Franz Kafka was born on July 3,1883, the first child of Hermann and Julie (née Lowy) Kafka. In 1911 he made a trip to Paris, Italy, and Switzerland with Brod. He also became very interested in Yiddish theater (think a more melodramatic, more ethnic,...

Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832. American author, known for her children books, especially Little Women. Alcott draws her material from her own family and from the New England milieu where she had grown up. Originally she begun writing ´rubbish...

Born Feb. 11 (23), 1840, in the village of Malaia Berezanka, in presentday lagotin Raion, Kiev Oblast; died Jan. 18 (30), 1895, in Warsaw. Russian writer. Krestovskii came from a gentry family. In the early 1860's he allied himself with the democratic youth movement...

Johanna Spyri (12 June 1827 - 7 July 1901) was an author of children´s stories, and is best known for Heidi. In 1852, Johanna Louise Heusser married Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer. While living in the city of Zürich she began to write about life...

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Irish author and journalist, the foremost prose satirist in the English language. He was born on 30 November 1667 in Dublin, Ireland; the son of Protestant Anglo- Irish parents. Young Jonathan was a sickly child, and it is said he later...

(1547-1616) The Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra was born on October 9, 1547 in Alcalá de Henares near Madrid. On September 19, 1580, Cervantes turned his experiences from captivity into a play entitled Los tratos de Argel . In order to pay...

Quest´ultimo non sapeva darsi pace, peressergli toccata una parte così meschina."I miei fratelli", faceva egli a dire, "potrannotirarsi avanti onestamente, menando vita incomune: ma quanto a me, quando avròmangiato il mio gatto, e fattomi un manicottodella sua pelle, bisognerà che mi rassegni amorir di...

Jack London´s full name was John Griffith London, and he was bom in San Francisco. After completing grammar school, London worked at various jobs to help support his family. Fie briefly enrolled in a university and took English classes, for he loved to read...

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, on December 3rd, 1857. He was born Polish but he would become renowned for his English short stories and novels.His father, Apollo Korzeniowski, worked as a translator of English and French literature, so Joseph had a...

Charles Dickens was bom on February 7,1812, in Port sea, England. His parents were middle-class, but they suffered financially as a result of living beyond their means. When Dickens was twelve years old, his family’s dire straits forced him to quit school and work...

Charles Dickens was bom on February 7,1812, in Port sea, England. His parents were middle-class, but they suffered financially as a result of living beyond their means. When Dickens was twelve years old, his family’s dire straits forced him to quit school and work...

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Elizabeth Stevenson was born in London on 29 September 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. After her mother´s early death, she was raised by an aunt who lived in Knutsford in Cheshire. In 1832, she married William Gaskell, also a Unitarian minister, and...

For over two hundred years the powerful stories of the Brothers Grimm have enchanted millions around the world.This sumptuously illustrated collection of essential Grimm classics includes stories every childhood needs: Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, The Golden Bird” and The Mouse, The Bird and The...

2007 yılından bu yana üç yılda bir düzenlenen Uluslararası Sevgi Gönül Bizans Çalışmaları Sempozyumu’nun 23-25 Haziran 2016 tarihinde düzenlenen dördüncüsünün bildiri kitabı yayımlandı. Identity and the Other in Byzantium başlıklı İngilizce yayımlanan kitapta 17 bildiri yer alıyor.Identifying the Other: Ethnicity, Clothing, Body / Identity...

I hate going around with these red spots on my face. But I love chocolate. 'What does one have to do with the other?' you may ask. Well, if I’m the subject, then unfortunately these two are connected.Yüzümde kırmızı beneklerle dolaşmaktan nefret ediyorum. Ama...

Bu gizemli kitabin kapagini araladiginizda kendinizi bin bir seklin ve ahenkli kivrimin ortasinda bulacaksiniz. Hem çocuklar hem de kalemin esrarina kapilmis yetiskinler bu kitabin her sayfasinda tabiattan esinlenerek hazirlanmis çizim maceralari, gizlenmis ve bulunmayi bekleyen ilginç canlilar, hayatin bin bir rengini kullanabilecekleri tuvallerle karsilasacak. Her biri elle hazirlanmis enfes...

An increased interest towards Islam is present in the world public opinion. Efforts have been paid off to understand Islam; inter-national and national meetings are organized, printed publications and television programs have been carried out in all areas.Despite these positive information and cultural work,...

Cemile, a love story, is speaking out the struggle of the poor for survival and resistance. Orhan Kemal is telling the story of the naive love between a Bosnian girl, Cemile who is a worker and a poor clerk Necati, emphasizing the power of...

Yüzyila yayilan, üç kusagin öyküsü...Yavuz Ekinci ikinci romani Cennetin Kayip Topraklari simdi Kürtçe...Yavuz Ekinci ikinci romani Cennetin Kayip Topraklarinda, üç kusagin "cografya kaderdir" dedirten hikâyesini anlatiyor. Yasadiklari cografyanin acilarina hapsolmuslarin, aile olmanin ölümcüllügünü tasiyanlarin ve cennetin gelmesini yüzyillarca bekleyenlerin hikâyesi bu. Yerinden yurdundan edilmis,...

Dünyanın yaradılış gayesi nedir?İnancın psikolojik sağlığa etkileri nelerdir?Kanıta dayalı din nasıl olur?İnsan kendini hem özgür hem de Yaratıcı’nın varlığına teslim olmuş hissedebilir mi?İnanç geni var mıdır?Din bir takıntı mıdır?Ruh nasıl bir programdır?Ruh, beyin, beden ilişkisi nasıl olur?Bilim ne zaman dinin alanına müdahale eder?Dua ve...

Mankind is rediscovering Rumi. His universal teachings are just as relevant as they were when he wrote them…All of us have much to learn from 13th century poet and scholar. Doctor Nevzat Tarhan explains how the wisdom inherent in Rumi's work, the Masnavi, can...

Vehimi, Koca Kurt! Her köse basindan çikip dünyanin her yerinde düsmana aman vermeyen gözü kara yigit! "Insanin dogasi nedir Vehimi? Iktidar hirsina kapilip riyakârlarin fitnesine kanan insana hirs neler yaptirir?" Degil mi ki kilicin iki tarafi da keskindir, degil mi ki Sultan Süleyman en...

Sultanlar sultani, hakanlar hakani, hükümdarlara taç veren Allah'in yeryüzündeki gölgesi, Anadolu'dan Rumeli'ye kara ve denizlerin yegâne hâkimi Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Han yedi cihana nam salmaya devam ediyor! Devir Muhtesem Süleyman devridir. Düsmanlari bir korkudur sarar. Vehimi çikar her köse basindan; yamandir, aman vermez. Pargali...

Konstantiniyye sehri ile sinirli hale gelen Dogu Roma Imparatorlugu'nun çaresizligi, Latin istilasinin Bizans halkinda biraktigi nefret ve bezginlik, gökten inecek Meryem'in sehri koruyacagi efsaneleriyle kendilerini avutan insanlar ve düsmanin hayal bile edemeyecegi donanmalara sahip genç sultan… Okay Tiryakioglu'nun kaleminden, tarihin orta yerine saplanmis bir...

Kanuni: "Dünya bir hayaldir" sözünü siar edinmis Adalet Sultani Hürrem: Kanuni'ye olan askini mektubuna kaniyla isleyen, bir iktidar tutkunu Pargali Ibrahim: Kölelikten sadrazamliga giden yolda her türlü ihaneti göze alan bir entrika ustasi Vehimî: Vatikan ajanlariyla dünyanin her yerinde çarpisan yavuz bir istihbaratçi Fatih'in...

From children to adults, audiences of all ages enjoy parables. This is a book of parables for children, selected and revised with educational goals in mind. The aim of these texts is to develop a child's character. Some of the traits taught in this...

So innocent yet such a clever, sassy and a perfectly practical character! Here comes Shirin! This series tells the unbelievably funny events that happened to the naughty-but-nice Shirin at school and at home. This series is not to be missed by any kid with...