Nicholas: 2917 books

Após uma juventude de rebeldia e bebedeira, John Tyree decidiu dar início a um novo capítulo em sua vida e se alistou no Exército. Um ano depois, agora um novo homem, ele retorna a ­Wilmington, na Carolina do Norte, para passar um tempo com o velho pai. Uma tarde, enquanto admira o pôr...

“És, e sempre foste, o meu sonho.” Um homem lê em voz alta de um caderno desbotado que segura com carinho. A sua ouvinte escuta atentamente, ansiosa por saber o desfecho da história que ele lhe conta…Trata-se das memórias de Noah Calhoun, acabado de regressar da Segunda Guerra. Enquanto trabalha...

Num momento de pura desolação, um homem lança uma garrafa ao mar. Nela estão juras de devoção eterna a um amor perdido...À mercê das ondas e do Destino, a comovente mensagem viaja até às mãos de Theresa Osborne, uma colunista de Boston. Sendo uma cética no que toca às questões do coração,...

It started with a viral attack, glass vials shattered in the heavily trafficked corridors of Grand Central Station. Within a month the virus was the deadliest attack the world had ever witnessed. But it was only the beginning. The survivors, what few remained of the planet's 7 billion, would come...

In theory and practice, the notion of fairness is far from simple. The principle is often elusive and subject to confusion, even in institutions of law, usage, and custom. In Fairness, Nicholas Rescher aims to liberate this concept from misunderstandings by showing how its definitive characteristics...

Von bunten Vögeln, aufgefädelten Schmeißfliegen und kunstfressenden Katzen. Der Kunstbetrieb ist eine ebenso faszinierende wie für Außenstehende unzugängliche und unverständliche Welt. Was unterscheidet denn gute von schlechter Kunst? Warum ist das eine Gemälde Millionen wert, während andere...

The great Victorian biologist Thomas Huxley once wrote, "I know of no familiar substance forming part of our every-day knowledge and experience, the examination of which, with a little care, tends to open up such very considerable issues as does yeast." Huxley was right. Beneath the very foundations...

Anyone in the cultural resource management world will tell you that much of the job is successfully negotiating consensus on a course of action between various stakeholders. In this volume, Nicholas Dorochoff offers the heritage management community the benefit of decades of thinking on negotiation...

The trafficking and sale of counterfeit sneakers is big business, with federal agents, multinational footwear companies, and private investigators out to shut it down. But its not as easy as it seems, especially when they cant tell the real shoes from the fakes. Award-winning journalist Nicholas Schmidle investigates.

How the decentralized, automobile-oriented, and fuel-consuming model of American suburban development might change. In the years after World War II, a distinctly American model for suburban development emerged. The expansive rings of outer suburbs that formed around major cities were decentralized...

Some people can use marijuana casually and beneficially throughout their lives. For other people, this author included, it can become a habit and eventually an out of control dependency. Marijuana dependency can cause serious harm to personal growth, relationships and career goals. It can be a hard...

December 7, 1941: One of those rare days in world history that people remember exactly where they were, what they were doing, and how they felt when they heard the news. Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable, and James Cagney were in Hollywood. Kurt Vonnegut was in the bath, and Dwight D. Eisenhower...

This is a collection of 19 articles dealing with misunderstandings surrounding the Book of Genesis. Perhaps that sounds boring to you. Well some bits may already be apparent but most of it presents an image of God and of man that has not been presented before. It breaks free from the Old Testament...

Forget the roadmap—get the timetable. History, not prophesy confirms it. Every day, every phrase, every verb, the patterns and omissions in the creation account are screaming out a message. Get ready! The last 6 millennia have been accurately depicted. They have unfolded pretty much on schedule...