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Author: Rachilde
Publisher: Modern Language Association
Published: 2015-05-01
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1603292551
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the rich and well-connected Raoule de Vénérande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, she turns him into her mistress and eventually into her wife. Raoule's suitor, a cigar-smoking former hussar officer, becomes an accomplice in the complications that ensue.
Author: Philip Jose Farmer
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Published: 2013-12-10
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1781163073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSimon Wagstaff narrowly escapes the Deluge that destroys Earth when he happens upon an abandoned spaceship. A man without a planet, he gains immortality from an elixir drunk during an interlude with a cat-like alien queen. Now Simon must chart a 3,000-year course to the most distant corners of the multiverse, to seek out the answers to the questions no one can seem to answer.
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Published: 1765
Total Pages: 102
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Barbara Chase-Riboud
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2007-12-18
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0307426289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is Paris, 1815. An extraordinarily shaped South African girl known as the Hottentot Venus, dressed only in feathers and beads, swings from a crystal chandelier in the duchess of Berry’s ballroom. Below her, the audience shouts insults and pornographic obscenities. Among these spectators is Napoleon’s physician and the most famous naturalist in Europe, the Baron George Cuvier, whose encounter with her will inspire a theory of race that will change European science forever. Evoking the grand tradition of such “monster” tales as Frankenstein and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Barbara Chase Riboud, prize-winning author of the classic Sally Hemings, again gives voice to an “invisible” of history. In this powerful saga, Sarah Baartman, for more than 200 years known only as the mysterious lady in the glass cage, comes vividly and unforgettably to life.
Author: David Drake
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 0743435648
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEarth is a dead cinder and the last of the human race struggles for survival beneath the dense clouds of Venus. Two courageous visionaries--the fighting men Brainard and Gordon--must struggle through the hellish surface jungles, but if they fail, both Venus and Mankind will die.
Author: Rachilde
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 284
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Shirley Hazzard
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-03-09
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0143135651
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe award-winning, New York Times bestselling literary masterpiece of Shirley Hazzard—the story of two beautiful orphan sisters whose fates are as moving and wonderful, and yet as predestined, as the transits of the planets themselves A Penguin Classic Considered "one of the great English-language novels of the twentieth century" (The Paris Review), The Transit of Venus follows Caroline and Grace Bell as they leave Australia to begin a new life in post-war England. From Sydney to London, New York, and Stockholm, and from the 1950s to the 1980s, the two sisters experience seduction and abandonment, marriage and widowhood, love and betrayal. With exquisite, breathtaking prose, Australian novelist Shirley Hazzard tells the story of the displacements and absurdities of modern life. The result is at once an intricately plotted Greek tragedy, a sweeping family saga, and a desperate love story.
Author: Diana Holmes
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Published: 2001-01-12
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHer extraordinary life and work, including a vast output as a literary reviewer, offer a prism through which to view the vibrant social and cultural history of France from the belle epoque to the Second World War. The first serious critical study of Rachilde's work, this book explores the interwoven themes of French naturalism, modernism, decadence and feminism."--Jacket.
Author: J.David Oriel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 144712068X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the last decade of the 15th century a new and deadly disease called Morbus Gallicus, or syphilis, appeared and spread rapidly throughout Europe. The effects of syphilis were so severe that it, and those suffering from it, where regarded with horror and despair. It is difficult for the modern reader to appreciate the fog of confusion which surrounded sexually transmitted diseases in earlier times. Those suffering with these diseases were often condemned as victims of their own "sinful lust of the flesh"; a judgement attitude which hindered most of the early attempts at control and treatment. Despite this general attitude, there were some doctors who persevered in their attempts to understand the causes and discover treatments for syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases. The Scars of Venus is illustrated with pictures of people, places, instruments and documents. It presents the historical background and achievements of the early venereologists through to the current venereologists' fight against HIV. This book will be of interest to anyone concerned with venereal diseases: doctors, nurses, counsellors, laboratory workers, medical historians, and those working in the areas of public/world health and the spread of infectious diseases.
Author: John Gray
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-10-06
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0061979880
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author of the modern classic, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus presents a practical guide to living our lives to the fullest in a time of tremendous change In this powerful book, John Gray encourages readers to return to what’s most important in order to create a life of lasting love, health, and happiness. John Gray reveals that by awakening the hidden power to create miracles, readers will more effectively adjust to life’s challenges and respond with greater peace, joy, confidence, and love. He provides nine guiding principles to live by and shows how to fill each day with increasing wonder, power, and fulfillment: 1. Believe as if miracles are truly possible 2. Live as if you are free to do what you want 3. Learn as if you are a beginner 4. Love as if for the first time 5. Give as if you already have what you need 6. Work as if money doesn’t matter 7. Talk to God as if you are being heard 8. Feast as if you can have whatever you want John Gray once again helps readers live a rich and fulfilling life. Practical Miracles for Mars and Venus presents an inspiring message of self-acceptance and joy.
