Questo autore approfondisce le profondità dell'esperienza umana con onestà intransigente e profonda intuizione. La sua prosa, plasmata da un'ampia esperienza in ambienti ad alto rischio, è caratterizzata da una cruda autenticità e da un acuto senso dei dilemmi morali. Attraverso la sua scrittura, l'autore esplora le complessità delle relazioni umane e le tensioni psicologiche che sorgono sotto pressione. I lettori possono aspettarsi un viaggio letterario potente e indimenticabile.
The Frontline Napoleonic Library is an unparalleled collection of classic works on the Napoleonic Wars. Presenting some of the finest memoirs and studies of the period the collection brings together renowned contemporary accounts with more recent analytical publications.
John L. Austin was a British philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, perhaps best known for developing the theory of speech acts. Austin pointed out that we use language to do things as well as to assert things, and that the utterance of a statement like "I promise to do so-and-so" is best understood as doing something - making a promise - rather than making an assertion about anything. Hence the name of one of his best-known works How to Do Things with Words. Austin, in providing his theory of speech acts, makes a significant challenge to the philosophy of language, far beyond merely elucidating a class of morphological sentence forms that function to do what they name. Austin's work ultimately suggests that all speech and all utterance is the doing of something with words and signs, challenging a metaphysics of language that would posit denotative, propositional assertion as the essence of language and meaning.
The narrative explores the emotional toll of working in the emergency room, where Paul Austin confronts the challenges of long shifts and a relentless influx of patients. His journey reveals a struggle against bitterness and cynicism, offering a gritty yet redemptive perspective on the delicate balance of compassion and mental health within the demanding environment of modern hospitals.
Set in 1987, the story follows newlyweds Paul Austin and his wife Sally as they navigate the excitement of impending parenthood. With Paul in medical school and Sally working as a nurse, their journey reflects the hopes and dreams of young love while facing the challenges of their evolving lives.
A philosophical compendium on the art and craft of acting, with exercises.
At the gates of Moscow, Napoleon's Grand Army prepares to enter in triumphal procession. But what it finds is a city abandoned by its inhabitants - save only the men who emerge to fan the flames as incendiary fuses hidden throughout the empty buildings of Moscow set the city alight. For three days Moscow burned, while looters dodged the fires to plunder and pillage. And so begins 1812: Napoleon in Moscow, Paul Britten Austin's atmospheric second volume in his acclaimed trilogy on Napoleon's catastrophic invasion of Russia. Drawing on eyewitness accounts this study recreates this disastrous military campaign in all its death and glory. 1812: Napoleon in Moscow follows on from the brilliant 1812: The March on Moscow, which took Napoleon's army across Europe to the great city. Paul Britten Austin brings this next phase of the epic campaign to life with characteristic verve. Drawing on hundreds of eyewitness accounts by French and allied soldiers of Napoleon's army, this brilliant study recreates this disastrous military campaign in all its death and glory.
Autobiografická kniha amerického pohotovostního lékaře Paula Austina v mnoha ohledech přesahuje vše, na co jsme v tomto žánru byli dosud zvyklí. Soubor krátkých autentických příběhů ze života, studia a praxe doktora Austina svou poutavou formou sice připomíná dnes už legendární veterinářské historky Jamese Herriota, ale co do obsahu jde daleko hlouběji. Dotýká se totiž tak intimních témat, jako je život v rodině s postiženým dítětem (autorova dcera se narodila s Downovým syndromem) či narušení rodinných vztahů vinou přetěžování lékařů, kteří se zmítají mezi příjmem, jehož výše není ničím zaručena, a stálým nebezpečím soudního procesu, pro nějž může být záminkou opomenutí sebemalichernějšího předpisu. Přes tuto svou nezvyklou hloubku je Něco na bolest úsměvnou a velice čtivou knihou, která autenticky odkrývá zákulisí povolání, v němž si život každodenně podává ruku se smrtí.
