Nikolai: 339 books

We willingly imagine that the speed of development of events has always remained constant here on earth. This is reflected in the fact that it is generally believed that the rate of natural phenomena is the same today as it has always been in the past and will remain this way more or less in the future....

«Тарас Бульба» — повесть Николая Васильевича Гоголя, входит в цикл «Миргород». События книги происходят в среде запорожских казаков, в первой половине...

The Fires of Destiny: Book One Casey Kelley, a powerful young mage, has spent her whole life inside the walls of the Temple. The day she leaves to venture into the real world, the Old Ones task her with killing a dangerous necromancer who is gaining strength. She is joined by knight protector...

Eine Zeit voller Verführungen. Eine Familie, die ihren Traum retten muss. Stuttgart, 1926: Die junge, abenteuerlustige Serafina zieht zu ihrem Halbbruder Victor in dessen prächtiges Familienanwesen, das alle nur »Die Schokoladenvilla« nennen – denn die Rothmanns sind weit über die Stadtgrenzen...

Sequel to Life Beyond the Temple The Fires of Destiny: Book Two Back at the temple, before completing her Proving, all mage Casey Kelly wanted was a normal life. But now that she has it, along with her fiancée, former knight Regan Cartmell, Casey is restless. The lack of excitement isn’t...

Bist du ein Quizgenie? Könntest du bei den Sendungen im TV auch mitmachen? Bist du bereit für die Herausforderung, dein Wissen auf die Probe zu stellen? Teste dein Wissen über den "Hamburger SV"! Wie viele der 200 Fragen kannst du beantworten? Vielleicht lernst du etwas dazu. Du wirst...

Der Mensch wird von seinen Sinnen geleitet. Alles, was wir aufnehmen fühlen, schmecken, riechen, sehen und hören wir. Doch oft bringen die Erinnerungen daran so manche Geschichte ans Tageslicht, wovon wir hier in diesem Büchlein deren einige erzählen. Wir wünschen viel Lesevergnügen im Reich...

When you sit at a computer and out of the blue some user, that calls herself an artificial intelligence, gets in touch with you — you are unlikely to take it all seriously. But the main character does. Following is what comes out of this…

Various factors affect the performance of electrical contacts, including tribological, mechanical, electrical, and materials aspects. Although these behaviors have been studied for many years, they are not widely used or understood in practice. Combining approaches used across the globe, Electrical...

The steady evolution of wireless communication technologies continues to pave the way for the implementation of innovative services and devices in modern vehicles. These include analog and digital audio broadcasting radio, satellite radio, GPS, cell phones, and short range communication devices....

Das Buch richtet sich vor allem an junge Anästhesiologen und Assistenzärzte auf Intensivstationen, die die Technik der transösophageale Echokardiographie erlernen möchten, aber ebenso an Kardiologen und Internisten, die Patienten kardiologisch betreuen.

The term ‘miktoarm polymers’ refers to asymmetric branched macromolecules, a relatively new entry to the macromolecular field. Recent advances in their synthesis and intriguing supramolecular chemistry in a desired medium has seen a fast expansion of their applications. The composition of miktoarm...

Extrait :  Au cours d’une navigation sur le lac Ladoga, tandis que nous allions de l’île de Konévetz à celle de Valaam,  nous dûmes, pour les besoins du steamer, relâcher dans le port de Koréla. Plusieurs des nôtres descendirent à  terre, curieux de visiter cette dernière...

This book* *critically engages with a series of provocative questions that ask: Why are contemporary societies so dependent on constructive and destructive effects of individualization? Is this phenomenon only related to the ‘second’ or ‘late’ modernity? Can the concept of individualization...