Anton: 1572 books

Conceive the joy of a lover of nature who, leaving the art galleries, wanders out among the trees and wild flowers and birds that the pictures of the galleries have sentimentalised. It is some such joy that the man who truly loves the noblest in letters feels when tasting for the first time the simple...

Originally published in 1973. Aristotle’s early works probably belong to the formative era of his philosophic thought and as such contribute vitally to the understanding and evaluation of the development of his philosophy. This book shows that the philosophy propagated in these lost works indicates...

Originally published in 1973. The predominantly historical approach in this book heralds a belief that a better understanding of Aristotle the man, and the salient events of his life, leads to a greater insight into his work as a philosopher. This, the first of two volumes, presents interpretations of Aristotle’s life, widely interesting to any Aristotle scholars.

“Excellent” poetry and prose about physicians and their patients, by Raymond Carver, Kay Redfield Jamison, Rachel Naomi Remen, and more (Library Journal). A Life in Medicine collects stories, poems, and essays by and for those in the healing profession, who are struggling to keep up with...

Einstein's steadfast refusal to accept certain aspects of quantum theory was rooted in his insistence that physics has to be about reality. Accordingly, he once derided as "spooky action at a distance" the notion that two elementary particles far removed from each other could nonetheless...

Ryabovitch is the picture of self-consciousness, clearly aware of his own awkward bearing, small stature, and unusual looks. While attending a glamorous party hosted by Lieutenant General von Rabbek, Ryabovitch avoids the other guests by wandering into a darkened room where he suddenly finds himself...

Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding Russian paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.

Der vorliegenden Bildband beschreibt eine Fahrradtour im Sommer von Augsburg in bayrisch Schwaben aus in das obere Lechtal in Tirol und das Lechquellengebiet in Vorarlberg / Österreich. Daneben gehe ich auch immer wieder auf geologisch - mineralogische Besonderheiten ein.

Le général Denikine fut, pendant un temps, le chef de l'armée contre-révolutionnaire blanche, lors de la guerre civile qui embrasa la Russie apres la révolution d'Octobre. Battu, fin 1919, par l'Armée rouge et en désaccord avec le général Wrangel - lequel voulait restaurer le tsarisme, alors...

The 2014 Ukrainian crisis has highlighted the pro-Russia stances of some European countries, such as Hungary and Greece, and of some European parties, mostly on the far-right of the political spectrum. They see themselves as victims of the EU “technocracy” and liberal moral values, and look for...

In a remote Russian town, Olga, Masha and Irina yearn for the adrenaline rush of life in Moscow – but their plans go nowhere. Disaster, deception, meaningless self-sacrifice – in Chekhov’s heartbreaking masterpiece, each new twist of fate sees the sisters’ control over their destiny slip away....

Constantinople, en l’An de grâce 1204. La ville est rasée par les Croisés, les rues sont inondées de sang. En 2012, dans un quartier d'Istanbul une équipe d'archéologues découvre le tombeau du chef de la Quatrième Croisade. Quelques jours plus tard, les archéologues disparaissent. La seule...