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Slender, elegant, refined, seductive, Arsène Lupin, gentleman-burglar by trade, is the model of the "Belle Epoque" dandy. His intelligence, his culture, his talents as an illusionist between Fregoli……続きを見る

In his 49 years in the monkhood, Nyānadīpa Bhante pioneered an exemplary monastic lifestyle. It was a lifestyle focused on living in solitary kuṭis, deep in the Sri Lankan forest. He was peerless in……続きを見る

Writings is a compilation of recollections, family anecdotes and history, and musings of Rena Newbery, from her years of travel and postings with her husband Rev. J.W.E. (Ed) Newbery, across Canada ……続きを見る

'Captures the time and the aspirations of a young band brilliantly. A great eye-opener into the absurd thought process of what it might take to headline Glastonbury!' Steve Lamacq BBC 6 Music "A hea……続きを見る

My Handbook of the Scottish Hills justly claims to include ‘the first list of hills in all Scotland’. This is the story of how I conceived, developed and self-published it, with the consequent marke……続きを見る

If you want to learn about one of history’s greatest military commanders and uncover some of his secrets of driveーdrive that enabled him and his small army to first subdue all of Greece and then th……続きを見る

BONUS: This edition contains a The Possibility of Everything discussion guide. In the autumn of 2000, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift, questioning her marriage, her profession, and her place in the ……続きを見る

The Battle of Chickamauga was a bloody disaster for both sides and a shaky victory for the South. By comparison, its aftermath, the Battle of Chattanooga, was one of the most picturesque battles of ……続きを見る

From a childhood plagued with drunks and drama queens, Eleanor discards her dependency on Franklin and faces off with her grand dame mother-in-law. Refusing to cave in to society’s rules, Eleanor’s ……続きを見る

W.B. Yeats Twentieth Century Magus is a comprehensive study of his magical practices and beliefs. Yeats moved through many different phases of spiritual development, believing that his life was an i……続きを見る

A deeply affecting memoir of a childhood in Africa and the continent's horrendous wars, which Hartley witnessed at first hand as a journalist in the 1990s. Shortlisted for the prestigious Samuel Joh……続きを見る

Annelies Pool lives in a cabin in the woods outside of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada and likes to sit around, preferably in her pyjamas, and think (and write) great thoughts while her h……続きを見る

This is Joan’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls.During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle……続きを見る

In Melanoma Mama: On Life, Death, and Tent Camping, Constance Emerson Crooker shows the power of the human spirit to soar above the grim realities that come with a diagnosis of Stage IV cancer. She ……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The authors bring extreme climbing to life. . . . Perhaps no author can rationalize why some choose to risk their lives . . . for the thrill of conquering a mountain. Th……続きを見る

The explosive first novel from the author of the bestselling ‘The Little Prisoner’ is a gripping tale of a woman whose troubled childhood comes back to haunt her. In the chill of a winter's morning,……続きを見る

Barry Woodward grew up in Greater Manchester England. At the age of sixteen he left school without graduating and was drawn into the drug scene experimenting with marijuana amphetamines and LSD. Thi……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe sum up the chief phases of European philosophy II LUCRET……続きを見る

In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by ……続きを見る

Founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. His strong desire was that all the people should dedicate themselves for the service of the Motherland forgetting the differences of caste, creed, etc. He exe……続きを見る

A spiritual biography of the "father of modern missions," Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret poses the question: What empowered Hudson Taylor's ministry in China? The answer: a fierce faith that belie……続きを見る

Invece l'incontro con un ragazzo gli ha cambiato la vita. Scopertosi omosessuale (ma ci metterà anni ad accettarlo), Grillini dedicherà la sua esistenza alla battaglia per il riconoscimento dei diri……続きを見る

Laurens van der Post was a long-time friend of Jung and here presents Jung as he knew him: Jung the man, the discoverer and explorer of a new dimension in the human spirit, rather than Jung the psyc……続きを見る

The extraordinary story of one couple’s determination to free themselves and their children from slavery and make a new life in Canada Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and c……続きを見る

“I’m doing what I believe I was brought to this world to do: to create music that raises awareness, renews hearts, and generates change. I’ll continue looking to the stars and traveling the globe as……続きを見る

This memoir by an Egyptian woman is at once a personal journey and an investigation into the political and social construction of modern Egypt. It casts a humorous, though at times a cynical, look a……続きを見る

'Baz and my culinary tastes had, like virtually everything in our lives, moved in different directions. He was a meat and three veg kind of bloke. Me, well, I didn't know what kind of bloke I was.' ……続きを見る

The delightful tale of a young couple who in the late 1970s, on impulse, became the new landlords of the most remote, bleak and lonely pub - The Tan Hill Inn - located in the bleak landscape of the ……続きを見る

A renowned Indian scientrst. Ke developed a new branch of physics. He worked with Albert Einstein, Madame Curie and other scientists of world renown. He was a veteran teacher revered by his students……続きを見る

Жанр этой книги не вписывается в какие то определенные рамки. Поэтому здесь будет микс из приключений, романтических историй, частная переписка с подружками, сплетни, страсти и подставы. И конечно ж……続きを見る