Hektoen International Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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La Traviata: Melodramma in Three Acts, Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave the Piano-Vocal Score
Giuseppe VerdiHektoen InternationalLa Traviata – ”the fallen woman“ or “the lost one“ – is based on the novel The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The opera by Giuseppe Verdi premiered in Venice on March 6th1853. The setting is Paris at the beginning of the 18th century. https://t.co/wWQWf7x53A https://t.co/ogICip03rs
Paperback, 2001
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Works: Sermons...
John WesleyHektoen InternationalJohn Wesley was an Anglican priest who wrote 400 publications, preached 40,000 sermons, and reluctantly founded a movement, disparagingly called “Methodism,” to channel the energy of the poor into revival rather than revolution. https://t.co/viSnc7YSPB https://t.co/2nXgig3cw0
Paperback, 2012
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Paradise Lost
John MiltonHektoen InternationalJohn Milton had been blind for seven years when he began to compose Paradise Lost; however, there is much evidence to suggest that he had struggled with his vision from an early age. This struggle had great influence on his writing. https://t.co/kn3MJAYH1N https://t.co/zEN89QCtI2
Paperback, 2003
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The Lady of the Camellias: Classic of French Literature
Alexandre Dumas FilsHektoen InternationalLa Traviata – ”the fallen woman“ or “the lost one“ – is based on the novel The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The opera by Giuseppe Verdi premiered in Venice on March 6th1853. The setting is Paris at the beginning of the 18th century. https://t.co/wWQWf7x53A https://t.co/ogICip03rs
Paperback, 2020
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Mesmerism: The Discovery of Animal Magnetism: English Translation of Mesmer's historic Mémoire sur la découverte du Magnétisme Animal
Franz Anton MesmerHektoen InternationalMesmerism is named after the Austrian physician Franz Anton Mesmer, who claimed that a universal fluid determined all health. He maintained that magnets could control the fluid’s influence on disease and that “there is only one disease and one cure.” https://t.co/jmodVuR3Ol https://t.co/8wr18N1z0d
Paperback, 2016
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The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
John M. BarryHektoen InternationalAs we grapple with the impact of the Covid–19 pandemic we may wish to seek understanding in works of non-fiction such as The Great Influenza by John M. Barry, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Pepys, or The Plague by Albert Camus (1947). https://t.co/XxwbvDPvWc
Paperback, 2005
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The Lady of the Camellias
Alexandre Dumas FilsHektoen InternationalLa Traviata – ”the fallen woman“ or “the lost one“ – is based on the novel The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The opera by Giuseppe Verdi premiered in Venice on March 6th1853. The setting is Paris at the beginning of the 18th century. https://t.co/wWQWf7x53A https://t.co/ogICip03rs
Paperback, 2013
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Ivanov
Anton ChekhovHektoen InternationalDoctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and also kill you (Anton Chekhov: Ivanov). Live so that you can stick out your tongue at the insurance doctor {Don Marquis: Archie and Mehitabel]. https://t.co/xL9dNWtRhE
Paperback, 2022
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The Radetzky March: Introduction by Alan Bance
Joseph RothHektoen InternationalIn the “The Radetzky March” Joseph Roth describes how at Solferino the main hero placed himself in front of Emperor Franz Joseph and took a bullet himself to spare his life. He made a speedy recovery and was later knighted. https://t.co/lSYNEW9tBy https://t.co/KngHhI8EZx
Hardcover, 1996
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Typhoid Fever: Its Nature, Mode of Spreading, and Prevention
William BuddHektoen InternationalThe Bristol physician William Budd (1811-1880) was one of the first epidemiologists to show that typhoid fever and cholera were spread by drinking water contaminated with human excreta rather than arising by “spontaneous generation” https://t.co/adNbu37EFX. https://t.co/wq2ley9e7w
Paperback, 2013
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