- Sort by:
- Rating
- Alphabet
- Addition time
31-40 results of 12397
- Best books by genre:
- Literature & Fiction
- » History & Criticism
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 31, 1891
- Author: Various
- Genre: Criticism & Theory
The first volume of English weekly comic magazine appeared on the seventeenth of June 1841. The permanent author of “Punch”, being illustrated bourgeois liberal periodical, for some period of time was William Makepeace Thackeray. After 1848 the magazine lost its democratic orientation and in the late nineteenth century passed to conservative positions. Today famous English writers, critics and caricaturists present their works in “Punch”, which number of copies makes up about 130 thousand.
confessions of j j rousseau the volume 05
- Author: rousseau
- Genre: History & Criticism
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
confessions of j j rousseau the volume 03
- Author: rousseau
- Genre: History & Criticism
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
confessions of j j rousseau the volume 02
- Author: rousseau
- Genre: History & Criticism
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
The Bakchesarian Fountain and Other Poems
- Author: Various
- Genre: Criticism & Theory
The Bakchesarian Fountain and Other Poems is a collection of amazing poems which belong to the pen of the most prominent poets of Russia including Alexandr Pushkin. All of the poems included in the book are very powerful and at the same time touching and amazing. They give its readers an insight into the life of Russian society, inspirations and wishes of Russian people. The collection is definitely recommended to everyone who is interested in classical Russian literature and who wants to feel its true spirit.
non euclidean geometry a critical and historical study of its development
- Author: roberto bonola
- Genre: History & Criticism
Bonola's Non-Euclidean Geometry is an elementary historical and critical study of the development of that subject. Based upon his article inENRiQUEs' collection of Monographs on Questions of Elementary Geometry^, in its final form it still retains its elementary character, and only in the last chapter is a knowledge of more advanced mathematics required. Recent changes in the teaching of Elementary Geometry in England and America have made it more then ever necessary that those who are engaged in the training of the teachers should be able to tell them something of the growth of that science; of the hypothesis on which it is built; more especially of that hypotheses on which rests Euclid's theory of parallels; of the long discussion to which that theory was subjected; and of the final discovery of the logical possibility of the different Non-Euclidean Geometries. – From translator’s preface.
A work on non-Euclidean geometry, the study of shapes and constructions that do not map directly to any n-dimensional Euclidean system, characterized by a non-vanishing Riemann curvature tensor.
The Nursery, Number 164
- Author: Various
- Genre: Criticism & Theory
This is one of the editions of a famous magazine that was published at the end of the nineteenth century and was intended mainly for young readers. Number 164 covers a wide range of topics and could be highly recommended for a wide circle of readers who want to dive into the thoughts and ideas of the society of that time.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859
- Author: Various
- Genre: Criticism & Theory
Excerpt from the book: “These "stately ravens of the saintly day sof yore" flew, each day, all over the world, gathering "facts and figures, " doubtless for their August master. It is a beautiful fable, and reminds one of Milton's "thoughts which wander through eternity. "The dove of the Ark, and the bird which perched on the shoulder of the old Plutarchan hero Sertorius, are recalled by this Scandinavian legend:-- "Hug in and Mun in Each down take their flight Earth's fields over”.
confessions of j j rousseau the volume 04
- Author: rousseau
- Genre: History & Criticism
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
confessions of j j rousseau the volume 11
- Author: rousseau
- Genre: History & Criticism
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.