Laurier The Fox
Extraits
Instruments de musique
7 Easy Dances. Seven attractive pieces for developing players. alto saxophone and piano.
From the acclaimed educationalst and composer Paul Harris, 7 Easy Dances is a collection fo delightful miniature to set the dancefloor alight - including traditional dances and classic ballroom styles. These characterful pieces are ideally suited for teaching and would be a rearding addtition to any developing syophonist's repertoire. Paul Harris is one of the UK's most influential music educationalists. He studied the clarinet and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won the August Manns Prize for outstanding performance in clarinet playing and where he now teaches. He is in great demand as a teacher, composer, and writer (he has written over 600 books), and his inspirational masterclasses and orkshops continue to influence thousands of young musicians and teachers all over the world in both the principles and practice of musical performance and education. Instrumentation : alto saxophone and piano
07/2024
Religion
The History of German Lutheran Congregations in England, 1900-1950
Between 1900 and 1950, the development of German congregations in England was characterised by sudden unprecedented changes. Growth was followed by decline, marginalisation by expansion. The situation during and after World War I contrasted sharply with that during and after World War II. Being drawn into the German Church struggle German congregations in England experienced the conflict between nationalistic and ecumenical attitudes. They were challenged in particular by Bonhoeffer's theological stance and became a meeting-place for different cultural, political and spiritual traditions. World War II saw a new emphasis on the ministry among German-speaking refugees, as well as among civilian internees and military prisoners.
08/1987
Non classé
On 'Nominal Non-Predicating' Adjectives in English
The study tries to show - on the basis of a large collection of data - that the labelling of adjectives such as environmental, nuclear, linguistic, urban as 'nominal, non-preicating' does not adequately account for observable language behaviour. 'Lexicalized' terms such as polar bear behave like unitary nouns, but otherwise these adjectives can well be found in predicative position ; they may also accept adverbial modification. Various syntactic tests demonstrate that attempts to explain predicative occurrences as resulting from ellipsis, from Head Noun Deletion, fail in a large number of cases. The conclusion reached in this thesis is that the adjectives in question cannot generally be considered 'attributive-only'.
12/1987
Histoire de France
«Die Welt war meine Gemeinde»- Willem A. Visser ’t Hooft. A Theologian for Europe between Ecumenism and Federalism
Willem A. Visser 't Hooft (1900–1985), Dutch pastor and theologian, was one of the most significant personalities in the Protestant Ecumenical movement. Deeply influenced by Karl Barth, and filled with a strong Ecumenical spirit, he was closely involved in the founding of the World Council of Churches, of which he was elected General Secretary. During the Second World War, many Protestants became convinced of the need for an international political system which, beside uniting the nations and peoples of Europe, would guarantee them fundamental freedoms and mutual respect for their historical, cultural and confessional traditions. The directors of the WWC were strongly committed to federalism, partly because of the political traditions of the states from which their member churches originated (Switzerland ; Great Britain and its Commonwealth ; the United States), and partly because of their conviction that a simple confederation of states, based on the model of the League of Nations, would be completely incapable of containing national ambitions. In spring 1944, Visser 't Hooft welcomed into his Geneva home the representatives of the European Resistance, who, under the leadership of Altiero Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi, signed the International Federalist Declaration of the Resistance Movements. These historic transnational encounters, aimed not only at coordinating military action or seeking diplomatic contacts but at exploring ways to "build" peace and re-establish the future of the Continent on new foundations, marked a profound break with the past.
12/1985
Non classé
Prisons and Idylls
Critical attempts to evaluate Kleist's fictional world, e.g. as ordered or disordered, accessible or resistant to reason, face a hermeneutic problem : the material and psychological embeddedness of the characters in the very world they seek to understand. This problem is reflected not only in the less-than-omniscient perspective of Kleist's narrators, but also in the reader's confrontation with competing readings of events in terms of mythic absolutes and with the opaquely concrete quality of spatial metaphors. In this light, three new interpretations offer insight into such problems as the nature of the idyll in "Das Erdbeben in Chili," the Marquise von O...'s creative self-imprisonment, and the gypsy's apparently supernatural intervention in Kohlhaas' quest. Finally, the book presents a dynamic typology of spatial phenomena in the stories which accounts for Kleist's concern with the interpretive process as opposed to its presumed endpoint.
12/1985
Shojo/fille
He came for learning "Love". Tome 1
An est lycéenne et vit seule dans la pension de sa tante. Un jour, elle reçoit un étrange colis qui contient un androïde venant du futur ! Le robot, Nayuta Hibiki, fait plus vrai que nature, il ressemble à s'y méprendre à un véritable jeune homme. Sauf pour une chose : il ne sait pas aimer. La jeune fille va alors devoir lui apprendre l'amour !
02/2022
Shojo/fille
He came for learning "Love" Tome 3
Ann est lycéenne et vit seule dans la pension de sa tante. Un jour, elle reçoit un étrange colis qui contient un androïde venant du futur ! Le robot, Nayuta Hibiki, fait plus vrai que nature, il ressemble à s'y méprendre à un véritable jeune homme. Sauf pour une chose : il ne sait pas aimer. La jeune fille va alors devoir lui apprendre l'amour !
08/2022
Non classé
Covenant and Liberation
This book springs from the practical interaction of two absorbing interests : in covenant, thanks to many years of lecturing on the Scriptures, in which covenants provide a sure road from start to finish of the Bible ; and in liberation, an interest sharpened by more than a decade of working in a Lima parish with people struggling desperately to break free from the cycle of poverty, oppression and premature death. Theirs is part of the struggle for liberation throughout Latin America and many other parts of our global home. Reflecting with the poor on their situation in the light of the Scriptures has led to a fuller realization that covenant and liberation are two sides of the same coin - liberation is for covenant, and covenant is to consolidate and promote freedom as befits God's family. First comes a synthesis of the biblical covenants, indicating their continuity but also the unique characteristics of each one. Special attention is paid to the new covenant, often reflected in terms of kingdom, community, family and mutual love. Then it is indicated how new light may be drawn from such a central biblical theme in order to view correctly and share personally in today's liberation struggles.
01/1991
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
CONSTRUCTING QUARKS. A Sociological History of Particle Physics
Widely regarded as a classic in its field, Constructing Quarks recounts the history of the post-war development of elementary particle physics. Inviting a reappraisal of the status of scientific knowledge, Andrew Pickering suggests that scientists are not passive observers; and reporters of nature. Rather, they are active producers of the world through a social symbiosis of experimental and theoretical practice.
"Constructing Quarks chronicles what many have begun to regard as a major revolution in 20th century science-the discovery of quarks and gauge field theories of strong, electromagnetic and weak interactions. A prodigious piece of scholarship that I can heartily recommend."
-Michael Riordan, New Scientist
"An admirable history.... Because his account is so detailed and so accurate, and because it makes clear why the physicists did what they did, it is eminently suited to be required reading for all young physicists entering or contemplating entering the practice of elementary-particle physics."
-Hugh N. Pendleton, Physics Today
"A very detailed description of a remarkable enterprise."
-John Polkinghorne, Times Higher Education Supplement
01/1984
Non classé
Proceedings of the International Coastal Congress ICC-Kiel '92
The contributions to this book cover a wide range of subjects from a variety of coastrelated fields, from coastal regions in Europe and beyond. They are mainly aimed at identifying urgent problems within the coastal zones of these regions and at making a contribution to their solution. Future climate-depending risks for coastal areas (e.g. erosion, flooding), their conservation and protection make up a central part of these issues of concern. With respect to the program structure a division was made according to the overall list of proposed topics into both thematic and regional topical sessions.
05/1993
Espagne
Secret Seville
Far from the crowds and the well-worn clichés, Seville still has many hidden gems it only reveals to locals and visitors who head off the beaten track. An essential guide for those who thought they knew Seville well or are seeking to discover another side of the city. Why is there a stone relief of Grace Kelly on the wall of Seville Town Hall and how can you track down the railway from the Ibero-American Expo of 1929 ? Where might you find the legacy of Christopher Columbus' son, a medieval Jewish cemetery in a car park, the oddest of barbershops, forgotten souvenirs from the Guadalquivir steamboats, Masonic symbols in a church, the last remaining vestiges of the Andalusian pavilions from the '29 Expo, a little-known Modernist electric power station, an example of the Nazi Enigma machine, a collection of Chinese and Japanese art in a Renaissance mansion or the pillars of a medieval synagogue ?
04/2022
Roman d'amour, roman sentiment
Don't leave me
Jordan and Florence had made a promise never to part with each other, having managed to heal their past pains. Unfortunately, one day she will return to France, leaving Jordan, alone, in Boston. Their love, their carnal complicity in which they always found refuge and had fun in unusual places, cannot be ended on a whim. The death of a child, of a parent, suicide, disability, so many trials that will test their love, so that they admit they are nothing without the other. Will they succeed, knowing that when one is loved, one strength is increased tenfold when one encounters an obstacle ? Besides, distance is nothing when two people love each other so passionately, destiny is supposed to bring those who love each other together.
07/2022
Ethnologie et anthropologie
The Wolves Rise Again. New elites born out of chaos
The successive shocks that strike our time have acted as an indicator of men : the bland elites of yesteryear, suddenly rejected by the masses, went back silently into the void where they had first come from. This opportunist plutarchy, that maintained itself so far, thanks to the industry of lying, the targeted elimination of creative people, will soon be engulfed. Around these illusionists with no audience, the hidden alphas will begin to rise. Within a few months, alphas, forged in a new metal, invaded public space. How can it be explained ? In troubled times, the hierarchies of peacetime had left, suddenly, a place to the atomisation of individuals. Chaos then allows the individual alphas to rise to power. Like a pack of wolves, these alphas quickly take the lead of small human groups organising themselves into rival packs. The French Revolution is a striking example of this evolution : the masters of yesterday were relegated because of their unsuitability.
06/2022
Religion
Paul’s Sexual and Marital Ethics in 1 Corinthians 7
Paul's Sexual and Marital Ethics in 1 Corinthians 7 : An African-Cameroonian Perspective provides readers with an innovative interpretation of Paul's pastoral and pedagogical approach and solutions to the multifaceted ethical problems presented to him by the Corinthian community, revealing a wide-ranging, complex, and flexible decision-making process. Alice Yafeh's analysis also illuminates two different evaluations of the same ethical problem may be simultaneously relevant where operating assumptions diverge : first as a community in pursuance of the goal of undistracted devotion to the Lord, and, second, as individual members who must pursue that goal within the specific lifestyles in which they have been called. The author argues that Paul's pastoral and theological approach, which is deeply motivated by a desire to inspire faithful Christian living and witness, can serve as a new model for evaluating pre-conversion polygyny ; a model that is oriented toward positive and substantive change in the lives of women and children. Consequently, the implication of Paul's approach and judgments for contemporary Christian communities suggests the same believing community may adopt different ways of faithfully living out the practical implications of Christian view of marriage extended by Paul in 1 Corinthians 7.
05/2015
Technologies
Integral Bridges. A fundamental approach to the time-temperature loading problem
Integral bridges have become increasingly popular in the UK over recent years. Problems and costs associated with failed expansion joints in conventional bridges not only make integral bridges a cost-effective option but also means they have longer lifespans that their counterparts. The Highways Agency standards now require that, wherever possible, all new bridges of less than 60 m length should be of integral form.
The growing importance of integral bridges has highlighted the need for more information and guidance to assist in improving bridge design. This book presents the results of research commissioned by the Highways Agency into the thermally induced soil/structure interaction created by environmental temperature changes and the associated cyclical displacements imposed on the granular backfill of bridge abutments. It :
develops a better theoretical understanding of temperature-induced cyclic displacements ; in particular the strain ratcheting in backfill soil in contact with a 'stiff' structure, identifies the governing soil parameters and examines their influence, develops numerical modelling procedures to predict soil behaviour, identifies and quantifies the controlling features of bridge structures relevant to the interaction problem
This book provides essential information for bridge designers to aid their understanding of the cyclical changes in backfill pressures and settlement due to diurnal and annual changes in bridge deck temperature - a crucial factor when designing integral bridges.
01/2000
Autres éditeurs (A à E)
Le clown qui avait perdu ses couleurs. Edition bilingue français-anglais
Livre jeunesse illustré, texte bi-lingue Français-Anglais. Le clown Arturo a perdu toutes ses couleurs ! Et il ne fait plus rire les enfants. Il demande alors au lion, mais le lion qui tricote une jolie écharpe de laine bleue ne les a pas vues. Peut être qu'elles sont chez le caméléon ? Et si l'amitié était la plus belle des couleurs ? ---- Illustrated children book, bi-lingual text French-English Arturo the clown had lost all his colors ! And he doesn't make the children laugh anymore... He asks the lion, but the lion who is knitting a pretty scarf of blue wool has not seen them. Maybe they are with the chameleon ? What if friendship was the most beautiful color ?
07/2022
Informatique
THE AWESOME POWER OF DIRECT 3D/DIRECTX. DirectX version 5.0, compact disk included
If you are programming real-time 3D applications for simulations, games, marketing, demonstrations or computer-animated videos using " Microsoft's Direct 3D Software Development Kit ", this book is for you. Unlike other books, " The awesome power of direct 3D/DirectX " shows you how to build a complete working 3D application, including 3D sound, joystick input, animation, textures, shadows, and even collision detection ! It shows you how to write a complete project using Retained Mode. It does not bury the code in "wrappers" that hide the nuances of the SDK. Nothing is hidden. What's inside ? : complete step-by-step tutorial for Direct 3D ; retained mode (windowed and full-screen) applications ; basics of DirectDraw ; how to integrate all DirectX components into a working program ; special techniques for shadows and 3D sound ; integration of direct input devices like joystick and mouse ; comprehensive library of high-quality, free, reusable 3D objects and textures cross-referenced DirectX retained mode command library ; all steps necessary to set up an immediate mode framework which you can then use to create a complete program. An independent developer of 3D graphics applications and games, Peter J. Kovach has been a vice president with a national developer of virtual reality and arcade systems and CEO of a corporation developing 3D system for advertising and product development. CD-ROM contains : more than 140 DirectX.x objects, some with animation (70 megs) ; 3ds originals of the .x objects (58 megs) ; 52 high-quality textures (4 megs) ; Microsoft's DirectX 6 SDK and samples (386 megs) ; all the code from the text.
12/1999
Non classé
Practice and Problems in English Grammar and Usage
This book aims to bridge the gap between theoretical and didactic grammar by familiarizing students with traditional terminology and notorious problem areas of English grammar - often otherwise ignored or neglected - and presenting them with a range of carefully chosen practice questions including challenging translation exercises for German students. Because it is often not simply ungrammaticality, but a certain un-Englishness, oddness, or awkwardness that marks students' English, this book is also a workbook on usage and style. A grammatical workbook and textbook in one, it has the unique advantage that almost all practice questions can be answered on the basis of information provided within the book and as a result can be used for individual study as well as school and university work. It will greatly help reinforce students' knowledge of grammar and give students the much needed practice and training in not only grammatically correct, but stylistically appropriate and natural English usage.
10/1991
Non classé
Read Ancient African scripts from any current African language. Volume 2
The son of Douaouf, the brilliant, scribe of the early XIIth Dynasty Xty " Khety " said this : "The man continues to subsist after reaching the haven of death and his actions are beside him in a heap. " If regression is the main cause of the alarming situation of Africa and its tails the perceptibles consequences at all levels, the solution to this problem is eminently political. It inevitably involves the constitution of a pan-African State. For men, there is no unity without memory of the past. In fact, the construction of a federal state inevitably involves the restoration of African historical consciousness. There is no national and federal identity without a common language. The unification of Africa will only be possible if it takes the measure of its linguistic unification issue. To a lesser extent but like Cheikh Anta Diop in his book titled the Cultural Unity, I was animated throughout this heuristic by the idea that only the true knowledge of the past can maintain the consciousness and the feeling of a historical continuity essential to the consolidation of a nation for the purpose of building a multinational state in line with its past. Like Cheikh Anta Diop, I build my sureness on the legitimate idea that a people who lost a significant part of their historical memory must engage in the investigation of their past in every possible way. This investigation can take the contours of a reconnection with its past through so-called old languages. But a people can not live only with by merely repeating of what others tell them about themselves. The investigation through its linguistic past allows especially a direct knowledge of oneself. In addition to the fact that this knowledge simply highlights its weaknesses, it allows also to become aware by an introspective and therefore reflective of its real abilities and strengths. It structures being and the consciousness of being to resist any form of servile and degrading ideology. This quest for the past, not founded on blind passion but objectivity, nourishes a healthy ambition for a real universalism. To know one's past is already to project one's future. To know one's past is to give oneself the capacity to be able to bring to others in a perspective of giving and receiving. To know one's past is to refuse intellectual guardianship and wait-and-seeism. To know one's past is to be reborn.
05/2020
Non classé
Read Ancient African scripts from any current African language. Volume 1
The son of Douaouf, the brilliant, scribe of the early XIIth Dynasty Xty " Khety " said this : "The man continues to subsist after reaching the haven of death and his actions are beside him in a heap. " If regression is the main cause of the alarming situation of Africa and its tails the perceptibles consequences at all levels, the solution to this problem is eminently political. It inevitably involves the constitution of a pan-African State. For men, there is no unity without memory of the past. In fact, the construction of a federal state inevitably involves the restoration of African historical consciousness. There is no national and federal identity without a common language. The unification of Africa will only be possible if it takes the measure of its linguistic unification issue. To a lesser extent but like Cheikh Anta Diop in his book titled the Cultural Unity, I was animated throughout this heuristic by the idea that only the true knowledge of the past can maintain the consciousness and the feeling of a historical continuity essential to the consolidation of a nation for the purpose of building a multinational state in line with its past. Like Cheikh Anta Diop, I build my sureness on the legitimate idea that a people who lost a significant part of their historical memory must engage in the investigation of their past in every possible way. This investigation can take the contours of a reconnection with its past through so-called old languages. But a people can not live only with by merely repeating of what others tell them about themselves. The investigation through its linguistic past allows especially a direct knowledge of oneself. In addition to the fact that this knowledge simply highlights its weaknesses, it allows also to become aware by an introspective and therefore reflective of its real abilities and strengths. It structures being and the consciousness of being to resist any form of servile and degrading ideology. This quest for the past, not founded on blind passion but objectivity, nourishes a healthy ambition for a real universalism. To know one's past is already to project one's future. To know one's past is to give oneself the capacity to be able to bring to others in a perspective of giving and receiving. To know one's past is to refuse intellectual guardianship and wait-and-seeism. To know one's past is to be reborn.
05/2020
Objets d'art, collection
The Wider Goldsmiths' Trade in Elizabethan and Stuart London
The Wider Goldsmiths' Trade in Elizabethan and Stuart London is the first book to study all aspects of the Goldsmiths' trade. It challenges the assumption that the manufacture of silver plate and gold jewellery was the company's only activity during the seventeenth century. It considers allied trades such as refining, wiredrawing, and the making of small-swords and watches, as well as the development of the modern banking system. On Elizabeth I's accession, England was essentially a 'third world economy', with exports mainly of wool, unfinished woolen cloth and some minerals, whilst imports consisted of a great range of goods including luxuries such as silks, fine linens, and even scissors. By the end of the seventeenth century, the situation was transformed : a burgeoning maritime trade with many parts of the world enabled the import of raw materials as well as some luxury goods and a wide range of exports which included certain goods produced in London with an international reputation for quality, such as beaver hats and mathematical instruments. Throughout the period, religious refugees and economic migrants brought their skills and knowledge to England. At the Restoration, Royalists returning to London from the Continent introduced French and Low Country fashions in dress, manners, cuisine and dining practice. Refining, wiredrawing, and the making of plate, smallwares and jewellery were at the heart of the trade and of concern to the Goldsmiths' Company that had responsibility for ensuring that the correct alloys were used for silver and gold wares. This was not always the case for clocks, watches and swords. Nevertheless, they are included in this study as several members of the Company were instrumental in the development of clock and watch making in the city. Towards the end of the seventeenth century, the great increase in the sale of watches with gold and silver cases forced the Company to become involved in the control of this trade. Similarly, after the Civil Wars, the wearing of the small-sword by all those with aspirations to gentility gave rise to a demarcation dispute between the Goldsmiths' and Cutlers' Companies. Further, during the Commonwealth, goldsmith-bankers developed the clearing system which led to modern retail banking. This book considers the wider Goldsmiths' trade against dynamic changes : the organization and control of its branches and the design, manufacture and sale of its wares. The twelve chapters cover a range of topics - from history and context, to the various branches of the trade.
04/2024
Littérature érotique et sentim
The Dominant
Gabriel obtient toujours ce qu'il désire. Dans les affaires, contre ses rivaux, avec les femmes... Rien ni personne ne lui résiste. Et il compte bien faire céder Sophia, pour une nuit et une seule... puis savourer sa victoire. Car il ne l'a pas choisie au hasard. Sauf que Sophia le défie, lui file entre les doigts et s'insinue peu à peu dans son coeur. Ce n'est pas du tout ce qui était prévu ! Et le plan soigneusement mis au point par Gabriel risque bien de se retourner contre lui...
01/2021
12 ans et +
The Kingdom
Nous sommes sublimes. Nous n'élevons jamais la voix. Nous devons toujours vous être agréables. Nous ne disons jamais non, à moins que vous ne le vouliez. Vos désirs sont des ordres. Votre bonheur est notre bonheur. Ana, mi-humaine, mi-robot, est l'une des sept hybrides conçues pour divertir les visiteurs du parc d'attractions Kingdom, petits comme grands. Sa vie prend cependant un autre tournant quand elle est accusée d'avoir assassiné Owen, l'un des membres du personnel. Commence alors un procès haletant, où la vérité n'est pas forcément celle que l'on croit... Une dystopie entre Detroit : Become Human, le jeu-vidéo, et la série Westworld.
03/2020
Littérature étrangère
The Night
The Night est un immense roman choral dont les voix multiples nous saisissent et nous plongent non seulement dans les ténèbres d'une ville, Caracas, et dans l'histoire d'un pays, le Venezuela, mais aussi dans les profondeurs de notre époque désorientée, imprévisible et violente. Les trois protagonistes - Miguel Ardiles, le psychiatre qui affronte quotidiennement la folie, Matías Rye, l'écrivain raté et drogué qui anime un atelier d'écriture, et Pedro Alamo, le publicitaire hanté par les mots et leurs combinaisons infinies - vont prendre la parole à tour de rôle, et leurs récits vont s'enchaîner et s'entremêler sans répit, sans temps morts, comme autant de rêves et de cauchemars durables. Un même thème parcourt en sourdine leurs histoires. Car si Miguel enregistre secrètement les paroles de ses patients, si Matías prend constamment des notes pour écrire un jour ce roman qui sera The Night, si Pedro enfin se perd dans les jeux de mots (principalement des anagrammes et des palindromes), c'est pour tenter de déchiffrer le mystère de la maladie qui les ronge et nous ronge : la présence du mal et son pouvoir sur nos vies. De plus, ils partagent tous une fascination obsessionnelle pour un certain Darío Lancini, ancien guérillero, poète et auteur mythique d'un ouvrage de palindromes, Oír a Darío . Sa rencontre sera l'occasion, lors du deuxième chapitre, d'un récit biographique riche en aventures, une formidable plongée dans les années 1950 à 1970, entre le Venezuela, la France et l'Europe de l'Est. Ce récit enchâssé alterne biographies d'auteurs, citations littéraires (de Mann à Neruda, en passant par Jarry, Aragon et García Márquez) et références à l'histoire de la guerre froide. Dominé par les engagements politiques et littéraires, par la fougue et l'esprit de liberté, il contraste fortement avec les deux autres parties du roman, ancrées dans un contexte contemporain de crise et de dégradation. Roman vivant, ambitieux, à l'imagination visionnaire et puissante, The Night engage sur la violence une réflexion à la fois d'une grande actualité et d'une grande profondeur, cherchant à travers la littérature, le crime et la psychiatrie, les racines d'un mal rampant. Le caractère aléatoire et éphémère de tout édifice, l'idée que le chaos mine toute tentative de construction est une des idées fortes du livre, exprimée par la métaphore du jeu Tetris qui structure secrètement la narration jusqu'à la fin. En plus d'une métaphore du texte lui-même, c'est aussi une forme d'interprétation de la réalité, parfaitement illustrée par les récits en miroir de la vie des trois protagonistes et de Darío Lancini. On a immédiatement envie de relire ce roman à multiples strates, dont la réussite tient à la rencontre rare d'une vision puissante de la littérature - et particulièrement du langage poétique - et d'une épaisseur existentielle. L'écriture issue de cette rencontre est forte, juste et très contemporaine. Carmen Balcells l'avait bien vu : Blanco-Calderón a un vrai talent.
05/2016
12 ans et +
The Kiss
La guerre a éclaté. Arin se retrouve au centre des affrontements, avec l'Orient comme allié et, pour ennemi, l'Empire qui l'avait réduit en esclavage. Il est enfin parvenu à fermer son esprit au souvenir obsédant de Kestrel, même s'il ne parvient pas tout à fait à l'effacer de sa mémoire. Mais sa décision est prise : il n'a plus que faire de celle qui, le croit-il, soutient l'Empereur envers et contre tout, malgré les innocents massacrés, malgré le danger qui menace Arin et les siens... Mais la vérité est tout autre. C'est loin au nord, dans un des nombreux camps de travail impériaux, que dépérit peu à peu Kestrel, fiancée déchue de l'héritier de l'Empire. Droguée - une façon de s'assurer de son obéissance -, elle risque de perdre un peu plus chaque jour, comme les prisonniers qui l'entourent, tout souvenir de sa vie passée. Déjà, plus au sud, les combats font rage, et les vies d'Arin et de Kestrel se retrouvent prises entre le marteau et l'enclume... Pour elle comme pour lui, l'heure est venue de jouer cartes sur table. Mais quand les enjeux sont aussi élevés, est-il vraiment possible de remporter la mise ? Dans un monde nouveau, né de l'imagination d'une auteure unanimement saluée pour son talent, découvrez les jeux de pouvoir, les coups de bluff et les enjeux vertigineux de la partie de poker menteur à laquelle se livrent deux espions pris dans les nasses de deux causes ennemies !
03/2018
BD tout public
The band
La musique pop rock des lycéens berlinois du groupe Tine Melk est fraîche comme du yoghourt à boire ! Après être allé à l'un de leurs concerts, on sait ce qu'est le vrai rock ! Ils se défoncent jusqu'à l'évanouissement et nous avec. Les nanas hurlent et les mecs sont en transe. The band, c'est le guitariste virtuose Vic Vegas, la trop sexy Lala to Linda, le batteur nonchalant Chris Navratilova et Mawil, le bassiste le plus chaud de la scène des groupes de bahut. Leur repaire est situé dans un étrange local, au sous-sol d'une vieille église du centre de Berlin, où il n'est pas rare que le saint-esprit vienne transpirer à grosses gouttes.
06/2007
Sociologie
The Game
Nous voilà immergés dans une nouvelle ère numérique. La profonde mutation que nous connaissons aujourd'hui n'est pas seulement le fait d'une révolution technologique impliquant des outils inédits, mais aussi le résultat d'une insurrection mentale. En passant d'un système analogique à un système numérique, notre mode de vie, nos réflexes se trouvent profondément modifiés. Afin d'expliciter ce changement, Alessandro Baricco remonte le temps et dresse un historique des événements fondateurs qui ont contribué à forger nos habitudes contemporaines. Avec son style si singulier, mêlant sérieux et humour, il établit une histoire et une géographie de cette nouvelle civilisation. De l'invention du jeu vidéo jusqu'au bouleversement qu'a représenté l'iPhone, en passant par l'invention de Google, chaque innovation a fait évoluer notre rapport au monde, un monde requalifié de "Game", où les problèmes deviennent des parties à gagner, et dans lequel le jeu est élevé au rang de schéma fondateur. Un essai documenté et accessible dans lequel chacun peut puiser quantité d'informations utiles à sa propre réflexion et qui s'adresse autant aux générations qui ont connu les différentes étapes de cette évolution qu'aux enfants de l'ère numérique.
10/2019
BD tout public
The End
Dans le cadre d'un stage, Théodore Atem intègre une équipe de chercheurs basée en Suède qui travaille sur la communication des arbres entre eux et avec nous. Ce groupe de travail dirigé par le professeur Frawley et son assistante Moon, tente de démontrer que les arbres détiennent les secrets de la Terre à travers leur ADN, leur codex. C'est en recoupant ces génomes avec la mort mystérieuse de promeneurs en forêt espagnole, le comportement inhabituel des animaux sauvages et la présence de champignons toxiques que le professeur comprendra, hélas trop tard, que ces événements sonnent l'alerte d'un drame planétaire duquel seul Théodore et quelques survivants seront épargnés. Serait-ce une nouvelle chance pour l'espèce humaine ?
04/2018
12 ans et +
The Rain
Ruby passe la soirée avec ses amis quand le monde bascule. La radio diffuse en boucle un message d'alerte : "Protégez-vous de la pluie, c'est une question de vie ou de mort". La petite bande court se mettre à l'abri, mais l'un d'entre eux décide d'affronter les gouttes. Aussitôt, les parties de son corps exposées à l'eau sont en sang. Ruby réussit à rentrer chez elle et retrouve Rebecca, sa mère, Simon, son beau-père et Henri, son petit frère. Malgré toutes leurs précautions, Rebecca et Henri meurent. Simon décrète une interdiction totale d'utiliser l'eau. La pluie ne cesse de tomber. Il n'y a plus de téléphone ni d'internet. Selon les informations, un nuage de poussière porteur d'un virus se serait abattu sur la terre. Une pluie acide brule la peau et fait exploser les cellules. Un matin, le ciel est bleu. Ruby et Simon s'aventurent dans la ville et découvrent des scènes de pillages, cadavres, voitures entassées. Le temps de revenir à la maison, Simon crache le sang... Désormais, Ruby est seule et décide de rejoindre son père à Londres. Un long périple commence. Quand elle arrive enfin, la maison est vide mais Ruby découvre un mot de son père daté du 23 juin disant qu'il reviendra le 26. Sept semaines plus tard, Ruby a organisé sa survie et elle attend toujours...
09/2017
Littérature étrangère
The girls
Nord de la Californie, fin des années 1960. Evie Boyd, quatorze ans, vit seule avec sa mère. Fille unique et mal dans sa peau, elle n'a que Connie, son amie d'enfance. Lorsqu'une dispute les sépare au début de l'été, Evie se tourne vers un groupe de filles dont la liberté, les tenues débraillées et l'atmosphère d'abandon qui les entoure la fascinent. Elle tombe sous la coupe de Suzanne, l'aînée de cette bande, et se laisse entraîner dans le cercle dune secte et de son leader charismatique, Russell. Caché dans les collines, leur ranch est aussi étrange que délabré, mais, aux yeux de l'adolescente, il est exotique, électrique, et elle veut à tout prix s y faire accepter. Tandis qu elle passe de moins en moins de temps chez sa mère et que son obsession pour Suzanne va grandissant, Evie ne s'aperçoit pas quelle s'approche inéluctablement dune violence impensable. Dense et rythmé, le premier roman d Emma Cline est saisissant de perspicacité psychologique. Raconté par une Evie adulte mais toujours cabossée, il est un portrait remarquable des filles comme des femmes qu'elles deviennent.
08/2016
