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« C’était mille ans avant le massement civilisateur d’où surgirent plus tard Ninive, Babylone, Ecbatane. La tribu nomade de Pjehou, avec ses ânes, ses chevaux, son bétail, traversait la forêt farouche de Kzour, vers le crépuscule, dans la nappe des rayons obliques. Le chant du déclin...

Helgvor du Fleuve Bleu est un roman préhistorique, écrit par J.-H. Rosny aîné et paru pour la première fois en France en décembre 1929. Ce roman, qualifié de Roman des Âges Farouches, continue le cycle dont la principale œuvre est La Guerre du feu. Synopsis | Glâva décide de s'enfuir avec...

La Mort de la Terre est un roman de Science-fiction, suivi de contes de l'écrivain belge J.-H. Rosny aîné, pseudonyme de Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856 – 1940). Résumé : Dans un futur lointain, la Terre est devenue, du fait de sa surexploitation par l'espèce humaine, un immense...

J.-H. Rosny Aîné (1856-1940) "Les Oulhamr fuyaient dans la nuit épouvantable. Fous de souffrance et de fatigue, tout leur semblait vain devant la calamité suprême : le Feu était mort. Ils l’élevaient dans trois cages, depuis l’origine de la horde ; quatre femmes et deux guerriers...

Over the past 40 years, satellites have played a key role in creating a global culture, spreading worldwide entertainment, stimulating technological interchange, and promoting trade around the world. Communications Satellites: Global Change Agents addresses communications satellites not only in terms...

This volume examines the foreign policy transition from George W. Bush to Barack H. Obama in relation to the countries of the Americas. In this work, contributors consider the major defining features of their respective policies in dealing with security-related issues. Specifically, they examine whether...

J.N. Coldstream has now fully updated his comprehensive survey with a substantial new chapter on the abundant discoveries and developments made since the book's first publication. The text is presented in three main sections: the passing of the dark ages, c.900–770 BC; the Greek renaissance,...

This collection provides a comprehensive vocabulary for defining the cultural manifestation of the term “Woodland.” The Middle Ohio Valley is an archaeologically rich region that stretches from southeastern Indiana, across southern Ohio and northeastern Kentucky, and into northwestern West...

As the Kashmir dispute brings India and Pakistan ominously close to nuclear war this book provides a compelling account of the history and politics of these two great South Asian rivals. Like the Israel-Palestine struggle, the Indian-Pakistan rivalry is a legacy of history. The two countries went...

These poems will take you on a journey through childhood while finding self through pre-made images. Witness the search of self-discovery from the eyes of a child transitioning into an adult. Breaking the molds of societal and familial conjectures. Prepare for an emotional rainbow as you personally...

Jane Austen and the Arts: Elegance, Propriety, Harmony presents Jane Austen as a self-conscious artist, a woman keenly aware that literature and aesthetics were to play an important role in the education and development of British society. The scope of the book is interdisciplinary and international,...

Most of the essays that follow have originally appeared in philosophical journals, Indian and Western. They are reprinted here with the hope that in spite of the wide variety of topics with which they deal there is nevertheless a certain unity of treatment. A few major ideas and distinctions run through...

In this comprehensive textbook, renowned philosopher J. N. Mohanty examines the range of Indian philosophy from the Sutra period through the 17th century Navya Nyaya. Classical Indian Philosophy is divided into three parts that cover epistemology, metaphysics, and the attempt to transcend the distinction...

This volume is a collection of my essays on philosophy of logic from a phenomenological perspective. They deal with the four kinds of logic I have been concerned with: formal logic, transcendental logic, speculative logic and hermeneutic logic. Of these, only one, the essay on Hegel, touches upon...