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Excerpt from Die Mechanik der Wärme: In Gesammelten SchriftenStudium empfehlen zu dürfen. Es ist damit zugleichdie metaphysische Seite des neuen Gegenstandes berührt, welche den Principien und Consequenzen der materialistischen Anschauungsweise geradezu entgegengesetzt ist. Eine ausführliche Bearbeitung dieses Themas verdanken wir dem ausgezeichneten französischen Physiker A. Hirn in seiner "esquisse élémentaire de la théorie mécanique de la c...

Excerpt from Mémoire sur le Mouvement Organique dans Ses Rapports Avec la NutritionDans le premier mémoire que nous venons de citer, le docteur Mayer expose les points principaux de sa théorie, fondée sur l'égalité quantitative des causes et de leurs effets. Il indique la marche à suivre pour trouver l'équivalent mécanique de la chaleur, mais'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find mor...

Are you the parent of an argumentative teen or a teen with an argumentative parent? Are you anticipating an argument with your boss when you ask for a raise? Are you expecting trouble from a supplier, contractor, landlord, or subordinate? Or do you just ignore conflict situations hoping that they'll magically disappear or solve themselves? The art of argument. It's mysterious and powerful. It's the art of having things go your way. But also it...

Non-fiction with more Intrigue than the DaVinci code? If you still have a few questions left on some common subjects like: · Why am I here? · What happens when I die? · How are things, Really ? you likely will find parts of this book to be extremely intriguing. The author is in a search to find reasonable answers (as in "No B.S." and "No baloney") to these questions, and provides information about 13 extremely unusual but credible contemporary...

Non-fiction with more Intrigue than the DaVinci code? If you still have a few questions left on some common subjects like: · Why am I here? · What happens when I die? · How are things, Really ? you likely will find parts of this book to be extremely intriguing. The author is in a search to find reasonable answers (as in "No B.S." and "No baloney") to these questions, and provides information about 13 extremely unusual but credible contemporary...

?An important and most helpful book for everybody. It delivers more power to you!? -Larry King, host, Larry King Live ?No magic elixirs or mumbo jumbo, just straight-talking, easy-to-understand, easy-to-remember, and easy-to-use principles of persuasion and negotiation--secrets I've seen in action when Bob Mayer has successfully negotiated for me.? - David Crosby, singer/songwriter (Crosby, Stills & Nash) ?Bo ( Mayer is a world-class negotiato...

Offers information about thirteen extremely unusual but credible individuals such as: the world-renowned scholar who created glowing plasma balls in his hands, the sculptor/ice-skater whose inner visions were directly responsible for the beginning of the atomic age, and the individual who worked with the CIA to produce out-of-body espionage.

Loan sharks may conjure up an image of tough guys in fedoras looking to make a profit off of desperate people in dire financial straits, but in reality, lenders who advance small sums of cash at high interest rates until payday existed long before organized crime entered the trade. Today the businesses that fill this niche in the credit market prefer the name "payday lenders" rather than loan sharks, but most large cities are still a hotbed of...

Exploration of the meaning of 'history' and its relevance for the origins of the modern English novel.

This new study of the origins of the English novel argues that the novel emerged from historical writing. Examining historical writers and forms frequently neglected by earlier scholars, Robert Mayer shows that in the seventeenth century historical discourse embraced not only 'history' in its modern sense, but also fiction, polemic, gossip, and marvels. Mayer thus explains why Defoe's narratives were initially read as history. It is the accept...

„Globalisierung“ ist ein auch in der Alltagssprache viel gebrauchter und gleichzeitig nichtssagender Begriff. Offensichtlich wächst die Welt durch Politik, Handel, Mobilität und Kommunikation immer mehr zusammen und es lassen sich zunehmend institutionelle und regionale Abhängigkeiten feststellen. Andererseits wird mit dem Begriff „Globalisierung“ in einem fatalistischen Sinne die Verantwortung für Problemlagen und -lösungen geleugnet. Wo ist ...