Bloch: 238 books

Il concetto benjaminiano di “Eingedenken”, che compare in alcuni passaggi decisivi delle tesi Sul concetto di storia, ha alle spalle una storia misconosciuta che la presente antologia intende fi nalmente illuminare. Fu Ernst Bloch nello Spirito dell’utopia (1918) a insistere su un atto capace...

Sous la forme d'un journal de bord, l'auteur nous livre avec simplicité son vécu sur le conflit israélo-palestinien. Durant 10 jours, pendant un voyage qui met à mal sa sensibilité, Bernard Bloch visite la Palestine, puis Israël. Toute l'absurdité de ce conflit, toute la complexité...

Comment en est-on arrivé là ? Comment l’extrême droite a-t-elle pu arriver aux portes du pouvoir, ou s’y trouver déjà, dans toute l’Europe ? Telle est, dans sa terrible simplicité, la question stratégique, que pose le philosophe Ernst Bloch quand, à Zurich, en exil, il publie en 1935...

En 1943 Marc Bloch interrumpió su trabajo Apología para la historia o el oficio de historiador para incorporarse a la resistencia antinazi. Su colega Lucien Febvre corrigió y preparó una edición póstuma del que se creía el único texto. Sin embargo, su hijo Etienne Bloch recuperó el original...

Michael Bloch's edition of the intimate correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, from the moment they met in 1931 up to their marriage in 1937, also containing Wallis Simpson's diary of their affair in form of her weekly letters to her aunt in Washington, was a sensational bestseller when...

In this brilliant and authoritative work, based on their private correspondence and papers, Michael Bloch describes the feud which developed between the Duke of Windsor and the British royal establishment after the Abdication, the humiliations which were suffered by the ex-King and his wife, and the plots to ensure that they remained in exile.

Michael Bloch gives a new twist to the oft-told story of King Edward's short reign.Drawing on a decade-long study of the King's personality, and on privileged access to his papers, he sees the King's abdication partly as the result of a plot to get rid of him by men who mistrusted his modernity and...

Michael Bloch's biography of the woman Edward VIII renounced kingship to marry drew on his previous publication of their intimate corespondence, and presented a picture of her which was often startlingly at variance with previous accounts.It brings vividly to life the qualities which captivated her...

The advent of the War on Terror has seen intelligence agencies emerge out of the shadows to become major political players. 'Rendition', untrammelled surveillance, torture and detention without trial are now fast becoming the norm. Spies, Lies and the War on Terror traces the transformation of intelligence...

When H. P. Lovecraft first introduced his macabre universe in the pages of Weird Tales magazine, the response was electrifying. Gifted writers—among them his closest peers—added sinister new elements to the fear-drenched landscape. Here are some of the most famous original stories from the pulp...

A unique anthology of stories written by Harlan Ellison in collaboration with the sci-fi masters of his time. Robert Bloch, Ben Bova, Algis Budrys, Avram Davidson, Samuel R. Delany, Joe L. Hensley, Keith Laumer, William Rotsler, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, Henry Slesar, Theodore Sturgeon,...

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." --H. P. LOVECRAFT, "Supernatural Horror in Literature" Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with...

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Are you looking for a deeper understanding of the Java™ programming language so that you can write code that is clearer, more correct, more robust, and more reusable? Look no further! Effective Java™, Second Edition, brings together seventy-eight indispensable programmer’s rules of thumb: working,...