Francis - Libros y biografía

Autor do polêmico O fim da história e O último homem, entre outras obras importantes do pensamento social e político contemporâneo, Francis Fukuyama apresenta, em seu novo e ambicioso livro, a longa trajetória...

Neste livro, o autor Francis Wolff procura definir a partir do ponto de vista filosófico o mais contraditório e universal dos sentimentos, o amor. Mesmo diante de um sentimento que jamais se deixa apreender...

"Slave Life in Virginia and Kentucky: Fifty Years of Slavery in the Southern States of America: by Francis Fedric is the powerful story of a man enslaved in the US south. At a time when nothing was certain...

Perdemos os dois marcos que outrora nos permitiram distinguirmo-nos dos deuses e dos animais. Não sabemos mais quem somos, nós humanos. E daí nascem novas utopias. Por um lado, o pós-humanismo alega negar...

Estação dos Ventos ‒ primeiro livro do escritor Fracis Vertt ‒, trata-se de um livro de poesias curtas e mistas, nas quais o autor, através de versos muito bem elaborados, mostra temas como amor, saudade,...

"Un outil simple, pratique, biblique et personnel pour les disciples de Jésus qui veulent faire des disciples de Jésus" -David Platt "Suis-moi" : c'est le commandement que Jésus donne à chacun de ses...

La vie des humains est une succession continuelle de moments heureux qui sont implacablement sanctionnés par des périodes de peines parfois très lourdes et souvent inattendues, et qui ainsi détruisent...

Midnight is a fast-paced thriller that has twists at every turn. It will take you on a furious ride filled with intrigue and drama. Two sisters take a long road trip to try and figure things out mysterious...

This unique, informative guide sets out ways to use your hands to give pleasurable, sensual massage. It explains in a clear manner what to do to heighten a man's pleasure. This guide is designed to help...

Anyone privileged to be considered as influential is indeed the person a lot of people look up to in their daily life and even intend to model their life after such a personality despite their daily work...

A Pregnant Young Lady Is Murdered. A Member Of The Famous Dupont Family Allegedly Commits Suicide. Is There A Connection? Was There A Cover-Up? “Where were you Wednesday night?”Detective Drummond asked....

Message by Pope Francis to the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement The Holy Father uses the format of an honest and direct dialogue to give us his vision and expectations of the topics which formed the focus...

This book contains the complete Francis Bacon’s works in the chronological order of their original publication. [1597] The Essays [1603] Valerius Terminus: of the interpretation of Nature [1605] The...

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. After his death,...

Ti piacerebbe riuscire a coltivare senz'acqua? Vorresti risparmiare tempo, soldi e fatica? Vorresti ottenere ortaggi più gustosi e ricchi di sostanze nutritive, coltivando in maniera biologica? Bene,...

The New Organum, full original title "Novum Organum Scientiarum" (‘new instrument of science’), is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon, written in Latin and published in 1620. The title is a reference...

One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and statesman,...

New Atlantis is Sir Francis Bacon's creation of an ideal land where its citizens uphold the common qualities of "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendor, piety and public spirit." This short...

Throughout history, most dictionaries have served the purpose of preserving the purity of the language, usually preferring the erudite vocabulary of the affluent upper classes to the salty, constantly...

They who have presumed to dogmatize on nature, as on some well investigated subject, either from self-conceit or arrogance, and in the professorial style, have inflicted the greatest injury on philosophy...

“The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and aduancement of Learning, divine and humane. To the King.  At London. Printed for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sould at his shop at Graies Inne...

The war which in the British colonies was called Queen Anne's War, and in England the War of the Spanish Succession, was the second of a series of four conflicts which ended in giving to Great Britain...

“ The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and aduancement of Learning, divine and humane. To the King. At London. Printed for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sould at his shop at Graies Inne...

Francis Bacon's «New Organon», published in 1620, was revolutionary in its attempt to give formal philosophical shape to a new and rapidly emerging experimental science. It challenged the entire edifice...

IF the English are singularly incurious about their Navy, that attitude must not be thought to imply neglect. On the contrary, it is a blend of admiration, respect, and, above all, confidence, induced...

This statement is of undeniable merit, as some of us, who so love la belle France—even though we be strangers—well know. The Burgundy of Charlemagne’s time was a much vaster extent of territory than that...

The Essays was the first published book by the philosopher, statesman and jurist Francis Bacon. Includes 58 essays. The Essays are written in a wide range of styles, from the plain and unadorned to the...

Ce roman inachevé de Francis Bacon fut publié pour la première fois en 1627 par son secrétaire, soit un an après la mort de son auteur (1626).  La Nouvelle Atlantide est très différents des textes baconiens...

To those who have no more than a general idea of the history of Rome, the name Augustus, or even Octavian, conveys little more than the memory of a man who followed Julius Caesar, who won the battle of...

Last spring, 1846, was a busy season in the City of St. Louis. Not only were emigrants from every part of the country preparing for the journey to Oregon and California, but an unusual number of traders...