Albrecht Haushofer, a Professor of Political Geography specialising in oriental culture at the University of Berlin, was arrested for complicity in the failed coup of July 20, 1944 and interned in the central Berlin prison of Moabit that had been taken over by the Gestapo for the internment, questioning and execution of the thousands of officers, professors, intellectuals and political activists who had been associated directly or directly in that attempt to overthrow the Nazi regime and (…)
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28 mars 2019, par Jack LondonTold essentially from the point of view of Saxon, a beautiful young laundry-sweatshop working-girl who meets at the very beginning of this working-class romance the man of her dreams Billy, a handsome young teamster and former prize-fighter. Billy sweeps her off her feet and they get married a couple of weeks after their first encounter.
We follow the couple as they struggle to make ends meet in San Francisco in the difficult economic state of the times, as Saxon has to stop working as (…) -
"The Road" (1907) - Jack London’s vivid account of his hobo days
6 mars 2019, par Jack LondonWhere Jack London recounts in a series of striking sketches his experiences as a juvenile hobo roaming throughout the U.S.A and Canada on freight trains for more than a year, written largely in the jargon of the army of tramps young and old that were such a conspicuous aspect of the American social scene of the times.
CONFESSION – how a successful hobo very much needs a solid dose of artistic ability to be able to convince upright citizens to provide him with his daily nourishment ; (…) -
"Before Adam" - a prehistoric adventure novella (1906) by Jack London
28 janvier 2019, par Jack LondonThe narrator is a prehistoric youth who recounts his adventures in the middle Pleistocene era long before our time, when he and his tribe had to coexist and fight against not only ferocious carnivorous animals such as wild dogs, great boars, hyenas, and especially sabre-tooth tigers, but also primitive Tree-People who hated his kind and and especially the newly-emerged Fire-People, who had not only mastered fire but also speech (unlike his own people who did not yet have proper language) and (…)
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"The Mixed Men" novel (1952) by A. E. van Vogt
27 janvier 2019, par A. E. van VogtThe inhabitants of the 70 inhabited planets of the Fifty Suns civilisation in the Greater Magellanic Cloud galaxy are up against a gigantic invading warship from Earth bent on finding them out and integrating them into their empire that rules the Milky Way galaxy.
Based on somewhat modified versions of the stories Concealment (1943), The Storm (1943) and The Mixed Men (1945), with a considerable amount of additional text — 8 of its 24 chapters were entirely new — this is a wide-ranging and (…) -
Jack London’s boxing stories
20 janvier 2019, par Jack LondonJack London wrote only four stories about boxing, but when he did they were winners !
Not only do these stories get you inside the minds and hearts of the fighters and of their entourages — managers, promoters, betters and (bloodthirsty) spectators — more intensely and grippingly and insightfully than, well, just about anyone else has ever done, but they are all penetrated with a sense of something higher and of great significance, in particular the vital sociological significance of food (…) -
"The Cruise of the Dazzler" - an adventure novella by Jack London (1902)
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INDEX OF THE 182 MAUPASSANT STORIES ON THIS SITE
1er janvier 2019, par RayAn index of all the Maupassant stories on this site, each in both the translated and the original versions : in alphabetic sequence by English title in alphabetic sequence by French title
ENGLISH TITLES
A CHRISTMAS TALE A CORSICAN BANDIT A CORSICAN STORY A COWARD A CRY OF ALARM A DIVORCE CASE A FAILURE A FAMILY AFFAIR A FATHER’S CONFESSION A NEW YEAR’S GIFT A NORMAN A NORMANDY JOKE A PARRICIDE A PASSION A PORTRAIT A RECOLLECTION A ROOSTER CROWED A STROLL A TRAVELLER’S NOTES A VENDETTA (…) -
INDEX OF THE 27 STEFAN ZWEIG TEXTS ON THIS SITE
1er janvier 2019, par Ray=> in alphabetic sequence by English title(s) => in alphabetic sequence by the original German title
ENGLISH TITLES
A STORY TOLD IN TWILIGHT AMOK AN UNFORGETTABLE MAN BUCHMENDEL BURNING SECRET CHESS STORY DID HE DO IT ? FANTASTIC NIGHT FEAR FORGOTTEN DREAMS IN THE SNOW LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN MENDEL THE BOOK-DEALER MOONBEAM ALLEY SCARLET FEVER SPRING IN THE PRATER SPRINGTIME IN THE PRATER THE CONQUEST OF CONSTANTINOPLE THE CROSS THE DEBT PAID LATE THE FANTASTIC NIGHT THE GOVERNESS (…) -
"The Sunlanders" and other stories of the Far North by Jack London
1er janvier 2019, par Jack LondonTwelve stories of adventure and drama in the harsh climate of the Far North, mostly in the Klondike region of northwestern Canada, where immense gold resources were discovered in 1897.
An e-book is available for downloading below. TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. A DAUGHTER OF THE AURORA (1899) Two prospectors engage in an epic hundred-mile dog-sled race to file a claim on a gold-rich stake and, above all, to win the promised hand of a very vivacious young woman (3,300 words).
2. A NORTHLAND (…)