Найти книгу: "At the Fence of Metternich's Garden"

This collection of essays reflects the personal experience of a Ukrainian intellectual engaged, since his Soviet-time youth, in a painstaking but fascinating process of the both cultural and political ‘Europeanization’ of his country. The title refers, ironically, to the notorious Chancellor Metternich’s quip that Asia presumably begins at the eastern fence of his garden (or, as another apocryphal version maintains, at the eastern end of the Viennese Landstrasse). This is a story of both exclusion and inclusion, of walls and fences, but also of a longing for freedom and a quest for solidarity. It is a book on different ways of being a ‘European’—at both the collective and individual level,—despite various challenges or, perhaps, thanks to them.

My dear friends! I dedicate and present this book to you. This is my token of attention and gratitude. On these pages you will find a concentrate of emotions and feelings as well as something that turns sketches into literature – this is the context. While it has not escaped and while I still love my characters, seize it …

"In Defense of Harriet Shelley" is an excellent literary classic for all ages. Twain took much of his ideas and inspiration for his stories and tall tales from real experiences as a river boat pilot, his world travels, friendships, well known people, an educator and an early career as a journalist. A comical masterpiece by a legend of the past.

Полный вариант заголовка: «A defence of natural and revealed religion : Vol. 2 : being an abridgment of the sermons / preached at the lecture founded by the Honorable Robert Boyle».

Полный вариант заголовка: «A defence of natural and revealed religions : Being a collection of the sermons preached at the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle. Vol. 3».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Защиты природных и религий время сокращение от проповеди на лекции основана достопочтенный Роберт Бойл. Vol. 4».