Francis: 3998 books

"The Man in the Moone" is a novel by Francis Godwin probably written in the 1620s and published for the first time under the pseudonym of Domingo Gonsales after his death in 1638. The Man in the Moone can be considered as one of the major works of the late English Renaissance. Its influence...

From veteran submariner James Francis comes a gripping novel of survival and loyalty—above and below the surface of the sea. The submarine USS Tulsa speeds silently through the Norwegian Sea, tracking the newest Russian nuclear sub as it makes a trial run. Then, out of the darkness, another...

Situada en plena Belle Époque estadounidense, luego de la Primera Guerra Mundial, en la zona residencial de Long Island, El gran Gatsby cuenta la historia de un dramático “pentágono” amoroso, a la vez que deja entrever las consecuencias inadvertidas del conflicto bélico, la corrupción económica...

Junto con su esposa Zelda, heredera de una rica familia americana, Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) fue durante algunos años el centro de una brillante vida social e intelectual en los míticos escenarios dorados de los años veinte: París, Nueva York y Hollywood. Después de su primera novela,...

A este lado del paraiso La figura de Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1890-1940), el escritor más brillante de la llamada «generación perdida», parece extraída de sus propias novelas, que retrataron como ningunas otras la «época del jazz» y la profunda crisis de valores experimentada por la sociedad...

Mientras redactaba su obra maestra El gran Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald escribió una serie de historias donde ensayaba la relación entre un hombre hecho a sí mismo y una mujer frívola y rica, preferentemente rubia. Algunos fueron incorporados a la novela, otros sirvieron exclusivamente para...

Basándose en su experiencia de vida y en su trabajo de escritor, Francis Scott Fitzgerald recrea a Pat Hobby, un guionista decadente, que fuera exitoso durante la época del cine mudo, y hoy se ha convertido en un alcohólico que nada más deambula por los estudios. Pat nunca logró adaptarse a los...

Do you want to tell memorable, vivid, life-altering stories? With plots that embed real knowledge about the natures and ways of men? Do you want to create characters that will haunt your readers' dreams? Do you want to learn the discipline to unite all the above, without overdressing your plots...

"Di qua dal paradiso" è l’esordio letterario di Francis Scott Fitzgerald e il romanzo che rivelò al mondo il suo talento narrativo. Opera in gran parte autobiografica, ha conosciuto un enorme successo sin dalla sua prima uscita, nel 1920, e da allora è entrata nel canone della letteratura del...

This title consists of a diverse series of contributions and reflections on couples and the Oedipus complex from leading psychotherapists and psychoanalysts in the couples field. All contributors base their theories on a contemporary Kleinian/object-relations psychoanalytic viewpoint and this helps...

Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier in 1304. Between 1324 and 1354 he journeyed through North Africa and Asia Minor and as far as China. On a separate voyage he crossed the Sahara to the Muslim lands of West Africa. His journeys are estimated to have covered over 75,000 miles and he is the only medieval...

In this enlightening look at J.K. Rowling's phenomenal bestsellers, a Christian minister illuminates the powerful, positive message Harry Potter and his magical world bring to readers of all ages. Potter fever has swept the world and shows no signs of abating. The books and the recent movie...

Faces masked, dressed in black, and forcefully attacking the symbols of capitalism, Black Blocs have been transformed into an antiglobalization media spectacle. But the popular image of the window-smashing thug hides a complex reality. Francis Dupuis-Déri outlines the origin of this international...

"To educate youth ... is to ennoble the mind, to fire the imagination, to fortify the will and to quicken initiative for life.' So writes Francis Edmunds in this inspiring, authoritative and popular introduction to Steiner (Waldorf) Education. Rudolf Steiner's educational system, well established...