A truly wonderful book. One that should be used as a textbook in History in high school. Easily readable, it takes the reader on a voyage of far reaching proportions. <p> What is it that makes this book so pleasurable and instructive? A fresh approach to the evolution of knowledge and science as experienced historically by the pioneers. The exploration in retrospective of the discovery of the concept of time and the clock, the compass, ...
Kill or be killed! The trilogy is one of Harrisons best machinegun typewriter books by far. The opening premise of the first novel is that Deathworld is a jungle planet teeming with life that evolves with a speed and ferocity unlike any other planet in the universe. To survive for even a moment on the surface you must be superbly trained and superbly armed and prepared to kill hordes of clever and supremely deadly predators. And then you need to ...
Dores Bible Illustrations is a very beautiful and nostalgic trip into Victorian book illustration. I remember these images from a multi- volume Bible for Children that I had as a child. I was parted from those books, but always remembered the images, and what a lasting effect they had on my spirituality, and my internal image of God. I was so happy to be able to buy the Dore Bible Illustrations. I am an artist with a special interest in Victoria ...
BY FAR THE BEST BOOK on this SUBJECT!!!!!! – This book is a pleasant read about the dynamics of people and relationships, particularly as they relate to romantic interests. The book does not make sweeping generalizations about the sexes nor does it offer a one-size-fits-all snake oil salesman band-aid, that seems to be so prevalent in this genre. The book was not written by a psychologist, a romance guru, but from a young, curious decision ...
Marlene, die einst Leonhard verlie?, um seinen besten Freund Paul zu heiraten, atmet auf, als Leonhard endlich Anja, eine viel jungere Studentin, heiratet. Die Balance der Freundschaftsbeziehungen scheint vollends wiederhergestellt. Doch die Freundschaftsrituale scheitern. Das labile Geflecht gerat durch den Liebeswunsch der jungen Ehefrau, die ihrem falsch empfundenen Leben entkommen mochte, erneut aus dem Gleichgewicht- Sie zahlt dafur den au? ...
Victor Hugo, the French poet and writer, who wished to change how novels were written and read, wrote The Hunchback of Notra-Dame in the beginning of his career. In contrast to Les Miserables, which is his more celebrated work, and was written several decades after the Notra-dame novel, the present piece is not only laced with more humor and romance but also stands out as a piece where the young poet in Hugo pours out a ravishing range of simile ...
Boccaccios human comedy – This fascinating fourteenth-century text is as complex as it is misunderstood. The premise is simple enough: the author creates a fictional set-up where, over ten days, seven female and three male characters who are cooped up in a country estate tell one another a total of 100 stories. The title, The Decameron, literally means ten days work. <p> But this framing technique of ten narrators is hardly the point. Th ...
Joseph Conrads 1907 novel, The Secret Agent, is a difficult little book. Its story is difficult and its characters are largely unpleasant. By difficult and unpleasant, I dont mean to say the novel isnt any good. Far from it. These terms I mean to denote the impenetrability of motive, of sense. The story of a group of anarchists, police, and a family caught in the middle in late Victorian England, The Secret Agent is far from Conrads subtitle, A ...
From the noted Scottish author and scholar: 66 tales about creatures of land, sea, and air. Adapted from stories originally told by Alexandre Dumas, Theophile Gautier, Pliny, and others, they include The Adventures of Pyramus, Two Highland Dogs, The Ship of the Desert, The Otter Who was Reared by a Cat, and many more. <p> This is a high quality book of the original classic edition. <p> This is a freshly published edition of this ...
