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EXTRAIT:  Le 5 septembre eut lieu le combat de Schevardino; le 6, pas un coup de fusil ne fut tiré de part ni d'autre, et le 7 vit la sanglante bataille de Borodino! Pourquoi et comment ces batailles furent-elles livrées? On se le demande avec stupeur, car elles ne pouvaient...

EXTRAIT:  En 1808, l'Empereur Alexandre se rendit à Erfurth pour avoir avec Napoléon une nouvelle entrevue, dont la pompe solennelle défraya longtemps les conversations des cercles aristocratiques de Pétersbourg. En 1809, l'alliance des «deux...

**Trivia-on-Book: The Sisterhood by Helen Bryan ** Menina is a woman with a relatively unknown past but what she does know is that tragedy seems to haunt her. She was orphaned as a toddler and then adopted by a wealthy American family. As the story unfolds, she travels to Spain and gradually...

Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), who has opened up the path of advaita to all people, is one of the most remarkable Sages of the modern era. After his enlightenment at age 17 he led a simple life on the sacred Hill Arunachala, in Southern India, for over 50 years, until his death. Attracted by the power...

Trivia-on-Book: Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson **You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan?** Trivia-on-Books is an independently quiz-formatted...

When Darrell Loan graduates from University of Iowa in 1957 with an aeronautical engineering degree, he has no idea his first job at the Sperry Corporation will land him a top job at NASA in the next five years. After the successful launch of Americas first satellite, NASA is formed. Darrell works side...

A neighbour of mine exclaimed, when I mentioned that I proposed making a small collection of the folklore legends of the tribe of blacks I knew so well living on this station, "But have the blacks any legends?"-thus showing that people may live in a country and yet know little of the aboriginal...

Vous avez entre les mains deux livres essentiels pour la compréhension de notre époque. Ils constituent les deux parties d'un même et unique livre. Les lois psychologiques est la sulfureuse et scandaleuse introduction de la psychologie des foules. Nombreux sont ceux qui se sont revendiqués de ses...

Nature deities seldom confine themselves to their proper nature functions. Shinto exhibits an increasing tendency to recognize in them a providence that influences human affairs. Even in the older Shinto there are examples of the Gods exercising a providential care for mankind outside of their proper...

For more than 10 years, psychic medium Carolyn Molnar has been teaching students about spirituality, how to develop their psychic and intuitive abilities, and what people need to do to manifest prosperity in their lives. Her book, It Is Time: Knowledge From The Other Side, is a collection of those...

Trivia-on-Book: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg **You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan?** Trivia-on-Books is an independently quiz-formatted...

Hope is at the core of human existence. It can either be an emotion or an attitude. In either case, it is a natural and basic affection of the mind. This analysis of hope will clarify the concept by dealing with its involvement in knowledge, ethics and metaphysics. Hope can lead to truth or error,...

Trivia-on-Book: The Martian by Andy Weir **You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan?** Trivia-on-Books is an independently quiz-formatted unofficial...

This well illustrated field guide describes about 500 of the most common and eye-catching plants growing on Bali and the adjacent Java, most of them are illustrated with pictures. It is a comprehensive and valuable field guide for tourists and locals. The first part of the book describes the vegetation...