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On the last day of the Second World War, Frank and Russ fought each other. In the days after, they became friends. This is the remarkable tale of a long-forgotten letter. It was written from Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War to a Canadian in a peaceful Southern Ontario town. Both had been soldiers and had met on a German battlefield. The letter lay unseen for years and was found by the Canadian’s son long after the old soldier’s death. This book tells how that faded letter led to the discovery of the one-time German paratrooper who became his father’s friend in the immediate aftermath of the war. A Letter from Frank is part war story and part biography, following the lives of Russ Colombo, the Canadian soldier, and Frank Sikora, the German paratrooper. One grew up during the Depression in Ontario, the other was a German in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. This non-fiction narrative also chronicles author Stephen J. Colombo’s struggle to come to terms with a father haunted by the war. Their recollections provide insights into the events that shaped the generations that forged a modern Canada and rebuilt Germany after its near-total devastation. In a surprising twist, this book also provides previously unknown historical details of later NHL president Clarence Campbell at war (Campbell was Russ Colombo’s commanding officer).


Antologia della Letteratura Italiana: XII – XIX ss Antologia della Letteratura Italiana: XII – XIX ss

Автор: Коллектив авторов

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Этот диск – для тех, кто любит Италию и хотел бы узнать больше о ее литературе, истории и культуре. При составлении антологии предпочтение отдавалось произведениям, вошедшим в сокровищницу не только итальянской, но и всемирной литературы. Практически все тексты в ней хрестоматийны. Данте Алигьери, Петрарка, Боккаччо, Тассо, Гольдони, Мандзони, Леопарди не нуждаются в особом представлении. Имена многих литературных героев давно уже стали нарицательными, а их высказывания – крылатыми выражениями. Составители надеются, что, познакомившись с багажом среднестатистического итальянца, слушатель не остановится на достигнутом и пожелает углубить свои познания в итальянской литературе. Аудиокнига на итальянском языке. 1. San Francesco d'Assisi (1182-1226) «Il Cantico delle Creature» 2. Cecco Angiolieri (с.1260-1312) «S'i' fosse…» 3. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) «Tanto gentile e tanto onesta…» 4. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Dalla «Commedia»: Paolo e Francesca 5. Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) «Il Canzoniere»: «Chiare, fresche e dolci acque…» 6. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) «Il Decamerone»: «La novella di Chichibio» 7. Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) «Quant'e bella giovinezza» 8. Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) «La Gioconda» 9. Gabriello Chiabrera (1552-1638) «Come la violetta» 10. Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) «La locandiera», atto I scene I-IX 11. Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827) «Il sacrificio della patria» 12. Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) «Il cinque maggio» 13. Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) «I promessi sposi»: "Don Abbondio rende vano 14. Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) «I promessi sposi»: «Una madre nella peste di Milano» 15. Giuseppe Giusti (1809-1850) «Il brindisi di Girella» 16. Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) «L'infinito» 17. Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) «A Silvia» 18. Ippolito Nievo (1831-1861) «Il signor Conte di Fratta» 19. Carlo Collodi (1826-1890) «Storie allegre» 20. Giosue Carducci (1835-1907) «San Martino» 21. Giosue Carducci (1835-1907) «Pianto antico»


Antologia della letteratura Italiana: XIX – XX ss. Antologia della letteratura Italiana: XIX – XX ss.

Автор: Коллективные сборники

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Содержание: Antonio Fogazzaro. Dal «Piccolo Mondo Antico» Salvatore Di Giacomo. «Pianefforte'e notte» Grazia Deledda. «I due» Giovanni Pascoli. «L'aquilone» Edmondo De Amicis. «Cuore» Gabriele D'Annunzio. «La pioggia nel pineto» Gabriele D'Annunzio. Dal «Piacere» Luigi Pirandello. «La giara»


The Purloined Letter The Purloined Letter

Автор: Эдгар Аллан По

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"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Roget". These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern detective story.


Complete Letters of Mark Twain Complete Letters of Mark Twain

Автор: Марк Твен

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The letters of Mark Twain are peculiarly of the revealing sort. He was a man of few restraints and of no affectations. In his correspondence, as in his talk, he spoke what was in his mind, untrammeled by literary conventions.


Letter to the queen on the state of the monarchy Letter to the queen on the state of the monarchy

Автор: Henry Brougham

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Примечание: Письмо королеве о состоянии дел в монархии. Полный вариант заголовка: «Letter to the queen on the state of the monarchy / By a friend of the people».