Fun Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord Tome 3
Extraits
Critique littéraire
Ancient Greek by Its Translators
When not familiar with the language itself, most readers over the centuries have had access to the ancient Greek texts only or mostly through (Latin or vernacular) translations. Such an approach is not only indirect and mediated, but also distorted and even impoverishing : meaning then prevails over the linguistic form and substance of the texts themselves. What do later or modern readers read when they read translated texts written in an ancient so-called dead language ? They read a given meaning - sometimes unfaithful, often inaccurate - dictated by a genuine understanding, the blind continuation of tradition, or an untold hidden intention. The complex range of significances conveyed by meaning simultaneously reflects the time and space (called synchrony) of when and where a text has been translated, the historical learning and linguistic skills of the translators, as well as their ideas and style. As a contribution to the perennial debate about translation (mere literary transliteration vs. creative transposition), this volume aims at analyzing some striking cases of various (literary or not) texts translated from ancient Greek showing how much for the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries aesthetics and ideology matter as much as - and often even more than - rigorous philology.
02/2022
Non classé
From Scarcity to Sustainability
For futures studies and environmentalism the late 1960s and early 1970s were a heyday period of great publicity, and much scientific interest was devoted to them. The study 'Limits to Growth', commissioned by the Club of Rome, has played an important role for the further advancement of these fascinating fields. Each of them in its own way deals with the long term prospects of humankind and desirable future paths of humanity and the globe. This investigation illustrates a very important phase in the development of these two areas and writes a history of ideas and a history of impact of the Limits to Growth debate and other activities of the Club of Rome. It includes information that has so far only been known to a very limited number of directly involved individuals and looks into very recent stages of the sustainable development debate and newest developments of more pragmatic and critical futures studies. For the purpose of this study some 100 interviews have been made worldwide with very well known and often influential individuals. Among them are : Sicco Mansholt, Alexander King, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Jungk, Saburo Okita, Lord Kennet, Johan Galtung, Barry Commoner and Philip de Seynes.
12/1991
Lecture 6-9 ans
Bienvenue chez les Loud Tome 19 : Défense d'entrer !
Pas facile pour Lincoln d'avoir 10 soeurs... Pour s'en sortir, une seule solution : avoir un plan !
06/2020
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
Antiquité - Généralités
The Italians on Delos
During the second century and into the early first century BC, the island of Delos was home to the largest port of transit in the eastern Mediterranean. As such, it welcomed many Italian traders who prospered among its cosmopolitan population for some fifty or so years. The many buildings, statues, paintings and inscriptions unearthed since 1873 by the French School at Athens have made it possible to trace out the life of this disparate yet influential community.
11/2021
Sociologie
Cahiers du LLL n° 12 bis – Telepresence teaching (and learning). From the immersive to the virtual classroom
Hybrid or fully online ? Synchronous or asynchronous ? Unimodal, bimodal, comodal or multimodal ? The all-out development of distance learning has led to the creation of appropriate digital systems, either by using what was already in place (such as video conferencing classrooms and web conferencing software supporting virtual classrooms) or introducing innovative environments (such as immersive telepresence classrooms). To use these versatile, multi-functional technologies, teachers need to take a step back to enable them to adapt their teaching methods and offer learners a suitable environment that overcomes physical and geographical distances. As for students, the need to "be there" and "be together" while learning remotely has to be taken into account to maintain their commitment and ensure they continue to contribute, despite the fact they are apart. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us the importance of the professional, collegial and friendship connections we have with those we usually meet face-to-face in a traditional classroom. Telepresence systems enable all these people to come together remotely (and synchronously) and make it possible to use active teaching methods, driven by the self-regulation of the learners. But what is telepresence ? Do teachers need any special training ? How do you attend lessons remotely ? How do participants learn in a telepresence setting ? What type of student assessment can be used in such an environment ? The result of international collaboration, this short guide looks at these questions from both a research and a practical perspective, inviting you to explore telepresence teaching and learning.
06/2022
Roman d'amour, roman sentiment
The Mafia Chronicles Tome 4 : Bound by Temptation
La saga best-seller cultissime dans plus de dix pays, vendue à plus d'un million d'exemplaires à travers le monde ! " Cora Reilly continue de s'imposer comme la meilleure auteure de romance mafieuse de notre génération. " - L. J. Shen, USA Today. Elle est déterminée à le séduire, il essaie de résister à la tentation... Depuis leur première rencontre, Liliana Scuderi est sous le charme de Romero. Puisque ses soeurs ont été mariées pour des raisons tactiques, elle espère pouvoir choisir son mari. Mais lorsque son père la promet à un homme deux fois plus vieux qu'elle, cet espoir se retrouve anéanti. Romero a toujours ignoré les tentatives de séduction de Lily, mais il est de plus en plus difficile de lui résister, alors qu'elle est l'objet de tous ses fantasmes... Romero est un soldat loyal, un garde du corps droit et fidèle à la Cosa Nostra. Alors que Lily est une princesse mafieuse, trop jeune pour lui, et totalement inaccessible. La désirer aussi fort alors qu'elle est doit épouser un autre homme pourrait signifier la guerre entre New York et l'Outfit de Chicago... Mais parfois, la tentation est trop forte pour ne pas y céder.
02/2023
Romance sexy
The Mafia Chronicles Tome 2 : Bound by duty
La saga best-seller cultissime dans plus de dix pays, vendue à plus d'un million d'exemplaires à travers le monde ! En attendant de gagner son amour, elle est prête à tout pour attiser son désir... A 23 ans, Valentina est une jeune femme déterminée qui sait ce qu'elle veut. Mais elle doit se plier aux règles de la mafia, monde dans lequel elle est née. Suite au décès de son premier mari Antonio, elle est obligée d'épouser Dante Cavallaro, le nouveau Capo de Chicago. De douze ans son ainé, il est terriblement séduisant, mais également réputé pour sa froideur et son intransigeance. Et on raconte qu'il ne s'est jamais remis de la perte de sa première femme... Malgré tout, Valentina espère être heureuse en amour, après un premier mariage qui n'était qu'une façade et dont l'union n'a jamais été consommée. Même si elle craint que Dante découvre son secret pendant leur nuit de noces, elle meurt d'envie d'être enfin initiée aux plaisirs du sexe. Alors, quand Dante l'ignore et se cache derrière un masque d'indifférence, la frustration l'emporte. Son mari a forcément des failles. Et Valentina compte bien s'en servir pour faire naître en lui un désir brûlant...
Suspense romantique
The Mafia Chronicles Tome 6 : Bound by Love
Quand Aria a été forcée d'épouser Luca, tout le monde pensait qu'il la briserait. Après tout, le Capo de New York est connu pour être un homme cruel et sans pitié... Pourtant, la jeune femme est parvenue à se frayer un chemin dans son coeur. Alors, quand elle le trahit pour protéger sa famille, Aria réalise qu'elle a peut-être définitivement perdu ce qu'elle avait mis tant de temps à gagner : la confiance de son mari. Luca savait qu'en s'ouvrant à Aria, il prenait le risque d'être blessé, mais jamais il n'aurait imaginé autant souffrir. Il commence à en être convaincu, l'amour est la pire des faiblesses. Une faiblesse qu'un Capo ne peut se permettre. Entre la trêve avec l'Outfit qui s'étiole de jour en jour, l'ascension de la Camorra et le risque de rébellion au sein même de la Famiglia, le moindre faux pas peut s'avérer fatal. Dans ce monde brutal et sanglant, leur amour pourrait bien ne pas survivre... Ce tome se concentre sur le couple d'Aria et Luca, du tome 1, Bound by Honor. Il fait suite aux événements du tome 3.
10/2023
Romance sexy
The Mafia Chronicles Tome 1 : Bound by Honor
Il veut son corps. Elle veut son coeur... Née dans l'une des principales familles mafieuses de Chicago, Aria Scuderi est une princesse mafieuse connue pour sa beauté. Ce que beaucoup considèrent comme un cadeau signifie sa perte lorsqu'elle est forcée d'épouser Luca Vitiello, le futur Capo de New York, un homme insensible et connu pour sa brutalité. Aria est terrifiée à l'idée d'épouser un monstre comme lui. Il est peut-être l'un des célibataires les plus convoités de New York, grâce à son charisme de prédateur, sa richesse et son arrogance... mais Aria sait que son aura de mauvais garçon n'est pas un jeu. Le sang et la mort se cachent dans les yeux gris de Luca. Pourtant, il n'y a pas d'échappatoire à ce mariage arrangé, encore moins avec un homme comme Luca, qui ne la laissera jamais partir. Sa seule chance de survivre dans ce mariage est de se frayer un chemin dans son coeur, même si la rumeur dit que Luca n'en a pas... A propos de l'auteure : Cora Reilly est l'auteure à succès d'USA Today de la série The mafia chronicles et de nombreux autres livres, la plupart mettant en scène des bad boys dangereusement sexy et sombres. Elle s'impose comme l'une des auteures phare de la romance mafieuse, avec pour thème principal les mariages arrangés. Sa saga est vendue dans plus de dix pays et avec près d'un million d'exemplaires lus dans le monde.
04/2022
Romance sexy
The Mafia Chronicles Tome 2 : Bound by Duty
La saga best-seller cultissime dans plus de dix pays, vendue à plus d'un million d'exemplaires à travers le monde ! " Cora Reilly continue de s'imposer comme la meilleure auteure de romance mafieuse de notre génération. " - L. J. Shen, USA Today. En attendant de gagner son amour, elle est prête à tout pour attiser son désir... A 23 ans, Valentina est une jeune femme déterminée qui sait ce qu'elle veut. Mais elle doit se plier aux règles de la mafia, monde dans lequel elle est née. Suite au décès de son premier mari Antonio, elle est obligée d'épouser Dante Cavallaro, le nouveau Capo de Chicago. De douze ans son ainé, il est terriblement séduisant, mais également réputé pour sa froideur et son intransigeance. Et on raconte qu'il ne s'est jamais remis de la perte de sa première femme... Malgré tout, Valentina espère être heureuse en amour, après un premier mariage qui n'était qu'une façade et dont l'union n'a jamais été consommée. Même si elle craint que Dante découvre son secret pendant leur nuit de noces, elle meurt d'envie d'être enfin initiée aux plaisirs du sexe. Alors, quand Dante l'ignore et se cache derrière un masque d'indifférence, la frustration l'emporte. Son mari a forcément des failles. Et Valentina compte bien s'en servir pour faire naître en lui un désir brûlant...
03/2024
Instruments de musique
Miniaturen. für Klarinett und Akkordeon. clarinet in Bb and accordion. Partition d'exécution.
Note by the composer : "In my youth I was a great Schumann fan, works such as Carnaval, Kreisleriana or also Papillions were (and still are ! ) among my favourite pieces. One of the things that fascinated me was their form, these short expressive pieces strung together, which belong together after all. The Miniatures are inspired by this 'old love'. They were commissioned by Klangwerkstatt Kreuzberg (Berlin) and were originally written for clarinet and accordion for the duo Nancy Laufer and Jürgen Kupke. - Iris ter Schiphorst - Instrumentation : clarinet in Bb and accordion
05/2023
Monographies
Hilma af Klint. The Five Notebook 1
In 1896, Hilma af Klint and four other like-minded women artists left the Edelweiss Society and founded the "Friday Group", also known as "The Five". They met every Friday for spiritual meetings, including prayers, studies of the New Testament, meditation and séances. The medium exercised automatic writing and mediumistic drawing. Eventually they established contact with spiritual beings whom they called "The High Ones". In 1896, the five women began taking meticulous notes of the mediumistic messages conveyed by the spirits. In time, Hilma af Klint felt she had been selected for more important messages. After ten years of esoteric training with "The Five", aged 43, Hilma af Klint accepted a major assignment, the execution of The Paintings for the Temple. This commission, which engaged the artist from 1906 to 1915, changed the course of her life. In 1908, Rudolf Steiner, leader of the German Theosophical Society, held several lectures in Stockholm. He also visited af Klint's studio and saw some of the early Paintings for the Temple. In 1913, Steiner founded the Anthroposophical Society, which af Klint joined in 1920 and remained a member for the rest of her life.
01/2022
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
PIONEERS OF REPRESENTATION THEORY: FROBENIUS, BURNSIDE, SCHUR, AND BRAUER
The year 1897 was marked by two important mathematical events: the publication of the first paper on representations of finite groups by Ferdinand Georg Frobenius ( 1849-1917) and the appearance of the first treatise in English on the theory of finite groups by William Burnside (1852-1927). Burnside soon developed his own approach to representations of finite groups. In the next few years, working independently, Frobenius and Burnside explored the new subject and its applications to finite group theory.
They were soon joined in this enterprise by Issai Schur (1875-194 1) and some years later, by Richard Brauer (1901-1977). These mathematicians' pioneering research is the subject of this book. It presents an account of the early history of representation theory through an analysis of the published work of the principals and others with whom the principals' work was interwoven. Also included are biographical sketches and enough mathematics to enable readers to follow the development of the subject. An introductory chapter contains some of the results involving characters of finite abelian groups by Lagrange, Gauss, and Dirichlet, which were part of the mathematical tradition from which Frobenius drew his inspiration.
This book presents the early history of an active branch of mathematics. It includes enough detail to enable readers to learn the mathematics along with the history. The volume would be a suitable text for a course on representations of finite groups, particularly one emphasizing an historical point of view.
01/1999
Photographie
In the city by night
In the City by Night est régi par un protocole simple et strict : Philong Sovan rééclaire avec le phare de sa moto ce qu’il voit et trouve dans les coins sombres des villes cambodgiennes. Il construit ainsi une série à l’éclairage singulier, en tension entre documentaire et fiction cinématographique.
07/2019
Littérature érotique et sentim
Bewitched by the Darkness. Intégrale
Méfiez-vous des apparences. Derrière mon charme se cachent de funestes envies. Derrière mes yeux, ce ne sont pas les fenêtres de mon âme qui s'ouvriront à vous, mais bien les portes de mon enfer. Pourtant, elle, jeune et fragile, l'a deviné au premier regard... alors pourquoi ne s'enfuit-elle pas ? Pour quelle raison ai-je décidé de l'épargner ? Que me vaudra cette décision ?
12/2019
Littérature étrangère
By the rivers of Babylon
Augustown, quartier pauvre de Kingston, Jamaïque. En cet après-midi d'avril 1982, assise sur sa véranda, Ma Taffy sent dans l'air une pesanteur très particulière. Kaia, son petit-fils, rentre de l'école. Ma Taffy n'y voit plus mais elle sait reconnaître entre toutes l'odeur entêtante, envahissante, de la calamité qui se prépare. Car aujourd'hui, à l'école, Monsieur Saint-Josephs a commis l'irréparable : il a coupé les dreadlocks de Kaia – sacrilège absolu chez les rastafaris. Et voilà Ma Taffy qui tremble, elle que pourtant rien n'ébranle, pas même le chef du gang Angola ni les descentes des Babylones, toutes sirènes hurlantes. Alors, pour gagner du temps sur la menace qui gronde, Ma Taffy se met à lui raconter comment elle a assisté, petite fille au milieu d'une foule immense, à la véritable ascension d'Alexander Bedward, le Prêcheur volant. Oui, à Augustown, Jamaïque, le jour de l'Autoclapse – calamité aux promesses d'Apocalypse – est une nouvelle fois en train d'advenir. Remarquablement construit, By the rivers of Babylon est un roman puissant – magnifique chant de résistance et de libération. En bref... Augustown, quartier populaire de Kingston, années quatre-vingt. Jour de colère. A travers l'histoire d'un petit garçon rastafari dont le maître d'école vient de couper les dreads (ce qui mettra le ghetto à feu et à sang) et l'histoire parallèle que lui raconte sa grand-mère, celle d'Alexander Bedward, le Prêcheur volant à la source du mouvement rastafari, Kei Miller nous emmène au coeur vibrant de la Jamaïque.
09/2017
Religion
Tracing the Evidence
Tracing the Evidence : Dinah in Post-Hebrew Bible Literature examines the post-biblical literary developments of Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob. According to Genesis 34, Dinah was sexually violated by Shechem ; however, there are gaps in the biblical narrative and little written about what happened to her after the fateful time. Tracing the Evidence considers how post-Hebrew Bible traditions have filled in some of those gaps. Some traditions give more information about her day-to-day life, how old she was when Shechem met her, and various details about her subsequent marriage(s) and children.
04/2008
Romance sexy
The Players Tome 3 : Let the sun shine
Il est l'orage, elle est le soleil... Pour Liam, l'attaquant incontournable des Bears, cette dernière année à l'université est décisive. Obnubilé à l'idée d'obtenir une place en NHL, il doit donner à chaque match le meilleur de lui-même. Perspective qui semble compromise face à sa baisse de performances de la saison dernière. Afin d'y remédier, le coach l'oblige à devenir le sujet de mémoire d'une étudiante spécialisée en psychologie cognitive. Forte de son parcours brillant, Quinn King est convaincue de pouvoir l'aider à s'améliorer et ce, malgré les réticences évidentes de son nouveau partenaire. De tous les joueurs de hockey, il fallait qu'elle tombe sur le plus taciturne ! Pourtant, derrière son attitude d'ours mal léché se cache un homme à la détermination inébranlable, prêt à tout pour prendre sa revanche sur la vie. Tous deux n'ont qu'un objectif : réussir coûte que coûte. Mais pour y parvenir, il leur faudra accepter de s'ouvrir à l'autre...
11/2023
Shojo/fille
The Sound of my Soul Tome 3
Avec The Sound of my Soul, Rin Saitô livre une histoire pleine de sensibilité, qui nous invite à vivre en harmonie les uns avec les autres, dans le respect de toutes les différences. Depuis l'incident qui s'est produit au collège et l'injustice qu'il a subi, Mizuki sombre dans la solitude. Se jetant à corps perdu dans la musique, il s'accroche aux prestations qu'il donne au sein de l'hôpital. Mais quand la rentrée scolaire approche et qu'il rentre en seconde année, il découvre qu'il est dans la même classe que Hazuki. Le quotidien s'annonce alors compliqué, car le jeune musicien se sent toujours trahi par sa camarade...
02/2023
Shonen/garçon
The dangers in my heart Tome 3
Leurs mondes n'auraient jamais dû entrer en collision, mais voilà... Le sentiment amoureux qu'ils nourrissent l'un envers l'autre et qui habite leur quotidien continue de grandir tranquillement, leur offrant chemin faisant la découverte d'un monde rempli de petites merveilles. Les instants précieux se multiplient en classe, à la bibliothèque et... chez Ichikawa... ? !
11/2023
Cerveau et psychologie
Transcultural Dictionary of Misunderstandings. European and Chinese Horizons
The Transcultural Dictionary of Misunderstandings. European and Chinese Horizons is the result of an initiative which forges a radically new path for promoting transcultural understanding by studying culture-bound keywords. The stimulating idea is to create and address with intention that which is generally held to be by all means avoided : namely, misunderstandings. The experiment starts with a level of communication that is not political per se but cultural. Cultures have no rigid borders like nation-states. They are more dynamic and meandering, open to influence, and translatable. Like cultures themselves, keywords are saturated with history, long-term experience, values, and collective emotions. They carry a load of tacit knowledge and implicit axioms that have the advantage of not having to be unpacked, explained, or spelled out. Working through various semantic layers of keywords on both sides helps to create a more transparent language for transcultural dialogue. The creation of such a language is the effect of producing, exchanging, and working through misunderstandings on both sides. Within the framework of transcultural dialogue, misunderstandings turn out to be an innovative tool for mutual learning by seeing oneself through the eyes of the other. It is high time for researchers in various parts of the world to join forces and translate basic concepts from one language and culture into another. Every translation is a transformation, marking similarities and differences which can lead to an uncovering of new ideas, values, and cultural practices. This unconventional dialogue is a great source of inspiration because it works through hardened assumptions and misrepresentations, unsettles schematic thinking, and leads to unexpected insights and new points of contact. Aleida Assmann Professor of English Literature and Literary Theory, University of Konstanz, Germany
07/2022
Non classé
Brides on Sale
Beginning in the 1990s large numbers of women from Mainland China and Southeast Asia married men in Taiwan. They now number over 400,000, warranting some to call them "Taiwan's Fifth Ethnic Group". This book argues that the rise of these marriages is a gendered and relational phenomenon, linked to the forces of globalization. Traditional ideas of marriage, such as the belief that a woman "marries out" of her natal family to be dependent upon her husband and his family, and the idea that a man should "marry down" to a woman of a lesser social and economic status, have not kept pace with changes in women's educational and career opportunities. How these relationships are formed, how they impact gendered understandings of women and men, how families are constituted and relationships developed, and how they affect the children of these families and their education, are the issues explored in this book. It breaks new ground in our understanding of transnational and cross-border marriages by looking at the long-term effects of such marriages on communities, families, and individuals.
04/2015
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
Thinking about Physics
Physical scientists are problem solvers. They are comfortable "doing" science: they find problems, solve them, and explain their solutions. Roger Newton believes that his fellow physicists might be too comfortable with their roles as solvers of problems. He argues that physicists should spend more time thinking about physics. If they did, he believes, they would become even more skilled at solving problems and "doing" science. As Newton points out in this thought-provoking book, problem solving is always influenced by the theoretical assumptions of the problem solver. Too often, though, he believes, physicists haven't subjected their assumptions to thorough scrutiny. Newton's goal is to provide a framework within which the fundamental theories of modem physics can be explored, interpreted, and understood.
"Surely physics is more than a collection of experimental results, assembled to satisfy the curiosity of appreciative experts," Newton writes. Physics, according to Newton, has moved beyond the describing and naming of curious phenomena, which is the goal of some other branches of science. Physicists have spent a great part of the twentieth century searching for explanations of experimental findings. Newton agrees that experimental facts are vital to the study of physics, but only because they lead to the development of a theory that can explain them. Facts, he argues, should undergird theory.
Newton's explanatory sweep is both broad and deep. He covers such topics as quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, field theory, thermodynamics, the role of mathematics in physics, and the concepts of probability and causality. For Newton the fundamental entity in quantum theory is the field, from which physicists can explain the particle-like and wave-like properties that are observed in experiments. He grounds his explanations in the quantum field.
Although this is not designed as a standalone textbook, it is essential reading for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, professors, and researchers. This is a clear, concise, up-to-date book about the concepts and theories that underlie the study of contemporary physics. Readers will find that they will become better-informed physicists and, therefore, better thinkers and problem solvers, too.
01/2000
Littérature érotique et sentim
Secret défense d'aimer Tome 3
Après de nombreuses péripéties, Condor et Sabine s'aiment, sont mariés et travaillent toujours ensemble. Condor aurait très envie d'avoir des enfants maintenant... Que de chemin parcouru pour ce soldat d'élite... Mais Sabine n'est pas vraiment d'accord...
05/2020
Antiquité - Généralités
Egyptian Cults and Sanctuaries on Delos
Renowned to this day for its Sanctuary of Apollo, the island of Delos was a flourishing trading port in antiquity that drew both Greeks and foreigners to its shores for commercial purposes. Many exotic deities - some hailing from the east and others, introduced by the Italian community, from the west - were worshipped on the island. Among these foreign divinities, the Egyptian gods figured prominently, and their first appearance can be dated to the 3rd century BC. The spread of Egyptian-Greek cults beyond the Nile Valley favoured the worship of the goddess Isis. While the goddess was the object of great devotion on Delos as elsewhere, it was actually the god Sarapis who was at the centre of a pantheon forming a triad with Isis and Anubis, joined by Harpocrates, Ammon and Osiris.
11/2021
Sciences de la terre et de la
Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats
Cuckoos and cowbirds are amongst the select bird groups renowned as professional parasites, who always lay their eggs in the nests of other species. Occasional parasitic laying is also widespread in many other birds, who gladly parasitise the nests of their own kind when the opportunity arises.
In this fascinating new book, Nick Davies describes the natural histories of all the brood parasites and examines the exciting questions they raise about the evolution of cheating and the arms race between parasites and their hosts. Brood parasites fill their armoury with adaptations including exquisite egg mimicry, rapid laying, ejection of host eggs, murder of host young, chick mimicry and manipulative begging behaviour: ploys shown by recent research to have evolved in response to host defence behaviour or through competition among the parasites themselves. While many host species appear defenceless, accepting parasite eggs quite unlike their own, others are more discriminating against odd-looking eggs and some have evolved the ability to discriminate against odd-looking chicks as well. How does this arms race proceed? Will defenceless hosts improve their armoury in time, or are there sometimes constraints on hosts which allow the parasites to gain the upper hand? And why are so few species obliged only to lay eggs in host nests? Have host defences limited the success of brood parasitism, or is it in fact much commoner than we suspect, but occurring mainly when birds parasitise the nests of their own kind?
All of these puzzles are examined in descriptions of the natural history of each of the groups of parasites in turn. Here is a book with wide appeal, both to amateur naturalists fascinated by this most singular and macabre of behaviours and to ornithologists and ecologists interested in the evolution of ecology and behaviour. The story takes us from the strange tales of folklore to the classic field work earlier this century by pioneer ornithologists such as Edgar Chance, Stuart Baker, Herbert Friedmann and others, through to the recent experimental field work and molecular techniques of today's leading scientists. We visit brood parasites in Europe, Asia, Japan, Africa, Australasia, and North and South America, to look at some of the world's most interesting birds and sortie of biology's most interesting questions, many of which still beg answers from ornithologists in the future.
Brilliant illustrations by David Quinn depict many behaviours for the first time and convey the thrill of watching these astonishing birds in the wild.
04/2000
Anglais apprentissage
A multitude of Sins. Richard Ford
A sequel to Rock Springs and Women with Men, the collection of short stories entitled A Multitude of Sins was published in 2001 and immediately achieved worldwide recognition. If this series of ten short stories seems to feature adultery, it would be a major mistake to believe that the stories can be reduced to what is actually a side issue or a pretext to something else, sometimes of much greater importance. As often with great writers, Richard Ford tackles several other topics along with the sin of unfaithfulness which is a base camp from which to go further up into the knowledge of human deficiency, lack and want. Pondering these sins, Richard Ford lays them all bare while often unveiling the issue of the story right from the beginning, instead of cautiously preserving it as a last chance literary trick to pull it off at the fast moment. Showing insight through observation, his writing is deceptive in as much as it seems natural and easygoing when it requires close analysis and several successive readings to yield up its literary and humane secrets. The comparison some critics have made to Chekhov is not overblown and Agregation students, certainly among the most perceptive readers in the world, should naturally enjoy both reading and studying A Multitude of Sins, pleasure and scholarship being complementary, not antagonistic. The exclusive interview of Richard Ford at the end of the book will certainly be appreciated by Agregation students, who will thus be able to finish off their knowledge of Ford's works.
11/2007
Non classé
Ruling Class Men
What is it like to be a master of the universe ? The authors have researched the desires and fears of the world's most powerful men. The Murdochs, Packers, Kennedys, Agnellis and other men like them, directly determine the fates of thousands and influence the future of the world like no other people. Described as ‘sacred monsters' by one of their own, they are carefully created to be what they are and to enjoy shaping the world in their own likeness. To learn about these often reclusive men, the authors extended the life-history technique to interrogate autobiographies, diaries and biographies and have created a composite picture, a collective portrait, of tycoons over three generations. The book carefully explores the childhoods, schooling, work and play, sexual activities, marriages and deaths of the wealthiest men who have ever lived. It exposes the nature of ruling-class masculinity itself.
02/2007
Thèmes photo
Paysages du Nord-Mayenne au printemps. Edition bilingue français-anglais
Une approche du paysage, non pas touristique, mais intimiste ; des panoramas, non pas à consommer, mais à découvrir par hasard, au détour de petites routes sinueuses. Une découverte en ralentissant son rythme habituel, réaliser la prise de vue à l'instant propice, être dans le kairos de la Grèce antique, en laissant le temps à un rayon de soleil de se glisser entre deux nuages, de manière, tout en étant baigné par la lumière, à s'intégrer dans tout ce qui vibre autour de nous, par toute cette nature, heureusement encore, exubérante. An approach to the landscape, not touristy, but intimate ; panoramas, not to be consumed, but to be discovered by chance, at the turn of small winding roads. A discovery by slowing down its usual place, taking the shot at the right time, being in the kairos of ancient Greece, allowing time for a ray of sun to slip between two clouds, so, while being bathed in light, to integrate into everything that vibrates around us, by all this, fortunatelu still, exuberant.
02/2021
