Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine.

Adah Isaacs Menken's short life was full and eventful. Probably born in the American South, she travelled, wrote journalism, became famous as an actress, successfully navigated press scandals about her private life and wrote poetry. This volume collects her poems, which explore, among other things, Judaism, the position of women in society and contemporary events such as the American Civil War. By turns introspective and ferocious, her poetry is as varied and fresh as it was when first published.

Jack London zabiera czytelników w ´swiat rdzennych mieszka´nców Ameryki widziany oczami bialych kolonizatorów. Grupa mezczyzn spedza upalny wieczór w starym klubie w San Francisco. Czas uplywa im na rozmowach i wspominaniu mlodo´sci. Jeden z nich, Trefethan, zaczyna snu´c opowie´s´c o zdarzeniu, które na zawsze wrylo sie w jego pamie´c. Mowa o spotkaniu tajemniczej amazonki o imieniu Lucy. Mezczyzna stopniowo zyskiwal zaufanie kobiety, która obezwladnila go swoim wdziekiem i uroda. Lucy zwierzyla mu sie z historii, która teraz przekazuje reszcie wspóltowarzyszy... Sprawd´z koniecznie, je´sli z zaciekawieniem ´sledzisz watek przygód mlodego Iana Murraya z serialu Outlander! Jack London (1876-1916) byl ameryka´nskim pisarzem o niezwykle barwnym zyciorysie. Pracowal miedzy innymi jako gazeciarz, marynarz, klusownik i poszukiwacz zlota. Byl reporterem wojennym podczas konfliktu rosyjsko-japo´nskiego z 1905 roku, relacjonowal takze wojne domowa w Meksyku. W twórczo´sci czerpal z przezy´c autobiograficznych, poruszal tematy spoleczne i relacje czlowieka z natura. W´sród najpopularniejszych utworów Londona mozna wymieni´c, takie jak: "Bialy Kiel", "Wilk morski", "Zew krwi" czy "Meksykanin".

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Raisuddin worked at a mini-mart in Dallas, selling Americans three tamales for a dollar. The economy around the store was desolate, and it wasn't the economy of the legendary firms where third-world boys like him fantasized about working. #2 Raisuddin grew up with America on his television screen, and thought of the place as a land of opportunity. But when he first arrived in Dallas, he was shocked by the poverty he saw around him. #3 One night, Rais saw two young men huddled in the corner of his store, stealing condoms. He approached them and insisted they pay for what they'd taken. They told him to back off. He threatened to call the police, and they fled. #4 Rais's father was an engineer for Bangladesh Telephone and Telegraph. He rose steadily through the bureaucracy, and the family was able to live a comfortable, gated life. Rais's conception of his father was of a man who was more than just his day job.

Elisa Leonzio ripercorre in questo volume il nesso che lega il problema pedagogico, il riferimento antropologico, il tema religioso, allo sviluppo della forma narrativa tardo-settecentesca, concentrandosi su alcuni nodi tematici presenti nella Unsichtbare Loge di Jean Paul, osservato come uno dei migliori esempi di romanzo in cui sia possibile misurare la portata della svolta cruciale dei modi della narrazione in lingua tedesca dell'ultimo trentennio del XVIII secolo, interpretabile come "messa in questione", come "dialettica" dell'Illuminismo.