Jean: 14802 books

Jean-Michel Rabaté uses Nietzsche's image of a "pathos of distance,†? the notion that values are created by a few gifted and lofty individuals, as the basis for a wide-ranging investigation into the ethics of the moderns. Revealing overlooked connections between Nietzsche's and Benjamin's...

Humorous travel book about moving to France from Wales by IPPY and Global Ebook Award Winner Jean Gill 'Laugh out loud ... such a vivid picture of the fields of lavender, sunflowers and olive trees that you could almost be there with her.' - Living France Magazine The true scents of Provence?...

In early 1945, the United States military was recruiting female mathematicians for a top-secret project to help win World War II. Betty Jean Jennings (Bartik), a twenty-year-old college graduate from rural northwest Missouri, wanted an adventure, so she applied for the job. She was hired as a “computer”...

Pendant quarante-deux ans à la télévision et à la radio, j'ai toujours eu à portée de main un de mes carnets de notes. À l'écran, ils faisaient partie de l'image. Quand Marc Laurendeau m'a invité à participer à sa magnifique série radiophonique Nos témoins sur la ligne de feu,...

Quand il était petit, Jean Sébastien a dû troquer son bâton de hockey pour une bible et son chandail du Canadien pour une cravate. Il s'est mis à faire du porte-à-porte et à fréquenter assidûment la Salle du Royaume, ce qui lui laissait bien peu de temps pour jouer avec ses amis dans les...

The first edited volume of work by the legendary undercover journalist Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Nellie Bly was one of the first and best female journalists in America and quickly became a national phenomenon in the late 1800s, with a board game based on her adventures and merchandise inspired...

The Affair: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus by Jean-Denis Bredin (translated from the French by Jeffrey Mehlman, 59 illustrations; a newly edited edition co-published by Plunkett Lake Press and George Braziller, Inc.) On an autumn morning in 1894, Captain Dreyfus was summoned to appear for...

This book contains eleven essays on the subject of minimalism written by Annie Jean Brewer, the author of "The Minimalist Cleaning Method" and other books. These essays have previously appeared on her website and have now been assembled into ebook format for easy reference. "The...

Le récit passionnant et saisissant de réalisme d’une carrière dans la Légion étrangère. Au mois de mai 1978, jeune légionnaire à peine sorti de l'instruction, Jean-Claude Saulnier, alias Julien Soral, participe avec le 2e régiment étranger de parachutistes à la dernière grande...

In her first collection since the Costa-winning Tilt, Jean Sprackland looks back at endings and beginnings: the end of a life, or of a marriage; old homes lived in and left, new homes discovered. There are poems that speak of the paralysis and bewilderment of knowing something is over, and of the...

Ce livre contient les ouvrages suivants classés par ordre alphabétique (noms de famille auteurs ) Les Mille et une nuits - Tome I & Tome II [Anonymous] Les Cinq Filles de Mrs Bennet (Orgueil et Préjugés) [Jane Austen] Le Père Goriot [Honoré de Balzac] Lettres de mon moulin [Alphonse Daudet]...

Annie Jean Brewer came back from the brink. After a failed suicide attempt, she decided to actively pursue happiness and changed her entire life. She is now living the life of her dreams and hopes that the tricks she personally used will help others who face similar situations. This book contains...

Do you have questions about Death and Dying? Why Are We Here? What is Time? Are there Angels? If so, I feel this book may help you find some of those answers.After an amazing healing when I was young, I began my quest to answer these and all of the ‘Big’ questions, in simpler non-scientific terms....

This is the true story of Yasmeena, a bright and beautiful young Lebanese woman who was imprisoned in Kuwait during the first Gulf War. Yasmeena's shocking journey is a tale of the madness of war, of the sexual brutality unleashed by chaos, and of one woman’s courage to stand in danger’s way to aid...