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La civilisation d'un peuple repose sur un petit nombre d'idées fondamentales. De ces idées dérivent ses institutions, sa littérature et ses arts. Très lentes à se former, elles sont très lentes aussi à disparaître. Devenues depuis longtemps des erreurs évidentes pour les esprits instruits,...

Sie fällt aus allen Wolken, als eines Tages im April ein gewisser Peter anruft und fragt : „Hättest Du Lust, mit mir um die Welt zu segeln?“ Beate sagte ja und segelt mit Peter Kammler, den sie inzwischen geheiratet hat, in vier Jahren um die Welt. 32.000 Seemeilen vor dem Wind, immer der Sonne...

Nature deities seldom confine themselves to their proper nature functions. Shinto exhibits an increasing tendency to recognize in them a providence that influences human affairs. Even in the older Shinto there are examples of the Gods exercising a providential care for mankind outside of their proper...

“Le Fantôme de Canterville” (original: “The Canterville Ghost”) est une nouvelle d'Oscar Wilde.

This work explains itself and is given to the world because it is needed. Tired of the obtuseness of Church and State; indignant at the injustice of both towards woman; at the wrongs inflicted upon one-half of humanity by the other half in the name of religion; finding appeal and argument alike met...

Überarbeitung der 1888 erschienenen Erstausgabe. Die Rechtschreibung des Werkes wurde auf den aktuellen Stand gebracht, ohne den Charakter des Werkes zu verändern.

We are currently experiencing a phase of global changes. The white man and his superiority is being replaced by the new Asian superpower. Gradually we are experiencing the "Twilight of the Gods" of the industrial and economic order created by the West. The EC did not succeed in maintaining the industrial...

Human beings have come a long way just in the two thousand years since the birth of Christ - without even looking at the millions of years before that when we descended from the trees and descended into humanity. Most of the advances made before about 5,000 years ago were just associated with simple...

Vitamin C may save your life! A noted biochemist reveals for laymen the exciting research into ascorbic acid's powers against such deadly enemies as cancer, heart disease, strokes, mental illness, old age, diabetes, arthritis, kidney disease, hepatitis -- After 40 years research, Irwin Stone unfolds...

Hope is at the core of human existence. It can either be an emotion or an attitude. In either case, it is a natural and basic affection of the mind. This analysis of hope will clarify the concept by dealing with its involvement in knowledge, ethics and metaphysics. Hope can lead to truth or error,...

The search for cheap, plentiful and reliable energy has become one of the holy grails of modern industrial society. Since the Western technologically-advanced nations own supplies began to deplete from the 1970s those economies became increasingly dependent on foreign oil, especially from volatile (and...

One of the reasons for writing this story in its present form is to help the reader to realise that electrons are not mythical, but real existing things, and by far the most interesting things we know anything about. The discovery of electrons has shed a new light upon the meaning of very many things...

This well illustrated field guide describes about 500 of the most common and eye-catching plants growing on Bali and the adjacent Java, most of them are illustrated with pictures. It is a comprehensive and valuable field guide for tourists and locals. The first part of the book describes the vegetation...

It is not the time which heals but looking at things, speaking of and letting go. In this book Jörg Dieter Günther shows through which simple perception modifications in every day life we can achieve our aims, may it concern partnership, health or financial transactions. The author gets very clearly...