Christian: 6522 books

"Ich weiß nicht mehr, was zuerst da war in meinem Leben: der Gedanke an Wagner oder der ans Dirigieren." Christian Thielemann kennt Richard Wagner wie kaum ein anderer. In diesem vielgepriesenen Buch schildert er seinen Lebensweg mit dem Komponisten von seinen Berliner Anfängen bis nach...

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Snow Queen’. This classic fairy tale has been continuously in print in different editions since its first publication, with many, many, different artists illustrating the story over the years. This edition...

A radical reassessment of what we mean by "consciousness" and how we experience it in relation to others • Shows the importance of integrating different ways of knowing--such as feeling and intuition, reason and the senses--in our approach to life • Discusses the technique of Bohmian...

A lively and accessible history of Athens's rise to greatness, from one of the foremost classical historians. The definitive account of Athens in the age of Pericles, Christian Meier's gripping study begins with the Greek triumph over Persia at the Battle of Salamis, one of the most significant...

The 22nd French Dragoons have a long and glorious history on the field of battle since 1630 to the Napoleonic battlefield of Austerlitz, Eylau, Jena it was called again to duty in the First World War, one of its members trooper Christian Mellet recorded his experiences in and out of the saddle. At...

How do social movements die? Some explanations highlight internal factors like factionalization, whereas others stress external factors like repression. Christian Davenport offers an alternative explanation where both factors interact. Drawing on organizational, as well as individual-level, explanations,...

Long before the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln recognized the challenge American slavery posed to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. A constitutional amendment would be the ideal solution to ending slavery, yet the idea of such an amendment conflicted with several of Lincoln’s long-held...

Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies lays down foundations for the analysis of media, information, and information technology in 21st century information society, as well as introducing the theoretical and empirical tools necessary for the critical study of media and information. Christian...

Someone is vandalizing the apartment building where Bobby and Sonny live. These two amateur sleuths set out to find the culprit or culprits before they can do more damage. This is another mystery in the Bobby and Sonny Mystery series in which the eleven year olds solve crimes in their Harlem community.

"The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree", or "Det gamle egetræs sidste drøm" is a children's fantasy story by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published in 1858.  "At the edge of the wood, on a cliff above the seashore, stood an old oak tree. It was...

UPDATED EDITION 3In WW3, which one would YOU be?It's short, a bit cruel, but it's a book for peace.Will it scare you enough?--------------Usually people count world wars, but from a bit from now on, there are wars, there are world wars, and there are nuclear wars.This...

On 13 September 1356 near Poitiers in western France, the small English army of Edward, the Black Prince crushed the forces of the French King Jean II in one of the most famous battles of the Hundred Years' War. Over the centuries the story of this against-the-odds English victory has, along with...

How did the Nazis imagine their victory and the subsequent ‘Thousand-Year Reich’? Between 1939 and 1943, the Nazi imperial Utopia started to take shape in the conquered areas of Eastern Europe, brutally emptied of their inhabitants, who were displaced, reduced to slavery and, in the case...

This is a book of delightful idealism, sane, awakening, life-giving. There are in it twenty-eight chapters, each concluded with a page of lovable, inspiring precept or philosophy. In the midst of it all are but three poems, the rest is solid matter, refreshing to mind and soul. To some this may sound...