The Descent Of Man Charles Darwin - In The Descent of Man Darwin addresses many of the issues raised by his notorious Origin of Species: finding in the traits and instincts of animals the origins of the mental abilities of humans, of language, of our social structures and our moral capacities, he attempts to show that there is no clear dividing line between animals and humans.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides - 'With icy remorselessness, it puts paid to any notion that the horrors of modern history might be an aberration - for it tells of universal war, of terrorism, revolution and genocide' Tom HollandThe long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta plunged the ancient Greek world into decades of war.
Creative Evolution Henri Bergson - Creative Evolution provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution, suggesting that evolution is motivated by an elan vital, a "e;vital impetus"e; that can also be understood as humanity's natural creative impulse.
Zadig Or, The Book of Fate Voltaire - Zadig; or, The Book of Fate (French: Zadig ou la Destinee; 1747) is a novella and work of philosophical fiction by the Enlightenment writer Voltaire.
The Trachiniae Sophocles - The story begins with Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, relating the story of her early life and her plight adjusting to married life.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Charles Dickens - The Mystery of Edwin Drood is Charles Dickens' unfinished mystery novel that follows John Jasper, a choirmaster and secret opium addict whose nephew disappears.
The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy Isaac Newton - It was Isaac Newton's Principia that founded the law of universal gravitation on 5th July 1687.
Uncle Silas Sheridan Le Fanu - One of the most significant and intriguing Gothic novels of the Victorian period and is enjoyed today as a modern psychological thriller.
The Memorabilia Xenophon - An essential text for understanding Socrates, Xenophon's Memorabilia is the compelling tribute of an affectionate student to his teacher, providing a rare firsthand account of Socrates' life and philosophy.
The New Organon Francis Bacon - The Novum Organum, full original title Novum Organum Scientiarum, is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon, written in Latin and published in 1620.
The Jew of Malta Christopher Marlowe - The spirit of Machiavelli presides over The Jew of Malta, in which the title character relentlessly plots to maintain and extend his political influence and wealth.
Die Wahlverwandtschaften Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Eduard und Charlotte leben in zweiter Ehe zusammen auf ihrem Landgut und erfüllen sich damit ihre Jugendliebe.
Erewhon, or Over The Range Samuel Butler - Erewhon: or, Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler which was first published anonymously in 1872,set in a fictional country discovered and explored by the protagonist.
Your Word is Your Wand Florence Scovel Shinn - Miss Shinn was an artist, an author and a metaphysics teacher in New York in the early part of the 20th century.
Siddhartha Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha, die Legende von der Selbstbefreiung eines jungen Menschen aus familiärer und gesellschaftlicher Fremdbestimmung zu einem selbständigen Leben, zeigt, dass Erkenntnis nicht durch Lehren zu vermitteln ist, sondern nur durch eigene Erfahrung erworben werden kann.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding David Hume - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume, published in English in 1748.
The Master Mind of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Master Mind of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the sixth of his Barsoom series.
Eine Idee des Doctor Ox Jules Verne - Die belgische Kleinstadt Quiquendone, besteht seit 800 Jahren, hat 2393 Einwohner und liegt 15,25 km südöstlich von Brügge in Flandern an der Vaar, einem Nebenfluss der Schelde.
Vater Goriot Honoré de Balzac - Balzacs Roman Le Père Goriot thematisiert an einem praktisch alle Sozialschichten umfassenden Personenensemble sowohl den gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg als auch dessen Niederungen und Abgründe im Kontext der Restauration des beginnenden 19.
The Theogony of Hesiod Hesiod - The Theogony is essentially a large-scale synthesis of a vast variety of local Greek traditions concerning the gods and the universe, organized as a narrative that tells about the creation of the world out of Chaos and about the gods that shaped the cosmos.
Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay Immanuel Kant - Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Konigsberg (today Kaliningrad of Russia), researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment.
Lange Latte & Genossen Rudyard Kipling - Das Werk "Lange Latte und Genossen" ist eine Sammlung von zusammenhängenden Kurzgeschichten, geschrieben von Rudyard Kipling.
Absolute Key To Occult Science, The Tarot Of The Bohemians Papus - Originally published in 1892, this fully illustrated book is intended for initiates of the tarot.
The Teeth of the Tiger Maurice Leblanc - The Teeth of the Tiger was published in this English translation in 1914, but wasnt available in the original French until its serialization in Le Journal in 1920.
The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection - Charles Darwin - "e;The Origin is one of the most important books ever published, and a knowledge of it should be a part of the intellectual equipment of every educated person.
Die Glücksritter - Josef Freiherr von Eichendorff - 1788 auf Schloss Lubowitz bei Ratibor als Sohn eines preußischen Offiziers geboren, genießt Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff eine aristokratisch-katholische Erziehung und schließt 1812 - gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder - das Studium der Rechtwissenschaft ab und nimmt als Leutnant im Lützowschen Freikorps am Befreiungskrieg teil.
Die Reise um den Mond Jules Verne - Drei Raumfahrer sind mit ihrem Versuch gescheitert, sich per Geschoß von der Erde auf den Mond befördern zu lassen.
Hunger und Armut, Klimawandel und Energieverschwendung, Ungleichheit und Ungerechtigkeit, Ressourcenraubbau und Misswirtschaft: In seinem neuen Buch "Erde 5.
The ultimate goal of this paper is to control the angular speed, in a model of a DC motor driving an inertial load has the angular speed, as the output and applied voltage, as the input, by varying the applied voltage using different control strategies for comparison purpose.
Peter Plichta war schon in jungen Jahren der Auffassung, jeder Mensch sollte eine Ahnung haben von der ungelösten Frage, warum es uns Menschen überhaupt gibt.
A major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selectionAlfred Russel Wallace (18231913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian age.
The book analyzes the combination of intelligent data analytics with the intricacies of biological data that has become a crucial factor for innovation and growth in the fast-changing field of bioinformatics and biomedical systems.
The book "Experienced and thought over" by the great scientist, philosopher and pedagogue Vladimir Vernadsky includes materials that help to comprehend the scale of this truly unique personality: extracts from diaries, articles, correspondence with outstanding contemporaries.
