Guy: 3190 books

Graham, Just one shade! Is the perfect antidote to ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’. If you want to know what men are really like you must read this book. It’s the book that every woman should read but every man should make sure he reads first! It’s the funniest book you will ever read. A romantic man...

Throughout history, people and animals, and inanimate objects have strangely disappeared without explanation. Where do they go? How do they go? And why? A small group of people are taken from their normal world and find themselves thrust unwillingly into a strange, alien world. An alien world, yet...

Consciousness and Physicalism: A Defense of a Research Program explores the nature of consciousness and its place in the world, offering a revisionist account of what it means to say that consciousness is nothing over and above the physical. By synthesizing work in the philosophy of mind, metaphysics,...

If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you’d better think again—or rather not “think” at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to reveal how our bodies—long...

If the past is a foreign country, 2008 is another planet. Who imagined the United States electing its first black president? Who imagined the scale of the global economic crisis? Who imagined Sarah Palin? Guy Rundle was on the ground throughout the momentous election, trailing its unlikely cast of...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Serf. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Guy Thorne, which is now,...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Air Pirate. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Guy Thorne, which...

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless...

Every year, a baron who is passionate about hunting brings together his hunting friends around him. At the end of the meal, the spell designates a guest who must tell a story. Small stories that are in turn funny and touching, where we take pleasure in ridiculing some and laughing at others. Why is...

The guava is a delicious edible tropical fruit.It grows on trees and ranges from a green to yellowish color,the fruit is pink on the inside and full of small seeds.The tree grows abundantly on the island of Trinidad,and the fruit ranges in size from a ping pong ball to a closed fist. The guava is...

Notre Jeunesse est un essai écrit par l'écrivain, poète et essayiste français Charles Péguy (1873 - 1914). Extrait : Une famille de républicains fouriéristes. – les Milliet. – Après tant d’heureuses rencontres, après...

Le Colporteur est un recueil de nouvelles de Guy de Maupassant publié en 1900 (posthume). Cet ouvrage est composé des nouvelles suivantes : Le Colporteur (1893) Auprès d'un mort (1883), La Serre (1883), Un duel (1883), Une soirée (1883), Jadis, (1883, 2e version), Le Vengeur (1883), L'Attente...

Divers contes de Guy de Maupassant Extrait : En ce moment, on sonna, c’était le propriétaire, personnage grossier et fort impertinent. Il entra sans saluer. « Monsieur, dit-il à mon ami, je vous prie d’enlever immédiatement la charogne que vous avez pendue à votre cordon de sonnette, sans...

La Petite Roque est un recueil de nouvelles de Guy de Maupassant, paru en 1886 chez l'éditeur Victor Havard. Le recueil est composé des dix nouvelles suivantes : La Petite Roque (1885) L'Épave (1886) L'Ermite (1886) Mademoiselle Perle (1886) Rosalie Prudent (1883) Sur les chats (1886) Sauvée (1885)...