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Jonas Mekas (1922–2019) prägte das New American Cinema entscheidend mit und gilt bis heute als eine der Schlüsselfiguren des Avantgarde-Films. Leben, das hieß für Jonas Mekas, immerfort zu filmen. In verschiedensten Medien und Formaten versuchte er seit Ende der 1940er Jahre, Fragmente der Zeit zu konservieren und sie durch die rhythmische Anordnung von Musik, Stimme, Schrift und Bild zu gestalteter Erinnerung zu verdichten. Sein wiedererkennbarer Stil ist geprägt von einem spontanen, geradezu impressionistischen Duktus, der auch die (materiellen) Grundlagen filmischer Arbeit vor Augen führt: «Cinema is light, movement, sun light, heart beating, breathing, light, frames», sagt er in «Walden» (1968). Auf diese Weise sammelte Mekas Erinnerungsbilder für die Geschichte einer Zeit und einer Stimmung, die auch seine eigene war, und trug sie als Filme und Frozen-Film-Frames an verschiedene Orte auch jenseits des Kinos: in die Galerie, in das Museum und das Internet ebenso wie in ein Fastfood-Restaurant oder eine Modeboutique. Ähnlich vielfältig war sein (film)kulturelles Engagement, war er doch nicht nur Filmer, sondern auch Filmkritiker und Kolumnist, Förderer, Kurator und Netzwerker, eifriger Tagebuchschreiber und Poet. Der Band widmet sich dem metamorphen Werk dieses Künstlers und nimmt neben den gestalterischen, erzählerischen Elementen seiner Filme auch seine Schriften und Ausstellungsprojekte in den Blick.

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¿Quiere conocer una manera fácil de disminuir su presión arterial, prevenir un ataque cardíaco, vivir una vida más larga y saludable? El doctor Don Hall ha dedicado su vida al estudio de los efectos de la alimentación sobre la salud, y ha compartido sus conocimientos con miles de personas.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «My Secret Life: The Complete Unabridged Volumes I. to III.» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. My Secret Life, by «Walter», is the memoir of a Victorian gentleman's sexual development and experiences. It was first published in a private edition, which appeared over seven years beginning around 1888. In spite of «Walter's» obsessive womanising over a period of several decades, only a few of his partners are of his own social class. The great majority are either prostitutes, servants or working class women. The frank discussion of sexual matters and other hidden aspects of Victorian life make this book a rare and valuable social document. It has been described as «one of the strangest and most obsessive books ever written».

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This carefully crafted ebook: «The best of Charles Dickens» contains 8 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of contents : The Pickwick Papers Oliver Twist A Christmas Carol David Copperfield Bleak House Hard Times A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

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This carefully crafted ebook: "Collected Poems of John Donne – A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning + 57 other Songs and Sonnets " is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Content: A Valediction Forbidding Mourning; The Flea; The Good-Morrow; Song : Go and catch a falling star; Woman's Constancy; The Undertaking; The Sun Rising; The Indifferent; Love's Usury; The Canonization; The Triple Fool; Lovers' Infiniteness; Song : Sweetest love, I do not go; The Legacy; A Fever; Air and Angels; Break of Day; [Another of the same] [Break of Day]; The Anniversary; A Valediction of my Name, in the Window; Twickenham Garden; Valediction to his Book; Community; Love's Growth; Love's Exchange; Confined Love; The Dream; A Valediction of Weeping; Love's Alchemy; The Curse; The Message; A Nocturnal upon Saint Lucy's Day; Witchcraft by a Picture; The Bait; The Apparition; The Broken Heart; The Ecstacy; Love's Deity; Love's Diet; The Will; The Funeral; The Blossom; The Primrose; The Relic; The Damp; The Dissolution; A Jet Ring Sent; Negative Love; The Prohibition; The Expiration; The Computation; The Paradox; Song: Soul's joy, now I am gone; Farewell to Love; A Lecture Upon the Shadow; A Dialogue Between Sir Henry Wotton and Mr. Donne; The Token; Self-Love «A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning» is a metaphysical poem written in 1611 or 1612 for his wife Anne before he left on a trip to Continental Europe.

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Mot de l'auteur: "Il ne faut pas confondre corsaires avec pirates… Le pirate était un bandit qui exerçait en tout temps son métier infâme. Le corsaire, lui, n'armait qu'en temps de course, muni d'une autorisation expresse de son gouvernement appelée " lettre de marque «. Et les corsaires, noblement, accomplirent de fameux exploits. C'est l'histoire du plus grand de tous, Robert Surcouf le Malouin sans peur et sans reproche, que, d'après des documents rigoureusement authentiques, nous allons vous raconter.» Arthur Bernède (1871 – 1937), est un romancier populaire français. Auteur très prolixe, il a créé plusieurs centaines de personnages romanesques, dont certains, devenus très célèbres, tels que Belphégor, Judex et Mandrin, ont effacé leur créateur. Il a également mis en scène Vidocq, inspiré par les exploits de ce chef de la Sûreté haut en couleurs. Il est également connu sous les noms de plume de Jean de la Périgne et de Roland d'Albret.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Two Gentlemen of Verona is the earliest comedy written by Shakespeare (and possibly his first play), probably written around 1589-92. It focuses on two friends, Valentine and Proteus, whose friendship is disrupted by their mutual passion for the lovely Silvia. Proteus jilts Julia in order to pursue Silvia; she responds by enlisting the help of her maid Lucetta to dress as a boy and go after Proteus. The play also includes some wonderfully comic supporting characters, particularly Launce and his scene-stealing dog Crab. Life of William Shakespeare is a biography of William Shakespeare by the eminent critic Sidney Lee. This book was one of the first major biographies of the Bard of Avon. It was published in 1898, based on the article contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the «Bard of Avon». His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. Sir Sidney Lee (1859 – 1926) was an English biographer and critic. He was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. His article on Shakespeare in the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography formed the basis of his Life of William Shakespeare. This full-length life is often credited as the first modern biography of the poet.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Measure for Measure (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and originally published in 1623. Generally considered one of Shakespeare's problem plays, the work examines the ideas of sin and justice. Duke Vincentio turns Vienna's rule over to the corrupt Angelo, who sentences Claudio to death for having impregnated a woman before marriage. His sister Isabella, a novice nun, pleads for her brother's life, only to be told that he will be spared if she agrees to relinquish her virginity to Angelo. Life of William Shakespeare is a biography of William Shakespeare by the eminent critic Sidney Lee. This book was one of the first major biographies of the Bard of Avon. It was published in 1898, based on the article contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the «Bard of Avon». His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. Sir Sidney Lee (1859 – 1926) was an English biographer and critic. He was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. His article on Shakespeare in the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography formed the basis of his Life of William Shakespeare. This full-length life is often credited as the first modern biography of the poet.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «America A Prophecy (Illuminated Manuscript with the Original Illustrations of William Blake)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. America a Prophecy is a 1793 prophetic book by English poet and illustrator William Blake. It is engraved on eighteen plates, and survives in fourteen known copies. It is the first of Blake's Continental prophecies. America was one of the few works that Blake describes as «illuminated printing», those of which were either hand coloured or colour printed with the ink being placed on the copperplate before printed. Early sketches for America were also included in his notebook, which Blake used between 1790 and 1793. William Blake (1757 – 1827) was a British poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver, who illustrated and printed his own books. Blake proclaimed the supremacy of the imagination over the rationalism and materialism of the 18th-century. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Winesburg, Ohio (A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This ebook is a series of loosely linked short stories set in the fictional town of Winesburg, mostly written from late 1915 to early 1916. The stories are held together by George Willard, a resident to whom the community confide their personal stories and struggles. The townspeople are withdrawn and emotionally repressed and attempt in telling their stories to gain some sense of meaning and dignity in an otherwise desperate life. The work has received high critical acclaim and is considered one of the great American works of the 20th century. Sherwood Anderson (1876 – 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Anderson published several short story collections, novels, memoirs, books of essays, and a book of poetry. He may be most influential for his effect on the next generation of young writers, as he inspired William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and Thomas Wolfe.

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