Henry David Thoreau: 245 books

Together in one volume, Emerson's Nature and Thoreau's Walking, is writing that defines our distinctly American relationship to nature.

People have been fascinated by cats for centuries. From the ancient Egyptians, all the way down to today's cat lovers throughout the world, cats have held a special place in people's lives. Cats are unique creatures. It shouldn't be surprising that they have captured the imaginations of many of the...

Die Sklavereikrise entzündete New England in den 1840er und 1850er Jahren. Die Umgebung wurde nach dem Flüchtigen Sklavengesetz von 1850 besonders angespannt. Thoreau, ein lebenslanger Abolitionist, hielt eine leidenschaftliche Rede, die 1848, wenige Monate nachdem er Walden Pond verlassen hatte,...

Erstmals auf Deutsch: Thoreaus meisterliche Reiseerzählung Zahlreiche Reisen führten H. D. Thoreau ab 1849 auf die Halbinsel Kap Cod in Massachusetts.Seine Aufzeichnungen zu Land und Leuten, Tieren und Pflanzen, zur Landschaft und ihrer herben Schönheit bilden die Grundlage für das posthum erschienene...

This collection of essays, published in 1866, features not only Thoreau's whimsical account of his 1850 trip to Canada but one of his most famous and influential essays, "Civil Disobedience," as well as "A Plea for Captain John Brown" and "Slavery in Massachusetts."

Colores de otoño es un ejemplo extraordinario del arte de Thoreau para hacer revivir para el lector toda la belleza y riqueza del mundo natural. «Octubre es el mes de las hojas pintadas. Su opulento resplandor destella alrededor del mundo. Mientras los frutos, las hojas y el día en sí adquieren...

In Walden beschreibt Thoreau sein Leben in einer Blockhütte, die er sich 1845 in den Wäldern von Concord (Massachusetts) am See Walden Pond baute, um dort für mehr als zwei Jahre der industrialisierten Massengesellschaft der jungen USA den Rücken zu kehren. Nach eigener Aussage ging es ihm dabei...

Ce livre est une bible survivaliste. Thoreau décrit son retour à Concord, où il habita dans une cabane dans les bois pendant 2 ans, 2 mois et 2 jours. Pamphlet critique à l'égard du monde occidental, ce livre propose également une vision "naturelle", une élévation de l'âme humaine correspondant à une symbiose avec le rythme des saisons.

El siglo XIX fue una de las épocas en la que más cambios sociales y tecnológicos ocurrieron, y nuevas formas de pensamiento surgieron debido a estos cambios y avances vertiginosos. Uno de los pilares del pensamiento actual nace de una profunda reflexión acerca de qué hacer cuando el ciudadano...

Disobbedienza Civile, è un vibrante saggio-pamphlet sul diritto alla ribellione e alla disobbedienza nei confronti dello Stato e delle “leggi ingiuste”. Nacque in seguito all’incarcerazione di Thoreau per il suo rifiuto di pagare le tasse e quindi sostenere il governo Usa impegnato nella guerra...

Il tema centrale di questo scritto è la preponderanza data al diritto rispetto alla legge: pur di seguire ciò che la propria coscienza individuale ritiene giusto Thoreau ammette anche la disobbedienza alle leggi. Secondo lui è più importante il rispetto del diritto piuttosto che il rispetto della...

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Posthumously published in 1866, and edited by biographer Henry S. Salt, this volume brings together the great American philosopher’s passionate abolitionist lectures and writings, including “Civil Disobedience,” “A Plea for Captain John Brown,” “The Last Days of John Brown,” “Paradise (to be) Regained,” and “Life without Principle.”

   I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish...