Editions Le Mono: 218 books

Madagascar, that some called the Great Britain of Africa, is one of the largest islands in the world. It is said to have been discovered by Europeans in the year 1506. By the Portuguese it was called the island of St. Lawrence, either in honour of its discoverer, Lawrence Almeida, or, as stated by...

This is a bilingual book (english-french). Honoré de Balzac was one of the greatest french authors. This book gathered his works and studies of woman, in a bilingual edition (English-French). --- Honoré de Balzac est l'un des plus grands auteurs français. Ce livre rassemble ses travaux et études de femme, en édition bilingue (Anglais-Français)

The so-called problem of the tides has for ages engaged the attention of observing and thinking men. The ancients say little as to the agency whereby the moon is enabled to exert an influence upon the waters of the globe; but winds produced by the moon, vapors surrounding the moon and the special...

Have you ever wondered why the Earth is tilted on its axis? This book presents the Reason for the Inclination of the Earth. "The earth has two principal motions, one of revolution about the sun, the other of rotation upon an axis. The revolution about the sun is accomplished in 365 and a quarter...

Why does so much evil exist, seeing that everything is formed by a God whom all theists are agreed in naming "good?" Why do the stars move from west to east rather than from east to west? Why do we exist? why is there anything? (Voltaire) This book gathered two great philosophers works concerning God and Metaphysical toughts : Spinoza and Leibniz.

During the last century, there are differences of opinion as to the use of alcohol; there are comparatively none as to the abuse of it. Leaving then, for the present, the question of the use of alcohol in disease, its effect upon the body temperature, and its position as a food, we may profitably...

The Scene in Jerusalem and The Sabbath are two short stories written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. She is known as the writer of the bestseller Uncle Tom's Cabin. ""Alone, or almost alone, the few remaining priests move like white-winged, solitary birds over the gorgeous pavements of...

"Charlemagne was a tall man, with long, flowing beard, and of noble appearance. He dressed in very simple style; but when he went into battle he wore armor, as was the custom for kings and nobles, and often for ordinary soldiers in his day..."

The power of self-control is one of the great qualities that differentiate man from the lower animals. He is the only animal capable of a moral struggle or a moral conquest. Every step in the progress of the world has been a new “control.” Self-control is at the root of all the virtues... "Any man may attain self-control if he only will."

What are the causes and effects of fear among human and all beings capable of feeling it? What are the signs of fear and the physical phenomena that accompany it? Fear acts in two ways. At times it paralyzes and makes motionless; at other times it excites and gives extraordinary strength. Fear is,...

Most of us rest in a general hazy belief that ants are wonderfully intelligent animals, without knowing exactly in what ways and degrees the intelligent action of these animals is displayed. This books analyzes facts regarding the intelligence of ants : their Powers of Special Sense, Powers of Communication,...

"The phenomena of the emotional trance had been known for ages, but not until Mesmer forced them on the scientific world, by his public exhibitions and his ill-founded theory of animal magnetism, did they receive any serious and intelligent study. Similarly the general fact that mind may so act...

Contents : How to write all kinds of letters - How to write a love letter - How to begin a love letter - Different forms of beginning a love letter - How to write a social letter - Different forms of social letter - How to finish a love letter.

The philology is the study of languages in written historical sources to know how languages or words develop, and establish their historical relatedness. “In the very beginnings of recorded history we find explanations of the diversity of tongues, and naturally such explanations resort to supernatural...