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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In the Ascent of Man Henry Drummond gives his take on Evolution. He sees evolution as divinely guided-a position that made him no friends on either side of the debate. ''The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way.' In these pages an attempt is made to tell 'in a plain way' a few of the things which Science is now seeing with regard to the Ascent of Man. Whether these seeings are there at all is another matter. But even if visions every thinking mind through whatever medium should look at them. What Science has to say about himself is of transcendent interest to Man and the practical bearings of this theme are coming to be more vital than any on the field of knowledge. The thread which binds the facts is it is true but a hypothesis. As the theory nevertheless. with which at present all scientific work is being done it is assumed in every page that follows.'.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - By the Author of Blade Runner. The war had been going on for two Terran months with no sign of a break. The System Senate's difficult position came from the fact that Ganymede was the jump-off point between the System and its precarious network of colonies at Proxima Centauri. All ships leaving the System for deep-space were launched from the immense space cradles on Ganymede. There were no other cradles. Ganymede had been agreed on as the jump-off point and the cradles had been constructed there. The Ganymedeans became rich hauling freight and supplies in their tubby little ships. Over a period of time more and more Gany ships took to the sky freighters and cruisers and patrol ships. One day this odd fleet landed among the space cradles killed and imprisoned the Terran and Martian guards and proclaimed that Ganymede and the cradles were their property.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Set in a dystopian future where America has become a Police state 'Security' shows us just how important our freedoms and rights are. A mesmerizing cautionary tale from one of the best writers science fiction ever produced.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Salome tells the Biblical story of Salome stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas who to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias requests the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the Dance of the Seven Veils. A powerful tragedy Wilde at his best.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The way we feel about another person or about objects is often bound up in associations that have no direct connection with the person or object at all. Often what we call a 'change of heart' comes about sheerly from a change in the many associations which make up our present viewpoint. Now suppose that these associations could be altered artificially at the option of the person who was in charge of the process.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Hudson lay in his sleeping bag staring at the sky. It bothered him a lot. There was not one familiar constellation not one star that he could name with any certainty. This juggling of the stars he thought emphasized more than anything else in this ancient land the vast gulf of years which lay between him and the Earth where he had been-or would be-born.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The time has come when advertising has in some hands reached the status of a science. It is based on fixed principles and is reasonably exact. The causes and effects have been analyzed until they are well understood. The correct method of procedure have been proved and established. We know what is most effective and we act on basic law. Advertising once a gamble has thus become under able direction one of the safest business ventures. Certainly no other enterprise with comparable possibilities need involve so little risk. Therefore this book deals not with theories and opinions but with well-proved principles and facts. It is written as a text book for students and a safe guide for advertisers. Every statement has been weighed. The book is confined to establish fundamentals.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Awakening is set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth century. This landmark novel was one of the earliest works of feminism and a precursor to American modernism and the great southern novelists such as William Faulkner Flannery O'Connor Eudora Welty and Tennessee Williams. Edna Pontellier struggles to reconcile her views of femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century South. An important and powerful look into the beginnings of modern feminism literature. Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - RHETORIC the counterpart of Dialectic. Both alike are concerned with such things as come more or less within the general ken of all men and belong to no definite science. Accordingly all men make use more or less of both; for to a certain extent all men attempt to discuss statements and to maintain them to defend themselves and to attack others. Ordinary people do this either at random or through practice and from acquired habit. Both ways being possible the subject can plainly be handled systematically for it is possible to inquire the reason why some speakers succeed through practice and others spontaneously; and every one will at once agree that such an inquiry is the function of an art. -Aristotle.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Rainer Maria Rilke is perhaps the most import German poet. His powerful and lyrical poetry has captured generations of readers. Both mystical and compelling his influence cannot be overstated.Collected here are more than 40 poems full of beauty and mastery of language. It's not hard to see why Rilke remains one of the most popular and best selling poets to this very day.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Two men switched at birth discover the truth about their heritage and neither will ever be the same. A novel about fate and racism this was Twain's late important novel. There is no character howsoever good and fine but it can be destroyed by ridicule howsoever poor and witless.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Learn how to influence the world around you through the power of your concentration. The powers of your mind can be strengthened and tuned and this book will show you how to do just that. Chapters include The Law of Vibration Thought Waves Mental Induction Mental Concentration Mental Imaging Fascination Hypnotic Influence Influencing at a Distance Influencing 'En Masse ' The Need of the Knowledge Magic Black and White Self-Protection.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Having failed miserably while working for his uncle Sam finds himself shipped off to America. He would much rather have been headed to Canada as he'd fallen in love with the picture of a women he'd found left behind in a remote cabin when he'd vacationed there. That is until he sees another picture of her in America while visiting an old friend.He discovers his dream girl Kay is the niece of Matthew Wrenn who works for Mammoth Publishing Company. Sam takes a job with Mammoth Publishing Company and rents the house next door to the Wrenn's. From there he sets out to win Kay's affections. Throw in a mystery of a lost family treasure and a gang of thieves and you have the makings of a spirited romp! P. G. Wodehouse at his very best.

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Retief had just one job on Northroyalto save the galaxy from madness and war. So with a frayed cloak and an old horse and a packet in his saddlebagsnot to mention blood guts and brains he set out.Keith Laumer was a Hugo and Nebula award nominee! Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction's true luminaries.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In the Ascent of Man Henry Drummond gives his take on Evolution. He sees evolution as divinely guided-a position that made him no friends on either side of the debate. ''The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way.' In these pages an attempt is made to tell 'in a plain way' a few of the things which Science is now seeing with regard to the Ascent of Man. Whether these seeings are there at all is another matter. But even if visions every thinking mind through whatever medium should look at them. What Science has to say about himself is of transcendent interest to Man and the practical bearings of this theme are coming to be more vital than any on the field of knowledge. The thread which binds the facts is it is true but a hypothesis. As the theory nevertheless. with which at present all scientific work is being done it is assumed in every page that follows.'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Hudson lay in his sleeping bag staring at the sky. It bothered him a lot. There was not one familiar constellation not one star that he could name with any certainty. This juggling of the stars he thought emphasized more than anything else in this ancient land the vast gulf of years which lay between him and the Earth where he had been-or would be-born.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer treasure hunter and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. In She and Allan Allan and Ayesha She Who Must Be Obeyed head off on an adventure together!

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Book of Jasher covers the Mosaic period of the Bible presented in Genesis Exodus Numbers Deuteronomy and Joshua in greater detail and with explanations not found in the present Old Testament Documents. This apocryphal book of the Bible has been considered by some to be the original beginning to the Bible and is referenced in both the Book of Joshua and the Second Book of Samuel.Is not this written in the Book of Jasher -Joshua X. 13.Behold it is written in the Book of Jasher.-II. Samuel I. 18.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Quo Vadis means where are you going and is an allusion to the New Testament verse John 13:36: 'Whither I go thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.' Quo Vadis tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman Ligia and Marcus Vinicius a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of emperor Nero. Sienkiewicz studied the Roman Empire extensively and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1905 for this book. This powerfull book has been translated into more than forty languages.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom first appeared in 1922 it was immediately recognized as a literary masterpiece. In writing his extraordinary account of the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918 and his own role in it T.E. Lawrence sealed his place in history and legend as Lawrence of Arabia. Widely regarded as the last great romantic war story and described by Winston Churchill as one of 'the greatest books ever written in the English language ' it conveys a world of wonders written in the same committed fashion that Lawrence applied to his duties in Syria this is a towering achievement of both autobiography and military history as well as a first-rate adventure story Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a must read.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Having failed miserably while working for his uncle Sam finds himself shipped off to America. He would much rather have been headed to Canada as he'd fallen in love with the picture of a women he'd found left behind in a remote cabin when he'd vacationed there. That is until he sees another picture of her in America while visiting an old friend. He discovers his dream girl Kay is the niece of Matthew Wrenn who works for Mammoth Publishing Company. Sam takes a job with Mammoth Publishing Company and rents the house next door to the Wrenn's. From there he sets out to win Kay's affections. Throw in a mystery of a lost family treasure and a gang of thieves and you have the makings of a spirited romp! P. G. Wodehouse at his very best.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Included in this omnibus edition are seventeen of Voltaire's most important plays including Brutus Socrates Alzire Orestes Catiline Sémiramis Pandora The Scotch Woman Nanine The Prude Mérope Olympia The Orphan of China Mahomet Amelia Rdipus and Mariamne. During his life time Voltaire was far and away the most successful French playwright these are the plays that cemented his popularity and made him a household name during his own lifetime.Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom first appeared in 1922 it was immediately recognized as a literary masterpiece. In writing his extraordinary account of the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918 and his own role in it T.E. Lawrence sealed his place in history and legend as Lawrence of Arabia. Widely regarded as the last great romantic war story and described by Winston Churchill as one of 'the greatest books ever written in the English language ' it conveys a world of wonders written in the same committed fashion that Lawrence applied to his duties in Syria this is a towering achievement of both autobiography and military history as well as a first-rate adventure story Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a must read.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In 1994 Realms of Fantasy burst upon the short fiction scene and quickly established itself as one of the premiere publishers of fantastical literature. During its seventeen year run the magazine published over a hundred issues and 600 stories garnering numerous nominations and awards and earned itself a reputation for publishing quality fiction by both established pros and upcoming talents. In 2007 Douglas Cohen began a retrospective series on his personal blog while working on the magazine's editorial staff reading and blogging about each issue of this prestigious magazine offering his detailed thoughts and insights. Now for the first time this comprehensive retrospective series has been collected into book form discussing every last issue of one of the most important speculative magazines to come along in the last twenty years. Fans of Realms of Fantasy will rejoice at revisiting these stories through the eyes of one the magazine's editors. Lovers of fantasy literature and its history will appreciate the journey through the magazine's pages and writers of fantasy fiction will relish the opportunity to explore the pages of this important magazine in such intimate fashion.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Murder Mayhem and Madness--Collected here are five of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Macbeth Othello and King Lear. These are the plays that made Shakespeare's reputation. Murder deceit treachery and madness play out on the grand stage. Stories for the ages!Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrowCreeps in this petty pace from day to dayTo the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out out brief candle!Life's but a walking shadow a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by an idiot full of sound and fury Signifying nothing.