Books published by publisher Maria

The Grandet family is violently out of the ordinary, since the sudden arrival of his late Cousin Charles Eugenie, recently orphaned and without money. Eugenie's emotional awakening, stimulated by her love for her cousin, leads to a direct conflict with her father, whose smart and financial success matched her determination to rebel. The moving story of Eugenie is placed in the background of provincial oppression and the functioning of the financial system following the French Revolution. It is both a fascinating portrait of private life and a vigorous fictional document of his age.

Meet Gabriella the middle school worrywart. She’s afraid of everything! God gives her the opportunity to become courageous when she receives a special gift from her grandmother, a glimpse into the past. Grandma allows Gabriella and her cousin Catherine to search through an old trunk in the attic. They discover antique items that belonged to their ancestors. One in particular catches Gabriella’s eye. It’s a necklace. While the family travels through Italy, Gabriella and Catherine search for the meaning of the necklace. What will they uncover about its importance?

The Art of War, literally The Laws of War (military methods) by Master Sun, is the most famous ancient Chinese treatise, dedicated to a military strategy and policy, written by Sun Tzu. As Sun Tzu said the art of war is of vital importance to the state. The treatise by Sun Tzu influenced crucially on a whole military art of the East. Although it is the first treatise on the military art, it includes clearly expressed common principles of strategy as well as tactics. A special place in a military theoretical literature belongs to comments on Sun Tzu, the earliest of which appeared in the Han era (AD 206-220), and the new ones are still being created....