Endre Domonkos: An Economic History of Hungary from 1867
Endre Domonkos, in his current work, summarises the economic history of Hungary in 10 chapters and more than 200 pages, richly illustrated.
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Five websites with children’s ebooks, for quality time in the online space
The bottomless well of literature, from rhymes to poems, from illustrated tales to YA novels, seems to be a good reason for our little ones to get stuck on the internet.
Here you can download ebooks legally and completely free
A compilation of ebook sites recommended by the Arthereartnow editorial.
Can you find happiness when you are able to revoke memories?
“I want to show a character who is going through really difficult trials but tries to find the beauty in the chaos. It’s always better than giving up.”
Ivanka Mogilska on Sudden Streets and music
Now you can read Ivanka Mogilska’s secrets, behind the glistering scenes: where, when, how and with whom did she write Sudden Streets?
Body as more than a mere object of desire – Jan Němec about František Drtikol
How come that someone who used to rule and utilise the light suddenly experiences enlightenment and lets his previous life goals go? This is what I asked the novel’s writer about…
Susan Barker on The Palace Women’s Uprising and more
Susan Barker: “I was drawn to write about China because I have an ancestral connection to the country through my grandfather.”
No matter how they decide, they will be traitors
Najeeb and Vivian escape to self-education and Qayyum to the Indian independence movement, all turning against a system ruled by white men… – A review of “A God in Every Stone” by Kamila Shamsie.
Society should look forwards, not backwards – interview with Tommi Kinnunen
“One cannot work as a teacher if he doesn’t believe that everyone of the pupils are good and important and they should be given all possibilities to live a good life. Maybe it’s the same with writing: there aren’t good or bad characters.”
The story of El Paso lived in me in a brilliant way – interview with Winston Groom
Winston Groom worked as a journalist, served in Vietnam, and as a writer he won several awards and published more than twenty books – among them, Forrest Gump…
Prize founded for books NOT including violence against women
The Staunch book prize will open to entries next month, with the winner to be announced on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Brigitte Macron’s biography says young Emmanuel wrote steamy book about their romance
The book, “Brigitte Macron, The Liberated Woman”, to be published next week, quotes a family neighbor from Macron’s home town who says she typed up the 300-page manuscript.