Philip Van Doren Stern war ein amerikanischer Autor und Herausgeber, der durch seine Erzählung „Das größte Geschenk“ Berühmtheit erlangte, welche die Grundlage für den Weihnachtsklassiker „Ist das Leben nicht schön?“ bildete. Er war ein angesehener Historiker des Bürgerkriegs, der über 40 Bücher verfasste und herausgab, die von Gelehrten als „maßgeblich“ anerkannt wurden. Als Herausgeber stellte er Sammlungen von Kurzgeschichten und die Schriften von Persönlichkeiten wie Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allan Poe und Henry David Thoreau zusammen und versah sie mit Anmerkungen. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs war er für die Produktion von Taschenbüchern für Militärangehörige zuständig.
"Historians typically regard the British Empire as a state project aided by corporations. Philip Stern turns this view on its head, arguing that corporations drove colonial expansion and governance, creating an overlap between sovereign and commercial power that continues to shape the relationship between nations and corporations to this day"-- Provided by publisher
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"For almost seventy years, people the world over have fallen in love with Frank Capra's classic Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life. But few of those fans know that Capra's film was inspired by a short story by author Philip Van Doren Stern, which came to Stern in a dream one night. Unable at first to find a publisher for his heartwarming tale of a man named George Pratt who ponders suicide until he receives an opportunity to see what the world would be like without him, Stern ultimately published the story in a small pamphlet and sent it out as his Christmas card for 1943. One of those 200 copies found its way into the hands of David Hempstead, a producer at RKO films, and the film that has become a cherished holiday tradition for many was born. Now fans of It's a Wonderful Life, or anyone who loves the spirit of Christmas, can own the story that started it all in an appealing hardcover edition that's perfect for holiday giving to family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, and more"--
Kniha se zabývá osobními detaily a podrobnostmi toho, jaký byl Sinatra v každodenním životě. Lásky a zlomená srdce, nenucené sebevědomí a prudká elegance, kamarádství a vůdcovství, pijáctví a výtržnictví a především roztáčení večírků... Všechny tyto pojmy jsou cestou k pochopení jedinečného kouzla osobnosti Franka Sinatry. Vše je doplněno desítkami klasických černobílých fotografií, z nichž většina nebyla dříve zveřejněna.
This text includes all of Poe's best-known tales and poems, with representative articles, criticism, letters and opinions.
Contentsvii Introduction (A Pocket Book of Modern American Short Stories) essay by Philip Van Doren Stern1 Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer (1937) novelette by Stephen Vincent Benét95 Champion (1929) novelette by Ring W. Lardner [as by Ring Lardner]141 Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1932) short story by Conrad Aiken183 The Night the Ghost Got In (1933) short story by James Thurber
