LUIS AGUIRRE had been living in Gibraltar for about a month. He had arrived with the intention of sailing at once upon a vessel bound for Oceanica, where he was to assume his post as a consul to Australia. It was the first important voyage of his diplomatic career. Up to that time he had served in Madrid, in the offices of the Ministry, or in various consulates of southern France, elegant summery places where for half the year life was a continuous holiday. ??THE SON of a family that had been dedicated to diplomacy by tradition, he enjoyed the protection of influential persons. His parents were dead, but he was helped by his relatives and the prestige of a name that for a century had figured in the archives of the nation. Consul at the age of twenty-five, he was about to set sail with the illusions of a student who goes out into the world for the first time, feeling that all previous trips have been insignificant. ? AUTOR: Vicente Blasco Ibanez nacio el 29 de enero de 1867 en Valencia (Espana). Era hijo de Ramona Ibanez y del comerciante Gaspar Blanco. Estudio Derecho en la Universidad de Valencia. Participo en la politica uniendose al Partido Republicano". En 1894 fundo el periodico El pueblo. En el ano 1896, fue detenido y condenado a varios meses de prision. En 1889 contrajo matrimonio con Maria Blasco del Cacho, hija del magistrado Rafael Blasco y Moreno. Cuando subio al poder Canovas del Castillo, el escritor se exilio brevemente en la ciudad de Paris. Fue un autor vinculado en muchos aspectos al naturalismo frances. Por otra parte, la explicita intencion politicosocial de algunas de las novelas de Blasco Ibanez, aunada al escaso bagaje intelectual del autor, lo mantuvo alejado de los representantes de la Generacion del 98. Murio el 28 de enero de 1928 en Menton (Francia)a los 60 anos. Entre sus titulos destacan: "Arroz y Tartana" (1894), "La Barraca" (1898), "Entre Naranjos (1900), "Canas y Barro" (1902), "La Horda" (1905), "Sangre y Arena" (1908) o "Los Cuatro Jinetes Del Apocalipsis" (1916).

Ai ?ntreb?ri pe care ai vrut mereu s? i le pui medicului t?u? Nu ai sim?it niciodat? c? e momentul oportun? Medic generalist, cercet?tor medical ?i redactor al ziaruluiGuardian, dr. Tom Smith se inspir? din experien?a sa medical? pentru a r?spunde ?ntreb?rilor pentru care doctorii obi?nui?i par a nu avea timp.? Exist? vreo dovad? c? vaccinul antigripal actual e bun de ceva?? E adev?rat c?, dac? fumezi canabis, e?ti mai pu?in expus riscurilor dec?t dac? ai fuma tutun sau ai bea alcool?? Sunt deprimat?, dar nu vreau s? iau antidepresive. Care sunt alternativele?? Usturoiul face ?ntr-adev?r bine la inim?? Dac? da, de ce?? C?t de cur?nd dup? opera?ie pot s? c?l?toresc cu avionul?? Jenant?, ?nsp?im?nt?toare sau neobi?nuit?, oricum ar fi ?ntrebarea, sunt ?anse mari ca dr. Tom s? cunoasc? r?spunsul!

Ce ne determin? s? alegem un anumit b?rbat, o anumit? femeie? Exist? oare o alegere potrivit? sau totul e hazard? Si oare cum eroii unor romane at?t de ?ndr?gite, precum?Amantul doamnei Chatterley?sau?M?n?stirea din Parma, au ajuns s?-?i ?eas? pove?tile de dragoste?S? ne imagin?m rela?ia noastr? de iubire ca pe o cas?. ?i, construind-o, avem libertatea de a ?ncepe de oriunde dorim: de la funda?ia s?pat? ad?nc ?n p?m?nt, de la acoperi? sau de la parterul confortabil, trec?nd apoi la alte etaje, mai mult sau mai pu?in atr?g?toare ini?ial. ?n arhitectura unui cuplu, aceste planuri au o semnifica?ie proprie ?i spun c?te ceva despre cei care le cl?desc. Chestionarele ?i testele pe care le ve?i g?si ?n acest volum v? vor ajuta s? v? evalua?i compatibilitatea cu cel?lalt ?ntr-o rela?ie incipient? ?i s? v? cunoa?te?i mai bine "casa" propriului cuplu, pentru a v? putea bucura ?mpreun? de ea c?t mai deplin. E o carte pentru oameni singuri, ce ?nc? ??i caut? perechea, dar ?i pentru cuplurile deschise spre autoexplorare.?

Icarus e o uria?? nav? spa?ial? care c?l?tore?te prin hiperspa?iu cu vitez? superluminic?.Icarus explodeaz?, iar Lilac LaRoux (fiica celui mai bogat om din univers) ?i Tarver Merendsen (care, la doar 18 ani, este deja erou de r?zboi) sunt singurii supravie?uitori. O navet? de salvare ?i duce pe o planet? pustie, unde g?sesc o form? ciudat? de via?? (“fiin?ele ?optitoare“), supus? unui experiment secret condamnabil, ini?iat de tat?l lui Lilac. Totul se schimb? dup? ce Lilac ?i Tarver dezleag? misterul ?fiin?elor ?optitoare“ ?i afl? c? ar putea fi salva?i. Dar nu vor mai fi niciodat? aceia?i tineri care au p??it c?ndva pe planeta pustie.“O aventur? palpitant? ?n spa?iul cosmic.“ -Kirkus ReviewsCioburi de stele a fost recompensat? cu cel mai prestigios premiu pentru science-fiction ?i fantasy din Australia, Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel.“Nu ?tiu cine sau ce ne urm?re?te, dar ?mi dau seama c? floarea este un dar de la fiin?ele misterioase. Nu ?tiu ce inten?ii au ele, dar ?tiu ce ?nseamn? acest dar pentru mine. Nu sunt singur?. Poate c? n am fost niciodat?. Nici m?car c?nd am intrat ?n m?runtaiele navei. Acele fiin?e ?optitoare ?mi citesc g?ndurile. Citesc ?n sufletul meu.“

AMERICAN INDIAN FAIRY TALES?By W.T. Larned, 1921, ?Twenty-ninth Edition??* Iagoo, the Story-Teller?* Shin-ge-bis fools the North Wind?* The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds?* The Child of the Evening Star?* The Boy who Snared the Sun?* How the Summer Came?* Grasshopper?* Mish-o-sha, the Magician?* The Fairy Bride??With one exception, all the tales in this book are adapted from the legends collected by Henry R. Schoolcraft, ethnologist and government agent for the Lake Superior country, and published in 1839 with the title, "Algic Researches."

The "Times."?"For its rapid action, in fact, we have seldom read a better story, or one which is more full of incidents, sanguinary, trenchant, and robust."??The "Daily Telegraph."?"A true and a wonderfully well-sustained piece of Oriental life and striking history."??The "Spectator."?"This is a very remarkable book. It is a determined attempt to bring the interior Hindoo and Mussulman life of a great Mahratta province during the most exciting times home to the hearts and understandings of Englishmen, to interest them in people with whom they have nothing except human nature in common."??"Morning Post."?"'Tara' is a unique work. There is nothing like it in the English literature of fiction. No other writer has ever attempted the portrayal of Indian life, society, and interests, entirely free from any European admixture of character or incident. The author himself now does so for the first time. 'The Confessions of a Thug' related to British jurisdiction in India. 'Tippoo Sultan' dealt with the gallant struggles of that monarch against the encroaching British power, but 'Tara' is all Indian."??"Saturday Review."?"It is seldom that we meet with a work of fiction executed with anything like the conscientious care and minute elaboration of Captain Meadows Taylor's Indian Tale. His characters have mostly the clearness and individuality of portraits, and his scenery exhibits all the marked and decisive features of photographs taken on the spot. The work throughout is evidently that of a master of Oriental life and character in love with his subject, to whom nothing appears trivial or beneath notice that can illustrate the peculiar traits of Asiatic nature, or kindle an enthusiasm for knowing more of the history, manners, and usages of our fellow-subjects in the east."??The "Standard."?"In no one part of the work has Captain Taylor shown more thorough art than in those pages in which he details the features of the Hindoo and Ma-homedan family life. He never overloads; his characters are not lay figures attired in triple folds of gorgeous robes to hide their nakedness. With a few subtle touches he shows us the interior life of each household, and the morning springs of every character, and he leaves us to fill in the obvious details for ourselves."???My Lord,?The scenes and characters which i have endeavoured to depict in these volumes will be necessarily new and strange to you; but if they excite interest in the native annals of a country of which i find but little real knowledge existing, the object of the work will have been attained; while, by the kind courtesy which permits me to dedicate it to you, your excellency confers upon me a very sincere gratification.??I have the honour to be,?Your Lordship's very faithful servant,??MEADOWS TAYLOR.

Cavalerii Pardaillan - Vol. 1. Intrigi, comploturi, pove?ti pline de suspans ?i r?sturn?ri spectaculoase de situa?ie. Fran?a, 1553. Într-o ?ar? sfâ?iat? de r?zboaie civile nemiloase, Jeanne de Piennes ?i François, fiul cel mare al conetabilului de Montmorency, se c?s?toresc în secret, pentru a preîntâmpina opozi?ia familiilor lor, care se du?m?nesc. Tân?rul cuplu este curând nevoit s? se despart?, din cauza r?zboiului contra lui Carol Quintul. R?mas? singur?, Jeanne aduce pe lume o feti??, Loïse. Dar Henri, fratele lui François, este îndr?gostit la rândul lui de Jeanne ?i, înnebunit de gelozie, pune la cale o r?zbunare groaznic?.

Cavalerii Pardaillan - Vol. 4. Intrigi, comploturi, pove?ti pline de suspans ?i r?sturn?ri spectaculoase de situa?ie. În 1573, Léonore de Montaigues, fiic? de hughenot ?i amanta lui Jean de Kervilliers, monseniorul episcop prin? Farnese, este arestat? ?i condamnat? la moarte pentru sacrilegiul de a se fi declarat iubita unui om al Bisericii. În timp ce c?l?ul îi trece funia pe dup? gât, ea d? na?tere unei feti?e. Gra?iat?, este dus? din nou la închisoare, iar episcopul vede cum copilul lor, Violetta, este luat de c?tre c?l?ul Claude. Peste ani, Violetta ?i cavalerul de Pardaillan vor avea de înfruntat pe cel mai însp?imânt?tor dintre du?mani, nemiloasa prin?es? Fausta.

Cavalerii Pardaillan - Vol. 11. Intrigi, comploturi, pove?ti pline de suspans ?i r?sturn?ri spectaculoase de situa?ie. Pardaillan reg?se?te un vechi prieten, dar, din p?cate, ei nu se mai afl? de aceea?i parte a baricadei; ducele d’Angoulême este acum aliatul Faustei, care îl sus?ine în lupta pentru a ob?ine tronul Fran?ei. În confruntarea sa cu Fausta ?i cu oamenii acesteia, Pardaillan îl are al?turi pe contele de Valver. Împreun?, reu?esc s? o salveze pe iubita contelui ?i s? o redea pe micu?a Loïse, nepoata lui Pardaillan, p?rin?ilor acesteia. V?zându-?i toate planurile spulberate de temutul ei adversar, mintea tenebroas? a Faustei urze?te pentru acesta o capcan? mortal?. Oare va supravie?ui bravul cavaler ultimei încle?t?ri explozive cu funesta prin?es??

Am citit putine romane mai impregnate de senzualitate decat Adela. Uimit de acest caracter bine mascat de precautul autor mi-am intitulat capitolul pe care i l-am consacrat in Arca lui Noe Jurnalul seducatorului“. Titlul mi l-a sugerat filosoful danez Kierkegaard cu care doctorul Codrescu are destule asemanari mai ales in masura in care amandoi cred intr-o mistica a iubirii fara ca ea si in pofida lor insisi sa excluda o puternica senzualitate. Cititorul de azi poate avea dificultati in a o recunoaste. Dar daca face efortul sa renunte la prejudecata scenelor tari“ de sex din romanele ultimelor decenii va descoperi de pilda ce incarcatura emotionala si fizica deopotriva are in Adela un sarut pus pe incheietura unei maini delicate de tanara femeie acolo unde dantela manecii se sfarseste.“ – Nicolae Manolescu

Ceea ce d? nuvelelor lui Slavici o pu?in obi?nuit? plin?tate ?i for?a de via?? este profunda cunoa?tere a sufletului omenesc ?n complexitatea lui ?i ?n mi?c?rile lui contradictorii. Aceast? cunoa?tere func?ioneaz? ?n modul cel mai firesc d?nd impresia c? Slavici ??i creeaz? personajele v?z?ndu-le dinl?untrul lor. Comportamentul lor nu e ?ntotdeauna logic - adesea chiar dimpotriv? mai ales ?n ceea ce prive?te analiza sufletului feminin ?n care Slavici r?m?ne un maestru - dar aproape niciodat? ?n marile lui reu?ite artistice nu d? impresia c? ar putea s? fie altul. Slavici se identific? cu personajele sale fiind legat cu l?untrul lor cu felul lor de a g?ndi ?i de a sim?i prin intime fire simpatetice. Iar acest fel de a g?ndi ?i de a sim?i e rezultatul unei observa?ii ?i medita?ii multiseculare asupra naturii umane. Slavici ?nf??i?eaz? cu mijloacele artistice ale scriitorului citadin analitic ceea ce poporul exprim? aforistic prin zic?torile ?i proverbele sale... Ovidiu Papadima

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Lilian, in dark blue office frock with an embroidered red line round the neck and detachable black wristlets that preserved the ends of the sleeves from dust and friction, sat idle at her flat desk in what was called the small room at Felix Grig's establishment in Clifford Street, off Bond Street. There were three desks, three typewriting machines and three green-shaded lamps. Only Lilian's lamp was lighted, and she sat alone, with darkness above her chestnut hair and about her, and a circle of radiance below. She was twenty-three.

George Edwin is an architect, and represents what his stepfather Edwin Clayhanger wished to become. He displays an unattractive arrogance because of the wealth behind him. He he thinks about adding electric light to his London dwelling, and decides that he - or rather, his stepfather - can well afford it.

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The text translated here is an historical find: an unknown commentary on the Yoga Sutra-s of Patanjali by Sankara, the most eminent philosopher of ancient India. Present Indications are that it is likely to be authentic, which would date it about AD700. The many references to meditation in his accepted works have sometimes been regarded as concessions to accepted ideas of the time , and not really his own views. If he has chosen to write a commentary on Yoga meditation, it must have been a central part of his own standpoint, although he was opposed to some of the philosophical doctrines of the official Yoga school. One would expect a tendency to modify these unacceptable doctrines if this text is really by Sankara. This turns out to be the case'.? T.P.Leggett - Introduction for the general reader -?1990 '.....Leggett's translation of the Vivarana did not receive the attention it deserved when it first came out. Some of the points that he raised are well worth consideration in the context of the authorship problem, and his contribution to the debate should be recognised..... Dr Kengo Harimoto in his Foreword to the e-book edition -?2017 'When enthusiasm flags, read sutras 11.15 - 17; look around you and see how anxiety, pain and death are rushing towards us like an express train. Yoga is a way to escape them'. T.P.Leggett - How to use this book for Yoga Practice - 1990 Excerpts from 'The Complete Commentary by Sankara on the Yoga Sutra-s' by Trevor Leggett

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