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The Nice House on the Lake Tome 1

Tous les conviés connaissent Walter - enfin, ils le connaissent un peu, en tout cas. Certains l'ont rencontré dans leur enfance, d'autres l'ont rencontré quelques mois auparavant. Et Walter a toujours été un peu... absent. Mais après une année difficile, personne n'allait refuser l'invitation de ce dernier dans une maison de campagne située à l'orée d'un bois et avec vue sur lac. C'est beau, c'est opulent, c'est privé ? de quoi supporter les petites combines et les surnoms bizarres donnés par Walter. Mais ces vacances de luxe revêtent très vite des airs de prison dorée.

02/2023

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Religion

A New Family

The 'success' of a conversion depends on the group into which the convert is introduced. This study in early Christian ecclesiology from the perspective of house and family is guided by this sociological theory. Converts often met with problems in relation to their family. They joined a fellowship which conceived of itself as a family of brothers and sisters. It is the aim of this investigation to present the potential of the Christian fellowship to take the role of a new family in relation to its converts. This is done by means of historical material and cross-cultural comparisons. The relevance of the material for present-day churches and mission is considered.

05/1994

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Religion

Revelation and Theology

This book examines the theological epistemologies of two of this century's most prominent theologians, Hans Urs von Balthasar and Karl Barth. Both theologians responded to modernist theologies by drawing from the best of their own traditions. Both tried to reinstate theology as a true science which takes its object, namely, the revelation of God in Jesus Christ, seriously. They therefore make excellent conversation partners. This book closely traces their arguments as they seek to formulate their understanding of theological knowledge and theological science from a christological and trinitarian perspective, based on the concrete self-disclosure of God in Jesus Christ.

11/1999

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Philosophie

Reading Life / Writing Fiction

Studies of the American novel of the 20s and 30s have tended to concentrate either on works by men (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck), or on those written in the tradition of experimental modernism (Stein, Faulkner, Djuna Barnes). Based on the conviction that women writers of the period fictionalized their own private and public experiences and concerns, the present study offers an analytical introduction to some hundred novels by more than thirty writers. Its aim is to recover a significant corpus of forgotten or ignored texts, which will make a reconsideration of the centers of interest of American modernism unavoidable.

01/1994

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Non classé

The Transcendental Way to God According to Bernard Lonergan

The question of God is or can be the central question of all human existence. This dissertation is an attempt to present the philosophical way to God according to Bernard Lonergan - one of the most prominent exponents of modern Catholic philosophy and theology. According to the inner dialectic between that which is existential and that which is rational in human knowing of God, the new meta-proof of God's existence is presented in the perspective of existential conditions for the acceptance of such a proof. Particular attention is devoted to the solution of Kant's critical problem, which is a necessary condition for every critically grounded affirmation of God, for every affirmation up to our time. In this way a sketch of the philosophy of God is presented here which can well serve as a sketch of the textbook in this philosophy.

12/1991

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Policiers

Dawa

" Pour frapper l'imagination, rester dans les mémoires, il fallait quelque chose de soigné et de spectaculaire. Et, en la matière, il n'y avait pas mieux que les modèles classiques, New York 2001, Madrid 2004, Londres 2005, Paris 2014. Montparnasse, Austerlitz, Saint-Lazare, gare du Nord, gare de l'Est, gare de Lyon. C'était le grand chelem du terrorisme hexagonal : six bombes - et le septième jour, se disait-il parfois, le cœur affamé de néant, le diable pourrait chômer. " Dans une France post-républicaine, en proie au vertige identitaire et aux marchandages politiques, deux hommes poursuivent une vengeance au long cours, l'un derrière l'illusion du djihad, l'autre sous le masque de la loi. Autour d'eux, dans les coulisses du pouvoir ou sur les dalles de la banlieue parisienne, la violence de leur idée fixe va renverser le destin d'inconnus, sans épargner les êtres qui leur sont chers. De l'agrégé d'arabe au superflic corse, de la politicienne sans vergogne au caïd capverdien, de la filière ZEP de Sciences-Po aux salles de boxe des 3000, rarement la société française n'a été scrutée avec tant d'acuité, d'ampleur et d'humanisme. Dawa est un joyau brut, un polar en forme de tragédie, l'histoire d'une vengeance, le portrait d'une nation en crise, une représentation réaliste de la société française à en donner le frisson. Ben Laden chez Balzac.

03/2014

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Littérature française

Black Orpheus. Edition en langue anglaise

This text, one of the finest written by Jean-Paul Sartre, dates from 1948 and is the accomplishment of the understanding of poems whose aim was not merely literary. To a large degree, it inaugurated the still lively reflexion on Negritude. This text dealing with liberty wich at that time could only be written or spoken about, has lost none of its virtue in a world where many of the profound demands of the black voice have still to be met.

02/1963

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Non classé

Problems and Perspectives

The 18 investigations collected in this volume, 4 of which are published for the first time, represent a cross section of the research in German baroque literature by the American scholar, Blake Lee Spahr. Individual issues of "German Baroque Literature" are discussed from a broad perspective, while specific problems are dealt with via a neopositivistic approach which highlights the limitations as well as the possibilities of American research in German literature.

12/1981

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Non classé

The efficiency of English language teaching in smaller countries: Denmark

The study is part of a wider comparative description of basic English language teaching in some of the smaller European countries, namely Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden. This first survey offers a discussion of the main issues in English language teaching in Denmark based entirely on Danish sources and on observations in various schools. Denmark is an interesting case of successful English language teaching at school, mainly in mixed-ability classes, with a high degree of support via private TV viewing in a climate of favourable attitudes toward Britain and the U.S.A. The discussion is broadened by looking at teacher education, the role of English outside school and the influence of the English language on Danish.

01/1992

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Non classé

Political Economy and Fiction in the Early Works of Harriet Martineau

This book examines the early work of Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), writer, journalist and woman of letters. She became famous in the 1830s with her Illustrations of Political Economy, a series of 25 short novels popularizing the basic principles of Political Economy. Also discussed are her two shorter series of tales from that period, Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated and Illustrations of Taxation. With these works Martineau took part in an intense debate about the role of economic theory in English society. Drawing on such authorities as Adam Smith Martineau offered her readers the possibility of understanding the impact of the Industrial Revolution and its concomitant changes.

11/1999

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Fantasy

The Bone Season Tome 4 : Le masque tombe

La marcherêve Paige Mahoney a de nouveau échappé à la mort. Arrachée aux griffes de la captivité, elle a trouvé refuge au coeur de la citadelle de Scion-Paris. Prise entre les factions qui cherchent la chute de Scion et celles qui tueraient pour protéger l'empire des Rephaïm, elle connaît un répit de courte durée. Le mystérieux programme Domino a des plans pour elle, mais Paige a ses propres ambitions. Avec Arcturus - son ancien ennemi - maintenant à ses côtés, elle se lance dans une aventure qui la mènera des catacombes de Paris aux couloirs étincelants du château de Versailles.

09/2023

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Lectures graduées

The Curious Incident Of the Dog In the Night-Time. Livre élève, Edition 2023

La collection de lecture suivie pour (re) découvrir les classiques ! Pour les élèves de LLCER en 1re et Tle... mais pas seulement ! - Le texte annoté pour faciliter la lecture + une analyse d'extraits - Le dossier de référence qui contient : - les contextes historique / social et artistique - les fiches de lecture - la préparation au Bac LLCER (pour composer son portfolio) - des analyses d'images.

07/2023

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12 ans et +

Le célèbre catalogue Walker & Dawn

P'Tit Trois, Eddie, Min et Julie ne pourraient pas être plus différents, et en même temps plus amis. Ils partagent un catalogue de vente par correspondance, trois dollars à dépenser et un grand désir de découvrir le monde. Et quand, au lieu du revolver qu'ils ont commandé arrive une vieille montre qui ne fonctionne même pas, les quatre n'hésitent pas une seconde et partent vers Chicago pour récupérer leur revolver. Au cours de leur voyage, ils rencontreront des tricheurs professionnels, des flics véreux, des méchants qui semblent gentils et des gentils qui ne le sont pas du tout... un crime non résolu et beaucoup, beaucoup d'argent...13 et +

02/2018

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Science-fiction

The Day the Great Flood Came

The Day the Great Flood Came The Saga of the Annunaki, Volume 2 This is the story of Atlantis, of its high culture and of the people who lived there and loved and fought and died. It is a story of bravery and personal courage, of betrayal and of friendship, in the face of a looming cataclysm... Ea Anki, Lord of Ki, and Lady Anta In-Anna, his wife, find themselves lost in Hyperspace -- the Abzu -- with their space ship. They are carried along by a torrent in spacetime, where Anki has a vision of the future : he sees a gigantic flood drowning Atlantis, or Atalantash as the Ancients called it ! So, he sends Anta to warn Ashan, King of Atalantash, of the threat to his beloved city of learning and of knowledge. And he knows that he must find a way to alert the other Annunaki, in spite of the opposition from a hidden power on Ki.

06/2019

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Histoire internationale

Late-Imperial Russia: An Interpretation

Late-Imperial Russia deals with some of the great questions of modern Russian history. It uses methods of intellectual history, political economy, ethnography and quantitative history to analyse the Peasant Question in late- Imperial Russia. A study of ideas in action, the book is unique in letting all key participants speak : the intelligentsia, the state and the peasantry. It analyses their opinions, rôles and actions, explaining understandings of the fate of the peasants and the future of Russia. Key intellectual, political, demographic and socio-economic trends are assessed in tandem. Late-Imperial Russia is revealed as a deeply-divided society of three visions and two cultures, each dismissing and misconceiving the other. This unusual contrast of the cultures, ideas and actions of the state, the peasantry and the intelligentsia shows who really wielded power in the crucial decades between the Emancipation and the Revolution. Cross-cultural misunderstandings emerging in the last decades of the Imperial era helped shape the instabilities of the Revolutions of 1917-1921 and their Stalinist aftermath.

09/1997

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Monographies

Street Art. Casablanca's new urban energy

For some years, street artworks have appeared across the walls of Casablanca. From the city's downtown to its outskirts, young people are expressing themselves and reinventing the face of their hometown. This book aims to recognise the work of these artists as well as the urban heritage of the city of Casablanca. This work retraces the development of street art in the city, its history, its artists, and its events. Separated into 16 sections illustrated by photos of wall murals, and accompanied by brief, dynamic texts. The latest work in the Vivacité collection, STREET ART, Casablanca's New Urban Energy follows in the footsteps of STREET FOOD IN MOROCCO, Authentic Flavour, Cafés du Maroc, Miroirs des cultures urbaines, and the upcoming HOMEFOOD, The Art of Moroccan Hospitality in Morocco.

12/2078

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Ethnologie et anthropologie

Tulen Di Muna Dangan di Malbulen. Kite Blaan (Mindanao, Philippines)

This publication is the volume 10 of a series dealing with the culture, the history and the traditions of the Blaan of Malbulen (Little Baguio, Mindanao, Philippines). It is available in Blaan and in English. Elders share their stories to a group of youngsters who ask them questions on a variety of topics such as life of the ancestors, cosmogony, conflicts and social rules, spirits and animals, hunting, childbirth and marriage, burial practices, signs, dreams and religion. The book provides the verbatim accounts of these discussions recorded during a workshop that took place in Malbulen in 2015.

07/2021

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Ethnologie

Narratives of the Past in Malbulen. Blaan Perspectives (Mindanao, Philippines)

This publication is the volume 10 of a series dealing with the culture, the history and the traditions of the Blaan of Malbulen (Little Baguio, Mindanao, Philippines). It is available in Blaan and in English. Elders share their stories to a group of youngsters who ask them questions on a variety of topics such as life of the ancestors, cosmogony, conflicts and social rules, spirits and animals, hunting, childbirth and marriage, burial practices, signs, dreams and religion. The book provides the verbatim accounts of these discussions recorded during a workshop that took place in Malbulen in 2015.

07/2021

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Poésie

Chansons du figuier bleu / Songs of blue fig tree

Ce recueil rassemble quarante-sept chansons dont huit sont initialement écrites en kabyle. Elles sont toutes traduites du français en anglais. Quarante de ces chansons figurent dans la trilogie "Le murmure du figuier bleu". Elles évoquent tour à tour la nostalgie du pays natal, la solitude, la nature, l'amour, la tendresse, le jardin d'enfant, Venise, les voyages, la vieillesse, le temps perdu et bien d'autres thèmes encore. Ce sont des fenêtres, des lignes de fuite, des accès vers d'autres mondes quand celui dans lequel nous luttons ne nous apporte plus la bonne respiration. This collection gathers forty seven songs among which eight are initially written in Kabyle. They are all translated from French in English. Forty of these songs appear in the trilogy "The rustle of the blue fig tree". They evoke alternately the nostalgia for the native country, the solitude, the nature, love, tenderness, child's garden, Venice, journeys, old age, the lost time and many others themes still. They are windows, base lines, accesses towards other worlds when the one in which we fight does not bring us anymore the good breath.

06/2016

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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

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Ethnologie

Looking for Signs: Animals, Spirits and Death Rituals Ibaloy Perspectives (Itogon, Philippines)

This publication is the volume 3 of a series dealing with the culture and traditions of the Ibaloy of Upper Doacan (Itogon, Benguet, Philippines). It is available in Nabaloy and in English. Elders share their stories to a group of youngsters who ask them questions on a variety of topics such as animals, signs, death rituals and spirits. The book provides the verbatim accounts of these discussions recorded during a workshop that took place at the Senior-Citizen hall in 2018.

06/2020

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Ethnologie

Pesing Ja Mengsas ni Sinjal: Animal, Karashowa tan Kesheng para ni Minatay Pammati ni Ibadoy (Doacan, Itokon, Pilipinas)

This publication is the volume 3 of a series dealing with the culture and traditions of the Ibaloy of Upper Doacan (Itogon, Benguet, Philippines). It is available in Nabaloy and in English. Elders share their stories to a group of youngsters who ask them questions on a variety of topics such as animals, signs, death rituals and spirits. The book provides the verbatim accounts of these discussions recorded during a workshop that took place at the Senior-Citizen hall in 2018.

06/2020

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Droit

Practical Applications of Linear Programming Duality

The objective of this book is the application of main theoretical ideas concerning linear programming dual prices to the analysis of specific planning problems. Among the new applied problems considered there are : elimination of production bottlenecks, decentralized planning, river transport, coordination of economic interests and production plans, optimal development strategies, mutually profitable trade, pricing for new equipment. Some new theoretical results are also provided (algorithms for block angular linear programs, stability domains of dual prices, conditions for preservation of the optimal basis). The exposition is amply illustrated with numerical examples solved in detail.

01/1994

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Non classé

Exchange Marriages in South Punjab, Pakistan

This book deals with the system of exchange marriages in South Punjab, Pakistan. This system does not only regulate mate selection, but it is also an institutional guarantee of reciprocity, welfare and social cohesion. It connects families by means of one marriage, and also creates a double bond between two (or sometimes more) couples. This establishes specific conditions for stability and possible changes in marriage pattern. Valuation and stigmatization as social mechanisms are used to maintain the system of the exchange. It also shows to what degree new forms of cultural values and new patterns of social exchange come into play, create contradictions and undermine the traditional cultural norms. The study focuses on the interplay between structure, culture, and agency (Archer 1996). Thereby, not only the functions and dysfunctions of the system come into view, but also the conditions under which the system is actively being maintained by different actors ; the tensions that it produces between individual and collective perspectives ; as well as the cultural and structural conditions under which marriage practices and concepts are gradually being transformed.

11/2011

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Philosophie

Horizons of Humanity

This collection of essays represents an interdisciplinary approach to some contemporary issues in the philosophy of science and the theory of knowledge. It is also an attempt to place art in the context of human cognition in general and also to relate it to science and philosophy. Its conception is such that it accords with the view that our creativity is not separable from a humanistic orientation. Within such a humanistic framework, aiming at a stable form of peace becomes the moral responsibility of both the scientist and the philosopher.

07/1997

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Non classé

Portraits of Women in Selected Works of Gabriele Reuter

Known primarily for the novel, Aus guter Familie, Gabriele Reuter has not yet been accorded the attention she deserves for her contribution to German literature in general and women's writing in particular. The precisely observed portraits of women in the novels discussed in this volume allow us to experience the complex interplay of societal norms and individual needs which shape feminine existence. Among the themes treated are misguided motherhood, the virtue of the unwed mother, the conflict between the will to be and the need to love and be loved, woman's role in the political sphere and a comparison of womanhood in two generations. One of the enduring pleasures of reading Reuter is the rich variety of female characters from the early part of the twentieth century.

12/1987

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Littérature française

Chance freedom. Translated by Eric Turcat & Hannah Farris

If Chance is a "straw man" and Freedom a distant ideal, then why write poetry in the first place ? Because not all straw men are hollow and because not all ideals should fade into the distance. In his third book of French poetry translated into English, Dotoli continues to shine as a beacon of hope and optimism in a world that often forgets how its prosaic whimpers may still resonate with a lyrical bang.

03/2023

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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

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Seinen/Homme

Nyaight of the Living Cat Tome 4 : D-Rex, l'effroyable chat

" L'humanité ne peut plus se permettre d'éprouver de l'affection pour les chats ! " A travers Nyaight of the Living Cat, découvrez un manga de survie qui revisite avec humour la thématique du zombie. Les nombreuses références cinématographiques distillées par Hawkman sont sublimées par le trait texturé de Mecha-roots ! "Ce titre revisite avec humour la thématique du zombie". Presse Océan "Une délirante parodie des films de zombies comme La Nuit des morts-vivants". bfmtv "Reprenant - en les détournant habillement - les codes des films de zombies, ce manga de Mecha-roots est très drôle ! " Picsou Magazine "Le lecteur s'amusera de situations absurdes et de dessins pas sortis d'une litière". Geek Magazine

03/2024

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Milieux naturels

The Giant Clam - A priceless emblem of the Pacific. A priceless emblem of the pacific

Emblematic and mysterious, the giant clam has always inspired the curiosity of peoples ever since the first humans settled on the tropical shores of the Pacific and Indian oceans. A representation of the sacred or of power, but also, of course, a major food resource for many island communities, the giant clam is a token of influence in the culture of the peoples of the Pacific, a matrix for making tools, a currency ! Apart from its beauty and its role in art or beliefs, which have inspired human beings over the centuries, this group of species now interests the world of science in many of its aspects, whether in biology, ecology or its place in society : the giant clam still has a wealth of surprises in store. It is well worth being brought under the spotlights. The aim of the present work is precisely to describe the specificities of this outstanding group of species, and the broad range of issues that must be taken into account to ensure its conservation. We hope that once you have come to the end of these pages, which celebrate the giant clam in all its aspects, you will be convinced, as we are, that it is indeed... "a priceless emblem of the Pacific ! "

04/2022