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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As Tarzan walked down the wild canon beneath the brilliant African moon the call of the jungle was strong upon him. The solitude and the savage freedom filled his heart with life and buoyancy. Again he was Tarzan of the Apes-every sense alert against the chance of surprise by some jungle enemy-yet treading lightly and with head erect, in proud consciousness of his might.The nocturnal sounds of the mountains were new to him, yet they fell upon his ears like the soft voice of a half-forgotten love. Many he intuitively sensed-ah, there was one that was familiar indeed; the distant coughing of Sheeta, the leopard; but there was a strange note in the final wail which made him doubt. It was a panther he heard. He was being stalked.-from Chapter 10: 'Through the Valley of the Shadow'Edgar Rice Burroughs created one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture, Tarzan of the Apes, and it is impossible to overstate his influence on entire genres of popular literature in the decades after his enormously winning pulp novels stormed the public's imagination.The Return of Tarzan, first published in 1913, is the second installment of Burroughs' tales of the ape-man, which would expand to encompass more than two dozen books. Here, Tarzan, having sacrificed his love for Jane Porter for the sake of her happiness, becomes embroiled in defending a French count and countess from villainous schemes, works as an agent for the French ministry of war, and returns to Africa to become chief of the Waziri tribe, among other grand adventures.American novelist EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (1875-1950) wrote dozens of adventure, crime, and science-fiction novels that are still beloved today, including At the Earth's Core (1914), The Beasts of Tarzan (1916), A Princess of Mars (1917), The Land That Time Forgot (1924), and Pirates of Venus (1934). He is reputed to have been reading a comic book when he died.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Abandon the notion of subject-matter as something fixed and ready-made in itself, outside the child's experience; cease thinking of the child's experience as also something hard and fast; see it as something fluent, embryonic, vital; and we realize that the child and the curriculum are simply two limits which define a single process.-from The Child and the CurriculumIn this single volume, readers will find two of John Dewey's insightful essays on education in America. He considered proper education to be fundamental to a functioning democracy. The problem, according to Dewey in The School and Society, with the old education model was that elementary schools did not encourage exploration and curiosity in their students.In The Child and the Curriculum, Dewey expands upon his definition of the ideal teaching method. A child's life, he says, is an integrated whole. A child will flow from one topic to another, taking a natural interest in subjects and dealing with a world of direct experience. School, on the other hand, addresses a world disconnected from a child's life. A more reasonable approach would be to strive to integrate their experience with the vast body of knowledge that society wishes them to know. By honoring the individual, both the student and the subject matter will come together in a process that produces a mature adult.American educator and philosopher JOHN DEWEY (1859-1952) helped found the American Association of University Professors. He served as professor of philosophy at Columbia University from 1904 to 1930 and authored numerous books, including How We Think (1910), Experience and Nature (1925), Experience and Education (1938), and Freedom and Culture (1939).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Remington, Frederic (illustrator). Neuware - Before he ascended to the highest office in the land as the United States' youngest president, Theodore Roosevelt, with illustrations by Frederic Remington, though a New York City man born and bred, was a devotee of the Old West. In 1888, he published this charming ode to the American frontier, from the rewarding hard work of a rancher on the open plains to the pleasures of hunting the big game of mountains high. Today, the inimitable prose and infectious enthusiasm of Roosevelt's writing here serves as much to limn a unique aspect of the character of the nation as it sings an elegy for a disappearing way of life. Includes numerous illustrations by Frederic Remington. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Roosevelt's Letters to His Children, A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open, America and the World War, Through the Brazilian Wilderness and Papers on Natural History, The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses, and Historic Towns: New York Politician and soldier, naturalist and historian, American icon THEODORE ROOSEVELT, (1858-1919) was 26th President of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909, and the first American to win a Nobel Prize, in 1906, when he was awarded the Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War. He is the author of 35 books.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Monstrous beasts, lost worlds, vanished civilizations, Amazon warriors, even Atlantis and Noahs ark figure in this wondrous and rare book. Hard to find in print before now, this obscure 1952 work is an artifact itself, of the postwar fascination with all things mysterious, from flying saucers to ancient astronauts to the third eye. In this wildly entertainingand more than a little bit preposterousdocument, Wilkins takes us from mountain jungles to unexplored swamps on a search for the hidden secrets of old South America. Seekers after the arcane and fans of the paranormal will delight in this odd and extraordinary volume. British journalist and historian HAROLD T. WILKINS (18911960) is also the author of Mysteries of Ancient South America (1945) and Mysteries of Time and Space (1958).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What is ¿reality¿ How do we test the value of any given philosophical system Can philosophy be ¿useful¿ Why must we reject the notion that there is one concrete ¿truth¿ American psychologist and philosopher WILLIAM JAMES (1842¿1910), brother of novelist Henry James, was a groundbreaking researcher at Harvard University, author of such works as Principles of Psychology (1890) and The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (1902), and one of the most influential academics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here, over a series of eight lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston in late 1906 and at Columbia University in early 1907, he explores these questions as he discusses:¿ ¿The Present Dilemma in Philosophy¿¿ ¿What Pragmatism Means¿¿ ¿Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered¿¿ ¿The One and the Many¿¿ ¿Pragmatism and Common Sense¿¿ ¿Pragmatism¿s Conception of Truth¿¿ ¿Pragmatism and Humanism¿¿ ¿Pragmatism and Religion¿.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Scottish zoologist IVAN TERRANCE SANDERSON (1911-1973) coined the word cryptozoology and first used it in print in this hard-to-find 1961 work, the story of 'hairy hominids' across the planet from the very beginnings of human civilization until the mid 20th century. With its scientific, anthropological approach, this is one of the first books to treat the phenomenon of 'Bigfoot' seriously, and introduced a groundbreaking classification system for the spectrum of subhumanoids.'I am happy that a whole new generation of cryptozoologists-in-training will be able to read Ivan T. Sanderson's classic book,' says cryptozoologist Loren Coleman in his new introduction. 'This book opened the minds of many to the vastness of the hominoid reports. and spotlighted for people that Bigfoot/Sasquatch research was the next area for exploration in North America.'This new edition, complete with the original illustrations and maps, is part of Cosimo's Loren Coleman Presents series.LOREN COLEMAN is author of numerous books of cryptozoology, including Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America and Mothman and Other Curious Encounters.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From a lofty perch Tarzan viewed the village of thatched huts across the intervening plantation.He saw that at one point the forest touched the village, and to this spot he made his way, lured by a fever of curiosity to behold animals of his own kind, and to learn more of their ways and view the strange lairs in which they lived.His savage life among the fierce wild brutes of the jungle left no opening for any thought that these could be aught else than enemies. Similarity of form led him into no erroneous conception of the welcome that would be accorded him should he be discovered by these, the first of his own kind he had ever seen.Tarzan of the Apes was no sentimentalist. He knew nothing of the brotherhood of man. All things outside his own tribe were his deadly enemies.¿from Chapter X: ¿The Fear-Phantom¿Edgar Rice Burroughs created one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture, Tarzan of the Apes, and it is impossible to overstate his influence on entire genres of popular literature in the decades after his enormously winning pulp novels stormed the public¿s imagination.Tarzan of the Apes, first published in 1912, is the first installment of Burroughs¿ tales of the ape-man, which would expand to encompass more than two-dozen books. Here, an English boy orphaned in Africa is raised by apes, becoming a fearsome creature of the jungle until he discovers his true identity as John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, and make his first tentative forays back into human civilization, through his love for the only human woman he has ever seen, Jane Porter.American novelist EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (1875¿1950) wrote dozens of adventure, crime, and science-fiction novels that are still beloved today, including At the Earth¿s Core (1914), The Beasts of Tarzan (1916), A Princess of Mars (1917), The Land That Time Forgot (1924), and Pirates of Venus (1934). He is reputed to have been reading a comic book when he died.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As Tarzan walked down the wild canon beneath the brilliant African moon the call of the jungle was strong upon him. The solitude and the savage freedom filled his heart with life and buoyancy. Again he was Tarzan of the Apes¿every sense alert against the chance of surprise by some jungle enemy¿yet treading lightly and with head erect, in proud consciousness of his might.The nocturnal sounds of the mountains were new to him, yet they fell upon his ears like the soft voice of a half-forgotten love. Many he intuitively sensed¿ah, there was one that was familiar indeed; the distant coughing of Sheeta, the leopard; but there was a strange note in the final wail which made him doubt. It was a panther he heard. He was being stalked.¿from Chapter 10: ¿Through the Valley of the Shadow¿Edgar Rice Burroughs created one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture, Tarzan of the Apes, and it is impossible to overstate his influence on entire genres of popular literature in the decades after his enormously winning pulp novels stormed the public¿s imagination.The Return of Tarzan, first published in 1913, is the second installment of Burroughs¿ tales of the ape-man, which would expand to encompass more than two-dozen books. Here, Tarzan, having sacrificed his love for Jane Porter for the sake of her happiness, becomes embroiled in defending a French count and countess from villainous schemes, works as an agent for the French ministry of war, and returns to Africa to become chief of the Waziri tribe, among other grand adventures.American novelist EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (1875¿1950) wrote dozens of adventure, crime, and science-fiction novels that are still beloved today, including At the Earth¿s Core (1914), The Beasts of Tarzan (1916), A Princess of Mars (1917), The Land That Time Forgot (1924), and Pirates of Venus (1934). He is reputed to have been reading a comic book when he died.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - One of the earliest works of protofeminist thought, this startling prescient 1792 book is the first published argument advocating for the societal elevation of women as the intellectual and emotional equals of men. Written against the background of the French Revolution¿the debate over which caused an uproar in both England and France¿and the 1791 statement by French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord to the French National Assembly that women should be educated only in domestic matters, this is a furious reprimand of the prevailing attitudes of late-18th-century Europe that women should be docile, virtuous, and untroubled by any matters beyond the home.Well received in its day and still an important resource for anyone wishing to understand the history of feminism, this extended essay demolishes the sexual double standard of the day, offers a rational defense for the education of girls, and demands merely that women be treated as people.British writer and educator MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759¿1797), the mother of Frankenstein author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, espoused her then-radical feminist and liberal philosophies in other such works as Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787) and History and Moral View of the Origins and Progress of the French Revolution (1793).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this compelling compilation of evidence, researcher Mark Hall presents the case for terrifying, monstrous bird that has roamed our continents since the days of the ancient legends of the Thunderbird.Some very large birds are being sighted in the skies over North America. Described as an enormous black bird with a white ring around its long neck and a wingspan of up to 20 feet and more, this giant bird of prey has been sighted from Alaska, Canada, and the Pacific Northwest, and into the Midwest, Appalachia, and Pennsylvania.The accounts are puzzling and hard to believe yet eyewitnesses swear by what they saw. Evidence from around the world indicates that our ancestors knew and feared the bird, which can carry away small children and animals.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An easy-to-digest introduction the ¿science of the experience of consciousness¿ as the German Idealist philosopher GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL (1770¿1831) understood it, this condensed version of Hegel¿s The Phenomenology of Spirit¿which the author created himself for his Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences¿explores Hegel¿s take on:¿ what mind is¿ the sensibility of the ¿physical soul¿¿ the immediacy of the ¿feeling soul¿¿ consciousness and the intellect¿ the theoretical mind¿ memory, intuition, and imagination¿ the morality of conscience¿ moral life, or social ethics¿ revealed religion in the ¿absolute mind¿¿ and much more.This 1894 translation of the 1827¿1830 German original, by Scottish philosopher and Oxford University professor WILLIAM WALLACE (1843¿1897), remains a favorite of Hegel students, and is celebrated for its style and eloquence.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Considered by some the best introduction to and explication of the thought of German Idealist philosopher GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL (1770¿1831), this 1896 translation by SAMUEL WATERS DYDE (b. 1862) of the philosopher¿s great 1821 work offers a succinct but comprehensive discussion of concepts of free will. A philosophical disciple of Kant, Hegel saw that free will could exist only within the larger context of human life: of family, of work, of legality and morality¿human freedom, Hegel believed could not exist in a vacuum but only via an individual¿s interactions with the social networks of humanity.Hegel¿s understanding of the individual¿s impact on such grand canvases as history itself exerted an unparalleled influence on German philosophy throughout the 19th century, including upon Karl Marx and his Communist Manifesto. Philosophy of Right, then, deserves a place in the essential library of anyone wishing to understand modern political thinking.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First serialized in a French newspaper in 1872, this is perhaps the most beloved and the most enduring of Jules Verne¿s novels of imaginative escapades. When Englishman Phileas Fogg takes on a bet of £20,000 from his gentlemen¿s club that he cannot circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or less¿an unheard-of feat in the Victorian world¿he sets off, with his manservant Passepartout at his side, on an series of exotic exploits and comic misadventures (Fogg is mistaken for a thief on the run by a pursuing Scotland Yard detective).An inspiration to generations of writers and readers, Verne¿s fiction remains compelling and thoroughly enjoyable today.French author JULES GABRIEL VERNE (1828¿1905) is considered the father of modern science fiction. Among his many groundbreaking books are Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862¿1937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire.Volume IV, Part 2 of Mediæval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great, by British scholar STANLEY LANE-POOLE (1854-1931), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of:¿ the united empire of Akbar the Great¿ Akbar¿s reforms: the divine faith¿ the great Moghul and European travellers¿ Shah Jahan the Magnificent¿ Aurangzib, the puritan emperor¿ the fall of the Moghul empire¿ and much more.This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A sharp contrast to the Utopian nature of The Republic, Laws sets out in practical form the structure of actual society, and how, realistically, humanity can expect to govern itself. The last of the ¿dialogues¿ by the Greek philosopher and mathematician PLATO (c. 428 B.C.¿c. 347 B.C.), this meditation on the nature of culture contains much that sounds outmoded to modern ears¿such as discussions on slavery and the proper place of women¿yet it remains an insightful examination of questions that continue to trouble us today, such as:¿ the importance of education¿ the nature of beauty¿ the value of artistic endeavors¿ how to implement matters of justice¿ the principles of government¿ the dangers presented by religion¿ what constitutes a crime¿ and much more.A foundational work of both Western philosophy and classical literature, in a highly readable 1871 translation by Benjamin Jowett, this is essential reading for students, thinkers, and anyone who wishes to be considered well educated.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written in the winter of 1846¿7 as a response to Proudhon¿s Système des Contradictions Economique ou Philosophie de la Misère, this is essential background for appreciating Marx¿s later work, including Capital and his Communist Manifesto.Here, Marx begins to explore such concepts as constituted or synthetic value, the division of labor and machinery, competition and monopoly, strikes and the combination of workmen, and free trade, all of which would later come to play important roles in his social and political philosophy.Anyone wishing to understand Marx¿s approach to capitalism as an oppressor of the proletariat and as a movement destined to collapse must consider this required reading.Prussian philosopher KARL MARX (1818-1883) was a social scientist, historian, and political revolutionary. He is indisputably the most influential socialist thinker to emerge in the 19th century. Although scholars largely ignored him in his own lifetime, his social, economic, and political ideas gained rapid acceptance in the socialist movement after his death.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Why is real-world experience vital to a mature appreciation of any philosophical system Why is the search for ¿objective truth¿ a trickier proposition than it seems at first glance American psychologist and philosopher WILLIAM JAMES (1842¿1910), brother of novelist Henry James, was a groundbreaking researcher at Harvard University, author of such works as Principles of Psychology (1890) and The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (1902), and one of the most influential academics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here, in a series of essays first published in book form in 1909, and considered a sequel to his series of lectures collected in Pragmatism (also available from Cosimo), James explores these questions as he discusses:¿ the function of cognition¿ humanism and truth¿ the relation between knower and known¿ the essence of humanism¿ the meaning of the word truth¿ the absolute and strenuous life¿ and more.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Overwhelmed with shame and anger, the old Sultan himself led a third campaign. Leaving the marches over against the Mongols in the care of Prince Mohammad, and placing trusty deputies in charge of Delhi and Samana, he took his second son Bughra Khan with him, and crossing the Ganges made straight for Lakhnauti, in total disregard of the rains which were then in season.¿from Chapter IV: ¿The Slave Kings - The Turks in Delhi¿First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862¿1937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire.Volume III, Part 1 of Mediæval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great, by British scholar STANLEY LANE-POOLE (1854-1931), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of:¿ the Mohammedan invasion¿ the idol-breaker, Mahmud of Ghazni¿ the men of the mountain: Ghazni and Ghor¿ the slave kings: the Turks in Delhi¿ zenith of the slave dynasty¿ the coming of the Moghuls¿ and much more.This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862¿1937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire.Volume VII, Part 2 of From the First European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company, by British scholar SIR WILLIAM WILSON HUNTER (1840-1900), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of:¿ the ¿separate voyages¿ of the Company¿ the struggle with the Portuguese¿ the struggle between the English and the Dutch over the Eastern Archipelago¿ the tragedy of Amboyna¿ the Company and the King¿ first English settlements on the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay coasts¿ and more.This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862¿1937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire.Volume VI, Part 1 of From the First European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company, by British scholar SIR WILLIAM WILSON HUNTER (1840-1900), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of:¿ the closing of the old trade paths¿ the quest for India by sea¿ the struggle between Christendom and Islam for the Indian seas¿ the Portuguese policy in the East¿ England¿s attempts to reach India in the 16th century¿ the constitution of the first English East Indian Company¿ and more.This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Compiled in honor of the American centennial in 1876 and consisting of recipes solicited from American women all over this country, this 1876 work is the best reflection we have today of how and what Americans ate in the mid 19th century. But this isn't just a vital work of culinary history-it's also bound to make you hungry for the hearty fare it promotes.Renowned for its extensive selection of recipes for cooking game-venison, rabbit, and game birds were staples of the American diet at the time, but instructions for preparing them became hard to find after game fell out of favor-this book also includes such delicious-sounding dishes as:¿ New Orleans Gumbo Soup¿ Barbecued Fish¿ Oyster Omelet¿ Beefsteak Pie¿ Squabs in Olives¿ General Washington's Breakfast Cake¿ Sweet Potato PuddingWith a section on how to organize a clambake and another on the many uses of hominy, made from Indian corn, this truly is an all-American cookbook.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Here, in one volume, are two classic treatises on individual freedom and inherent human worth from one of the most important¿and most overlooked¿thinkers of the late 18th century.Revolutionary in all senses of the word, A Vindication of the Rights of Man, first published in 1790, and A Vindication of the Rights of Women, which followed two years later, were written against the background of the French Revolution, the debate over which caused an uproar in both England and France. In passionate and beautifully witty language, Wollstonecraft rebukes the crumbling and ineffectual traditions that allowed rich men to dominate society, and offers a stirring call for a new kind of culture, one in which all citizens¿men and women, moneyed and working class¿are granted equal opportunity to access wealth both material and spiritual.Well received in their day and still important resources for anyone wishing to understand the history of feminism as well as the development of liberal republican thought in the wake of the American and French revolutions, these are must-reads for students of cultural history.British writer and educator MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759¿1797), the mother of Frankenstein author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, espoused her then-radical feminist and liberal philosophies in other such works as Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787) and History and Moral View of the Origins and Progress of the French Revolution (1793).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The waves of Hindu conquests rolled onwards, and the aborigines submitted themselves to a higher civilization and a nobler creed. Rivers were crossed, forests were cleared, lands were reclaimed, wide wastes were people, and new countries hitherto aboriginal witnessed the rise of Hindu power and of Hindu religion. Where a few scanty settlers had penetrated at first, powerful colonies grew; where religious teachers had retired in seclusion, quiet villages and towns arose. Where a handful of merchants has made their way by some unknown river, boats plied up and down with valuable cargoes for a civilized population.¿from Chapter XVIII: ¿Expansion of the Hindus¿First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862¿1937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire.Volume I, From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century B.C., by Bengali historian ROMESH CHUNDER DUTT (1848¿1909), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of:¿ ancient India and the Rig-Veda¿ the Indo-Aryans and their literature¿ food and art in the Vedic age¿ the Brahmanic period and literature¿ the Mahabharata¿ the Ramayana¿ law, astronomy, and learning¿ the religious doctrines of the Upanishads¿ caste in the age of laws and philosophy¿ Buddhist sacred literature¿ life of Gautama Buddha¿ and much more.This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The writings of Greek philosopher ARISTOTLE (384BC-322BC)-student of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great-are among the most influential on Western thought, and indeed upon Western civilization itself. From theology and logic to ethics and even biology, there is no area of human knowledge that has not been touched by his thinking.In Politics-considered a companion piece to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics-the philosopher discusses the nature of the state, of citizenship, of public education and private wealth. In what is a response to the works of his teacher Plato, Aristotle explores the idea of the individual household as a microcosm and building block of the state; examines trade and the economy as functions of human affairs; discusses the battle between self-interest and nationalism; and much more. This edition features the classic introduction by H.W.C. Davis, the renowned English historian of the early 20th century.Students of philosophy, government, and human nature continue to find Aristotle's Politics a provocative work more than two millennia after it was written.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862¿1937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire.Volume V, The Mohammedan Period as Described by Its Own Historians¿consisting of selections from the eight-volume History of India as Described by Its Own Historians by British historian SIR HENRY MIERS ELLIOT (1803-1853)¿features entertaining and enlightening treatments of:¿ the Arab conquest of Sind¿ the holy wars of Islam waged against Hindustan¿ rise of the house of Ghor¿ Raziya, the Mohammedan empress of India¿ Ala-Ad-Din¿s conquests on the Deccan¿ Timur¿s account of his invasion of India¿ the memoirs of the emperor Babar¿ and much more.This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The wind now springing up, the Tonquin got under way, and stood in to seek the channel; but was again deterred by the frightful aspect of the breakers, from venturing within a league. Here she hove to; and Mr. Mumford, the second mate, was despatched with four hands, in the pinnace, to sound across the channel until he should find four fathoms depth.¿from Chapter VIIThe storied wildness of the American West captured the imagination of Washington Irving as completely as did the cultured romance of Europe, and the native New Yorker had barely returned home, in 1832, from nearly two decades abroad in England, France, Germany, and Spain when he set out again, this time for the frontier. The West truly was still wild then, to Continental and colonial eyes, and Irving was moved to tell one of the most fascinating adventure tales of the hardy men who explored and mapped it.This is Irving¿s lost classic, a riveting, rollicking account of John Jacob Astor¿s grand dreams of building a fur-trading empire in the Pacific Northwest, of the expeditions he sent West, and of his ultimate¿and abysmal¿failure. First published in 1836, Astoria has been unfairly maligned as historically inaccurate, but more recent scholarship has proven the book¿s detractors wrong: this is not only an essential work of brilliant literature by one of the great American writers, it is also an important factual chronicle of a foundational era of the American story that should not be forgotten.American author WASHINGTON IRVING (1783¿1859) wrote extensively in the areas of history and historical biography but is best known for his short fiction, including ¿The Legend of Sleepy Hollow¿ and ¿Rip Van Winkle.¿.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The foremost teller of scary stories in his day and a profound influence on both the novelists and filmmakers of the 20th century, Anglo-Irish author JOSEPH THOMAS SHERIDAN LE FANU (1814¿1873) has, sadly, fallen out of scholarly and popular favor, and unfairly so. To this day, contemporary readers who happen across his works praise his talent for weaving a tense literary atmosphere tinged by the supernatural and bolstered by hints of ambiguous magic.First published in 1864, Uncle Silas, one of his more famous works, is a macabre tale of the death-haunted mansion known as Knowl, and Maud Ruthyn, who narrates for us the ominous goings-on there through her curtain of obsession with the dark and the dead. Considered by some to be among the best horror novels ever written, this is certainly a pinnacle of Victorian suspense that continues to grip sophisticated readers today.With a series of new editions of Le Fanüs works, Cosimo is proud to reintroduce modern book lovers to the writings of the early master of suspense fiction who pioneered the concept of ¿psychological horror.¿.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - American journalist JACOB AUGUST RIIS (1849-1914) was the man for whom the term muckraker was coined, and the reason why is perfectly stark in this collection of true stories from the slums of late-19th-century New York City.As a police reporter and photographer for several newspapers in the 1870s, Riis became intimate with-and disgusted by-the most crime-ridden areas of the city, which were inevitably the poorest and most overpopulated by desperate immigrants. An immigrant himself-Riis had emigrated from Denmark-his work had morphed, by the 1880s, into a humanitarian cry for help for the city's most impoverished citizens, and culminated in his groundbreaking 1891 book How the Other Half Lives, a pioneering work of photojournalism that revealed the inhuman conditions of New York's tenements to an oblivious upper class.The Battle with the Slum, dating from 1902, is the sequel to that book, documenting much that had changed in a mere decade, thanks to Riis's own advocacy, and how much work still remained to be done.A replica of that first 1902 edition, complete with all the original photographs and illustrations, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of New York, of social justice, and of activist journalism.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A special agency of censors was also organized for the purpose of enforcing the regulations concerning the sanctity of animal life and the observance of filial piety, in the most extended sense. These officers were expressly enjoined to concern themselves with all sects, and with every class of society, not excluding the royal family, while separate officials were charged with the delicate duty of supervising female morals. In practice, this system must have led to much espionage and tyranny¿¿from Chapter VII: ¿Asoka Maurya and His Successors¿First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862¿1937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire.Volume II, From the Sixth Century B.C. to the Mohammedan Conquest, Including the Invasion of Alexander the Great, by British scholar VINCENT ARTHUR SMITH (1848-1920), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of:¿ the dynasties before Alexander¿ Alexander¿s Indian campaign¿ imperial monarch Asoka Maurya¿ the Indo-Greek and Indo-Parthian dynasties¿ the Gupta Empire and the white Huns¿ the reign of Harsha¿ the medieval kingdoms of the north¿ and much more.This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The foremost teller of scary stories in his day and a profound influence on both the novelists and filmmakers of the 20th century, Anglo-Irish author JOSEPH THOMAS SHERIDAN LE FANU (1814¿1873) has, sadly, fallen out of scholarly and popular favor, and unfairly so. To this day, contemporary readers who happen across his works praise his talent for weaving a tense literary atmosphere tinged by the supernatural and bolstered by hints of ambiguous magic.Though his best-known works were horror tales, Le Fanüs first novels were historical in nature. The House by the Churchyard, originally published in 1863, bridges the author¿s early work and his later experiments in Gothic horror, and is said to have inspired James Joyce¿s Finnegans Wake. A rambling tale of the charming Irish town of Chapelizod in 1767, it sees men of the Royal Irish Artillery stationed in the village and disrupting the quiet life there. though the brooding Mr. Mervyn and his coffin and the mysterious newcomer Mr. Dangerfield lend elements of the unknown as well.With a series of new editions of Le Fanüs works, Cosimo is proud to reintroduce modern book lovers to the writings of the early master of suspense fiction who pioneered the concept of ¿psychological horror.¿.