On the Duty of Civil Disobedience - Henry David Thoreau - e-kniha

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience - Henry David Thoreau - e-kniha

eBook:,'Civil Disobedience' (1849) is an essay by American poet, essayist, and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, who is best known for his book 'Walden' (1854).In this classic essay, Thoreau famously argues that citizens should not allow their government to overrule their consciences, arguing that

Walden and Civil Disobedience (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

Henry David Thoreau's account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts--part social experiment, part spiritual quest--is an enduringly influential American classic. In 1845, Thoreau began building a cabin at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. The inspiring

Walden and Civil Disobedience (Thoreau Henry David)(Pevná vazba)

In 1857 Henry David Thoreau moved to a small cabin in the woods near Walden Pond where he lived as a recluse from society for just over two years. In his time of self-prescribed isolation, Thoreau recorded his daily routine and reflections in an effort to get away from the noise brought about by a

Walden and Civil Disobedience (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movements Critical of 19th-century America's booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau moved to a small cabin in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts in 1845. Walden, the account of

Walden and Civil Disobedience

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. `I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not

Henry David Thoreau: A Life (Walls Laura Dassow)(Paperback)

'Walden. Yesterday I came here to live.' That entry from the journal of Henry David Thoreau, and the intellectual journey it began, would by themselves be enough to place Thoreau in the American pantheon. His attempt to 'live deliberately' in a small woods at the edge of his hometown of Concord has

Walden (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

In 1845, the American Transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau went to live in the woods near his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. For over two years he resided there largely in solitary, in a small cabin built by his own hands. Walden is his personal account of this time, in which he

Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

In honor of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau's birth, this edition of Walden features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben 'Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau's Walden as the gospel of the present moment, as a neccessary book because it is useful right

The Illustrated Walden: Thoreau Bicentennial Edition (Thoreau Henry David)(Pevná vazba)

To coincide with the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth and TarcherPerigee's publication of Expect Great Things: The Life of Henry David Thoreau, here is a sumptuous rediscovery edition of the first illustrated volume of Thoreau's classic, as originally issued in 1897. In 1897, thirty-five years after

The Portable Thoreau (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

An updated edition of Thoreau's most widely read worksSelf-described as 'a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopher to boot,' Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man and as an artist. Nature was the fountainhead of his inspiration and his refuge from

Canoeing in the Wilderness (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback / softback)

Walden (Thoreau Henry David)(Pevná vazba)

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books

WALDEN or Life in the Woods (Wisehouse Classics Edition) (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

WALDEN or, Life in the Woods, by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. First published in

Walden, Or, Life in the Woods (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

Nature was a form of religion for naturalist, essayist, and early environmentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817-62). In communing with the natural world, he wished to 'live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and ... learn what it had to teach.' Toward that end Thoreau built a

Walking - Henry David Thoreau - e-kniha

eBook:,'Walking' (1851) is an essay by American naturalist, poet, essayist and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, best known for his book 'Walden' (1854).This pioneering work is one of Thoreau's most famous essays and lauds the merits of immersing yourself in nature while it bemoans the inevitable

Walden (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback / softback)

Forcing Justice: Violence and Nonviolence in Selected Texts by Thoreau and Gandhi - Mahátma Gándhí, Henry David Thoreau - e-kniha

eBook:,Can justice be forced on individuals and communities? The essays in this collection by Henry David Thoreau urge us to consider the difficult matter of how to counter the specific injustice manifested in the practice of buying and selling human beings and how to implement laws and practices

The Illustrated Walden: Or, Life in the Woods (Thoreau Henry David)(Pevná vazba)

A beautiful illustrated edition of Thoreau's classic treatise on man and nature. 'Our life is frittered away by detail. . . . Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!' Henry David Thoreau built his small cabin on the shore of Walden Pond in 1845. For the next two years, he lived there as simply as

Walden (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

Walden is Thoreau's classic autobiographical account of his experiment in solitary living, his refusal to play by the rules of hard work and the accumulation of wealth, and above all the freedom it gave him to adapt his living to the natural world around him. This new edition traces the sources of

Thoreau and the Language of Trees (Higgins Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Trees were central to Henry David Thoreau's creativity as a writer, his work as a naturalist, his thought, and his inner life. His portraits of them were so perfect, it was as if he could see the sap flowing beneath their bark. When Thoreau wrote that the poet loves the pine tree as his own shadow

Walking (Thoreau Henry David)(Pevná vazba)

This summation of his life's work, published posthumously in 1862, became a seminal influence in the modern environmental movement and is no less relevant today than 150 years ago. 'Above all, we cannot afford not to live in the present,' he wrote. He extolled walking as a delightful and necessary

In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World (Thoreau Henry David)(Pevná vazba)

A presentation of one of America's leading photographers and artistic pioneers, this is Eliot Porter's pictorial interpretation of the works of Henry

Walden (Thoreau Henry)(Pevná vazba)

In this classic of American literature, Thoreau gives an account of his two years' experience of the 'simple life' in the woods, telling how he sought and found material and spiritual sustenance in the solitude of the cabin which he built for himself on the shore of Walden Pond, near Concord,

Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

The ultimate gift edition of Walden for bibliophiles, aficionados, and scholars 'Replaces all other available editions of Walden as the most attractive and reliable way to approach this great American book.'--Joel Porte, author of Consciousness and Culture: Emerson and Thoreau Reviewed This is the