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The Bucharest Inns

excerpts In the second half of the 17th century, inns emerged in Bucharest. They later formed a very important chapter in the Bucharest economy of the 17th century and of the first half of the 18th century, and they made an important contribution to the development of the

In Gibraltar. From A Captain's Log

excerptAbout the Earth's Crust A loud knock on the door of the cabin disturbs my sweet morning sleep. Gibrelterra!… Gibrelterra!… I rub my eyes sleepily and, without understanding anything, I ask stroppily: what is it? what's happened?Gibrelterra!…We can

Non-Chronological Travel Notes (September 1979 - March 1980)

excerpts30th September When I get on the tram, in Zurich, I cross myself. To whom? Not to the tram, of course, but to the Power that gave some people (engineers, technicians, workers) the ability to create such public means of transportation: and to others (the passengers)

The Most Beloved Man On Earth

click here for fragment from the movie XIVexcerpt On the contrary, I had been dominated by a celebratory feeling ever since I had left the house. The city, under the sun of an August morning, seemed to celebrate too. Was it a reflection of my frame of mind? I have always

A Case Of Reduction To Human Scale: The Legend Of Master Manole

To the achievement of literary impact, Argeş Monastery comes up with a simple and ingenious solution: the absolute contrast between the soft and caressed tenderness of form, on the one side, and the wild graveness of the underlying tragedy, on the other. In the style and

Living In Sin

excerpt All his anxiety, that apoplectic fit, was proof he did not know Clara. That was precisely the state of their relationship at the time. In order to know and understand and accept her manner of thinking, the style of her infinitesimal psychic reactions – allowing

The Galaxy Of Bachelors

Chapter VIII: The party on the 24th of August. Gaby and the other Sandu. Dyed. Pusha and Hippodrome. Gaby and the evil. The movie on TV. Stupid jokes. On the phone with Pusha. A letter. Fight and reconciliation with HippoLet's go back to 1963, a time in which Monica

The Danube Delta From 800 To 1900

The Delta has undergone tremendous changes over the centuries. The oldest written sources, from the Greek-Roman times, concur only partly; yet in majority they offer hints of modifications. Numerous ancient references have been used to identify and track down geo-morphologic

Bursele „Lucian Blaga”

Bursele „Lucian Blaga se adresează cercetătorilor români şi constau în subvenţia pentru a efectua un stagiu de trei  luni în vederea documentării şi cercetării ştiinţifice într-o instituţie culturală dintr-o altă ţară relevantă pentru cercetările

Despre revistă

(Actualizare) Revista a apărut în perioada februarie-iulie 2013. Publicația lunară Romanian Book Review, publicată de Institutul Cultural Român, este editată în limba engleză și are drept scop popularizarea aparițiilor de toate genurile de pe piața editorială

Mănăstirile Olteniei. Artă și spiritualitate

„Mănăstirile Olteniei. Artă și spiritualitate“Texte de Elisabeta Negrău și Vlad BedrosEdiție coordonată și postfață de Părintele Iustin MarchișFotografii de Dan Dinescu și Daniel ConstantinescuEdiție în limba română, 360 pag, 31x25 cmISBN: 978-973-577-645-9Cuprins1.