Anthologien

Ein Geschichtenschatz mit zweitausendjähriger Aura.'Stilvoller kann man kaum in Weihnachtsstimmung kommen.'- Welt am Sonntag'Diese Sammlung weist den Weg von vorchristlicher Zeit bis in unsere Gegenwart. Sie stellt weithin Bekanntes neben nahezu Vergessenes und schafft es, den üppigen Reigen heiter zu beschließen mit Robert Gernhardts Die Falle.'- DeutschlandfunkGeschichten und Gedichte, Lieder und Legenden, Erzählungen, Sagen und Novellen: Heinz Rölleke ordnet mit profunder Kennerschaft den Geschichtenschatz. Entstanden ist eine reiche Gabe, ein Lesebuch zu den Festtagen.

The American Union Speaker: A Timeless Collection of EloquenceStep into the rich legacy of American oratory with ""The American Union Speaker"" by John D. Philbrick, a masterful anthology that has inspired generations. This remarkable collection, out of print for decades and now lovingly republished by Alpha Editions, is more than just a book-it's a collector's edition that bridges the past and present.Within these pages, discover a treasure trove of speeches, poems, and dialogues that capture the spirit of a nation. From the fervent calls for unity to the eloquent expressions of liberty, Philbrick's curation offers a window into the heart of American discourse. Whether you're a student of history, a lover of literature, or an aspiring orator, this book provides a timeless source of inspiration and insight.Don't miss the chance to own a piece of history, thoughtfully revived for the current and future generations. ""The American Union Speaker"" is not just a collection; it's a celebration of the enduring power of words.

The Angel and the Demon: A Tale by T. S. ArthurStep into a world where the eternal battle between good and evil plays out in the most unexpected of places. ""The Angel and the Demon"" by T. S. Arthur is a timeless narrative that explores the profound depths of human nature, morality, and redemption. This captivating tale, long out of print and now lovingly republished by Alpha Editions, invites readers to journey through a story that is as relevant today as it was when first penned.In this collector's edition, discover the intricate dance between light and darkness, as characters grapple with their inner demons and strive for the angelic virtues that define true humanity. Arthur's masterful storytelling weaves a legacy of intrigue, emotion, and moral reflection that will leave you pondering long after the last page is turned.Whether you're a lover of classic literature or a new reader eager to explore the treasures of the past, ""The Angel and the Demon"" offers a compelling narrative that promises to captivate and inspire. Don't miss the chance to own a piece of literary history, beautifully revived for the current and future generations. Embrace the journey and let this enchanting tale become a cherished part of your collection.

L'Impeccable Théophile Gautier et les sacrilèges romantiques, is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human history. So that this book is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this again in a modern format book for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Sacrifice by Stephen French Whitman has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia, regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Bilgamesh (Sumerian for "Gilgamesh"), king of Uruk, dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c.¿2100 BC). These independent stories were later used as source material for a combined epic in Akkadian. The first surviving version of this combined epic, known as the "Old Babylonian" version, dates back to the 18th century BC and is titled after its incipit, Sh¿tur eli sharr¿ ("Surpassing All Other Kings"). Only a few tablets of it have survived. The later Standard Babylonian version compiled by Sîn-l¿qi-unninni dates from the 13th to the 10th centuries BC and bears the incipit Sha naqba ¿muru ("He who Saw the Abyss", in unmetaphoric terms: "He who Sees the Unknown"). Approximately two-thirds of this longer, twelve-tablet version have been recovered. Some of the best copies were discovered in the library ruins of the 7th-century BC Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. The first half of the story discusses Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and Enkidu, a wild man created by the gods to stop Gilgamesh from oppressing the people of Uruk. After Enkidu becomes civilized through sexual initiation with Shamhat, he travels to Uruk, where he challenges Gilgamesh to a test of strength. Gilgamesh wins the contest; nonetheless, the two become friends. Together, they make a six-day journey to the legendary Cedar Forest, where they plan to slay the Guardian, Humbaba the Terrible, and cut down the sacred Cedar. The goddess Ishtar sends the Bull of Heaven to punish Gilgamesh for spurning her advances. Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill the Bull of Heaven after which the gods decide to sentence Enkidu to death and kill him. In the second half of the epic, distress over Enkidu's death causes Gilgamesh to undertake a long and perilous journey to discover the secret of eternal life. He eventually learns that "Life, which you look for, you will never find. For when the gods created man, they let death be his share, and life withheld in their own hands". Nevertheless, because of his great building projects, his account of Siduri's advice, and what the immortal man Utnapishtim told him about the Great Flood, Gilgamesh's fame survived well after his death, with expanding interest in the his story. It has been translated into many languages and is featured in several works of popular fiction. The epic is regarded as a foundational work in religion and the tradition of heroic sagas, with Gilgamesh forming the prototype for later heroes like Heracles (Hercules), and the epic itself serving as an influence for Homeric epics. (wikipedia.org)

This book by Dr. Amena Akhtar, "Warangal Ka Sher o Adab" presents a critical and literary review and analysis of literary works, poets and writers of the district of India's Telangana State namely Warangal.

THE CRESCENT MOON BOOK OF NATURE POETRYEdited and introduced by Margaret ElvyGift Book (Pocket Size = 6 x 4 inches)An anthology of great nature poems, including the Elizabethan pastorals of Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh and Michael Drayton, and classics of nature mysticism by Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, James Thomson, William Blake and William Wordsworth, among others. Famous anthology pieces nestle amongst lesser known poems, including some neglected women poets, and American poets such as Amy Lowell and Emily Dickinson. The British nature poetry tradition builds on the Greek tradition of bucolic themes. The early poems of the nature poetry tradition in Britain include 'Sumer is y-cumen in', that famous hymn to the rebirth of Spring and warmth. The strength of the mediaeval rhythms continues undiminished. It is (partially) the solidity of the poetic rhythm of 'Sumer is y-cumen in' that makes the poem so successful. The rhymes, too, do not jar, as so they often do in British poetry from the Victorian era onwards. The rhymes of Langland, Chaucer and mediaeval English poets weld their verses together. In Chaucer's famous poem included here the rhyme scheme is as complex as any in troubadour or French Symbolist poetry, but Chaucer sticks to strong, basic end-words: 'blake', 'make', 'wake' and 'shake'. Just as beautiful as 'Sumer is y-comen in', though less well-known, are the many anonymous poems of nature, of the mediaeval era, of which "Lenten is come with love to towne" is such a delicious example.In nature poetry, whether of the mediaeval epoch or of contemporary poets, notions such as Spring, childhood and paradise fuse. Terms such as idyll, Arcadia, Eden and golden age are different names for a fount of feeling, to do with love/ nature/ childhood/ purity, and which lies at the heart of nature poetry. One finds archetypal imagery in the nature poetry included here. There is the wood or forest, for example, such a key part of William Shakespeare's plays. In Sir Philip Sidney's poem from The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, the woods are 'the delight of solitariness'. In Sir Thomas Wyatt's "I must go walk the woods so wild", the forest becomes a place of wilderness and banishment (again a common theme in Shakespeare). In Sir Walter Raleigh's 'The Nymph's Reply to the Sheepheard', we find the archetypal (indeed, stereotypical) imagery of the shepherd abroad in the countryside meeting the nymph. By the time of Henry Vaughan's poetry, God and Christianity has infused nature poetry, so that nature becomes subordinated to (and a part of) God's divine plan. But the love of nature continues unabated in the Romantic poets, in Shelley, Browning, and the Wordsworths, up to and beyond Thomas Hardy.With an introduction and bibliography. The text has been revised for this edition. A small, pocket size edition, ideal for gifts. Also available in an E-book edition. www.crmoon.com.<BR>

NOW A MAJOR SKY ATLANTIC SERIES<BR><BR>'Unputdownable . . . fantastic and terrifying.' Nihal Arthanayake, RADIO 5<BR><BR>The astonishing true story of 'one of the most startling police corruption scandals in a generation' (New York Times)<BR><BR>Baltimore, 2015. Riots were erupting across the city. Drug and violent crime were surging, with homicides reaching their highest level in over two decades. For years, Sgt Wayne Jenkins and his elite team of plain-clothed officers - the Gun Trace Task Force - had been the city's lauded heroes, working to get drugs and guns off the streets. <BR><BR>But all the while they had been stealing drugs and money and gaming the system. Because who would believe the dealers, the smugglers or the people who had simply been going about their daily business over the word of the city's elite task force?<BR><BR>'A work of journalism that not only chronicles the rise and fall of a corrupt police unit, but can stand as the inevitable coda to the half-century of disaster that is the American drug war.' David Simon

This Book "The Lady of the Shroud" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Aakashdeep, Pratidhwani, Indrajaal Aur Chaaya (Sampoorna Kahani Sangraha): Aakashdeep (Kahani Sangraha), Pratidhwani (Kahani Sangraha), Indrajaal (Kahani Sangraha), Chaaya (Kahani Sangraha)This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

Chitradhar Aur DhruvswaminiThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

Karmabhumi Aur GodaanThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

Lahar, Kamayani Aur AansuThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

Aandhi, Indrajaal Aur Pratidhwani (Sampoorna Kahani Sangraha): Aandhi (Kahani Sangraha), Indrajaal (Kahani Sangraha), Pratidhwani (Kahani Sangraha)This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

Indrajaal, Aakashdeep Aur Chaaya (Sampoorna Kahani Sangraha): Indrajaal (Kahani Sangraha), Aakashdeep (Kahani Sangraha), Chaaya (Kahani Sangraha)This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

DurgadasThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

Meisterwerke von Heinrich Heine, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Clemens Brentano, Adelbert von Chamisso, Joseph von Eichendorff, Ludwig Uhland, Friedrich Rückert, Gustav Schwab, August von Platen, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Nikolaus Lenau, Eduard Mörike, Friedrich Hebbel, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Emmanuel Geibel, Theodor Fontane, Gottfried Keller, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Detev von Liliencron, Else Lasker-Schüler, Georg Heym, Georg Trakl, Stefan George, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen, Joachim Ringelnatz.Diese Ausgabe (mit absichtlichem Schwerpunkt auf Heinrich Heines Werke) will weder Enzyklopädie noch Balladengeschichte vergangener Jahrhunderte und schon gar nicht ein Beitrag zur Balladentheorie sein, sie ist als Lesebuch gedacht, welches anregen und erfreuen soll. (siehe Nachwort des Herausgebers Joerg K. Sommermeyer, S. 395f.)

Ten international visual and literary storytellers have come together in Belgium to share their perceptions of strangeness. This concept can be broadly interpreted to mean marginalization, whether personally, socially, or politically imposed. As such, each work challenges commonly accepted individual and artistic boundaries -- genres and grenzen -- contributing to the uniqueness of this diverse gathering. We invite you to turn these pages and welcome you to join us in this omnium gatherum.

This book revisits the philosophy and aesthetic Elsa Morante outlined in her literary writings. Stefania Lucamante presents a fresh outlook at Morante’s work to determine the importance of her work today, to appreciate her theoretical and stylistic legacy, and to understand why and which elements of her work have inspired Italian artists.

Briefe, Lyrik, Prosa - der perfekte Einstieg in Rilkes WerkRainer Maria Rilke ist der Inbegriff des Dichters in der Moderne. Sein gesamtes Schaffen war geprägt von dem Ziel, die großen Weiten der inneren Welt, der Gefühle wie der philosophischen Reflexion in zeitlos gültige Verse zu fassen. Die Rilke-Verehrung ist weltweit bis heute ungebrochen. Dieser Band umfasst den gesamten Kosmos Rilkes: Sein lyrisches Werk einschließlich aller wichtigen Zyklen wie dem 'Stunden-Buch' und den 'Duineser Elegien', die 'Briefe an einen jungen Dichter' und Rilkes einzigen Roman, 'Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge'.- 'An Rainer Maria Rilke kommt im deutschsprachigen Raum keiner vorbei.' FAZ- Enhält: 'Geschichten vom lieben Gott', 'Briefe an einen jungen Dichter', 'Cornet Christoph Rilke', 'Malte Laurid Brigge', 'Stunden-Buch', 'Buch der Bilder', 'Neue Gedichte'- & 'Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil', 'Duineser Elegien', 'Sonette an Orpheus', 'Die weiße Fürstin' - mit einem Verzeichnis der Gedichtanfänge und Überschriften