Leon: 1324 books

Profugiorum ab ærumna Leon Battista Alberti, architetto, scrittore, matematico, umanista, crittografo, linguista, filosofo, musicista e archeologo italiano (1404-1472) Questo libro elettronico presenta «Profugiorum ab ærumna», di Leon Battista Alberti. Indice...

Ha nem lennének angol kosztümös filmek és szürkéskék szemek, a világ is sokkal biztonságosabb hely volna. Legalábbis így vélekedik Mészöly Dóra, a LEI magazin újságírója, amikor elhatározza, hogy interjút kér a híres angol színésztől, Edward Yorke-tól. A feladat egyszerűnek...

Elvis Presley was celebrity's perfect storm. His sole but substantial contribution was talent, a fact Charles L. Ponce de Leon is careful to demonstrate throughout his wonderfully contextual Fortunate Son. Even as the moments of lucidity necessary to exercise that talent grew rarer and rarer, Elvis...

The stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar era—an inspiring tale of triumph over crippling incapacity that rivals Shine. The pianist Leon Fleisher—whose student–teacher lineage linked him to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabel—displayed an exceptional...

During the Nuremberg trials, Leon Goldensohn—a U.S. Army psychiatrist—monitored the mental health of two dozen Germans leaders charged with carrying out genocide. These recorded conversations went largely unexamined for more than fifty years, until Robert Gellately—one of the premier historians...

Dans la vie d’un lecteur, certains auteurs occupent une place à part : lectures inaugurales, compagnons de tous les jours ou sources auxquelles on revient. La collection « Les Auteurs de ma vie » invite de grands écrivains d’aujourd’hui à partager leur admiration pour un auteur classique....

Genesis to Basic Rights The First Book of Moses: Genesis (King James Version) The Gospel of Matthew (King James Version) Two Treatises of Government 1689 (John Locke) Constitution of Pennsylvania 1776 Basic Rights for the Federal Republic of Germany 1949

Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer once described Dr. Leon Thorne’s memoir as a work of “bitter truth” that he compared favorably to the works of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Proust. Out of print for over forty years, this lost classic of Holocaust literature now reappears in a revised, annotated...

**Top leaders like Oprah Winfrey and Tony Robbins owe their success to their daily habits. ** If you want to increase your success and happiness, it’s time for you to start practicing the habits of these highly successful people. This book will disclose 7 power habits you need to...

Essays and reflections from one of the twentieth century’s most original cultural critics, with an introduction by Hannah Arendt. Walter Benjamin was an icon of criticism, renowned for his insight on art, literature, and philosophy. This volume includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt...

Blockchain has been brought to mainstream attention with the growing number of cryptocurrencies on the market. The thing is, do we really know what blockchain is and is capable of doing? This book is here to help answer some of the many questions. Blockchain has an increasing number of uses,...

Welcome to a city where lost souls lurk in every shadow and darkness veils sinister designs, where heavy metal could be the key to salvation...or the gateway to destruction. A fallen hero, a twisted demon, one gorgeous succubus, and an army of chart-topping guitar heroes: the pieces are in place. The...

Jennifer Walters è sopravvissuta a Civil War II, ma ha riportato ferite profonde tanto nel corpo quanto nella psiche. Ora il suo obiettivo è quello di condurre una vita normale riprendendo la sua carriera di avvocato, ma una nuova cliente la spingerà suo malgrado a doversi confrontare con la rabbia...

When an immigrant dies on a Venice street, it will take a determined detective to pursue the case to its shocking end: “[An] outstanding series.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in...