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Baron Bagge (Paperback)
Alexander Lernet-Holenia; Translated by Richard Winston, Clara Winston; Foreword by Patti Smith
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Baron Bagge, a cavalry officer stationed in Eastern Europe during
the First World War, receives orders to ride into a platoon of
Russian machine guns. But instead of meeting certain death, he and
his brigade pass, unscathed, into a bizarrely peaceful land where
festivities are in full swing. There he meets Charlotte
Szent-Kiraly, and finds himself falling in a strange, enchanted
love - a love harrowed at its edges by the threat of the enemy, and
the peculiar fragility of this country's otherworldly peace . . .
Originally published in the UK in 1956, this book presents the
essence of the political philosophy of one of Europe’s best-known
post-war statesmen, as well as his experience in government as head
of Germany in one of its most critical periods of history. The role
of Germany in a (then) new Europe is discussed, along with its
rearmament, its greatly restored economic power and its relation to
NATO. Germany’s Chancellor gives his views on the world struggle,
the cold war, Germany and America, Germany and Israel and the
difficulties and responsibilities of the alliance of free nations.
Originally published in the UK in 1956, this book presents the
essence of the political philosophy of one of Europe's best-known
post-war statesmen, as well as his experience in government as head
of Germany in one of its most critical periods of history. The role
of Germany in a (then) new Europe is discussed, along with its
rearmament, its greatly restored economic power and its relation to
NATO. Germany's Chancellor gives his views on the world struggle,
the cold war, Germany and America, Germany and Israel and the
difficulties and responsibilities of the alliance of free nations.
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Baron Bagge (Hardcover)
Alexander Lernet-Holenia; Translated by Richard Winston, Clara Winston; Foreword by Patti Smith
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R275
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Described as 'a masterpiece' by Stefan Zweig, this extraordinary
novel of love, war, ghosts and memory features an introduction by
Patti Smith Baron Bagge, a cavalry officer in the Carpathian
Mountains during the First World War, receives orders from his
unhinged commander to ride into Russian machine guns. But instead
of meeting certain death, he and his brigade pass, unscathed, into
a peaceful, otherworldly country where festivities are in full
swing. There he meets Charlotte Szent-Kiraly, and finds himself
entangled in a strange love - a love harrowed at its edges by the
threat of the enemy, and intimations from his fellow officers about
the nature of his survival... Baron Bagge - Alexander
Lernet-Holenia's masterpiece - glimmers with a wintry, exquisite
light. A story of duty and desire, courage and stupidity, it is a
waking dream of a novel; haunting in every sense. This edition
includes an exchange between Lernet-Holenia and Stefan Zweig, one
of the novella's most stalwart champions. Preface by Patti Smith
Translated by Richard and Clara Winston
Even in the degradation and misery of Dachau concentration camp,
Viktor Frankl retained the belief that the most important freedom
of all is the freedom to determine one's own spiritual well-being.
He wrote the international bestseller Man's Search for Meaning as a
result of that experience, while in The Doctor and the Soul, Dr
Frankl revolutionised psychotherapy with his theory of Logotherapy.
Viktor Frankl's work has been described as "the most important
contributions in the field of psychotherapy since the days of
Freud, Adler and Jung." In The Doctor and the Soul, Dr Frankl
maintains that the individual's most important need is to find
meaning in life and the frustration of this need results in
neurosis, suffering and despair. A doctor's work lies in finding
personal meaning in a patient's life, no matter how dismal the
circumstances of the life.
An autobiography put together from conversations, writings and lectures with Jung's cooperation, at the end of his life.
Erich Kahler sees cultural history as a subtle process in which
reality plays upon consciousness and consciousness itself is
forever transforming reality. He traces the ebb and flow of this
relationship by studying changes in narrative form from its
beginnings in the Gilgamesh Cycle to the end of the eighteenth
century. The general direction is toward a growing inwardness, he
finds; what takes place is an expansion of consciousness as man
constantly draws outer space, the contents of a more and more
complex world, into what Rilke called Weltinnenraum, "inner space."
Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
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Detectives In Togas (Paperback)
Henry Winterfeld; Illustrated by Charlotte Kleinert; Translated by Clara Winston, Richard Winston
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In an effort to save a boy wrongly accused, a group of young friends living in ancient Rome search for the culprit who scrawled graffiti on the temple wall.
Erich Kahler sees cultural history as a subtle process in which
reality plays upon consciousness and consciousness itself is
forever transforming reality. He traces the ebb and flow of this
relationship by studying changes in narrative form from its
beginnings in the Gilgamesh Cycle to the end of the eighteenth
century. The general direction is toward a growing inwardness, he
finds; what takes place is an expansion of consciousness as man
constantly draws outer space, the contents of a more and more
complex world, into what Rilke called Weltinnenraum, "inner space."
Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
"The ultimate of human happiness is to be found in contemplation".
In offering this proposition of Thomas Aquinas to our thought,
Josef Pieper uses traditional wisdom in order to throw light on
present-day reality and present-day psychological problems. What,
in fact, does one pursue in pursuing happiness? What, in the
consensus of the wisdom of the early Greeks, of Plato and
Aristotle, of the New Testament, of Augustine and Aquinas, is that
condition of perfect bliss toward which all life and effort tend by
nature?
In this profound and illuminating inquiry, Pieper considers the
nature of contemplation, and the meaning and goal of life.
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Hitler (Paperback)
Otto Dietrich; Translated by Richard Winston, Clara Winston
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A Lady at Bay (Paperback)
Edgar Maass; Translated by Richard Winston, Clara Winston
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Hitler (Hardcover)
Otto Dietrich; Translated by Richard Winston, Clara Winston
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The Night of Time (Paperback)
Rene Fulop-Miller; Translated by Richard Winston, Clara Winston
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R925
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Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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The Night of Time (Hardcover)
Rene Fulop-Miller; Translated by Richard Winston, Clara Winston
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R1,311
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Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
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The Night Of Time (Paperback)
Rene Fulop-Miller; Translated by Richard Winston, Clara Winston
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Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
No better guide over the thousand-year period called the Middle
Ages could be found than Josef Pieper. In this amazing tour de
monde medievale, he moves easily back and forth between the figures
and the doctrines that made medieval philosophy unique in Western
thought. After reflecting on the invidious implications of the
phrase 'Middle Ages,' Pieper turns to the fascinating personality
of Boethius whose contribution to prison literature, The
Consolation of Philosophy, is second only to the Bible in the
number of manuscript copies. The Neo-Platonic figures - Dionysius
and Eriugena - are the occasion for a discussion of negative
theology. The treatment of Anselm of Canterbury's proof of God's
existence involves later voices, e.g., Kant. Like other historians,
Pieper is enamored of the twelfth century, which is regularly
eclipsed by accounts of the thirteenth century. Pieper does justice
to both. His account of the rivalry between Peter Abelard and
Bernard of Clairvaux is masterful, nor does he fail to give John of
Salisbury the space he deserves. The account is broken by the
gradual replacement of the synthesis of faith and reason that had
been achieved in the early Middle Ages by a new one that made use
of Aristotle. Pieper gives a thorough and lively account of the
struggle between Aristotelians and anti-Aristotelians, and the
famous condemnations that put the effort of Saint Thomas Aquinas at
risk. But the Summa theologiae is regarded by Pieper as the unique
achievement of the period. If the early centuries, the medieval
period, can be seen as moving toward the thirteenth and Thomas's
unique achievement, subsequent centuries saw the decline of
scholasticism and the appearance of harbingers of modern
philosophy. The book closes with Pieper's thoughts on the permanent
philosophical and theological significance of scholasticism and the
Middle Ages. Once again, wearing his learning lightly, writing with
a clarity that delights, Josef Pieper has taken the field from
stuffier and more extended accounts.
The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature
Set in the 23rd century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game).
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