"How to Play Chess" is more than just a guide – it is an invitation to embrace the intricate world of chess and embark on a rewarding journey of self-improvement. This book caters to beginners and seeks to inspire them to become passionate about the game, motivating them to delve deeper into the mysteries it holds. With its clear explanations, engaging examples, and practical tips, this guide guarantees that readers will progress from novices to confident chess players.

Quand discuter devient pinailler, est-ce pour mieux préciser les choses, ou bien est-ce un exercice de vaine rhétorique ? L’ouvrage aborde cette question en posant que le plaisir de parler est ici central et que la littérature en fournit de beaux exemples dans la première partie, chez Molière ou Louis-René des Forêts. Spécialistes de l’argumentation, les philosophes pinaillent-ils par méthode ? La deuxième partie évoque cette thématique chez Descartes et Pascal, tandis que la troisième exp...

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE COMPLETE WORKS – WORLD’S BEST COLLECTION50+ WORKS - ALL BOOKS, ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POEMS, RARITIES PLUS BIOGRAPHY AND BONUSESThis is the world’s best Friedrich Nietzsche collection, including the most complete set of works available plus many free bonus materials.FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHEFriedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, critic, music composer, poet, and philologist whose work still influences us today. Nietzsche's writing spans philo...

We live in a moment that tests leaders on more than skills alone. Influence without integrity is hollow; courage without character loses its compass. This book offers a Scripture-shaped leadership model designed for today’s emerging leaders—especially Gen Z and Gen X—who want both impact and accountability. You’ll find a practical framework built around three core pillars: calling, courage, and character. Learn how to translate spiritual values into everyday leadership decisions, c...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

La réhabilitation psychosociale regroupe des pratiques destinées à favoriser le rétablissement des personnes ayant des troubles psychiques sévères (troubles du spectre de la schizophrénie, troubles du spectre de l'autisme, troubles bipolaires, troubles sévères de la personnalité, etc.). Elle s'appuie sur la mise en évidence de leurs ressources, y compris cognitives, et sur le renforcement de leurs capacités de décision et d'action. Ce traité témoigne de la pluralité et de l'ampleur des tra...

A personal story of the origination of two family’s early Celtic, Norman, Welch origins through their Scot, Irish and English descendant’s migrations to Colonial America. A survival story of overcoming severe limitations while continuously seeking to protect and provide for their families through persistence, faith and pure grit. Migrating from the Appalachian Mountains’ Berkshire spurs of western Massachusetts and Pennsylvania south into the remote southern Appalachian Mountains of Tennes...

The Believer magazine presents a compendium of advice from producers, writers, and actors of The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, Late Show with David Letterman, The Hangover, and The Colbert Report, along with other musicians, cartoonists, New Yorker writers, and those similarly unqualified to offer guidance.Here Amy Sedaris describes the perfect murder for unwanted hermit crabs—you will ...

Rich Fritzky poses five questions to forty-five individuals who have devoted much, if not all of their lives, to Abraham Lincoln. The individuals reveal what led them to him in the first place, the attribute or ‘fixed mark’ that sealed their belonging to him, the conversations that they would most have liked to have had with him, the words of his that they were most moved by, and the why and how of his, maybe just maybe, helping save the soul of the Republic yet again in our own time. Amon...

11 Kinda Short Sci-Fi Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s - More than 3 hours of vintage sci-fi!This collection of amazing short stories includes stories by several legendary vintage science fiction authors, Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg, Harry Harrison and some authors you've probably never heard of. They're kinda short, spooky, unusual, shocking and surprising.

1950s Science Fiction 4 - 24 Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1950sStrange Eden by Philip K. DickDeath Star by James McKimmey Jr.The Pioneer by Irving Cox Jr.Rabbits Have Long Ears by Lawrence F. WillardFoster You're Dead by Philip K. DickWreck Off Triton by Alfred CoppelProminent Author by Philip K. DickThe Luckiest Man Alive! by William MorrisonForsyte’s Retreat by Winston MarksU...

Vintage Sci-Fi 5 - 20 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Philip K. Dick, Murray Leinster, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown and moreNice Girl with 5 Husbands by Fritz LeiberA Traveler in Time by August DerlethExhibit Piece by Philip K. DickThe Misplaced Battleship by Harry HarrisonThe Other Now by Murray LeinsterRabbits Have Long Ears by Lawrence F. WillardStrange Eden by Philip K. DickThe Crawlers by Phi...