Loon: 156 books

Après Numéro 7, Evangeline poursuit ses aventures dans ce nouveau volume. Elle s’est installée en Suisse et vit sa nouvelle vie avec délices. Dans ce nouvel opus, elle retourne au manoir des vices pour un autre stage. Elle devra aller au bout de ses limites et faire des choix qui l’emmèneront...

Après Numéro 7 et Petite Chienne, voici la suite des aventures d’Evangeline, qui retourne encore une fois au manoir des vices, mais dans un rôle bien différent. Elle va passer de l’autre côté du miroir et découvrir une nouvelle facette de sa personnalité…

In questo libro, Hendrik Willem van Loon racconta il vertiginoso cammino del progresso tecnico-scientifico, dalla preistoria fino ai primi decenni del XX secolo. Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1928, L’uomo inventore si snoda attraverso la descrizione delle invenzioni – dalla ruota al telescopio,...

Evangeline est une jeune femme comme les autres. Un jour, elle n’en peut plus. Sa vie est vide et elle n’arrive plus à combler un manque qui ne dit pas son nom. De quoi Evangeline a-t-elle besoin ? Une rencontre inattendue va la déstabiliser et un choix devra être fait. Qu’est-ce qu’Evangeline...

Introducing Graphic Guides is the bestselling series which explores big ideas from Quantum Theory to Psychoanalysis using concise, authoritative text and graphic novel-style illustrations. For the very first time 28 titles are now available in ebook format for all e-reading devices. This free ebook...

‘PEN EN INKT, BLOED, ZWEET EN TRANEN, DAARVAN WORDEN VERHALEN GEMAAKT,’ MOMPELT ONNOVAL. ‘DE INKT MOET ALS BLOED OVER HET PAPIER VLOEIEN. PAS DAN WORDEN DE VERHALEN ECHT, GAAN ZE LEVEN. ALLEEN ZO KRIJG IK DE LEZERS IN MIJN MACHT.’ Wie is P. Onnoval, de bekende schrijver in De Griezelbus...

The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 is a classic historical text which focusses on the development of Holland and its parliamentary institutions during the Napoleonic era. Includes chapters on Schimmelpenninck, King Louis of Holland, the National Assembly, William I and the restoration.

This is a story of magnificent failures. The men who equipped the expeditions of which I shall tell you the story died in the poorhouse. The men who took part in these voyages sacrificed their lives as cheerfully as they lighted a new pipe or opened a fresh bottle. Some of them were drowned, and some...

A Dutch-American historian, journalist, and award-winning children's book author. Contents The Story of Mankind Ancient Man, The Beginning of Civilizations The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 (1915) The Story of Mankind- Most widely known among these...

This little book, telling the story of our national usurpation by a foreign enemy during the beginning of the nineteenth century, appears at a moment when our nearest neighbours are suffering the same fate which befell us more than a hundred years ago.    I dedicate my work to the five soldiers of the Belgian army who saved my life near Waerloos.

Introducing Hinduism offers a guide to the key philosophical, literary, mythological and cultural traditions of this extraordinarily diverse faith. It untangles the complexities of Hinduism's gods and goddesses, its caste system and its views on sex, everyday life and asceticism. It answers questions including: Why do Hindus revere the cow? Must Hindus be vegetarian? And much more...

**1921年初版問世以來，全球銷量超過10,000,000本 歷史上最成功、最多人閱讀過的世界通史 九千年人類史詩故事　傳承一世紀的歷久彌新 1922年第一屆紐伯瑞文學獎經典巨著 全球銷量超過一千萬冊，有史以來最多人讀過的世界通史 最新90章增訂版，從開天闢地到茉莉花革命 最完整、最易讀、適合所有年齡層的人類大歷史 歷史是一座經驗的巨塔，時間在綿延無盡的過往歲月中，建立了這座高塔。想爬上這座古建築的屋頂，並且從這樣遼闊的視野中獲得啟發，並不是一件容易的事。 這座巨塔沒有電梯，但年輕的雙腿雄壯有力，一定能夠完成攀爬高塔的重責大任。 我在此將打開那扇門的鑰匙交給你們。 等你們回來的時候，就會明白我心中的熱誠究竟從何而來。 ──房龍** 依然是個奇蹟，一次振奮人心、視野開闊獨特的人類經驗之旅，房龍這位迷人的說故事高手仍然能為我們提供飽蘊智慧的閱讀饗宴。 ──Wall...

Man was the last to come but the first to use his brain for the purpose of conquering the forces of nature. That is the reason why we are going to study him, rather than cats or dogs or horses or any of the other animals, who, all in their own way, have a very interesting historical development behind them.

Alfie and Tim are looking forward to their school trip, until Tim gets flu and has to stay behind. Alfie will have to cope without his best friend for once, but at least it's not full moon and he won't be turning into a werewolf ... or so he thinks! A calendar mix-up means that Alfie will be...