Famous Books vs Dostoyevsky

The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek is one of the biggest and most important universal libraries worldwide. Its vaults accommodate some of the most precious and world-famous works of mankind’s written cultural heritage. The app "Famous Books. Treasures of the Bavarian State Library” presents an exquisite selection of these holdings: 52 splendid manuscripts, unique incunabula and rare, precious printed works from the Occident and the Orient Only very rarely can the public view the physical manifestations of these treasures in exhibitions. The brilliant, complete digital copies of the exhibits - formatted for presentation on iPad and iPhone - provide a fascinating insight into the treasures held by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Users can browse through and freely zoom into the manuscripts and printed works from the first to the last page. Among the exhibits are, for example, the manuscript A of the Nibelungenlied (The Song of the Nibelungs), the eight volumes of the Ottheinrich Bible, an edition of each the Gutenberg Bible and the World Chronicle of Hartmann Schedel, the Babylonian Talmud and Wolfram von Eschenbach’s epic poem Parzival.

Let's explore human psychology ! 25 Dostoyevsky's literary works: • Crime and Punishment • The Brothers Karamazov • Notes From Underground • The Idiot • White Nights • The Gambler • The House of The Dead • Demons • Poor Folk • Uncle's Dream • The Eternal Husband • The Dream of A Ridiculous Man • The Crocodile • Another Man's Wife • 11 Short Stories Title languages: English Chinese Japanese Korean Indonesian Danish Dutch French German Norwegian Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish Turkish Plus Dostoyevsky's famous quotes : "Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded." "It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half." "Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it." "The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month." "Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!" "Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it." "If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once."