6 Bücher ähnlich wie Hommage an Katalonien
Der Zigeunerjunge
The journey of a learned young man living with Romanies.
Gemeinsame Themen: English Authors, Journeys, Travel, Biography & Memoir
Walisien
Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first published in 1862.
Gemeinsame Themen: English Authors, Journeys, Travel, Biography & Memoir
Der Wohlstand der Nationen
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was recognized as a landmark of human thought upon its publication in 1776. As the first scientific argument for the principles of political economy, it is the point of departure for all subsequent economic thought. Smith's theories of capital accumulation, growth, and secular change, among others, continue to be influential in modern economics. This reprint of…
Gemeinsame Themen: Communism, Politics and government, History
Die sieben Säulen der Weisheit
Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") while serving as a military advisor to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire of 1916 to 1918. It was completed in February 1922, but first published in December 1926, originally published for the US market in 1927 as Revolt in the…
Gemeinsame Themen: British Personal narratives, Biography & Memoir, History
Ker-bloom!artnoose
Ker-bloom!
artnoose chronicles their bike trip from Euegene, Oregon to Berkeley, California with their friend Scott. Scott teaches them to stop and take in their surroundings, and artnoose fills the perzine with vivid descriptions of landmarks (such as redwoods and rock formations called 'sea stacks", the pair encountered on their 10 day journey. Lastly, the author reflects on the importance of their…
Gemeinsame Themen: Personal narratives, Travel
Die Rough Riders
"The Rough Riders (1899) is the story of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the regiment Roosevelt led to enduring fame in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt recounts how the regiment was raised from an unusual mixture of hardened southwestern frontiersmen and privileged northeastern college graduates, and how it trained in Texas and then sailed "southward through the topic seas…
Gemeinsame Themen: Personal narratives, Biography & Memoir, History