Einhard was employed by Charlemagne as a court historian. At the request of Charlemagne’s son and successor Louis the Pious, he wrote a biography of Charlemagne, the Vita Karoli Magni or Life of Charlemagne (c. 817–830), which provides much direct information about Charlemagne’s life and character. In composing this he made full use of the Frankish Royal annals. Einhard’s literary model was the classical work of the Roman historian Suetonius, the Lives of the Caesars. (adapted from Wikipedia)
Hedwig is rijk en geniet van weelde, aanzien en luxe, maar leert voor haar leven ten einde is ook de zwartste kanten van het bestaan kennen met verslaving, prostitutie en armoede.
Hedwig is gefascineerd door de dood en de titel is afgeleid van een psalmtekst die in het boek geciteerd wordt: Maar doodgaan scheen haar altijd nog veel beter, nog begeerlijker. Dat zou rust zijn, als die beloofd wordt aan de getrouwen in de psalm, dat zou zachtjes gevoerd wor...
De Kleine Johannes is een sprookje, waarin de ontwikkeling van kind tot volwassene en de worsteling met de levensraadsels centraal staan. We volgen het opgroeien van de kleine Johannes of in realiteit de schrijver zelf.
Short summary in English: This book is a fairytale, which represents the growing up of the author from a small boy to an adult.
While describing his dining experiences throughout “Bohemian San Francisco,” Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of California cuisine with all its cosmopolitan influences. Best of all, he offers tantalizing recipes culled from conversations with the master chefs of 1914 in “The City by the Bay.”
A book reminiscent of the days when football was gaining popularity in America by MHAIJH85
Jonathan Edwards was a colonial American Congregational preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans. Edwards “is widely acknowledged to be America’s most important and original philosophical theologian.” His work is very broad in scope, but he is often associated with his defense of Calvinist theology, the metaphysics of theological determinism, and the Puritan heritage. His famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” emphasized the just wrath of God against sin and contrasted it with the provision of God for salvation; the intensity of his preaching sometimes resulted in members of the audience fainting, swooning, and other more obtrusive reactions. The swooning...