-day long Detroit Riot against the Black community in July would end up being one of the most violent in our country’s history. And in October, Thurgood Marshall would become the first African American justice appointed to the Supreme Court, securing his place as one of the most influential figures in the fight for civil rights.This detailed account explains why 1967 was such a critical year in the civil rights movement.ABOUT THE SERIES:The years from 1967 to 1978 were critical to the civil rights movement. Resistance was often met with violence against Black Americans struggling to end discrimination and segregation. Yet the courage of those yearning for equal opportunities under the law continued to persevere and set the stage for even more progress in the coming decades. Discover how this specific time period brought about change and how it still affects us as a society today.With stunning photographs throughout and rich back matter, each book focuses on a specific year and chronologically follows the detailed events that occurred and the changes that took place.
1968. QUISIMOS SER (EBOOK)
by Eliseo Alvarez"1968. Quisimos ser" remite a los sueños de un grupo de alumnos de la Escuela Número Once de Villa Ballester. Qué querían ser cuando terminaron séptimo grado y qué fueron. Pero este libro es también el sueño cumplido de su autor, el periodista Eliseo Alvarez, que se propuso reunir a sus ex compañeros de primaria y restaurar el colegio que los vio crecer. Sin pretenderlo, 1968. Quisimos ser es también un recorrido por los últimos cuarenta años de nuestro país. La vida de cada uno de los protagonistas sintetiza la historia de los hijos de inmigrantes, de la escuela pública, de la transformación de los barrios y, en definitiva, de la Argentina. El libro de Eliseo Álvarez es un conmovedor y peligroso ejercicio de nostalgia. No creo que muchos se atrevan a remover de este modo su memoria. Se parece a una de esas mudanzas que hacemos al cambiar de residencia. Se abren cajones, armarios, maletas y cajas amontonadas en el desván y aparece el tumultuoso pasado y sus encabritadas criaturas olvidadas, impacientes y ansiosas por encontrar de nuevo en tu cabeza un lugar en donde existir. Esta multitud habla de un mundo perdido pero impetuoso. Los personajes hablan, sonríen, se entristecen o celebran sus viejas ensoñaciones. La historia es un gratificante fresco sobre la tormenta del tiempo: lo que fuimos, lo que somos, lo que recordamos, lo que perdimos... El relato nos invita a mirar atrás sin que Teseo ni la mujer de Lot cumplan su profecía: mira atrás, vale, de acuerdo, pero sigue tu camino. Basilio Baltasar
1968: A Novel
by Joe Haldeman&“So many tensions and so much emotion . . . A powerful novel&” of the Vietnam era by the award-winning author of The Forever War (Booklist). John &“Spider&” Spiedel is a college dropout who is drafted into the war as a combat engineer. Scared, he tries to keep his head down and stay safe, a plan that works until the Tet Offensive, when he is wounded and sent stateside—and receives a devastating diagnosis. And while he&’s been away fighting, his girlfriend, Beverly, has fallen in with the hippie movement in an attempt to rebel against the repressive values of American society and the injustice of the war that took her boyfriend overseas. Vietnam was the conflict that changed America&’s relationship with war forever, and this novel by Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author Joe Haldeman, inspired by his own experience in the military, is a look at this turbulent time in US history as seen through the eyes of the people most affected: the soldiers and their loved ones. 1968 is not just a story of two young people attempting to find themselves in a tumultuous world—it&’s the account of a country trying to find itself as well.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joe Haldeman including rare images from the author&’s personal collection.
1968: Eye Hotel (I Hotel #1)
by Karen Tei Yamashita"Eye Hotel" is the first novella of I Hotel, a National Book Award finalist and epic of America's struggle for civil rights as it played out in San Francisco's Chinatown. Yamashita's cast of students, laborers, artists, revolutionaries, and provocateurs make their way through the history of the day, caught in riptides of politics and passion, clashing ideologies and personal turmoil.
1970: "I" Hotel
by Karen Tei Yamashita"I Hotel" is the third novella of I Hotel, a National Book Award finalist and epic of America's struggle for civil rights as it played out in San Francisco's Chinatown. Yamashita's cast of students, laborers, artists, revolutionaries, and provocateurs make their way through the history of the day, caught in riptides of politics and passion, clashing ideologies and personal turmoil.
1972: A Novel of Ireland's Unfinished Revolution
by Morgan LlywelynThe story of Ireland from 1950-1972 through the eyes of a young newspaper photographer, son and grandson of Irish revolutionaries.
1974: I-Migrant Hotel (I Hotel #7)
by Karen Tei Yamashita"I-Migrant" is the seventh novella of I Hotel, a National Book Award finalist and epic of America's struggle for civil rights as it played out in San Francisco's Chinatown. Yamashita's cast of students, laborers, artists, revolutionaries, and provocateurs make their way through the history of the day, caught in riptides of politics and passion, clashing ideologies and personal turmoil.
1979
by Michael HealeyIt’s December 1979 and Clark’s minority Progressive Conservative government is under threat of dissolution before it has a chance to accomplish anything — even pass a budget. But Clark is young and idealistic, resolute on making his mark in office. When he steals a moment at his desk to make a crucial decision, his colleagues, including Brian Mulroney and Pierre Trudeau, take the opportunity to steer him in different directions.
1979 (The Allie Burns Novels Series #1)
by Val McDermid<p>A Scottish journalist is drawn into a world of corruption, terror, and murder in the new novel by “one of crime fiction’s most eminent writers” (Entertainment Weekly).<p> <p>The year started badly and only got worse—blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest were the norm. For investigative journalist Allie Burns, however, someone else’s bad news was the unmistakable sound of opportunity knocking, and 1979 is ripe with possibilities.<p> <p>But Allie is a woman in what is still a man’s world. Desperate to get away from the “women's stories” the Glasgow desk keeps assigning her, she strikes up an alliance with wannabe investigative journalist Danny Sullivan. From the start, their stories create enemies. First an international tax fraud, then a potential Scottish terrorist group aiming to cause mayhem ahead of an impending referendum. And then Danny is found murdered in his flat. For Allie, investigative journalism just got personal.<p> <p>The debut of an intense new series, 1979 is an atmospheric journey into the past with intriguing insight into the present, from a Diamond Dagger winner and multiple Edgar Award finalist.<p>
1979: The unmissable first thriller in an electrifying, brand-new series from the Queen of Crime (Allie Burns)
by Val McDermidTHE FIRST IN A THRILLING NEW SERIES FROM THE QUEEN OF CRIMEThe shadows hide a deadly story . . .1979. It is the winter of discontent, and reporter Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. There are few women in the newsroom and she needs something explosive for the boys' club to take her seriously.Soon Allie and fellow journalist Danny Sullivan are exposing the criminal underbelly of respectable Scotland. They risk making powerful enemies - and Allie won't stop there.When she discovers a home-grown terrorist threat, Allie comes up with a plan to infiltrate the group and make her name. But she's a woman in a man's world . . . and putting a foot wrong could be fatal.__________'A brilliant novel by a supremo of the genre at the height of her powers. A cast of engaging new characters promise to make this an unmissable new series' PETER JAMES'Remarkable and compelling . . . the Queen of Crime has delivered another masterpiece' DAVID BALDACCI'Val McDermid is the absolute QUEEN. Allie is a fabulous character, I'll go wherever she takes me and I'm dying to see what she does next' MARIAN KEYES'Packed full of Val McDermid's trademark brilliance, 1979 is a thrilling snapshot of a fascinating era' JANE HARPER'Unrivalled. Unmissable. Unforgettable. 1979 is Val McDermid at her nail-biting, heart-rending best' CHRIS WHITAKER'McDermid was a newshound at the time and it shows . . . Her best book in years' THE TIMES, BOOK OF THE MONTH'Allie Burns is off to a flying start, and well worth following down the decades' THE SCOTSMAN'A brilliant thriller, as well as a perfect snapshot of the social and political issues of the time' LINWOOD BARCLAY'A new series from Val McDermid promises to be an event - and 1979 delivers. Full of wit, thrills and incisive social observation and features a marvellous new character to follow through the years to come' MICK HERRON'Absolutely fantastic. I have been reading Val McDermid for twenty-five years, so I am really saying something when I tell you I enjoyed this novel the most' CHRIS BROOKMYRE'Brilliant characters, masterful plotting and a pitch-perfect evocation of the heyday of newspapers. I loved it' CHRIS HAMMER'A gratifyingly multi-faceted character' FINANCIAL TIMES'The work of a writer at the peak of her powers' HERALD'The fast-paced storytelling flows irresistibly' IRISH TIMES
1982
by Sergio OlguínLa historia de amor prohibido entre un joven de 19 años y su madrastra en el contexto de la guerra de Malvinas. <P><P> «¿Cuántas posibilidades hay en la vida de cruzarse con esa persona? <P> Ellos habían tenido la suerte de encontrarse. Las circunstancias eran un detalle menor, una línea en la historia de su amor.» Pedro tiene diecinueve años y, a diferencia de los hombres de su familia, no eligió la carrera militar sino la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. <P>Pero corre el año 1982, y su refugio en la lectura o en las canciones de Spinetta es sacudido por el desembarco de las tropas argentinas en Malvinas: su padre, el teniente coronel Augusto Vidal, se encuentra en el frente de batalla. Aunque Buenos Aires esté lejos, la guerra lo enrarece todo. <P>El compás de espera que viven en su casa lo aproxima a Fátima, su madrastra. <P>Entre ellos surgirá un deseo desconocido e irrefrenable, un amor con la fuerza arrasadora de la libertad. Una pasión cargada de erotismo que tendrá consecuencias devastadoras. <P>Sergio Olguín ha escrito una novela que deja al desnudo los alcances insospechados del horror en tiempos de muerte y opresión. Una obra conmovedora que reúne los mejores atributos de su literatura: la gracia, la belleza, la oscuridad.
1982, Janine (Canons)
by Alasdair GrayA postmodern novel of melancholy memory and erotic fantasy—&“a filthy tour de force&”—by the acclaimed Scottish author of Poor Things (The Washington Post). 1982, Janine is a searing portrait of male need and inadequacy, as explored via the lonely sexual fantasies of Jock McLeish, failed husband, lover, and businessman. Alone in a hotel room, Jock attempts again and again to escape the realities of his life through an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy featuring a woman named Janine. As various memories—from childhood to marriage to his present predicament—invade his imagination, Jock reels through this endlessly inventive black comedy of a man&’s mind. An unforgettably challenging book about power and powerlessness, men and women, masters and servants, small countries and big countries, Alasdair Gray&’s exploration of the politics of pornography has lost none of its power to shock. &“1982, Janine has a verbal energy, an intensity of vision that has mostly been missing from the English novel since D.H. Lawrence.&” —New York Times &“1982, Janine revived my flagging impetus to continue writing myself.&” —Jonathan Coe, winner of the 2019 Costa Novel Award
1984
by George OrwellUna obra mestra ambientada en una societat distòpica, totalitària i dictatorial, que reflexiona sobre conceptes encara vigents com ara la censura, la manipulació dels mitjans de comunicació i la falta de llibertats individuals en benefici d'un suposat interès comú. L'any 1984 Londres és una ciutat fosca en què la Policia del Pensament controla exhaustivament la vida dels ciutadans. Winston Smith és un peó d'aquest engranatge pervers i té com a objectiu reescriure la història per adaptar-la al que el Partit considera la versió oficial dels fets. Fins que un dia en Winston decideix qüestionar-se el sistema que els governa i els sotmet. «No hi haurà lleialtat, llevat de la lleialtat al Partit. No hi haurà amor, llevat de l'amor pel Gran Germà. No hi haurà rialles, llevat de les rialles del triomf davant un enemic derrotat. No hi haurà art, ni literatura ni ciència. Quan siguem omnipotents ja no necessitarem la ciència. No hi haurà distinció entre la bellesa i la lletjor. No hi haurà curiositat ni alegria davant el curs de la vida. Tots els plaers antagònics seran destruïts».
1984
by George OrwellA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick <P><P> With extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity, George Orwell’s 1984 takes on new life in this edition. “Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power.”—The New Yorker. <P><P> In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be. <P><P> Lionel Trilling said of Orwell’s masterpiece, “1984 is a profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book. It is a fantasy of the political future, and like any such fantasy, serves its author as a magnifying device for an examination of the present.” <P><P> Though the year 1984 now exists in the past, Orwell’s novel remains an urgent call for the individual willing to speak truth to power.
1984 (Classics To Go)
by George OrwellNineteen Eighty-Four, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel published in 1949 by English author George Orwell. The novel is set in the year 1984 when most of the world population have become victims of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance and propaganda. (Wikipedia)
1984: Nineteen Eighty-four (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations Ser.)
by George OrwellEdición especial con material didático para escuelas de la emblemática novela de George Orwell 1984. En el año 1984 Londres es una ciudad lúgubre en la que la Policía del Pensamiento controla de forma asfixiante la vida de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith, un peón de ese engranaje perverso, trabaja reescribiendo la historia a fin de adaptarla a lo que el Partido considera la versión oficial de los hechos. Hasta que decide poner en tela de juicio el sistema que los gobierna y somete. A poco de publicar la novela, Orwell escribió: «No creo que la sociedad que he descrito en 1984 necesariamente llegue a ser una realidad, pero sí creo que puede llegar a existir algo parecido». Corría el año 1948, y desde entonces la historia se ha encargado de convertir esa obra -entonces de ciencia ficción- en una advertencia más vigente que nunca. La crítica ha dicho...«Aquí ya no estamos solo ante lo que habitualmente reconocemos como "literatura" e identificamos con la buena escritura. Aquí estamos, repito, ante energía visionaria. Y no todas las visiones se refieren al futuro, o al Más Allá.»Umberto Eco «Entre mis libros favoritos, lo leo una y otra vez.»Margaret Atwood «No es difícil pensar que Orwell, en 1984, estuviera imaginando un futuro para la generación de su hijo, un mundo del que deseaba prevenirles.»Thomas Pynchon «La libertad es una obligación tan dolorosa que siempre habrá quien prefiera rendirse. La virtud de libros como 1984 es su capacidad para recordarnos que la libertad de los seres humanos responsables no es igual a la de los animales.»Anthony Burgess «Desde El proceso de Kafka ninguna obra fantástica ha alcanzado el horror lógico de 1984.»Arthur Koestler «Un libro magnífico y profundamente interesante.»Aldous Huxley
1984: Nineteen Eighty-four (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations Ser.)
by George Orwell«No creo que la sociedad que he descrito en 1984 necesariamente llegue a ser una realidad, pero sí creo que puede llegar a existir algo parecido», escribía Orwell después de publicar su novela. Corría el año 1948, y la realidad se ha encargado de convertir esa pieza -entonces de ciencia ficción- en un manifiesto de la realidad. En el año 1984 Londres es una ciudad lúgubre en la que la Policía del Pensamiento controla de forma asfixiante la vida de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith es un peón de este engranaje perverso y su cometido es reescribir la historia para adaptarla a lo que el Partido considera la versión oficial de los hechos. Hasta que decide replantearse la verdad del sistema que los gobierna y somete. La crítica ha dicho...«Aquí ya no estamos solo ante lo que habitualmente reconocemos como "literatura" e identificamos con la buena escritura. Aquí estamos, repito, ante energía visionaria. Y no todas las visiones se refieren al futuro, o al Más Allá.»Umberto Eco «Entre mis libros favoritos, lo leo una y otra vez.»Margaret Atwood «No es difícil pensar que Orwell, en 1984, estuviera imaginando un futuro para la generación de su hijo, un mundo del que deseaba prevenirles.»Thomas Pynchon «La libertad es una obligación tan dolorosa que siempre habrá quien prefiera rendirse. La virtud de libros como 1984 es su capacidad para recordarnos que la libertad de los seres humanos responsables no es igual a la de los animales.»Anthony Burgess «Desde El proceso de Kafka ninguna obra fantástica ha alcanzado el horror lógico de 1984.»Arthur Koestler «Un libro magnífico y profundamente interesante.»Aldous Huxley
1984: १९८४
by George Orwell1984 सर्वसत्तावादी शासन के खतरों से आगाह करने वाला विश्वविख्यात उपन्यास है। यह अनिवार्यतः विचार और भाषा के सम्बन्धों पर केन्द्रित एक कृति है। जाहिर है, जब विचार और भाषा एक-दूसरे को प्रभावित करते हों तो यह परिघटना किसी कालखंड में बँधी नहीं रह सकती। जब-जब कोई विचार विशेष सत्ता में होगा, उससे जुड़ी शब्दावली भी वापस प्रचलन में आएगी। यही बात इस उपन्यास को सार्वकालिक नहीं बनाती है और, उसको सर्वोपरि बनाए रखने के लिए अगर व्यवस्था को नागरिकों से भी महत्त्वपूर्ण मान लिया जाएगा तब किसी राज्य और समाज के लोगों को करना एक ऐसी परिस्थिति का सामना करना पड़ेगा, जहाँ कोई प्रत्यक्ष जंजीर भले न हो, लेकिन आज़ादी नहीं होगी; जीवन भले हो पर कोई गरिमा न होगी।
1986. Cuentos completos
by Rodrigo Rey Rosa<P>Un maestro en el género: este volumen indispensable incluye sus relatos publicados y algunos inéditos. «El hecho que más me ha parecido premonitorio de la muerte ha sido darme cuenta de que una persona que me gustaba me aburre profunda, infinitamente.» <P>Muy pocos autores llegan a dominar el género del relato, cercano a la poesía por su brevedad e impacto y del que Cortázar, Bioy Casares o Borges son los grandes maestros en lengua española: Rodrigo Rey Rosa está a la altura de esos clásicos. <P>Perturbadores, sensuales, angustiantes y llenos de suspense, dejan al lector absorto después de leerlos, como si despertara de un sueño o de un golpe. <P> La lectura de cada uno de estos cuentos, pertenecientes a seis libros distintos, hasta los últimos, inéditos y de escritura muy reciente, es una experiencia singular, cercana a un viaje inesperado. <P>El recorrido traza también un retrato literario de la evolución de un autor único.
1989
by Sam C. LeonhardBack in 1989, Theo Wellis made a mistake: he ran from Luke, the man he loved. He's regretted it ever since--especially because the man in question died more than twenty years ago. One lonely, drunken night, he gets the chance to change the past. Will he take it or run away once again?
1989, The Number
by Kevin Coval Nate Marshall1989, the number is an exploration of the year 1989 through politics, personal history and culture. This chapbook plays like a mixtape incorporating the hottest records and stories of 89 and reflecting their relevance for today.