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Wallace Delois Wattles (1860-1911) was an American author. As a New Thought writer, he remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements. Wattles often travelled to Chicago, where he gave "Sunday night lectures" among several leading New Thought authors. He studied the writings of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Ralph Waldo Emerson and recommended the study of their books to his readers who wished to understand what he characterized as "the monistic theory of the cosmos." Wattles'' best known work is a 1910 book called The Science of Getting Rich in which he explained how to become wealthy. Table of Contents: ΓÇó "The Science of" Trilogy: ΓÇó The Science of Getting Rich ΓÇó The Science of Being Well ΓÇó The Science of Being Great ΓÇó Other Works: ΓÇó Hellfire Harrison (A Novel) ΓÇó Jesus: The Man and His Work ΓÇó A New Christ ΓÇó How to Get What You Want ΓÇó Making of the Man Who Can or How to Promote Yourself ΓÇó New Science of Living and Healing or Health Through New Thought and Fasting ΓÇó The Personal Power Course: Ten Lessons in Constructive Science ΓÇó "The Science of Getting Rich" was a major inspiration for Rhonda Byrne''s bestselling book and film The Secret (2006). In The Science of Getting Rich Wattles explains how can a person overcome mental barriers, and how creation, not competition, is the hidden key to wealth attraction ΓÇó "The Science of Being Well" is not a philosophical treatise, but a practical guide and handbook for those whose main goal is health. ΓÇó "The Science of Being Great" is a personal self-help book of the author.

The Ambassadors is a novel by Henry James. This dark comedy, seen as one of the masterpieces of James's final period, follows the trip of protagonist Lewis Lambert Strether to Europe in pursuit of Chad Newsome, his widowed fiancée's supposedly wayward son; he is to bring the young man back to the family business, but he encounters unexpected complications. The third-person narrative is told exclusively from Strether's point of view. The theme of liberation from a cramped, almost starved, emotional life into a more generous and gracious existence plays throughout The Ambassadors, yet it is noteworthy that James does not naïvely make of Paris a faultless paradise for culturally stunted Americans. Strether learns about the reverse of the European coin when he sees how desperately Marie fears losing Chad, after all she has done for him. As one critic proposed, Strether does not shed his American straitjacket only to be fitted with a more elegant European model, but instead learns to evaluate every situation on its merits, without prejudices. The final lesson of Strether's European experience is to distrust preconceived notions and perceptions from anyone and anywhere, but to rely upon his own observation and judgment. Henry James (1843-1916) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.

Der Roman Ungeduld des Herzens, der 1939 veröffentlicht wurde, ist der einzige beendete Roman des Autors Stefan Zweig. Beschreibung: Der junge Leutnant Anton Hofmiller wird in das Schloss des ungarischen Magnaten Lajos von Kékesfalva eingeladen. Er lernt dessen gelähmte Tochter Edith kennen und entwickelt Zuneigung, vor allem aber tiefes subtiles Mitleid für sie. Er macht der unheilbar Kranken, die sich in ihn verliebt, Hoffnungen auf baldige Genesung und verlobt sich schließlich sogar mit ihr. Doch da er nur aus Mitleid, nicht aus Liebe handelt, nimmt das Unheil seinen Lauf. Aus Angst vor Spott und Verachtung steht er in der Öffentlichkeit nicht zu ihrer Verbindung. Als Edith erfährt, dass er die Verlobung vor anderen verleugnet, nimmt sie sich das Leben. Von Schuldgefühlen überwältigt, stürzt er sich in einer sinnlosen Flucht in die Kämpfe des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs.

Aus dem Buch: "Bei seinem großen Interesse für die englische Nation hatte Goethe mich ersucht, die hier anwesenden jungen Engländer ihm nach und nach vorzustellen. Heute um fünf Uhr erwartete er mich mit dem englischen Ingenieuroffizier Herrn H., von welchem ich ihm vorläufig viel Gutes hatte sagen können. Wir gingen also zur bestimmten Stunde hin und wurden durch den Bedienten in ein angenehm erwärmtes Zimmer geführt, wo Goethe in der Regel nachmittags und abends zu sein pflegt. Drei Lichter brannten auf dem Tisch; aber Goethe war nicht darin, wir hörten ihn in dem anstoßenden Saale sprechen. Herr H. sah sich derweile um und bemerkte außer den Gemälden und einer großen Gebirgskarte an den Wänden ein Repositorium mit vielen Mappen, von welchen ich ihm sagte, daß sie viele Handzeichnungen berühmter Meister und Kupferstiche nach den besten Gemälden aller Schulen enthielten, die Goethe im Leben nach und nach gesammelt habe und deren wiederholte Betrachtung ihm Unterhaltung gewähre." Johann Peter Eckermann (1792-1854) war ein deutscher Dichter und enger Vertrauter Goethes. Weniger die Gedichte, die in einem Bande im Jahre 1838 erschienen, als vielmehr die Niederschrift seiner Gespräche mit Goethe in den letzten Jahren seines Lebens haben Johann Peter Eckermann weithin bekannt gemacht und ihm hohe Anerkennung eingebracht.

In June 1889, Mrs Humphry Ward''s open letter "An Appeal Against Female Suffrage" was published with over a hundred other female signatories against the extension of Parliamentary suffrage to women. Inflamed by this "most despicable piece of treachery ever perpetrated towards women by women", Corbett wrote and published New Amazonia.In her novel, Corbett envisions a successful suffragette movement eventually giving rise to a breed of highly evolved "Amazonians" who turn Ireland into a utopian society. The book''s female narrator wakes up in the year 2472, much like Julian West awakens in the year 2000 in Edward Bellamy''s Looking Backward. Corbett''s heroine, however, is accompanied by a man of her own time, who has similarly awakened from a hashish dream to find himself in New Amazonia.The narrator reacts very positively to what she sees and learns; but her male companion reacts precisely oppositely and adjusts badly. Read on to know more! Excerpt: "The next event I can chronicle was opening my eyes on a scene at once so beautiful and strange that I started to my feet in amaze. This was not my study, and I beheld nothing of the magazine which was the last thing I remembered seeing before I went to sleep. ... I was recalled to the necessity of behaving more decorously by hearing someone near me exclaim in mystified accents, "By Jove! But isn''t this extraordinary? I say, do you live here, or have you been taking hasheesh too?"...

Laddie is told by "Little Sister", the youngest child of a "Stanton" family of 12 children, and centers around her experiences as the older ones grow up, fall in love and marry. Little Sister loves being outside more than anything - except her big brother Laddie, her hero and favorite sibling. Laddie''s and Little Sister''s mother and father love each other and their children with all their hearts and who love God most of all. Their main Christian precept is that God is Love and they show their love to their family, their friends, their neighbors, and even the strangers who come to live and resist becoming part of the community. Laddie is considered Stratton-Porter''s autobiographical novel. The title character is modeled after author''s deceased older brother, Leander, whom Stratton-Porter nicknamed Laddie. As in Stratton-Porter''s own family, Laddie is connected with the land and identifies with their father''s vocation of farming.

"Betty Zane" is a historical novel about Elizabeth "Betty" Zane McLaughlin Clark (1765-1823), a heroine of the Revolutionary War on the American frontier. The author Zane Grey is her great-grandnephew. "Spirit of the Border" is a historical novel based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It features the exploits of Lewis Wetzel, a historical personage who had dedicated his life to the destruction of Native Americans and to the protection of nascent white settlements in that region. The story deals with the attempt by Moravian Church missionaries to Christianize Indians and how two brothers'' lives take different paths upon their arrival on the border. A highly romanticized account, the novel is the second in a trilogy, the first of which is Betty Zane, Grey''s first published work, and "The Last Trail", which focuses on the life of Jonathan Zane, Grey''s ancestor. Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that were a basis for the Western genre in literature and the arts. With his veracity and emotional intensity, he connected with millions of readers worldwide, during peacetime and war, and inspired many Western writers who followed him. Grey was a major force in shaping the myths of the Old West; his books and stories were adapted into other media, such as film and TV productions. He was the author of more than 90 books, some published posthumously and/or based on serials originally published in magazines. Table of Contents: ΓÇó Betty Zane ΓÇó The Spirit of the Border ΓÇó The Last Trail

Through the examples of successful people in history who all battled their demons and failures, Orison Swett Marden inspires readers to overcome their difficulties too by cultivating positive attitude. Spread over eighteen chapters and a conversational way of writing, this book would surely interest those who are looking to achieve self-confidence, power and success. Excerpt: "Believe in yourself; feel that you are to dominate your surroundings. Resolve that you will be the master and not the slave of circumstances. This very assertion of superiority; this assumption of power; this affirmation of your ability to succeed,-the attitude that claims success as an inalienable birthright,-will strengthen the whole man and give great added power to the combination of faculties which doubt, fear and lack of confidence undermine. Self-confidence marshals all one''s faculties and twists their united strength into one mighty achievement cable. It carries conviction. It makes other people believe in us. What has not been accomplished through its miraculous power!" Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1848-1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life. In his books he discussed the common-sense principles and virtues that make for a well-rounded, successful life. Contents: ΓÇó He Can Who Thinks He Can ΓÇó Getting Aroused ΓÇó Education By Absorption ΓÇó Freedom At Any Cost ΓÇó What The World Owes To Dreamers ΓÇó The Spirit In Which You Work ΓÇó Responsibility Develops Power ΓÇó An Overmastering Purpose ΓÇó Has Your Vocation Your Unqualified Approval? ΓÇó Stand For Something ΓÇó Happy, If Not, Why Not? ΓÇó Originality ΓÇó Had Money, But Lost It ΓÇó Sizing Up People ΓÇó Does The World Owe You A Living? ΓÇó What Has Luck Done For You? ΓÇó Success With A Flaw ΓÇó Getting Away From Poverty

Orison emphasizes in this edition the concept that we are responsible for and can establish our own inner states of health and happiness, as well as our outer circumstances. Contents: ΓÇó Steering Thought Prevents Life Wrecks ΓÇó How Mind Rules The Body ΓÇó Thought Causes Health And Disease ΓÇó Our Worst Enemy Is Fear ΓÇó Overcoming Fear ΓÇó Killing Emotions ΓÇó Mastering Our Moods ΓÇó Unprofitable Pessimism ΓÇó The Power Of Cheerful Thinking ΓÇó Negative Creeds Paralyze ΓÇó Affirmation Creates Power ΓÇó Thoughts Radiate As Influence ΓÇó How Thinking Brings Success ΓÇó Power Of Self-Faith Over Others ΓÇó Building Character ΓÇó Strengthening Deficient Faculties ΓÇó Gain Beauty By Holding The Beauty Thought ΓÇó The Power Of Imagination ΓÇó Don''t Let The Years Count ΓÇó How To Control Thought ΓÇó The Coming Man Will Realize His Divinity ΓÇó Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1848-1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life and founded SUCCESS magazine in 1897. He is often considered as the father of the modern-day inspirational talks and writings and his words make sense even to this day. In his books he discussed the common-sense principles and virtues that make for a well-rounded, successful life.

The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith is series of messages Dr. Torrey preached to his congregation which are basically a classic defense for the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith. These sermons have already helped many through their delivery. Now the author hopes they will reach and help far more in the printed form. Inspiration or To What Extent is the Bible Inspired of God? The Christian Conception of God, or the God of the Bible as Distinguished from the God of Christian Science and the God of Modern Philosophy The Christian Conception of God-The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God The Deity of Jesus Christ Jesus Christ a Real Man The Personality of the Holy Spirit The Deity of the Holy Spirit and the Distinction Between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit The Atonement: God''s Doctrine of the Atonement vs. Unitarian and Christian Science Doctrines of the Atonement The Distinctive Doctrine of Protestantism: Justification by Faith The New Birth Sanctification The Resurrection of the Body of Jesus and of Our Bodies The Devil Is There a Literal Hell? Is Future Punishment Everlasting?

The Making of Americans is a modernist novel that traces the genealogy, history, and psychological development of members of the fictional Hersland and Dehning families. Being ostensibly a history of three generations of and everyone they knew or knew them, the novel is a philosophical and poetic meditation on identity, on what it means to be human living an everyday, mundane life. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector, best known for Three Lives, The Making of Americans and Tender Buttons. Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life. Picasso and Cubism were an important influence on Stein''s writing. Her works are compared to James Joyce''s Ulysses and to Marcel Proust''s In Search of Lost Time.

Kate Croy and Merton Densher are two betrothed Londoners who desperately want to marry but have very little money. Into their world comes Milly Theale, an enormously rich young American woman who had previously met and fallen in love with Densher, although she has never revealed her feelings. Kate welcomes Milly to London, and the American heiress enjoys great social success. However, after a visit to an eminent doctor, Milly discovers that she suffers from an incurable disiese.

John Keats (1795 - 1821) was an English Romantic poet. The poetry of Keats is characterized by sensual imagery, most notably in the series of odes. Today his poems and letters are some of the most popular and most analyzed in English literature. Table of Contents: - Introduction: Life of John Keats by Sidney Colvin - Poems: - Ode - Ode on a Grecian Urn - Ode to Apollo - Ode to Fanny - Ode on Indolence - Ode on Melancholy - Ode to Psyche - Ode to a Nightingale

"The Secret Garden" - Mary Lennox, a sickly and spoiled little girl, is orphaned to dim prospects in a gloomy English manor. Her only friend is a bed-ridden boy named Colin whose prospects may be dimmer than hers. But when Mary finds the key to a Secret Garden, the magical powers of transformation fall within her reach. The Secret Garden is an inspirational tale of transformation and empowerment. "A Little Princess" - Captain Ralph Crewe, a wealthy English widower, enrolls his young daughter Sara at Miss Minchin''s boarding school for girls in London, to prepare her for a life in high society. Sara enjoys a special treatment and exceptional luxuries, and Miss Minchin openly fawns over Sara for her wealth. But all that changes when Captain Ralph suddenly dies after losing all his fortune, leaving Sara in poverty and in disfavor with Miss Minchin.

This collection contains the crucial decisions and arguments of the Founding Fathers which shaped the America we know today. Along with the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the various Amendments this book is sure to help you understand the basic tenets of the American democracy: Contents: Need for Stronger Union Federalist: I, II, III, IV, V, VI Anti-Federalist: John Dewitt I, John Dewitt II Bill of Rights Federalist: LXXXIV Anti-Federalist: John Dewitt II Nature and Powers of the Union Federalist: I, XIV, XV Anti-Federalist: Patrick Henry June 5, 1788 Responsibility and Checks in Self-government Federalist: X, LI Anti-Federalist: Centenel I Extent of Union, States'' Rights, Bill of Rights, Taxation Federalist: X, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXIX, XLV, LXXXIV Anti-Federalist: Brutus I Extended Republics, Taxation Federalist: VII, X, XIV, XXXV, XXXVI Anti-Federalist: Federal Farmer I, Federal Farmer II Broad Construction, Taxing Powers Federalist: XXIII, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV Anti-Federalist: Brutus VI Defense, Standing Armies Federalist: XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX Anti-Federalist: Brutus X The Judiciary Federalist: LXXVIII, LXXIX, LXXX, LXXXI, LXXXII, LXXXIII Anti-Federalist: Brutus XI, Brutus XII, Brutus XV Government Resting on the People Federalist: XXIII, XLIX Anti-Federalist: John Dewitt III Executive Power Federalist: LXVII Anti-Federalist: Cato V Regulating Elections Federalist: LIX Anti-Federalist: Cato VII House of Representatives Federalist: XXVII, XXVIII, LII, LIII, LIV, LVII Anti-Federalist: Brutus IV The Senate Federalist: LXII, LXIII Anti-Federalist: Brutus XVI Articles of Confederation (1777) Declaration of Independence (1776) U.S. Constitution (1787) Bill of Rights (1791) Amendments (1792-1991)

Wallace Delois Wattles (1860-1911) was an American author. As a New Thought writer, he remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements. Wattles often travelled to Chicago, where he gave "Sunday night lectures" among several leading New Thought authors. He studied the writings of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Ralph Waldo Emerson and recommended the study of their books to his readers who wished to understand what he characterized as "the monistic theory of the cosmos." Wattles'' best known work is a 1910 book called The Science of Getting Rich in which he explained how to become wealthy. Table of Contents: "The Science of" Trilogy: The Science of Getting Rich The Science of Being Well The Science of Being Great Other Works: Hellfire Harrison (A Novel) Jesus: The Man and His Work A New Christ How to Get What You Want Making of the Man Who Can or How to Promote Yourself New Science of Living and Healing or Health Through New Thought and Fasting The Personal Power Course: Ten Lessons in Constructive Science "The Science of Getting Rich" was a major inspiration for Rhonda Byrne''s bestselling book and film The Secret (2006). In The Science of Getting Rich Wattles explains how can a person overcome mental barriers, and how creation, not competition, is the hidden key to wealth attraction "The Science of Being Well" is not a philosophical treatise, but a practical guide and handbook for those whose main goal is health. "The Science of Being Great" is a personal self-help book of the author.

The Malleus Maleficarum or "Hammer of Witches" is the best known and the most important treatise on witchcraft. It endorses extermination of witches and for this purpose develops a detailed legal and theological theory. It was a bestseller, second only to the Bible in terms of sales for almost 200 years. It was written by the Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer and first published in 1487. The Malleus elevates sorcery to the criminal status of heresy and prescribes inquisitorial practices for secular courts in order to extirpate witches. The recommended procedures include torture to effectively obtain confessions and the death penalty as the only sure remedy against the evils of witchcraft. At that time, it was typical to burn heretics alive at the stake and the Malleus encouraged the same treatment of witches. The book had a strong influence on culture for several centuries. It was later used by royal courts during the Renaissance, and contributed to the increasingly brutal prosecution of witchcraft during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Lenz ist auf der Reise in das Bergdorf Waldbach zum Pfarrer Oberlin. Seine Wanderung führt ihn durch das winterliche Gebirge, dessen Unwirtlichkeit und Kälte er nicht spürt. Das Gefühl für Raum und Zeit geht Lenz verloren, er hört die Stimmen der Felsen, sieht die Wolken jagen und in der Sonne ein „gleißend Schwert", das die Landschaft schneidet. Die eigene völlige Erschöpfung dringt nicht mehr in sein Bewusstsein, sondern wird Teil des Weltalls, Ausgangspunkt kürzester Augenblicke höchster Glücksgefühle und langer Phasen der Gleichgültigkeit. Der Abend bringt ihm Einsamkeit und Angst, seine Schritte werden ihm wie „Donnergrollen, es ist ihm, als „jage der Wahnsinn auf Rossen hinter ihm". "Lenz" ist ein Werk von Georg Büchner, der Titel stammt jedoch nicht vom Autor selbst. Sie erschien postum 1839. Ihre genaue Entstehungszeit ist unbekannt, Büchner hat sich aber nachweislich spätestens seit dem Frühjahr 1835 mit dem Stoff beschäftigt. Georg Büchner (1813-1837) war ein hessischer Schriftsteller, Mediziner, Naturwissenschaftler und Revolutionär. Er gilt trotz seines schmalen Werkes - er starb bereits im Alter von 23 Jahren - als einer der bedeutendsten Literaten des Vormärz. Teile seines Werkes zählen zur Exilliteratur.

Aus dem Buch: „...Karola steht auf der Schwelle in ihrem Knabenhut, in dem Pelz, der um die Schultern hängt, nicht wie eine weiche Frauenhülle, sondern wie eine Beute, ein Wildbret. Sie starrt in das frische Grün der Linden auf der mittleren Allee. Auf einer Bank sieht sie, immer wieder durch Gefährte und Vorübergehende verdeckt, ein Paar Hand in Hand sitzen. Sie schauen beide geradeaus, wie die Hunde, die so tun, als ob sie nichts miteinander haben, während sie sich nahe kommen. Aber in den beiden Händen, seiner rechten, ihrer linken, welch innige Vereinigung! ›Bin ich so schwer zu lieben? Warum läßt er mich fort?‹ Sie lächelt leichtsinnig und verzweifelt." Franz Hessel (1880-1941) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Übersetzer und Lektor. Franz Hessel veröffentlichte zahlreiche Gedichte, Prosabände und Romane. Hessels Romane Der Kramladen des Glücks, Pariser Romanze, Heimliches Berlin sowie das postum von Bernd Witte herausgegebene Fragment Alter Mann zeigen einen melancholischen Erzähler in der Tradition Marcel Prousts, der, der verlorenen Vergangenheit nachtrauernd, die Erscheinungen der Moderne zu genießen bereit ist.

Mit dieser Biografie ist es Stefan Zweig gelungen, ein aufschlussreiches Bild von Marie Antoinette zu entwerfen. Sie war weder die ehrenwerte Königin, die sich um ihr Volk bemühte, noch die gewissenlose untreue Ehefrau, als welche sie vom Volk verschrien wurde. Am eindrucksvollsten ist Zweig, wenn es an das bittere, demütigende Ende kommt: auch wer niemals in der Conciergerie in Paris das (nachgebildete) Verlies gesehen hat, das die letzten Stunden der Königin sah, wird von der Tragik dieses "mittleren Charakters" tief berührt sein. Über Marie Antoinette: Marie Antoinette (1755 in Wien - 1793 in Paris) war als Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna Erzherzogin von Österreich sowie Prinzessin von Ungarn, Böhmen, der Toskana usw. bekannt und entstammte dem Haus Habsburg-Lothringen. Durch ihre Heirat mit Ludwig XVI. wurde sie zunächst Dauphine und später Königin von Frankreich und Navarra. Sie gilt als eine der schillerndsten Figuren während der Französischen Revolution und teilte neun Monate nach ihrem Gemahl dessen Schicksal auf dem Schafott. Inhalt: • Einleitung • Ein Kind wird verheiratet • Geheimnis des Alkovens • Debüt in Versailles • Der Kampf um ein Wort • Die Eroberung von Paris • Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! • Bildnis eines Königspaares • Königin des Rokoko • Trianon • Die neue Gesellschaft • Der Bruder besucht seine Schwester • Mutterschaft • Die Königin wird unbeliebt • Der Blitzschlag ins Rokokotheater • Die Halsbandaffäre • Prozess und Urteil • Das Volk erwacht, die Königin erwacht • Der Sommer der Entscheidung • Die Freunde fliehen • Der Freund erscheint • War er es, war er es nicht? • Die letzte Nacht in Versailles • Der Leichenwagen der Monarchie • Selbstbesinnung • Mirabeau • Die Flucht wird vorbereitet • Die Flucht nach Varennes • Die Nacht in Varennes • Rückfahrt • Einer betrügt den Andern • Der Freund erscheint zum letzten Mal • Die Flucht in den Krieg • Die letzten Schreie • Der zehnte August • Der Temple • Marie Antoinette allein • Die letzte Einsamkeit • Die Conciergerie • Der letzte Versuch • Die große Infamie • Der Prozess beginnt

Sternstunden der Menschheit präsentiert vierzehn novellenartig aufgebaute historische Begebenheiten, deren Auswirkungen die Geschichte der Menschheit verändert haben. Zweig schreibt im Vorwort: "Solche dramatisch geballten, solche schicksalsträchtigen Stunden, in denen eine zeitüberdauernde Entscheidung auf ein einziges Datum, eine einzige Stunde und oft nur eine Minute zusammengedrängt ist, sind selten im Leben eines Einzelnen und selten im Laufe der Geschichte. [...] Ich habe sie so genannt, weil sie leuchtend und unwandelbar wie Sterne die Nacht der Vergänglichkeit überglänzen." Die Texte sind keine historischen Analysen, sondern novellistisch zugespitzte Erzählungen, in deren Mittelpunkt jeweils eine biografisch überhöhte Person steht.

Die Geschichte thematisiert das Abenteuer des neugierigen und unartigen Kaninchens Peter Rabbit. Die verwitwete Mutter Rabbit warnt ihren Nachwuchs davor, in den Gemüsegarten von Mr. McGregor einzudringen. Während ihre drei Töchter sich an die Weisung der Mutter halten und entlang der Straße Brombeeren sammeln, läuft der unartige Peter sofort zu dem Garten und quetscht sich unter dem Tor hindurch, um dort Gemüse zu fressen. Er frisst weit mehr als gut für ihn ist und sucht deshalb nach Petersilie. Auf der Suche wird er jedoch von Mr. McGregor entdeckt und er verliert Jacke und Schuhe, während er zu entkommen versucht. Auf der Flucht vor Mr. McGregor versteckt er sich in einer Gießkanne, die leider noch voll Wasser ist. Aber Mr. McGregor findet ihn trotzdem und nur mit viel Glück entkommt Peter Rabbit aus dem Fenster... Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) war eine englische Kinderbuchautorin und -illustratorin. Sie begann ab 1890 als Illustratorin zu arbeiten, und ihre Kinderbücher waren außergewöhnlich erfolgreich. Erzählungen wie ihr bekanntestes Werk Die Geschichte von Peter Hase werden bis heute aufgelegt.

Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (1861 - 1925) war ein österreichischer Esoteriker und Philosoph. Er begründete die Anthroposophie, eine esoterische Weltanschauung, die an die Theosophie, das Rosenkreuzertum, die Gnosis sowie die idealistische Philosophie anschließt und zu den neumystischen Einheitskonzeptionen der Zeit um 1900 gezählt wird. Auf Grundlage dieser Lehre gab Steiner einflussreiche Anregungen für verschiedene Lebensbereiche, etwa Pädagogik (Waldorfpädagogik), Kunst (Eurythmie, anthroposophische Architektur), Medizin (anthroposophische Medizin), Religion (die Christengemeinschaft) oder Landwirtschaft (biologisch-dynamische Landwirtschaft). Inhalt: • Vorrede zur Neuausgabe 1918 • Wissenschaft der Freiheit • I. Das bewußte menschliche Handeln • II. Der Grundtrieb zur Wissenschaft • III. Das Denken im Dienste der Weltauffassung • IV. Die Welt als Wahrnehmung • V. Das Erkennen der Welt • VI. Die menschliche Individualität • VII. Gibt es Grenzen des Erkennens? • Die Wirklichkeit der Freiheit • VIII. Die Faktoren des Lebens • IX. Die Idee der Freiheit • X. Freiheitsphilosophie und Monismus • XI. Weltzweck und Lebenszweck (Bestimmung des Menschen) • XII. Die moralische Phantasie (Darwinismus und Sittlichkeit) • XIII. Der Wert des Lebens (Pessimismus und Optimismus) • XIV. Iindividualität und Gattung • Die Konsequenzen des Monismus • Erster Anhang (Zusatz zur Neuausgabe 1918) • Zweiter Anhang

This meticulously edited James Allen collection includes the works: As a Man Thinketh The Life Triumphant: Mastering the Heart and Mind The Mastery of Destiny Man: King of Mind, Body and Circumstance

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is centered on the lives of the residents of Middlemarch, a fictitious Midlands town, from 1829 onwards-the years preceding the 1832 Reform Act. The narrative is variably considered to consist of three or four plots of unequal emphasis: the life of Dorothea Brooke; the career of Tertius Lydgate; the courtship of Mary Garth by Fred Vincy; and the disgrace of Nicholas Bulstrode. Significant themes include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education.

This carefully created Garrett P. Serviss science fiction collection includes novels and short stories of this notable writer, astronomer and popularizer of astronomy. Contents: - Novels - Edison's Conquest of Mars - A Columbus of Space - The Sky Pirate - The Second Deluge - Short Stories - The Moon Metal