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In 1933, Robert Byron set off from Venice with his friend Christopher Sykes to explore the architecture of the Middle East. Their long and arduous journey took them from Cyprus and Jerusalem to Syria, Iraq, Persia, Afghanistan, and finally, Oxiana, a tiny country around the river Oxus, which snakes down from Russia into Afghanistan. They travel by any means necessary (truck, camel, horses, and foot), and encounter several setbacks, but their risks are rewarded as they encounter some of the greatest examples of Eastern art and architecture, many of which have now vanished forever.

Manfred is a dramatic poem written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Romantic closet drama. Manfred was adapted musically by Robert Schumann in 1852, in a composition entitled Manfred: Dramatic Poem with music in Three Parts.

Bitter Lips, Sweet Heart is a unique collection of romantic poetry first assembled by a group of young male college students who got together to read poetry and drink tea every week, thinking themselves spurned romantics and talented poets. Most of the original selections have been forgotten, and the collection has been updated for this simple release with a sense of irony and sheepishness in mature adulthood. May its angst, irony, lust, and innocent affection amuse and entertain you today, just as it did the four nerdy boys who assembled it to communicate.

"Entfessle Dein Leben" ist der Podcast für Dich, wenn Du endlich aus Deinem Hamsterrad ausbrechen und ein erfülltes, selbstbestimmtes Leben führen willst. Wertvoller Inhalt und Impulse helfen Dir dabei, Dich aus alten Denkmustern zu befreien, Dich von Ängsten zu lösen und die Fesseln Deines Lebens zu sprengen. Das Leben ist zu kurz, um es in einem ungeliebten Job, einem negativen Umfeld oder im Dauerstress zu verbringen. Wöchentlich erwarten Dich Tipps & Tricks sowie Experten zu Themen rund um emotionale, finanzielle und spirituelle Freiheit. Lerne von inspirierenden Persönlichkeiten ...

Today perhaps we all agree that youth is spoilt, ill-disciplined and in search of constant and instant gratification. No matter how much we love them, our children, as they mature from child to youth, are pampered. A century ago, and even further back, even the most privileged of youth was rarely indulged. In this volume we look at those years of youth through the eyes and pens of classic poets. They reveal times of hardship, of fear, of love and loss.