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Along with historical narrative, hear rare recordings of some of the most iconic people in history, including James J. Corbett, Sarah Bernhardt, Lillian Russell, Emperor Franz Joseph, Gen. John J. Pershing, Edward H. Sothern, Rudolph Valentino, President Coolidge with Charles Lindbergh, Billy Sunday, and Rudyard Kipling. Recording obtained and published by Rick Sheridan.

Eric’s wife Nancy is a retired oncology nurse and worked over 30 years at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California. Nancy told Eric that he needed to learn more about his birth father and about his risk factors for his health based on his genetic background. As a result of this dynamic research and investigation, this became a story of a life with many intriguing twists and turns. Many secrets were brought to light through oral tradition, genetic testing, and Eric’s intuitive and inquisitive nature.

En una noche aparentemente común, Georg Bendemann encuentra su vida patas arriba cuando su padre le impone una sentencia inexplicable pero definitiva. Qué delitos ha cometido Georg para merecer tal castigo? La historia explora los intrincados laberintos del deber, la culpa y la autoridad moral. Cada palabra, cada silencio, contribuye a un climax inquietante que obliga a los lectores a cuestionar las nociones preconcebidas de justicia y amor filial. Este cuento es un espejo oscuro donde cada uno de nosotros puede ver reflejadas nuestras propias sentencias.

Auf einer Gefängnisinsel wohnt ein Forschungsreisender einer ihn zugleich abstoßenden wie faszinierenden Bestrafung bei: Eine Exekutionsmaschine ritzt den Verurteilten in einer zwölfstündigen Tortur ihr Urteil in die Haut, bis diese schließlich - in einem Moment erlösender Offenbarung - sterben. Das behauptet zumindest der diensthabende Offizier, ein glühender Anhänger der Maschine, der sich schließlich pflichtbewusst selbst unter die "Egge" legt.

Franz Kafka escribió "Carta al padre" en 1919. En ella el autor aborda la difícil relación con su padre. La obra se estructura como una larga carta en la que Kafka expresa sus sentimientos y emociones hacia su padre, quien era una figura dominante y autoritaria en su vida. Kafka explora los conflictos emocionales y psicológicos que surgieron a raíz de la relación con su padre. El autor analiza sus sentimientos de impotencia, miedo e inseguridad frente a la figura paterna, y reflexiona sobre cómo esta relación afectó su vida personal y creativa.

Der in Prag aufgewachsene Karl Rossmann wird im Alter von sechzehn Jahren von seinen Eltern nach Amerika geschickt. Auf seiner unfreiwilligen Reise durch das Land trifft er Heizer, Bankiers und Senatoren, trunkene Maschinenschlosser, Liftboys, einsame Mädchen, Studenten und Laufburschen. Wie ein Blatt im Wind wird der junge Karl durch alle Gesellschaftsklassen Amerikas geweht, immer abwärts geht die Reise.

"The Metamorphosis" (1915) is a novella by Franz Kafka. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Gregor's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka himself never gave an explanation. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repelled by the horrible, verminous being Gregor has become.

The Trial by Franz Kafka, narrated by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, begins like a nightmare - only K is awake, and he is being arrested and indicted on charges he never learns. He is caught up in a legal system that will destroy his life. This is a text that often is used in English classes because it is so deep. Kafka attacks the norms of society, religion, and the legal system.

This, the third of Hartmann's books, and the first with a fictional setting, begins with a journey in the Alps. The narrator meets a mysterious dwarf. The dwarf takes him to an Adept who resides in a hidden Rosicrucian colony high in the mountains. This Adept proceeds to expound on the Rosicrucian way, including Alchemy, Elementals and the acquisition of psychic powers. There is a demonstration of the transmutation of silver into gold using a red powder.

Meet Gregor Samsa, a humble young man who works as a fabric salesman to support his parents and sister. His life goes strangely awry when he wakes up late for work and discovers that, inexplicably, he is now a man-sized baby kitten. His family freaks out: Yes, their son is OMG so cute, but what good is cute when there are bills to pay? As his new feline identity threatens to eat away at his personality, Gregor desperately tries to survive this bizarre, bewhiskered ordeal by accomplishing the one thing he never could as a man: He must flee his parents’ house.

"A Report to an Academy" (German: "Ein Bericht für eine Akademie") is a short story by Franz Kafka, written and published in 1917. In the story, an ape named Red Peter, who has learned to behave like a human, presents to an academy the story of how he effected his transformation. The story was first published by Martin Buber in the German monthly Der Jude, along with another of Kafka's stories, "Jackals and Arabs" ("Schakale und Araber"). The story appeared again in a 1919 collection titled Ein Landarzt (A Country Doctor).

En el primer relato de este libro, el oficial de la penitenciaría describe con minuciosidad un refinado artefacto, del cual se siente personalmente orgulloso, que sirve para ejecutar a los condenados. Su interlocutor, el viajero sin nombre, escucha cortésmente las repugnantes explicaciones y muestra un blando desacuerdo en cuanto al uso del infernal aparato, que también comparte el nuevo comandante de la penitenciaría. La discrepancia de pareceres contraría de tal manera al oficial que este toma una cruenta resolución.

"In the Penal Colony" is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would normally expect to be registered with horror. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence.

Franz Kafka nació en Praga el 3 de Julio de 1883, en el seno de una acomodada familia de comerciantes judíos de lengua alemana. A los 23 años se doctoró en derecho. Al año siguiente padeció los primeros síntomas de tuberculosis. A pesar de la enfermedad, de la hostilidad de su familia hacia su vocación literaria, de sus cinco tentativas matrimoniales frustradas y de su empleo de burócrata en una compañía de seguros, Franz Kafka se dedicó intensamente a la literatura. Su escritura se caracteriza por una síntesis entre el absurdo, la ironía y la lucidez.

A Kafka story with remarkable insight into the relationship, competition, fear, envy, and more between father and son.

The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Gregor's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka himself never gave an explanation. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repulsed by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become.

"The Metamorphosis" is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Samsa's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka never did give an explanation.

The Trial tells the story of a man arrested for an unknown crime by a remote, inaccessible authority and his struggle for control over the increasing absurdity of his life. One of Franz Kafka's best-known works, The Trial has been variously interpreted as an examination of political power, a satirical depiction of bureaucracy, and a pessimistic religious parable. Left unfinished at the time of Kafka's 1924 death, The Trial is nevertheless a trenchant depiction of the seemingly incomprehensible nature of existence....

An odd but well-loved short story following steps into madness. A country doctor has had more work than he can handle, and the stress seems to have taken him to a place that seems as at home in nightmares as in the madness of an overworked mind. Kafka's work often lends itself to the turmoil of the human mind. In this respect the story does not fail to impress.

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