Bury: 137 books

PREFACE I HAVE written this book to present the main factors of a many-sided problem—political, social and religious—in a form which the general public can easily grasp. Modern democratic principles tend to give the public increasing control of international and inter-racial affairs, and...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.In Ancient Greek Historians, eminent British scholar J. B. Bury sets out to trace the genesis and development of the historical literature of the Greeks. The work is arranged chronologically, with several chapters addressing...

Helen, the Witch Queen, has plans for her son, Matt. Luckily for him, he is the only man in the world immune to magic. When he meets Teri, though, he succumbs to the deepest magic of all: the kind in a pair of deep, green eyes. Little Teri doesn't fit into Witch Queen Helen's plans, and when she learns of Matt's plans for Valentine's Day, Helen lets Hell loose.

Wildfires swept across California wine country in 2017, destroying thousands of homes and businesses, and killing dozens of people. Law school grad and single mother Tara Rezeck finds herself in the middle of the catastrophe. When she returns to her job after evacuating she finds her employer’s,...

Matt always knew when his mother was about to arrive: the wind would swirl from every direction at once and dark clouds would mass in the sky. He and his pretty wife, Teri, try to get out of the way, but as the Witch's Son, Matt is drawn into a spider's web. He has to use his special...

In Life After Ninety Micheal Bury and Anthea Holme have surveyed and interviewed 200 individuals, living at home and in institutions, to examine old age stereotypes and present a unique picture of the health, quality of life, and social circumstances of the very old. Longevity and the factors which...

Wide-ranging, erudite and stimulating, this thought-provoking volume describes the birth and development of one of the most important basic ideas of our civilization: progress, or the concept that humanity is advancing in a definite and desirable direction. Throughout, Bury examines the contributions of Darwin, Descartes, Voltaire, Locke, and other important thinkers.

“Freedom of thought, in any valuable sense, includes freedom of speech.” So writes J. B. Bury in the introduction to this history of the struggle for intellectual freedom. This classic work examines the history of freedom of expression from ancient Greece through the nineteenth century, noting key...

EXTRAIT: Louis VIII, roi de France, père de saint Louis, était dans la quarantième année de son âge, et la troisième de son règne, lorsque, revenant à Paris, après le siége de la ville d'Avignon, il se sentit vivement pressé...

Saint Patrick (387 493 or 460 A.D.) was a Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints. Burys The Life of St.Patrick and His Place in History is a wonderful short biography of the famous saint. This edition includes a table of contents for easier navigation.

All the monsters, creatures, and ghosts the world believes to exist only in storybooks and fairytales are actually out there—until Quinn and his ragtag band of monster hunters find and kill them. Quinn’s hunters all have their own motivations. Some do it for Queen and Country. Most do it for revenge......

All the monsters, creatures, and ghosts the world believes to exist only in storybooks and fairytales are actually out there—until Quinn and his ragtag band of monster hunters find and kill them. Quinn’s hunters all have their own motivations. Some do it for Queen and Country. Most do it for revenge......

Depuis des siècles, l'être humain a disparu de la galaxie. Les seuls vestiges de la civilisation terrestre se trouvent à bord d'un immense vaisseau spatial, le Gondwana, qui transporte à son bord Alex, un cyborg de quatorze ans, et Père, l'intelligence artificielle qui dirige sans partage le...

Que cache la volonté d'Impérium Industries de développer la première intelligence artificielle ? Christophe Vrécourt est un chercheur qui se voit proposé un poste important par une entreprise concurrente de celle dirigée par sa mère. Le but de sa mission ? Développer la première...