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During the 1800s in America, the rise of technology allowed people to have more possessions than ever before, and at a cheaper cost. However, a group known as the Transcendentalists believed that possessions created vanity. Instead, they valued the individual's relationship with divinity. One of the movements most famous members, Ralph Waldo Emerson, wrote prolifically about his beliefs and experiences, and many of those writings have been chronicled in «Essays & Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson.» It is in the first essay, «Nature,» that Emerson publicly acknowledges the transcendental lifestyle. He describes how man-made technology detracts from the beauty of the real world. Through nature, Emerson says that people can find spirituality and wholeness. This exploration of the natural world continues in his other essays and speeches «An American Scholar,» and «Circles» as well as in the poem «The Rhodora.» The lyrics to «Concord Hymn» are also included in the collection. The song was written for a dedication ceremony of a battle monument commemorating the Battle of Concord. The lyrics celebrate the spirit of the American battle and praise the soldiers who lost their lives for freedom and revolution. It was in this song that the phrase «the shot heard 'round the world» became a part of American folklore and popularity. Emerson also explored the American political spectrum in his essay «Politics.» The author believed that, through individual growth and wisdom, it would be possible for Americans to abolish government and rule autonomously. Until that point, though, the State needed to protect the individuals' rights. Readers can explore Emerson's philosophies, ideas and more in the expansive collection of «Essays & Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson.»

В аудиокниге представлены избранные стихи, поэмы, сонеты великого английского поэта Джорджа Ноэла Гордона Байрона на английском языке. Творчество Байрона вошло в историю мировой литературы как выдающееся художественное явление. Поэт-романтик он был властителем дум для своего времени. Пушкин назвал Байрона гением. Личность Байрона, его характер великий русский поэт сравнил со стихией моря. В стихах Байрона нашла свое отражение вся богатая мыслями и чувствами жизнь поэта. Аудиокнига будет интересна всем владеющим основами английского языка и совершенствующим свои навыки в нем.

Евгения Лавут – поэт, переводчик. Родилась в Москве в 1972 году. Окончила романо-германское отделение филологического факультета МГУ. Автор двух стихотворных сборников – «Стихи про Глеба, Доброго Барина, царя Давида, Фому и Ерему, Лютера и других» (1994) и «Амур и др.» (2001). Стихи, собранные в настоящей книге, написаны в последние пять лет.

A hilarious and cutting critique of what not to do, this deliciously wicked essay lays out what writers should and must do if they want their fiction to live and breathe ? as Twain's own fiction always does. In "How to Tell a Story," the title piece, Twain takes on such mysteries as the perfectly-timed pause and the uses of the dead-pan mask, and candidly describes his own efforts to hone his platform skills.

Exercises in Loneliness is a collection of philosophical essays on a common topic of solitude that started as a series of blog posts. “There is something romantic and legendary about loneliness because every knight searches for the Holy Grail on his own. Even the best fairytales are born out of an extreme loneliness. So the secret is to stop asking to be saved and to start saving others. Before long you will see how your own loneliness subsides – like a tide that runs away with sunrise”.

"What is Man?" was Twain's most serious, philosophical and private book. He kept it locked in his desk, considered it to be his Bible, and spoke of it as such to friends when he read them passages. He had written it, rewritten it, was finally satisfied with it, but still chose not to release it until after his death. It appears in the form of a dialogue between an old man and a young man who discuss who and what mankind really is and provides a new and different way of looking at who we are and the way we live. Anyone who thinks Twain was not a brilliant philosopher should read this book.