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Grant Allen was a 19th century science writer and novelist. He was a strong supporter of evolution. Despite his religious upbringing he became an agnostic and socialist. His first writing was scientific. Beginning in 1894 Allen produced 30 novels including the scandalous novel The Woman Who Did. Hilda Wade: A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose is one of the first detective stories with a strong female protagonist. The story takes place in a hospit...

The Baltimore Catechism's complete title is A Catechism of Christian Doctrine, Prepared and Enjoined by Order of the Third Council of Baltimore. It was the basic Catholic school text used from 1885 to 1966's. The Baltimore Catechism was the first such text written in North America. The catechism is still used today even though many schools have stopped using catechism based education. This book is part 3 of a 4 volume set. The first book is an...

Even though historians all agree that Maria Monk's claims are false, the book is still interesting to read. Maria Monk may have been a 19th century nun who had several sexual liaisons, while in the convent. She or a ghostwriter wrote Awful Disclosures about these experiences. Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed was published in 1836. She claimed that Sisters of Charity of a Montreal conv...

Plato studied under Socrates and was Aristotle's teacher. Together these three Greeks developed the basis of philosophical thinking for the entire Western world. Plato was also a writer, mathematician, and founder of the Academy in Athens, which was the first university in Europe. Alcibiades ! is a dialogue featuring Alcibiades in conversation with Socrates. In the preface Socrates tells Alcibiades he loves him. Socrates uses the rest of the d...

Sir Henry James Sumner Maine was an English comparative jurist and historian. His thesis in Ancient Law states that law and society developed "from status to contract". In ancient times people were bound by status to their particular group. In modern times people are autonomous agents and are free to make contracts. They can make associations with whomever they want.

Saint Francis was born in 1181. He was a Catholic friar and founder of the Franciscans. He is the patron saint of animals, birds and the environment. Catholic churches hold ceremonies honoring animals around his feast day, which falls on October 4. Originally Francis joined the military, but a vision deepened his spirituality and he became a friar. Literary critics consider St. Francis the first Italian poet. He believed commoners should be ab...

Emile Zola was a French novelist who wrote in the school of naturalism and is noted for his work in revolutionizing France. The Rougon-Macquart series brought Zola literary fame and is considered his life work. It took 25 years to finish the 20 volumes. The idea of writing the social history of a family encompassing several volumes probably came from his reading the works of Balzac. Zola shows how people in a family who appear to be quite indi...

William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) wrote History of the Conquest of Peru with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas, which was published in 1847. It is a classic historical work detailing the subjugation of the Incan empire by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and the colonization of Peru in the sixteenth century.

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I've been sitting at the counter of this bar for almost an hour, now on my third drink, when I notice one of the women, in a group of women, saunter in and sit in a booth. There are five of them, all in their mid-twenties to early thirties. I don't want to seem too conspicuous. I try to verify my suspicion from the mirror at the bar. There are too many bottles in the way. I turn around and look. Yes, it's her -- my ex-wife. She sees me looking...

Harry Thomas's 1912 handbook offers directions to gardeners on how they can get flower magic in their own gardens.

Uprootedness, exile and forced displacement, be they due to conflict, persecution or so-called 'development', are conditions which characterise the lives of millions across the globe. This book analyses a range of displacement situations, including development 'oustees', refugees and internally displaced persons.

The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an innovative study of the everyday life of the Aztecs.

Ein Leadershipbuch, das alle anderen in den Schatten stellt! Basierend auf umfangreicher Forschung und Interviews mit Führungskräften auf allen Ebenen (öffentlicher und privater Unternehmen weltweit) befasst sich das Buch mit dem anhaltenden Interesse an Leadership als kritischem Aspekt menschlicher Organisationen. Kouzes und Posner, die führenden Leadership-Experten unserer Zeit, zeigen, wie Führungskräfte mit Visionen Außergewöhnliches erre...

Join author Robert Young as he walks along the roads traveled by Henry David Thoreau and companion Richard Fuller in 1842. Explore and relive the thrill and the challenge of making the 34 mile journey from Concord, MA to Mt. Wachusett, located in Princeton, MA.

One thousand years ago, your life story may have already been written. Take a look inside to see why life events are scientifi cally predestined, how our universe originated, and how our lives were predicted and recorded in a book by an ancient Chinese astronomer. What do the theories of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking actually tell us? Can religion and science work together in harmony? How do we measure a successful life? What must we do ...

The Ultimate Experience: The Many Paths to God, subtitle The Teachings of the Masters of Light, Book 7 has 231 pages and 22 chapters. The 18 Presenters are Masters and Lady Masters who are channeled by the author. They give their teachings on a variety of subjects. Yeshua/Jesus orchestrates the book.Lord Kuthumi speaks of Homosexual planets. Lady Guinevere sees another Camelot for the White House. Mother Mary tells us a bit about Yeshua and hi...

Is the "private" experience of religion counterproductive to engagement in public life? Does the "public" experience of religion contribute anything distinctive to civic engagement? This title offers a fresh approach to key questions about what role religion plays in fostering civic responsibility in contemporary American society.

CSI, CSI Miami, CSI New York, Crossing Jordan: Der Ermittler von heute ist Wissenschaftler, klug und manchmal exzentrisch. So ist das zumindest im Fernsehen, aber wie sieht es in der Wirklichkeit aus? Wie erkennt man an einer Schädelverletzung die Todesursache, wie funktioniert die Untersuchung von Projektilen, welche Möglichkeiten bietet die DNA-Analyse? Douglas P. Lyle klärt Sie in diesem preisgekrönten Buch über die Arbeit der Kriminaltechn...

Peter Piribauer, Lehrer an einer Dorfschule im niederösterreichischen Weinviertel, gelingt es immer weniger, den tristen Alltag zu bewältigen. Seine Schüler zeigen keinen Respekt vor ihm, die Dorfgemeinschaft schließt ihn aus. Der Pfarrer der Marktgemeinde ist sein einziger Freund und Gesprächspartner. Die beiden verbindet eine ähnliche Problematik. Egal was der Pfarrer predigt, keiner hört wirklich zu. Dem Lehrer ergeht es in der Schule nich...