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This book contains the earliest surviving English version of tales about Till Eulenspiegel, published in the mid-1500s and translated from a German text published in the 1510s, which was the first written version of oral tales that circulated in the 1400s. In the nineteenth century, when Till Eulenspiegel became a favorite subject of children’s books, the tales were bowdlerized and the pranks were innocent. Eulenspiegel was often drawn wearing a jester’s cap. In the original tales, Eulenspiegel is an opportunist who is always inventing schemes to avoid work and to cheat people out of their money. The humor can be crude, the character can be exasperating, and the pranks can be cruel—particularly when they are meant as revenge against those who resisted his schemes. Modern readers may well find many of the tales offensive, but they are a good example of the popular humor of Europe during the early Renaissance. The spelling and punctuation of the tales are modernized, so it is easy for contemporary readers to understand the text. They are accompanied by the original woodcut illustrations from a German edition of 1515. We are pleased to make this classic accessible to modern English-speaking readers for the first time.

Sometimes, we are our own worst enemies. Sometimes, we don't realize it until the damage has been done. If we have breath, we can change the way we handle anxiety and stress. We can gain a deeper spiritual connection that carries us through the rough times. We can grow little by little into the person we know we can be. It starts with making the decision to change. Then, you must follow it up with action. This book is insight into my world and the worlds of a few special women who chose to help you by telling their stories. We speak to you and for you when you don't have the strength to speak for yourself. You are not alone. You can manage your anxiety and stress. You can create a spiritually fulfilling life. You can reclaim your true self, redefine what success means to you, and rebuild your life one day at a time. I hope this book helps you do just that. I'm cheering for you.

Im Paris des 14. Jahrhunderts erwirbt ein in bescheidenen Verhältnissen aufgewachsener Schreiber ein altes vergoldetes Buch für zwei Gulden. Tag und Nacht studiert er das mysteriöse Werk, das die alchemistische Herstellung von Gold behandelt. Am 17. Januar 1382 gelingt ihm schließlich die erste Transmutation, doch er führt weiterhin ein einfaches Leben. Seine Wohltätigkeit macht ihn bekannt, und im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Alchemisten ist sein historisches Dasein unbestritten. Nikolaus Flamel soll 14 Hospitale und drei Kapellen errichtet sowie sieben Kirchen renoviert haben. Die chymischen Werke Flamels werden hier in einer originalgetreuen Nachdruckausgabe von 1751 in moderner Typografie präsentiert. Eine ausführliche Einführung zu seinem Leben und Wirken bietet wertvolle Hintergrundinformationen. Flamel selbst berichtet in seinem „Buch der Hieroglyphischen Figuren“ von seinem Lebenslauf. Der Verlag präsentiert zudem eine erstmals kolorierte Fassung des Tympanonfeldes mit den Hieroglyphischen Figuren. Weitere Originalschriften von Flamel, wie „Das wahrhafte Buch des gelehrten griechischen Abts Synesii vom Stein der Weisen“, „Schatz der Philosophie“, „Ein Kurzer Tractat genannt Summarium Philosophicum“ und „Die große Erklärung des Steins der Weisen“, sind ebenfalls enthalten.