Un roman al c?ut?rii de sine, al c?ut?rii eului, o spectaculoas? excavare ?n ad?ncurile fiin?ei, ne ofer? Irina Boca, revenind ?n aten?ia publicului rom?nesc cu un story fascinant, scris ?ntr-un stil alert, cu fraz? scurt?, ml?dioas?, casant?. O sondare ?n ad?ncurile ?eului profund“ (M. Proust), asupra experien?ei naratoarei l?s?ndu-?i amprenta, ?n chip cert, exilul, ?nstr?inarea, dorin?a vie, ascu?it?, de a se rea?eza ?n matca esen?elor. Aura Christi

Su historia es diferente a la de las otras personas exitosas en la historia. Su ética laboral es conocida, pero a la vez diferente. ?Qué hay en él que lo hace un súper triunfador? ?Qué lo hace conducir intensamente hacia sus objetivos? ?Por qué puede convertir una idea en un éxito sorprendente? Léelo, y descúbrelo. La necesidad de comprender a los que triunfan más allá de nuestra propia imaginación es inherente a todos nosotros. El deseo innato es impulsado por nuestra profunda y subyacente necesidad de encontrar mejores formas para lograr nuestros objetivos, comprender nuestros sue?os y elevarnos hasta lograr nuestros desafíos.?Este libro trata sobre los eventos subyacentes de Jeff Bezos y las formas en que influyeron en su vida, además de conocer la forma en que respondió y los usó para su beneficio. El libro no pretende conocer las fibras que componen el contenido de su corazón; ningún hombre puede saberlo. Pero lo que hace es encadenar múltiples eventos y ver las sombras que proyecta.Todo eso es descrito para que usted pueda encontrar los elementos que podrían ser su semilla, logro y grandeza. La historia de Bezos traza el camino desde que fue joven, observa sus acciones y logros, y descifra la existencia de su mayor logro, Amazon, de una manera que refleja su carácter, intelecto y educación.

asopis za kulturu i drutvena pitanja, bavi se socijalno angaovanim temama. Izlazi kvartalno. Prvi broj posveen je Oskaru Daviu

Aceast? carte a fost, este ?i va fi o fabuloas? c?l?torie spre centrul fiin?ei mele, chiar ?i la mul?i ani dup? ce voi fi terminat-o. V? mai aminti?i problemele de aritmetic? din clasele primare? Un tren pleac? cu viteza H, Y, Z (?tiind c? viteza este variabil?) din punctul A ?i ajunge ?n punctul B dup? un num?r de ore. Ei bine, povestea care urmeaz? este acea problem? de aritmetic?. Dac? trenul sunt eu, ?nseamn? c? Dumnezeu este o problem? de aritmetic?. Grea. ?i de rezolvat. (Daniela Lungu)

E cu putin?? ca un studiu despre Constantin Noica – unul care se respect? ?i vrea s? fie respectat – s? fie scris de un literat? Noica are la noi statutul filosofului tare (faptul se explic? poate tocmai prin absen?a unei filosofii tari ?n spa?iul cultural rom?nesc) ?i, ?n plus, a cam dezavuat literatura, consider?nd-o cumva frivol?. Poate chiar pe scriitori. Prin urmare, s?nt toate datele ca acest fapt s? par? cel pu?in riscant. Dac? nu o insolen??. Doar c? Dorin Popescu, autorul c?r?ii, de?i absolvent de studii filologice, nu e numai ceea ce se nume?te ?ndeob?te prin literat; pe de alt? parte, din confruntarea cu exerci?iul exegetic nici Constantin Noica nu mai iese la fel de ?ncorsetat ?n tiparele prejudec??ilor. Altfel spus, nici Constantin Noica nu mai este Constantin Noica – a?a cum apare ?n tratatele despre filosofia rom?neasc?. (Mircea A. Diaconu)

Demersul interpretativ al Constantinei Buleu pare stimulat (ca sa nu spunem: ??ndr?gostit“...) tocmai de caracterul la limita non-definibil, misterios, ireductibil mitopetic al ?puterii“ ?i al reprezent?rilor sale din secolul al XIX-lea. Fie c? ne prezint? metodologii de obedien?? structuralist?, neomarxist?, jungian?, lacanian?, func?ionalist-simbolic? sau fenomenologic?, autoarea e constant fascinat? de un fenomen care, la un cap?t al s?u, presupune ordine, alegere ra?ional?, logic? instrumental?, iar, la celalalt, revela?ie, intensitate, magnetism, charism?, ?ntr-un cuv?nt: magie. Cartea are darul de a ?nf??isa, mai degraba dec?t o ?paradigma“, o panoram? a spiritului secolului al XIX-lea, ?n rela?ie cu tema puterii. Deschiderea curajoas? c?tre un fenomen de o asemenea amploare aminte?te de aura eroic? a unor faimoase ?ntreprinderi intelectuale (Peter Gay, de pild?), deseori invocate, cu implicita admira?ie ?i pricepere, ?n lucrarea Constantinei Buleu. Curiozitatea intelectual? mereu vie, claritatea g?ndirii, larga deschidere bibliografic? ?i, nu ?n ultimul r?nd, expresivitatea foarte personal? a stilului plaseaz? acest demers ?n categoria lucr?rilor de referin??.

Gina Sebastian este o foarte autentic prozatoare. Chiar rnile, dezamgirile, nemplinirile au lsat urme ce dau sensibilitii care se exprim n scrisul ei, nota lor particular, tonul lor, parfumul lor“.Nicolae BalotUn scriitor profesionist de prim mn… O construcie de carte extraordinar, nemaintlnita n carile altor scriitori“.Alex tefnescuEste o carte de meditaii, meditaii asupra unor teme i asupra unor personaliti. Rareori n lumea noastr, n sensul de lumea contemporan, mai poi gsi un spirit att de echilibrat i cu o asemenea scar de valori morale i culturale“.Ana Blandiana

Ardma baktmda, yaadm hibir nemli eyi unutmadm grüyorum! Bakyorum da, gerek duygularm yaayacak kadar oyuncu olmuum. Ama olsun! Gemii bu güne tamakla, ondan dersler alp temiz bir gelecek yaratabiliriz... Ben, tanmadklar insanlar ldüren ve yok eden, onlar kahraman sayan dünyada dodum ama, iimden byle bir dünyada yaamak istemiyorum. Yaradln hakikatini grmek istiyorum ve bakalarnn dayattna gre yaamak istemiyorum.... Yeter artk bu kadar hayalperestlik! Alk, yoksulluk, savalar, tecavüz, terr, hayvan katli, doa tahribat grmek istemiyorum… Nefes almak istiyorum… Karamsarlk kaplyor iimi bütünüyle… Karanln, fkenin, nefretin ve lümlerin iinde yaamak istemiyorum… Gerek kahramanlk can almak deil, can vermektir! Sen kimsin de, Allah’n verdii can alyorsun Senin kendi cann bile alma lüksün yok… Yaam sahnesi tek kiilik olmadna gre, en azndan yaananlardan ders alp kendimizi insanlk konusunda gelitirmek zorundayz. nsanlk sadece var olmak, yaamak, nefes alp vermek deil, paylamaktr. Kendi yaam alanmz korurken, bakalarnn yaam alann ihlal etmemektir… Yazar Hakknda Halit Fuat Beik: 1952 ylnda Fatsa'da dodu. lk ve orta renimini Fatsa'da, üniversite renimini ise stanbul'da tamamlad. Kapal arda ticaret hayatna atld. Bu arada dünyann pek ok ülkesini gezme frsat buldu. nceleri rezaletten kamayan ve "Hep ben" mantyla maceral bir hayat yaad. Okumay ve not almay ok sevdii iin pek ok kitap ve notlara sahiptir. Yazmak konusuna otuz yllk bir emek vermesine ramen, bu konuda daha pek ok ey yapmas gerektiine inanyor. 2003 ylnda "Talan MevsimindeAdam gibi yaamak.” 2010 ylnda, ”Sokrates’in syan., Hallar anakkale’de, Yüz Elli Yandaki Adam, Tevrat’n ocuklar ve Kur-an” adl kitaplar yaynlanmtr. nan, Adalet, nsan sevgisi ve Kur-an ahlakna dayal o muhteem denge iinde eserler vermeye alyor.u anda sizler iin deiik konularda pek ok kitaplar daha hazrlamaktadr. Gerek eserlerini bundan sonra size sunacana inanyor...

John Keats Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Jonh Keats collection, including the most complete set of Keats’ works available plus many free bonus materials. Jonh Keats John Keats, who tragically died from tuberculosis at age 25, was an English Romantic poet. Together with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, he was one of the main and most influential figures of the second generation of Romantic poets. After his death, his reputation grew and by the end of the 19th century, he had become one of the most beloved of all English poets, and today his poems and letters are some of the most popular and most analyzed in English literature. The poetry of Keats is characterized by sensual imagery, typical of romantic poets, accentuating extreme emotion through the emphasis of natural imagery The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Keats work with more than 50 works - All his poems, All poetry, All posthumous works, and 2 full length biographies. Plus Free Bonus material. Works Included: Poems Up To 1817 Including: O Solitude! If I Must With The Dwell Epistles Sleep And Poetry Poems Published In 1820 (With Annotated Notes) Including: Lamia Isabella Or The Pot Of Basil Eve Of St. Agnes Ode To A Nightingale Robin Hood Hyperion Poems Published Posthumously, Including: Bright Star, Would I Were As Steadfast As Thou Art Ode To Indolence The Fall Of Hyperion – A Dream All Keats’ Sonnets Endymion -?Keats’ romantic epic Full Collection Of Keats’ Letters To Friends And Family Your Free Special Bonuses Adonais?- A poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written about and dedicated to John Keats. The section includes complete annotations and notes, as well as memoirs of both Shelley and Keats. Life Of Keats?– Comprehensive biography written by William Michael Rossetti. Keats?– Biography written by Sidney Colvin, the editor of the collection of Keats’ letters. Historical Context and Literary Context Notes?- Detailed explanations of the Regency Era and Romanticism, written specially for this collection. Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Keats collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his words like never before!

Percy Bysshe Shelley Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Shelley collection, including the most complete set of Shelley’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets. He was a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that included Lord Byron and Shelley’s own second wife, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Percy Bysshe Shelley was a radical in his poetry, as well as in his political and social views, and is regarded by some as among the finest and most influential lyric poets in the English language The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Shelley’s work, with more than 150 works - All his poems, All poetry, All posthumous works, All Letters from his trips, All his Prose and Non-Fiction Works. Plus a full length biography, with Free Bonus material. Works Included: Poetry: All Poems, early works and collections from 1810 through later works of 1822 Posthumously Published Poems Fragments and Incomplete Poems All Short and Long Poems, including: The Devil’s Walk Hymn to Intellectual Beauty Ozymandias Love’s Philosophy Prometheus Unbound Epipsychidion Plays: The Cenci Hellas Books: Zastrozzi St. Irvyne Non Fiction: All Prose and Writings, Including: On Love On Life On Metaphysics Letters And Journals: All Letters and Journals from: History of a Six Weeks’ Tour Letters from Italy Your Free Special Bonuses Life Of Shelley?- A biography of Shelley’s intriguing life. Shelley At Oxford?– the story of Shelley and his time at Oxford, written by Shelley’s close friend, Thomas Jefferson Hogg. Adonais?– an analysis of Adonais, the mesmerizing poem that Shelley wrote for John Keats. Notes And Annotations from Mary Shelley?– Throughout the collection (and collected by themselves as a stand-alone chapter) you will find interesting and unique notes from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s wife and closest companion, Mary Shelley, concerning Shelley’s poems and writing. Historical Context and Literary Context Notes?- Detailed explanations of the Regency Era and Romanticism, written specially for this collection. Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Shelley collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his words like never before!

Cartea pe care joac? de la ?nceput D. ?epeneag este aceea a (neo)avangardei. A fost firesc ?i miraculos s? o ?nceap? la Bucure?ti, ?ntr-un moment de straniu, nea?teptat ?i viclean experiment politic ?liberal“-na?ional-comunist, c?nd literatura rom?n? ren??tea, ?n felurite chipuri, din cenu?? realist-socialist?. La Paris, ?n ianuarie 1971, descoperea o lume artistic? diferit?, dar cu dificult??i diferite ?i deloc ?ncur?j?toare. Exemplele lui Tzara, Isou, Ionesco, inimitabile, r?m?n, la o analiz? lucida a ?anselor, doar consolatoare. Nu-i u?or s? convingi o lume pentru care ?nnoirile at?t de frecvente au fost confiscate de tradi?ie. Parisul, Fran?a, limba lui Jarry s-au dezobi?nuit temeinic s? mai a?tepte scandaluri estetice de import. Produc?ia artistic? intern? e suficient?, chiar excedentar?. Sunt timpuri f?r? glorie, grele, pentru avangardi?tii parizieni. (Marian Victor Buciu)

Unul dintre volumele de v?rf ale scriitorului german, ?n traducerea romancierului Nicolae Breban.

O alta fa?? a tranzi?iei ce atinge mediul rural, o familie ce risc? s? se destrame. Stil clasic, de un calm ?i o limpezime imperturbabile. Un roman fascinant, destinat marelui public cititor.

n ce msur literele romne, viaa cultural din ar, au fost nfluenate de ara lui Goethe i Hegel n atenia cercettorului se afl, n special, cultura romneasc a secolului al XIX-lea. Nu sunt, nici pe departe, trecute cu vederea timpurile noastre. Cartea – scris ntr-un stil alert, viu, cu o fraz exact i melodioas, avnd luciul sabiei de Damasc – e destinat studenilor, elevilor, profesorilor, precum i publicului larg de cititori.

Celebrul, iubitul ?i controversatul profesor de filozofie Ion Petrovici a avut o via?? fracturat?. ?ntr-o vreme, a urcat p?n? pe Everestul performan?ei ?i al recunoa?terii publice, de unde, atunci c?nd istoria s-a virusat de o ideologie apocaliptic?, s-a pr?bu?it direct ?n groapa Marianelor – b?ntuit? de tot felul de silnicii ?i nes?buin?e. Mult? vreme s-a am?git cu ?n?elesul m?ng?ietor al filosofiei (De consolation philosophie), a?a cum i-l h?r?zise cei vechi, dar s-a ?i ?nfiorat de mizeriile ei, atunci c?nd a v?zut-o dec?zut? ?n condi?ia de surogat ideologic. Oare trebuia, dup? ce-a privit lumea prin sp?rtura pe?terii lui Platon, s-o p?ndeasc? ?i din spatele gratiilor ?i-a z?voarelor trase? Vremurile noi, r?scolnice, l-au g?sit total nepreg?tit. Glasul s?u, obi?nuit s? peroreze ?n aule universitare, ?n Camer?, ?n Academie, ?n cadrul unor fastuase reuniuni interna?ionale a fost, pentru multe decenii, obligat la t?cere. […] Paginile memorialistice reproduse de noi ?n aceast? carte reprezint? doar o diviziune (cap. VIII) dintr-o lucrare mai elaborat? ?i necunoscut?. Nu ?tim unde se g?sesc restul paginilor, dar n?d?jduim c? de?in?torul lor s? g?seasc? o formula de punere ?n circula?ie public? a ?ntregului material pentru a putea reconstitui o perioad? important? din via?a sa ?i, implicit, din istoria acestei ??ri. Dup? c?te putem estima, perioada circumscris? de aceste amintiri sub?ntinde anii cei mai grei din istoria mai recent? a ??rii noastre.

This volume collects the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe (Wikipedia). It started out as a restructuring and reformatting of the 1903 “Raven Edition” of his works—and then it grew.I have rearranged the texts according to genres in the order of first publications (though still using the later revised versions). I added all the stories, poems, essays, and some miscellanea that were missing in the “Raven Edition”. Thus, you’ll find in this collection: THE TALESMetzengerstein, The Duc de L’Omelette, A Tale of Jerusalem, Loss of Breath, Bon-Bon, Ms. Found in a Bottle, The Assignation, Berenice, Morella, Lionizing, The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal, King Pest, Shadow—A Parable, Four Beasts in One—The Homo-Cameleopard, Mystification, Silence—A Fable, Ligeia, How to Write a Blackwood Article, A Predicament, The Devil in the Belfry, The Man that Was Used Up, The Fall of the House of Usher, William Wilson, The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion, Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling, The Business Man, The Man of the Crowd, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, A Descent into the Maelstr?m, The Island of the Fay, The Colloquy of Monos and Una, Never Bet the Devil Your Head, Eleonora, Three Sundays in a Week, The Oval Portrait, The Masque of the Red Death, The Landscape Garden, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Gold-Bug, The Black Cat, Diddling, The Spectacles, A Tale of the Ragged Mountains, The Premature Burial, Mesmeric Revelation, The Oblong Box, The Angel of the Odd, Thou Art the Man, The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq, The Purloined Letter, The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade, Some Words with a Mummy, The Power of Words, The Imp of the Perverse, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Sphinx, The Cask of Amontillado, The Domain of Arnheim, Mellonta Tauta, Hop-Frog, Von Kempelen and his Discovery, X-ing a Paragrab, Landor’s Cottage.THE POEMSPoetry, O, Tempora! O, Mores!, Tamerlane, Song, Dreams, Spirits of the Dead, Evening Star, Imitation, Stanzas, A Dream, The Happiest Day, The Lake —— to ——, To Margaret, Alone, Sonnet—to Science, Al Aaraaf, Romance, To ——, To the River——, To M——, Fairy-Land, To Isaac Lea, An Acrostic, Elizabeth, To Helen, Israfel, The City in the Sea, The Sleeper, A P?an, The Valley of Unrest, Enigma, Fanny, The Coliseum, Serenade, To One in Paradise, Hymn, May Queen Ode, Spiritual Song, Latin Hymn, Bridal Ballad, To Zante, The Haunted Palace, Silence, Lines On Joe Locke, The Conqueror Worm, Lenore, A Campaign Song, Dream-Land, Impromptu. To Kate Carol, To F——, Eulalie, Epigram for Wall Street, The Raven, The Divine Right of Kings, To Frances S. Osgood, A Valentine, Beloved Physician, Deep in Earth, To Marie Louise (Shew), Ulalume, Lines on Ale, To Marie Louise (Shew), An Enigma, To Helen, A Dream within a Dream, Eldorado, For Annie, To My Mother, Annabel Lee, The Bells.THE NOVELSNarrative of A. Gordon Pym, The Journal of Julius Rodman.THE ESSAYSPal?stine, Maelzel’s Chess-Player, Letter to B——, American Novel-Writing, The Capitol at Washington, Instinct vs Reason—A Black Cat, The Philosophy of Furniture, Morning on the Wissahiccon, Some Account of Stonehenge, The Giant’s Dance, A Druidical Ruin in England, A Few Words on Secret Writing, Exordium, Harper’s Ferry, The Balloon-Hoax, Byron and Miss Chaworth, Pay of American Authors, Some Secrets of the Magazine Prison-House, Anastatic Printing, Street-Paving, American Poetry, The Philosophy of Composition, A Few Words on Etiquette, Eureka: A Prose Poem, The Rationale of Verse, The Poetic Principle.THE MISCELLANEAAutography, Pinakidia, Literary Small Talk, Intemperance, A Chapter on Science and Art, Cabs, Omniana, Prospectus of The Penn Magazine, Autobiographical Note, A Chapter on Autography, Prospectus of The Stylus, Souvenirs of Youth, The Head of St. John The Baptist, Doings of Gotham, A Moving Chapter, Desultory Notes on Cats, A Chapter of Suggestions, Marginalia, The Literati, Mr. Poe’s Reply to Mr. English and Others, Fifty Suggestions, Preface to “Tamerlane And Minor Poems,” Prologue to “The Folio Club”, Prefaces and Introduction to “The Conchologist’s First Book,” Preface to “Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque,” Preface to “The Raven and Other Poems.”THE PLAYPolitian.THE CRITICISMThe Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vols. 8-13, ed. by James A. Harrison, Thomas Y. Crowell & Company 1902.THE LETTERSThe Letters of Edgar Allan Poe, 2nd edition, 2 vols., ed. by J. W. Ostrom, The Gordian Press 1966.

Alexander Pope Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Alexander Pope collection, including the most complete set of Pope’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Alexander Pope Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. After Shakespeare and Tennyson, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Pope’s work, All his poems, All his plays, All his legendary translations, Famous satires, Rarities and all his other works. Plus a bonus biography. Works Included: An Essay On Criticism An Essay On Man Moral Essays To Several Persons Satires Poems?Including: The Rape Of The LockOde On Solitude The Temple Of Fame Translations From Ovid Sappho To Phaon The Dying Christian To His Soul Elegy To The Memory Of An Unfortunate Lady Messiah To A Lady, With The Temple Of Fame The Looking-Glass Poems Suggested By Gulliver Epitaphs On Two Lovers Struck Dead By Lightning Universal Prayer Longer Works?Including: The Dunciad The Iliad The Odyssey Three Hours After Marriage Your Free Special Bonus Alexander Pope Biography - a full length biography about Pope’s intriguing and fascinating life. Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Pope collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his world like never before!

Existen?a diafana, care continu? volumele de autor Cercul de gra?ie (2003) ?i O carte pe s?pt?m?n? (2007), reprezint? o foarte echilibrat? ?i competent? radiografiere a simptomatologiei editoriale rom?ne?ti din anii 2000-2010, ?tefan Borbely unind ?ntre coper?ile aceluia?i volum at?t texte dedicate unor nume consacrate ale literaturii rom?ne (Marin Sorescu, Mircea Zaciu, Nicolae Breban, Marin Mincu, Livius Cioc?rlie, Adrian Marino, Horia-Roman Patapievici, Mircea C?rt?rescu, Paul Cornea, Dan C. Mih?ilescu), c?t ?i analize ale unor autori tineri, care s-au f?cut cunoscu?i ?n ultimii ani (Adrian Dohotaru, C?t?lin ?i Roxana Ghi??, Adriana Teodorescu, Florina Codreanu, Ioana Macrea-Toma, Constantina Raveca Buleu), cu c?r?i preponderent din domeniul istoriei ?i sintaxei mentalit??ilor ?i cel al studiilor culturale. Fire analitic?, scrut?toare, dotat? cu o bun? deschidere teoretic? ?i cu o impecabil? precizie a conceptelor, ?tefan Borbely este interesat cu prec?dere de idei ?i de simptomatologii culturale, textele dedicate jurnalului lui Adrian Marino (Via?a unui om singur), experimentalismului lui Marin Mincu sau modernit??ii ?n lectura lui Paul Cornea (toate prezente ?n carte) fiind dintre cele mai bune care s-au scris ?n domeniu. Pornind de la cazuri particulare ?i de la volume care au, f?r? excep?ie, o deschidere ideatic? vast?, incitant?, cartea profesorului Borbely reprezint? un foarte suplu efort de sintez? critic?, realizat? cu har, competen?a ?i profesionalism.

Mevsim, k?? ortas?yd?! Günlerce ya?murla ?slanm??t? ?stanbul! Bütün hafta f?rt?nayla, karla, so?ukla insanlar?n can?n ??kar. Sonra da insanlara ?ektirdi?ine pi?man olmu? gibi bir sevimlili?e büründü. ?stanbul bu, bir bakm??s?n?z f?rt?na dinmi?, güne? a?m??, bir bakm??s?n?z aniden kar ya?m??. ?stanbul b?yledir i?te… Parlayan güne?i f?rsat bilen binlerce insan sokaklara d?külür. Kimi bo?azda, kimi k?prüde, kimi deniz k?y?s?nda oltas?yla bal?k tutuyor, kimileri vapurla adalara gidiyor, kimi Emin?nü’ne, kimi al?? veri? merkezlerine, ya da kar?n tad?n? ??karmak i?in Belgrat ormanlar?na gidiyor… Bu gün hava karl?yd? ve tipik ?stanbul hali i?te! Zalim bir ?ehirdir ?u ?stanbul! Tehlike ?ok ama, bir o kadar da güzeldir. Sana hep ihanet eder ve sen yine onu sevmeye devam edersin. “?stanbul’u sevmeyen g?nül, a?k? ne anlar!” demi?ler ?airler ve bu s?zü bo?una s?ylememi?ler! Bir bakm??s?n?z güzel bir gün ge?irirken onu bozacak birisi mutlaka ??kar. Sanki ?stanbul’un de?i?mez bir kurald?r bu! Onu o kadar iyi tan?m?? durumday?m ki, hakk?nda ciltler dolusu kitap bile yazabilirim... ? ? ? Halit Fuat Be?ik kimdir? 1952 y?l?nda Fatsa'da do?du. ?lk ve orta ??renimini Fatsa'da, üniversite ??renimini ise ?stanbul'da tamamlad?. Kapal? ?ar??da ticaret hayat?na at?ld?. Bu arada dünyan?n pek ?ok ülkesini gezme f?rsat? buldu. ?nceleri rezaletten ka?mayan ve "Hep ben" mant???yla maceral? bir hayat ya?ad?. Okumay? ve not almay? ?ok sevdi?i i?in pek ?ok kitap ve notlara sahiptir… Yazar?n ?al??malar?; "TALAN MEVS?M?NDE ADAM G?B? YA?AMAK", "SOKRATES’?N ?SYANI", "HA?LILAR ?ANAKKALEDE", "Y?Z ELL? YA?INDAK? ADAM", "TEVRATIN ?OCUKLARI VE KURAN", "AR?F’?N ?L?M?", "???RLE A?LAMAK", "K???K MAHMUT ?LE KOCA BAYRAM", "VEN?S GEZEGEN?NDE ?SYAN", "ADEME MEKTUPLAR" gibi Kur-an ahlak?na dayal?, ama daha cüretk?r ve farkl? konuda yaz?lm?? kitaplard?r. ?Yazmak konusuna otuz y?ll?k bir emek vermesine ra?men, bu konuda daha pek ?ok ?ey yapmas? gerekti?ine inan?yor. “Talan Mevsiminde Adam gibi ya?amak”, “Sokrates’in ?syan?”, “Ha?l?lar ?anakkale’de”, “Tevrat’?n ?ocuklar? ve Kur-an”, “Yüz Elli Ya??ndaki Adam”, “?iirle A?lamak”, “Kü?ük Mahmut ile Koca Bayram”, “Venüs Gezegeninde ?syan” ve “Adem’e Mektuplar” isimli kitaplar? yay?nlanm??t?r. ?nan?, Adalet, ?nsan sevgisi ve Kuran ahlak?na dayal? o muhte?em denge i?inde eserler vermeye ?al???yor. Ger?ek eserlerini bundan sonra size sunaca??na inan?yor... ?imdilik, ya??yor i?te…

The grandfather of Nell Trent wants to make sure his granddaughter is provided for when he dies. His memory of his daughter’s suffering and premature death gives him a fear of poverty. This obsession results in his financial and physical ruin. Nell and her grandfather flee and embark on a journey that has no destination. For Nell, all she wants is a peaceful existence with enough to subsist on.??They come across many interesting people in their travels and are often met with the kindness of strangers. Yet, underneath an animated and colorful world, they also encounter the bleak reality of the industrial age. From simple villages and fields of flowers, they cross into a dirty city full of mass unemployment and plague victims—where children die from starvation and are left on the curb.??The story isn’t just about Nell and her grandfather, but the people who are connected to them directly or indirectly. There is Richard Swiveller, a careless young man who is a friend of Nell’s plotting brother, who wants Swiveller to marry Nell for the fortune he thinks she has. Daniel Quilp, the malicious dwarf, has a vendetta against the grandfather—who was the one person who managed to fool him. There is honest Kit, who finds himself the victim of spite of people he never harmed. Kit desires to help Nell, whoM he worships as a personal angel that has always inspired the best in him. The mysterious Bevis Marks, who is a generous patron to some and an enemy to others, also has his own reasons for finding Nell and her grandfather.??Unique to this book, unlike Dickens other works, is a fairy tale quality to the story. It is certainly a book of contrasts: the purity of Nell compared to the sadistic depravity of Quilp, fresh air and scenic villages to the polluted, stone covered city, etc. Even people’s reactions to the book revealed a stark contrast. At first, Nell Trent was praised as the most perfect Dickens character. Later, she was ridiculed and criticized by many well-known people like Oscar Wilde. While characters in other Dickens books are moving towards a better future, Nell and her grandfather are fleeing their life—and their story is moving towards an ending.??The Old Curiosity Shop was inspired by a personal tragedy in Dickens life. Nell Trent is based on the seventeen year old sister-in-law of Dickens who lived with him and whom he was fond of. The girl collapsed and died suddenly after the family had come home from the theater, probably due to undiagnosed heart disease. The story is a time capsule—full of references of popular songs, literature, and scandals of the period. As to be expected of a Dickens novel, there is social commentary on the plight of the poor. The Old Curiosity Shop delves into the unknown world of freak shows and other traveling entertainers—showing a magical world, yet one with a dark underside to it.

In a tale of sand, songs, survival and untimely erections, it takes a trek along the Australian coastline for Benjamin Allmon to find himself, and the true key to happiness. It is 2006. After more than a decade trying to make it in the music industry, singer-songwriter Ben is getting desperate. As his former bandmates settle into sensible careers he gives it one last shot and records his debut album. The only problem – how to promote it?? In homage to the Deep South bluesmen who walked and played their way to Chicago, he decides to trek 1000 kilometres of Australian coastline. Kissing his girlfriend goodbye, he sets off with a guitar, a sleeping bag and a heroic miscalculation of what he’s getting into.? Beset by bushfires, dingoes, and septuagenarian nudists, fame seems to forever be over the horizon. Penniless and lost, the tour soon becomes a matter of survival instead of climbing the charts. Through his encounters with the people you only meet when walking slow and sleeping rough, Ben realises that what he wanted at the outset has changed enormously.