Francis: 3998 books

The author, Francis A. Andrew, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in the United Kingdom. Although not a scientist by training or profession, he has always maintained an interest in science and technology throughout his life. He was greatly influenced by the works of the late Sir Fred Hoyle which he started...

The gold rush was Herman Francis Reinhart's life for almost twenty years. From the summer of 1851 when, as a boy in his late teens, he traveled the Oregon trail to California, until a January day in 1869 when he climbed aboard an eastbound train at Evanston, Wyoming, he was a part of every gold discovery...

Dans ce livre-cadeau, Francis Huster continue d'étonner et nous régale d'un festin de pensées curieuses, drolatiques, spirituelles, misogynes, en écho à Sacha Guitry et Michel Audiard. " J'ai tellement vu de gens s'emmerder dans les trains, sur les quais de gare, dans les salles d'attente....

Upon the death of Francis Maitland Balfour, a desire very naturally arose among his friends and admirers to provide some memorial of him. And, at a public meeting held at Cambridge in October 1882, the Vice-Chancellor presiding, and many distinguished men of science being present, it was decided to...

Is war ever a just way to resolve conflict? Diana Francis argues that it is not. With passion and eloquence, she mounts a head-on challenge to the belief that war as an institution is either necessary or effective for good.*BR**BR*Refuting the notion that human nature condemns us to perpetual carnage,...

To say that the writings of St. Francis reflect his personality and his spirit is but another way of saying that they are at once formidably mystic and exquisitely human; that they combine great elevation of thought with much picturesqueness of expression. This twofold element, which found its development...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each volume and section. Francis Bacon was a great English philosopher and one of the founders of the modern system of political philosophy. He is in the row with the greatest thinkers as Isaac Newton, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Thomas...

The Writings of Barbara Dumas Francis capture a rich life told in concise but vivid snippets. This crisp volume is remarkable in its breath, encompassing the effects of the Great Migration, separation from mother, the thrill of first flight, family tradition, and the black church. Romantic and sensual,...

Take two snarky octogenarians, throw in a 20-something smart aleck, add a dash of other entertaining people and combine them all with a mumble-mumble-aged woman who misses nothing, and what do you get? Conversations worth remembering. “Words From the ‘Rents” is a collection of conversations...

Le meilleur de Cabrel, par Cabrel. J'ai la prétention de penser que la chanson est une forme d'art, comme la peinture, le cinéma. [...] Une chanson, c'est comme une petite bulle... Comme une bulle de savon dans laquelle tu enfermes toutes les couleurs, les images, les humeurs que tu choisis....

Im Jahr 2844 nach Christus: Unter dramatischen Umständen begegnet Atlan, der Lordadmiral der United Stars Organisation, seinem Sohn Chapat. Eine "Traummaschine" versetzt den unsterblichen Arkoniden und seinen verloren geglaubten Sohn in Atlans Jugendzeit, wo sie gegen den regierenden Imperator...

Een standaardwerk. Het is tijd voor een nieuwe geschiedenis van onze democratie. Francis Fukuyama is als geen ander geschikt om deze geschiedenis op te tekenen: hij schrijft en spreekt er al tientallen jaren over. In dit boek vertelt hij hoe maatschappijen de overgang maakten van een organisatie die...

8000 Jahre vor Beginn der irdischen Zeitrechnung: Nach wie vor kämpft Atlan von Gonozal um sein Erbe. Seit der Vater des Kristallprinzen ermordet wurde, regiert Imperator Orbanaschol III. über Tausende Sonnensysteme des Großen Imperiums. Der Kristallprinz und seine Freunde haben es jedoch nicht...

Im Jahr 2844 nach Christus: Unter dramatischen Umständen begegnet Atlan, der Lordadmiral der United Stars Organisation, seinem Sohn Chapat. Eine "Traummaschine" versetzt den unsterblichen Arkoniden und seinen verloren geglaubten Sohn in Atlans Jugendzeit, wo sie gegen den regierenden Imperator...