Introduction: the man, the place, the novel -- From Tianhui to Chengdu: geopoetics and historical imagination -- No place for good memories: Chengdu 1911 -- Tempest in a teacup: local memorial dynamics -- Love in the time of revolution -- The road to perdition -- Conclusion: no …
The Origins of Music was first published in German in 1911. In this text Carl Stumpf set out a path-breaking hypothesis on the earliest musical sounds in human culture. Alongside his research in such diverse fields as classical philosophy, acoustics, and mathematics, Stumpf beca…
Traces the author's recreation of Hiram Bingham III's discovery of the ancient citadel, Machu Picchu, in the Andes Mountains of Peru, describing his struggles with rudimentary survival tools and his experiences at the sides of local guides
"Ein ganz und gar sinnliches Buch, eine schöne Liebesgeschichte." Marcel Reich-RanickiDie Generalin von Palikow versammelt ihre Grossfamilie zur Sommerfrische an der Ostsee. Irritierend und faszinierend zugleich gerät ein seltsames Paar in den Mittelpunkt: die wunderschöne Gräfi…
