Andy Greenberg
Extraits
Sciences de la terre et de la
Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats
Cuckoos and cowbirds are amongst the select bird groups renowned as professional parasites, who always lay their eggs in the nests of other species. Occasional parasitic laying is also widespread in many other birds, who gladly parasitise the nests of their own kind when the opportunity arises.
In this fascinating new book, Nick Davies describes the natural histories of all the brood parasites and examines the exciting questions they raise about the evolution of cheating and the arms race between parasites and their hosts. Brood parasites fill their armoury with adaptations including exquisite egg mimicry, rapid laying, ejection of host eggs, murder of host young, chick mimicry and manipulative begging behaviour: ploys shown by recent research to have evolved in response to host defence behaviour or through competition among the parasites themselves. While many host species appear defenceless, accepting parasite eggs quite unlike their own, others are more discriminating against odd-looking eggs and some have evolved the ability to discriminate against odd-looking chicks as well. How does this arms race proceed? Will defenceless hosts improve their armoury in time, or are there sometimes constraints on hosts which allow the parasites to gain the upper hand? And why are so few species obliged only to lay eggs in host nests? Have host defences limited the success of brood parasitism, or is it in fact much commoner than we suspect, but occurring mainly when birds parasitise the nests of their own kind?
All of these puzzles are examined in descriptions of the natural history of each of the groups of parasites in turn. Here is a book with wide appeal, both to amateur naturalists fascinated by this most singular and macabre of behaviours and to ornithologists and ecologists interested in the evolution of ecology and behaviour. The story takes us from the strange tales of folklore to the classic field work earlier this century by pioneer ornithologists such as Edgar Chance, Stuart Baker, Herbert Friedmann and others, through to the recent experimental field work and molecular techniques of today's leading scientists. We visit brood parasites in Europe, Asia, Japan, Africa, Australasia, and North and South America, to look at some of the world's most interesting birds and sortie of biology's most interesting questions, many of which still beg answers from ornithologists in the future.
Brilliant illustrations by David Quinn depict many behaviours for the first time and convey the thrill of watching these astonishing birds in the wild.
04/2000
Non classé
Decision-Making and Limited Resources
What happens when advanced students of English for general purposes suddenly find themselves as beginning students of English for special purposes ? What happens in interlanguage when such students are faced with the obligation of constructing a viable currency for the market ? What happens when the learner-actor attempts to understand for meaning in texts for the professions ? What happens at the point where interlanguage and reality meet ? Such encounters constitute genuine moments of opportunity. They are essentially the moments of truth that will determine the actual potential of the learner-interlocutor as interactor with the text - and with reality itself. Literacy is at stake - and professional competence. Actor performance cannot be seen as a simple function of resources alone, but is to be seen as a function of a complexity of factors such as mother-tongue and linguistic distance, bilingualism and market competition, acquisition and learning, language used in the operations, and lexical currency status. The book is an empirical study against the background of the new competition of today's service economy and the requirements of the interaction imperative in the business world of today. And it is set in a dual linguistic environment.
11/1999
Non classé
Accent and metre in French
There is currently no generally accepted theory of metre in French poetry. The aim of this book is to propose one which will be practically useful to readers and analysts of French verse. This theory relates metre to the accentual structure of different registers of spoken and written Modern French. It also addresses problems in the history of French metre by examining language texts from the Old French epic to the lyrics of Verlaine, as well as musical texts from the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.
11/1999
Anglais apprentissage
Jefferson and Nature. An Interpretation
Jefferson and Nature is the first comprehensive study to take Jefferson completely at his word-his favorite word. Nature-the term and the many ideas associated with it-pervades Jefferson's life and writings. It sets hem apart from his colleagues in the American Enlightenment and provides the distinctive gateway to his thought and action. By no means consistent and at tunes apparently opportunistic in his use of the term, Jefferson nevertheless draws nearly every realm of life back to this essential word and idea. Charles Miller's book tells why this is so.
01/1993
Non classé
The Phantom and the Abyss
The book focuses on the evolution of the Gothic fiction in America from Charles Brockden Brown to Herman Melville in the context of the aesthetics of the sublime. Starting with a reading of Brown's Gothic romances – Wieland and Edgar Huntly – and concluding with an analysis of Melville's Pierre, the author demonstrates the relevance of the Kantian concept of the sublime for the nineteenth-century American literature of horror. An inspiration to present the development of the American Gothic in the period under scrutiny as a coherent process has been also the psychoanalytic theory of Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok. Moreover, the study contains an attempt to place R.H. Dana, Sr and W. Allston in the American literary canon.
11/1999
Non classé
Cultural Democracy and Ethnic Pluralism
This book presents a wide variety of approaches to and attitudes towards multiculturalism on the level of language, on the level of education and on the level of policy making. Several of the chapters refer specifically to Australia, since that country has taken the bold step of defining what it understands by the term 'multicultural'. This book, however, also takes the reader to Europe, South-Africa, Canada and Japan. Without exception the authors embrace a humanistic approach to sociology, which includes the notion of cultural core values and the desirability of creating an overarching framework of shared values in multicultural states.
08/1997
Non classé
Health and Development in Africa
In order to account for the multiplicity of the development problem the interaction of health and development has been discussed at an international interdisciplinary symposium. Scholars from both humanities and sciences from the United States, Africa and Europe examined jointly economic and health problems not leaving apart cultural anthropological aspects.
12/1983
Non classé
Boethius and the Liberal Arts
This collection of essays by authors in a variety of specialities should demonstrate how, in the Middle Ages, Boethius' texts helped shape the essential concepts of the educated person who underwent a course of the Liberal Arts studies. These essays should be of interest to philosophers, logicians, musicologists, historians of mathematics and ideas and to literary scholars. Not only is each paper written by a known authority in his field, but the collection into one volume shows how closely related these various disciplines were in the principles which Boethius chose as his basis for the Study of the Liberal Arts.
12/1982
Religion
Cross and Crown in Barbados
During the late 19th century, Caribbean society was generally controlled by the local plantocracy and the colonial administration of the Europeans. Barbados was so much the pride of the British colonies in the Caribbean that it was called "Little England". The life-blood of the society, the Black labouring classes, reaped very little of the social and economic benefits from the Sugar industry which the White planter-class owned and controlled. The Church was also controlled by the planter-class, and it functioned effectively to sustain a pattern of rigid social containment, and to work consistently for the maintenance of the status quo. Political religion in Barbados was therefore an engine of social control of the poor Blacks by the rich Whites. Cross and Crown together created "peace" and poverty.
12/1983
Non classé
Nonlinear Dynamics and Unemployment Theory
This book attempts to integrate two lines of research. It joins the tradition of nonlinear macrodynamic models of cyclical growth, in particular the Goodwin/Kaldor/Phillips-type models of persistent fluctuations and limit cycles. Capital deepening and capital widening investment is introduced into models of cyclical growth. This approach is combined with recent neo-Keynesian analysis of wage-price formation and unemployment theory. Unemployment is decomposed in terms of demand deficiencies, job shortages, and the impact of capital-labor substitution. In this way a dynamic analysis of unemployment in terms of Classical, Keynesian and technological elements is obtained. It is shown that different components of unemployment can display their own cyclical frequencies and patterns. In this way the typical long and short term cyclical behavior of unemployment is simulated by an integrated nonlinear model of persistent growth cycles.
05/1994
Non classé
Acoustic Variability and its Perception
The starting point for the experimental investigation reported in this work is the observation that linguistic units (words, phonemes) do not have an acoustic invariance in the continuous speech. Moreover the a acoustic perception of a word or a phoneme depends on the context in which it is spoken. The experiments were designed to elucidate the interaction of word and context by examining the ways in which context affects the acoustic shape of a given word, as well as the role of context in word perception. The ultimate aim is to throw light on the mechanisms involved in the perception of continuous speech.
12/1980
Religion
Glasgow Urban Writing and Postmodernism
Alasdair Gray is one of the most innovative and imaginative writers to have appeared on the Scottish literary scene for many years. Gray radically challenges the vision of Glasgow and Scotland as defined by the traditional Glasgow novel. This study first looks back into the past of Glasgow writing to locate some specific novelistic models which Gray echoes in his fiction. The main part of the study then illustrates that Gray's literary attitude of looking beyond Glasgow (or Scotland) is much more helpful in "imagining Glasgow" than to follow the established and trodden paths of Scottish urban writing. In this sense, Gray proves that the narrative techniques characteristic of postmodernist writing are not only helpful in expressing the often quoted Scottish experience of fragmentation, but also in overcoming the artistic stalemate of the Glasgow novel.
04/1991
Non classé
Church, State, and Religious Dissent
Seventh-day Adventism, a young American-based denomination, encountered strenuous opposition when it first reached Europe in the second half of the 19th century. This was especially true in Austria, where traditional allegiance to Roman Catholicism, linked with a strong emphasis on cultural continuity, constituted the tenor of social life. The book not only describes the history of Adventism in Austria but also examines its relationship to the Austrian political and religious milieu. The study may furnish valuable insights to stimulate further discussion of church-state relationships and provides a basis for continuing investigation of the dynamics involved in encounters of minority religions with hostile socio-cultural settings.
04/1993
Religion
Faith, Hope and Decision-Making
Born in 1910 into an industrial environment in northern Switzerland, Arthur Rich's spiritual and intellectual wrestlings were how the Christian Gospel could embrace the real world of industry and work. This book tells how he worked out this Gospel and gave it a shakingly honest intellectual expression that the non-theologian could equally well discuss. What he says could be sharply illuminating in the setting of British culture and religion. For this reason his method, especially the idea that New Testament "agape-love" is a secular decision-making agent, is tested out on the issues of work and worklessness thrown up for christians and non-christians in today's British society.
12/1984
Sciences politiques
Scripture and Midrash in Judaism
The rabbis of late antiquity produced a score of exegesis of the Hebrew Scriptures of Ancient Israel ("the Old Testament"), in which they took various approaches to the study and interpretation of what they called "the written Torah". These exegesis, called collectively "Midrash", form an important part of "the oral Torah", that is, the tradition of Sinai formulated and transmitted for memorization and ultimately written down by the ancient sages in the first six centuries A.D. These three volumes present large selections of the Midrash-documents of ancient Judaism, in the translation of Jacob Neusner, who has now translated into English nearly all of the Rabbinic literature of late antiquity. The selections are organized by type, so that readers see the various ways in which, in form and in intellectual program, the documents of Midrash-compilation were formulated and set forth. In this way, the vast body of biblical exegesis put forth by Judaism in its formative age is made available to the contemporary reader.
03/1994
Non classé
Nikolaj Gumilev and Neoclassical Modernism
Nikolaj Gumilev occupies a paradoxical place within the history of Russian modernism. Although he is well known as the founder of Acmeism and is regarded as an important poet and critic, much of his work is difficult to reconcile with prevailing concepts of modernism. The present study seeks to explain this marginal position by reinterpreting Gumilev's work within the broader context of a modernist aesthetic of order, or "neo-classical modernism." The term refers to an aesthetic line within modernism that sought to reconcile certain features of traditional rhetoric - in particular the triadic style system - with modernist strategies of innovation. Although primarily devoted to Gumilev, the study also touches on Russian and French writers adhering to comparable aesthetic values, among them Annenskij, Kuzmin, Gautier, Leconte de Lisle, Valéry and Gide.
03/1993
Sociologie
Care, Compassion and Conscious Living
When discussing illness and cures, let us not forget the "generator" deep within us. Depending on the level of our conscious development of our compassionate, grateful and discerning "SELF", the quality of energies bubbling from within us can make or mar our lives. The quality and intensity of our Desires, Well-wishing and Aspirations all get energies from our Inner Being and seek for "Realisation" into the outwardly material world. Prayers or thoughts and feelings create ripples that have "real" and penetrating effects on us and the people, things around them. The material, physical bodies are also affected. Our own lives are affected.
04/2014
Light novel
Hello, Hello and Hello - Roman
Haruyoshi, un jeune lycéen, et Yuki, une jeune fille étrange, se rencontrent chaque mardi comme si c'était la première fois. Ensemble ils rient, ils pleurent, ils se disputent, accumulent les souvenirs et les promesses éphémères... car ils sont enfermés dans une boucle temporelle. Yuki cache en réalité un triste secret et va devoir compter sur Haru afin de donner un sens à son existence...
04/2022
Shojo/fille
Hello, Hello and Hello - Manga
Haruyoshi, un jeune lycéen, et Yuki, une jeune fille étrange, se rencontrent chaque mardi comme si c'était la première fois. Ensemble ils rient, ils pleurent, ils se disputent, accumulent les souvenirs et les promesses éphémères... car ils sont enfermés dans une boucle temporelle. Yuki cache en réalité un triste secret et va devoir compter sur Haru afin de donner un sens à son existence...
04/2022
Josei/femme
Cigarette and Cherry Tome 8
Alors qu'ils sortent ensemble, leur relation fait du surplace. Est-ce qu'une employée qui vient d'entrer dans la vie active partage encore les mêmes valeurs que son petit ami étudiant ? Une nouvelle serveuse commence à travailler au café Kalanchoe, mais la jeune femme se fait des idées... L'histoire d'amour entre la belle senpai et son kôhai puceau et maladroit s'ouvre sur une nouvelle saison. Il est temps de passer aux choses sérieuses !
03/2022
Josei/femme
Cigarette and Cherry Tome 11
Séduire est un art délicat
12/2022
Comics divers
Once and Future Tome 2
Bien que Bridgette et Duncan ont empêché Arthur de récupérer le Graal, leurs actions ont accidentellement provoqué la ruine de L'Autre Monde, permettant à de nouvelles légendes et personnages de faire leur apparition et leurs problèmes aussi. Lorsqu'un casque est volé au British Museum, Bridgette et Duncan sont confrontés à un nouveau challenge de taille : un monstre et sa mère.
03/2021
Thèmes photo
Public and Private East Germany
Ulrich Wüst ( 1949), urbaniste de formation, a commencé à photographier des villes d'Allemagne de l'Est dans les années 1970. Son travail était une critique sans compromis du domaine public et de la construction de la ville dans l'ex-RDA. Aujourd'hui, il est maintenant reconnu comme l'une des déclarations esthétiques les plus audacieuses de l'état socialiste. Depuis 1990, Wüst a continué à se concentrer sur les réalités architecturales des quartiers est de Berlin, déchirées entre urbanisme et développement immobilier. Incluant près de 200 images, des éphémères rares et une interview en profondeur, cette première monographie sur Wüst examine son travail sous plusieurs angles.
03/2022
Manga
Lady and Butler Tome 20
Afin de protéger Ryô, accusée à tort du vol de la bague de fiançailles de Sae, Hakuô rompt les liens avec sa famille ! Mais il ne sait pas que Ryô, de son côté, a officiellement renoncé définitivement à lui. C’est le coeur gros que Ryô assiste à réunion qui doit décider de son sort. Sae, qui connaît la force des sentiments des deux jeunes amoureux, gagnera-t-elle le combat qu’elle mène en gardant le silence ?
04/2016
Hongrie
Guide Food and Travel Hongrie
Pour le 6ème numéro de sa collection Le Guide FOOD&TRAVEL, Michelin vous emmène à la découverte de la Hongrie avec un ouvrage aussi gourmand qu'inspirant ! A travers nos tops 5, carnets d'adresses, reportages, portraits et entretiens réalisés par nos auteurs, découvrez les lieux inoubliables, profitez des meilleures tables et rencontrez les gens qui font la Hongrie ! Le Guide Food&Travel : le sérieux d'un guide, le plaisir d'un mag !
10/2022
Poésie
Honeymoon with Wisdom and Mankind
Honeymoon with Wisdom and Mankind traite de sujets divers tels que le bonheur, les passions, les aspirations, la légèreté, mais aussi les vices et les failles. L'obscurité et la lumière, le plaisir et la douleur, le désespoir et l'espoir. Car rien n'existe sans son contraire il nous faut accepter cette dualité pour grandir et nous épanouir.
03/2023
Roman d'amour, roman sentiment
Bad boy and working girl
Une liaison secrète au travail et un amour interdit.
Lys a vingt-quatre ans et n'a que deux choses en tête : trouver un job bien payé et se marier avec un bon parti.
Le problème ? Elle ne trouve pas de travail à sa hauteur et est désespérée !
Le deal que lui propose son père est simple :
Numéro 1 pour le travail : elle s'infiltrera incognito dans son entreprise, pour expérimenter un vis ma vie et lui faire un rapport détaillé sur le fonctionnement et le travail de ses employés.
Numéro 2 : pour le mariage : elle s'unira avec le bras droit de son père, ce beau garçon aux yeux bleus avec qui elle passe le temps et qui fera un très bon gendre.
Ce qu'elle n'avait pas prévu en acceptant, c'est de tomber sur ce mec aux allure de bad boy sexy.
Félix est un félin d'une beauté sauvage, brute, baraqué et tatoué;
Côté filles ? Il a eu asses d'emmerdes avec son ex. Plus jamais il ne se fera avoir par une bourgeoise qui pue le fric.
Ce qu'il veut dans sa vie ? Un taf. C'est tout !
Ils ne sont pas du même monde, il n'est pas son type d'homme d'habitude, elle ne devrait pas être son type de femme, mais l'attraction est inévitable et magnétique.
Que faire d'autre, lorsqu'on est tenté, pour passer à autre chose ?
Succomber ou résister !
Entre désir, quiproquos, mensonge, secrets et coups du destin, le sort leur réservera bien des surprises !
"Tu ne peux pas empêcher ton coeur de battre, tu ne peux pas empêcher tes yeux de regarder. Surtout lorsque tous tes sens sont attirés automatiquement par un autre être que tu portes dans ton âme. Cet autre être qui te fera oublier tout le mauvais de ta vie". Eva BALDARAS
(Cette histoire, publiée précédemment sous le titre "ne me laisse jamais guérir de toi" en 2018 parait aujourd'hui dans une nouvelle version réécrite. )
04/2022
Réalistes, contemporains
George Best, Twist and Shoot
A 17 ans, le prodige intègre Manchester United. Son coéquipier Bobby Charlton n'a plus esquissé un sourire depuis l'accident d'avion qui coûta la vie à 8 de ses partenaires au retour d'un match de coupe d'Europe. Ces deux-là, le fêtard et le bosseur, sont incapables de se comprendre dans la vie mais se retrouvent sur un terrain de football et vont écrire ensemble les grandes heures de Manchester.
04/2022
Comics divers
Once and Future Tome 5
C'est la veille de Noël et les rois convergent tous vers Excalibur, chacun déterminé à être celui qui règnera. Le chaos s'installe ! Et si personne n'avait la force de prendre l'épée ? Le monde connaîtra-t-il enfin la paix après tant de batailles, ou un personnage inattendu réclamera-t-il le trône ? Des rituels, des bombes et des batailles s'ensuivent, tandis que le destin final de Mary, Rose, Bridgette, Merlin va se jouer !
04/2023
Littérature anglo-saxonne
The Town and the City
The Town and the City est le premier roman de Jack Kerouac. Publié en 1950, la critique salue alors l'apparition d'un nouveau talent. Pour peindre l'univers de la famille Martin, Kerouac s'inspire de sa propre enfance en Nouvelle-Angleterre ; il suit tous les personnages, dispersés à travers le monde, du début du siècle à la fin des années quarante, et les réunit finalement pour l'enterrement du père. Moment crucial où chacun voit son destin enfin scellé et l'accepte. Tous, sauf Peter, le petit dernier, qui refuse le retour à la normalité et s'interroge sur ce monde qui lui est étranger. Dans l'oeuvre de Jack Kerouac, The Town and the City est en quelque sorte le prélude incontournable d'une longue saga intime.
03/2022
