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To appreciate the meaning and beauty of great works of art, we must be familiar with the lives of the geniuses who created them. For in the personalities and life stories of great artists is the key to their masterpieces.

The power of thought, as Emerson says, is a spiritual power. It is the greatest power that man has at his disposal. The world today is in its present state simply as a result of mankind's collective thinking; each nation is in its present state of either peace and prosperity, or poverty, murder and anarchy, simply as a result of its thinking as a nation; and each individual is what he is, and his life is what it is, and his circumstances are what they are, simply as results of his thoughts.

Twenty of the world's greatest novelists live again! The authors take you on a magic carpet to the homes of these titans of literature, and you not only become their intimate friend but you acquire an even greater appreciation of their masterpieces.

From the Introduction: "Every biography is a story of adventure. The energetic personalities of the world represent an adventure in living. The philosophical personalities, on the other hand, represent an adventure in thinking. And when we examine the lives of the philosophers we find that the procession of a man's thoughts can be as exciting a spectacle as the pageantry of a man's deeds."

Il pensiero è il più grande potere dell’uomo. Solo visualizzando una vita di livello superiore, la più alta che si possa concepire, e affermando che è la propria la si può ottenere. Solo seguendo ideali elevati può essere raggiunto il vero successo. Ogni circostanza, ricchezza, gioia è il risultato di ciò che pensiamo. Grazie a questo prezioso testo ognuno potrà imparare a usare al meglio il proprio potere e creare una vita migliore per sé e l’intera umanità.

Il pensiero è un potere spirituale. È il più grande potere che l'uomo abbia a sua disposizione. Il mondo come oggi lo vediamo è semplicemente il risultato di un pensiero collettivo degli esseri umani e ogni nazione si trova in pace e prosperità, o in anarchia e disordine, semplicemente a causa del modo con cui essa è stata pensata. E ogni individuo, la sua vita, le sue circostanze, sono quel che sono in quanto risultato dei suoi pensieri.

Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature was written in 1863 by Thomas Henry Huxley. In this work, Huxley presents evidence for the evolution of man and ape from a common ancestor. Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature was the first book in history devoted to the topic of human evolution, and it discussed this theory in light of anatomical and other evidence.

Il pensiero è il più grande potere dell’uomo. Solo visualizzando una vita di livello superiore, la più alta che si possa concepire, e affermando che è la propria la si può ottenere. Solo seguendo ideali elevati può essere raggiunto il vero successo. Ogni circostanza, ricchezza, gioia è il risultato di ciò che pensiamo. Grazie a questo prezioso testo ognuno potrà imparare a usare al meglio il proprio potere e creare una vita migliore per sé e l’intera umanità.

In the indulgence of their egotistical ambitions and reckless whims, kings, conquerors and dictators have frequently presented a spectacle, sometimes comic but more often tragic in its results, that the authors have tried to bring back to life in this book. Here are living biographies of twenty famous rulers including: King Solomon, Caesar, Ivan the Terrible and more.

August - the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar and the full palette of nature is on glorious display. Our poets, Wordsworth, Swinburne, Alford, Riley, and Hardy, describe and reveal their thoughts on the month and notable dates within it.

Death is a subject that few of us talk about, but many think about and more than a few of us dread. Whether it is the actual end of our life’s journey or merely a transit point to heavenly glory, its actual point of impact is, obviously, life-changing. But what do poets think of it? How do their minds tangle with the subject and make sense of this? That’s what we wondered, too. Poets as rich and diverse as Longfellow, Hood, Bronte, Burns, and Gibran here share their words, thoughts and visions with us.

There is a power lying hidden in mankind. With it, any person can rise to higher and better things in life. Within You Is the Power is a tool to help people harness their inner powers of mind and spirit wisely so that they may build up character. There is no way to avoid troubled times; everyone must face life’s difficulties. But when conflict rears its head, there is no need to feel overwhelmed. Once you have learned the secret of your identity with the Universal Life and Power, you can weather any storm that comes your way. To wish for an easy life would be to wish for disaster. For it is through the hard times that we become the people we are meant to be.

This absorbing audiobook presents the lives of 20 great founders and leading advocates of the world's foremost religions. Here are the historical facts and legends associated with these forceful personalities who have inspired and influenced humankind through the centuries.

January - the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar ushers in the New Year. the cold and bleak landscape of winter nevertheless provides a rich background for our esteemed poets, such as Byron, Longfellow, Cowper, and Dickinson, to offer us their reflections and counterpoints.

They were the golden boys of Huntington, Indiana: Jarrod Wall, a 17-year-old Sunday school teacher, track star, top student, and local heartthrob; and his friends Erick Esch, a high school football hero, and John Jesus Valasquez. They were well-liked, all-American teens. Until one night when Jarrod and Erick entered the house of a local car collector Eldon Anson and burglarized the bachelor’s home - and Jarrod murdered him with repeated hatchet blows to the skull….

A long-forgotten Black abolitionist who liberated captive workers by the wagonload, brilliantly satirized slaveholders, and gave the underground railroad its name. Thomas Smallwood was a shoemaker by day and an organizer of mass escapes from slavery by night. Twelve years after purchasing his...

¿Anhelas una iglesia donde reine la armonía y el amor fraternal? Este libro, una compilación de reflexiones profundas de gigantes de la fe como C.H. Spurgeon, Matthew Henry y D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, te guiará hacia una comprensión más profunda de la unidad cristiana.

A last branch of California’s Pomo Indians is still struggling for federal recognition and a viable home. When a French wine corporation colludes with the state to buy an abandoned old-growth redwood state forest, news breaks that it was the site of a previously unknown massacre of the Pomos’ ancestors in 1856. Seeing the state trying to bury the story, Pomo reporter Ishi Darkhorse teams up with a world-famous high wire queen to resist on the ground and in the trees.

Societally sanctioned competition for money, power, and fame promotes selfishness, personal alienation, and widespread inequality, especially in market-oriented economies. Yet many of those engaging in this competitive individualism—the competition for rewards and limited resources—yearn to act directly to promote a more civil, equitable, and sustainable society. Enlightened Self-Interest offers evidence-based insights into the societal and individual consequences of this cultural practice and an actionable alternative to it.

Die Macht der Gedanken von Henry Thomas Hamblin ist ein inspirierendes Buch, das die Bedeutung positiven Denkens und dessen Einfluss auf das persönliche und berufliche Leben betont. Hamblin diskutiert, wie Gedanken die Realität formen können und bietet praktische Anleitungen, um das Denken zu verbessern und somit das Leben zu bereichern. Er verwendet Beispiele und Anekdoten, um seine Theorien zu veranschaulichen, und motiviert die Leser, ihre geistigen Fähigkeiten zu nutzen, um ihre Lebensumstände zu verbessern. Das Buch dient als Ratgeber, um innere Kraft zu entdecken und positiv zu nutzen.