Francis: 3998 books

Part 6 of the Parkman series "France and England in North America". According to Wikipedia: "Francis Parkman (September 16, 1823 - November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven volume France...

« Il n’y en a plus ! » écrivait Voltaire, en 1764 dans son Dictionnaire philosophique. Mais depuis qu’ils sont partis, chassés par la Raison, on n’a jamais autant parlé d’eux. Expulsés des imaginations campagnardes, les vampires ont pris leur revanche en s’installant dans la littérature...

Dans cette traversée qu'est la vie, à l'égard des autres ou de nous-mêmes, nous sommes tous des passagers clandestins, écrit Francis Lacassin. Ainsi nous révèle-t-il la face nocturne, secrète, de certains hommes célèbres. Le dialogue de Conan Doyle et de Victor Hugo avec l'au-delà ; le...

The novella “The Gamma Number” tells the discovery of a very large and very special number that can unlock universals secrets, and of the people who uncovered its wonders. The story contemplates fractal mathematics and the personalities of discovery. Gayle and Amanda, thanks for all your help. Lorem J. Fause August, 2011

The short story “Burial At Sea” tells how a woman honors her father’s wish to be buried at sea, and in doing so explores her feelings toward her father before and after his ashes are set free on the ocean’s waves. Grief works on us differently before and after the sad events in our lives, and the story honors that difference.

She owns a coffee and poetry shoppe, he's a musician and artist. Stopping in for coffee one day, they meet and sparks begin to fly from the first cup and their gaze. She asks him if he would play some songs on poetry Friday. He's modest and introverted like most artist, but through his music he is an open book ready to be read. Can she get him to open up to her?

Now, for the first time, there is a comprehensive, eminently readable book designed to focus thinking in the area of contract law. This book bridges the gap between law and economics by confronting normative values that economists too often deem the preserve of moral philosophers. Contract theorists,...

When author Francis Chester-Cestari was born, his mothers friend proudly held him up and proclaimed, This day a farmer has been born. But as Chester-Cestari grew older, he realized that Brooklyn, New York, was not conducive to farming; he dreamed of the day he could break out and be free to farm. In...

This book traces the emergence of the ideas and institutions that evolved to give people mastery over their own destiny through the force of public opinion. The Greek belief in citizen participation is shown as the ground upon which the idea of public opinion began and grew. For Wilson, public opinion...

With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment. Consisting of green space and the built environment, they harbour a wide range of species, yet are not well understood.  This book aims...

Discover what exciting opportunities are coming in 2019 with Llewellyn’s Sun Sign Book. With this easy-to-use almanac, you can use practical planetary wisdom to gaze into the months ahead and plan for a prosperous year. You’ll also find answers to your questions about money, career, relationships,...

This volume was the Swarthmore Lecture for 1932, one of an annual series of lectures delivered by and for members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). The lecture discusses the place of education and moral philosophy in the world of the early twentieth century, as well as the place of religious discipline in education.

Establishing the Value of All-Hazards Risk Mitigation is a video presentation. Length: 32 minutes. Establishing the Value of All-Hazards Risk Mitigation is a video presentation of narrated slides discussing the cost of risk and the return-on-investment (ROI) value of risk mitigation. This 32-minute...

Preparing for Next Generation Security Leader Opportunities is an excellent resource for the new or existing security leader who wants to prepare him or herself for the future of security. In this 30-minute Proven Practices presentation, narrator Francis D’Addario explains that traditional expectations...