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In this dramatic historical and psychological epic, Alexander Waugh traces the triumphs and vicissitudes of a family held together by a fanatical love of music yet torn apart by money, madness, conflicts of loyalty and the cataclysmic upheaval of two world wars. The House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War by Alexander Waugh 4.6 (5) Paperback 17.00 Paperback 17.00 eBook 12. Three of his sons committed suicide Paul, the fourth, became a world-famous concert pianist (using only his left hand), while Ludwig, the youngest, is now regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. The domineering paternal influence of Karl Wittgenstein left his eight children fraught by inner antagonisms and nervous tension. Bretherick S Handbook Of Reactive Chemical Hazards. English writer Alexander Waugh, author of the best-selling The House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War, and Fathers and Sons: The Autobiography of a Family. a pleasure to read' Sunday Telegraph The true story of a one-handed pianist and the fall of his aristocratic family The Wittgenstein family was one of the richest, most talented and most eccentric in European history. This is historical writing at its brightest, liveliest and very best. His writing is brisk, confident and colourful. 'The story in this book is so gripping and fascinating that it is remarkable that it has never been told in this way before' Simon Heffer, Literary Review 'Masterly. While Joe must rely on his considerable talents as a hacker, he must also reach out to friends. Mystified by why his inheritance is so valuable, Joe and his service dog, Edison, follow clues left a century ago by Joe's famous ancestor to reveal the power of his family legacy. His father’s death brings threats to the safety of Joe's underground home: guilt over the broken relationship that can never be healed, a mysterious box of papers inherited from eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla, and a ruthless enemy determined to steal those papers no matter the cost. Still crippled by agoraphobia and confined to the tunnels under New York City, Joe is haunted by the fact that he cannot even attend his father's funeral. Description: In New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Cantrell's sequel to the award-winning The World Beneath, software genius, Joe Tesla, confronts an equally brilliant and far more powerful foe. With over 150 pages of metaphysical illustrations, practical advice on how to implement a yogic regiment, and a chapter dedicated to quotes and book recommendations, Be Here Now is sure to enrich your emotional, physical, and spiritual life. 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He published books, drove a Mercedes and regularly vacationed in the Caribbean. In March 1961, Professor Richard Alpert – later renamed Ram Dass – held appointments in four departments at Harvard University. We’re talking about how to become a butterfly.” We’re talking about going from a caterpillar to a butterfly "Art has its martyrs, among them the silent people take not the last place." For the summer he rented a house by the sea, thinking that there finally his silence would break. However, his faith in himself and his sense of calling, even doom, did not weaken - having accumulated enough money for a comfortable life, he left the post of tax inspector to write, but he was struck by creative dumbness. " He kept his gift clean, which means, among other things, the lack of literary success. In his introduction, Bradley Pearson tells about himself: he is fifty-eight years old, he is a writer, although he published only three books: one early romance when he was twenty-five, another one when he was forty, and a small book, “Passages” or “ Etudes. Every artist is an unfortunate lover, and unfortunate lovers love tell your story. Wanting to restore the friend’s honor and remove the charge of murder from him, the publisher published this “love story - after all, the story of a person’s creative struggles, searches for wisdom and truth is always a love story. The text of Bradley Pearson’s book “The Black Prince, or the Feast of Love” is framed by the publisher's foreword and afterword, from which it follows that Bradley Pearson died in prison from transient cancer, which opened shortly after he completed the manuscript. British literature summaries - Short summary - The Black Prince Jean Iris Murdoch Her debut middle grade historical novel Anywhere But Paradise (Lerner), was a WILLA Literary Award finalist and a Texas Institute of Letters finalist. As a bookseller, she loved opening up new boxes of books, telling others about them, and running a summer writing program for children.Īnne is the author of non-fiction works for young readers including the award-winning Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly (Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers). Anne co-owned Toad Hall Children’s Bookstore in Austin, Texas, too. When she taught in elementary schools and universities, she always used literature. Her most recent one, and she believes her last, is an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young adults.Ĭhildren’s books have always been central to her life. Three came from the University of Texas at Austin (BS, MLIS, PhD). And she has a lot of degrees to prove it. Her next book, a middle grade mystery, FAR OUT! (S&S BFYR), will publish Spring 2023.Īnne loves school. If she could, she would walk by the ocean every day, wear flip-flops, and eat nothing but fresh pineapple, macadamia nuts and chocolate. Born in Hawaii, author Anne Bustard is still a beach girl at Or so he thinks, until he learns the hard way that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be even more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets. One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn who can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. From 1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. Out in the frontier lands known as the Roughs, they are crucial tools for the brave men and women attempting to establish order and justice. Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world. Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history-or religion. Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. 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And once a person takes on the role of a philosopher, their deeds must reflect their words - no hypocrisy, thank you! Thus, it isn't surprising the Romans put a premium on memorizing and internalizing simple proverbs and maxims and employed the metaphor of philosophy as the medicine to cure a sick soul. Indeed, to accomplish such a lofty goal, the Romans realized the need for radical transformation, a complete overhauling of one's life through rigorous mental and physical training, like turning base metal into pure gold. The Roman philosophers are not as well known or as highly regarded as Greek philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, or Zeno the Stoic - and for a simple reason: the Roman thinkers were not primarily interested in abstract theory rather, they were concerned with behavior, that is, understanding how to live in the everyday world and putting their understanding into practice,the goal being to live the life of an authentic philosopher, to be a person of high character and integrity and virtue, to develop inner strength and a quiet mind and value such strength and quietude above all else. This little book was written as a diary to himself while emperor fighting a war out on the boarder of the Roman Empire and today this book is known to us as The Meditations. In many important ways, the reflections of Marcus Aurelius (121 AD-180 AD) crystallize the philosophical wisdom of the Greco-Roman world. Bookplate to half-title (We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea) and ownership stamp to verso of front free endpaper (Great Northern?) An excellent and attractive set. Maps drawn by Stephen Spurrier, illustrations to text by Clifford Webb and the author. Original green cloth, lettering to spines in gilt, illustrated endpapers. A musical version of the book was premiered by the National Theatre in 2010. A second adaptation was released in 2016 starring Andrew Scott and Harry Enfield. The first film adaptation of Swallows and Amazons was released in 1974 including Virginia McKenna in the cast. Hammond records that "Swallows and Amazons sold slowly at first, taking two years to earns its advance of £100." Nevertheless, in 1948 "the house journal of Jonathan Cape announced that the one millionth copy, of the total copies printed of the twelve books in the 'Swallows and Amazons' series, would soon be on sale". The first book was published in an edition of only 2,000 copies (compared with the last book which of which the first issue probably numbered 11,000 copies). Complete first edition sets of Ransome's Swallows and Amazons sailing adventures novels are rare. |