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Extraits
Potager
Le potager de Joël
Ce livre photo n'est pas un énième guide ! De plus, Joël ne fais pas dans la mode bio, le potager créé par ses parents (Clément et Suzanne) dans les années 50, était bio avant même que l'expression existe ! Joël pratique un peu le paillage, sans pour autant être un adepte de la Sainte Permaculture. Tout juste, essaie-t'il, d'une année sur l'autre, de recréer un potager, pour la beauté, la saveur des légumes. Etre à la campagne et cultiver un jardin : une politesse par rapport au monde. Connecter son esprit en relation avec des choses simples : les saisons, les couleurs, les formes. Pour le plaisir des sens ! This photo book in not an umpteenth vegetable guide ! Moreover, Joel does not do in "bio" fashion, the garden created by his parents (Clément and Suzanne) in the 50s, was "bio" even before the expression exists ! He practices a little mulchlessness, without being a follower of the Holy Permaculture. Just, he tries, from one year to the other, to recreate a vegetable garden, for the beauty, the flavor of the vegetables. Being in the countryside and cultivating a vegetable garden : a politeness compared to the world. Connect his mind in relation to simple things : the seasons, the colors, the shapes. For the pleasure of the senses !
05/2021
Droit
Activation Policies for the Unemployed, the Right to Work and the Duty to Work
Since the 1990s and the 2000s, Western social protection systems have experienced a turn towards activation. This turn consists of the multiplication of measures aimed at bringing those who are unemployed closer to participation in the labour market. These measures often induce a strengthening of the conditions that must be met in order to receive social benefits. It is in this well known context that the authors gathered in this book decided to take a closer look at the relationship between activation policies for the unemployed and the right and the duty to work. If activation measures are likely to increase transitions towards the labour market, we can also make the assumption that they may, particularly when they are marked with the seal of coercion, hinder or dramatically reduce the right to freely chosen work. In such circumstances, the realisation of the "right to work", which is often stated to be the aim of those who promote activation, tends in practice to be reduced to an increasing pressure being exerted on the unemployed. In this case, isn't it actually the duty to work that is particularly reinforced ? After an historical and philosophical perspective on the issue, this assumption is confronted with the developments observed in the United States and in France, and then with the guidelines laid down in international human rights instruments. What follows is a discussion of two alternatives to the dominant activation model : the basic income guarantee and the employment guarantee.
06/1987
Littérature érotique et sentim
Forget the reason
Quand interdit rime avec amour, que toute raison est appelée à tomber dans l'oubli, l'amour peut-il triompher ? capucine est une jeune fille introvertie. Peu sûre d'elle et de son physique, elle subit une relation toxique avec un petit ami qui l'utilise, la manipule et la terrorise. Ne voyant que les côtés sombres de sa vie, celle-ci retrouve des couleurs le jour de la rentrée dans son nouveau lycée quand elle croise le regard de Nathan. Beau, ténébreux, ce dernier peine à remonter la pente après une histoire doublement douloureuse. Lors de cette rencontre, tout bascule. Mais chaque bonheur a un prix. Et le leur sera lourd à payer. Car leur romance est bien plus qu'une simple histoire d'amour. Nathan et Capucine représentent... l'interdit.
03/2019
Manga
Houtoumusuko to Koi no Ana
Sôsuke, lycéen, est un Don Juan qui aime un peu trop faire la fête et briser le coeur des filles. Pour le remettre dans le droit chemin, sa mère l'envoie chez son oncle et sa tante, au fin fond de la campagne. Sôsuke ne proteste pas, car il a hâte de revoir son premier amour, sa cousine Minori-chan, mais lorsqu'il arrive là-bas, les retrouvailles après onze ans d'éloignement ne se passent pas exactement comme prévu... Car "Minori-chan" est un homme ! Et en plus, il est professeur au nouveau lycée de Sôsuke ! Pour ne rien arranger, les choses se compliquent encore lorsque Sôsuke découvre Minori, un soir, dans une posture... vraiment très intime !
07/2020
Romance sexy
Go to Hell (With Me)
Peut-on faire un pacte avec le diable sans y perdre son coeur ? Vénéré et redouté, Whit Lancaster règne sur le campus comme un dieu imprévisible et dévastateur. Ici, c'est son domaine, comme le prouve son nom gravé sur le fronton du lycée ; un nom récemment éclaboussé par un scandale, celui de la liaison de son père. Depuis qu'elle est arrivée, Summer a fait en sorte de l'ignorer malgré ses insultes ; en tant que fille de la maîtresse du patriarche Lancaster, elle s'attendait à être sa cible. Puis il y a eu cette nuit, où il l'a défendue et a été blessé. Elle aurait dû suivre son instinct qui lui hurlait de fuir... Mais elle l'a invité chez elle pour le soigner. Elle a écouté ses mensonges. Et l'a laissé la posséder tout entière. Au petit matin, il avait disparu, et avec lui le journal où elle a déposé ses secrets les plus intimes. Sa haine. Sa vérité. Sa honte. Il lui a promis d'utiliser chacun des mots de ce journal pour la briser. Alors, pour sauver son âme, elle va lui proposer un marché : Whit Lancaster pourra faire ce qu'il veut de son corps. A propos de l'autrice Autrice de nombreux best-sellers, Monica Murphy est originaire de Californie où elle vit au milieu des collines de Yosemite avec son mari et leurs trois enfants. Depuis plusieurs années, cette accro au travail a su imposer sa voix parmi la multitude des romances New Adult et Dark romance : une écriture juste, des émotions brutes et un happy end - mais seulement après avoir fait traverser les pires tourments à ses héros. Ames sensibles s'abstenir.
02/2023
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
The Undergrowth of Science. Delusion, self-deception and human frailty
Walter Gratzer's themes in the stories he relates in The Undergrowth of Science are collective delusion and human folly. Science is generally seen as a process bound by rigorous rules, which its practitioners must not transgress. Deliberate fraud occasionally intrudes, but it is soon detected, the perpetrators cast out and the course of discovery barely disturbed. Far more interesting are the outbreaks of self-delusion that from time to time afflict upright and competent researchers, and then spread like an epidemic or mass-hysteria through a sober and respectable scientific community. When this happens the rules by which scientists normally govern their working lives are suddenly suspended. Sometimes these episodes are provoked by personal vanity, an unwillingness to acknowledge error or even contemplate the possibility that a hard-won success is a will o' the wisp; at other times they stem from loyalty to a respected and trusted guru, or even from patriotic pride; and, worst of ail, they may be a consequence of a political ideology which imposes its own interpretation on scientists' observations of the natural world. Unreason and credulity supervene, illusory phenomena are described and measured, and theories are developed to explain them - until suddenly, often for no single reason, the bubble bursts, leaving behind it a residue of acrimony, recrimination, embarrassment and ruined reputations.
Here, then, are radiations, measured with high precision yet existing only in the minds of those who observed them; the Russian water, which some thought might congeal the oceans: phantom diseases which called for heroic surgery; monkey testis implants that restored the sexual powers of ageing roués and of tired sheep; truths about genetics and about the nature of matter, perceptible only to Aryan scientists in the Third Reich or Marxist ideologues in the Soviet Union; and much more. The Undergrowth of Science explores, in terms accessible to the lay reader, the history of such episodes, up to our own time, in ail their absurdity, tragedy and pathos.
01/2000
Littérature érotique et sentim
No tears for you
Il est des passions contre lesquelles il ne sert à rien de lutter... Il y a huit ans, Rory et Mal ont partagé la nuit d'amour la plus mémorable de leur vie. Alors que rien ne les prédestinait à se revoir, ces deux inconnus se sont promis de tout quitter pour l'autre s'ils étaient un jour amenés à se recroiser. Depuis cette soirée, chacun a refait sa vie. Rory a un super boulot, un super appart et un super copain. En somme, elle est à des kilomètres de celle qu'a rencontré Mal, huit ans auparavant. Ce dernier écrit aujourd'hui des chansons à succès, que s'arrachent les plus grandes maisons de disques. Malgré son succès auprès des femmes, il n'a pas oublié Rory et le pacte qu'ils ont fait lors de leur rencontre. Lorsqu'ils se retrouvent à New York, Rory est troublée par les sentiments contradictoires que Mal fait resurgir en elle. Respectera-t-elle la promesse qu'elle lui a faite ou choisira-t-elle de tourner le dos au passé ?
05/2020
Décoration
Anatomy of Style
Fashioning your signature style without losing your shirt has never been easier : just take your cue from the iconic looks of 120 celebrities. IN FOUR CHAPTERS YOU'LL FIND : - VIP style hacks to steal - clever tips and tricks for unforgettable looks - wardrobe essentials and how to spice them up - so-called "fashion faux pas" that you should dare to commit This highly illustrated book (354 photos)- a stylish accessory in its own right-reads like a mood board and has fresh inspiration for every occasion.
09/2020
Non classé
A Comparative Analysis of Four Psychotherapy Manuals and a Proposed Model for Psychotherapy Manuals
The development of psychotherapy manuals may be critical to modern comparative psychotherapy research and the training of therapists. Based on this assumption, four manuals were comparatively analysed according to structural design and content. Furthermore, an empirical study compared how a sample of inexperienced versus experienced therapists (American and German), evaluated the four manuals. Finally, based on these analyses, a generic model for psychotherapy manuals is presented. Since the four manuals studied cover supportive-expressive psychoanalytic therapy, time-limited psychodynamic therapy, interpersonal therapy for depression, and cognitive therapy for depression, this work also provides an overview of how varying approaches can be presented in manual form.
10/1991
Critique littéraire
Radio pluralism in West Africa
RADIO PLURALISM IN WEST AFRICAThe present survey has been compiled from a project regarding radio broadcasting pluralism in West Africa. This project is part of Regional Programme of the Paris Panos Institute. It includes research as well as a back up plan for the development of radio broadcasting pluralism in West Africa. This survey covers ECOWAS 16 member-countries with the exception of Liberia which is excluded for political reasons. It has been monitored by a committee of participants who are all interested, for various reasons, in the development of radio broadcasting pluralism in West Africa. Surveys were carried out by african journalists and researchers.
09/1993
Religion
The Second Story of Creation (Gen 2:4-3:24)
The two creation stories in Genesis 1-3 have been subject of intense study since the beginning of critical research on the Pentateuch in the eighteenth century. Even today, they continue to vex the biblical commentators. This work attempts to study one of these creation stories, namely the Eden Story narrated in Gen 2 : 4-3 : 24. This story graphically describes the first couple's installation in the Garden of Eden and their expulsion from it. These two themes have prompted some scholars to consider this story as a summary of Israel's history until the tragedy of exile and a prologue to the literary composition commonly called Enneateuch (Genesis - 2 Kings). Such a hypothesis is based on the premise that both Eden story and Israel's history have the same end : expulsion. The reason for such an end in both is disobedience. The study takes up this hypothesis and examines its viability. Furthermore, this work attempts to bring out the biblical message of this story. Gen 2-3 is an expression of Israel's faith resulting from its history with Yahweh and from its encounter with the surrounding cultures, and it intends to articulate a religious and anthropological identity for Israel.
11/2010
Non classé
Prisons and Idylls
Critical attempts to evaluate Kleist's fictional world, e.g. as ordered or disordered, accessible or resistant to reason, face a hermeneutic problem : the material and psychological embeddedness of the characters in the very world they seek to understand. This problem is reflected not only in the less-than-omniscient perspective of Kleist's narrators, but also in the reader's confrontation with competing readings of events in terms of mythic absolutes and with the opaquely concrete quality of spatial metaphors. In this light, three new interpretations offer insight into such problems as the nature of the idyll in "Das Erdbeben in Chili," the Marquise von O...'s creative self-imprisonment, and the gypsy's apparently supernatural intervention in Kohlhaas' quest. Finally, the book presents a dynamic typology of spatial phenomena in the stories which accounts for Kleist's concern with the interpretive process as opposed to its presumed endpoint.
12/1985
BD tout public
Les Profs Tome 19 : Note to be
Venez découvrir les seuls vrais aventuriers modernes : les profs ! Plus forts que Zorro, plus courageux qu'Indiana Jones et bien moins payés que James Bond, ces enseignants de choc n'hésitent pas à braver quotidiennement la jungle étouffante des lycées peuplés de tribus d'élèves hostiles. Suivez le prof d'histoire débutant, le prof de gym sur-vitaminé, la prof de français sexy, le prof de philo blasé et la prof d'anglais peau de vache dans leur croisade contre l'ignorance et le poil dans la main !
09/2017
Non classé
Read Ancient African scripts from any current African language. Volume 2
The son of Douaouf, the brilliant, scribe of the early XIIth Dynasty Xty " Khety " said this : "The man continues to subsist after reaching the haven of death and his actions are beside him in a heap. " If regression is the main cause of the alarming situation of Africa and its tails the perceptibles consequences at all levels, the solution to this problem is eminently political. It inevitably involves the constitution of a pan-African State. For men, there is no unity without memory of the past. In fact, the construction of a federal state inevitably involves the restoration of African historical consciousness. There is no national and federal identity without a common language. The unification of Africa will only be possible if it takes the measure of its linguistic unification issue. To a lesser extent but like Cheikh Anta Diop in his book titled the Cultural Unity, I was animated throughout this heuristic by the idea that only the true knowledge of the past can maintain the consciousness and the feeling of a historical continuity essential to the consolidation of a nation for the purpose of building a multinational state in line with its past. Like Cheikh Anta Diop, I build my sureness on the legitimate idea that a people who lost a significant part of their historical memory must engage in the investigation of their past in every possible way. This investigation can take the contours of a reconnection with its past through so-called old languages. But a people can not live only with by merely repeating of what others tell them about themselves. The investigation through its linguistic past allows especially a direct knowledge of oneself. In addition to the fact that this knowledge simply highlights its weaknesses, it allows also to become aware by an introspective and therefore reflective of its real abilities and strengths. It structures being and the consciousness of being to resist any form of servile and degrading ideology. This quest for the past, not founded on blind passion but objectivity, nourishes a healthy ambition for a real universalism. To know one's past is already to project one's future. To know one's past is to give oneself the capacity to be able to bring to others in a perspective of giving and receiving. To know one's past is to refuse intellectual guardianship and wait-and-seeism. To know one's past is to be reborn.
05/2020
Non classé
Read Ancient African scripts from any current African language. Volume 1
The son of Douaouf, the brilliant, scribe of the early XIIth Dynasty Xty " Khety " said this : "The man continues to subsist after reaching the haven of death and his actions are beside him in a heap. " If regression is the main cause of the alarming situation of Africa and its tails the perceptibles consequences at all levels, the solution to this problem is eminently political. It inevitably involves the constitution of a pan-African State. For men, there is no unity without memory of the past. In fact, the construction of a federal state inevitably involves the restoration of African historical consciousness. There is no national and federal identity without a common language. The unification of Africa will only be possible if it takes the measure of its linguistic unification issue. To a lesser extent but like Cheikh Anta Diop in his book titled the Cultural Unity, I was animated throughout this heuristic by the idea that only the true knowledge of the past can maintain the consciousness and the feeling of a historical continuity essential to the consolidation of a nation for the purpose of building a multinational state in line with its past. Like Cheikh Anta Diop, I build my sureness on the legitimate idea that a people who lost a significant part of their historical memory must engage in the investigation of their past in every possible way. This investigation can take the contours of a reconnection with its past through so-called old languages. But a people can not live only with by merely repeating of what others tell them about themselves. The investigation through its linguistic past allows especially a direct knowledge of oneself. In addition to the fact that this knowledge simply highlights its weaknesses, it allows also to become aware by an introspective and therefore reflective of its real abilities and strengths. It structures being and the consciousness of being to resist any form of servile and degrading ideology. This quest for the past, not founded on blind passion but objectivity, nourishes a healthy ambition for a real universalism. To know one's past is already to project one's future. To know one's past is to give oneself the capacity to be able to bring to others in a perspective of giving and receiving. To know one's past is to refuse intellectual guardianship and wait-and-seeism. To know one's past is to be reborn.
05/2020
Architecture
Mindful places to stay. Sublime destinations for yoga and meditation
Fresh summer air, leaves rustling at the backdrop of beautiful sunset, subtle wind caressing your skin as you quietly meditate -- if this feels anything like a perfect vacation, Mindful Places to Stay is just the book for you. Through captivating photography and easy reads, the visual pages unveil the most astonishing yoga and meditation retreats and stories behind them. Join Mindful Places to Stay in the discovery of peace and quiet in breathtaking spots scattered across the world.
06/2024
BD tout public
Les informaticiens Tome 4 : To boot or not to boot
"Les Informaticiens", c'est tout un programme ! Entre Phil le bourrin qui martyrise son ordinateur au moindre bug, Mike le spécialiste du téléchargement de films en chinois non sous-titrés et Kevin le stagiaire qui connaît le vrai sens de l'expression "système d'exploitation", on se demande bien comment l'entreprise Bousier arrive à tourner sans planter. Le boss de cette société familiale spécialisée dans la conception de produits informatiques a intérêt à surveiller tout ce beau monde car c'est bien connu : le tchat parti, les souris dansent... En plein boom des nouvelles technologies, des accros de l'Internet haut-débile et des joueurs webcamés, Brrémaud, Reynès et Krings vous proposent La bande dessinée pour ne pas rester sur la touche : "Les Informaticiens" contribuent à la sauvegarde de votre bonne humeur (CTRL + S).
11/2009
Développement personnel - Orie
Where to study in the UK. A guide to British schools and universities for parents abroad
This book is for parents living outside of the UK who are considering a UK education for their children. As English has come to be the language of the global economy and as UK schools are accepted to be amongst the best in the world, a British education is widely regarded as an invaluable asset. Consequently, competition for places in both schools and colleges is extremely competitive. Where to Study in the UK provides a clear and accessible description of the UK education and exam system and gives authoritative advice on how to choose the right school or college and how to secure a place for your child. The book, which also includes a series of illustrated profiles of over 50 of the UK's top educational establishments, has been complied by educational consultants Mentor ISC, with contributions from both expert educationalists and practitioners in preparatory, secondary and higher education.
06/2000
Anglais apprentissage
Agrégation anglais. Howards End (E. M. Forster, J. Ivory) : Beyond Heritage. Edition 2021
Reading Forster's novel and Ivory's film together gives a stunning opportunity to re-assess the representation of Pre-World War One modernity. Far from presenting Edwardian England as a golden period, Howards End explores social structures, social mobility, real estate, the ambivalent relation to culture and new technological modes of communication and transport. Stylistically, the novel breaks new ground with its Protean narrative voice, and transitions towards Modernism with its mythic, musical method. The eponymous house becomes a metaphor for ecological balance, a new kind of extended family structure, a network of connections and a new sense of community. If Howards End as a novel reinvents literary legacy and redefines personal and national heritage, Ivory's adaptation must also be reassessed as so-called heritage cinema, far from the clichés of a purely aesthetic approach. It is no period piece or marketable commodity meant to toe a conservative line, but a carefully woven creative transposition, which also raises social and gendered questions.
10/2019
Vie de famille
Bloc de to-do lists hebdomadaires
Un bloc de 52 to-do lists pour s'organiser et visualiser sa semaine d'un seul coup d'oeil. Chaque semaine, notez sur votre to-do list tout ce que vous avez à faire pour ne plus rien oublier ! Organisez vos tâches grâce aux différents encadrés pour bien les visualiser. Grâce à sa bande aimantée, vous pouvez placer le bloc sur le réfrigérateur ou simplement le poser sur votre bureau pour l'avoir toujours sous les yeux. En plus : la partie "notes" au verso vous permettra d'inscrire des informations supplémentaires.
07/2021
Vie de famille
Bloc de to-do lists quotidiennes
Un bloc de 52 to-do lists pour bien s'organiser au jour le jour ! Chaque jour, notez sur votre to-do list tout ce que vous avez à faire pour ne plus rien oublier. Organisez vos tâches grâce aux différents encadrés pour bien les visualiser. Pratique : vous pouvez détacher la page du jour et l'emporter avec vous lors de vos déplacements. Grâce à sa bande aimantée, vous pouvez placer le bloc sur le réfrigérateur ou simplement le poser sur votre bureau pour l'avoir toujours sous les yeux. En plus : la partie "notes" au verso vous permettra d'inscrire des informations supplémentaires.
07/2021
Droit constitutionnel
Le big bang social-démocrate
Comment garder l'esprit unitaire à Gauche sans se subordonner au populisme de Gauche ? Comment trouver une alternative à la NUPES sans être macronisé ? Comment retrouver le chemin d'une Gauche de gouvernement sans être social-libéral ? Comment être écologiste sans être pour la décroissance ? Comment rester éveillé aux injustices sans être wokiste ? Comment conjurer la crise sociale et politique française et répondre aux exigences des Français ? Comment inventer une social-démocratie à la française alors que celle-ci n'a jamais réellement existé en France ? Jean Christophe Cambadélis, qui fut l'un des premiers et des plus médiatiques à mettre en garde contre l'échec programmé de la NUPES, répond à toutes ces questions dans cet ouvrage. Il propose la voie d'une refondation doctrinale, politique et stratégique à tous ceux qui n'ont pas renoncé à une Gauche de transformation. Jean Christophe Cambadélis ancien premier secrétaire du PS et premier Vice-président du PSE, député honoraire et président du think tank Nouvelle Société vient de créer le laboratoire de la sociale démocratie avec les " engagés " de Laurent Joffrin (ancien Directeur de libération) et le club rocardien " inventer à Gauche " de Michel Destot (ancien Député Maire de Grenoble).
11/2022
République
Jules César. Le dictateur démocrate
Héros de nos manuels scolaires, modèle de nos grands hommes - de Charles-Quint à Napoléon Bonaparte, en passant par Louis XIV -, Jules César est une grande figure de l'histoire politique européenne. Mais quel homme fut-il exactement ? Dictateur, Jules César chercha toujours à asseoir son autorité sur un peuple qui l'admirait. Propagateur de la culture romaine chez les populations celtes d'Europe, il fut également l'impitoyable guerrier de la campagne des Gaules, dont on relèvera le caractère génocidaire à l'époque moderne. Enfin, au faîte de sa puissance, César fut assassiné dans des circonstances qui comptent parmi les grandes énigmes politiques et psychologiques de l'histoire. Dans cette biographie qui repose sur une connaissance exhaustive des sources historiographiques anciennes, Luciano Canfora brosse le portrait étonnamment précis d'une personnalité complexe, dont l'entreprise de "romanisation" est à l'origine de l'Europe moderne.
10/2020
Non classé
Tidal Deformations on a Rotating, Spherically Asymmetric, Visco-elastic and Laterally Heterogeneous Earth
The author applies a perturbation method to determine tidal deformations on a rotating, spherically asymmetric, visco-elastic, laterally heterogeneous and anisotropic Earth. He shows that the deviations from tides on a nonrotating spherical Earth are on the order of one per cent. This applies to the effects of rotation, ellipsoidal shape of the Earth, visco-elasticity, lateral heterogeneity and anisotropy in the mantle, separately. With respect to the effects of rotation and ellipticity he finds significant quantitative discrepancies from what was accepted so far. With respect to lateral heterogeneities in the mantle he argues that visco-elastic dispersion is responsible for a considerable amplification of the heterogeneities when moving from seismic to tidal frequencies. On this basis, he suggests tidal tomography as a new rool for studying temperature induced mantle anomalies with modern space techniques.
08/1991
Critique littéraire
Etudes anglaises N° 1/2023 : No Future. Poetry of the Current British Crisis
Daniel Katz, No Future : Poetry of the Current British Crisis David Grundy, "The Arc of Struggle" : Poetry and Defeat in the Work of Sean Bonney Malachi McIntosh, Images of Transcendence : "Crisis Always" and the New Black British Poets Andrea Brady, The Anti-Austerity Poetics of the Archive : Jay Bernard's Surge and Holly Pester's go to reception and ask for Sara in red felt-tip Stephen Collis, "Things to address directly" : Border Politics and Contemporary British Poetry Michael Gardiner, Independence and Extinction in Scottish Wilderness Writing Shalini Sengupta, "Is the poet / An imperial dissident" : Migration and the Limits of Care in Bhanu Kapil's How to Wash a Heart Comptes rendus Notes on Contributors Guidelines for Authors
06/2023
Documentaires jeunesse
+ vite + haut + fort
Le livre des comparaisons les plus étonnantes ! Quel est l'animal le plus rapide sur terre ? Quelle est la tour la plus haute du monde ? Quelle est la planète du Système solaire la plus grande ? En comparant avec ce qui est connu, ce livre répond à toutes ces questions et permet de mieux comprendre les choses les plus extraordinaires en les visualisant. Le pont le plus haut du monde est le viaduc de Millau. L'arbre le plus vieux a 5000 ans. La taille du soleil est 109 fois plus importante que celle de la terre. Des centaines de comparaisons illustrées, étonnantes et frappantes, tout en 3D ou en photographie.
09/2015
Littérature anglo-saxonne
No Country for Old Men
Aux confins du Texas et du Mexique, une chasse à l'homme sous haute tension menée par Cormac McCarthy ! A la frontière du Texas, Moss découvre un carnage : un homme à moitié mort, d'autres déjà froids, des armes, de l'héroïne et deux millions de dollars. La tentation est trop forte. Mais on ne vole pas impunément des narco-trafiquants. Une folle cavale s'engage et Moss devient l'objet d'une impitoyable chasse à l'homme. A ses trousses, un vieux shérif et un tueur psychopathe de la pire espèce... Il fallait le génie de Cormac McCarthy et son pessimisme teinté d'humour noir pour transformer ce scénario en un combat perdu d'avance contre les forces du Mal. "Un géant des lettres américaines". Le Monde Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023) est l'un des écrivains américains les plus importants de sa génération. Il est notamment l'auteur de La Route (prix Pulitzer 2007) et de No Country for Old Men, un chef d'oeuvre unanimement salué par la critique et adapté au cinéma par les frères Coen. Tous ses livres sont disponibles chez Points. Traduit de l'anglais (Etats-Unis) par François Hirsch
Monographies
Towards the Sun. The Artist - Traveller at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Bien qu'il y ait eu des monographies sur les artistes voyageurs britanniques du XVIIIème et du début du XIXème siècles, il n'existe aucune enquête de ce que l'écrivain Henry Blackburn décrivait de "voyage artistique" un siècle plus tard. A partir de 1900, le "Grand Touriste" est devenu un globe-trotteur muni d'un appareil photo et, malgré le développement de la photographie instantanée, l'enregistrement visuel immédiat en huile et aquarelle reste le plus répandu. Kenneth McConkey's exciting new book explores the complex reasons for this in a series of chapters that take the reader from southern Europe to north Africa, the Middle East, India and Japan revealing many artist-travellers whose lives and works are scarcely remembered today. He alerts us to a generation of painters, trained in academies and artists' colonies in Europe that acted as crèches for those would go on to explore life and landscape further afi eld. The seeds of wanderlust were sown in student years in places where tuition was conducted in French or German, and models were often Spanish, Italian, or North African. At fi rst the countries of western Europe were explored afresh and cities like Tangier became artists' haunts. Training that prioritized plein air naturalism led to the common belief that a well-schooled young painter should be capable of working anywhere, and in any circumstances. At the height of British Imperial power, and facilitated by engineering and technological advance, the burgeoning tourism and travel industry rippled into the production of specialist goods and services that included a dedicated publishing sector. Essential to this phenomenon, the artist-traveller was often commissioned by London dealers to supply themed exhibitions that coincided with contracts for colour-illustrated books recording those exotic parts of the world that were newly available to the tourist, traveller, explorer, emigrant, or colonial civil servant. These works were not, however, value-neutral, and in some instances, they directly address Orientalism, Imperialism, and the Post-Colonial, in pictures that hybridize, or mimic indigenous ways of life. Behind each there is a range of interesting questions. Does experience live up to expectation ? Is the street more desirable than the ancient ruin or sacred site ? How were older ideas of the 'picturesque' reborn in an age when 'Grand Tours' once confi ned to Italy, now encompassed the globe ? McConkey's wideranging survey hopes to address some of these issues. This richly illustrated book explores key sites visited by artist-travellers and investigates artists including Frank Brangwyn, Mary Cameron, Alfred East, John Lavery, Arthur Melville, Mortimer Menpes, as well as other under-researched British artists. Drawing the strands together, it redefi nes the picturesque, by considering issues of visualization and verisimilitude, dissemination and aesthetic value.
11/2021
Histoire internationale
LA SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIE ALLEMANDE ET LA 3EME REPUBLIQUE. Le regard de la revue Die Neue Zeit, 1883-1914
Au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles, à l'heure où la rivalité franco-allemande est au plus fort - esprit de revanche du côté français et volonté hégémonique du côté allemand - se manifeste, en contrepoint, une solidarité des classes ouvrières.
La revue Die Neue Zeit, fondée par Karl Kautsky, est à ce titre révélatrice de cet internationalisme actif des partis politiques socialistes et sociaux-démocrates et des syndicats ouvriers. Forum du socialisme international avant la Première Guerre mondiale, la revue, très marquée par l'histoire révolutionnaire française et attentive aux évolutions de la Troisième République, accueille notamment les plumes de Paul Lafargue et de Rosa Luxemburg.
Au-delà de la dimension idéologique de la revue sociale-démocrate, ses textes restent un témoignage précieux sur le cosmopolitisme et le pacifisme des partis de la Deuxième Internationale. Malgré la défaite des partisans de la paix en août 1914, cette " République des Lettres " sociale-démocrate a joué un rôle de pionnier dans les relations franco-allemandes ; elle trouve ainsi sa place parmi les constructeurs de l'unité européenne.
01/1999
Religion
LA VOIE ET SA VERTU. Tao-tê-king
Malgré son contenu très bref, le Tao-tê-king, attribué par la tradition au philosophe Lao-tzeu, a joué un rôle particulièrement important dans l'histoire de la civilisation chinoise. Dès le IVe et le IIIe siècle avant J.-C., son influence était considérable.
La prodigieuse fortune de Tao-tê-king a été due en partie à sa forme littéraire, et singulièrement au fait qu'il abonde en aphorisme et en paradoxes susceptibles d'être pris soit à la lettre, soit au sens figuré. D'où la possibilité pour les philosophes des écoles les plus diverses de se réclamer du Tao-tê-king ; d'où, aussi, le nombre étonnant de proverbes courants qui sont tirés de ce livre.
05/2000
