Andrei Tarkovski

Heinrich Heine has been one of the liveliest topics in German literary studies for the past fifteen years. His life was marked by an exceptionally high pitch of constant public controversy and an extraordinary quantity of legend and speculation surround his reputation. This biography, the first in English in over twenty years and the first fully documented one in over a century, makes full use of the newest material in contemporary studies as well as of older scholarship. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make...

El 20 de enero de 1716 nacía en Madrid el tercer hijo varón de Felipe V, primogénito de su matrimonio con Isabel de Farnesio, al que llamaron Carlos. Este infante no estaba destinado a reinar y sin embargo murió en el trono en 1788 tras haber devuelto a España su papel entre las potencias europeas. El profesor Giuseppe Caridi, tras años de investigación, nos sumerge en la apasionante vida del que ha pasado a la historia como el mejor soberano de ladinastía Borbón, un enamorado de su esposa María Amalia de Sajonia, de la caza y del arte. Un rey reformador que primero fue coronado...

The renowned gay figure skater describes how he overcome such painful times as the deaths of his loved ones and his struggle with drugs and alcohol while presenting his experience with the universal determination to never quit. Reprint.

While many missionaries died within months, this fiery mill worker from Scotland labored in love among the unreached tribes of Africa's Calabar region for thirty-nine years (1848-1915).