Class Reunion is a short novel published early in Werfel's career, and, as was usual with his works, caused a sensation. It is a savagely satirical, powerful and heart-breaking story about a class reunion in Vienna with revelations about the events of the mens' youths and the lasting consequences of their actions when young.
An exciting new perspective on the origins of Greek civilisation. The pyramids of Greece pose one of the greatest mysteries of Greek archaeology.
The discovery of the site of the Mycenean Palace of Odysseus, with dating evidence and photos.
A translation from the original French by Tessa Dickinsonof an unpublished original manuscript dated 11 May 1862,in the possession of Robert Temple, London
Where does reality end and 'bent reality' begin? This collection of 55 eerie and bizarre stories set in various countries and in various times is the first book of fiction published by Robert Temple, who is well known for his unusual non- fiction books such as The Sirius Mystery and A New Science of Heaven.
A magical mystery tour of the ancient world by the Roman author Solinus. This is the first modern English language translation, with introduction and notes. Solinus takes the reader on a tour of the known world of his time (early third century AD) and on the way we meet unicorns, men 'transformed into wolves', deer which swallow snakes after 'dragging them out of their lairs' by the force of their breath, serpents with four horns, hyaenas which 'imitate the sound of people vomiting', men without noses and faces which are entirely flat, and with no mouths so that they eat through 'small holes by way of oaten stalks'. There are also cannibals. In the midst of all this menagerie of strange people and stranger creatures, we are treated to careful descriptions of all the foreign lands and learn titbits such as this: 'India gives pearls; so, do the shores of Britannia. The divine Julius [Caesar] wished it to be understood by an adjacent description that the breastplate he dedicated in the temple of his ancestress Venus was made from British pearls.' Solinus also gives travel tips: 'Those seeking India set sail in midsummer; either before the beginning of the Dog Days [end of July] or immediately after, and those returning sail back in the month of December. And he describes foreign peoples: 'The Seres [the Chinese] are gentle and very peaceful among themselves. They otherwise shun the society of the rest of mankind, to such a degree that they reject the trade of other nations.' Solinus is bound to thrill, amuse, horrify and educate you.
English for the first time, this meticulously detailed account of the Nazi 'Deep State' by one of its leading counterintelligence chiefs reveals the deepest secrets, and names foreign Gestapo agents whose identities have never before been public knowledge.
Original woodcut depictions were first published in 1483, and since it was only 83 years after Chaucer's death, we can regard them as highly authentic.
Originally published in 1929 in Germany, it was one of the many books banned by the Nazis, and all copies which could be found at the time were burnt in bonfires by the Gestapo. It has been out of print since its original publication, with few copies having escaped destruction.
Brand new English translations of this classic cycle of poems by Rilke dedicated to Orpheus
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