Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously dismiss it as an 'awkward mixture of fact and fiction', generations of readers have not agreed, finding the novel to be a charming and insightful portrait of inner growth against the background of a world limned with extraordinary clarity, grace and colour. Evident too in its brilliant account of a young person's emerging awareness of the world and of his place within it are many of the stances, techniques and themes that would come to full flower in the immortal War and Peace and Anna Karenina, and in the other great works of Tolstoy's maturity.

Bringing together new essays by philosophers and activists, In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave highlights the new challenges facing the animal rights movement. Exciting new collection edited by controversial philosopher Peter Singer, who made animal rights into an international concern when he first published In Defence of Animals and Animal Liberation over thirty years ago Essays explore new ways of measuring animal suffering, reassess the question of personhood, and draw highlight tales of effective advocacy Lays out "Ten Tips for Activists", taking the reader beyond ethical theory and into the day-to-day campaigns for animal rightsThe EPUB format of this title may not be compatible for use on all handheld devices.

When Buddy Pancake and his buddies stumble across the Wish List website, they jokingly post their “impossible” wishes. Imagine their surprise when the wishes start coming true! But Buddy and his pals neglected to read the fine print and now must pay the price for the wishes they’ve been granted. Wish List is a compelling, nail-biting, laugh-out-loud thriller. Product DescriptionBe careful what you wish for! When Buddy Pancake and his drinking buddies stumble across the Wish List website, they jokingly post their "impossible" wishes. Imagine their surprise when, one by one, the wishes start coming true! But Buddy and his pals neglected to read the fine print explaining the price they must pay for the wishes they've been granted. Wish list is a compelling, nail-biting, laugh-out-loud thriller in the tradition of Saving Rachel. About the AuthorJohn Locke is the international best-selling author of Saving Rachel, Wish List, Lethal People, Lethal Experiment, and Now & Then. All five books are on the Amazon/Kindle Best Seller's List. His latest book, Follow the Stone, was released in February, 2011, and became a Top 10 Western in the space of three days. He lives in Kentucky, where he is working on his sixth Donovan Creed novel, A Girl Like You. Every 10 seconds, 24 hours a day, a John Locke novel is downloaded somewhere in the world.

Chi McLane likes to lie. It's part of her job. She's a fortuneteller and will happily lie about your future for a fee. Then she encounters a problem. She's just inherited her grandmother's house. That's not so bad, right? Wrong. Because the house comes with a book, and the book comes with a curse. Suddenly Chi finds herself thrust into the gritty world of a seer. Yeah, because magic exists, and it ain't pretty. Oh, and there's another problem. One with broad shoulders, a deep Scottish accent, and a killer smile. Turns out he's her magical bodyguard, and he's here to stay. Chi is pushed into a realm of violent magic, petty lies, and a curse that will haunt her until the day she dies. ... A Lying Witch is a four-book series sure to please fans of Odette C. Bell's The Enchanted Writes. All four books and a Complete Series Box set are currently available.

Human Action is the most important book on political economy you will ever own. It was (and remains) the most comprehensive, systematic, forthright, and powerful defense of the economics of liberty ever written. This is the Scholars Edition: accept no substitute. You will treasure this volume. The Scholars Edition is the original, unaltered treatise (originally published in 1949) that shaped a generation of Austrians and made possible the intellectual movement that is leading the global charge for free markets. Made available exclusively through the Ludwig von Mises Institute, this edition, Mises's original, is the one to own. This edition is a case-bound hardback with a beautiful cover that is also meant for extreme use and durability; No hardbound edition compares in price; The pagination of the original 1949 edition is preserved, but it also includes invaluable additions. Includes the 1954 index prepared under Mises's supervision, the most complete ever published, united here with the book for the first time. The introduction, by Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Jeffrey Herbener, and Joseph Salerno--based on newly discovered archives--tells of the tragic and glorious history of this seminal work, and of its bright future as the manifesto of liberty. This edition is keyed to the world's first and only Study Guide to Human Action, by Robert Murphy, which opens up this book as never before. All told, The Scholars Edition looks exactly like the classic work it is, ready for a lifetime (or two) of use. Mises himself wrote the following by way of explanation of why he wrote the book: Economics does not allow any breaking up into special branches. It invariably deals with the interconnectedness of all phenomena of acting and economizing. All economic facts mutually condition one another. Each of the various economic problems must be dealt with in the frame of a comprehensive system assigning its due place and weight to every aspect of human wants and desires. All monographs remain fragmentary if not integrated into a systematic treatment of the whole body of social and economic relations. To provide such a comprehensive analysis is the task of my book Human Action , a Treatise on Economics. It is the consummation of lifelong studies and investigations, the precipitate of half a century of experience. I saw the forces operating which could not but annihilate the high civilization and prosperity of Europe. In writing my book, I was hoping to contribute to the endeavors of our most eminent contemporaries to prevent this country from following the path which leads to the abyss. The Scholars Edition of Human Action is the definitive edition of this great work and foundation of every library of freedom.

The father of modern western philosophy, René Descartes formulated the first modern version of mind-body dualism, promoting the development of a new science grounded in observation and experiment. Applying an original system of methodical doubt, he dismissed apparent knowledge derived from the senses and reason, establishing a new epistemic foundation on the basis of intuition, expressed in the dictum: “I think, therefore I am” (Cogito, ergo sum). This comprehensive eBook presents Descartes’ collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Descartes’ life and works Concise introductions to the treatises and other texts All the major treatises, with individual contents tables Features rare treatises appearing for the first time in digital publishing Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts Excellent formatting of the texts Features two biographies - discover Descartes’ literary life Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books RULES FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE MIND THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH THE WORLD DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY SELECTIONS FROM ‘THE PRINCIPLES OF PHILOSOPHY’ NOTES DIRECTED AGAINST A CERTAIN PROGRAMME PASSIONS OF THE SOUL The Biographies RENÉ DESCARTES by William Wallace BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: RENÉ DESCARTES by Clodius Piat Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks **

Author Colin Wilson opens this illuminating psychological discussion with the development of the 1977 Behavioral Science Unit, which was set up in order to answer the many questions surrounding serial killers: How does someone become a serial killer? How do they choose their victims, and why do they not feel remorse? How are they caught? Wilson interviews FBI Special Agent Robert Ressler, coiner of the term “serial killer" and one of the pioneers of criminal profiling, as well as Ted Bundy and Charles Manson in order to figure out the motives behind their grisly actions.In Manhunters, by tracking the BSU's development of psychological profiling and genetic fingerprinting, Wilson reveals the forensic investigations that caused the seizure and arrest of some of the most vile and villainous people in the world, including Jeffrey Dahmer, William Heirens, Peter Sutcliffe, John Duffy, Jerry Brudos, Wayne Williams, and many more. As he divulges the details of each...

Product DescriptionWhat if the best morning of your life suddenly turned into your worst nightmare? Sam Case is about to find out. Saving Rachel is the story of what happens when killers force a man to choose between his wife and his mistress...and the one he rejects must die. But wait--all is not as it appears to be. In fact, nothing is what it appears to be!Saving Rachel is a scary, funny, roller coaster ride through hell, with twists, and turns that will slap your face and suck you in! About the AuthorDuring John Locke's career journey from rock and roll singer-to door-to-door salesman-to the creation of several multi-million dollar companies, he has encountered a wellspring of bizarre people from which to craft his unique characters. He is the author of three novels and two nonfiction books. He lives in Kentucky.

An urban fantasy with everything from romance to mystery, The Witch's Bell Series follow a feisty witch, Ebony Bell, as she solves magical malady after magical malady.Ebony is in trouble. This time it isn't some strange family curse or a hoard of tattooed wizards. It's her dreams; they've turned on her. Someone or something is trying to get at Ebony through her dreams. And it is powerful, horribly powerful. She might have faced trouble in the past, but she has never faced anything like this. If she can't find a way to stop it, Ebony Bell will die, and the rest of Vale will die with her.