A Girl From Mola: A son's touching tribute to a beautiful, loving, nurturing mother whom he loved more than life itself. A richly descriptive, evocative account of his journey through parts of Italy, where he accomplishes a very important mission.

This story takes place in the chaotic, inhospitable confines of United States Marine Corps boot camp, where civilian boys are morphed into lean, mean fighting machines, willing to give a limb to go to war. For Mark Damion Wool, who hails from an upper-middle-class California suburb and fancies himself special and exceptional, it proves unpredictably shocking, even terrifying. Mark and his childhood friend, Tony Amante, pass through all three phases of this arduous test of physical strength...

Machiavel : ce nom semble maudit, tant il évoque la manipulation, le mensonge, la cruauté, la violence, la jouissance du pouvoir, les machinations, l'absence de scrupule et le cynisme de la bonne conscience. C'est surtout son ouvrage le Prince, véritable apologie du mal, qui symbolise ces attitudes diaboliques : se fondant sur une connaissance neutre de la nature humaine, Machiavel expose en effet dans ce livre, et de façon froidement méthodique, le principe créateur de l'efficacité et de ...

In this compelling, enlightening journey of self-discovery, the author introduces us to the unrivaled artistic, cultural, historical, and culinary riches of Italy. Along the way, he samples Venetian tapas, Renaissance and Baroque treasures, ancient history, and sweet romance. He delves into the country's very soul, intent on gleaning as much pleasure and knowledge as is humanly possible from his cultural immersion. He also has another very important mission to accomplish: repatriating his ...

L’œuvre de Robert Damien se construit autour de la notion d’autorité : autorité du livre, de la bibliothèque et de son classement ; du chef : cet ouvrage, issu d’une journée d’études organisée à la Bibliothèque nationale de France en 2014, s’ouvre en deux parties cohérentes à la pensée de Robert Damien : la première traite d’abord du « testament bibliothécaire », et la seconde se consacre ensuite au « principe autorité ».

Que seront les bibliothèques en 2019 ? Dans quel contexte évolueront-elles ? Quelles missions leur seront confiées ? Quelle légitimité sera la leur ? Voilà quelques-unes des questions évoquées dans le colloque « Horizon 2019 : bibliothèques en prospective », tenu à l'enssib en 2009. Voici, dans cet ouvrage, quelques-unes des réponses, hypothèses, conjectures, interrogations et suppositions apportées par les intervenants de ce colloque. Interrogations, analyses qui cherchent à éclairer l'ho...

The universe shifts and changes: suddenly you understand, you get it, and are filled with wonder. That moment of understanding drives the greatest science-fiction stories and lies at the heart of Engineering Infinity.Whether it’s coming up hard against the speed of light – and, with it, the enormity of the universe – realising that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you’d ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes...

Super science. Madness. Transhumanism.This is the dawn of posthumanity. Some things can’t be unlearned.Gleaming labs whir with the hum of servers as scientists unravel the secrets of the universe. But as we peel away mysteries, the universe glances back at us. Even now, terrors rise from the Mariana Trench and drift down from the stars. Scientists are disappearing—or worse. Experiments take on minds of their own. Some fight back against the unknown, some gi...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS***Synopsis:"Robert Louis Stevenson's famous Letter about the catholic martyr Father Damien has attained the stature of a small classic. The Belgian priest's extraordinary devotion to the lepers of Molokai moved Stevenson to compose this impassioned answer to the despicable charges hurled against Damien. The Letter holds the reader with the incisive beauty of its diction, with its irony, its mockery, ...

Along with dramatic full color illustrations, Father Damien tells the story of the famous missionary, from his boyhood in Belgium to his selfless work with children and adults afflicted with leprosy. Set against the colorful backdrop of the leper colony at Molokai in the Hawaiian islands, the book introduces young readers to one of history's heroes, a man who built over 300 houses, a church, a hospital, and two orphanages, and who eventually contracted leprosy himself. Not just intended fo...

In "Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu," Robert Louis Stevenson crafts a poignant and impassioned defense of Father Damien de Veuster, a Belgian missionary who ministered to the lepers of Molokai. This work serves as both a biographical account and a heartfelt appeal, illuminating the profound moral courage exhibited by Damien in the face of societal disregard for the afflicted. Stevenson employs a fervent yet eloquent prose style, blending narrative storyte...

Short essay. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. He was the man who "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins", as G. K. Chesterton put it. He was also greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Vladimir Nabokov, and J. M. Barrie. Mos...