“henri charriere”

Papillion is the greatest true story of escape and adventure ever written. Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillion) was sent to the penal colony of French Guinea. Forty - two days after his arrival he made his first break, travelling a thousand grueling mile... More

Henri Charriere, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: "escape," After planning and executing a series of treachero... More

This book is a travel journal, by a 'Barbarian' as Henri Michaux designates himself, who relates his journey through southern and eastern Asia. he was then barely thirty, in 1931, and yet, he was no wide-eyed tourist. This book is full of subjective glimpses that cover a wide swathe of Asia- India, ... More

Henri Blocher offers a philosophically sophisticated treatment of the biblical evidence for original sin, interacting with the best theological thinking on the subject and showing that while the nature of original sin is a mystery only belief in it makes sense of evil and wrongdoing.... More

PREFACE MY FRIENDS, I dedicate these lectures to yon. They were not specially composed for you, but I publish them mainly for you, and to you I dedicate them with the ardent desire that you may share my hopes, my convictions, and my faith. As a priest of Jesus Christ, is nothing nearer heart than to... More

RELATIONS BETWEEM FRANCE AND GERMANY A REPORT BY HENRI IJCHTENBERGER Professor at the Sorbonne Upon his investigation of conditions in Germany made at the invitation of the European Bureau of the Division of Intercourse and Education of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace WASHINGTON PUBLI... More

While intelligence treats everything mechanically, instinct proceeds, so to speak, organically. If...we could ask and it could reply, it would give up to us the most intimate secrets of life. -from Chapter II Anticipating not only modern scientific theories of psychology but also those of cosmology,... More