Borges and Borges Illimited
Extraits
Anglais apprentissage
"On liberty" by John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), one of the most versatile thinkers of the nineteenth century, wrote on the newly emerging sciences of economics, politics and sociology. His Principles of Political Economy (1848) ran to many editions and is still read today, while his book on Utilitarianism (1863) is better known than the writings of Jeremy Bentham. On Liberty (1859) was written at a time when the Industrial Revolution, the rise of a sizeable middle class and its social influence, the growing democratisation of British politics raised questions about the place of individuals and the dangers of this new mass society. Mill placed much faith in this passionate and cogently argued plea for individual freedom, writing in his Autobiography : The liberty is likely to survive longer than anything else I have written... . The future was to prove him right, and his defence of freedom of thought and speech, of individuality and originality, later used to criticise the various instances totalitarianism in the twentieth century, is still relevant these days.
07/1997
Préhistoire
Paléorient N° 47-2/2022
In Memoriam Michèle Casanova par R. Vallet, S. Dibo, P. Abrahami, C. Breniquet, B. Lion, C. Michel, C. Marro... ... ... ... ... . 5-8 Articles M. Price, M. Fisher and G. Stein Animal Production and Secondary Products in the Fifth Millennium BC in Northern Mesopotamia. New Data from Tell Surezha (Iraqi Kurdistan)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 9-41 M. Freikman, D. Ben-Shlomo and Y. Garfinkel The "Violin-Shaped' Figurines of Tel Tsaf. New Light on Anthropomorphic Imagery in the Late Prehistoric Southern Levant... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . 43-59 M. Freikman, D. Ben-Shlomo and Y. Garfinkel Architectural Models from Tel Tsaf, Central Jordan Valley, Israel. A Glimpse of the Superstructure and Roof of Late Prehistoric Buildings... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 61-74 S. Swerida, E. N. Dollarhide and R. Jensen Settlement and Chronology in the Early Bronze Age of Southeastern Arabia. The view from Umm an-Nar period Bat, Oman... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 75-96 M. Vidale, F. Desset and I. Caldana The Ceramic Context of a "Jiroft' Style Chlorite Vessel from a Damaged Grave of Mahtoutabad (Konar Sandal South, Kerman, Iran)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 97-108 Recensions... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 109-129
03/2022
Les alcools
The Spirit of Cognac. Rémy Martin : 300 Years of Savoir Faire
Cognac defies time, acquires the glow of age, draws strength from maturity. Rémy Martin has embodied this spirit for 300 years. A story of terroir and savoir faire, prestige and humility, daring and perseverance.
11/2023
Romans policiers
The tears of the mysterious forest
At the start of the school year in Massata, Galia, an enticing young lady showed up in one of the university classes. Her homeric intelligence and her magical beauty would make her the focus, the subject of monologues and desire. Her allure enticed lecturers and mates, the brightest of the class included. They found her interesting and desirable but mysterious and reluctant about her life. The day before her birthday, the young lady decided to open up to the one she was already falling for. That night, something heart-rending happened.
12/2021
Non classé
Priscilla, (White) Queen of the Desert
Written for an international audience, Priscilla, (White) Queen of the Desert speaks to the current crisis in queer rights and representation in the context of colonial nations. Focusing on issues of identity, but exploring concerns as wide ranging as morality, same-sex marriage, state sanction, families, and history, this book will appeal to students, activists and academics alike. Asking hard questions of queer rights movements, and the identity politics that often inform them, the book calls for a sustained engagement with the theorisation of queer racial identity and queer race privilege.
09/2006
Décoration
Bird Fantasy Designs. 45 Original Plates
Here are 45 dazzling, fantastical bird-related designs that offer a unique source of copyright-free inspiration to artists and illustrators. Created by noted designer William Rowe, every element of the designs is derived from bird forms. You'll find flurries of wings, beaks and tails, strange half-bird, half-human creations, kaleidoscopic conglomerations of avian anatomy, bird silhouettes, and many other unusual representations of birds, both familiar and bizarre. Not only a useful archive of design ideas, Bird Fantasy Designs offers wonderful opportunities and challenges to the colorist as well.
01/1986
Non classé
Tyne Bytes
The relationships between language variation and social structure within an urban community are far too complex to be adequately handled by traditional methods. The Tyneside Linguistic Survey offers a radical approach to sociolinguistic modelling, using multi-variate techniques. Linguistic and social "clusters" are discovered within a sample of Tyneside speakers by generating classifications based on a wide range of linguistic and social variables. In this study Dr. Jones-Sargent lucidly presents the background and philosophy of the TLS, the implementation of the computer model and an analysis of the results.
12/1983
Non classé
Walter of Châtillon's Alexandreis Book 10 - A Commentary
The final and most important book of Walter of Châtillon's Alexandreis is examined as a paradigm for both the compositional techniques and the meaning of the whole poem. These techniques are shown as being reliant on the medieval arts of composition, the strategies inherited from the Biblical paraphrasts and the strict discipline of classical epic hexameter. The author shows that Walter of Châtillon is not simply a classicising epigone of Vergil, but a master poet refining contemporary epic techniques and incorporating scientific and philosophic materials into an elegant moral diatribe against arrogance.
08/1991
Non classé
The Reception of Grabbe's Hannibal in the German Theatre
After publication in 1835, Grabbe's Hannibal was overlooked by the theatre until this century. Because the drama does not lend itself easily to stage production, a number of adaptations were printed : these are analysed and their merits and shortcomings evaluated. The history of all productions is then viewed against the background of Germany's political and cultural history from 1918 to 1958, examining in detail the approaches of such producers as Jessner, Martin, Schmitt and Schalla and their audience impact. This analysis in turn sheds light on essential qualities of Hannibal.
12/1984
Littérature anglo-saxonne
Le livre des ferveurs
Galilée, 1er siècle de notre ère. Issue d'une famille aisée proche du chef pro-romains de la région, Ana est rebelle et ambitieuse. Elle s'acharne à poursuivre des études et couche sur le papyrus le récit de maintes femmes maltraitées et réduites au silence. A quinze ans, elle se voit obligée d'épouser un veuf déjà âgé, une perspective qui la révulse. Sa rencontre avec Jésus, qui n'a alors que dix-huit ans, va changer radicalement son avenir. A ses côtés, elle vit une existence intense, chargée d'amour et de conflits, d'humour et de drames. Ils habitent Nazareth avec les frères et la mère de Jésus, Marie. Face à l'occupation romaine, la ferveur des désirs d'Ana ne fait que s'intensifier alors qu'elle se lance dans la résistance, menée en partie par son frère Judas. Prise dans la tourmente d'événements déterminants de l'Histoire, Ana va consacrer toutes ses forces à prendre son destin en main. Traduit de l'anglais (Etats-Unis) par Laurence Kiefé
11/2021
Littérature française
Les tournesols de Jérusalem
1897. Ana Oïzerman a vingt ans lorsqu'elle rencontre Lucien Dupuis. Convaincus d'être les deux moitiés d'une même âme, les jeunes gens se marient en dépit de leurs différences sociales et religieuses : Ana est la fille d'un violoniste juif mondialement connu ; Lucien, le fils d'un riche négociant en vin bordelais, catholique. Commence alors, pour le couple éperdument amoureux, une existence insouciante, pimentée d'une sensuelle connivence. Mais leur bonheur est brutalement remis en question...
09/2016
Monographies
Islanders. The Making of the Mediterranean
Accompagnant une exposition au Fitzwilliam Museum, à Cambridge, ce livre explore les identités insulaires dans la Méditerranée antique, s'interrogeant sur la façon don't "l'insularité" (caractère propre à une île) affecta et influença la production et la créativité de l'art, l'évolution architecturale, les migrations et le mouvement des gens. Il s'étend au-delà de l'Antiquité, intégrant des discours actuels sur les identités culturelles insulaires par rapport à celles des continents, y compris celle de la Grande-Bretagne, identité insulaire débattue. Throughout history, islands have been treated as distinct places, unlike mainland and continental masses. In geographic terms, islands are merely pieces of land surrounded by water, but the perception of island life has never been neutral. Rather, the term 'insularity' - belonging to/being of an island - has been romanticized and associated with otherness. Islands have often been deemed to have different histories from the mainland and with more readily isolated socio-political, cultural and economic characteristics. Yet connectivity has also been an important feature of island life as the sea can be a linking rather than just a dividing body, motivating and maintaining informal and formal connections. Fifty unique archaeological objects - most never displayed before outside Cyprus, Crete and Sardinia - tell exceptional stories of insular identity, over a period of 4000 years. The movement of people and episodes of migration between islands and their surrounding mainlands is also explored, through architecture, material culture, crafts and technologies present in the Mediterranean islands. Islanders has a broad diachronic scope and applies integrative analytical approach, bringing together research findings from scientific fields within archaeology, as well as a multi-scalar approach to past human interaction within continental and island environments.
04/2023
Vitraux, enluminures
Holy Hoaxes. A Beautiful Deception
Ce livre fascinant raconte l'histoire de la construction de la collection de faux et de contrefaçons de manuscrits enluminés appartenant à William M. Voelkle. A travers des essais approfondis et de belles illustrations, Voelkle retrace l'histoire de près de soixante-dix faux et contrefaçons. The book takes the reader on a journey that sheds light on the nature and detection of forgery of manuscript illumination. An engaging introduction by Christopher de Hamel raises tantalizing questions that touch on the very meaning of authenticity and our continuing fascination with forgery. Scientific analysis of pigments, the identification of sources, and the scrutiny of the materials all come into play in the unfolding story of the collection. An illustrated catalogue presents the group of nearly seventy fakes and forgeries that display astonishing breadth. They include not only the Spanish Forger and other Western European miniatures by Ernesto Sprega, Caleb William Wing, and Germano Prosdocimi, and others, but fascinating examples from the Christian East, from Ethiopia, from Mexico, and from Persia and India. Published here in its entirety for the first time, the Voelkle Collection is the only comprehensive one of fakes and forgeries of manuscript painting in private hands. Voelkle's fifty-year career at the Morgan Library & Museum was inextricably interwoven with the construction of the collection, which is detailed in the foreword. The personal narrative reveals the author as a collector and a scholar. As an enthusiastic collector, he pursues examples of forgery, marveling at the range of skills of deception. As a scholar, he disentangles the sources that served forgers and the chains of provenance that sometimes led to their exposure. Included also in the book is a comprehensive list of William M. Voelkle's publications.
04/2023
Beaux arts
George Stubbs. "All done from Nature"
George Stubbs (1724-1806) produced exceptional images of animals and people throughout his career. These were a product of his keen scientific eye and uncommon sense of compassion. Rather than trust to history and the untested example of his precursors, he championed doing as a way of thinking and deployed picture-making in pursuit of reality. On the title page of The Anatomy of the Horse, his groundbreaking publication that rewrote our understanding of equine biology, Stubbs confirmed that everything that followed was "all done from Nature" - meaning that it all derived from his own painstaking analysis of the subject in front of him. This book accompanies a major exhibition of Stubbs's work at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes and the Mauritshuis in The Hague and includes new writing on the artist by Nicholas Clee, Martin Myrone, Martin Postle, Roger Robinson, Jenny Uglow and Alison E. Wright.
11/2019
Philosophie
The Biblical Vision of the Human Person
Although modern study of the Bible has made impressive philological advances, it lacks an adequate philosophical frame of reference that would link the symbolism of the Biblical narrative to the problems of human existence. The present work sets out to provide the germ of a philosophy of language and human consciousness that would serve as a basis for a proper exegesis of the Biblical text. Part One establishes the historical, philosophical and hermeneutical framework by examining the link between experience, symbolization and the structure of human consciousness as elaborated historically in myth and philosophy. Part Two applies this framework to representative anthropological texts from the Old and New Testaments in order to forge a link between the Biblical symbolism and the fundamental problems of human existence. Part Three draws attention to the implications of the inquiry for a philosophical anthropology and a more comprehensive hermeneutical framework.
02/1994
Histoire internationale
Dealing with the Devil
When Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union, Moscow officials expected the British Navy to appear on the shore of Leningrad, fulfilling the Bolshevik nightmare of a concerted Capitalist plot. Instead, Prime Minister Winston Churchill reached out to promise support to the Kremlin and collaborate with Britain's former archenemy. Fighting the Nazi menace together became the new priority, leading to unprecedented levels of cooperation between the two governments. In order to defeat the Nazis, Britain and the USSR shared intelligence and revealed operative secrets to each other, including those of the secretive security services. They helped with the dispatch of agents and even ran agents together, attempting to foil German counter-intelligence strategies. For much of the Cold War, crucial facts of this collaboration remained top secret. Based on recently declassified files, Dealing with the Devil explores this little known chapter of the Second World War. This study underscores the willingness of the USSR and Britain to join forces and disclose many of their closely guarded secrets. The book uses personnel files and other historical sources to reveal for the first time the activities of officers and agents on this "invisible front", recounting the actions of many brave men and women who risked their lives to defeat the Nazis.
03/2010
BD tout public
La BD des copines Tome 1 : Séduction, le grand jeu
La BD des Copines est une nouvelle série qui s'adresse aux femmes (mais pas exclusivement ! ) et qui s'inscrit dans la veine du best-seller "Le Journal de Bridget Jones", roman humoristique décrivant les tribulations d'une jeune célibataire. Une bande dessinée au ton résolument moderne et qui choisit de mettre à l'honneur, dans ce premier tome, la séduction. Nos trois héroïnes, Jennifer (20 ans), Sophie (30 ans) et Pascale (40 ans) forment un vrai groupe de copines. Elles vivent pleinement leur vie, leurs désirs, leurs amours, leurs amitiés, leur travail, tout en rêvant à l'homme idéal. Des jeunes femmes qui n'ont pas froid aux yeux, tout en étant légèrement fleur bleue ! On suivra avec délectation les déboires et délire s de ces "célibattantes" qui ne se prennent pas au sérieux, et beaucoup se retrouveront dans ces trois personnages très actuels ! De nombreux clins d'oeil aux séries cultes telles "Ally Mc Beal" et "Sex and the city" (pour ne citer qu'elles) vous feront frémir de rire ! Une bande dessinée drôle, légère, impertinente et dans l'air du temps !
09/2002
Coloriage, gommettes et autoco
Marvel
Un cahier de plus de 90 coloriages en noir et blanc des Avengers Marvel ! - De grandes illustrations pour colorier Hulk, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man et les autres Avengers selon ses envies ! - Un papier épais, adapté au coloriage au feutre. Dès 4 ans.
01/2022
Guides pratiques
Japanese Phrasebook & Dictionary 10ed - Anglais
Lonely Planet's Japanese Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Japanese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Learn your sushi from your sake, enjoy an elaborate tea ceremony and navigate elaborate transit maps ; all with your trusted travel companion. Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases for Every Travel Situation ! Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips Never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary Be prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology Meet friends with conversation starter phrases Get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides Inside Lonely Planet's JapanesePhrasebook and Dictionary : Full-colour throughout User-friendly layout organised by travel scenario categories Survival phrases inside front cover for at-a-glance, on-the-fly cues Convenient features 5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go 10 Ways to Start a Sentence 10 Phrases to Sound like a Local Listen For - phrases you may hear Look For - phrases you may see on signs Shortcuts - easy-to-remember alternatives to the full phrases QandA - suggested answers to questions asked Covers Basics - time, dates, numbers, amounts, pronunciation, reading tips, grammar rules Practical - travel with kids, disabled travellers, sightseeing, business, banking, post office, internet, phones, repairs, bargaining, accommodation, directions, border crossing, transport Social - meeting people, interests, feelings, opinions, going out, romance, culture, activities, weather Safe Travel - emergencies, police, doctor, chemist, dentist, symptoms, conditions Food - ordering, at the market, at the bar, dishes, ingredients The Perfect Choice : Lonely Planet'sJapanese Phrasebook and Dictionary, a pocket-sized comprehensive language guide, provides on-the-go language assistance ; great for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture.
09/2023
Monographies
Gustave Moreau. The Fables
Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) is one of the most brilliant and enigmatic artists associated with the French Symbolist movement. This book accompanies an exhibition of some of the most extraordinary works he ever made, unseen in public for over a century. Moreau's watercolours of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) were created between 1879 and 1885 for the art collector Antony Roux and their stylistic range encompasses historicism and the picturesque, orientalist fantasies and near-abstract chromatic experiments. They were exhibited to great acclaim in Paris in the 1880s and in London in 1886, where critics compared the artist to Edward Burne-Jones. One critic commented on Moreau's ' keen apprehension of the weird. ' There were originally 64 works in the series, which was subsequently acquired by Miriam Alexandrine de Rothschild (1884-1965), but nearly half were lost during the Nazi era. The surviving works have not been exhibited since 1906 and they have only ever been published in black and white. This book is the first to reproduce them in colour - many shown actual size. Created at the height of the French 19th-century revival of watercolour, the variety of subject matter and technique, their colouristic effects and the sophistication of Moreau's storytelling, will be a revelation to readers. Preparatory drawings for the Fables, including animal studies made from life in the Jardin des Plantes demonstrate the wide-ranging research that informed Moreau's visions. Prints after Moreau's Fables by Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914) translate the jewel-like colours into monochrome in some of the most innovative etchings of the age, while the most delicate effects of the watercolours were also transformed into vitreous enamels. In-depth accounts of each watercolour, explaining the story and exploring Moreau's response to it. The introduction will place the series in the long history of illustrations of La Fontaine's canonical work, whose sources include Aesop's fables and traditional European and Asian tales, as well as considering Moreau in the context of his own, turbulent, times.
08/2021
Guides pratiques
French Phrasebook & Dictionary 8ed - Anglais
Lonely Planet's French Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful French phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order tasty cheeses, talk wine with the locals and seek out hidden villages ; all with your trusted travel companion. Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases for Every Travel Situation ! Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips Never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary Be prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology Meet friends with conversation starter phrases Get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides Inside Lonely Planet's FrenchPhrasebook and Dictionary : Full-colour throughout User-friendly layout organised by travel scenario categories Survival phrases inside front cover for at-a-glance, on-the-fly cues Convenient features 5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go 10 Ways to Start a Sentence 10 Phrases to Sound like a Local Listen For - phrases you may hear Look For - phrases you may see on signs Shortcuts - easy-to-remember alternatives to the full phrases QandA - suggested answers to questions asked Covers Basics - time, dates, numbers, amounts, pronunciation, reading tips, grammar rules Practical - travel with kids, disabled travellers, sightseeing, business, banking, post office, internet, phones, repairs, bargaining, accommodation, directions, border crossing, transport Social - meeting people, interests, feelings, opinions, going out, romance, culture, activities, weather Safe Travel - emergencies, police, doctor, chemist, dentist, symptoms, conditions Food - ordering, at the market, at the bar, dishes, ingredients The Perfect Choice : Lonely Planet'sFrench Phrasebook and Dictionary, a pocket-sized comprehensive language guide, provides on-the-go language assistance ; great for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture.
10/2023
Calligraphie
Calligraphics. La calligraphie vue par 101 artistes contemporains
Le langage, l'écriture et les lettres sont les fondements de notre communication en tant qu'êtres humains, et la calligraphie célèbre la beauté inhérente de ce besoin de partage et de connexion. Ce volume présente ce que la calligraphie est devenue au XXIe siècle, avec 101 artistes issus du monde du graffiti, du tatouage, du graphisme, de la peinture, de l'illustration, de l'art de l'affiche, de la bande dessinée, et bien plus encore. Leurs différents supports, styles et langages, y compris imaginaires, montrent le potentiel et l'inspiration infinis de la transformation des lettres en art. Chaque artiste présente une brève biographie expliquant son parcours et ses inspirations, des exemples de ses oeuvres et un alphabet original. Les artistes, originaires de 20 pays, partagent des alphabets en couleurs vives et en noir et blanc, en clarté et en chaos, au crayon sur papier et à la peinture sur les murs. A notre époque numérique, où les écrans et les claviers ont pris le dessus, cet art ancien continue de prospérer. Language, writing, and letters are the basis of our communication as human beings-and calligraphy celebrates the inherent beauty of this need to share and connect. This volume showcases what calligraphy has grown to be in the 21st century, featuring 101 artists from the worlds of graffiti, tattooing, graphic design, painting, illustration, poster art, comics, and more. Their different mediums, styles, and languages, including imaginary ones, show the endless potential and inspiration of turning letters into art. Each artist featured has a brief bio explaining their background and inspirations, examples of their artwork, and an original alphabet. The artists, from 20 countries, share alphabets in vibrant color and black and white, in clarity and in chaos, in pencil on paper and paint on walls. In our digital age, where screens and keyboards have taken over, this ancient art still thrives.
10/2023
Non classé
The Church of North India
This book presents historical and theological insight into the Church of North India against the background of the modern missionary movement, Indian nationalism and the church union negotiations. The questions of Christian identity, the nature of the church and the appropriate form of Christianity in India are evaluated with a view to present an ecumenical ecclesiology by interrelating three basic categories of narrative, doctrine and institution.
04/1994
Philosophie
«Phädon», or «On the Immortality of the Soul»
This is the first modern translation of Moses Mendelssohn's classic work of 1767, the Phädon. It includes Mendelssohn's own introduction and appendix, as well as footnotes and explanatory introduction by David Shavin. (Charles Cullen's translation of 1789 is the only other extant translation.) The "modern Socrates" of the German classical period, Mendelssohn has created a beautiful translation and elaboration of Plato's Phädo led to a revolution in thought, and a subsequent renaissance in Germany. The debt of the German classical period to ancient Greece is embodied in Mendelssohn's Phädon, as is the promise of the American Revolution. The translation and accompanying notes recapture Mendelssohn's unique marriage of depth of thought and breadth of appeal.
12/2006
Informatique
PETER NORTON'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO LINUX
Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Linux is yet another comprehensive, user-friendly guide in the highly acclaimed Norton style. Its unique, hands-on, step-by-step approach teaches the features of the most popular distributions of Linux. Norton and Griffith pave the way to a better understanding of Linux. Learn about all the newest technologies available for increasing your operating system capabilities-such as the Gnome and KDE user interfaces, networking with Samba and NFS, and installing the many built-in servers. You will find Peter's Principles, communications, networking, printing, performance, troubleshooting, and compatibility tips throughout the book. Whether you're just starting out or have years of experience, Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Linux has the answers, explanations, and examples you need.
11/1999
Sociologie
The Search for Meaning in the Australian Novel
This thesis grew out of an epistemological interest centered on the search for meaning in literature, and out of a reading of Australian novels. Reaching beyond signification, the creation of meaning in literature refers to the significance a text acquires for the recipient's existence. The potential of this meaningfulness fluctuates between a process of explanation, of uncovering hidden meaning, and deception. Assuming that this range is best demonstrated in the literary treatment of negative experiences in human existence, of pain and suffering, we analyse how Australian novelists and critics set paradigms of meaning against the "Non-Sense" in experienced reality, who and what the agents of meaningfulness in Australian literature are, how they relate to each other and how they affect our reading experience.
10/1991
Mathématiques
ELEMENTARY NUMBER THEORY IN NINE CHAPTERS
This book is intended to serve as a one-semester introductory course in number theory. Throughout the book a historical perspective has been adopted and emphasis is given to some of the subject's applied aspects; in particular die field of cryptography is highlighted. At the heart of the book arc the major number theoretic accomplishments of Euclid, Fermat, Gauss, Legendre, and Euler, and to fully illustrate the properties of numbers and concepts developed in the text, a wealth of exercises has been included. It is assumed that the reader will have 'pencil in hand' and ready access to a computer.
For students new to number theory, whatever their background, this is a stimulating and entertaining introduction to the subject.
01/1999
Beaux arts
Tino Zervudachi. Interiors Around the World
Over the past forty years, interior designer Tino Zervudachi has forged an impressive reputation internationally ; his portfolio spans sumptuous homes all over the world, from Paris, London, and New York, to Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Rio de Janeiro. Having honed his craft under British interiors legend David Mlinaric, Zervudachi designed his first house at age twenty-one. Since moving to Paris in 1990, he has continued to refine his bold yet elegant approach, revealing a rare sensitivity to texture and historical detail, as well as a love of artisanal excellence. In Zervudachi's hands, even the most spectacular room gains a subtle, lived-in quality, while humbler rooms grow grand : a sleight of hand that has led to an illustrious client list including art collectors, business titans, and bohemian aristocrats. Featuring previously unpublished photographs, and insightful texts and interviews by author Natasha A. Fraser, this new book captures the designer's sublime and singular world. Each project bears witness to the passion, precision, and curiosity that Zervudachi brings to his craft. From a reimagined family château in France, an elegant beach house in the Bahamas, or a breathtaking ski chalet in the Alps, to a vintage motor yacht or a rustic Spanish finca transformed into an island retreat, this volume charts Zervudachi's inimitable ability to magically transform his clients' homes, enhancing their collections with his original color choices, mastery of light, and daring selection of furniture and textiles.
10/2022
Décoration
L'esprit commence et finit au bout des doigts. 20 ans d'engagement pour l'intelligence de la main, Edition bilingue français-anglais
Depuis 20 ans, à l'initiative de la Fondation Bettencourt Schueller, le Prix Liliane Bettencourt pour l'intelligence de la main® met en lumière les savoir-faire d'exception, la créativité et l'innovation des métiers d'art qui participent de la scène française artistique contemporaine. Ce catalogue d'exposition est un reflet de cet engagement philanthropique. / For the last twenty years, the Liliane Bettencourt Prize pour l'intelligence de la main®, established by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller, has highlighted the exceptional skills, creativity, and innovation of craftspeople involved in the French contemporary art scene. This exhibition catalog is a reflection of the Fondation's commitment to philanthropic endeavors.
11/2019
Poésie
La colline que nous gravissons. Poème inaugural pour le pays, Edition bilingue français-anglais
Le 20 janvier 2021, Amanda Gorman s'est adressée à des millions de personnes pour livrer un message de vérité et d'espoir. A vingt-deux ans, Amanda Gorman a déclamé l'un de ses poèmes, "La colline que nous gravissons", lors de la cérémonie d'investiture du président des Etats-Unis, Joe Biden. Son invitation vibrante à se tourner vers l'avenir avec courage et à oser agir a marqué l'Amérique et le monde. Son poème est publié dans une édition bilingue, avec la traduction de l'artiste, autrice-compositrice et interprète Lous and the Yakuza, et précédé d'un avant-propos d'Oprah Winfrey.
05/2021
