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This famous work by Lucretius is a masterpiece of didactic poetry, and it still stands today as the finest exposition of Epicurean philosophy ever written. The poem was produced in the middle of first century B.C., a period that was to witness a flowering of Latin literature unequaled for beauty and intellectual power in subsequent ages. The Latin title, De Rerum Natura, translates literally to On the Nature of Things and is meant to impress the reader with the breadth and depth of Epicurean philosophy.

Meet the Unreliable Nature Writer: a macabre product of late capitalism, climate anxiety and personal loss. Finding herself alone at a wedding, tailed by an unctuous and infatuated fellow guest, she proceeds to have her fun—plunging us into a potpourri of disturbing, darkly funny visions of a near future. Aloof, evasive and sardonic, she will be our guide; her stories will bare truths about how the world we’re changing so violently might affect us in turn.

Lucretius was born in 99 BC, and On the Nature of Things is his only surviving work. His aim was to free the Roman world from its two great terrors - the gods and death. Lucretius argues that the gods are not actively involved in life, so need not be appeased; and that death is the end of everything human - body and soul - and therefore should not be feared. But On the Nature of Things is also a poem of striking imagery, intimate natural observation and touching pathos.

Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together a group of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live. In the past five years, John Freeman, previously editor of Granta, has launched a celebrated international literary magazine, Freeman's, and compiled two acclaimed anthologies that deal with income inequality as it is experienced.

In How We Disappear, award-winning author Tara Lynn Masih offers listeners transporting and compelling stories of those taken, those missing, and those neither here nor gone—runaways, exiles, wanderers, ghosts, even the elusive Dame Agatha Christie. From the remote Siberian taiga to the harsh American frontier, from rural Long Island to postwar Belgium, Masih’s characters are diverse in identity and circumstance, defying the burden of erasure by disappearing into or emerging from physical and emotional landscapes.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

Next Love è la storia di un uomo che ha deciso di attraversare il mondo per trovare una risposta alla domanda più difficile di sempre: che cos’è l’amore? Per Alberto Giuliani l’amore è, innanzitutto, una forma di viaggio; per amare è necessario che il nostro corpo "si sposti", che arrivi nel luogo che stava cercando, che lo abiti. Solo lì si sentirà finalmente accolto, pur sapendosi nudo e indifeso. I luoghi in cui vogliamo restare non sono altro che le persone che amiamo, e la misura di questo sentimento non è il tempo che trascorriamo insieme, ma la strada che abbiamo fatto per raggiungerle.

Anton Tschechow war der Chronist der russischen Seele. Ironisch und doch liebevoll porträtiert er die Gesellschaft mit all ihren Fehlern und Eigenheiten – und die Hörenden ertappen sich häufig bei einem wissenden Nicken... Mit dabei: "Eine problematische Natur", "Eine Schutzlose", "Einmal im Jahr", "Grischa", "In den Chambregarnies".

Según el Génesis, el primer castigo fue botánico, y consistió en expulsarnos de un paraíso, de un jardín. Desde entonces vivimos en la añoranza. Bajo esta tensión entre exilio y pertenencia, Clara Obligado nos invita, con su escritura híbrida, a un paseo por la naturaleza en el que se mezclan pensamiento y literatura, ensayo y memorias. Un itinerario por los espacios más indómitos y los más sometidos que chocan y crecen dentro de nosotros. Desde la niñez, desde la semilla, desde distintas partes del mundo, una reflexión poética y conmovedora, un canto a todo lo que crece.

Storie che raccontano di quando il mondo era giovane, la puzzola era vanitosa, lo scricciolo era una briciola, il riccio era timido e liscio, il ghiro era insonne. Quarantaquattro favole contemporanee per capire meglio noi stessi attraverso la saggia lente della natura, le più belle che Corona ha "sentito" durante le sue lunghe camminate nel silenzio delle valli e delle cime innevate.

János bácsi. Ein alter, starker Keiler: für den Autoren ein unvergessliches Jagderlebnis. Die Missratenen Was wäre das Leben ohne die liebevolle Tyrannei schlecht geführter, aber tief geliebter Hunde? Bertram Graf von Quadt liest aus eigenen Werken. Der bekannte Jagdautor ist nicht nur mit der Feder, sondern auch mit der Stimme ein begnadeter Erzähler. Die bildreiche Sprache seiner Bücher ruft Gedanken wach, die zum Mit- und Nacherleben der Geschehnisse anregen.

Die Häupter meiner Lieben "Schnapsglasl", "Nix", "Memento" und "Veritas"-vier Böcke, deren Erlebnis und Erlegung ganz besondere und besonders bleibende Momente im jagdlichen Leben des Autors darstellen. Bertram Graf von Quadt liest aus eigenen Werken. Der bekannte Jagdautor ist nicht nur mit der Feder, sondern auch mit der Stimme ein begnadeter Erzähler. Die bildreiche Sprache seiner Bücher ruft Gedanken wach, die zum Mit-und Nacherleben der Geschehnisse anregen.

Der Große. Ein lang gehegter Bock, von anderer Hand erlegt, beschert dem Autor seinen ersten und einzigen großen Hahn. Der Kleine Birkhahnbalz im Hochgebirge - eine Welt voller Schönheit und Spannung. Lotti und Paul Saujagd im Familienkreis, ein waches Kind und ein durchtriebener Hund. Bertram Graf von Quadt liest aus eigenen Werken. Der bekannte Jagdautor ist nicht nur mit der Feder, sondern auch mit der Stimme ein begnadeter Erzähler. Die bildreiche Sprache seiner Bücher ruft Gedanken wach, die zum Mit-und Nacherleben der Geschehnisse anregen.