Myra Bradwell, First Woman Lawyer (Feminist Voices)
by Elizabeth Wheaton
Recounts the life of Myra Bradwell, the nineteenth-century activist, newspaper publisher, businesswoman, and lawyer.
This is a celebrated biography of Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), prehaps the greatest lyric poet of this century. Rilke was born in Prague, but his nomadic existence led him through Germany, Russia, Spain, Italy, and France, until his death in Switzerland from leukaemia. Uniquely, he dedicated himself exclusively to his art while remaining receptive to the most varied influences of European culture. He visited Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana, acted for a time as secretary to Rodin, and was a frien...
Alfonso V of Aragon, who won from his contemporaries the title `the Magnanimous', was one of the most brilliant of the fifteenth-century monarchs. Professor Ryder follows him from childhood in the chivalric world of Castile, to the newly-acquired states of Aragon, and his subsequent accession to the Aragonese throne. Pulled by powerful dynastic interests towards intervention in the turbulent world of Castilian politics, Alfonso eventually broke free to pursue his own ambitions in the central M...
Memoirs of an Aeronautical Engineer (NASA History, #4526)
by Seth B Anderson
Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations (Continuum Advances in Religious Studies, #6)
by Gavin D. Flood and Gregory Shushan
Gregory Shushan challenges post-modern scholarly attitudes concerning cross-cultural comparisons in the study of religions. In an original and innovative piece of comparative research, he analyses afterlife conceptions in five ancient civilisations (Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt, Sumerian and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, Vedic India, pre-Buddhist China, and pre-Columbian Mesoamerica). These are considered in light of historical and contemporary reports of near-death experiences, and shamanic after...
Describing 45 years of martial arts experience and the influences that helped shape him, Kung-Fu Grandmaster Allen J. Chinn tells his story. In a time when little was known about the secret art of Kung-Fu, an eight year old searched to find life's lessons in the Chinese martial arts. This book gives insight into his experiences as a martial artist, but also describes what it was like growing up as an Asian American in South Seattle's Beacon Hill. His life experiences and personal thoughts provid...
Biographie de William Allen, Membre de la Société des Amis, ou Quakers (Classic Reprint)
by Guillaume De Felice
This reflective analysis of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen demonstrates that even from a purely aesthetic perspective the contract as an institution is just as vital to the Ring as are the characters linked to each other by this institution.
The Relationship between C. G. Jung and Erich Neumann Based on Their Correspondence
by Micha Neumann
Reminiscences of Court and Diplomatic Life (Volume 1)
by Georgiana Liddell Bloomfield Bloomfield
Gabriel Tarde: Discours Prononcés le 12 Septembre 1909 à Sarlat A l'Inauguration de Son Monument (Classic Reprint)
by Unknown Author
Albert Einstein
Memoria Sobre Las Cordilleras del Desierto de Atacama I Rejiones Limitrofes - Primary Source Edition
by Alejandro Bertrand
