Peter Jacobsen: 15 books

From one of golf's funniest, most popular players comes another hilarious look inside the pro sport and the people who play it. For nearly thirty years, Peter Jacobsen—player, entertainer, (off-) color commentator, TV host, golf-course designer, and entrepreneur—has been a favorite of fans...

In the decade from 1870 to 1880 a new spirit was stirring in the intellectual and literary world of Denmark. George Brandes was delivering his lectures on the Main Currents of Nineteenth Century Literature; from Norway came the deeply probing questionings of the granitic Ibsen; from across the North...

As one of the great authors of the Danish language, Jens Peter Jacobsen body of work is small, including just two novels, seven short stories, and a volume of poetry. Considered his masterpiece, "Niels Lyhne" follows the struggles of an aspiring poet. Torn between a childishly idealized vision of the...

'Jacobsen has made a more profound impression on me emotionally than anything else I’ve read in recent years.' Sigmund Freud ‘In Jacobsen we have the earliest and noblest example of an author who combines a powerful imagination and a wistfully tender nature with all the finesse of the most highly...

“Un ricamo in perle”: così definì lo stesso Jacobsen il suo Marie Grubbe, la storia vera di una nobildonna danese del diciassettesimo secolo che sfidò la società del tempo inseguendo il desiderio di amare e di essere amata, di vivere a pieno e senza restrizioni. La potente prosa di Jacobsen,...

Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885 ) was a famous Danish novelist and poet. Niels Lyhne is Jacobsens second novel, and the story focuses on an atheist and the events that happen to him. This edition includes a Table of Contents for easier navigation.

Niels Lyhne is an aspiring poet, torn between romanticism and realism, faith and reason. Through his relationships with six women—including his young widowed aunt, a seductive free spirit, and his passionate cousin who marries his friend—his search for purpose becomes a yielding to disillusionment....

Questo romanzo è un classico della letteratura danese moderna. Il protagonista è un eroe decadente incapace di vivere l'esistenza se non come spettatore, poeta nostalgico di una vita che non ha mai posseduto. L'opera affascinò scrittori come Thomas Mann, Rilke e Zweig, che lo definì il "Werther"...

This multidisciplinary book shows how to foster meaningful relationships between therapists and vulnerable children, through exploring the concept of communicative musicality and creating rhythms of connection. It includes broad and in-depth contributions from leading therapists from diverse...

Plant health covers topics such as the safe handling and movement of germplasm and seed, as well as the range of biotic threats faced by crops and the ways they can be managed to optimise yields and ensure safety and quality in crop production. These threats include viral, bacterial and fungal diseases...

Acoustics deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound. Owing to acoustics being an interdisciplinary field, this book is intended to be equally accessible to readers from a range of backgrounds including electrical engineering, physics and mechanical engineering. This...

Tremendous research is taking place to make photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting technology a reality. Development of high performance PEC systems requires an understanding of the theory to design novel materials with attractive band gaps and stability. Focusing on theory and systems analysis,...

Wer kann einem Menschen widerstehen, der zwar Übles im Sinn hat, dabei aber so sexy ist, dass es einem den Atem raubt? Dass der Verstand sich verabschiedet und man dieses Wesen so sehr begehrt, dass darüber alles andere vergessen wird? Bei diesen spannungsgeladenen und hocherotischen Kurzgeschichten...