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  • by Arthur Koestler
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  • - A Summing Up
    by Arthur Koestler
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  • - Essays 1955-1967
    by Arthur Koestler
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  • by Arthur Koestler
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  • by Arthur Koestler
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    Nach einem Putsch im Juli 1936 brach in Spanien der Bürgerkrieg aus, der bei vielen Intellektuellen überall in der Welt Solidarität mit der bedrohten Republik auslöste. Arthur Koestler ging zu jenen Zeiten direkt zu Anfang des Konfliktes als Kriegsberichterstatter nach Spanien. Den Fall Málagas im Februar 1937 erlebte er mit und wird gefangen genommen. Noch bevor er als Gefangener nach Sevilla verlegt wird, werden während seiner Isolierhaft, die nur fünf Tage dauerte, fünftausend Menschen erschossen. In dem Oliver Besthorn gelesenen Bericht, der als "ungewöhnliches menschliches Dokument" gilt, erzählt Koestler von dem Schicksal von Abertausenden Inhaftierten des Spanischen Bürgerkrieges.Arthur Koestler wurde 1905 in Budapest als Sohn einer deutschsprachigen jüdischen Familie geboren. 1919 zog er mit seiner Familie nach Wien, wo er ab 1992 auch Ingenieurwissenschaften, gleichzeitig mit Philosophie und Literaturwissenschaft studierte. Wegen seiner Zuneigung zum Zionismus in jener Zeit brach er das Studium jedoch ab und ging nach Palästina in einen Kibbuz, von wo er dem Ullstein-Verlag in Berlin Reportagen schickte. 1937 ging er nach Spanien als Kriegsberichterstatter des Bürgerkriegs, wo er und zum Tode verurteilt, jedoch durch einen Gefangenenaustauschs der Briten wieder freigelassen. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt lebte er in England bis zu seinem Freitod 1983.

  • - The Khazar Empire and Its Heritage
    by Arthur Koestler
    £12.99

    This book traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the Dark Ages converted to Judaism. Khazaria was finally wiped out by the forces of Ghengis Khan, but evidence indicates that the Khazars themselves migrated to Poland and formed the cradle of Western Jewry.

  • by Arthur Koestler
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  • - The Khazar Empire and its Heritage
    by Arthur Koestler
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    Originally published: London: Hutchinson, 1976.

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  • - A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe
    by Arthur Koestler
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    Arthur Koestler's extraordinary history of humanity's changing vision of the universeIn this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. He also provides vivid and judicious pen-portraits of a string of great scientists and makes clear the role that political bias and unconscious prejudice played in their creativity.

  • by Arthur Koestler
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    A new edition of Arthur Koestler's gripping tale of arrest, imprisonment, and subsequent escape to London from Nazi-occupied France.

  • by Arthur Koestler
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    This was the third novel of Arthur Koestler's trilogy on ends and means - the other two are THE GLADIATORS and DARKNESS AT NOON - and the first he wrote in English. The central theme is the conflict between morality and expediency, and in this novel Koestler worked it out in terms of individual psychology.

  • by Arthur Koestler
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    The second volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon. Taken together, Arthur Koestler's volumes of autobiography constitute an unrivalled study of a twentieth-century life.

  • by Arthur Koestler
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    Arthur Koestler's first novel, set in the late Roman Republic, tells the story of the revolt of Spartacus and man's search for Utopia.

  • by Arthur Koestler
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    Darkness at Noon is set in an unnamed country ruled by a totalitarian government. Rubashov, once a powerful player in the regime, finds the tables turned on him when he is arrested and tried for treason. His reflections on his previous life and his experiences in prison form the heart of this moving and though-provoking masterpiece.

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