Эти биографические очерки были изданы около ста лет назад в серии «Жизнь замечательных людей», осуществленной Ф.Ф.Павленковым (1839-1900). Написанные в новом для того времени жанре поэтической хроники и историко-культурного исследования, эти тексты сохраняют ценность и по сей день. Писавшиеся «для простых людей», для российской провинции, сегодня они могут быть рекомендованы отнюдь не только библиофилам, но самой широкой читательской аудитории: и тем, кто совсем не искушен в истории и психологии великих людей, и тем, для кого эти предметы – профессия.
За свою жизнь Николай Васильевич Гоголь совершил множество путешествий. И поездка в Любек в июле 1829 года стало только первым из них. А отправился он в то лето в Германию, чтобы хоть как-то избывиться от горечи поражения – его первое сочинение, романтическая поэма «Ганс Кюхельгартен», опубликованная под псевдонимом Алов, ничего кроме разочарования ему не принесла. Поэму решительно не желали покупать, критики отзывались о ней крайне негативно, так что сам начинающий автор был вынужден скупить весь тираж и уничтожить. Поездка на чужбину представлялась ему спасительной: так можно было хоть как-то забыться и начать новую жизнь.
In the final days of the Second World War, Michael Rogan, an American intelligence officer, is tortured by a group of seven senior Gestapo officers who need to discover the secrets he alone can give them. Ten years later, when he has recovered from the appalling injuries he suffered, and determined to revenge the death of his wife at the hands of the same men, he begins a quest to track down and kill each one of his tormentors. Dark, violent, and graphic, this is an addictive thriller about how far one man will go to exact his own justice. Written a year before Puzo completed The Godfather, published under a pseudonym and only very recently brought to light, Six Graves to Munich bears all the hallmarks of a master storyteller.
'For left-wing graduate students and intellectuals who want to reach a larger audience than other academics, and who would like to develop a more seductive and appealing language than neo-Marxist or post-structuralist jargon.' Elaine Showalter, Times Literary Supplement'Some of the most straightforward, readable, and most importantly, relevant prose you're likely to find.' San Francisco Bay GuardianThis, the second anthology of their writing, collects the Bad Subjects Collective's most interesting and provocative articles from the last six years. Covering diverse personal and political ground, the contributors explore cultural and media studies, racial identities, sexual politics, globalization, alternative communities, activism, the complexities of history, alternative consciousness and many other topics, in an incendiary mix of political radicalism and rigourous debate that's intended to provoke further discussion among academics and activists worldwide.Contributors include Doug Henwood, Richard D. Wolff, Annalee Newitz, Rick Prelinger, David Hawkes, Joel Schalit, Megan Shaw Prelinger, John Brady, Arturo Aldama, Joe Lockard,Jonathan Sterne, Charlie Bertsch, Mike Mosher, Cynthia Hoffman, Kim Nicolini, J.C. Myers, Scott Schaffer, Fred Aldama, Zach Furness, Elisabeth Hurst, Matt Wray, Tomas Sandoval and Viet Thanh Nguyen.'Bad Subjects is a collective that seeks to revitalize progressive politics in retreat. We think too many people on the left have taken their convictions for granted. So we challenge progressive dogma by encouraging readers to think about the political dimension to all aspects of everyday life.' From the Bad Subjects manifesto
This is an engaging biographical detective story delving into a dark and mysterious family secret...who was Louis T Stanley? Now a hundred years later the story of one of the greatest cover-ups in British political history is revealed by Louis T Stanley's step-daughter. Louis T Stanley was the illegitimate son of the serving Prime Minister of Great Britain, H.H. Asquith, and his mother was a young aristocrat's daughter, Venetia Stanley. The Stanley and Asquith families had always been close. Venetia's father, the 4th Lord Sheffield, Lyulph Stanley, and H.H. Asquith had studied together. Asquith then married Helen with whom he had five children, but following Helen's premature death he married the eccentric and prickly Margot who provided him with two more children. Later Lyulph Stanley and HH Asquith became involved in Liberal politics and their children became the best of friends. Asquith's eldest daughter Violet became inseparable friends with Venetia Stanley and accompanied her to Downing Street and visits to the House of Commons etc. H.H Asquith and Venetia began to build up a close relationship. The closeness of the couple was rarely questioned at the time; the sixty-five year old Prime Minister had seven children and the aristocratic girl, by now in her early twenties, hid under the cover of her friendship with Violet. Based on extensive research and the piecing together of childhood memories and historical events Bobbie Neate recounts the secret life of her Grandfather and the extreme measures that were taken to keep it a secret for so long. With connections to many high profile aristocratic families of the era, including the Mitfords, this book will appeal to those fascinated by the hierarchy of the period as well as those enthralled by the romance of forbidden love. With evidence to support her claims this book will cause immense debate in academic circles.
Эмили Дикинсон (1830-1886) – классик американской литературы, одна из наиболее читаемых сегодня поэтов. В книгу вошла избранная лирика Э. Дикинсон в новых переводах Андрея Пустогарова, члена российского союза «Мастера литературного перевода».
Поэт Ицхак Каценельсон родился в 1886 г. и погиб в мае 1944 г. в Освенциме. В конце 1945 г. поэма была впервые опубликована в Париже на идиш. В поэме безусловность и непосредственность дневника сосуществует с эмоциональной неотразимостью искусства. Вся она – достоверное свидетельство человека, испытавшего каждую леденящую кровь деталь своего изложения.
В сборнике стихов отражены мысли мастера в повседневной жизни: во время путешествий, телефонных разговоров, проводов умерших друзей, а также ответы на стихи, присланные ему учениками.
Rethink the way you plan, design, and build Web applicationswith expert guidance from Web development luminary Dino Esposito. Whether giving legacy sites a much-needed tune-upor architecting rich Internet applications from the ground upyoull learn pragmatic approaches to AJAX development that you can employ today. Discover how to:Delve into the mechanics and design goals of partial renderingsuch as improving page-refresh speedUse AJAX-enabled server controls to bring desktop-like functionality to Web solutionsApply design patterns to common Web development issues, including client-side data bindingManipulate JavaScript more easily using the jQuery and Microsoft AJAX librariesExamine the interoperability and security models in Microsoft SilverlightWeigh the tradeoffs when architecting Web applications for richness (Silverlight) vs. reach (AJAX)and deliver the right solution for your audience
These translations are made in the last century. Author and translator did not know each other, never met and did not even imagine the other one exist at all… Maybe it