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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Ten Days That Shook the World is not only the best account of the Bolshevik revolution, it comes near to being the best account of any revolution.' -A.J.P. Taylor, historian (1964)American journalist John Reed experienced firsthand the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 and describes this in colorful detail in Ten Days That Shook the World, with introductions by Vladimir Lenin and by Lenin's wife Nadezhda Krupskaya.This book received wide praise from many reviewers, even from Soviet critic and US diplomat George F. Kennan, who said in 1956: 'Reed's account of the events of that time rises above every other contemporary record for its literary power, its penetration, its command of detail.'Ten Days That Shook the World was also the basis of the 1928 Russian movie with the same title by Sergei Eisenstein, and the 1981 Oscar winning movie Reds about the life of John Reed, directed by Warren Beatty.This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the Russian revolution and the history of Russia.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - '?Prison life makes one see people and things as they really are. That is why it turns one to stone. It is the people outside who are deceived by the illusions of a life in constant motion. They revolve with life and contribute to its unreality. We who are immobile both see and know.' Oscar Wilde (1905)While in prison from 1895 to 1897 due to his homosexual affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, the writer Oscar Wilde wrote a 50,000 word letter to Douglas. Wilde never sent it, but his literary executor Robert Ross edited and published it posthumously in 1905, under the title De Profundis, ('Out of the Depths' in Latinfrom Psalm 130, part of the Roman Catholic funeral service.)De Profundis, considered one of the greatest love letters ever written, is both bitter and loving. It is a fascinating read for anyone interested in Oscar Wilde and the paradox of love.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'?Prison life makes one see people and things as they really are. That is why it turns one to stone. It is the people outside who are deceived by the illusions of a life in constant motion. They revolve with life and contribute to its unreality. We who are immobile both see and know.' Oscar Wilde (1905)While in prison from 1895 to 1897 due to his homosexual affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, the writer Oscar Wilde wrote a 50,000 word letter to Douglas. Wilde never sent it, but his literary executor Robert Ross edited and published it posthumously in 1905, under the title De Profundis, ('Out of the Depths' in Latinfrom Psalm 130, part of the Roman Catholic funeral service.)De Profundis, considered one of the greatest love letters ever written, is both bitter and loving. It is a fascinating read for anyone interested in Oscar Wilde and the paradox of love. 138 pp. Englisch.