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Eugenia Dovedale's father had been High Steward to the Marquis of Buckbury and after her father's unexpected death, Eugenia had to leave "Paragon" the family's beautiful and much loved cottage on the estate. She and her mother now lived uncomfortably with her Great-Aunt Cloris in London as they could not afford anywhere else. Mrs Dovedale maintained strong hopes of her daughter making a good marriage and improving their position.

Nietzsche is a major figure in Western philosophy. His work is radical, sometimes violent, often ironic; it fascinates anyone bold enough to delve into it, exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history, and covers a wide range of subjects. Nietzsche's writings border on the poetic; his aphorisms are particularly well-known for conveying all the radicality of his thinking in a intense but light, sometimes amusing manner.

We have selected for you 100 great life lessons quotes. The range of authors of those 100 quotes about love is very wide : from Marilyn Monroe to Rudyard Kipling, from Lao Tzu, of course, to Plato, Mahatma Gandhi, Steve Jobs, Gautama Buddha, Charlotte Brontë, Friedrich Nietzsche, from George S. Patton Jr. to Dale Carnegie or Martin Luther King Jr..

Nietzsche is a major figure in Western philosophy. His work is radical, sometimes violent, often ironic; it fascinates anyone bold enough to delve into it, exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history, and covers a wide range of subjects. Nietzsche's writings borders on the poetic; his aphorisms are particularly well-known for conveying all the radicalism of his thinking in an intense but light, sometimes amusing manner.

Schopenhauer: here's when great philosophy can be somber, pessimistic, even brutal, and still resonate with a sarcastic laugh. He was among the first to contend that the universe is essentially not a rational place; in his most famous work, "The World as Will and Representation", he argues that the individuals of a species do not have as much free will as is ordinarily thought, as the only Will that matters is that of the species, which is to reproduce and carry on. Schopenhauer is very well-known for his radical stance on women, aesthetics, and rhetoric; he is the author of "The Art of Being Right", a playful manual designed to utterly crush one's opponent in verbal battle, and of the "Metaphysics of the Love of the Sexes", a hilarious application of the theories developed in the "World as Will and Representation".

Lao Tsu, also known as Lao Tzu or Laozi, is an ancient Chinese philosopher and sage, and an absolutely central figure in Asiatic culture. He is known as the author of the "Tao Te Ching" or "Daodejing" and the founder of Taoism. In traditional China, Taoism is a way of living in harmony with the Tao, "way", "path", or "principle", something that is both the source of, and the force behind, everything that exists. Throughout history, Laozi's work has been embraced by various anti-authoritarian movements, because his style is designed to elicit critical thinking through ambiguousness.

The "Republic" poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? What form of education provides the best leaders for a good republic? What are the various forms of poetry and the other arts, which ones should be fostered, and which ones should be discouraged? How does knowing differ from believing? Several characters in the dialogue present a variety of tempting answers to those questions. Cephalus, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus, and Glaucon all offer definitions of justice.

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Siden oldtiden har mennesker efterladt sig spor. Potteskår, pilespidser og ruiner vidner om kulturers udvikling, mens samtidige skrifter fortæller historien. I dag kan forskere udtage en DNA-prøve fra århundredgamle hårstrå og kortlægge folkevandringer via strontium-analyser. Med andre ord er det næsten umuligt at forsvinde sporløst ud af historien.

Jilted at the altar, heartbroken and adrift, Jessie arrives to help her beloved grandfather recreate his lost honeymoon photo album. She encounters Ashton, the boy who stole her first kiss years ago. He now owns the very hotel where George and his late wife spent their honeymoon. As Jessie helps her grandfather recreate his cherished photos, she slowly rekindles her own passion for photography.

Laissez-vous entraîner dans les méandres de la Révolution française, comme si vous y étiez. Depuis ses humbles débuts aux cuisines du château de Versailles en 1789, Rosalie se retrouve en figure de proue de la Révolution. Sa rencontre avec Olympe de Gouges l'entraîne jusqu'à la Bastille ; et, témoin de la fuite à Varennes, le destin de Rosalie est désormais inextricablement lié à celui de la France. Des discours de Robespierre et Marat aux massacres de la Terreur, Rosalie saura-t-elle échapper au tranchant de la guillotine ?

TERRORISMO AL SERVICIO DEL PODER España tiembla. Un grupo terrorista asesina al embajador español en Nueva Delhi durante la fiesta nacional, en un brutal desafío liderado por el Partido Islámico Español. Mientras la agente Laura García del Cervantes, la clandestina organización de inteligencia, desvela la financiación ilegal del presidente de la Generalitat y su vínculo con terroristas paquistaníes, un objetivo aún más oscuro emerge: apoderarse de la antigua y valiosa estatua de la diosa Kali. En este complejo tablero, solo David Ribas, el exoperativo español, es capaz de entrar en la caza.

Sous le soleil d'Australie, les retrouvailles de deux amis d'enfance qui se détestent autant qu'ils s'attirent. Tandis que le mariage de Matt se profile, Mélyne et Stefen doivent naviguer les remous de leurs sentiments. Ce voyage au pays des kangourous pourrait bien changer leur destin à jamais.

Perdre ses parents très jeune, être adopté par une créature surnaturelle, se tenir en marge de la communauté magique… Karl et moi avons plusieurs points en commun. Sauf que les ressemblances s'arrêtent là : il est le Windigo, le monstre le plus craint de l'Amérique du Nord. Et moi ? Je suis une simple humaine. Mon statut de pupille de la meute me donne une place de choix pour observer les coulisses de la communauté surnaturelle, sauf que Karl est sans cesse au cœur de leurs conflits politiques.

Im Naturschutzgebiet in der Nähe von Camaret-sur-Mer brennt in der flirrendes Sommerhitze ein Ferienhaus aus. Mit der Instandsetzung betraut wird Isidore Breonnec, allseits bekannter Handwerker und Herzensbrecher. Als er tot auf der Baustelle aufgefunden wird, sitzt der Schock tief. Commissaire Mahon ermittelt, und ausgerechnet eine treue Mitarbeiterin von Buchhändlerin Tereza Berger gerät unter Verdacht. Auf der Suche nach dem wahren Täter dringt Tereza tief in die Scheinidylle der Ferienhausvermietung ein. Zu tief?

"Die Wahrheit liegt im Auge des Betrachters." Diese Nachricht hinterlässt ein Serienmörder an sorgfältig inszenierten Tatorten, die Todesbildern nachempfunden sind: alte Gemälde, moderne Fotografien oder Bilder aus dem Internet. Anfangs glauben die Ermittler noch, die Hinweise wären am Tatort versteckt oder es gäbe einen Zusammenhang zwischen den Vorlagen und den Opfern. Doch dann machen sie eine grausige Entdeckung: Auf den Vorlagen erhöht sich die Zahl der abgebildeten Toten – aber da ist noch mehr: Die Spuren für die Ermittler sind an einem besonderen Ort vom Täter verborgen worden.

Washington D.C., in einem alternativen Jahr 2003. Das Register hat einen alten Traum Alltag werden lassen: Es ermöglicht Botschaften in die Vergangenheit. Unfälle und Straftaten werden sofort ungeschehen gemacht, jeder Bürger kann seinem vergangenen Ich Botschaften schicken. Doch die Nachricht, die David Manoah von seinem zukünftigen Ich erhält, ist äußerst rätselhaft: Halte dich von Lois fern. Sie wird dein Untergang sein. Vor welcher Gefahr hat sich David gewarnt? Und wer ist Lois? Wenig später wird David, scheinbar zufällig, zum Mitwisser eines geplanten Mordes - und zum Gejagten.

Murder is a dish best served ice cold... In the idyllic, small town of Dewstow, Margery and Clementine are eagerly awaiting retirement from their work on the front-line serving meals to the students at Summerview secondary school. Their peaceful life is shattered when their kitchen manager is found dead in the school’s walk-in freezer. The police are adamant that it’s an open-and-shut case of accidental death. But Margery and Clementine are convinced that something more sinister is afoot and take it upon themselves to investigate.

Une auteure de comédies romantiques qui ne croit plus en l'amour. Un écrivain renommé en panne d'inspiration. Lancés dans un défi, ces deux-là pourraient bien voir leurs convictions sur l'amour et le bonheur bouleversées à jamais... Augustus Everett est un écrivain talentueux, un écrivain "sérieux", le nouveau génie des lettres américaines. January Andrews ne compte plus les bestsellers qu'elle a publiés, mais dans un tout autre registre : la comédie romantique.

Surpass all odds, break the chains, defeat a God... Heracles’ trials are far from over. Carrying the weight of the heavens, accompanied only by his most loyal friend, Iolaus, he will do anything to atone for his crimes. But all is not as it seems. Gods and men alike plot against him... First Heracles must obtain the girdle of the Amazonian Queen, Hippolyta, steal cattle from the monstrous Geryon, and take apples from the Garden of Hesperides.