Janet: 3162 books

'Waiting and Seinfeld' shows how interesting queuing and waiting is by discussing 'The Chinese Restaurant' episode of 'Seinfeld'. The book provides a discussion of the characters Jerry, Elaine and George as they each experience waiting in the indecipherable queue system operating in a Chinese Restaurant...

Bella and Jimmy, long lost soul-mates, re-discover each other in a chance encounter that forever changes their lives. Jimmy, however, is already engaged to marry Bella’s sister, Veronica. Heart-broken, they continue along their destined paths in life, journeys that flow from the shores of...

Ich beobachte dich. Jeden deiner Schritte. Du solltest vorsichtig sein. Zwing mich nicht, auch dich zum Schweigen zu bringen. Janas beste Freundin Ella ist verschwunden. Auch wenn die Polizei nicht an ein Verbrechen glaubt, steht für Jana eines fest: Ella würde niemals einfach so abhauen. Sie beschließt,...

“In that nanosecond of enlightenment I knew that the human spirit survives the death of the physical body and I understood that my wandering soul needed to get back into its earthly habitat.” - Janet Bettag, Normal Normal is the true story of the author’s survival and recovery from a ruptured cerebral...

Amy e Bob Withers vivono in una baracca fatiscente nella piccola città neozelandese di Weimaru e, nella grave depressione economica degli anni Trenta, riescono a malapena a sfamare i loro quattro bambini. Francie, la maggiore, a dodici anni è costretta a lasciare la scuola con la prospettiva di...

Perky the Tortoise is a real life tortoise, who loves getting into lots of mischief. and lives for adventure.  The Adventures of Perky the Tortoise follows Perky through his adventures, beginning with Perky Emigrates.  Perky is a Hermann tortoise living in England with his family and their...

Janet Browne, la estudiosa más importante de Darwin, explica por qué El origen de las especies puede ser considerado justamente el libro científico más importante jamás publicado Ningún libro ha cambiado tanto nuestra concepción de nosotros mismos como El origen de las especies, de Charles...

¿Cómo lograron sobrevivir dos lesbianas judías en la Francia de Vichy durante la II Guerra Mundial? La historia de Gertrude Stein y Alice B. Toklas. En esta ocasión, la renombrada ensayista norteamericana Janet Malcom aborda la historia de la legendaria pareja de lesbianas expatriadas...

Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Spinoza et le spinozisme d’après les travaux récents de Paul Janet. ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse. - Naviguez par simple clic de chapitre à chapitre ou de livre à livre. - Accédez instantanément...

This “richly textured biography” (Chicago Tribune) inspired the mesmerizing documentary, Letters from Baghdad, soon to air on public television. Here is the story of Gertrude Bell, who explored, mapped, and excavated the Arab world throughout the early twentieth century. Recruited by British...

Champions of Oneness tells the story of outstanding Bahai teachers during the early years of the twentieth century (1898-1911). Nearly all of them had the fortune of meeting, at one time or another, Abdul-Baha--the son and appointed successor of Bahaullah, the Prophet and Founder of the Bahai Faith....

Sweeping and scandalous, rich and compellingly readable, here is the first biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and devoted sister of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Harriet Spencer was without a doubt one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious aristocrats...

In many ways, Google is the prototype of a successful twenty-first-century company. It uses technology in new ways to make information universally accessible; promotes a corporate culture that encourages creativity among its employees; and takes its role as a corporate citizen very seriously, investing...

A captivating biography of America's first female tycoon, Hetty Green, the iconoclast who forged one of the greatest fortunes of her time. ** **     No woman in the Gilded Age made as much money as Hetty Green. At the time of her death in 1916, she was worth at least 100 million dollars, equal...