John Reed Bücher

Aus der kindlichen Sicht von Alma wird ihre Liebe zu John Warren geschildert, die durch den ausbrechenden Bürgerkrieg eine völlig neue Wende erfährt.

Die berühmten Augenzeugenberichte und Reportagen John Reeds von der Russischen Revolution 1917 sind gerade heute angesichts der revolutionären Entwicklungen in den arabischen Ländern hochaktuell. „Im Kampf waren meine Sympathien nicht neutral. Aber in meiner Schilderung der Geschichte dieser großen Tage habe ich versucht, die Ereignisse mit den Augen eines gewissenhaften Reporters zu sehen, der nichts anderes will als die Wahrheit schreiben.“ John Reed

John Reed greift Orwells Fabel um die „Farm der Tiere“ auf und erzählt die Geschichte unter geänderten historischen Bedingungen - nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges und dem Zusammenbruch der sozialistischen Staaten - weiter. Schneeball, das intelligente, clevere Schwein, das nach der Schlacht am Kuhstall wegen Verrat von Napoleons Hunden vom Hof vertrieben worden war, kehrt zurück. Mit ihm hält die Marktwirtschaft Einzug auf der Farm der Tiere: Reichtum für alle, das Recht auf „pursiut of happiness“? Wenn da nicht die Waldlandtiere wären, allen voran die erzkonservativen und radikalen Biber, die den „Lehren der Alten Biberwelt“ anhängen und sich, mit allen Mitteln, gegen den Einfluss der Farmtiere wehren - bis hin zum Anschlag auf die Zwillingswindmühlen.

Exploring the impact of war on various cultures, the author emphasizes the significance of understanding how different peoples live, their traditions, and behaviors during crises. The narrative reveals that while peace often conceals human qualities, war brings them to the forefront, highlighting both personal and racial characteristics under public stress. This insightful examination of human nature and societal dynamics during tumultuous times offers a profound perspective on the relationship between conflict and identity.

The narrative follows the life of a young outlaw who, after killing a government official at sixteen, becomes a fugitive. His status escalates when he commits the grave offense of cattle theft from wealthy landowners, leading to a bounty on his head from the Mexican government. Set against the backdrop of the Madero revolution, the story explores themes of rebellion, social injustice, and the struggles of the marginalized in early 20th-century Mexico.

Always uncomfortable in the pop limelight, Paul Weller has at times suffered for his art. His fascination with contemporary black music eventually led The Style Council to a dead end, and his moral convictions, championing causes like CND and Red Wedge, left him disillusioned with politics. Weller's return was slow but gradual, and for the last decade he enjoyed an artistic renaissance that continues unabated. Traces Weller's career from his upbringing in Woking, through his years with The Jam and the difficulties he faced after it's demise to his current status as one of Britain's most respected performers and songwriters. This new paperback edition has been revised and updated to take Weller's story into the 21st century. and lovingly compiled album of cover versions Studio 150. remarkable careers. Includes comprehensive discography and many previously unpublished photographs. John Reed, a former Research Editor of Record Collector magazine has interviewed many of Weller's friends and colleagues and presents a comprehensive picture 'The Modfather'.Contents:Stanley Road --Remember how we started --This is the modern world --Here's a new thing --You do something to me --Above the clouds --Bitterness rising --Everything has a price to pay --Always there to fool you --All the pictures on the wall --Time passes --Has my fire really gone out --Out of the sinking --Into tomorrow.

In 1915 John Reed and his artist friend Boardman Robinson began a journey which would take them through the war-torn countries of Eastern Europe. They travelled for seven months, writing about and sketching the people and the scenes they discovered. This highly personal account concentrates on the national and racial characteristics and tensions of these lands, and tells of peoples devastated by war, disease, starvation and persecution. We hear of their arrest by the Russian army, the persecution of the Jewish communities, people and places, the delights of Constantinople and many more. Everywhere, we meet soldiers in their camps and people in perpetual transit. This is a remarkable book with reflections and observations that stun the modern reader with their terrible relevance to the modern day conflict in the region. Reed has captured the spirit of the age, reminding us all how deep-seated are the ethnic conflicts of the Balkans.

In Time is Running Out: Reflections on an Alternative Way of Being, John Reed presents the reader with an honest and uncompromising appraisal of how politics, capitalism, social conditions and climate change are interrelating so as to constitute a 'perfect storm' of challenges that will determine the future of civilisation.John Reed explains that 'the ones most adaptable to change' will be those with the necessary psycho/spiritual resources. This book examines what that means and how human consciousness must evolve to make life sustainable in society and on the planet as a whole.

With uncompromising honesty, John Reed recounts his struggles between the `true path' and that of personal egoism, the lure of money and 'the good life'. Many years later, the entire 'house of cards' of his material ambitions collapses around him. Part modern-day morality play, One mistake after Another is also the candid account of how the spiritual inclinations of a contemporary seeker are constantly challenged by the need to adapt to the highly secular world we live in - and, of course, his own shortcomings! From the succession of triumphs and failures Reed describes in these pages, he emerges with a deeper understanding of his psycho/spiritual condition and the needs of the planet. Having learned from his own experience, he ends on a hopeful note. Unlike the socio-political solutions we place our faith in, only more widespread spiritual awareness, he suggests, can provide us with abiding solutions to the problems we face in the world today. John Reed is the author of Elegant Simplicity.

Preslávené dielo amerického publicistu, ktorý prežil ako očitý svedok udalosti októbra 1917 a podal živý i vierohodný obraz dní, v ktorých sa rodil prvý socialistický štát sveta.

Radikálny mexický revolucionár Pancho Villa (1878-1923) je jednou z najznámejších historických postáv začiatku 20. storočia. Mnohými bol považovaný za mexického národného hrdinu, inými za obyčajného banditu a jeho život sa stal legendou i vďaky niekoľkým filmovým spracovaniam. John Reed zachytáva v knihe autentický obraz o udalostiach v Mexiku.

Americký novinář zachytil v knize události z mexické revoluce v letech 1913 až 1914. Líčí své zážitky z bojů v severoamerickém pohraničí, několik reportáží věnuje legendárnímu vojevůdci Panchovi Villovi,charakterizuje představitele různých proudů mexické revoluce a přináší i folklórně laděné obrázky ze života vesničanů.

Proslulé dílo amerického publicisty, přesvědčeného komunisty, který prožil jako očitý svědek události Října 1917 a podal neobyčejně živý a věrohodný obraz dnů, v nichž se rodil první socialistický stát světa. V předmluvě k 1. vydání napsal Lenin r. 1920 o Reedově knize: "Bez výhradji doporučuji dělníkům celého světa. Přál bych si, aby vyšla v milionových nákladech a byla přeložena do všech jazyků ..."