Du Phoenix: 1059 books

People often write to us, applying to be admitted to the band of invisible helpers, and asking what preparation is necessary. Those who desire to take up this work should familiarise themselves thoroughly with the book written under that title, and should especially take care to develope within themselves the qualifications which are there described...

Sun Tzu considered war as a necessary evil that must be avoided whenever possible. The war should be fought swiftly to avoid economic losses: "No long war ever profited any country: 100 victories in 100 battles is simply ridiculous. Anyone who excels in defeating his enemies triumphs before his...

God went to walk in the heavenly garden and took everyone except St. Peter. A tailor arrived at the gate. St. Peter refused to admit him, because he had stolen clothing and because God had forbidden him to admit anyone...

Plaidoirie de l'avocat défendant Jean-Nicolas Lougère, caissier, assassin de son patron M. Langlais...

Denis is the servant of Mr. Marambot for twenty years. Stocky and jovial , he faithfully serves his master , a former pharmacist who sells remedies for farmers. One night, Denis enters the chamber of his master and stabs him repeatedly...

El marqués de la Tour-Samuel, a los ochenta y dos años, recuerda una historia extraña, se produjo cincuenta y seis, y temen que ya obsesionado. En 1827, estacionado en Rouen, se encontró con un amigo que no había visto desde hace cinco años. Este último...

A strange life has come to an end in the death of Mr. Sedley Crayden, of Crayden Hill. Mild, harmless, he was the victim of a strange delusion that kept him pinned, night and day, in his chair for the last two years of his life. The mysterious death, or, rather, disappearance, of his elder...

The Marquis de la Tour-Samuel, aged eighty-two, remembers a strange story, there occurred fifty six, and fear that since obsessed. In 1827, stationed at Rouen, he met a friend he had not seen for five years. The latter appears to have taken fifty years: his hair is white and walks bent. He asks her,...

Argumento del abogado defensor Jean -Nicolas Lougère cajero asesino de su jefe el Sr. Langlais...  

Le juge de paix appelle l’affaire de Monsieur Hyppolyte Lacour, père de huit enfants, sacristain et quincailler contre Mme Céleste-Césarine Luneau, veuve et enceinte. M. Lacour raconte comment il a été abordé, il y a neuf mois, par la dame :...

A poor peasant and his wife did not even have a cow. They had a woodworker make them a calf of wood and brought it to the pasture. When the cowherd returned without it, they found it had been stolen and took him to court for his carelessness, and the judge made him give them a cow... 

While you are trying to do your best for all those around you, do not forget that you also have a duty towards forms of life lower than the human.... Charles Webster Leadbeater was an influential member of the Theosophical Society, author on occult subjects and co-initiator...

Why discuss the Jewish Question? Because it is here, and because its emergence into American thought should contribute to its solution, and not to a continuance of those bad conditions which surround the Question in other countries. The Jewish Question has existed in the United States for...

Why discuss the Jewish Question? Because it is here, and because its emergence into American thought should contribute to its solution, and not to a continuance of those bad conditions which surround the Question in other countries. The Jewish Question has existed in the United States for...