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Paul Knight

    Lessons from the Mud
    Liverpool Territorials in the Great War
    Amazing Fishing Stories - Incredible Tales from Stream to Open Sea
    Britain's Game Fishes
    The Principle of Hope
    Maldoror and Poems
    • Maldoror and Poems

      • 288 Seiten
      • 11 Lesestunden
      4,0(145)Abgeben

      One of the earliest and most astonishing examples of surrealist writingInsolent and defiant, the Chants de Maldoror, by the self-styled Comte de Lautréamont (1846-70), depicts a sinister and sadistic world of unrestrained savagery and brutality. One of the earliest and most astonishing examples of surrealist writing, it follows the experiences of Maldoror, a master of disguises pursued by the police as the incarnation of evil, as he makes his way through a nightmarish realm of angels and gravediggers, hermaphrodites and prostitutes, lunatics and strange children. Delirious, erotic, blasphemous and grandiose by turns, this hallucinatory novel captured the imagination of artists and writers as diverse as Modigliani, Verlaine, André Gide and André Breton; it was hailed by the twentieth-century Surrealist movement as a formative and revelatory masterpiece.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

      Maldoror and Poems
    • The Principle of Hope

      • 528 Seiten
      • 19 Lesestunden

      The Principle of Hope is one of the great works of the human spirit. It is a critical history of the utopian vision and a profound exploration of the possible reality of utopia. Even as the world has rejected the doctrine on which Bloch sought to base his utopia, his work still challenges us to think more insightfully about our own visions of a better world.The Principle of Hope is published in three volumes: Volume 1 lays the foundations of the philosophy of process and introduces the idea of the Not-Yet-Conscious - the anticipatory element that Bloch sees as central to human thought. It also contains a remarkable account of the aesthetic interpretations of utopian "wishful images" in fairy tales, popular fiction, travel, theater, dance, and the cinema. Volume 2 presents "the outlines of a better world." It examines the utopian systems that progressive thinkers have developed in the fields of medicine, painting, opera, poetry, and ultimately, philosophy. It is nothing less than an encyclopedic account of utopian thought from the Greeks to the present. Volume 3 offers a prescription for ways in which humans can reach their proper "homeland," where social justice is coupled with an openness to change and to the future.

      The Principle of Hope
    • Britain's Game Fishes

      Celebration and Conservation of Salmonids

      • 240 Seiten
      • 9 Lesestunden

      Focusing on the salmon family's significance, the book highlights their dual role as vital food sources and recreational assets. It emphasizes their status as 'ambassadors of the wild,' serving as crucial indicators of environmental health. Through this exploration, the text underscores the broader implications of salmon conservation for society and ecosystem wellbeing.

      Britain's Game Fishes
    • Enjoy a wonderful collection of fishing stories from around the world. Paul Knight has brought together a treasure trove of stories from a wide array of sources and invested them with a drama and poetry that makes this essential reading for all fishermen, everywhere.

      Amazing Fishing Stories - Incredible Tales from Stream to Open Sea
    • This book destroys the popular impression of generals unaware of conditions in the trenches and incapable of developing tactics to break the slaughter of trench warfare.

      Lessons from the Mud
    • The 47th Regiment of Foot served in North America during the whole of the American War of Independence. It experienced the transition from peacetime soldiering, through the deteriorating political situation, to open rebellion.

      A Very Fine Regiment
    • Touto knihou navazujeme na naši loňskou knihu Neuvěřitelná námořní dobrodružství. Jedná se o skutečná dobrodružství, tentokráte rybářů, na mořích, jezerech i řekách. Autor Paul Knight je dlouholetý zkušený rybář, který díky rybaření procestoval celý svět a sbíral podivuhodná dobrodružství. Zavede vás od zmrzlého Ruska do divokých džunglí Indie, přes skotskou vysočinu a další nádherná místa, kde se odehrávají dechberoucí skutečná rybářská dobrodružství. Kniha je tedy mezinárodního rozsahu a zahrnuje všechny druhy rybolovu z otevřeného oceánu až z horského potoka, tato sbírka má tedy pro každého něco.

      Neuvěřitelná rybářská dobrodružství