Gianluca: 83 books

Cover of “Boy wanted” - A book of cheerful counsel
by Nixon Waterman
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017

“In presenting this book of cheerful counsel to his youthful friends, and such of the seniors as are not too old to accept a bit of friendly admonition, the author desires to offer a word of explanation regarding the history of the making of this volume. So many letters have been received from people...
Cover of Vedanta philosophy. Lecture by Swami Abhedananda on does the soul exist after death?
by Swami Abhedananda
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017

One of the most poetical of the Upanishads, I mean the Katha Upanishad, which has been translated by Sir Edwin Arnold, under the title of “The Secret of Death,” begins with this inquiry: “There is this doubt; when a man dies, some say that he is gone forever, that he does not exist, while others...
Cover of Essays - First and second series
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017

FIRST SERIES - HISTORY SELF-RELIANCE COMPENSATION SPIRITUAL LAWS LOVE FRIENDSHIP PRUDENCE HEROISM THE OVER-SOUL CIRCLES INTELLECT ART SECOND SERIES - THE POET EXPERIENCE CHARACTER MANNERS GIFTS NATURE POLITICS NOMINALIST AND REALIST NEW ENGLAND REFORMERS
Cover of Germinal
by Emile Zola
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017

Germinal is a French writer Émile Zola novel. The story is set in France during the second industrial revolution. The plot takes place in the mining area of northern France and describes the hard life of the miners of the second industrial revolution, as well as the political organization of the...
Cover of The Philosophy of Teaching - The Teacher, The Pupil, The School
by Nathaniel Sands
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017

- 1. TEACHER AND PUPIL - 2. TEACHING AND TRAINING - 3. THE SCHOOL - APPENDIX
Cover of The call of the wildflower
by Henry S. Salt
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017

THE “call of the wild,” where the love of flowers is concerned, has an attraction which is not the less powerful because it is difficult to explain. The charm of the garden may be strong, but it is not so strong as that which draws us to seek for wildflowers in their native haunts, whether of...
Cover of The A B C of Cooking
by Adelin Balch Coit
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017

HOW TO MAKE COFFEE TEA COCOA OATMEAL CORN MEAL HOMINY BOILED RICE MACARONI MACARONI AND CHEESE FRIED POTATOES AND ONIONS SCRAMBLED EGGS FRIED EGGS AND BACON BOILED EGGS BAKING POWDER BISCUIT MUFFINS FRIED CRACKER OR HARD BREAD FRIED RICE RICE GRIDDLE CAKES FRIED CORN MEAL MUSH OR HOMINY FLAP JACKS HOE...
Cover of As a matter of course
by Annie Payson Call
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017

CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. PHYSICAL CARE III. AMUSEMENTS IV. BRAIN IMPRESSIONS V. THE TRIVIALITY OF TRIVIALITIES VI. MOODS VII. TOLERANCE VIII. SYMPATHY IX. OTHERS X. ONE’S SELF XI. CHILDREN XII. ILLNESS XIII. SENTIMENT VERSUS SENTIMENTALITY XIV. PROBLEMS XV. SUMMARY
Cover of The Beautiful - An Introduction to Psychological Esthetics
by Vernon Lee
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017

I have tried in this little volume to explain aesthetic preference, particularly as regards visible shapes, by the facts of mental science. But my explanation is addressed to readers in whom I have no right to expect a previous knowledge of psychology, particularly in its more modern developments....
Cover of I poteri dello spirito
by J. B. RHINE
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 5, 2017

INDICE DEI CAPITOLI Prefazione Cap. I. - Il problema centrale dell’uomo Cap. II. - Primo passo verso la risposta: la telepatia Cap. III. - Un secondo passo: ESP e materia Cap. IV. - L’estensione della mente nello spazio Cap. V. - Attraverso le barriere del tempo Cap. VI. - La forza misurabile...
Cover of Il supernormale - Introduzione critica alla scienza psichica
by G. C. BARNARD
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 6, 2017

INDICE Prefazione PARTE PRIMA - Capitolo 1° - La scienza e il supernormale Capitolo. 2° - L’Ipnotismo Capitolo 3° - La personalità e la mente inconscia PARTE SECONDA - Capitolo 4° - La telecinesi Capitolo 5° - Materializzazioni Capitolo 6° - Ideoplastia Capitolo 7° - La medianità e la sua...
Cover of Light on Life’s Difficulties
by James Allen
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017

Foreword The Light That Leads to Perfect Peace Light on Facts andHypotheses Light on the Law of Cause and Effect in Human Life Light on Values Spiritual and Material Light on the Sense of Proportion Light on Adherence to Principle Light on theSacrifice of the Self Light on the Management of the...
Cover of The Veil of Isis, or Mysteries of the Druids
by W. Winwood Reade
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017

THERE is no study so saddening, and none so sublime as that of the early religions of mankind. To trace back the worship of God to its simple origin, and to mark the gradual process of those degrading superstitions, and unhallowed rites which darkened, and finally extinguished His presence in the...
Cover of Across Asia on a Bicycle
by THOMAS GASKELL ALLEN, JR. AND WILLIAM LEWIS SACHTLEBEN
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017

Beginning in June, 1890, two young American students made a bicycle journey around the world--so far as they could on land--and were back in New York, whence they had sailed for Liverpool to begin their wheeling in just under three years. They regard their journey through Western China and the Desert of Gobi as the most interesting and most dangerous parts of their travels.
1 2 34 5 6
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy