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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
On September 23, 1926, and Austrian experimental biologist named Dr. Paul Kammerer blew his brains out on a footpath in the Austrian mountains. His suicide was the climax of a great evolutionary controversy which his experiments had aroused. The battle was between the followers of Lamarck, who maintained that acquired characteristics could be inherited, and the neo-Darwinists, who upheld the theory of chance mutations preserved by natural selection. Dr. Kammerer's experiments with various amphibians, including salamanders and the midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans), lent much...
On September 23, 1926, and Austrian experimental biologist named Dr. Paul Kammerer blew his brains out on a footpath in the Austrian mountains. His...
The book is the first of a trilogy, including Darkness at Noon, and Arrival and Departure, which address idealism going wrong. This is a common theme in Koestler's work and life. Koestler uses his portrayal of the original slave revolt to examine the experience of the 20thcentury political left in Europe following the rise of a Communist government in the Soviet Union. He published it on the brink of World War II. Originally written in German, the novel was translated into English for other audiences and was published in 1939.
In 1998 the British critic...
The book is the first of a trilogy, including Darkness at Noon, and Arrival and Departure, which address idealism going wrong. Th...
Španělský testament popisuje autorovy zážitky z občanské války ve Španělsku a následného pobytu ve vězení. Koestler během občanské války podnikl tři cesty do Španělska, přičemž pracoval ve prospěch Kominterny i jako agent oficiální tiskové agentury loajalistické vlády a ke krytí využíval akreditaci britského deníku News Chronicle. Při svém druhém pobytu na nacionalistickém území jen o vlásek unikl zatčení Frankovou armádou, když ho v nacionalisty ovládané Seville poznal jeho bývalý kolega z berlínského nakladatelství Ullstein. Potřetí...
Španělský testament popisuje autorovy zážitky z občanské války ve Španělsku a následného pobytu ve vězení. Koestler během občanské v...
