<p> <span>Zane Grey’s first trilogy – „Betty Zane”, „The Last Trail”, and „The Spirit of the Border” together in one volume. „Betty Zane” is an „Eastern” real life adventure story by Zane Grey based upon diaries kept by his great grandmother, Betty Zane, describing her life and adventures after she joined her brother’s family near what is now Wheeling, WV in the late 1700’s. It is the story of the last battle of the American Revolution, in which the heroine was a young, spunky, and beautiful frontier girl named Betty Zane. Life along the frontier, attacks by Indians, Betty’s heroic defense of the beleaguered garrison at Wheeling, the burning of the Fort, and Betty’s final race for life, make up this never-to-be-forgotten story. Well written historical fiction recommended to anyone interested in the decline of the indigenous North American. The writing is beautiful, especially the descriptions that take you vividly back to a place and time. The story is suspenseful and riveting, with plenty of excitement.</span></p>
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<p> <span>Here is the great romance of the American Indian, revealing in the swift march of its events the tragedy and the glory of a whole race, and the true essence of the West, as only Zane Grey can express it. It tells the story of the love between Nophaie, a young Native American (or American Indian) man and his love for and with a woman by the name of Marian Warner. Also Indian warrior Nophaie strives to maintain ancient and honorable customs among his people in the face of abuse and exploitation by whites in the early 20th century. „The Vanishing American” is about Nophaie’s struggle to find a place in society. On a larger scale it is about all Native Americans and their future in America.</span></p>
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Little Fuzzy is the name of a science fiction novel by Henry Beam Piper. It is generally seen as a work of juvenile fiction. The story revolves around determining whether a small furry species discovered on the planet Zarathustra is sapient, and features a mild libertarianism that emphasizes sincerity and honesty. During a book signing at Strand Book Store, Piper alleged that the Little Fuzzy series was inspired by an acquaintance named Kevin "Fuzzy" Sheffield, whom Piper first met in a literary club in central Oregon. When asked about Sheffield, Piper described him as "a bizarre character, capable of writing little more than a couple of vaguely-legible remarks in each letter. While I'm sure he's full of insight and great ideas, it seems impossible to effectively communicate with him on a conventional human level...terribly nice fellow however." The book was followed by a sequel, Fuzzy Sapiens (original title The Other Human Race) published in 1964, the same year that Piper committed suicide in November. In the wake of Piper's suicide, rumor spread of a lost "second sequel"; at the behest of Ace Books, William Tuning produced the critically acclaimed Fuzzy Bones. Later, Piper's lost manuscript was discovered, and published as Fuzzies and Other People. Ace also hired Ardath Mayhar to write Golden Dreams: A Fuzzy Odyssey, which tells the events of Little Fuzzy from the viewpoint of the Fuzzies (or Gashta, as they call themselves).
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She is a novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard, first serialised in The Graphic magazine from October 1886 to January 1887. She was extraordinarily popular upon its release and has never been out of print. The story is a first-person narrative that follows the journey of Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. There they encounter a primitive race of natives and a mysterious white queen named Ayesha who reigns as the all-powerful "She", or "She-who-must-be-obeyed". In this work, Rider Haggard developed the conventions of the Lost World subgenre, which many later authors emulated. She is placed firmly in the imperialist literature of nineteenth-century England, and inspired by Rider Haggard's experiences of South Africa and British colonialism. The story expresses numerous racial and evolutionary conceptions of the late Victorians, especially notions of degeneration and racial decline prominent during the fin de siècle. In the figure of She, the novel notably explored themes of female authority and feminine behaviour. It has received praise and criticism alike for its representation of womanhood.
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Learn the difference between Exoteric and Esoteric. Find ways to heal our earth as well as becoming attune with yourself. Discover the secrets to what's needed to end the destruction of the human race. A great tool for those beginning the path of self-awareness.
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The Shadow Out of Time is a novella by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between November 1934 and February 1935, it was first published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories. The Shadow Out of Time indirectly tells of the Great Race of Yith, an extraterrestrial species with the ability to travel through space and time. The Yithians accomplish this by switching bodies with hosts from the intended spatial or temporal destination. The story implies that the effect, when seen from the outside, is similar to spiritual possession. The Yithians' original purpose was to study the history of various times and places, and they have amassed a "library city" that is filled with the past and future history of multiple races, including humans. Ultimately the Yithians use their ability to escape the destruction of their planet in another galaxy by switching bodies with a race of cone-shaped plant beings who lived 250 million years ago on Earth. The cone-shaped entities (subsequently also known as the Great Race of Yith) lived in their vast library city in what would later become Australia's Great Sandy Desert (22°3′14″S 125°0′39″E). The story is told through the eyes of Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, an American living in the first decade of the 20th century, who is "possessed" by a Yithian. He fears he is losing his mind when he unaccountably sees strange vistas of other worlds and of the Yithian library city. He also feels himself being led about by these creatures and experiences how they live. When he is returned to his own body, he finds that those around him have judged him insane due to the actions of the Yithian that possessed his body. While he was experiencing a Yithian existence in Earth's ancient past, the Yithian occupying his body was experiencing a human one in the present day. The narrator at first believes his episode and subsequent dreams to be the product of some kind of mental illness.
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<b>Sélectionné pour le Prix du livre Environnement de la Fondation VEOLIA</b> <br> <br>Quelques années après la COP 21 de Paris un étonnant enchaînement de situations plonge trois passionnés d’écologie et une journaliste au cœur des problèmes soulevés par le réchauffement climatique. Au fil d’une fiction presque vraie, le lecteur découvrira les contours méconnus d’un sujet de société devenu majeur. En suivant les agissements de personnages attachants et aux caractères bien trempés, il prendra conscience des causes et des effets qu’engendrent les rejets excessifs de gaz à effet de serre et réalisera combien sont limités les moyens traditionnellement proposés pour contrer les désastres qui s’annoncent. <br>Un roman très documenté qui permettra de percevoir le rôle pervers joué par des illusionnistes de tous bords dont les idéologies, souvent sympathiques, s’opposent aux intérêts d’une humanité pourtant confrontée à un grand péril. <br>Une intrigue qui conjugue le suspense, le sérieux et le moins sérieux avec… l’actualité de demain. Une source d’optimisme qui démontre que rien n’est écrit, que tout reste possible. <br> <br> <b>Un roman documentaire sur les enjeux de l'écologie. À ne pas manquer !</b> <br> <br>EXTRAIT <br> <br>Je me préparais pour la dernière fois à participer au « Tour Européen des Voitures Propres » (TEVP), un rallye créé en 2020, selon ses instigateurs, « pour consacrer de façon définitive la domination des voitures n’émettant pas de gaz à effet de serre ». <br>Alors que quinze ans plus tôt les moteurs thermiques régnaient encore en maîtres, le TEVP montrait chaque année avec davantage d’éclat que leur suprématie s’était effondrée grâce à l’amélioration des performances des batteries, la chute de leurs prix et la multiplication des bornes de recharge rapide. <br>Participer une dernière fois à ce rallye était pour moi l’aboutissement d’un long parcours bordé de nombreux virages qui furent souvent bien plus difficiles à négocier que ceux des courses auxquelles j’avais participé. <br> <br>Cette entrée en matière pourrait laisser croire que j’appartiens à la race des grands sportifs, que je suis un familier de l’exploit. Il n’en est rien… ou presque ! <br>J’ai en effet passé l’essentiel de mon existence derrière une table de travail, dans des salles de cours ou dans mon laboratoire. Je n’en conçois pas le moindre regret. Chaque occasion de tester et d’analyser les potentialités d’une nouvelle idée, d’un nouveau procédé, fut en effet pour moi un embarquement vers d’autres horizons. C’est précisément l’un de ces embarquements, plus concret que d’autres, qui fit de moi un pilote de course automobile. <br> <br>À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR <br> <br>Après une carrière internationale dans l’industrie, <b>Jacques Masurel</b> est devenu consultant et s’est notamment intéressé aux questions climatiques. Il a été Président du collectif d'associations <i>Sauvons le Climat</i> dont il est maintenant Président d’honneur. ...
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Teil 2 von "Über die Anfänge" ist ein Buch noch mehr über die Anfänge von "Über die Anfänge" als Teil 1 - aber es geht auch um Redekonstruktion von Marx "ursprünglicher Akkumulation", Lacans Spiegelstadium-, Freuds Phasen-Theorie und Philosophie-Religion so wie Religions-Philosophie. Politisch ist "Über die Anfänge" Mitte 2.0. Für die Erstlektüre empfiehlt sich am "Ende" des Buches zu beginnen, sich nach "vorne" durchzuarbeiten Der Blog wurde roh und unredigiert reproduziert, deshalb wird auch dieser Teil sehr preiswert verkauft, später soll eine völlig überarbeitete Version erscheinen - sie wird dieser "Blog-Version" viel zu verdanken haben! Ein Personenregister schließt den Band ab.
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