Faust fut pour limagination populaire lincarnation de lesprit aventurier de lépoque, à cheval sur le Moyen Âge et les Temps modernes. Dans son ouvrage, Robert Nye utilise des documents historiques qui attestent lexistence de Faust en jetant quelque lumière sur sa personnalité, en y mêlant les éléments dune fiction romanesque hilarante. Louvrage se présente comme le journal de Christophe Wagner, le jeune disciple?de l'alchimiste, qui nous entraîne dans un ébouriffant pèlerinage à Rome à la ...

He comes out of the darkness, moving in on his victims in deadly silence. When he leaves, a trail of blood is all that remains. He is a monster, Grendel, and all who know of him live in fear.Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, knows something must be done to stop Grendel. But who will guard the great hall he has built, where so many men have lost their lives to the monster while keeping watch?Only one man dares to stand up to Grendel's fury --Beowulf.

Sir Walter Raleigh-soldier, explorer, adventurer, lover of Queen Elizabeth-emerges from the pages of history and myth, full-blooded, passionate, and profoundly human. After unjustly languishing for years in the Tower, Raleigh undertakes one final voyage in search of gold. On his doomed quest he contends with Spanish forces, mutiny, pirates, court intrigue, and disease, all under the shadow of the executioner's blade awaiting him back home. Along the way, he also recounts his storied rise f...

Our guide to the life of the Bard is an actor called Pickleherring, who asserts that as a boy he was an original member of Shakespeare's acting troupe. In an attic above a brothel in Restoration London-a half century after Shakespeare has departed the stage-Pickleherring, now an old man, sits down to write the full story of his former friend, mentor, and master. Fond, faithful Pickleherring has forgotten nothing over the years, and using sources both firsthand and far-fetched he means to s...

Addressing the need for a better understanding of astronomical phenomena while dispelling all redundant conclusionsIntroducing a novel concept on proposed logic, author Bruce Nye examines the clear logical facets that comprise planetary and cosmological dynamics while deconstructing the accepted notions on reality. His detailed analysis and unique methodology produce a mathematical language that is simple and will widen our perception of the world around us. Unveil...

New York Times bestselling author Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye up the ante in this tale of dragons in the Big Easy…As head dragon and owner of a successful gambling operation in New Orleans, Griffen McCandles has a lot on his plate. Especially since the Krewe of Fafnir—a society of dragons—has asked him to be the king of its Mardi Gras parade. Being the king is a huge honor, and despite the extra responsibilities, Griffen can’t resist the krewe’s offer ...

I 2022 fik læge Robert Pinds hustru Mette diagnosen Parkinson. I bogen "Parkinson - nye veje til større livskvalitet" har Robert Pind taget kunstig intelligens i brug i sin søgen mod nye veje, der kan supplere den gængse medicinske behandling. Læseren kommer fint hjulpet igennem en guidet rejse mod at opnå større accept og livskvalitet trods en fremadskridende kronisk lidelse. Det sker gennem anvisninger til en personlig udvikling - trods en kronisk sygdom - samt indføring i såvel traditio...

Cognition Switch: An Artefact for the Transmission of New IdeasIssue #2: January 2019Featuring Ideas by:Michael Shermer, Peter Staudenmaier, Sabine Hossenfelder, Kate Raworth, Benjamin G Martin, Noah Charney, David Wengrow, Kimberley Brownlee, Tali Sharot, Robert Simpson, Thea Bechshoft, Martin Rees, Jon Butterworth, Bill Nye, Huw Price, and Henry Cowles

In New York Times bestselling author Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye’s newest Big Easy dragon tale, Griffen McCandles is about to give the forces of evil a run for their money…Griffen already has his hands full running his gambling operation in New Orleans and dealing with his dragon heritage. Now his pregnant sister, Valerie, is missing—possibly kidnapped—and his uncle, Malcolm McCandles, has flown into town for a mysterious meeting with a powerful man wh...

Le récit d’un Japon engagé sur une trajectoire supposée inéluctable – ascensionnelle ou déclinante – est fréquemment mobilisé pour interroger la relation complexe qu’entretient l’archipel avec la notion de puissance. Parfois présenté comme l’archétype du soft power en raison de sa capacité à séduire ou à attirer, le pays est volontiers opposé à la figure du hard power incarnée, symboliquement, par la Chine. Toutefois, dans un contexte international marqué par l’usage croissant de la force ...

A concise overview of this multidisciplinary field, presenting key concepts, central issues, and current research, along with concrete examples and case studies.The emergence of the environmental humanities as an academic discipline early in the twenty-first century reflects the growing conviction that environmental problems cannot be solved by science and technology alone. This book offers a concise overview of this new multidisciplinary field, presenting concepts...

THESE LADIES AREN'T WAITING.Twenty bestselling and award-winning authors offer enchanting tales of women and girls forging paths through darkness and peril. Cleverness, curiosity, and determinations make worthy heroines in fantastical new worlds.Featuring stories by:Jody Lynn NyeKatie CrossRobyn BennisRaven OakFrog and Esther JonesDawn VogelMatt YoungmarkLee FrenchConnie J. JaspersonJeff...