Max Beerbohm Bücher

One woman's beauty fells the whole of Oxford in this sidesplitting classic campus novel. Nobody could predict the consequences when ravishing Zuleika Dobson arrives at Oxford, to visit her grandfather, the college warden. Formerly a governess, she has landed on the occupation of prestidigitator, and thanks to her overwhelming beauty—and to a lesser extent her professional talents—she takes the town by storm, gaining admittance to her grandfather's college. It is there, at the institution inspired by Beerbohm's own alma mater, that she falls in love the Duke of Dorset, who duly adores her in return. Ever aware of appearances, however, Zuleika breaks the Duke's heart when she decides that she must abandon the match. The epidemic of heartache that proceeds to overcome the academic town makes for some of the best comic writing in the history of English literature.

Auf die Diagnose kommt es an, sie bestimmt Therapieentscheidung und Behandlungserfolg. Und die Diagnose in der Chinesischen Medizin stellt hohe Anforderungen an den Therapeuten, zumal sie auf unser westliches Medizinverständnis abzustimmen ist. Dieses Buch hilft, die richtige Bedeutung von Symptomen und Zeichen zu verstehen und richtig zuzuordnen. Es ist auf die Verwendung in der täglichen Praxis zugeschnitten und lässt keine Fragen offen. Besonders wertvoll ist es für Therapeuten, die über eine Akupunkturausbildung den Zugang zur Chinesischen Medizin gefunden haben und ein umfassendes Handbuch zur Syndromdiagnostik suchen. Die verschiedenen Zugänge zur richtigen Diagnose sind so detailliert ausgeführt wie bisher wohl noch in keinem anderen Fachbuch zur Chinesischen Medizin. Dabei wird immer vom Standpunkt des aus dem westlichen Kulturkreis stammenden Patienten ausgegangen. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele aus der Praxis des Autors und ein umfangreicher Anhang mit Glossar, Index und Farbtafelteil ergänzen das Konzept. Dieses Werk führt Studenten wie bereits ausgebildete Therapeuten über die Grundlagen zu fortgeschrittenen Bereichen der Diagnostik.

"The first decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a blossoming of creative nonfiction. In this extraordinary collection, Phillip Lopate gathers essays by forty-seven of America's best contemporary writers, mingling long-established eminences with newer voices and making room for a wide variety of perspectives and styles. The Contemporary American Essay is a monument to a remarkably adaptable form and a treat for anyone who loves fantastic writing"-- Provided by publisher

The story follows George, a deceitful socialite whose life takes a turn after being struck by cupid's arrow. Faced with rejection due to his immoral behavior, he embarks on a journey of transformation, adopting a charade to win back his love. Max Beerbohm's humorous fiction explores themes of identity and self-deception as George navigates the complexities of romance and personal integrity.

"The three decades that followed World War II were an exceptionally fertile period for American essays. The explosion of journals and magazines, the rise of public intellectuals, and breakthroughs in the arts inspired a flowering of literary culture. At the same time, the many problems that confronted mid-century America--racism, sexism, nuclear threat, war, poverty, and environmental degradation among them--proved fruitful topics for America's best minds. In The Golden Age of the American Essay, Phillip Lopate assembles a dazzling array of famous writers, critics, sociologists, theologians, historians, activists, theorists, humorists, poets, and novelists. Here are writers like James Agee, E. B. White, A. J. Liebling, Randall Jarrell, and Mary McCarthy, pivoting from the comic indignities of daily life to world peace, consumerism, and restaurants in Paris. Here is Norman Mailer on Jackie Kennedy, Vladimir Nabokov on Lolita, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail," and Richard Hofstadter's "The Paranoid Style in American Politics." Here are Gore Vidal, Rachel Carson, James Baldwin, Susan Sontag, John Updike, Joan Didion, and many more, in a treasury of brilliant writing that has stood the test of time." -Amazon

My Affair with Art House Cinema presents Phillip Lopate’s selected essays and reviews from the last quarter century, inviting readers to experience films he found exhilarating, tantalizing, and beguiling—and sometimes disappointing or frustrating—through his keen eyes.

Included are all seven of Max Beerbohm's major early essays. Though these essays were justly acclaimed in their time, their magnificence is such that they also demand the highest accolades in ours, replete as they are with undiminished colour and spectacle, humour and barbed excellence.--From back cover.

Facsimile of colour illustrated 1918 ed. of The Happy Hypocrite.