Henri: 1902 books

This book contains theoretical and application-oriented methods to treat models of dynamical systems involving non-smooth nonlinearities. The theoretical approach that has been retained and underlined in this work is associated with differential inclusions of mainly finite dimensional dynamical systems...

The reprint of Henri Savall’s classic Work and People, originally published in French in 1974, is part of the Research in Management Consulting series effort to look backward as well as forward in examining trends, perspectives, and insights especially from different countries and cultures into the...

In 1932 Einstein asked Freud, ‘Is there any way of delivering mankind from the menace of war?’ Freud answered that war is inevitable because humans have an instinct to self-destroy, a death instinct which we must externalize to survive. But nearly four decades of study of aggression reveal that...

About the book and the author In this fascinating book, which is based on fact and not fiction, the author examines a world that is unseen to us, but just as real as ours. It is about angels and demons, the good and the evil of the spiritual world. There are many questions answered, revealing such...

In this very important book, the author dispels the mystery surrounding prayer, beginning with what God declares it to be and what its elementary truths are. The content ranges from benefits of prayer to its hindrances, even including an examination of what some call ‘The Lord’s Prayer,’ and...

J.-H. Rosny aîné, pseudonyme de Joseph Henri Honoré Boex, né le 17 février 1856 à Bruxelles et mort le 15 février 1940 à Paris, est un des grands fondateurs de la science-fiction moderne.   Extrait : L’affreux vent du Nord s’était tu. Sa voix mauvaise, depuis quinze...

A major step has been taken, a barrier breaks down ! Built up over years of field experience, miles away from formal, descriptive grammar lessons, this entirely new concept is based on the fact that language is mainly a set of                  ...

Avril 1940, Hitler envoie la flotte de guerre allemande conquérir la Norvège pacifiste et pratiquement désarmée. En quelques heures, le pays doit être occupé, la capitale prise et le roi Haakon capturé. Mais, dans le fjord d'Oslo, se trouve une vieille forteresse, Oscarsborg, assoupie depuis...

Un Breton bien tranquille se présente comme un récit ordonné, où défilent personnages et paysages. La formule du titre n’est pas une affirmation, mais une hypothèse humoristique. A vous, après lecture, de juger. Une vie qui débute par la guerre de 14 et par la mort du père pourra-t-elle...

Book Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulD9D4UB90k On July 17, TWA Flight 800 took off from JFK on its way to Paris, with 230 passengers and crew members on board. Eleven minutes later, the plane was cut in half by an explosion that sent it crashing into the ocean off the coast of...

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a feminist classic, a haunting critique of the isolation treatment for female hysteria wrapped up in a superb psychological horror story. Over a century later women are still battling gender bias in the treatment of mental illness. Here are...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.  "[T]he untrammeled reflections of a broad and cultivated mind upon the procedure and the postulates of scientific discovery." - Bertrand RussellHenri Poincaré's Science and Method (1908) was one of the most talked-about...

THE LIFE OF THE FLY: With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography By J. Henri Fabre Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos Fellow of the Zoological Society of London CONTENTS TRANSLATOR'S NOTE CHAPTER I. THE HARMAS CHAPTER II. THE ANTHRAX CHAPTER III. ANOTHER PROBER (PERFORATOR) CHAPTER...

Écrivain fin de siècle, admiré de Proust, poète, romancier, essayiste, vénitien de cœur, Henri de Régnier nous livre ici deux nouvelles sur la cité des Doges : L'entrevue et Le Café Quadri, fondées l'une et l'autre sur une ville organique où l'architecture scelle le destin de ses habitants.