Charles Pooter and his wife Caroline have just moved to a new home. Mr Pooter is a City of London clerk with Perkupps. The couple have a 20-year-old son, Lupin, who works as a bank clerk in Oldham. From the beginning a pattern is set whereby the small vexations of the Pooters' daily lives are recounted, many of them arising from Pooter's unconscious self-importance and pomposity. Trouble with servants, tradesmen and office juniors, together with minor social embarrassments and humiliations, occur regularly.

Οι σειρ? ?Κρ?σταλλοι? θα συν?σταται απ? μια δεκαλογ?α η οπο?α θα ξεκιν?ει απ? την δημιουργ?α του σ?μπαντο?, θα διαπερν? ολ?κληρο τον πανανθρ?πινο πολιτισμ?, θα φθ?νει στο παρ?ν και θα συνεχ?ζει στο μ?λλον, παρακολουθ?ντα? περιληπτικ? την εξ?λιξη του ανθρ?πινου πολιτισμο?. Το πρ?το βιβλ?ο ε?ναι η ?1η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κενο?-Υπερκ?σμιου (Δημιουργ?α)? απ? το οπο?ο αρχ?ζει ?να ταξ?δι. ?να ταξ?δι που ξεκιν?ει απ? την Μεγ?λη ?κρηξη, την εξελικτικ? πορε?α του σ?μπαντο? και φθ?νει στη δημιουργ?α των πλανητικ?ν συστημ?των. Το ?ργο στο πρ?το βιβλ?ο ξεκιν?ει απ? μια ελληνικ? επαρχιακ? π?λη, ?που ?να ερωτευμ?νο ζευγ?ρι ανακαλ?πτει ?να αντικε?μενο με περ?εργε? ιδι?τητε? και ικαν?τητε?. Μελετ?τε απ? την τοπικ? επιστημονικ? κοιν?τητα, αναφ?ρονται παλι?τεροι θρ?λοι και παραδ?σει? γ?ρω απ? αυτ?, που μ?χρι πρ?τινο? θεωρο?νταν μ?θοι και παραμ?θια. Το αντικε?μενο μεταφ?ρεται στην Αθ?να και μελετ?ται απ? την ελληνικ? επιστημονικ? κοιν?τητα. Κατ?πιν καλο?νται τα ηχηρ? ον?ματα τη? διεθνο?? επιστημονικ?? κοιν?τητα?. Β?σει των ιδιοτ?των που ?χουν αναδειχθε?, επιχειρε?ται ?να πε?ραμα στην Ακρ?πολη, με θαυμαστ? και μη αναμεν?μενα αποτελ?σματα. Απ? εκε? και π?ρα αρχ?ζει μια υπ?ροχη διαδρομ? σε μια σειρ? 10 βιβλ?ων. Μ?σα απ? μ?θο, αλληγορ?ε? αλλ? και πραγματικ?? επιστημονικ?? γν?σει?, επιχειρε?τε, π?ραν τη? διασκ?δαση?, ο αναγν?στη? να αποκομ?σει και αληθιν?? γν?σει?. ?τσι, ο αναγν?στη? μ?σα απ? μυθιστορηματικ? αφ?γηση μαθα?νει για την δημιουργ?α και για την εξ?λιξη του σ?μπαντο?, για του? γαλαξ?ε?, για τα ηλιακ? συστ?ματα, για την γη, για τη ζω? π?νω στην γη, για την εξ?λιξη του ανθρ?πινου ε?δου?, για την φιλοσοφ?α, για την επιστ?μη, για τι? θρησκε?ε? και για τον εν γ?νει αγ?να τη? ενανθρ?πιση? του ανθρ?πινου ε?δου?, για να φθ?σουμε στι? σημεριν?? συγκρο?σει?. Τηλεγραφικ? τα 10 βιβλ?α που θα ακολουθ?σουν με ενδεικτικ?? ονομασ?ε?: 1η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κενο?-Υπερκ?σμιου (Δημιουργ?α) 2η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Υπερκ?σμιου-Υπερφυσικο? (Ουρανομαχ?α) 3η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Υπερφυσικο? (Ζευ?-Κρ?νο?) 4η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Παραφυσικο? (Γιγαντομαχ?α) 5η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Μεταφυσικο? (Προμηθει??) 6η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Καλο?-Κακο? (Λευκ??-Μα?ρο? Κρ?σταλλο?) 7η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κοινωνικοπολιτικο?-Αντικοινωνικοπολιτικο? (Πρ?τοι πολιτισμο?) 8η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Ανθρωπισμο?-Τεχνοκρατισμο? (Νε?τεροι χρ?νοι) 9η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Πολιτισμο?-Βαρβαρ?τητα? (Σ?μερα) 10η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Γ?ινων-Εξωγ?ινων (Διαγαλαξιακ? ταξ?δια)

From a story by Hans Christian Andersen In ancient China, young emperor Wu is kept a virtual prisoner in his palace by his devious guardian, Li Si. Wu believes the world outside the Forbidden City is an evil and dangerous place. But when Xiao, a young servant girl, tells him of the most beautiful sound on earth – the song of the nightingale – it’s too much to resist. The two embark on an adventure that will take them across mountain tops and waterfalls, past chattering monkeys and magical dragons to the far reaches of his kingdom. When Wu returns with the nightingale, and starts to overturn the old palace customs, Li Si plots to restore things to the way they were before. Featuring puppetry, music and all the colour, movement and spectacle of Chinese theatre, this joyful adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale is a feast for the senses that will delight the whole family. Suitable for ages 6+

The story of a modern Asian young woman trying to straddle Western attitudes and traditional beliefs. You've heard of an Essex Girl or even a Chelsea Girl but what is a Hounslow Girl? The term has become a byword for confident, young Muslim women who are grappling with traditional values, city life and fashion. From the joys of Pakistani weddings to fights on the night bus, Ambreen Razia's? The Diary of a Hounslow Girl ?is a funny, bold, provocative play highlighting the challenges of being a teenage girl in a traditional Muslim family, alongside the temptations and influences of growing up in and around London. “Ambreen’s writing is poetic in its structure and intensity, funny, moving, chilling, and delivered in a style that takes inspiration from spoken word and physical theatre. She has created a rhythm that draws the audience in, as compelling as a thriller, complete with gathering ominousness, shocks and comic relief.” Deborah Bestwick, Director, Ovalhouse “Ambreen Razia’s terrific play is exactly the kind of new work we wish to support in the new home of multi-cultural theatre in London. Hounslow Girl is a wonderfully funny take on a London phenomenon and one audiences will enjoy.” Jatinder Verma, Artistic Director, Tara Arts” "a powerful piece of theatre... Ambreen Razia's performance is astonishing."?BritishTheatre.com "This is a sophisticated, moving and often very funny piece of writing, particularly nuanced in its depiction of Shaheeda's relationship with her mother ... astute in tackling the breakdown of the loving bonds between parent and child that can occur when a child becomes a teenager – and also how this experience can be magnified for the children of first-generation immigrants, whose parents feel distant from their children’s British lives... Razia's script touches on everything from first love to cultural expectations to student-teacher relationships; it’s a bit like an inner-city version of An Education."?The Stage Ambreen Razia is an actress and writer from South London.? The Diary of a Hounslow Girl is Ambreen's debut show which premiered at Ovalhouse in 2015. Passionate about re-establishing British Asian comedy within the UK, she continues to write her comedy sketch show involving two British Asian girls exploring the?clash between traditional Indian/Pakistani culture and modern British life. She is also currently writing her next play POT primarily focusing on the recent comeback of gang culture within the UK.?Performance credits include: On the Middle Day (Old Vic Theatre);? Words and Women (Edinburgh Fringe); Random Acts (Channel 4);? Fair Exchange (Hen and Chickens Theatre);? Variations on a Theme (Camden People's Theatre);? Mind the Gap (National Theatre ); No Guts, No Heart, No Glory? (BBC4/Perth Festival Australia) and Murdered by my Father? (BBC3).

The original 'banana republic' stories which explore aspects of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town, each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure. The larger, overriding plot slowly explicates its own background, even as it creates a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period.

Roderigo, a rich and dissolute gentleman, complaining to Iago, an ensign, that Iago has not told him about the secret marriage between Desdemona, the daughter of a Senator named Brabantio, and Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army. He is upset by this development because he loves Desdemona and had asked her father for her hand in marriage.

ALTHOUGH Rouen is now very far before all the other cities of Normandy in point of magnitude and importance, and though Rollo, in his conquest of the country, made it his principal headquarters and his main stronghold, it did not continue exclusively the residence of the dukes of Normandy in after years. The father of William the Conqueror was Robert, who be-came subsequently the duke, the sixth in the line. He resided, at the time when William was born, in a great castle at Falaise. Falaise, as will be seen upon the map, is west of Rouen, and it stands, like Rouen, at some distance from the sea. The castle was built upon a hill, at a little distance from the town. It has long since ceased to be habitable, but the ruins still remain, giving a picturesque but mournful beauty to the eminence which they crown. They are often visited by tra-velers, who go to see the place where the great hero and conqueror was born.??It was about 870 that Rollo was banished from Norway, and a few years after that, at most, that he landed in France. It was not, however, until 912 that he concluded his treaty of peace with Charles, so as to be fully invested with the title of Duke of Normandy. He was advanced in age at this time, and, after spending five years in settling the affairs of his realm, he resigned his dukedom into the hands of his son, that he might spend the remainder of his days in rest and peace. He died in 922, five years after his resignation.??He was only ten years old when his father was assassinated. He became involved in long and arduous wars with the King of France, which compelled him to call in the aid of more Northmen from the Baltic. His new allies, in the end, gave him as much trouble as the old enemy, with whom they came to help William contend; and he found it very hard to get them away. He wanted, at length, to make peace with the French king, and to have them leave his dominions; but they said, "That was not what they came for." Richard had a beautiful daughter, named Emma, who afterward became a very important political personage, as will be seen more fully in a subsequent chapter.?Richard died in 996, after reigning fifty-four years.

O simfonie nevrotic? ?n transe poetice nu s-a mai scris. S-a f?cut ?ns? apel la aceast? formul? neconven?ional?, pentru a se ?ncerca o radiografiere a imaginarului poetic, a st?rilor ?i obsesiilor celui condamnat de societate s? se retrag? ?i s? tr?iasc? ?ntr-un turn. Poate este pentru prima dat? c?nd se ajunge ?n Groapa Marianelor a poeziei. Scardanelli, o carte parc? scris? cu g?ndul la marii damna?i, la H?lderlin, Kleist ?i Trakl. George Mor?rel s-a n?scut la data de 22 octombrie 1948, ?n ora?ul Turnu Severin. A absolvit ?coala primar? ?i liceul ?n Turnu-Severin, ?n anul 1966. ?n perioada 1992-1993 este translator de german? pentru firma de construc?ii Betina, ?n Germania. Este, apoi, ?ef de sec?ie ?i director al Arhivei multimedia din cadrul Televiziunii Rom?ne, de unde demisioneaz?, plec?nd la Paris. Urmeaz? cursurile de limba german? ale Facult??ii Sorbona din Paris. ?n perioada 2001-2002 e redactor la Biblioteca Na?ional? a Fran?ei din Paris, neput?nd s?-?i prelungeasc? contractul pe o durat? determinat?. Traduce din francez? pentru Editura Curtea Veche. Iar din 2007 exercit? func?ia de redactor la Editura Curtea Veche. C?r?i: Agen?i ?i supra-agen?i ?n comunism, critic? (2000); Capul poetic, poeme (2004).

De ce o carte despre via?a ?i opera lui Vasile Voiculescu?R?spunsul poate fi complex ?i nuan?at. Pe de o parte, acumularea unei cantit??i mari de contribu?ii biografice ?i critice a impus reevaluarea lor. Pe de alt? parte, chiar varietatea ?i bog??ia informa?iilor pun sub semnul ?ndoielii destule afirma?ii anterioare. Dincolo de aceste motive r?m?ne faptul c? Vasile Voiculescu a fost un erudit cu o g?ndire profund?, un nemuritor. Personalitatea sa multilateral? trebuie rea?ezat? ?n actualitate. Nu din retoric? trufa?? repet?m ?ntrebarea, modific?nd-o pu?in: de ce o monografie Voiculescu ?n epoca demitiz?rilor? ?nainte de a da alte r?spunsuri, m?rturisim c? suntem preocupa?i de felul ?n care va fi receptat?. Probabil c? voiculescologii consacra?i vor fi curio?i s? afle cum ?l prezint? Gheorghe Postelnicu din P?rscov pe Vasile Voiculescu, ilustrul s?u ?nainta? ?i cons?tean. Sper?m s? constate c? nu au ?n fa?? o carte de celebrare, de?i nu am spune adev?rul dac? nu am recunoa?te c? ?n perioada document?rii am fost ?nso?i?i de o sensibilitate admirativ?.

Comentariile lui Cristian ?opescu ?mpletite cu turneul final de vis al na?ionalei Rom?niei m-au f?cut s? vreau un singur lucru: s? ajung ?i eu comentator ?i s? pot tr?i pe viu meciuri de neuitat. A?a am absolvit ?coala Superioar? de Jurnalistic? ?n 2003, an ?n care mi-am realizat ?i un prim vis: acela de a comenta un meci de fotbal ?n direct. Se ?nt?mpla la TV Sport, actualul sport.ro. Partida, Arsenal – Everton 2-0. De atunci p?n? ?n prezent am adunat peste 1700 de meciuri comentate, fie din studio, fie de pe stadion. Printre ele, dou? finale de Champions League, c?teva dintre cele mai a?teptate derby-uri din Europa, Barcelona – Real Madrid, AC Milan – Inter sau Arsenal – Manchester United, precum ?i Clasicul Rom?niei, Steaua – Dinamo. Inevitabil, c?nd e?ti ?ntr-o asemenea situa?ie, trebuie s? ?nfrun?i ?i criticile ?i cele mai grobiene ?njur?turi. ?tiu c? stilul meu vulcanic, mai sud-american, nu este pe placul tuturor, ?ns? eu cred c? mi se potrive?te cel mai bine. Consider c? un comentator trebuie s? transmit? emo?ia ?i pasiunea din timpul unui meci tocmai pentru a-l face pe telespectator s? se simt? ca ?i cum ar fi pe stadion. Cert este c? pe nimeni nu las? indiferente comentariile mele. Ori plac, ori ba!

Theodore Roosevelt had the good fortune to be born of a well-known, long-established family, with every facility for education and with an atmosphere of patriotism and disinterested service both to country and humanity all about him. In his father he had before him an example of lofty public spirit, from which it would have been difficult to depart. But if the work of his ancestors relieved him from the hard struggle which meets an unaided man at the outset, he also lacked the spur of necessity to prick the sides of his intent, in itself no small loss. As a balance to the opportunity which was his without labor, he had not only the later difficulties which come to him to whom fate has been kind at the start; he had also spread before him the temp-tations inseparable from such inherited advantages as fell to his lot—temptations to a life of sports and pleasure, to lettered ease, to an amateur's career in one of the fine arts, perhaps to a money-making business, likewise an inheritance, none of them easily to be set aside in obedience to the stern rule that the larger and more facile the opportunity the greater and more insistent the responsibility. ? About Author: ? henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 – November 9, 1924) was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. Lodge received his PhD in history from Harvard. Lodge was a long-time friend and confidant of Theodore Roosevelt. Lodge had the role (but not the official title) of the first Senate Majority Leader. He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles. Lodge demanded Congressional control of declarations of war; Wilson refused and blocked Lodge's move to ratify the treaty with reservations. As a result, the United States never joined the League of Nations.Historian George E. Mowry argues that: Henry Cabot Lodge was one of the best informed statesmen of his time, he was an excellent parliamentarian, and he brought to bear on foreign questions a mind that was at once razor sharp and devoid of much of the moral cant that was so typical of the age....[Yet] Lodge never made the contributions he should have made, largely because of Lodge the person. He was opportunistic, selfish, jealous, condescending, supercilious, and could never resist calling his opponent's spade a dirty shovel. Small wonder that except for Roosevelt and Root, most of his colleagues of both parties disliked him, and many distrusted him. * * *

Am c?utat timp s? citesc cartea ta cu aten?ie, de?i unele dintre fragmente mi-erau cunoscute. Te exprim? foarte bine: este polemic?, are energia de care am mai zis ?i pe care ai contestat-o, este o asumare sincer? ?i urmând chemarea ta, felul t?u de a vedea lucrurile, de a fi al?turi de „oamenii mari” ?i de a duce împreun? lupta pentru valorile în care crezi. Este vital? ?i, ca la Marino, repeti?ia este motivat? de (?i exprim?) intensitate. A o citi în afara caracterului ei polemic ?i a sensului de afirmare a solidarit??ii cu comunitatea de care te sim?i ata?at? înseamn? a o rata. Cred c? a fost foarte bine s? începi cu cazul Marino, c?ci este exponen?ial, dar ?i mai clar decât altele. (Gabriel Andreescu) Concluzia central? care ascunde chiar miza întregii c?r?i: „Nu cred c? fenomenul globaliz?rii, r?spândit pe mapamond, a cl?tinat identitatea francezilor, a nem?ilor, spaniolilor sau r?d?cinile altor na?iuni. Oricât de straniu ori deplasat ar suna pentru urechile unor comentatori români, adep?i ai politicii corecte, voi spune un adev?r familiar na?iunilor mari ale lumii. Exist? lucruri ce nu pot fi negociate. Între acestea sunt ?ara, familia, limba, identitatea ?i neamul”. Or, în România aceste dimensiuni ale fiin??rii noastre se „negociaz?” de peste dou? decenii, în condi?ii mistificatorii de intimidare, amenin?are c? nu po?i fi „în rândul lumii”, „european” ?i globalist, dac? nu renun?i la propria identitate, la propriile resurse umane, naturale, spirituale. Or, scriitorul român, de la cronicari la ?coala Ardelean?, pa?opti?ti, marii clasici, genera?ia Marii Uniri, cea interbelic? au fost p?zitori ai fiin?ei române?ti prin for?a crea?iei ?i a ethosului lor, cu întrerupere în deceniul proletcultist, pentru a se revigora cu genera?iile lui Nicolae Labi?, a lui Nichita St?nescu, a lui Nicolae Breban, Ioan Alexandru, a lui Cezar Iv?nescu ?i a Aurei Christi, de îndat? ce o parte dintre optzeci?ti s-a trezit din torpoarea simulacrelor postmoderniste. Sintagma din expresia tr?darea scriitorului are, acum, o dubl? trimitere: scriitorul român a fost tr?dat de elitele politice postdecembriste, dup? cum scriitorul, la rându-i, ?i-a uitat menirea de p?zitor al fiin?ei na?ionale. Solu?ia, crede Aura Christi, este, pe de o parte, heideggeriana p?zire a fiin?ei de c?tre poe?i, pe de alta, întoarcerea la vechea tabl? a valorilor europene ?i române?ti, toate abandonate de mentalitatea postmodernist?. (Theodor Codreanu) Ce sunt aceste polemice? O seam? de arabescuri excesive, radiografia patetic? ?i lucid? a unei sfâ?ieri, o serie de tentative de a în?elege, e?uate în neîn?elegere, reportajul unor revolte aneantizate în albia dezn?dejdii ?i a refuzului de a accepta s? asi?ti – redus la mu?enie, deci, vinovat din start – la comercializarea, trivializarea infernului comunist. Proces culminat, incredibil, cu un masacru al inocen?ilor regizat într?un stil de extrac?ie neostalinist?. Cum s? califici altfel vân?toarea de oameni mari, prin care s?a perpetuat europenitatea culturii române în anii dictaturii stalinisto?dejiste? Vân?toare organizat? sub ochii no?tri, în s?rmana noastr? democra?ie. Ce sunt aceste polemice? Poate, un semn al speran?ei c? nu e vândut chiar totul. Nu e terfelit chiar totul. Nu e pierdut chiar totul. (Aura Christi)

Este Leopardi un poet pesimist, aa cum l-a clasat tradiia Nu. Din perspectiva zilei de azi, el apare mai degrab ca un poet tragic, ca un exponent al categoriilor existeniale fundamentale. Nu moartea ca atare l sperie pe Leopardi, ci murirea, adic manifestarea ei procesual. Tot astfel viaa leopardian este vieuire. Desfurarea acestora e inversat: trirea vieii (vieuirea) e retrospectiv, iar trirea morii (murirea) e perspectiv. Inversiunea ontologic este temeiul mitopo(i)eticii leopardiene. Cartea ne propune un Leopardi modern i postmodern, un spirit intercultural i multicultural n siajul integrrii europene. Nu lipsete, bineneles, odiseea receptrii lui n spaiul cultural romnesc, ca pattern al lirismului arhetipal, alturi de Eminescu.” (Mihai Cimpoi)Un studiu incitant despre unul dintre cei mai mari poei ai lumii.

Adevrata putere, scrie tnrul erudit Balot, se afl n puterea fr glorie, n puterea ascuns, n fecunditatea tinuit. Nimic manifest, smna este ngropat adnc. n somnul seminei e puterea fr glorie. nsi pasivitatea ei e rodnic. Seceriul, gloria trzie a seminei dincolo de orizontul ei. Smna e puternic n timpul agoniei sale subterane”. Aceste note – ce pot fi considerate un manifest indirect – sunt scrise n ianuarie 1955 […] E captivant incursiunea efectuat n ’91-’98 n sumbrul an ’54-’55; ochiul lucid al eruditului Balot l privete” pe junele de atunci, l judec, l trateaz cu iubire, cu nelegere, cu ranchiun de crturar. Se obine astfel un efect al stranietii; e ca i cum ai nainta printr-un labirint al timpului, labirint ce are n loc de ziduri – oglinzi. n timp ce vezi diferite chipuri reale n oglind, asiti la descrierea lor luxuriant, memorabil, iar numai peste cteva clipe ai ansa s vezi aceleai chipuri vii, descrise de acelai spirit... ce a acumulat o experien – de la primul jurnal, de la primul segment de timp – de patruzeci de ani aproape. Cuceritoare, asprimea unui guru ntoars mpotriva sa, asprime ce denot faptul c rzboiul subteran, nceput acum cteva decenii, e n toi; Maestrul i este fidel siei, se nfrupt imperial din mizeria oricrei autodepiri (Nietzsche). Atingnd o dat un ideal – kantian vorbind, un lucru individual, determinabil sau chiar determinat numai prin idee” –, Nicolae Balot, l depete exemplar, inventnd idealuri ce dau largi fiori de sfnt mister. (Lucian Blaga)” (Aura Christi) Caietul albastru – un fragment memorabil din istoria mentalitilor autohtone – apare pentru prima dat n Colecia Ediii definitive.

“Love thy God, and love Him only,And thy breast will ne’er be lonely.In that One Great Spirit meetAll things mighty, grave, and sweet.Vainly strives the soul to mingleWith a being of our kind;Vainly hearts with hearts are twined:For the deepest still is single.An impalpable resistanceHolds like natures still at distance.Mortal: love that Holy One,Or dwell for aye alone.”De Vere In no province of the vast Roman empire, as it existed in the middle of the third century, did Nature wear a richer or a more joyous garb than she displayed in Proconsular Africa, a territory of which Carthage was the metropolis, and Sicca might be considered the centre. The latter city, which was the seat of a Roman colony, lay upon a precipitous or steep bank, which led up along a chain of hills to a mountainous track in the direction of the north and east. In striking contrast with this wild and barren region was the view presented by the west and south, where for many miles stretched a smiling champaign, exuberantly wooded, and varied with a thousand hues, till it was terminated at length by the successive tiers of the Atlas, and the dim and fantastic forms of the Numidian mountains. The immediate neighbourhood of the city was occupied by gardens, vineyards, corn-fields, and meadows, crossed or encircled here by noble avenues of trees or the re-mains of primeval forests, there by the clustering groves which wealth and luxury had created. This spacious plain, though level when compared with the northern heights by which the city was backed, and the peaks and crags which skirted the southern and western horizon, was discovered, as light and shadow travelled with the sun, to be diversified with hill and dale, upland and hollow; while orange gardens, orchards, olive and palm plantations held their appropriate sites on the slopes or the bottoms. Through the mass of green, which extended still more thickly from the west round to the north, might be seen at intervals two solid causeways tracking their persevering course to the Mediterranean coast, the one to the ancient rival of Rome, the other to Hippo Regius in Numidia. Tourists might have complained of the absence of water from the scene; but the native peasant would have explained to them that the eye alone had reason to be discontented, and that the thick foliage and the uneven surface did but conceal what mother earth with no niggard bounty supplied. The Bagradas, issuing from the spurs of the Atlas, made up in depth what it wanted in breadth of bed, and ploughed the rich and yielding mould with its rapid stream, till, after passing Sicca in its way, it fell into the sea near Carthage. It was but the largest of a multitude of others, most of them tributaries to it, deepening as much as they increased it. While channels had been cut from the larger rills for the irrigation of the open land, brooks, which sprang up in the gravel which lay against the hills, had been artificially banked with cut stones or paved with pebbles; and where neither springs nor rivulets were to be found, wells had been dug, sometimes to the vast depth of as much as 200 fathoms, with such effect that the spurting column of water had in some instances drowned the zealous workmen who had been the first to reach it. And, while such were the resources of less favoured localities or seasons, profuse rains descended over the whole region for one half of the year, and the thick summer dews compensated by night for the daily tribute extorted by an African sun.

Lytton Strachey, the English biographer and critic, introduced a new era of biographical writing at the close of World War I. Strachey’s works are celebrated for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. This comprehensive eBook presents Strachey’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Strachey’s life and works* Concise introductions to the major texts* Many famous biographies, with individual contents tables* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Includes Strachey’s rare poetry – available in no other collection* Also includes Strachey’s early Spectator essays, first time in digital print* Features two contextual pieces, evaluating Strachey’s contribution to literature* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, books published after 1922 cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The BooksINTRODUCTION FOR ‘A SIMPLE STORY’ by E. InchbaldLANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATUREEMINENT VICTORIANSQUEEN VICTORIABOOKS AND CHARACTERSMISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS FROM ‘THE SPECTATOR’ The PoetryELY: AN ODE, FROM PROLUSIONES ACADEMICAE, 1902EUPHROSYNE: A COLLECTION OF VERSE The Contextual PiecesTHE ART OF BIOGRAPHY by Virginia WoolfLYTTON STRACHEY by Max Beerbohm Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Η Πο?ηση, οι εμπνε?σει? και τα μην?ματα που προσωπικ? και αυθ?ρμητα εκπ?μπονται απ? την ψυχ? του ποιητ? δ?σκολα περιγρ?φονται και αναλ?ονται. Ο Γι?ργο? Σεφ?ρη? δεν ?θελε να μιλ? και να εξηγε? τ?ποτα απολ?τω? για τα ποι?ματ? του. Ο Euros Bowen ?λεγε πω? ?η Πο?ηση δεν ε?ναι λ?ξει?, αλλ? ο χορ?? τη? φωτι???! Την παραλληλ?ζει δε με τη φωτι?, ?χι με την ?ννοια τη? καταστροφ?? και τη? απ?λειψη?, αλλ? με την εξαιρετικ? ?ννοια του καυτηριασμο?, τη? κ?θαρση? και επομ?νω? τη? θεραπε?α?. Κι αυτ? τα στοιχε?α προσφ?ρονται π?ντα... αθ?ρυβα!

Mergnd pe linia lui Adrian Punescu, autorul volumului abordeaz aceeai atitudine fa de cititorii obinuii ca i marele su nainta. Ioan Popa, membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din Romnia, privete lirica din perspectiva cititorului de rnd. El i exprim sentimentele i ideile n aa fel, nct s fie neles de toat lumea. Abordeaz subiecte din viaa de zi cu zi a fiecruia dintre noi, vorbete de mersul la cumprturi, de evoluiile vieii politice, de divor, beii, scandaluri, aglomeraie urban i cte i mai cte. Adic aduce n poezie situaiile i strile sufleteti crora trebuie s le facem fa zilnic cu toii.Poetul are o solid formaie clasic i, n scrierile sale, apar i referine la antichitate, fie c acestea in de istorie, fie c in de mit. n acest fel, de multe ori elementele efemerului, ale derizoriului, ajung s ating o rezonan universal. ns exprimarea este lipsit de preiozitate, are simplitatea i transparena pe care cititorul nesofisticat de poezie le simte ca fiindu-i familiare.Scriind pentru toi cititorii de poezie, Ioan Popa continu o tradiie romneasc nobil. S amintim numai de mult iubiii notri poei George Cobuc, Ion Minulescu, George Toprceanu, Adrian Punescu. Oricare dintre noi intr uor n rezonan cu poeziile lor i le ptrunde nelesul fr s dispun de o aparatur complicat de receptare i interpretare.Fiind uor de neles, poeziile lui Ioan Popa se citesc cu bucurie i plcere – i cu un zmbet n colul gurii.“ – Vasile Poenaru

Lucrarea de fa?? are ?n vedere tratarea unei adev?rate realit??i europene ?nc? nerezolvat?: migra?ia. Ea este un fenomen cu care se confrunt? aproape toate popoarele lumii, efectele ei marc?nd societatea, fie din perspectiva celor care pleac? dintr-o ?ar? (a emigran?ilor), fie din perspectiva celor care vin ?ntr-o ?ar? (a imigran?ilor). Personal eu am sim?it emigra?ia ca pe o tr?ire pe un interval ?n care omul vie?uie?te ?ntre dou? lumi, lumi ca dou? p?r?i din sine pe care nu poate s? le mai uneasc? pentru a fi un ?ntreg. Lectura acestei lucr?ri este o incursiune ?n via?a emigrantului, cu motiva?ia lui, cu lumea lui din ?ara de unde pleac?, cu lumea lui ?n ?ara unde se a?az?, cu efectele ?i schimb?rile pe care le provoac? acest fenomen la nivel individual ?i social. Este o incursiune ?n apropierea unor realit??i occidentale unde emigran?ii ?ncearc? s? supravie?uiasc? discrimin?rilor ?i umilin?elor. Este tr?irea re?ntoarcerii acas?, ?n apropierea anotimpurilor ?i a eternit??ilor rom?ne?ti.

Vd n Aura Christi scriitoarea romnc exponenial la nivel nalt pentru era globalismului (mondialismului), pentru europenismul multinaional, ntruct, asemenea unui arbore simbolic, axial, are rdcinile n Basarabia (fost component a Uniunii Sovietice, actual Republica Moldova) i coroana n Romnia, ar membr a Uniunii Europene din 2007.Scrisul su integral devine n mod constant o expresie a unui dramatic destin personal i colectiv. Prin identitatea sa creatoare, acest scris dobndete o inconfundabil expresivitate literar. El poart marca cert a anvergurii canonice.“ (Marian Victor Buciu) Aura Christi a gsit limbajul n care s toarne experiene ce preau s se afle dincolo de posibilitatea articulrii discursive: prbuirea umanitii pn la nivelul la care cineva ucide cu aprobarea deplin a contiinei n numele unei idei, procesul de nlocuire a omului din om printr-un monstru. Nu statistica crimei, impresionant aa cum e ea, o intereseaz pe Aura Christi. Ea l toarn pe Dostoievski n Nietzsche pentru a face anatomia rului absolut. Rul din inima omului. Titlurile crilor sale sunt gritoare n privina geografiei lor morale: Casa din ntuneric, Sfera frigului, Cercul slbatic. n Vest, filosoful Nietzsche a fost cel care a influenat epistemologia postmodern prin deconstrucia logocentrismului. n Romnia, Nietzsche al moralei demistificate e cel care a influenat dou mini strlucite ale literaturii contemporane: Nicolae Breban i Aura Christi. Romancierul Nicolae Breban l-a ales pe un Nietzsche masculin, al voinei de putere i al sufletelor de stpni. Aura Christi a fost atras de Nietzsche al aporiilor, cel care, n Ecce homo, i suprapune pe Christ i Dionisos. Dup cum spune Aura Christi, blndeea sfrind n gheare“. Ea este o scriitoare a unui Est czut, care i mai include pe Ismail Kundera, Bashkim Shehu, sau pe Fraii Strugatski, deoarece la toi o realitate comaresc e redat prin frnturi de suflet omenesc.“ (Maria-Ana Tupan)

Vladimir Dr?ghia ni se confeseaz? cu toat? sinceritatea ?ntr-un volum de poeme care c?nt?re?te exact 21 de grame, ?n care dulcea cucut? ??i des?v?r?e?te efectele ?n simbioz? cu cele mai ale noastre cuvinte. Sunt ni?te note t?rzii din b?t?i de inimi vii, prin care autorul creioneaz? convingerea absolut? care, de altfel, d? titlul c?r?ii.?Omul ?sta cu p?tr??ele pe burtic? are ?nc? for?a unui copil ne?lefuit. Aia pe care noi to?i am pierdut-o acum mult? vreme. Sper ca placheta asta de versuri s? ?ncap? pe m?inile unui editor de treab?. S-o fac? mic?-mic?, s?-ncap? ?n buzunarul de la piept. Acolo, ?n dreptul inimii. Whatever. Po?i s-o bagi ?i-n buzunarul de la blugi. Pe buca st?ng?. S-o mai sco?i din c?nd ?n c?nd ?i s?-?i speli ochii de praf cu o lacrima stupid?.“ – Florin Piersic Junior