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Fantasy

Like Us Tome 3. Alphas Like Us

Son garde du corps. Son bien-aimé. Garde du corps et monsieur je-sais-tout, Farrow Keene sait que sortir publiquement avec la royauté américaine a un coût élevé. Tout le monde cherche à s'insinuer dans sa relation. Et, en tant que petit ami protecteur, il ne cesse de repousser ceux qui essaient de s'emparer de leur vie amoureuse et de les déchirer. Mais Farrow est certain qu'il n'aurait jamais pu se préparer à la tempête à venir. Protège-le. Maximoff Hale n'est pas un grand fan du changement. Et, pour retrouver son poste de PDG d'une organisation caritative, il accepte une tâche qu'il a toujours refusée. Une tâche qui pourrait faire basculer son monde non conventionnel. Mais Maximoff a peur. Peur des conséquences qui pourraient détruire son petit ami et sa famille. Protège-le. Des changements se profilent à l'horizon. Des changements énormes et compliqués. Maximoff et Farrow vont se battre pour leur éternité. Et, à chaque souffle, se promettre que leur histoire d'amour ne s'arrêtera pas là. #MM #Famille #GardeDuCorps #Célébrité #Humour #Romance

09/2023

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Sciences de la terre et de la

Atlas of the Lunar Terminator

This Atlas is based on high-resolution electronic images of the terminator area of the Moon under 47 different illuminations. Each image is displayed across two or three pages. Features as small as 1-2 kilometers can be seen. For each illumination, accompanying text describes the major features shown in each view, along with larger-scale images of selected areas, which are indexed with their positions and dimensions. Two text chapters describe and illustrate the techniques of lunar observing and the types of landforms. Observing data are presented through 2010. Experienced observers will find the Atlas an invaluable planning tool, while beginners will gain an understanding of lunar geography and geology. There is an index of 1000 named lunar formations, cross-referenced to the images. No other atlas shows the Moon under such a variety of observing conditions.

01/2000

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Histoire internationale

On the Border - The Otherness of God and the Multiplicity of the Religions

The Christian theology of religions at present faces a crisis. What precisely is the task of the theology of religions ? Does it merely consist in interpreting the non-Christian religions as steps, phases or contributions in the light of Christianity ? Has one from the theological side conceded the maximum to the non-Christian religions by acknowledging them as anonymous Christianity (Karl Rahner)? This study is an exploration on how one shall liberate the religion of the other from anonymity : how one shall leave the other with his/her own name. The model of thought employed in this study is gained through an analysis of the intercultural process of understanding, explained with instances from Africa and South America.

01/1994

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Livres 0-3 ans

The discovery of magic

Queen Vispa and King Dungammei are the beloved rulers of their respective kingdoms. The two territories live in harmony, sharing a temple that crosses their mutual border, but they pray to different gods and have little in common outside of geography. The monarchs seem an unlikely pair, but when each violates the rules of the temple - one by entering the temple as a woman, and the other by praying to the other kingdom's god - both find themselves abandoned by their people, deciding soon after to declare the approval and presence of both gods in their hearts, as well as their love for each other. The King and Queen's subjects also abandon the shared temple, leaving it to the disobedient pair and building separate temples in their own territories. The monarchs' happy life together is, however, short-lived, as Queen Vispa dies upon giving birth to their child Delarai. The King is urged to repent and return to his kingdom. He complies, leaving princess Delarai with Magi, a nurse from a remote village, to raise her. Delarai rows up in near isolation, far from other people, spending most of her time among flowers and animals of the beautiful temple garden. Meanwhile, battles rage between the two kingdoms following the King's return. Delaware, a son begotten to the King and his next wife, gets badly wounded some years later in an attempt to stop the fighting. On his deathbed, the Prince insists on being taken to the forbidden temple to be buried there. The King, though ill himself, agrees to fulfill his son's dying wish. It is there where Delarai, having become quite an expert at herbal remedies, comes to their aid, preparing a special potion while praying to the temple's two gods in her nurse Magi's native language. As Delarai completes the life-saving act of curing the Prince, she tries to call for Magi, but the word that leaves her lips is "magic". Those who witness the event soon spread the word, and Delarai becomes recognized across both kingdoms as the creator of magic. The King, however, succumbs to old age, imparting his last kernel of wisdom unto his daughter : the two temple gods are one and the same. With this knowledge and their newfound inner strength, Delarai and Delaware unify the two kingdoms, and live happily ever after.

09/2021

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Décoration

Geometric Design and Ornament. 374 Copyright-free Designs for Artists and Craftsmen

Combining the best elements of both geometric and Russian ornament, here are 374 of the infinite number of geometric designs that can be formed from a simple combination of lines with curves, selected from the work of the Russian designer Y. Chernikov. The designs show dozens of different types of ornament and their intricate combinations and subdivisions: continuous and ribbon-like bands, enclosed spaces (panels), and unlimited flat patterns; networks, band motifs, diaper patterns; sectors, polygons and stars; squares and their subdivisions; octagons, triangles and hexagons; rhomboids and trapezoids; the circle and its subdivisions; etc. Designs range from simple black-and-white flat ornamentation to complex interweavings and tube-like maze figures. Some of the more important designs appear in full-page illustrations, while others are grouped together to show variations on a single element. The peculiarly Russian influence on these designs is everywhere apparent-motifs stemming from the combination of primitive Russian folklore (seen in those delightful birds, fantastic animals and skirted figures found even today in Russian folk art) and the Byzantine style with the Christian influence brought to Russia by the Tartars between 1237 and 1480. Others sec modern mathematics and its extension into op-art as the major inspiration of Chernikov's work, but whatever the source, the uses in today's art are almost limitless. Without further payment, permission or acknowledgment, you may use the designs in such media as textiles, crewel-work and needlework patterns, ornamental tiles, magazine, book and record cover art, greeting cards, and commercial packaging. The illustrations can serve equally well as a source of inspiration to the fine artist.

01/1969

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The Two Sources of Indian Asceticism

This book argues that the Indian ascetic traditions have two independent sources, the one Vedic, the other non-Vedic. This point of view has been expressed here and there in the scholarly literature, but it has never yet been argued in detail on the basis of textual evidence. The primary evidence is as follows : Early Indian literature - primarily the Epics, Buddhist and Jaina literature - explicitly differentiates between two types of ascetics, who distinguish themselves from each other in their aims, as well as in various other respects.

07/1993

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Littérature française

The Star of snows

Written during the black decade of Algeria, this narrative of apprenticeship is freely inspired by a real fact arisen in Kabylia during the childhood of the author. Its electrical wire is the friendship of a child and an eccentric whom some tolerate and whom others would want to send to the asylum. By his side, the child is going to learn to listen to the music of trees and to look at the world with the eyes of the heart. This tale, at the same time naive and grave, invites us to wonder about the cogs of the mechanics of the scapegoat. It is dedicated to all the children of the world who closely or remotely were next to the rejection and to the intolerance.

08/2016

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Romance sexy

Love and Other Words. Edition collector

Les histoires de coeur sont à jamais indélébiles Première Women fiction de Christina LaurenLe livre : Macy, interne en pédiatrie, prépare son mariage avec un homme plus âgé qu'elle, tout en gardant ses distances. Lorsqu'elle tombe sur Elliot - son premier et unique amour - la vie parfaite qu'elle avait construite commence à se craqueler. Le véritable amour ne disparaît jamais totalement des coeurs. Une histoire d'un amour de jeunesse entre deux adolescents plein de promesses, interrompu en plein vol, et qui évolue onze ans plus tard, en une histoire d'amour forte et confiante, entre adultes.

11/2023

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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

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Enseignement primaire

Catégo PS-MS-GS-ASH. Comprendre les catégories, apprendre à catégoriser, Edition 2018

Travailler le langage en Maternelle avec Catégo, un guide pédagogique pour que l'enseignant puisse aider les élèves à organiser leurs connaissances sur le monde et enrichir leur vocabulaire. - 80 activités organisées en cinq niveaux successifs pour apprendre en jouant et comprendre les stratégies de catégorisation. - Sous forme de ches pratiques : niveau de difficulté, objectif pédagogique, compétences travaillées, modalités, règle et déroulement, exemple imagé. A utiliser avec l'Imagier.

06/2018

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Généralités médicales

How I stopped snoring.. Exercises to treat snoring and sleep apnea

We don't talk about it and avoid the tension generating subject. Snoring makes us laugh or even cry. We very much want to get rid of it. There are ways to fight it. You will find an inventory of them herein, complete with advice on how to improve them, but that's not all ! This book sets forth a natural and original manner of curing snoring and sleep apnea. It's an actively engaging method as opposed to others which confine the snorer to a passive role (drugs, surgery, etc.), proposing exercises by which the snorer strengthens and activates his oral cavity and refines its sensations. Validated by numerous doctors, physical therapists and practitioners of alternative medicine, this book can be read on different levels : by those who are just discovering their snoring problem as well as by those who are well aware of it but haven't yet found a satisfactory solution.

08/2016

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Romance sexy

Highway to us

Ollister MacDonnell est l'un des trois tatoueurs à succès du Stairway, salon en vogue de Pasadena. Sa réputation de tombeur le précède, les femmes se bousculent pour le séduire et tout semble lui réussir. Mais justement, Ollis sait surtout donner le change en public, et son entourage ne se doute pas un seul instant que le jeune homme lutte jour après jour pour ne pas sombrer à nouveau dans la profonde dépression qui l'a touché cinq ans plus tôt. Avec son caractère impétueux, Sawyer sait ce qu'elle veut dans son avenir tout tracé et surtout ce qu'elle ne veut pas... quelqu'un comme Ollis. Lorsqu'il la percute dans un café elle n'a qu'une seule hâte : se débarrasser de cet inconnu séduisant mais encombrant. Pourtant, la vie semble s'obstiner à le remettre sur son chemin. Et même si elle sait qu'elle n'a pas une seconde à consacrer à une relation, elle est touchée malgré elle par la candeur d'Ollis, et les failles qu'elle perçoit immédiatement sous sa carapace.

10/2022

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Littérature française

France US UK

The new French anticorruption law on transparency, fight against corruption and the modernisation of the economy ("Sapin II") promises to bring significant changes in French domestic law and imposes new obligations on large French and foreign businesses. Sapin II clearly follows an international trend towards tougher and more transparent anticorruption laws and a large part of Sapin II provisions have obviously been influenced by other anticorruption standards such as notably the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act. This publication describes these three regulations allowing the reader to understand the major factors and provisions within these laws that are now governing the fight against corruption in the world of globalisation.

06/2017

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Histoire de la musique

Pop Rock US

Dans cette collection "PEPITES" nous avons voulu que chacun des courants musicaux soit représentés à travers une sélection d'albums rares et souvent cultes ! Les livres se veulent didactique de part ces choix éditoriaux, des chroniques écrites par des auteurs connus et reconnus de la presse musicale française et internationale. Tous les albums culte du rock américain sont là ! La voiture se doit d'être Américaine, le moteur un V8, l'ensemble stéréoun "Custom Autosound" . Contact. Qu'importe si le départ se fait de New York, Los Angeles, Chicago ou Miami : ce livre est bien un road-trip musical au coeur même de l'Amérique, un voyage sonore dont on rêvait et durant lequel on croise les rednecks de l'Alabama, le folk-rock et la surf music californienne, le latin sourd de Miami, le blues de l'Illinois, la country du Tennessee mais aussi le zydecode Louisiane, le Philadelphia sound, le Delta blues et la soul music, Stax et Motown, le hip-hop et le blues, le sub pop et le grunge. Lors de ce trajet en plus 100 albums, rien ni personne n'est oublié, des stars aux disques de platine aux artistes underground, du moment qu'ils aient participé à la vie de ces sons, rythmes et chansons qui peuplent notre imaginaire. We love America !

03/2022

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Non classé

Language Contact

Areal linguistics is having its "Golden Age", but its doleful problems as well. Its theory of language contact and linguistic interference is full of controversies which can be resolved only by a thorough analysis of the essentials of language interrelations and the results of their interactions. The monograph is based on a large corpus of linguistic and extralinguistic material collected during the last few decades (including field-work in different countries of Europe, Asia and North America) on the results of language contacts between English, German and other Teutonic languages, between Romance, Slavic and other Indo-European vernaculars, between Uralic, Turkic, Tungusic-Manchurian and Palaeo-Asian, and other languages. An attempt is made to gain an insight into the "mechanism" of language contact, to single out its types and subtypes and to project the "curve" of the dynamism of their linguistic interference (the receptor-language levels' penetrability). Special attention is paid to different varieties of plurilingualism.

10/1991

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Tourisme étranger

Moroccan tracks Volume 11. The sagho djebel

The Sagho djebel is the eastern extension of the Anti-Atlas, a volcanic mountain with granitic mamelons, basaltic organs, chaos of black shales, pink sandstones... at the gates of the Sahara. As far as the eye can see, large wild, arid spaces. A desolate land made for the lonely DPM. And for a thousand miles around, silence is the only companion. Absolute plenitude and the desire to take to the track. From flat expanses to rolling hills, from sharp relief to steep canyons : pure, original nature. The character is strong, rustic but the heart is soft. The colours are soft and gentle. Ochre, pink, brown, violet, the colour chart stretches in a gradation of shimmering pastels, sometimes accompanied by an overwhelming heat. Eldorado in the heart of the desert, rare are the oases ; modest green spots in the infinitely large, they are the reminders that we are on African soil. The wild charm of the Sagho is due to its exceptional geology : high cliffs and steep peaks, tabular escarpments and deep canyons in the middle of which caravans of camels and mules circulate. When you arrive on these immense plateaus, the lunar horizon is so vast that you want to go everywhere at once to see if it is really as beautiful elsewhere ! The Sagho also surprises by the richness of its lights : limpid like those of the nearby Sahara, or sometimes in half-tone, as in the neighbouring Dades valley. The Sagho is also the Morocco of the last Berber nomads, descendants of the ancient lords Aït Atta. In autumn, after leaving the snows of the High Atlas, they set up their dark wool tents on the slopes of the jebel until spring. They can neither read nor write, but they are sure of their way through the Atlas Mountains and the Moroccan desert. In the Sagho, they have built houses of unbaked stone, dug wells, planted almond trees, grown wheat, barley and various vegetables. Others built herds of goats and sheep, and caravans of camels. Most of them are now sedentary, semi-nomadic or nomadic...

08/2022

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Maternelle parascolaire

Miraculous J'écris les lettres majuscules. Maternelle PS-MS-GS

Un livre-ardoise réutilisable à l'infini pour s'entraîner à écrire les lettres majuscules. 1. L'enfant touche d'abord la lettre rugueuse avec son doigt. Cette approche sensorielle permet à l'enfant d'être actif et de mémoriser la forme de la lettre et le sens de l'écriture. 2. Avec son feutre, il repasse sur le modèle dans le sens indiqué par les flèches. 3. L'enfant repasse ensuite sur la lettre en pointillé et efface et recommence autant de fois qu'il le souhaite !

10/2019

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Paranormal, Bit-lit, Science-f

Love is THE solution : Antidot'us. Ou la nouvelle Terre

Le coffre du Van est plein, le réservoir aussi. Lorsque les huit amis s'aventurent dans un week-end en haute montagne, ils s'attendent à tout, sauf à être projetés dans un monde parallèle, mais bel et bien réel. Que s'est-il passé pour qu'ils basculent dans un futur apocalyptique, sans même s'en apercevoir ? Et que croire ? Que faire, quand la pluie s'acharne sur la planète ? Se réfugier ? Mais où ? Et surtout, comment venir en aide aux victimes de cette véritable fureur qui s'abat sur la globe ? Et si tout était vibrations et intentions ? Et si finalement, il n'y avait pas de combat ? Et si l'Amour était l'antidote le plus puissant que la vie avait à nous offrir ?

11/2021

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Maternelle Eveil

Mon album de réussite TPS-PS-MS-GS. Edition 2021

Simple, lisible, ludique et progressif, Mon album de réussite est un outil individuel qui reprend toutes les compétences au programme des trois niveaux de maternelle, dans tous les domaines d'apprentissage, qui s'adresse à la fois aux élèves, aux enseignants et aux parents. Mon album de réussite, plus qu'un outil, un état d'esprit. Conformément aux orientations définies par les programmes de maternelle de 2015 et aux ajustements du programme 2021, Mon album de réussite est un outil dont l'objectif est l'évaluation positive. Il permet de suivre, sur la durée du cycle, les apprentissages de chaque élève dans les cinq domaines ainsi que dans " Apprendre ensemble et vivre ensemble ", enjeu de formation central. Il synthétise l'évolution de l'élève sur le chemin à parcourir en mettant en valeur chaque progrès de façon objective et en le situant sur ce parcours. Simple, ludique, lisible par les élèves et les parents, il facilite la rédaction de la synthèse des acquis scolaires à la fin de l'école maternelle. Mon album de réussite, outil de l'élève, vise à : le responsabiliser en lui donnant la perspective de ce qu'il devra apprendre ; l'encourager à chaque étape réussie ; le rendre fier de ses progrès ; lui donner le gout de l'effort, en étant persévérant et exigeant avec lui-même pour atteindre un objectif qu'il s'est lui-même fixé ; lui faire prendre conscience de la place de l'erreur dans un processus d'apprentissage et ne pas en avoir peur ; lui permettre de développer confiance et estime de soi en lui procurant un sentiment de compétence dans un climat de travail serein. Avec Mon album de réussite, l'évaluation est un réel outil de régulation pour l'enseignant. La mise en place de la différenciation, la composition de groupes homogènes ou hétérogènes et la communication avec les parents sont simplifiées, tout en portant un regard positif sur chaque élève. Dans cette perspective de parcours, la formule " En cours d'acquisition " prend tout son sens. Chaque enseignant s'attache à mettre en valeur, au-delà du résultat obtenu, le cheminement de l'enfant et les progrès qu'il fait par rapport à lui-même. Mon album de réusite est utile à tous les niveaux : Il permet aux élèves de s'autoévaluer, les responsabilise, les encourage, leur donne envie de s'entrainer, de réussir dans la confiance, l'estime de soi et la sérénité. Il permet aux enseignants d'établir une programmation, d'harmoniser les outils et les pratiques dans l'équipe, d'organiser facilement la différenciation et la composition de groupes homogènes ou hétérogènes, de préciser la consigne, de renseigner la synthèse de fin de GS. Il permet aux parents de donner du sens aux activités spécifiques à la maternelle et de comprendre clairement les compétences à acquérir au cours du cycle. Les compétences acquises par leur enfant, et le chemin que celui-ci a parcouru pour les atteindre sont clairement identifiables. Pour les parents, l'outil facilite le dialogue avec leur enfant et avec l'enseignant.

10/2021

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Maternelle Eveil

Activités autour du jardin PS MS GS. Activités à photocopier

Ce recueil vous propose 45 activités photocopiables sur le thème du jardinage et des petits animaux du jardin : Petite Section : 14 fiches, Moyenne Section : 14 fiches et Grande Section : 17 fiches. Avec des consignes simples et précises, les fiches sont de difficulté progressive et nécessitent une moindre préparation matérielle. L'élève y sera souvent autonome, réinvestissant des savoirs acquis : dénombrement, discrimination visuelle, puzzle, coloriage, labyrinthe, coloriage codé, jeu de loto, graphisme, écriture, étiquettes de lecture...

02/2021

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Eveil

J'apprends mieux en maternelle PS, MS, GS. 75 activités pour développer ses compétences grâce aux neurosciences

Un cahier pour développer ses compétences exécutives en maternelle. 75 activités ludiques et motivantes pour entrainer ce qui conditionne les bons apprentissages ! - Des activités sur les 3 compétences exécutives fondamentales : contrôle inhibiteur, mémoire de travail, flexibilité cognitive - Des activités bien expliquées et accessibles Pour les parents : les acquis des neurosciences accessibles à la maison pour aider son enfant à réussir

07/2021

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Sciences de la terre et de la

The genetics and breeding of Taro (Clolocasia esculenta(L.) Schott)

Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is an ancient and important root crop and more than 400 million people include taro in their diets. It is grown as a root crop, as a leafy vegetable and sometimes as an ornamental in a wide range of environments. This publication gives general information about Colocasia esculenta and some basic data on related root crop species. It deals with taxonomy, botany, origin and distribution, genetic resources, reproductive biology and problems associated with genetics and breeding. The final goal is to help to revitalize agricultural production, not only of taro, but also of other aroid root crop species.

01/2000

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Sociologie

Moral Talk Across the Lifespan

Grounded in path-breaking research but written in an accessible, engaging style Moral Talk Across the Lifespan explores how our most fundamental moral commitments are shaped by crucial conversations with family members, romantic partners, and friends. Taking a lifespan approach, the authors demonstrate that moral growth is a continual process, one stimulated by transitions (e.g., leaving home for university) and disruptive events (serious illness). With chapters penned by leading relationship scholars, the volume contributes original thinking, data, and innovative theoretical pathways for researchers. For instructors it explores pressing moral questions encountered by students in their own relationships with romantic partners, friends, parents, and other family members. When is revealing a secret the right thing to do ? Is revenge ever a worthy response to an insult or sleight ? Why are young adults persuaded to accept some of their parents' values but not others ? Is there a right (or wrong) way to support a parent facing a terminal illness ? Moral Talk Across the Lifespan offers a stimulating blend of social science research and moral reflection. It is a key text for courses in Relational Communication, Family Communication, Interpersonal Communication, and Communication Ethics.

06/2015

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Monographies

Fuseli and the Modern Woman. Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism

This catalogue accompanies the first exhibition devoted to a fascinating group of drawings by the Anglo-Swiss Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), one of eighteenth-century Europe's most idiosyncratic, original and controversial artists. Best known for his notoriously provocative painting The Nightmare, Fuseli energetically cultivated a reputation for eccentricity, with vividly stylised images of supernatural creatures, muscle-bound heroes, and damsels in distress. While these convinced some viewers of the greatness of his genius, others dismissed him as a charlatan, or as completely mad. Fuseli's contemporaries might have thought him even crazier had they been aware that in private he harboured an obsessive preoccupation with the figure of the modern woman, which he pursued almost exclusively in his drawings. Where one might have expected idealised bodies with the grace and proportions of classical statues, here instead we encounter figures whose anatomies have been shaped by stiff bodices, waistbands, puffed sleeves, and pointed shoes, and whose heads are crowned by coiffures of the most bizarre and complicated sort. Often based on the artist's wife Sophia Rawlins, the women who populate Fuseli's graphic work tend to adopt brazenly aggressive attitudes, either fixing their gaze directly on the viewer or ignoring our presence altogether. Usually they appear on their own, in isolation on the page ; sometimes they are grouped together to form disturbing narratives, erotic fantasies that may be mysterious, vaguely menacing, or overtly transgressive, but where women always play a dominant role. Among the many intriguing questions raised by these works is the extent to which his wife Sophia was actively involved in fashioning her appearance for her own pleasure, as well as for the benefit of her husband. By bringing together more than fifty of these studies (roughly a third of the known total), The Courtauld Gallery will give audiences an unprecedented opportunity to see one of the finest Romantic-period draughtsmen at his most innovative and exciting. Visitors to the show and readers of the lavishly illustrated catalogue will further be invited to consider how Fuseli's drawings of women, as products of the turbulent aftermath of the American and French Revolutions, speak to concerns about gender and sexuality that have never been more relevant than they are today. The exhibition showcases drawings brought together from international collections, including the Kunsthaus in Zurich, the Auckland Art Gallery in New Zealand, and from other European and North American institutions.

12/2022

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Beaux arts

Living with light

The art of harmonious living is presented in this volume through fifteen bespoke interiors recently designed by the Axel Vervoordt Company. Each room incorporates natural light as an essential component of design, along with other elements from nature water, metal, woodblended with a modern aesthetic and punctuated with fine art and antiques. The range of featured properties includes homes by the sea, as well as in urban and rural locations from New York to London and Munich, and from Italy through Provence to Portugaldemonstrating the breadth of styles possible within the essential Vervoordt design principles. Photography by Laziz Hamani brings into focus both the unique design details and the timeless interiors that together create each striking setting. These exceptional residences are rich with inspirational ideas for incorporating light into your own home in the singular Vervoordt style.

10/2013

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Esotérisme

Mars domination & libération. Opération Lone Wolf

Lorsqu'il a écrit Lone Wolf : L'emprise du Loup, André AS a partagé pour la première fois ses réminiscences dans les PSS Programmes Spatiaux Secrets. Il a terminé son service sur la Lune, au terme de huit années passées sur Mars. Avec MARS DOMINATION & LIBERATION Opération Lone Wolf, ce sont ses huit années que nous retrouvons. Cette fois, appuyé par plus de 300 clichés de Mars pris par les rovers de la NASA, qui sont autant de convergences avec son vécu sur Mars, l'auteur nous amène bien au-delà de sa mission. Bases militaires, milieu de vie, peuplement, écosystèmes, espèces invasives, les vestiges d'une lutte armée contre l'ethnie insectoïde, etc. Nous irons sur les traces des reptoïdes et constaterons les stigmates de la guerre finale contre les Dracos. Cet ouvrage valide le vécu de starseeds, tels que Jean-Charles Moyen, David Rousseau, Randy Cramer et bien d'autres. Mais aussi donne raison aux révélations de contactés, comme Elena Danaan, ou encore les explorations de médiums.

01/2023

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Monographies

Titian : Sources and Documents

Hugely ambitious, Titian : Sources and Documents includes all known documents about Titian and his work dating from his lifetime, and all known references to him in contemporary publications. The relevant section of each text is transcribed in full, preceded by a short summary in English, with extensive annotation and, where necessary, a commentary. The intention of this incredible work of scholarship is to provide a comprehensive survey of the surviving historical evidence about Titian and his career. Titian was one of the most famous, successful and long-lived of Renaissance painters. Much of his output was for rulers or institutions whose archives have been in large part preserved, and many of his family papers have also survived. In addition, he was mentioned in more than a hundred and sixty different publications in his lifetime. Although hundreds of the documents about him and his work have been published, usually in specialised publications based on material in a single archive, there have only been two attempts to provide an overview of the entire body of documents and early published references to him, the first by Crowe and Cavalcaselle in 1877, the second by Adolfo Venturi in 1928. These publications were necessarily selective and included transcriptions of only a small part of the material which was used. The collection, amounting to over two thousand nine hundred items, includes not only texts specifically about Titian himself, but also those concerning his siblings and children, his principal assistants and the other members of the Vecellio family already active as painters before his death, as well as inscriptions on paintings and prints. In addition to texts dating from Titian's lifetime, the collection includes all biographical material published before 1700 and all other texts that could realistically be thought to reflect first- or second-hand anecdotal information about him. The particular strengths and limitations of the principal early printed sources and the circumstances in which they were produced are discussed in a substantial introduction, which also includes an overview of the main archival collections consulted in the preparation of the book. Most of these are in Italy, but others are in Spain, Austria and Germany. New transcriptions are provided for the great majority of the documents that have previously been published, and many hitherto unknown documents have been included. Consideration is given also to documents now known only via secondary sources, and to fake documents, of which a significant number were produced in the past two centuries.

04/2023

ActuaLitté

Monographies

Venice. A Private Invitation

Venice of a thousand reflections ; Venice of mirror and glass, of silk and gold ; Venice of light and lace, of transparency and porcelain. With her expert knowledge and insight, Servane Giol takes us to the heart of the Venetian art de vivre, a warm and private invitation to meet some of the most creative people living in the city today. Accompanying us into historic private palazzi as well as more recently restored houses and apartments, she introduces us to a new generation of artists and designers who are attracted by the radiant beauty, energy, and lifestyle of the Serenissima-a charmed circle of talented friends who are bringing a fresh dynamism and elegance to the city, shining a new light on some of its rarest and most exquisite traditional crafts, and lovingly safeguarding them for future generations. This love letter to the hidden beauties of Venice and to the skills for which the city is famed is brilliantly complemented by the photography of Mattia Aquila. It offers both a revelation and an everlasting memory for all those who will never forget their dazzling first sight of the domes, the campaniles, and the shimmering golden silence of this legendary city that floats between sea and sky.

09/2022

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Sunjung (shojo)

Something About Us T01

La relation qui lie Woo-jin et Ga-yeong est si forte que rien d'autre n'existe lorsqu'ils sont ensemble. Leur lien est tout ce qu'il y a de plus sincère, et ils sont persuadés d'être les meilleurs amis du monde. Mais ils semblent être les seuls à le penser ! Leur complicité est si grande qu'en les regardant, personne ne veut croire à une simple amitié. Et de l'amitié à l'amour, il n'y a qu'un pas...

02/2023

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Roman d'amour, roman sentiment

The fire inside us

Ils se sont follement aimés, ils se sont détruits. Pour Sasha, l'amour, c'est fini. Elle a décidé de se consacrer à sa carrière de photographe : les animaux et les paysages ne mentent pas, eux. Pas comme Charlie, qui a bousillé son coeur et bien plus encore, il y a onze ans... Alors quand Charlie ressurgit à Ormont, plus séduisant et ténébreux que jamais, Sasha ne ressent plus que de la colère et un ressentiment amer. Hors de question de le laisser approcher, malgré leur attirance toujours vive. Mais de mystérieux courriers surgis du passé viennent tout bouleverser. Et si la vie offrait une seconde chance aux coeurs brisés ? Sasha et Charlie accepteront-ils de céder à nouveau à leurs sentiments, au risque de se perdre ?

07/2023