Herman: 1212 books

Monsieur Bang, you are the first impressionist author in the world." Claude Monet. Katinka is the stationmaster's wife in a sleepy Danish provincial town and her domestic languor is disrupted by the arrival of Huus, the new foreman on a nearby farm. Unlike her boorish husband Huus is attentive and sensitive...

The economic and political aspects of energy subsidies, viewed both theoretically and empirically, with a focus on fossil fuel subsidies in developing nations. Government subsidies to energy are widespread and represent a heavy burden on public budgets in many countries. Both producers and...

Dag Herman Zeiner-Gundersen has broad expertise in science, engineering technology and business management. He has managed multi-million dollar projects and is an innovator in renewable energy and other fields. Herein, his unique perspective and extensive practical experience are used to provide real...

The Littlest Christmas Tree wants to find a home for Christmas in this companion to the bestselling favorite The Littlest Pumpkin. There are only five days until Christmas, and the Littlest Christmas Tree is still waiting for a home. All it wants is for a family to take it home, decorate it, and sing...

This new 3rd edition has, besides various corrections and improvements, a new introduction and a brand-new chapter called ‘Total Control’. In this 35-page chapter Grooten adds the final instructive brick to his formidable, yet very accessible, building: inspired by Tigran Petrosian’s playing style...

This is Part I (Preliminaries) of the textbook Advising on research methods: A consultant’s companion, first published in print in 2008. It has been written for those who give advice on research methods in the social and behavioral sciences, including medicine and epidemiology. It aims to assist...

The Arctic region has long held a fascination for explorers and scientists of many countries. Despite the numerous voyages of exploration, the na­ ture of the central Arctic was unknown only 90 years ago; it was believed to be a shallow sea dotted with islands. During Nansen's historic voyage on...

Bartleby der Schreiber ist das erste Werk, das Melville nach Moby Dick schrieb. Zur Inhalt: Ein älterer Rechtsanwalt berichtet als Ich-Erzähler von einem seiner Schreiber namens Bartleby, den er eines Tages in sein von Hochhäusern umstelltes lichtloses Büro in der Wall Street aufnimmt. Bartleby...

The Bell-Tower, one of the most important works by Herman Melville now in an epub3 AudioeBook version based on LibriVox audio and Project Gutenberg texts. Proudly brought to you for free by ReadBeyond

Billy Budd (1924) is a novella begun in November 1888 by American author Herman Melville, left unfinished at his death in 1891, and published in 1924. It was acclaimed by British critics as a masterpiece when published in London, and quickly took its place among the canon of significant works in the United States.

Volume 2 of 2 of Herman Melville's novel about a deserter from a ship who travels around the south Pacific islands.

Publicada de forma anónima por primera vez en 1853, “Bartleby, el escribiente” es una de las más aclamadas historias creadas por Herman Melville. En ella narra la curiosa decisión de un peculiar copista que trabaja en una oficina de Wall Street. Un día, de repente, deja de escribir amparándose...

El vendedor de pararrayos es un cuento poco conocido de Herman Melville, autor reconocido por su biblico Moby Dick. El cuento se ambienta en medio de una tormenta cuando llama a la puerta de una casa un vendedor de pararrayos. En el breve relato bajo la lluvia y los relámpagos se inicia una lucha...

«... El capitán Acab se sostenía muy tieso, mirando fijamente por encima de la proa cabeceante del buque. Había en la dirección fija e imperturbable de aquella mirada una entereza infinita, una voluntad resuelta e inflexible. No hablaba palabra, ni sus oficiales tampoco le decían nada...»....