Hedda Gabler, a deceased General’s daughter, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of middleclass tedium stretching ahead when they return from a honeymoon they could not afford to a house they cannot afford. Increasingly, she is drawn into the clutches of her admirer, Judge Brack, who seeks to establish a menage a trois. Then a former flame arrives in the brilliant but dissolute Eilert Lovborg to rival her husband for an academic post. After a drunken orgy, the manuscript of Lovb...

The renowned masterpiece from one of the most influential writers in history, Machiavelli"It's very, very good...an engaging exploration of one of the most influential political works ever written." - Entertainment FocusThe Prince, written during the Italian Renaissance by author Niccolò Machiavelli, is an internationally renowned masterpiece about power, greed and strategy in government. Regarded by some as a manual for would-be t...

Die 19. Ausgabe des Horrormagazins Zwielicht mit Kurzgeschichten, Übersetzungen und Artikeln

Brilliantly manipulative and entirely amoral, the hero-villain Richard is one of Shakespeare's greatest roles.The Yorkists have emerged victorious from the civil wars and Edward IV wears the English crown. But Edward's misshapen brother Richard harbors kingly ambitions and will stop at nothing to achieve the throne. In a fatal battle on Bosworth Field, Richard meets the ghosts of all whom he has murdered and the Earl of Richmond, the future King Henry VII.Richard III is pla...

Het groot kerstverhalenboek is een bundeling van meer dan dertig Nederlandse schrijvers, dichters en cabaretiers. Een uniek kerstboek over de kerst stress, de kerstgedachte en de kerstviering. Gegoten in korte verhalen, columns, recepten en gedichten, waarin wordt gerild van de kou, getreurd om trieste kerstfeestjes en gelachen om de twee dagen waarin de wereld even stilstaat. Nog niet eerder verscheen zon inspirerend, spannend en humoristisch kerstboek in Nederland. Een passend cadeau voo...

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to an expansive--and still expanding--foo...

In this unique and engaging collection, twelve essays celebrate the legacy of one of America's most important playwrights and investigate Williams's enduring effect on America's cultural, theatrical, and literary heritage.Like Faulkner before him, Tennessee Williams gave universal appeal to southern characters and settings. His major plays, from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Glass Menagerie to A Streetcar Named Desire and Night of the Iguana, con...

Als Kale Hatfield und Rachel Finley sich endlich wiederfinden, scheint die Vergangenheit noch einmal eine Chance zu geben. Doch sie sind nicht allein. Zwischen ihnen steht Lydia - eine Frau mit eigenen Geheimnissen, gefährlichen Plänen und einer Verbindung zu Kale, die Rachel nie erwartet hätte. Während alte Wahrheiten ans Licht kommen, droht Kales fragile Kontrolle über seine Persönlichkeiten zu zerbrechen. Die Stimmen in ihm werden lauter. Die Gewalt rückt näher. Und plötzlich geht es ni...