A biography of Queen Elizabeth the First, the last monarch of the Tudors.

Coleção de discursos famosos, traduzidos para o português ou escritos em português.

In the following pages an attempt has been made to examine anew in the light of God's Word some of the profoundest questions which can engage the human mind.

Główny bohater, poeta Zenon, jest emigrantem z Polski, który osiedlił się w Londynie. Tam znajduje stabilizację życiową oraz piękną narzeczoną Betsy. Jego życie komplikuje się w chwili, gdy pod wpływem przyjaciela ulega tajemnicom spirytyzmu. Poznaje hinduskiego guru oraz piękną i tajemniczą Daisy. Zafascynowany nią, coraz bardziej ulega jej urokowi. Za jej pośrednictwem kontaktuje się z duchami oraz staje się świadkiem satanistycznych rytuałów. Jego sytuacja jeszcze bardziej się komplikuje, gdy do Londynu przybywa dawna jego ukochana Ada. (Wikipedia)

François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803) rose to fame in 1791 during the Haitian struggle for independence. In this revolt, he led thousands of slaves on the island of Hispañola to fight against the colonial European powers of France, Spain and England. The former slaves ultimately established the independent state of Haiti and expelled the Europeans. L’Ouverture eventually became the governor and Commander-In-Chief of Haiti before recognizing and submitting to French rule in 1801. In June of 1802, L’Ouverture was arrested by French forces and taken to France where he was imprisoned at Joux. There he penned his autobiography “. . . to render to the French government an exact a...

Amor de Perdição é uma das obras mais marcantes de Camilo, um dos mais importantes e proliferos romancistas portugueses. Inspirado nos amores de Romeu e Julieta, Camilo conta-nos a história do amor proibido de seu tio Simão, de intrigas, crimes e desespero. Mas a história relata-nos também o seu próprio sofrimento, já que Camilo a escreve na Cadeia da Relação do Porto, onde está preso por um amor proibido. (Resumo por sailormoon)

The Nobel Prizes are international awards bestowed once a year by Scandinavian committees for cultural and scientific advances. They were established in 1895 by the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901.

The Laureats of 1908 were:
in Physics: Gabriel Lippmann (1845 - 1921) for "his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference";
in Chemistry: Ernest Rutherford (1871 - 1937) for "his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances";