Nicolas: 1685 books

The hunt, like the church, courthouse, and family, played an integral role in southern society and culture during the antebellum era. Regardless of color or class, southern men hunted. Although hunters always recognized the tangible gains of their mission—meat, hides, furs—they also used the hunt...

Tarass Boulba est un roman historique de Nicolas Gogol publié en 1843. L'histoire est celle du cosaque zaporogue Tarass Boulba et de ses deux fils, Andreï et Ostap. Les trois hommes vont d'Ukraine en Pologne, contre laquelle les Cosaques sont en guerre. Présentation | Tarass Boulba est un cosaque...

Né dans la brousse africaine au sein d’une famille coniagui qui ne possédait qu’une modeste case de briques, il a quitté son village à onze ans afin d’entrer au petit séminaire, avec pour seul trésor une valise confectionnée par son père. Après avoir été ordonné prêtre dans un pays...

In an era when the church and its people actually believed in a universal infection of heresy and sorcery, they turned to this book for guidance. Daemonolatreiae, first published in France in 1595, was the leading witchcraft handbook of its day. In addition to defining the black arts and their practitioners--making...

“What does it mean to see the American landscape in a secular way?” asks Nicolas Howe at the outset of this innovative, ambitious, and wide-ranging book. It’s a surprising question because of what it implies: we usually aren’t seeing American landscapes through a non-religious lens, but rather...

Although the song is often the subject of monographs, one of its forms remains insufficiently researched: the vocalized song, communicated to the spectator through performance. The study of the song takes one back to the study of vocal practices, from aesthetic objects to forms and to plural styles....

In July 1995, Bosnian-Serb forces took over the UN-protected enclave of Srebrenica. The atrocities against Bosnian Muslims that followed have been compared to those of the Second World War. The next July in The Hague, as part of the United Nations Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Radovan...

Every Bible student knows there are several years in the life of Christ that are unaccounted for. But what accounts for that gap? Was Jesus in Nazareth from the ages of thirteen through twenty-nine? Or was he teaching and studying in India, as this thoroughly intriguing — and controversial — book...

Van der Valk is on the case again as a mysterious letter is unearthed alluding to the murder of a man named Cabestan. In the letter, the murderer is named but van der Valk must find out first who this mysterious letter-writer is. What transpires is a tale of deception and adultery as the rich Carl...

Selected Short Stories Featuring Cry Wolf features fifteen diverse short stories, subject matter including space travel, werewolves, cannibalism, and commitment issues. It includes The Dread Wolf's Bane, an exclusive short story set in the world of The Necromancer's Gambit. The Gambit: The...

Tania Westing, a high school senior, is one of the Gifted Ones, descendants of an ancient family with seven special powers. Some of the powers are common, and some are rare. Until her geneticist brother Tom was murdered, Tania lived an ordinary life. Now hidden in her mind is a clue that will...

If you're lucky enough to have children, then you might be unlucky enough to know about all of the garbage that comes with being a parent. Or at the very least, being the parent for a parent. Courtesy Jerk takes a confrontal approach towards this nonsense, and decides to not pull any more punches...

Trying to make a living in the unforgiving world of acting in Paris, insomniac Sam Carrigan ends up entangled in a friendship with a Madam.

Octopied is a short story of approximately 5,500 words, set between Nexus and Nexus 2: Sins of the Past. Elle, head of security on the Nexus, should have her hands full preparing for the consequences of her crew's actions after their most recent trip to the wormgate. Instead, she's been sent...