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Del rey abajo, ninguno (1651) es el drama más famoso de Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla. A pesar de que hoy en día la fama del autor sea menor, durante el Siglo de Oro se le consideró, junto con Calderón y Lope de Vega uno de los principales dramaturgos del país, siendo...

Storie di gente comune vittima di tragedie. Per ricordarla, per sentirla vicina, perché è più simile a noi di quanto non lo siano i "vip".

The Journey is a collection of rhyming poetry written by King, in a way that anyone can understand. Insightful and beautiful, each one reminds us that life is a journey, as King manages to connect us all with the emotion behind the event.

More than any other public figure, VOclav Havel has reflected on the opportunities and dilemmas facing humankind as a result of the Communism's collapse. His life serves as an example of responsible and moral action, even at the cost of much personal suffering. In the first book to bring together...

First Epistle When, at night, with drooping eyelids, I blow out the candles flare, Time's unending path is followed only by the old clock there; For just draw aside the curtains and the moon will flood the room With a fire of passions summoned by the ardours of her gloom; From the night of...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842[2] – circa 1914[1]) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic,...

L’albero cui tendevi la pargoletta mano; Ei della gondola, qual novità; Il morbo infuria, il pan ci manca; Eran trecento eran giovani e forti; O Valentino vestito di nuovo; Partì in guerra e mise l'elmo; La donzelletta vien dalla campagna... 
Intere generazioni formatesi negli anni Cinquanta...

"I desire a lot of women, almost all of them, really. It’s my way of hating them, because they give me reason to. They won’t have anything to do with me." In the séance that forms the backdrop to Italo Svevo's _The Broken Triangle_, a fantasy in one act, the spirit of the prematurely...

Select Speeches of Daniel Webster Daniel Webster, american senator from Massachusetts (1782-1852) This ebook presents «Select Speeches of Daniel Webster», from Daniel Webster. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents...

Exploring the conflict between free will and predestination, Calderon's most famous play tells of Segismundo, a Polish prince, imprisoned at birth by his father, the King, to thwart the predictions of astrologers. The dual-language edition features an excellent new literal translation on pages facing the original Spanish text. Introduction, Notes.

The book is an assortment of poems that reflect not only on his own life experiences but, some relate to other distinct subjects; all neatly tucked into a most magnificent work of art long to be enjoyed by many generations to come. The main topic of this book is heartbreak and loss and the realization...

From the golden age of the Spanish theater comes this captivating seventeenth-century drama of peasantry defending their honor against oppression by a feudal lord. Based on a historical incident during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, Fuenteovejuna takes its name from an Andalusian town in which...

Chris L. Reissen is back with his next installment Luminaire a chilling air of new 2017 Poetry that delivers a blow to the Status Quo of literature. Finally a new breeze of intellectual awareness and a herald to the future of quality and essence He says "A poem is useful if it brings you...

A presente obra reúne um conjunto de poemas alusivos ao amor negado. Trata-se duma atitude crítica ao modo como o amor é tendencialmente expresso e sentido, bem como às razões e motivos que justificam a análise deste. Tendo os poemas sido organizados na ordem em que foram escritos, é possível...