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Welcome to a small peak into the world of artist Johannes Vermeer, who lived in Delft in the golden age of Dutch painters from his birth on October 1632, to his death in December 1675.There has been much written, but really little known about his most famous work, The girl with the pearl earring, which is now housed in the Mauritshuis Art Museum in The Hague Netherlands.At hand I have Sussan, a psychic channeler who together with myself has written over twenty books on channeling famous personalities.But made contact with the spirit of Johannes Vermeer to ask, who the girl was in the painting with the blue turban that modeled for him. Was she as bestselling fiction author Tracy Chevalier tells us, a servant in his household, or was she his daughter Maria, as proposed by New York writer Lawrence Weschler.This maybe one of the great mysteries of the art world to date, however we have the answer straight from the artist himself Johannes Vermeer.There are other peculiarities in his world, such as what influence did his daughter Maria have in his paintings, and the real cause of his untimely death at 43 years.So if you want answers read on.

Cose una Milf? Il miraggio erotico di una generazione imberbe, il sogno inconfessabile di uomini sposati, un accessorio delle cabriolet dei rampolli abbienti? Forse e tutto questo e molto di piu. Tra le righe dei quarantuno racconti di Jessica emerge un humus di marpioni da spiaggia, stacanovisti della seduzione, poeti in saldo, calciatori, poliziotti, imprenditori voraci, playboy da strapazzo, toy-boys fessacchiotti e finte amiche molto invidiose: in pratica, il ventre molle dellitaliano medio. Un racconto genuino che non ha nulla di pretenzioso e non nasconde alcuna ideologia o speculazione, solo bollicine, tacchi dodici e balere. Eppure, chi vuole intendere...

Il grande viaggio di Lucia inizia alla Villa Marangone di Civitavecchia, in cui il padre Mario si trova alle dipendenze del ministro de Stefani, poi fuggito e ricercato dai partigiani. La guerra, la fuga al nord, gli anni difficili, il freddo, la fame, la miseria, eppure Lucia ricorda il folklore della cascina, gli animali e gli strambi personaggi che la popolavano. Una vita intensa, la sua, vissuta solcando le orme di un padre eccessivo, affascinante, creativo, irascibile, dolce e granitico, eppure seguendo il proprio percorso, lungo una linea immaginaria tracciata dal senso dellavventura, dal coraggio e dalla voglia di mettersi in gioco.

- Diese Ausgabe ist einzigartig;- Die Ubersetzung ist vollstandig original und wurde fur das Ale. Mar. SAS;- Alle Rechte vorbehalten.Die ausgedehnten Kriege, mit denen Ludwig XIV. wahrend seiner Regierungszeit belastet war, zehrten zwar an der Staatskasse und erschopften die Substanz des Volkes, enthielten aber dennoch das Geheimnis, das zum Gedeihen eines Schwarmes jener Blutsauger fuhrte, die immer auf der Hut vor offentlichen Unglucken sind, die sie, anstatt sie zu beschwichtigen, fordern oder erfinden, um eben daraus umso vorteilhafter profitieren zu konnen. Das Ende dieser so erhabenen Herrschaft war vielleicht eine der Perioden in der Geschichte des franzosischen Kaiserreichs, in der man die grote Anzahl dieser geheimnisvollen Vermogen auftauchen sah, deren Ursprung so obskur ist wie die Lust und Ausschweifung, die sie begleiten. Es war gegen Ende dieser Periode, und nicht lange bevor der Regent versuchte, mit Hilfe des beruhmten Tribunals, das den Namen Chambre de Justice tragt, diese Schar von Handlern zu bandigen, dass vier von ihnen die Idee fur das einzigartige Gelage hatten, von dem wir hier berichten werden. Man darf nicht annehmen, dass es ausschlielich die niedere und vulgare Sorte war, die diese Betrugereien durchfuhrte; Herren von hochstem Rang fuhrten die Meute an. Der Duc de Blangis und sein Bruder, der Bischof von X***, die beide auf diese Weise ein immenses Vermogen angehauft hatten, sind an sich schon ein solider Beweis dafur, dass auch der Adel keine Gelegenheit auslie, diesen Weg zum Reichtum zu beschreiten. Diese beiden illustren Personlichkeiten, die durch ihre Vergnugungen und Geschafte eng mit dem beruhmten Durcet und dem President de Curval verbunden waren, waren die ersten, die auf die Ausschweifungen stieen, uber die wir hier berichten wollen, und nachdem sie den Plan ihren beiden Freunden mitgeteilt hatten, erklarten sich alle vier bereit, die Hauptrollen in diesen ungewohnlichen Orgien zu ubernehmen.

Neste breve e comovente depoimento, a autora de Averno conta como começou a se interessar por poesia.Laureada com o Nobel de literatura em 2020 "por sua voz poética inconfundível que, com austera beleza, transforma a existencia individual em universal", Louise Gluck e capaz de refletir sobre questes muito profundas com estilo acessivel e direto. Em seu discurso ao receber o premio, ela lembra que começou a gostar de poesia quando tinha seis ou sete anos, numa epoca em que, sozinha, brincava de promover competiçes para eleger "o melhor poema do mundo".Ainda na infancia, Gluck notou que um poema confirma sua força quando o leitor tem a sensaço de que a sua participaço e crucial para que os versos se realizem. E como se a voz intima do poeta enfim alcançasse seu destinatario: "Os poemas que mais ardentemente me atrairam ao longo de toda a minha vida so os [] de escolha intima ou de convergencia, poemas para os quais o ouvinte ou leitor faz uma contribuiço essencial, como receptor de uma confidencia ou de um protesto, as vezes como cumplice em uma conspiraço."

Missouri guerrilla, Confederate officer, bank robber, notorious outlaw, Wild West showmanCole Youngers life was the stuff of myth and legend. Known for intelligence and coolness under pressure, he published his autobiography, "The Story of Cole Younger," in 1903, telling his story in his own words after his parole from prison at the age of 59 and reflecting on the colourful and sometimes violent experiences of "the gentleman, the soldier, the outlaw, and the convict."Born in Missouri, Thomas Coleman ("Cole") Younger rode with William Clarke Quantrills Confederate raiders during the Civil War, participating in many daring and bloody exploits, including the infamous Lawrence, Kansas, massacre of 1863. Following the war, Younger continued his celebrated career as a desperado, robbing banks and trains with Jesse James and other members of the James-Younger gang. A fateful attempt in 1876 on the Northfield, Minnesota, bank sent Cole to the state prison in Stillwater, Minnesota for decades. There he became a model resident, helping both to protect women convicts during a fire and found the Prison Mirror, a newspaper intended to shed "a ray of light upon the lives of those behind the bars." Paroled in 1901, Younger successfully sought a pardon, operated a Wild West show with his old comrade Frank James, and lectured on "What My Life Has Taught Me."

While imprisoned in Reading Gaol from 1895 to 1897 for homosexual practices, Oscar Wilde wrote "De Profundis", an impassioned letter to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. In the first section of the letter, Wilde records his relationship with Douglas in merciless detail; he rails against his lovers selfishness and extravagance, accuses him of being the agent of Wildes destruction, and turns a cold eye on his own behaviour. The letters tone changes from bitterness to resignation as Wilde acknowledges his own responsibility for his fate and extends a hopeful offer for a renewed, calmer friendship.First published in 1905 by an arrangement between Oscar Wilde and Robert Ross, who visited Wilde at Reading and later became his literary executor, "De Profundis" is a curious document: part apologia, part aesthetic discourse, part religious testimonial, part retort to religion, a letter that addresses a private recipient and was written for public view, but that despite these layers of performance has a strange inward quality; in reality this is a letter from Wilde to himself.

Reisefreiheit, Demokratie, Meinungsfreiheit ? alles, was heute selbstverstandlich ist, haben sich die Menschen hierzulande vor 30 Jahren mit der friedlichen Revolution erkampft. Die Neuerscheinung Nowa swoboda? (Neue Freiheit?) aus dem Domowina-Verlag tragt zu Reflexionen der Wendezeit 1989/90 aus sorbischer Sicht bei und lasst 12 Zeitzeugen zu Wort kommen. Ein wichtiges Buch zum Verstandnis historischer Zusammenhange.

First published in November 1854, "Ruth Hall" (AKA "Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time") is an autobiographical novel by Fanny Fern (pen name of Sara Payson Willis), a popular 19th-century newspaper writer.The novel is divided into ninety short chapters and, as the author states in the preface, this work does not follow the conventional rules of novel writing in 1855. The story follows the life of Ruth Hall, a woman who becomes a widow at a very young age and is forced to create a life for herself and her children that defies the conventional rules of society.The autobiographical novel can be divided into three phases: Ruths happy marriage, impoverished widowhood, and rise to fame and financial independence as a newspaper columnist.

Publié à Paris chez Charpentier en 1886, "Linsurgé" est un roman autobiographique de Jules Vallès. Le titre complet de lœuvre est "Linsurgé - 1871"."Linsurgé" est le troisième volet de la trilogie de

Roman autobiographique de Jules Vallès, "LEnfant" fut publié à Paris en feuilleton sous le titre de "Jacques Vingtras" et sous le pseudonyme de La Chaussade, en 1878, dans Le Siècle. Le sous-titre "L

During the Renaissance science was never separated from mysticism and alchemy. Some of the finest minds such as Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton were all heavily involved in what they would of called the mystic arts. In "Mystics of the Renaissance", published in 1911, Rudolf Steiner examines the thought of eleven less well known pioneers of scientific discovery and European mystics (Eckhart, Tauler, Suso, Ruysbroek, Nicholas of Cusa, Agrippa von Nettesheim, Paracelsus, Weigel, Boehme, Giordano Bruno, and Angelus Silesius) through a collection of essays and explains their ideas and how they relate to modern concepts.

Published in 1890, Hunger (Sult in Norwegian) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Knut Hamsun based on his many unhappy experiences in Norways capital city of Christiania. "Hunger" was one of the first modern psychological novels in world literature.Told in the first person, it is the story of a young writer of exceptional sensibility, who, stripped of all of his property and without any reliable means of support, is about to perish from extreme hunger. The book contains little action in the traditional sense. With the exception of the story of a few attempts to secure employment and the account of a brief encounter with a lady of the middle class, the text consists almost exclusively of reports of the narrators mental life during periods of starvation.The unnamed narrator of this plotless episodic work is an introspective young man whose hunger to succeed as a writer matches his intense physical hunger. He lacks human contact and at times seems demented. Although he has occasional hunger-induced hallucinations, he neither feels sorry for himself nor tries to rectify his situation.The books impulsive, lyrical style marked a clear departure from the then-prevalent social realism and had an electrifying effect on European writers.Born in 1859 in Lom, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, Knut Hamsun believed writers should write about the human mind. He wrote psychological works that included running inner monolog. Hamsun wrote plays, poetry, essays, short stories, over twenty novels, and a travelogue. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 for "Growth of the Soil".

Originally published in 1912, "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man", novel by James Weldon Johnson, is one of the jewels of the Harlem Renaissance.This fictional autobiography, originally issued anonymously in 1912 in order to suggest authenticity, but also because Johnson feared for his diplomatic career, explores the intricacies of racial identity through the eventful life of its mixed-race (and unnamed) narrator. In 1927, it was re-released during the Harlem Renaissance under Johnsons name and to critical praise.The narrator, born in Georgia, tells of his childhood in Connecticut, where his mixed-race mother, aided by monthly checks from the boys white father, is able to provide a secure and cultured environment. Learning of his black heritage only by accident, the narrator experiences the first of several identity shifts that will eventually find him opting for membership in white society. A European interlude under the sponsorship of a wealthy white male companion raises the question of sexual identity as well, but the novel never makes this issue explicit. Throughout the work, Johnson employs characters, locales, incidents, and motifs from his own life, but the narrator is less a conscious self-portrait than a representation of the authors own ambivalence.The work critiques the USs class system and probes the psychological reality and sociological impact of passing for whiteone of the first works in US literature to do so. The narrator is never named and only refers to himself as the ex-colored man, which lends to themes of unfair social mobility, the psychological toll of racism, and guilt.Though in some ways conforming to the conventional novel of passing in suggesting that a mixed racial heritage makes a person incapable of functioning in either the black or the white world, Johnsons novel turns this notion on its head by invoking double consciousness, as his narrator makes clear.

La consegna di Giovanni Sias e un breve omaggio allamico infinito e al suo progetto di una psicanalisi oltre il Novecento, in cerca di terre inesplorate, allinsegna del motto della Lega anseatica caro a Freud: Navigare necesse est, vivere non necesse.Ancora poco conosciuta nella sua integralita lopera di Sias, estranea a ogni epigonismo, merita, per la sua audacia, originalita e risolutezza, unattenta ri-lettura e una discussione critica a cui questo opuscolo che tocca succintamente solo alcuni dei suoi snodi teorici cruciali vuole invitare. E il primo invito e proprio per il suo autore, sollecitato da un sogno fatto la notte di ferragosto (due settimane dopo la morte di Sias), in cui gli e annunciata una consegna che non era pronto a ricevere, ma con cui non puo evitare di confrontarsi.Lopuscolo comprende anche una proposta di lavoro e una bibliografia di tutta lopera di Sias (inclusi due testi postumi ancora inediti), di cui viene arrischiato un primo inventario.

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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.

"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.

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.

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