18 books like Aus meinem Leben
Italienische Reise
RE choice of the following extracts has been governed by the wish to provide interesting reading-matter for the class-room. From selections made with such an aim much of what fell within the wide range of Goethe's interest is excluded. His observations on the geological and mineral ogical character of the regions through which he passed, his notes on botany, on the nature of the soil and on meth…
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Iphigenie auf Tauris
"Iphigenie auf Tauris" ist ein Bühnenstück von Johann Wolfgang Goethe nach der Vorlage von Euripides' Iphigenie bei den Taurern. 1779 schrieb der Dichter eine Prosafassung, die er während seiner Italienreise ab 1786 in ein Versdrama umformte. Den Titel wählte Goethe in falscher Analogie zur latinisierten Version des Titels der Euripidestragödie Iphigenia in Tauris. Der griechische…
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Eine Jugend in Deutschland
Eine Jugend in Deutschland ist eine Autobiographie von Ernst Toller, die 1933 erschien. Der Autor erinnert sich seines Lebens bis zum Jahr 1924.
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The Lands of the Saracen
This volume comprises the second portion of a series of travels. This work includes author's adventure travels in Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Sicily and Spain.
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Journey Without Maps
This is an account of a trip Graham Greene made in 1935 with his cousin, Barbara Greene, through the previously unexplored interior of Liberia. It was an extremely uncomfortable journey, with Greene falling seriously ill halfway through the trip. Possibly as a result of this he also made a point of noting the many illnesses with which the local inhabitants were assailed, particularly malaria and…
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The botanic garden
One of the first popular science books, the intent of The Botanic Garden is to pique readers' interest in science while educating them at the same time. By embracing Linnaeus's sexualized language, which anthropomorphizes plants, Darwin makes botany interesting and relevant to his readers, but his reliance on conventional images of women when describing plants and flowers reinforces traditional…
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Anton Reiser
xv, 456 p. ; 23 cm
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Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia
An account of a period living in Siberia in pursuit of a plan to carry a telegraph line across land to Europe through Siberia in consequence of the failure of efforts to carry a telegraph line to Europe under the Atlantic.
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Goethe & the Greeks
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The Pilgrim's Progress
Bunyan's allegory uses the everyday world of common experience as a metaphor for the spiritual journey of the soul toward God. The hero, Christian, encounters many obstacles in his quest: the Valley of the Shadow of Death, Vanity Fair, Doubting Castle, the Wicket Gate, as well as those who tempt him from his path (e.g., Talkative, Mr. Worldly Wiseman, the Giant Despair). But in the end he reaches…
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Goethe's Werke
Diese Sammlung der Werke von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, bedeutender deutscher Dichter und Naturforscher, enthält u. a.:Die Leiden des jungen WertherWilhelm Meisters theatralische SendungUnterhaltungen deutscher AusgewandertenBassompierres Geschichte von der schönen KrämerinDer ProkuratorFerdinands Schuld und WandlungDas MärchenUnterhaltungen Deutscher AusgewandertenDie Sängerin AntonelliWilhelm…
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Sämtliche Werke
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ist einer der größten Dramatiker und Dichter aller Zeiten. Jetzt genießen Sie die kompletten Werke von Goethe auf Ihrem E-Reader. Diese enorme Sammlung umfasst auch spezielle Bonustexte. (Version 1)
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zahlreiche Bilder mit Bezug zu Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, seinem Leben…
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Cyropaedia
Xenophon of Athens (circa 430 – 354 B.C.) was a Greek poet, historian, soldier and philosopher who lived at a time of momentous events in Ancient Greek history. Although he was recognized as a great writer and poet in his lifetime, Xenophon’s involvement with Spartan politics and fighting led to his exile from Athens, and his association with Socrates probably did not help. His short treatise on…
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Epistolae Ho-Elianae
Epistolae Ho-Elianae (or Familiar Letters) is a literary work by the 17th-century Anglo-Welsh historian and writer, James Howell. It was mainly written when Howell was in the Fleet Prison, during the 1640s; but its content reflects earlier travels he made from 1616 on behalf of a London glass factory. It appeared in three volumes from 1645 to 1650. A fourth volume was added in a collected edition…
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Views a-foot: or, Europe seen with a knapsack and staff
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Seven Years in Tibet (Sieben Jahre in Tibet)
An account of an Austrian mountain climber's escape from a British internment camp in India during World War II and his twenty-one-month journey through the Himalayas to safety in the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet.
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Far away and long ago
Argentinian-English ornithologist and writer William Henry Hudson recounts his early years in Argentina and his move to England in this 1918 autobiography.
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Ayyām
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