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Condición: New. Idioma/Language: Inglés. In "Gothic Tales," Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865), the eminent Victorian author, brings us nine chilling gothic stories. Collected here are tales that set a precedent for ghost and horror stories of the era. In "The Poor Clare" a young innocent girl named Lucy is haunted by an unrelenting…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1909, E. M. Forster's 'The Machine Stops' is a fascinating story of dystopic science fiction which has been heralded as one of the greatest of the twentieth century. The tale is set in a vague future time when humans are no longer able to live on the surface of the planet…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1955, 'Believe in Yourself' by Dr. Joseph Murphy, the Irish-American author and New Thought minister with a Ph.D. in Psychology, is the inspiring and fascinating book on the power of self-confidence and positive thinking. Dr. Murphy draws on the experiences of highly succ…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, lived in the 4th century B.C. and is thought of as one of the most important figures from classical antiquity. Aristotle was probably the most famous member of Plato's Academy in Athens, whose writings would ultimately form the first comprehensive…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1922, 'The Velveteen Rabbit' is Margery Williams' beloved children's story of how a children's stuffed rabbit becomes a real animal. A young boy receives a stuffed rabbit sewn from velveteen for Christmas but quickly becomes disinterested in it in favor of the other moder…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Cicely Mary Barker is an English artist and author best known for her beautiful 'Flower Fairies' series of illustrated books. Barker, born in 1895, trained at the Croydon School of Art starting at age 13 and began her professional career drawing and painting for greeting cards and children'…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Upon original submission of 'Anthem' to Macmillan publishing the book was rejected on grounds that 'the author does not understand socialism.' For the harshest of Ayn Rand's critics this might as well be an analysis of all her work. However, for those who revere Rand's work and subscribe to…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'The Light Princess' is George MacDonald's 1864 fairy tale inspired by 'Sleeping Beauty'. It is the story of a young girl, the daughter of the King and Queen, who at her christening is cursed to have no gravity by the uninvited Princess Makemnoit, sister to the King, and a spiteful bitter w…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1926, 'Flower Fairies of the Autumn' is the third in a series of 'Flower Fairy' books by English illustrator and author, Cicely Mary Barker. Barker trained at the Croydon School of Art starting at age 13 and began her professional career drawing and painting for greeting…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1923, 'Flower Fairies of the Spring' is the first in a series of 'Flower Fairy' books by English illustrator and author, Cicely Mary Barker. Barker trained at the Croydon School of Art starting at age 13 and began her professional career drawing and painting for greeting…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Thornton W. Burgess was an important and influential American conservationist and a prolific author of charming children's stories. For over 50 years, Burgess published numerous popular books on the flora and fauna of the natural world and wrote a regular newspaper column called 'Bedtime St…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1912, 'Death in Venice' is Thomas Mann's novella concerning Gustav von Aschenbach, a famous middle-aged author who in order to alleviate a terrible case of writer's black decides to go on holiday. Gustav first travels to the coast of Austria-Hungary but soon is overcome w…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Contained here in this volume is a reproduction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency's Field Operative Training Manual on lock picking. This book will provide a basic primer on the many facets of lock picking. The introduction of this little volume has the following to say on th…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - We have Czech writer Karel Capek to thank for the invention of the word robot and generally for the introduction of the idea of artificial intelligence to the world of literature. His play, 'R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)' was first performed in 1921 and was an instant success. While th…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an instrumental figure in the 'Irish Literary Revival' of the 20th Century that redefined Irish writing. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, and received honorary degrees from Queen's University (Belfast), Trinity College (Dublin), and…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - First published in German in 1927 and in English in 1928, 'The Future of an Illusion' is Sigmund Freud's seminal work on the psychology of religion in which Freud discusses the history of and psychological basis for religion. Chief amongst the arguments of the work is that religion is ultim…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1923, 'The Lost Keys of Freemasonry' or 'The Legend of Hiram Abiff,' by Manly P. Hall is an illuminating and informative explanation of Freemasonry symbolism and ritual. Hall was born in 1901 in Ontario, Canada and moved to California in 1919 and was immediately drawn int…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - There exist, of course, few more famous figures in the field of psychology than Sigmund Freud. As the founding father of psychoanalysis, or the clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst, his impact on the field of psychology cannot b…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Why does human progress so often fail to bring happiness In 'Civilization and Its Discontents', pioneering psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud confronts one of the central dilemmas of modern life: the conflict between individual desire and the demands of society. Drawing upon his revolutionary theo…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Sei Shonagon was a Japanese author, poet, and lady of the court who served the Empress Teishi during the middle Heian period, around 1000 A.D. What little is known of her comes from her writings. The daughter and granddaughter of poets, Sei Shonagon is best remembered for her 'Pillow-Book',…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1927 and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey' is the moving story of a tragic accident and its aftermath by American author Thornton Wilder. The novel tells the fictional story of the victims of a horrific collapse of an Incan rope bridge in…