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'The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.' So opens Murphy, Samuel Beckett's first novel, published in 1938. Its work-shy eponymous hero, adrift in London, realises that desire can never be satisfied and withdraws from life, in search of stupor. Murphy's lovestruck fiancée, Celia, tries with tragic pathos to draw him back, but her attempts are doomed to failure. In Dublin, Murphy's friends and familiars are simulacra of him, fragmented and incomplete. They come to London in search of him.

Die Reise beginnt mit der Wahrnehmung des Körpers. Eine Anleitung zum Nicht-tun in der Aufmerksamkeit.

Hören Sie die Meditatonen "Einladung in die Traumzeit" und "Enttäuscht von der Welt"...

An introduction to the Gods the Greeks worshiped, and the Heroes the Greeks adored.Western Civilization draws heavily from the Classical Greek period. Listen to these brief stories of the awesome Greek Gods, the mighty mythological Heroes, and the powerful men and events that influenced Classical Greek history.

Poetry can capture the imagination in a few short lines but narrative verse or poetry takes the form of telling a story whether it be simple or complex in a longer form. Among the most ancient forms of poetry it has widespread roots through almost every culture. In Volume 1 we bring you 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' - Oscar Wilde; 'The Highwayman' - Alfred Noyes; and 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' - Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

February - the second month of the year in the Gregorian calendar brings not only the shortest month but, for lovers everywhere, Valentine's Day. On this and other themes, our poets, including Nesbit, Teasdale, and Coleridge, have much to say.

Marion Evans, jeune étudiante franco-américaine, est arrêtée à la sortie du Musée égyptien du Caire où elle travaille, une statuette dans son sac à main. Même si tout tendrait à prouver qu'il s'agit d'un coup monté, la police semble se satisfaire de cette coupable désignée, contrairement à ses amis qui vont tout faire pour la sortir de ce mauvais pas et faire la lumière sur ce complot. Yvan Sauvage, expert en art, ancien professeur et amant occasionnel de la jeune femme se lance tête baissée dans l'affaire, bientôt aidé de Daoud, un antiquaire roué, et du beau et ténébreux Hassan Tarek, un archéologue aux desseins ambigus.

From the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe - built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. Swept away by his expectation that the Messiah was coming, he came to believe that he could deny death and change history. Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman paint an unforgettable portrait of Schneerson.

A 25,000-copy best seller in Quebec, Arvida, with its stories of innocent young girls and wild beasts, attempted murder and ritual mutilation, haunted houses and road trips heading nowhere, is unforgettable. Like a Proust-obsessed Cormac McCarthy, Samuel Archibald's portrait of his hometown, a model town designed by American industrialist Arthur Vining Davis, does for Quebec's North what William Faulkner did for the South and heralds an important new voice in world literature.

"Boredom is dangerous," writes Benjamin Samuel, Co-Editor of Electric Literature, in his introduction to this issue of Recommended Reading. "It can make us lazy, complacent, and if we suffer too much of it we're liable to become boring ourselves. For the whalers at sea in Anu Jindal's Not a Bad Bunch, boredom is far more insidious; according to the ship's surgeon, who narrates the story, it's an early symptom of an infectious and barbarous madness.

Lenard Sikophsky’s father has been feeding him plutonium since the age of six in the hopes of making him the world’s first bona fide superhero. First, he must pass the unusual tests of manhood locked in the centuries old tomb, The Manaton, a secret relic passed down for generations. Falling in love with the beautiful, compulsively suicidal Laura Moskowitz doesn’t make his life any easier.

What's fascinating about Dani Shapiro's story "Supernova" is "its focus on the minor catastrophe that is Shenkman, a relatively prosperous man whose minor shortcomings feel, to him alone, monumental and impossible to overlook," writes Benjamin Samuel, co-editor of Electric Literature, in his introduction to this issue of Recommended Reading. "Despite rowing every day, obsessively racing against an old rival in a computerized simulation, nobody even knows Shenkman is still competing."

In the last 10 years, the practice of blogging has increased to a substantial level, and that is the reason more and more youngsters are coming up with the hope of being bloggers. However, most of the new bloggers struggle for the right guidance. There are certain dos and don'ts when one goes for the right blogging pattern and eventually adapts it. This audiobook is a simple guide for the blogger at a beginner's level to come up with the best options to write blogs.

My grandfather was the last person in the world I would have ever expected to hear a story about a personal encounter with Bigfoot. He was a serious man and for him to discuss this ancient & controversial knowledge so openly was astounding. He wasn't mean or abusive, but he had no time for silliness. He never wasted time on unexplained mysteries or folklore. He grew up in an era and in circumstances where silliness was "for women, children, and the mentally insufficient".

Do they not believe that the sun, moon and stars are no bigger than they seem? That the bright luminary of the day falls into the sea at night, and rises out of it in the morning. The translation of this venerable piece of antiquity is undertook upon a double score; being defined as well to entertain the curiosity of the learned.

This chilling tale of a gruesome monster unleashed into the world by an unthinking scientist was first conceived by 19-year-old Mary Shelley on a dark, rainy night on Lake Geneva. Lord Byron and Percy Shelley challenged their friends to see who could come up with the most horrifying story imaginable. Mary Shelley did, terrifying them all with her nightmare-inspired tale. It is followed by "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge which was an early haunting influence on the young Mary Shelley.

From a newspaper column that gained tremendous popularity for its upbeat celebration of ingenuity in nature, comes 100 of the best bite-size articles celebrating "intelligent Design." Covering a wide range of examples from nature in ways rarely considered, Alibrando engages the listener with scientific accuracy and a pinch of wit.

The house-flipping industry is a lucrative business venture that can earn you an incredible profit. When properly managed, your projects will run as smoothly and efficiently as possible. You will be able to earn maximum profits and run a great business out of your house-flipping venture that can earn you up to tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in income.

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