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e-Pedia: The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and...
The Silver Bough Volume 3
A Calendar of Scottish National Festivals - Hallowe'en to Yule
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
The Silver Bough is an indispensable treasury of Scottish culture, universally acknowledged as a classic of literature. The author, F Marian McNeill, succeeded in capturing and bringing to life many traditions and customs of old before they died out or were influenced by the modern era. The Silver...
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Volume 7: Foodways
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
When the original Encyclopedia of Southern Culture was published in 1989, the topic of foodways was relatively new as a field of scholarly inquiry. Food has always been central to southern culture, but the past twenty years have brought an explosion in interest in foodways, particularly in the South....
The American Reader
Words that Moved a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that...
by Dahiri Espinosa
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 10, 2012
En este compendio el lector podrá encontrar todo lo que necesita saber para convertirse en un conocedor de cigarros, historia del tabaco, tipos de cigarros, algunas marcas recomendadas, cigarros del mundo, protocolos y tips para fumadores y mucho, mucho más...
Contenido:
Historia Del...
The Vonnegut Encyclopedia
Revised and updated edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Now expanded and updated, this authorized compendium to Kurt Vonnegut’s novels, stories, essays, and plays is the most comprehensive and definitive edition to date.
Over the course of five decades, Kurt Vonnegut created a complex and interconnected web of characters, settings, and concepts....
In Love and Murder
Crimes of Passion That Shocked the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is…deadly? For the people in this book, that’s certainly the case. They acted out of love and performed some of the most hideous acts of passion in the history of romance.
This short book follows several cases of deadly passion, from the celebrated French...
Encyclopedia of Christian Theology
3-volume set
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2004
The Encyclopedia of Christian Theology, translated from the French Dictionnaire Critique de Théologie 2nd Edition, features over 530 entries, contributed by 250 scholars from fifthteen different countries. Alphabetically arranged entries provide the reader a critical overview of the main theological...
Stoïcisme
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Partez à la découverte du stoïcisme avec ce Grand Article Universalis !
Contrairement à la plupart des doctrines philosophiques, le stoïcisme ne tire son nom ni de celui de son fondateur, comme le platonisme, ni de celui de son concept central, comme l'existentialisme, mais simplement...
Sophistique
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Partez à la découverte de la sophistique avec ce Grand Article Universalis !
La sophistique est d'abord ce mouvement de pensée qui, à l'aube présocratique de la philosophie, séduisit et scandalisa la Grèce entière. Hegel qualifie les premiers sophistes, dans l'Athènes de Périclès,...
Âme
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Partez à la découverte de l'âme avec ce Grand Article Universalis !
Dans le monde occidental, la notion d'âme s'est constituée lentement et ne remonte pas à la nuit des temps. On peut suivre les étapes qui jalonnent l'émergence d'un principe spirituel du vivant et qui aboutissent à...
by MobileReference
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Encyclopedia of PhilosophyTABLE OF CONTENTS: I. Introduction II. Branches of Philosophy III. Schools of Thoughts IV. Political Philosophy V. Ancient Philosophy VI. Medieval Philosophy VII. Modern Philosophy List of Philosophers Glossary I. IntroductionIntroduction: Western philosophy Philosophical doctrines...
Physiologie du goût
ou Méditations de gastronomie transcendante - Tome I
Language: French
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Extrait : "Pour offrir au public l'ouvrage que je livre à sa bienveillance, je ne me suis point imposé un grand travail ; je n'ai fait que mettre en ordre des matériaux rassemblés depuis longtemps : c'est une occupation amusante, que j'avais réservée pour ma vieillesse. En considérant...
Physiologie du goût
Méditations de gastronomie transcendante - Tome II
Language: French
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Extrait : "L'homme n'est pas fait pour jouir d'une activité indéfinie : la nature ne l'a destiné qu'à une existence interrompue ; il faut que ses perceptions finissent après un certain temps..."
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