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Dans les deux textes présentés ici, Alexandre Dumas raconte ses débuts au théâtre. Le premier : Comment je devins auteur dramatique, a paru, le 20 décembre 1833, dans La Revue des Deux Mondes. Il figurera ensuite, comme préface du Théâtre complet de l'écrivain. Le second est un chapitre...

We all know that in order to accomplish a certain thing we must concentrate. It is of the utmost value to learn how to concentrate. To make a success of anything you must be able to concentrate your entire thought upon the idea you are working out. Do not become discouraged, if you are unable to hold...

The first angel that God had created in his own image was at the same time the prince of all angels. This archangel was called Satanael, and he was faithfully devoted to God. When God created the earth, he shaped man according to his own image. Now God asked the angel Satanael to serve man as much as...

On reaching India, one of my first inquiries was for a full and trustworthy account of the mythology of the Hindus; but though I read various works in which some information of the kind was to be found, I sought in vain for a complete and systematic work on this subject. Since then two classical dictionaries...

It was, of all people, to a Scottish philosopher of morality that there fell the role of intellectual forefather of capitalism. It was Adam Smith who was the first to recognize and describe, in 1776, the basic principle of the market economy. His magnum opus, The Wealth of Nations, is still looked on...

De Guy de Maupassant, on connaît La Maison Tellier et d'autres textes assez lestes. Mais ses écrits érotiques méritent d'être redécouverts. Ce volume rassemble une pièce "absolument lubrique" (selon son auteur), À la Feuille de rose, Maison turque, des poèmes extraits du Parnasse...

Processions of the dead, ghost armies, supernatural hunters, armies from the underworld, who pursue or hunt through the sky or on the earth, appear all over the world in very different forms in mythology and folk belief. This book takes you on a walk through a historical-literary landscape of that popular...

What does "magic of nature" mean? Starting with the placebo effect and its relevance for biomedical research and clinical practice of today, this treatise focusses on diverse historical concepts of the "healing power of nature". This topos was fundamental for natural medicine,...

Une mère se confie à sa fille… Un coup de foudre, une passion...qui avorte. Que s'est-il vraiment passé, il y a 20 ans ? A-t-elle fait le bon choix ? "Une aventure qui peut paraître banale. Deux êtres qui s'ennuient sur les rails du quotidien. Puis vient la rencontre fulgurante, inattendue de...

Napoléon Iᵉʳ, né le 15 août 1769 à Ajaccio, et mort le 5 mai 1821 sur l'île Sainte-Hélène, est le premier empereur des Français, du 18 mai 1804 au 6 avril 1814 et du 20 mars 1815 au 22 juin 1815.

Napoléon Iᵉʳ, né le 15 août 1769 à Ajaccio, et mort le 5 mai 1821 sur l'île Sainte-Hélène, est le premier empereur des Français, du 18 mai 1804 au 6 avril 1814 et du 20 mars 1815 au 22 juin 1815.

Et mame Toinon arrondit ses deux bras en les éloignant le plus possible de son corps, de façon à témoigner de l'ampleur de ses futurs paniers. Or mame Toinon était une jolie brune, accorte et souriante, qui n'avait guère plus de trente-quatre ans, en paraissait vingt-huit tous les soirs, et...

There was a big moon over the Bosphorus; the limpid waters off Seraglio Point glimmered; the Golden Horn was like a sheet of beaten silver inset with topaz and ruby where lanterns on rusting Turkish warships dyed the tarnished argent of the flood. Except for these, and the fixed lights on the foreign...

This captivating spiritual novel is a revised edition of the autobiography "Doris Day and my Search for Relatives - Carmel Family Mystery." The reader takes part in Marianne's exciting life on four continents. Her experiences clarify that we are all interconnected and for generations, families have their...