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Highschool of the dead Tome 2

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12 ans et +

Love letters to the dead

Tout a commencé par une lettre... Une simple rédaction demandée par un prof : écrire à un disparu. Laurel a choisi Kurt Cobain, parce que sa grande soeur May l'adorait. Et qu'il est mort jeune, comme May. Si elle ne rend jamais son devoir, très vite le carnet de Laurel se remplit de lettres à Amy Winehouse, Heath Ledger... A ces confidents inattendus, elle raconte sa première année de lycée, sa famille décomposée, ses nouveaux amis, son premier amour. Mais avant d'écrire à la seule disparue qui lui tient vraiment à coeur, Laurel devra se confronter au secret qui la tourmente et faire face à ce qui s'est vraiment passé la nuit où May est décédée.

10/2015

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Non classé

Languages of Exile

Languages of Exile examines the relationship between geographic and linguistic border crossings in twentieth-century literature. Like no period before it, the last century was marked by the experience of expatriation, forcing exiled writers to confront the fact of linguistic difference. Literary writing can be read as the site where that confrontation is played out aesthetically – at the intersection between native and acquired language, between indigenous and alien, between self and other – in a complex multilingual dynamic specific to exile and migration. The essays collected here explore this dynamic from a comparative perspective, addressing the paragons of modernism as well as less frequently studied authors, from Joseph Conrad and Peter Weiss to Agota Kristof and Malika Mokeddem. The essays are international in their approach ; they deal with the junctions and gaps between English, French, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and other languages. The literary works and practices addressed include modernist poetry and prose, philosophical criticism and autobiography, DADA performance, sound art and experimental music theatre. This volume reveals both the wide range of creative strategies developed in response to the interstitial situation of exile and the crucial role of exile for a renewed understanding of twentieth-century literature.

10/2013

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12 ans et +

The Book of Ivy Tome 2 : The Revolution of Ivy

Condamnée à l’exil pour ses crimes, Ivy se retrouve seule au-delà de la barrière qui protège les siens d’un monde hostile, dévasté par l’arme atomique des décennies plus tôt. Trahie par sa famille, abandonnée par Bishop, elle doit quitter Westfall et s’enfonce dans la nature sauvage et découvre qu’elle est habitée. Cette année, mon tour est venu. Mais la ville où elle est née se tord dans les convulsions d’un coup d’Etat, et le chaos ne tarde pas à régner. C’est un Bishop différent qui débarque dans le camp où Ivy s’est réfugiée, un Bishop qui a découvert, entretemps, plus d’une vérité. Il est temps pour la jeune fille de décider ce qu’elle compte faire : se venger ou faire la révolution ? Le deuxième et dernier tome de la série The Book of Ivy clôt une saga dystopique où survie en milieu hostile, complots meurtrier et manipulations politiques se mettent en travers du chemin d’un duo à l’alchimie saisissante. Découvrez l’aventure finale d’Ivy, assassin devenue survivante !

11/2015

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Histoire et Philosophiesophie

WHY SEX MATTERS. A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior

Why are men, like other primate usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? Why is killing infants routine in some cultures, but forbidden in others? Why is incest everywhere taboo? Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics to show that these and many other questions about human behavior largely come down to evolution and sex. More precisely, as she shows in this uniquely comprehensive and accessible survey of behavioral and evolutionary ecology, they come down to the basic principle that all organisms evolved to maximize their reproductive success and seek resources to do so. Low begins by reviewing the fundamental arguments and assumptions of behavioral ecology: selfish genes, conflicts of interest, and the tendency for sexes to reproduce through different behaviors. She explains why in primate species-from chimpanzees and apes to humans-males seek to spread their genes by devoting extraordinary efforts to finding mates, while females find it profitable to expend more effort on parenting. Low illustrates these sexual differences among humans by showing that in places as diverse as the parishes of nineteenth-century Sweden, the villages of seventeenth-century China, and the forests of twentieth-century Brasil, men have tended to seek power and resources, from cattle to money, to attract mates, while women have sought a secure environment for raising children. She makes it clear, however, they have not done so simply through individual efforts or in a vacuum, but that men and women act in complex ways that involve cooperation and coalition building and that are shaped by culture, technology, tradition, and the availability of resources. Low also considers how file evolutionary drive to acquire resources leads to environmental degradation and warfare and asks whether our behavior could be channeled in more constructive ways. Why Sex Matters is a compelling work of biology, sociology, and anthropology and a penetrating study of the deep motivations that underlie individual and social behavior.

01/2000

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BD tout public

I am GooGol - The Great Invasion

Their arrival was heralded as a new beginning for the human race. Humans were no longer alone in the cosmos. Instead, they were suddenly thrust into an arena much larger than they were ready to deal with. In an age of technological advancement, Toughware and the wiki implants were the culmination of the first successful blending of human and alien technology. Suddenly, anyone with a wiki implant could ride the data streams. Hackers became celebrities as the neural landscape became the world's playground. And for a special few, a startling side effect was discovered. Fearing the worst, the Lambda Initiative was created to police wiki infractions and to protect the fabled Lambda Time Travel Restrictions. Anyone, human or alien, attempting to bypass the Lambda Protocols was subject to prosecution under this new law. To enforce this law, the G-Men were created. Culled from specialists with military and law enforcement experience, the G-Men sought out Lambda Protocol violators with swift and violent response. With wiki crimes on the rise and a growing anti-alien movement gaining strength, something had to be done. The government needed a solution, but they weren't sure what to do. And then they discovered a teenage girl living in Brazil with a special affinity for traversing and moulding the data stream. They had discovered the first Googol. And the world was about to change.

12/2010

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Non classé

Cognitive Perspectives on Language

The papers collected in the present volume show that the terms cognitivism and cognitive, so common in present day linguistic discourse, do not refer to a single theoretical mode or approach to language. Firstly, the papers show that cognitivism is a lively research area accommodating a wide spectrum of approaches. Secondly, they address a number of issues ranging from grammaticalization, event structure, semantic representation, equivalence, image schematic representations and lexicography to poetry, metaphor, metonymy, and national mentality. Some of the contributions deal with the linguistic phenomena in one language, while others take up a cross-linguistic approach.

11/1999

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Livres 0-3 ans

YAOUNDÉ BABA SCARED?....ME?....NO WAY!

YAOUNDE BABA SCARED ? ... ME ? ... NO WAY ! YAOUNDE goes off in search of his little goat, BEEE, who, in spite of the young boy's watchful eye, has gone missing. On the way he meets ZOULÏA, a friendly mouse, and ARWANE, a little ant, who help him to find the little goat. Their search will lead them to an isolated hill where a very strange creature lives - a creature capable of transforming itself into unimaginably frightening shapes and forms to scare away anybody who dares to set foot on its steep hill. In order to find BEEE, YAOUNDE and his two friends will have little choice. They will have to cross its territory and confront this incredible and terrifying creature. 6 to 10 Years.

10/2017

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Critique littéraire

To catch the sun in the water

Marie was born around the end of World War II in a small village near Chaveniac-Lafayette where General Lafayette lived. It is the mountainous region of Auvergne known as the heart of France. Take Marie's hand and she will guide you through her humble childhood. Through her eyes you will see what it was like to live in the country in France. With Marie's many brothers end sisters you will participate in hay making, harvesting... At this time, they used traditional methods and tools. Her parents will demonstrate the making of bread, butter and cheese... It's here that you meet Mathias, a boy her age, who becomes her best friend. Later, their love story unfolds... Just after the war, it was a time when the French countryside was populated with farmers that still lived in economic self-sufficiency. In the story, the author makes these peasants from depths of France come alive. The feeling, the candor, and the authenticity of the book will remind you of the Little House on the Prairie

07/2001

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Comics

The power of the Dark Crystal Tome 2

Un univers culte de la fantasy refait surface Les pires craintes de Jen et Kira se sont réalisées : le Crystal a été brisé une fois de plus. Les terribles Skeksis sont de retour, prêts à récupérer leur tyrannique dominance sur le monde. Mais alors qu'une guerre s'engage entre eux et les Gelfing, Jen tente de retrouver les responsables de la destruction du Crystal. De leur côté, Thurma et Kensho, en fuite et livrés à eux-mêmes, doivent se serrer les coudes alors que leur voyage les mène aux contrées sauvages de Thra. De nombreuses menaces les attendent avant l'arrivée à Fireling, loin sous la surface de la planète. Alors que Dark Crystal refait surface à travers une nouvelle série diffusée sur Netflix, ce comics vous propose de continuer à explorer le monde merveilleux imaginé par Jim Henson : probablement l'un des plus fascinants univers de fantasy jamais créés.

10/2019

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Shonen/garçon

By the grace of the gods Tome 2

Après un accord passé avec trois divinités, Ryôma Takebayashi, un salarié japonais, se retrouve réincarné en enfant dans un autre monde. C'est alors qu'il commence à étudier les slimes qu'il a apprivoisés et met à profit leurs capacités pour savourer pleinement sa nouvelle et paisible existence. Mais les expériences de sa vie antérieure vont également lui être très utiles ! Voici le récit de son quotidien tranquille et amusant entouré de gens bienveillants dans un monde de fantasy !

01/2023

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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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Guides étrangers

Northern Tanzania. Safari Guide. Serengeti - Kilimanjaro - Zanzibar

Home to some of the continent's finest national parks, northern Tanzania is the Africa you have always dreamed about. Head into the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater in search of the endangered black rhino, look for tree-climbing lions in the Serengeti and marvel at a host of dazzlingly colourful birds at Lake Manyara. Yet northern Tanzania is so much more than just a wildlife destination. It is also home to cultural wonders such as the mysterious Kondoa Rock Art and the region's last paractising hunter-gatherers, as well as Africa's most active volcano, fiery Ol Doinyo Lengai. Fully updated for this fourth edition, Bradt's Northern Tanzania is an invaluable travel companiion. Join Africa experts Philip Briggs and Chris McIntyre on an unforgettable journey across the vast plains and breathless peaks of this wonderful region.

07/2017

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Terreur

Intégrale H. P. Lovecraft Tome 5 : Récits horrifiques ; Contes de jeunesse ; Récits humoristiques

Ce tome regroupe l'ensemble des nouvelles horrifiques et macabres de l'auteur qui ne se rattachent pas aux cycles des Contrées du rêve et du mythe de Cthulhu, ainsi que les Juvenilia et les récits humoristiques. Textes de Lovecraft contenus dans ce volume Récits horrifiques La Bête dans la caverne (The Beast in the Cave) L'Alchimiste (The Alchemist) La Tombe (The Tomb) Par-delà le mur du sommeil (Beyond the Wall of Sleep) La Transition de Juan Romero (The Transition of Juan Romero) L'Arbre (The Tree) Faits concernant feu Arthur Jermyn et sa famille (Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family) Nyarlathotep (Nyarlathotep) Le Marais de la lune (The Moon-Bog) Je suis d'ailleurs (The Outsider) La Musique d'Erich Zann (The Music of Erich Zann) Le Molosse (The Hound) La Peur qui rôde (The Lurking Fear) Les Rats dans les murs (The Rats in the Wall) Horreur à Red Hook (The Horror at Red Hook) Lui (He) Dans le caveau (In the Vault) Air froid (Cool Air) Le Peuple très ancien (The Very Old Folk) Le Descendant (The Descendant) Le Prêtre maudit (The Evil Clergyman) Contes de jeunesse La Petite Bouteille de verre (The Little Glass Bottle) La Caverne secrète ou l'aventure de John Lee (The Secret Cave, or John Lees Adventure) Le Mystère du cimetière ou la revanche d'un mort (The Mystery of the Grave- Yard or "A Dead Man's Revenge") Le Vaisseau mystérieux (The Mysterious Ship) Récits humoristiques Quelques souvenirs sur le docteur Samuel Johnson (A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson) Old Bugs (Old Bugs) Douce Ermangarde, ou le coeur d'une fille de la campagne (Sweet Ermengarde ; or, the Heart of a Country Girl, By Percy Simple) Ibid (Ibid) Le combat qui marqua la fin du siècle (The Battle That Ended the Century)

11/2022

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Espagne

Secret Seville

Far from the crowds and the well-worn clichés, Seville still has many hidden gems it only reveals to locals and visitors who head off the beaten track. An essential guide for those who thought they knew Seville well or are seeking to discover another side of the city. Why is there a stone relief of Grace Kelly on the wall of Seville Town Hall and how can you track down the railway from the Ibero-American Expo of 1929 ? Where might you find the legacy of Christopher Columbus' son, a medieval Jewish cemetery in a car park, the oddest of barbershops, forgotten souvenirs from the Guadalquivir steamboats, Masonic symbols in a church, the last remaining vestiges of the Andalusian pavilions from the '29 Expo, a little-known Modernist electric power station, an example of the Nazi Enigma machine, a collection of Chinese and Japanese art in a Renaissance mansion or the pillars of a medieval synagogue ?

04/2022

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Manga

The Empire of Corpses Tome 2

Alexeï Karamazov brise un des plus grands tabous de la nécromatique afin de montrer le terrible danger que fait peser cette nouvelle technologie sur l'humanité... C'est ainsi que Watson et Burnaby, à la recherche du mystérieux journal de Victor Frankenstein, embarquent pour le lointain pays du soleil levant...

02/2019

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Seinen/Homme

The Kingdoms of Ruin Tome 2

Dans un monde où les avancées technologiques ont causé la perte des sorcières, Adonis, un jeune homme, s'est juré d'anéantir les humains pour venger la mort de Chloé, une sorcière qu'il aimait éperdument. Dix ans après ces terribles événements, une jeune fille du nom de Doroka délivre Adonis et lui révèle qu'il est possible de ressusciter sa bien-aimée. Qu'est censé accomplir le jeune homme pour y parvenir ? Et que comptent faire les sorcières qui ont survécu à la purge ?

09/2021

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Comics Indépendants

The Department of Truth Tome 2

Cole Turner a cru bien faire en rejoignant l'équipe de Lee Harvey Oswald. Mais à présent qu'il en apprend davantage sur les fonctions de son supérieur au sein du Département de la Vérité, le doute l'assaille... De plus en plus de tulpas ? les formes tangibles créées par les sphères complotistes ? s'incarnent dans le monde réel, et il est plus que temps de réagir et de choisir un camp. Une plongée au coeur des plus grands complots de l'Histoire moderne et d'aujourd'hui !

09/2022

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Seinen/Homme

Shadow of the Ring Tome 2

Sur la voie de l'ombre, la moindre erreur peut sceller le destin d'un peuple... Le royaume de Keiju ne ressemble à aucun autre... C'est une véritable cité montée sur rails, qui suit constamment l'ombre portée de l'anneau entourant la planète. Son circuit, identique depuis des générations, le fait traverser de nombreux territoires. Pour cette raison, Keiju a développé une tradition de neutralité soutenue par une prouesse technique majeure : la création des hakukai, des armures surpuissantes qui améliorent les capacités physiques de ceux qui les portent. Aushi, fils de notable d'un pays ami, est fasciné par cette ville mouvante, habituellement fermée aux étrangers. Pourtant, grâce à ses relations et à son honnêteté désarmante, il parvient à se faire accepter à bord, où il se lie d'amitié avec Kamalu, l'intrépide petite soeur de la reine. Tout à sa joie de l'exploration d'un nouveau monde, il ne se doute pas qu'il arrive au moment où l'équilibre des alliances est sur le point de s'écrouler... Un assassin brise les défenses de Keiju, tuant sur son passage un membre de la famille royale et volant de précieux hakukai ! Quel est l'objectif de ce mystérieux agresseur ? ! Une ethnie nomade dotée d'une culture aussi étrange que fascinante, une route enveloppée par une nuit éternelle, d'étonnantes armes polymorphes... Après Route End et ses meurtres en série, le talentueux Kaiji Nakagawa est de retour dans un univers de fantasy unique en son genre ! Entre complots et conflits larvés, le peuple de l'ombre trouvera-t-il son chemin ?

11/2023

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Yaoi/homosexualité masculine

Lullaby of the Dawn Tome 2

"Dois-je lui dire ce que je ressens ? " "L'amour, ça ne me concerne pas." Arnór est tombé à la mer et s'est fait recueillir par Manieri, le shaman du sud. Elva est mort d'inquiétude pour Arnór, mats il doit attendre la nouvelle lune pour partir à sa recherche. Ils finissent tout deux par se retrouver et Arnór voit Elva verser des larmes pour la première fois. Arnór est submergé par ses sentiments et ne parvient plus à se retenir...

09/2023

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Shonen/garçon

The World of Summoning Tome 2

Tokoyo et ses camarades continuent de suivre les cours quelque peu mouvementés de la classe des forces spéciales de l'Académie d'invocation. Mais le Prieuré de la non-réalité, une société secrète devenue l'ennemie jurée des invocateurs, semble s'intéresser à Tokoyo et va tenter d'entrer en contact avec le jeune homme. Face à une secte prônant la destruction et le changement, et d'étranges adversaires aux intentions mystérieuses, Tokoyo pourra-t-il garder la vie sauve ? !

11/2023

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Comics

The Haunt of Fear Tome 2

The Haunt of Fear, publié par EC Comics au début des années 50, fait partie d'une trilogie célèbre de magazines horrifiques avec Tales from the Crypt et The Vault of Horror. Akileos est fier de vous présenter les numéros 8 à 14 dans cette réédition inédite en français. Préparez-vous à frissonner de terreur en lisant ces histoires de cadavres ressuscités, de momies meurtrières et autres monstruosités. Des histoires rendues encore plus terrifiantes par le trait d'artistes de légende tels que Jack Davis, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, Johnny Craig ou Wally Wood. Alors n'hésitez plus, rejoignez la vieille sorcière et découvrez les récits qui mijotent dans son chaudron fumant...

11/2017

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Shonen/garçon

Call of the night Tome 2

En une rencontre, la vie peut reprendre du mordant ! La ville s'est endormie. La nuit commence et, avec elle, la liberté totale ! Le baiser impromptu de Nazuna la nuit précédente a laissé Kô plus chamboulé que d'habitude... Et Akira, qui ne cesse de l'inciter à retourner à l'école, décide cette fois de répondre avec lui à l'appel de la nuit ! Les nuits bleues de Kô et de sa bande se font plus profondes et enchantées. Laissez tomber tout ce que vous faites et savourez une fantastique nuit blanche !

10/2022

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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

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Seinen/Homme

Dead Flag Tome : Dead Flag Tome 1

Un matin comme les autres, dans un lycée comme les autres... Jusqu'au jour où un bateau pirate fait son apparition flottant au milieu de l'école. Démarre alors le jeu sanglant du "Dead Flag" . Piller, détruire et exterminer seront les clés pour obtenir un maximum de points et rester en vie. Seuls ceux sans pitié seront récompensés. Bienvenue dans le jeu mortel des pirates !

06/2022

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BD tout public

Doctor Gachet's portrait

A picture named "Doctor Gachet's portrait" has been stolen a night from a museum. Immediately, the news offer the event and our heroes start the research after some clue that leads them to the thief. After travelling across some countries following his trace, they realize that a smuggling network is behind the robbery, led by minister Goring. Among their loot is an enormous amount of pictures stolen from private collectors, with the aim of transporting and hiding them beyond their frontiers.

01/2014

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Non classé

The Concept of Man in Igbo Myths

In the vast silence of their isolation, the traditional Igbos have learnt the ways of living in harmony with nature. From their origin in distant time, they have kept a sacred perspective on the natural world. In our age, there is the need for traditional wisdoms to retain their validity and be intrinsic to our philosophic and scientific perceptions of the cosmos. We cannot do without their knowledge, their spiritual perspective, and their deep faith in the harmony of all nature. Ignoring these qualities has profound environmental implications. Global warming, environmental pollution, and the exhaustion of nature's resources are but a few of the symptoms of the nature's experiences as we continue to mistreat it in order to satisfy our own ends. This work helps us to realise that wherever we are, we are a part of nature. All the things around us are as presences, representing forces and powers of life that are not ours and yet are all part of us. Then we find them reflecting in ourselves, because we are nature, though not identical with it.

11/1999

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Philosophie

«Phädon», or «On the Immortality of the Soul»

This is the first modern translation of Moses Mendelssohn's classic work of 1767, the Phädon. It includes Mendelssohn's own introduction and appendix, as well as footnotes and explanatory introduction by David Shavin. (Charles Cullen's translation of 1789 is the only other extant translation.) The "modern Socrates" of the German classical period, Mendelssohn has created a beautiful translation and elaboration of Plato's Phädo led to a revolution in thought, and a subsequent renaissance in Germany. The debt of the German classical period to ancient Greece is embodied in Mendelssohn's Phädon, as is the promise of the American Revolution. The translation and accompanying notes recapture Mendelssohn's unique marriage of depth of thought and breadth of appeal.

12/2006

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Policiers

The poet assassin

Some mysterious graffiti on the walls of the Castillet, a crowned reptile in Saint Jean Cathedral, the Campo Santo defiled : these are some of the bizarre clues in Lieutenant Dominique d'Astié's latest investigation. Is there a link between their symbolism, the enigmatic poems strewn all over the streets of Perpignan and the bloody assassination of "King Arthur Pendragon" ? The young Parisian police officer, newest member of La Police Judiciaire de Perpignan, will need to brush up on the old Arthurian legends if she is to solve this very non-Catalan murder !

05/2012

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Droit européen des affaires

Lobbyst. Revelations from the EU Labyrinth, 2e édition

I feel the need to enlighten the public on the way the European Union functions, or rather malfunctions. For most readers, this could come as a great shock : how can one imagine that the legislator no longer legislates and that he delegates his legislative power to obscure cenacles called "trilogues" ? Today, being a lobbyist is considered to be bad. A defender of business, of multinationals, of capitalism, ... and by extension of pesticides, intensive agriculture and junk food. That is the image ! The aim of this book is not to correct this image, but to provide elements of appreciation and to give a form of objectivity to the debate. Daniel Guéguen is the longest serving EU lobbyist. He is the former head of the European sugar lobby and then of the European farmers unions. Now a consultant, he is at the heart of the lobbying issues that make the news. Longtime professor in the United States, notably at Georgetown and Harvard. Now at the College of Europe. Multi-author, editorialist, blogger, Daniel Guéguen remains a convinced pro-European, but fiercely critical of an opaque, bureaucratic and, to put it bluntly, anti-democratic system.

12/2023

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Romance sexy

Off-Campus Saison 1 : The deal

Un accord dangereux ? Hannah est une très bonne élève et elle a un don incroyable pour le chant. Mais quand il s'agit d'hommes et de séduction, elle perd tous ses moyens. Garrett est la star de l'équipe de Hockey de l'université, mais ses résultats scolaires ne sont pas à la hauteur et il risque de perdre sa place dans l'équipe. Ils vont passer un drôle d'accord. Elle lui donne des cours et il l'aide à séduire le quater back de l'équipe de Football. Cet arrangement original va-t-il changer leur vie ?

11/2023