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Il presente Diario e stato scritto dal Dott. Guglielmo Muelhon, membro del Comitato direttivo delle officine Krupp, che era in rapporti di intimita con il Dott. Helfferich e con il capo della casa Krupp. I giudizi di questo tedesco sui suoi compatriotti sono interessanti a conoscersi, non solo per la guerra, ma anche e specialmente per il dopoguerra.

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From the creator of Peter Pan and first published in 1890, "My Lady Nicotine" is one of his earlier works, an humorous ode to the power of nicotine.Focusing on his days as a smoker, James Matthew Barrie takes us through his life as a smoker to his last pipe as he begins his non-smoking days. Barries humorous essays about his companions, habits and quitting are sure to delight readers.

First published in 1912, Herbert Allen Giles provides in "China and the Manchus" a very short summary of the history of China under the Manchu rule. He covers the historical period from roughly the 17th Century to the start of the 20th Century and he does so in a very efficient, if brief manner.Giles provides an overview of how the Manchus became an influence and a danger on the borders of China, how they found themselves in a position to take over from the Ming Dynasty and how they maintained themselves in power until the 20th Century.He provides both a broad historical sweep of events as well as various ethnographic details such as differences in hairstyle and footwear habits between the Manchus and the Chinese.

Se il Cristianesimo e incompatibile con listituzione della schiavitu, tanto che ha avuto il potere di dissolverla e sradicarla - come dicono alcuni - dal mondo antico, come mai puo spiegarsi che la schiavitu sia riuscita a risorgere e svilupparsi nel seno stesso della civilta cristiana, perdurando sino a ieri in paesi che piu tenevano a chiamarsi cristiani sotto legida delle leggi cristiane, sotto legida e gli auspici dei governi e sovrani, che si atteggiavano a depositari, privilegiati e difensori della fede cristiana?In questo studio del 1903 troverete molteplici risposte e accuse rivolte alla Santa Romana Chiesa e ai successori di Pietro.

In 1896, before the start of the Spanish-American War, newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, owner of the New York Journal, sent star reporter Richard Harding Davis and acclaimed illustrator Frederic Remington to Cuba to cover the guerilla war in Cuba. Remington grew restless at his post and assured his employer that nothing newsworthy was likely to occur; Hearst reputedly replied, "Please remain. You furnish the pictures and Ill furnish the war."This controversial 1897 book, "Cuba in War Time", played an integral part in the United States involvement in the conflict. Richard Harding Davis was among the most famous and widely read journalists of his era. His sensational reports, which combined a sense of adventure with a highly personal perspective, anticipated the more literary journalism of later decades. Daviss accounts of Spanish atrocities and misconduct helped pave the way for a war that led to the establishment of American colonies in the Caribbean and Pacific.

un breve manoscritto del 1848 di autore anonimo:".....Una nuova lega di Pontida, e una nuova battaglia di Legnano possono cancellare la macchia che ha contaminato il nome Italiano, possono togliere il velo dinfamia che ha coperto le nostre glorie.....Col furore della vendetta e col grido di redenzione passate a torrenti quel Ticino ....Passatelo... e qui voi troverete ancora fratelli che vi abbraccieranno collamplesso della riconoscenza, fratelli che avranno un cuore ardente come il vostro per la liberta e lindipendenza, e che avranno ancora nelle vene del sangue da spargere per esse!....La nostra causa per Dio! e giusta, e deve trionfare!"

American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the lines, including hospitals, ravaged villages, and trenches. "Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort" records her travels along the front in 1914 and 1915, and celebrates the indomitable spirit of the French people.Edith Wharton was one of the first woman writers to be allowed to visit the war zones in France. This resulting collection of 6 essays presents a fascinating and unique perspective on wartime France by one of Americas great novelists. Written with Whartons distinctive literary skills to advocate American intervention in the war, this little-known war text demonstrates that she was a complex and accomplished propagandist.However, these eyewitness accounts also demonstrate a troubling awareness of the human cost of war.

Written in 1900, "LAiglon" is a play in six acts by Edmond Rostand based on the life of Napoleon II, who was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, Empress Marie Louise. The title of the play comes from a nickname for Napoleon II, the French word for "eaglet" (a young eagle).The title role was created by Sarah Bernhardt in the plays premiere on 15 March 1900 at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt.Edmond Rostands sympathetic treatment of sensitive people is as evident in his portrait of Napoleons idealistic but hesitant son as it is in that of his ugly but unselfish "Cyrano de Bergerac"."LAiglon" is an impressive play.

"L’Aiglon" d’Edmond Rostand est un drame en six actes et en vers, représenté pour la première fois au Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, le 15 mars 1900.L’action débute en septembre 1830, au palais de Schoenb

"Plays Pleasant" is a collection of four plays by George Bernard Shaw, first published in 1898: Arms and the Man; Candida; The Man of Destiny; and, You Never Can Tell.One of Bernard Shaws most glittering comedies, Arms and the Man is a burlesque of Victorian attitudes to heroism, war and empire. In the contrast between Bluntschli, the mercenary soldier, and the brave leader, Sergius, the true nature of valour is revealed. Shaw mocks deluded idealism in Candida, when a young poet becomes infatuated with the wife of a Socialist preacher. The Man of Destiny is a witty war of words between Napoleon and a strange lady, while in the exuberant farce You Never Can Tell a divided family is reunited by chance. Although Shaw intended "Plays Pleasant" to be gentler comedies than those in their companion volume, "Plays Unpleasant", their prophetic satire is sharp and provocative.George Bernard Shaw is one of the worlds greatest literary figures.

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First published in 1917, "Annes House of Dreams" is the fifth book in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The novel centres on 25-year-old Anne Shirley, who has just married Gilbert Blythe and settled into a lovely house in Four Winds.SummaryAnnes own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbour.A new life means fresh problems to solve, fresh surprises. Anne and Gilbert will make new friends and meet their neighbours, Captain Jim, the lighthouse attendant, with his sad stories of the sea, Miss Cornelia Bryant, the lady who speaks from the heart - and speaks her mind - and the tragically beautiful Leslie Moore, into whose dark life Anne shines a brilliant light.

First published in 1915, Lucy Maud Montgomerys novel "Anne of the Island" is the third novel in the Anne of Green Gables series. The story takes place several years after the first book in the series, following the main character, Anne Shirley, as she attends college. As the security of home and childhood comforts fade, each must face the trials of being on their own.In 2005, "Anne of the Island" was adapted into a musical called Anne & Gilbert. It was also the bases for the 1987 television mini-series Anne of Green Gables The Sequel. Both adaptations also drew from other books in the series.

First published in 1909, "Anne of Avonlea" is considered the sequel to Montgomerys most popular book, "Anne of Green Gables". The novel chronicles the life of Anne Shirley from the age of 16-18, when she takes on the post of teaching at the Avonlea School in Nova Scotia. It follows Annes endeavours to become a successful teacher, help raise a pair of rambunctious twins, and improve her beloved hometownwith the help of her former enemy, Gilbert Blythe, whos giving her an awful lot of attention.

No nono capítulo de A capital da vertigem, o jornalista Roberto Pompeu de Toledo reconstitui a cidade de São Paulo durante o surto de Gripe Espanhola de 1918. Em detalhes, mostra o baque nas estrutur

First published in 1842, "The Black Sheep" is an outstanding novel by Honoré de Balzac that tells of a remarkable battle for inheritance. At the centre of this story are two brothers, Joseph and Philippe, who could not be more different from each other, the modest and studious Joseph is the complete opposite of the bold and physically-imposing Philippe. They become the protagonists in the fight against their uncles supposed will to leave his fortune to mere strangers that coveted his attention for years. As in other novels, Balzac masterfully concocts a tale that is based on contrasts the provincial life in Issoudun vs. the town life in Paris, the consequences of immense wealth vs. the results of poverty, the life of the upper classes vs. the destitution of the working class, while his moral spins around the fleeting nature of success, the extent of the individual ruthlessness and cunningness, and the consequences of a mothers blind love for her child. More than any other Balzac novel, "The Black Sheep" is all about appearances often deceiving us and the fact that a leopard never changes its spots.

Parades End is a series of four novels depicting the meeting, courtship, and ultimate fulfilment of two modern heroes, Christopher Tietjens and Valentine Wannop, despite social condemnation, personal travails, and World War I."Last Post", the fourth novel and final volume, is set on a single summers day and follows the characters into the unsettling and often disorientating postwar world. With fluency, humour and great skill, this narrative explores their individual memories, hopes, and uncertainties, while also subtly questioning the current and future state of England.Widely acclaimed when first published in the 1920s, Parades End is one of the outstanding works about the Great War and British society before, during, and after that cataclysm. A major work of Modernism, it is an investigation of time, history, and sexuality.

Taking place just before World War I, English novelist Ford Madox Fords 1915 publication "The Good Soldier" recounts the story of Edward Ashburnham and his seemingly idyllic life with his wife and another couple who are their friends. A series of flashbacks that are not presented in chronological order serve as the structure of the novel and serve, too, as an early example of literary impressionism. The narrator is considered unreliable as his telling of the events differs from what is suggested in the introduction. "The Good Soldier" is a novel about the differences between appearance and realityand about human willingness to see events in a light that best suits the viewer, regardless of how accurate that vision may be.Incidents of adultery in Fords life are thought to have inspired the novel. The book was originally titled "The Saddest Story" but as World War I was underway by the time of its release, the publishers requested that Ford change the title. The text is highly respected on both sides of the Atlantic with Modern Library listing it as one of the best English language novels of the twentieth century and the BBC naming it number thirteen on its list of the one hundred greatest British novels.(Source: supersummary.com)

Er boja de Roma ci racconta le vite lussuriose, gli intrecci amorosi, le scappatelle, le storie di corna, ripicche, vendette, ma anche storie di valorosi uomini e incolpevoli vittime.Il libro e suddiviso in tre parti; nella prima viene riportata la biografia di Mastro Titta e dei sei Papi che si sono succeduti durante lesercizio della sua professione nonche un inedito racconto pubblicato in Inghilterra da uno storico del tempo intitolato la Giustizia di Leone XII.La seconda parte e costituita dalla trascrizione in digitale dellopera di autore anonimo dal titolo Mastro Titta, il boia di Roma: Memorie di un carnefice scritte da lui stesso, pubblicato a dispense dallEditore Perini nel 1891.Nella terza parte troviamo lelenco dei giustiziati di Mastro Titta nonche un approfondimento delle Giustizie a Roma.