Ferocious Minds

Author : Damien Broderick
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780809544738

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Ferocious Minds by Damien Broderick Pdf

Two centuries ago, the first Enlightenment failed when its dream of reason smashed into the passions and fury of stubborn humans. Without a deep, broad understanding of the world, the emerging Enlightenment was left floundering, its best impulses perverted into the bloody excess of the French Revolution. Arguably, its idealism and noble goals led directly, and shockingly, to the 20th century's totalitarian nightmares. Now the 21st century is learning anew the Faustian hunger to know everything that can be known. But Enlightenment values of reason and tolerance, enriched by new knowledge, face a complex world no less eager to embrace medieval terrorism and ancient superstitions, a world bizarrely denying itself many of the fresh opportunities amd insights availed by science. Can we find cures for poverty, unhappiness, ignorance, the ruination of the planet, aging, and perhaps for death itself? If so, should we? Damien Broderick's own ferocious mind invites you to explore today's unexpected treasure-house of understanding-and provides enticing glimpses of tomorrow's.

Author : Joseph Asphahani
Publisher : Inkshares
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781947848603

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The Animal in Man by Joseph Asphahani Pdf

Maxan, a cunning fox, stalks the Leoran capital city of Crosswall as a “shadow”—a lone operative for the city guard who must never be seen or heard, and never engage with the enemy. But when he’s caught in an explosion that levels a city block, the fox ignores his mission and retrieves a dangerous artifact that could bring the whole planet of Herbridia to its knees: the relay, a weapon that turns civilized animals into savage beasts. Maxan must fight to keep the mysterious relay from falling into the hands of those who would abuse its power. There’s just one problem: he doesn’t know who to trust, or why he alone is immune to the deadliest weapon in the world. With Leora on the brink of a massive civil war, can Maxan find his allies in time to save animalkind from itself?

Author : Paula Stokes
Publisher : Tor Teen
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781466876217

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Ferocious by Paula Stokes Pdf

Paula Stokes returns to the world of Vicarious in this sequel, a high-action psychological thriller with a protagonist out for vengeance. When Winter Kim finds out that her sister is dead and that she has a brother she never knew about, only two things matter—finding what’s left of her family and killing the man who destroyed her life. Her mission leads her from St. Louis to Los Angeles back to South Korea, where she grew up. Things get increasingly dangerous once Winter arrives in Seoul. Aided by her friends Jesse and Sebastian, Winter attempts to infiltrate an international corporation to get close to her target, a nefarious businessman named Kyung. But keeping her last remaining loved ones out of the line of fire proves difficult, and when all seems to be lost, Winter must face one last devastating decision: is revenge worth sacrificing everything for? Or can she find a spark of hope in the darkness that threatens to engulf her? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Lord Dunsany
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 5273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786560841

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Delphi Complete Works of Lord Dunsany (Illustrated) by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Lord Dunsany Pdf

A celebrated pioneer of fantasy fiction, the Irish writer and dramatist Lord Dunsany produced seminal works such as ‘The King of Elfland’s Daughter’, noted for their imaginative power and intellectual ingenuity. Dunsany achieved great fame and success with his early short stories and plays, conjuring mysterious kingdoms of fairies and gods in richly coloured prose, while promoting a characteristic element of the macabre. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Dunsany’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dunsany’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 13 novels, with individual contents tables * Features many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including THE CHARWOMAN’S SHADOW and THE BLESSING OF PAN * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Includes all of the Jorkens short story collections published during Dunsany’s lifetime – please note: some of the posthumous tales cannot appear due to copyright restrictions. * Rare story collections available in no other eBook, including THE MAN WHO ATE THE PHOENIX * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Dunsany’s scarce poetry collection, FIFTY POEMS, first time in digital print * Includes the two ‘Sirens’ autobiographies * Features a bonus biography – discover Dunsany’s literary life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with improved texts and more images CONTENTS: The Novels Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley (1922) The King of Elfland’s Daughter (1924) The Charwoman’s Shadow (1926) The Blessing of Pan (1927) The Curse of the Wise Woman (1933) Up in the Hills (1935) Rory and Bran (1936) My Talks with Dean Spanley (1936) The Story of Mona Sheehy (1939) Guerrilla (1944) The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders (1950) The Last Revolution (1951) His Fellow Men (1952) The Jorkens Series The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens (1931) Jorkens Remembers Africa (1934) Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey (1940) The Fourth Book of Jorkens (1947) Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey (1954) Other Short Story Collections The Gods of Pegana (1905) Time and the Gods (1906) The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (1908) A Dreamer’s Tales (1910) The Book of Wonder (1912) Fifty-One Tales (1915) Tales of Wonder (1916) Tales of War (1918) Unhappy Far-Off Things (1919) Tales of Three Hemispheres (1919) The Man Who Ate the Phoenix (1949) The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories (1952) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Plays Five Plays (1914) Plays of Gods and Men (1917) If (1921) Plays of Near and Far (1922) Seven Modern Comedies (1928) Plays for Earth and Air (1937) The Poetry Collection Fifty Poems (1929) The Non-Fiction Nowadays (1918) The Autobiographies While the Sirens Slept (1944) The Sirens Wake (1945) The Biography Dunsany the Dramatist (1917) by Edward Hale Bierstadt

Author : Maria Edgeworth
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387329971

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Madame De Fleury; And Other "Tales and Novels" by Maria Edgeworth Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : James Champlin
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429002301

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Early Biography, Travels and Adventures by James Champlin Pdf

Early biography, travels and adventures of Rev. James Champlin, who was born blind with a description of the different countries through which he has traveled in America, and of the different institutions, etc., visited by him also an appendix, which cont This book, "Early biography, travels and adventures of Rev. James Champlin," by James Champlin, is a replication of a book originally published before 1842. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

Author : Alessandro Verri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Italian fiction
ISBN : NYPL:33433075845440

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The Roman Nights at the Tomb of the Scipios by Alessandro Verri Pdf

Author : Francis Frederick Brandt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Gambling
ISBN : BL:A0026598225

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Games, Gaming and Gamester's Law by Francis Frederick Brandt Pdf

Author : Johann Lorenz Mosheim,James Murdock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Church history
ISBN : NYPL:33433088100031

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Mosheim's Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern by Johann Lorenz Mosheim,James Murdock Pdf

Author : William Harris Rule
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z255785207

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History of The Inquisition from Its Establishment in the Twelfth Century to Its Extinction in the Nineteteenth by William Harris Rule Pdf

Author : William Harris Rule
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Church discipline
ISBN : UOM:39015069284050

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History of the Inquisition by William Harris Rule Pdf

Author : William Harris Rule
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11184992

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History of the Inquisition from Its Establishment in the Twelth Century to Its Extinction in the Nineteenth by William Harris Rule Pdf

Author : Edward Gibbon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Byzantine Empire
ISBN : UCAL:$B505307

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Pdf

Author : Edward Gibbon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HW27V6

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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. 6 (1876) by Edward Gibbon Pdf

Author : R. D. Clephane (Lieut.-Col.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000559350

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The Story of Sebastopol: a Poem, in Two Cantos by R. D. Clephane (Lieut.-Col.) Pdf