Dieses E-Book entspricht 192 Taschenbuchseiten … Acht Menschen, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, treffen sich in einem Luxus-Chalet in der Schweiz, wo sie ohne ihr gewohntes Umfeld ganz sie selbst sein können. Ungünstige Wetterbedingungen halten die Gäste länger als geplant im Schnee fest. Sie erzählen sich jeden Abend selbst erlebte erotische Geschichten … Eva hat im Netz virtuellen Sex, Alexander schläft mit einer Transe, ohne es zu wissen, Anton wird von seiner Lehrerin entjungfert

The Conquest of the American Continent; or, The Expansion of Races in America is a eugenicist work by an American lawyer and biologist Madison Grant. The book deals with the settlement of American continent throughout the centuries, and with migrations of different tribes and racial groups to and from America.

"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story, written by O. Henry (a pen name for William Sydney Porter), about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular one for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The plot and its «twist ending» are well-known, and the ending is generally considered an example

Wie finden wir im Alltag zu mehr Ruhe und Gelassenheit? Wie gelingt es uns, mehr Aufmerksamkeit anderen gegenüber zu bewahren, um ein liebevolles Miteinander zu kultivieren? Und wie verändert es uns, wenn wir die einfachen Dinge in unserem Umfeld aufrichtig wertschätzen können? Dieses Buch enthält in 30 kurzen Kapiteln inspirierende Weisheitslehren des Zen-Buddhismus, die auch heute noch von Teemeistern in der japanischen Teezeremonie an ihre Schüler weitergegeben werden. Jede dieser

During the lively years of General Belisarius' campaigning in Africa, in Italy, and in the East, Procopius was an eyewitness of the events he describes in his writings. In 527 we find him in Mesopotamia; in 533 he joined Belisarius to Africa; and in 536 he traveled with him to Italy. Highly recommended to those who enjoy accounts of the ancients and those times and places from times long past!

The Cambridge Modern History is a comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century Age of Discovery. The first series was planned by Lord Acton and edited by him with Stanley Leathes, Adolphus Ward and George Prothero. The Cambridge Modern History Collection features all five original volumes: Volume I: The Renaissance Volume II: The Reformation, the End of the Middle Ages Volume III The Wars of Religion Volume IV: The 30 Years' War Volume V: The Age of Louis XIV

Musaicum Books presents the Musaicum Christmas Specials. We have selected the greatest Christmas novels, short stories and fairy tales for this joyful and charming holiday season, for all those who want to keep the spirit of Christmas alive with a heartwarming tale. A Christmas Carol tells of bitter and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits from Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.

Este ensayo, compuesto de tres apartados de relatos de amena lectura, nos sitúa en su primer capítulo en una situación en la que una variación mínima en la vida rutinaria de un hombre, le llevan a un cambio total en su existencia, que va desde su muerte hasta la liberación de su alienante monotonía.En el segundo capítulo, vemos en cuántas situaciones, a lo largo de tres generaciones, la vida del propio autor habría podido dejar de existir. Finalmente, en el tercer capítulo, se hace una breve

Dividido en cuatro partes: Características biomecánicas del sistema locomotor del deportista, Organización de la acción motora compleja, Capacidad de trabajo especial del deportista y Capacidades motoras del hombre, el libro proporciona una explicación detallada de los principales problemas de la actual teoría y metodología científica del entrenamiento deportivo. Sólo, a partir del conocimiento de la teoría y de la práctica, el entrenador podrá construir una sólida base de información y

The Best Method of Mastering the English Bible contains a practical application of all that the author, Rev. James M. Gray, has said and taught. The interdenominational Bible classes which he has carried on, and to which his work directly and indirectly has given rise, are the largest and in other respects the most remarkable. The work of James M. Gray revolutionized the method of teaching in some Sunday schools; it has put life into dead prayer-meetings; in not a few instances it has