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Sons of Fantasy

When we were children, we believed anything was possible... This book is a fantasy novel originally written for children. But, if you are a father or a mother, a teacher or a writer, if you still have some bits of fantasy in your soul... then, this novel is for you too. We all know how geniuses changed the world with their childlike Imagination, and how people use creative thinking to solve problems. This is a story about hope ; "Sons of Fantasy" shares the story of M. Alger, a father grieving for the loss of his dear wife, who left him with two beautiful kids. Norris and Socrates were adjusting to life without Mom... But things got more complicated when one of them was paralyzed because of a severe psychological trauma due to an overdose of fantasy... This family has a very interesting neighbor who lives a few feet away. He has a weird little hobby, reading books in the most unlikely places... He for example travelled to Romania and read "Dracula" by Bram Stoker in the Castelul Bran Castle, because it's said that the main character Dracula lived in it. And then all of a sudden he stopped travelling... He got a month ago a big long hat that belongs to the greatest witch that lived during the middle ages, "Moje Gayla". In fact, after being burned by the church, one of her relatives kept her belongings inside a wooden box... and in the twentieth century one of her grandchildren donated the box to "The Magic Square Museum" in London. Genius bought the hat at a public auction as an art relic to decorate one of his rooms. Could this weird neighbor be the reason of Socrates' psychological trauma ? Or maybe he is the one who will cure him ? And what has the hat to do with all this ?

08/2018

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BD tout public

Fuzz Book

On le connait en tant que dessinateur de BD cultes comme Le Roi des mouches ou Love in Vain, mais Mezzo est également un illustrateur de renom. Affiches, pochettes d'albums, sérigraphies, couvertures de magazines... cet auteur exigeant a déjà mis son talent au service de supports divers et variés pour délivrer son univers underground, onirique, sexy et rock. Des images muettes qui, par leur force d'évocation, sont souvent aussi parlantes que des cases de BD.Ce très bel ouvrage recueille un florilège des illustrations que Mezzo a pu produire dans sa carrière hors bande dessinée. On prend plaisir à y retrouver son trait incisif, précis et sensuel, autour de quelques-uns de ses thèmes favoris : la musique, l'érotisme et le fantastique. Des pages de BD inédites (projets abandonnés, recherches graphiques du Roi des mouches et histoires courtes) viennent conclure ce panorama graphique d'un auteur à nul autre pareil.

11/2016

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BD tout public

Shark Book

Après une longue journée passée à dessiner ses séries en cours, Ju/CDM dessine pour se reposer. Il dessine des requins. C'est son fils de trois ans qui lui a transmis cette passion dévorante. Depuis plusieurs années, dans des carnets de différentes tailles, Julien dessine des requins puis les poste sur Facebook, où ils rencontrent un grand succès. A ce jour, il en a dessiné plus de 200. Ces exercices de styles sont exceptionnels, inventifs, variés, et toujours surprenants, drôles et magnifiquement dessinés. Ce livre, sous la forme d'un carnet de croquis, en regroupe une sélection.

10/2014

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Romans historiques

Blue book

Il est une chose dont peu se souviennent, c'est que l'Allemagne fut une puissance colonisatrice. De 1883 à 1916, elle occupa ce qu'on appelait alors le Sud-Ouest africain, l'actuelle Namibie. Il en est une autre que beaucoup ignorent, c'est que cette colonie fut le théâtre du premier génocide du xxe siècle. Un génocide oublié, occulté même, car le premier rapport officiel - le fameux Blue Book - sur le massacre des Hereros et des Namas fut soustrait à la connaissance du public en 1926. Elise Fontenaille-N'Diaye, alors qu'elle enquêtait sur son aïeul, le général Mangin, a retrouvé ce rapport disparu. Dès lors, elle se devait de raconter. Si ce livre vise à ranimer le souvenir de cette sombre page de l'histoire du colonialisme, il ne se veut pas un ouvrage de spécialiste. L'auteur y donne son point de vue d'écrivain, son point de vue personnel. Quelque part entre le désert du Kalahari et la presqu'île de Shark Island, au large de Lüderitz, s'est déroulée une macabre répétition générale, préfiguration des exterminations à venir.

01/2015

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BD tout public

Le book

Après "la vedette" "le canonnier de Vodkagrad" et "la taupe de Botagogo", Malo Louarn nous a concocté un nouvel opus avec le célébrissime Dupaxon. Il est mauvais Dupaxon ! Dans le plus grand secret, les dirigeants de l'Olympic F.C. se mettent tous d'accord pour gagner beaucoup d'argent au prochain match et font appel à un bookmaker. Dupaxon devient le propriétaire d'un bouc. Patpanic fait de gros efforts pour apprendre le français. Tous ces ingrédients vont provoquer un incroyable quiproquo : le book... le bouc... le bookmaker... le bouc m'écoeure... Qui va finalement gagner le match ? Qui va ramasser le pactole ? Dupaxon est-il vraiment si mauvais ? Lisez cette nouvelle aventure footballistique vraiment drôle et vous saurez qui est le fameux joueur "Hémissaire" !

10/2012

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Gestion du stress

Burn Book

Le journal qui défoule et qui fait vraiment du bien ! Un journal intime sans tabou ! La colère est un sentiment souvent présenté de façon négative et culpabilisatrice alors que c'est une émotion élémentaire de notre panel émotionnel qui révèle bien plus de nous-mêmes que d'autres. Dans ce Burn Book, la personne pourra écrire sur des personnes, des évènements, des situations qui la révoltent et également lire et réagir à différents textes et activités sur la colère qui les aideront à mieux comprendre cette émotion et donc son message. Car la colère a des racines qui puise dans nos insécurités ou un passif mal réglé et réagit alors comme une alarme pour nous protéger et éloigner le danger. De façon ludique, se décharger de celle-ci en mettant des mots dessus et via des activités permettra au lecteur de prendre du recul sur cette énergie, de l'appréhender en reconnaissant ses signaux et le pourquoi cette alarme s'enclenche afin d'avancer avec plus de sérénité. Un cahier de stickers permettra au lecteur de personnaliser les pages et de s'approprier pleinement le journal. Un journal défouloir intelligent, qui met la colère au coeur des dénouements !

10/2022

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Terreur

Commonplace Book

"Ces courtes phrases apparaissent comme l'essence de sa pensée. Lovecraft arrive à y évoquer, cliniquement, des horreurs indicibles, des monstres tapis dans l'obscurité, des cités sous-marines". LIBERATION De longtemps une oeuvre culte : le tout petit carnet de notes de Lovecraft, où pendant quinze ans, de 1919 à 1934, il accumule plus de 200 projets ou sujets d'histoires, dans la folie ou l'horreur. Son atelier, son laboratoire. Et si ces notes valaient pour elles-mêmes comme nouvel art de la fiction brève, ultra-brève ? François Bon Né aux Etats-Unis en 1890 et mort en 1937, Howard Phillips Lovecraft est considéré aujourd'hui comme l'un des écrivains d'horreur et de science-fiction les plus importants du xxe siècle. Traduit de l'anglais (Etats-Unis) par François Bon

10/2022

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Monographies

Ro-sé. A Book as a Bridge, Edition français-anglais-italien

Publié suite à l'exposition personnelle de Nathalie Du Pasquier au MACRO à Rome (Museo di Arte contemporanea di Roma), puis au Mrac Occitanie, Sérignan, sa plus grande exposition à ce jour qui a rassemblé plus de cent peintures, sculptures, dessins et gravures, du début des années 1980 à aujourd'hui, ce livre oscille entre catalogue d'exposition et livre d'artiste en juxtaposant des photographies des oeuvres de Nathalie Du Pasquier, des vues d'installation de l'exposition au MACRO et des extraits de textes de divers écrivains et personnalités fondamentales pour sa pratique. Ces éléments s'assemblent pour créer une extension de l'exposition elle-même, sous une forme qui traduit l'esprit de l'exposition : les pages deviennent des espaces d'exposition accueillant des associations et des combinaisons qui permettent une compréhension et une exploration plus approfondies du travail de Du Pasquier, et de son imagination au sens large. C'est un aperçu des possibilités offertes par son oeuvre, qui peut être abordée, interprétée et vécue sous d'innombrables angles. C'est l'immensité et la variété mêmes de son oeuvre et de ses inspirations qui rendent l'exploration de son travail - et par conséquent cette publication - non exhaustive.

05/2022

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Cinéastes, réalisateurs

L'oeuvre de David Fincher. Scruter la noirceur

We thought we had gone through the topic in the first volume, those two games opened new pists of reflexions. The in-depth analysis of Hidetaka Miyazaki's Dark Souls saga continues with this volume 2, decoding the Bloodborne and Dark Souls III episodes. An indinspensale ebook for all the fans of the game Dark Souls !EXTRACT"The project, christened Project Beast, began soon after the Astorias of the Abyss DLC was released in August 2012. At the time, FromSoftware was also beginning to build Dark Souls II, its cash cow. Miyazaki kept his distance from this sequel, which was handed off to Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura, with support from the FromSoftware president and creator of King's Field, Naotoshi Zin, who supervised the game system. On his end, Hidetaka Miyazaki formed a trusted team of regular collaborators, such as lead programmer Jun Itô (who had already filled this role for Demon's Souls and Dark Souls), composer and lead sound designer Tsukasa Saitô (Armored Core games), and most of his regular artists: Daisuke Satake, Masanori Waragai and Hiroshi Nakamura. The success of Demon's Souls, and the even greater success of Dark Souls, allowed FromSoftware to grow its ranks significantly. In total, no fewer than fifty programmers participated in the project, along with around twenty game system designers and fifty people working on visual creation (animation, scenery, characters, etc.). Thanks to financial support from Sony, many Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese studios were sub-contracted during the production to help with graphics and visuals."ABOUT THE AUTHORSPassionate about films and video games, Damien Mecheri joined the writers team of Gameplay RPG in 2004, writing several articles for the second special edition on the Final Fantasy saga. He continued his work with the team in another publication called Background, before continuing the online adventure in 2008 with the site Gameweb.fr. Since 2011, he has come aboard Third Éditions with Mehdi El Kanafi and Nicolas Courcier, the publisher's two founders. Damien is also the author of the book Video Game Music: a History of Gaming Music. For Third Éditions, he is actively working on the "Level Up" and "Année jeu vidéo" collections. He has also written or co-written several works from the same publisher: The Legend of Final Fantasy X, Welcome to Silent Hill: a journey into Hell, The Works of Fumito Ueda: a Different Perspective on Video Games and, of course, the first volume of Dark Souls: Beyond the Grave. Curious by nature, a dreamer against the grain and a chronic ranter, Sylvain Romieu is also a passionate traveler of the real and the unreal, the world and the virtual universes, always in search of enriching discoveries and varied cultures. A developer by trade, he took up his modest pen several years ago to study the characteristics and richness of the marvelously creative world of video games. He writes for a French video game site called Chroniques-Ludiques, particularly on the topic of RPGs, his preferred genre.

11/2022

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Droit

Le constitutionnalisme environnemental. Quel impact sur les ordres juridiques ? Edition bilingue français-anglais

Environmental constitutionalism is founded on ideological doctrines, such as liberalism and environmentalism. It aims to enhance comparative law methods leading to the establishment of general principles that protect the environment within the constitution. This is the first book that presents the topic to European readers working in the field of environmental protection — including members of civil society organizations, policymakers, national and international officers, law students, and legal and non-legal scholars. The book begins with detailed studies of France, Germany, Switzerland, India and Brazil. Thereafter, it highlights the impact of the French Environmental Charter on administrative law, corporate law, and compensation methods for environmental harm. Finally, the book takes an unprecedented look at EU law, whose legal standards are discussed in light of environmental constitutionalism. The various contributions are written either in French or in English, as befits the comparative nature of the subject matter. / Le constitutionnalisme environnemental constitue un champ de l'analyse juridique qui souligne les fondements idéologiques (comme le libéralisme ou l'écologisme) de toute constitution. A cette fin, il valorise les méthodes du droit comparé pour construire des principes généraux du droit protecteurs de l'environnement. Ce livre est le premier sur cette thématique qui s'adresse spécialement à des lecteurs européens actifs dans la protection de l'environnement, y compris les membres de la société civile, les décideurs nationaux et internationaux ainsi que les étudiants et les enseignants-chercheurs, juristes et non juristes. Le livre commence à explorer la thématique à travers l'étude des systèmes de la France, de l'Allemagne, de la Suisse, de l'Inde et du Brésil. Il approfondit ensuite les répercussions de la Charte française de l'environnement sur le droit administratif, le droit des sociétés et les méthodes économiques appliquées au préjudice écologique. Enfin, les normes de l'UE sont revues à travers le prisme inédit du constitutionnalisme environnemental. Les différentes contributions sont écrites soit en français, soit en anglais, conformément à la dimension comparative du sujet.

10/2019

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Histoire de France

CRASH IN BAYEUX - The Last Flight of Sergeant Ferguson

Normandy, France, January 15, 1943. The weather is clear, the sun is shining. Two Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft fly over the Bayeux-Caen railroad. The target is a German freight train - and its locomotive. Aboard the first Spitfire, Sergeant Ferguson is aligning his gun sights on the target. It is 02 : 30 p. m. This will be his very last flight... HARASSING THE OCCUPYING FORCES TO PREPARE THE INVASION The RAF and RCAF had been flying hundreds of similar sorties over France for months, in order to weaken the German forces, particularly the Luftwaffe. The pilots of No. 401 Squadron were among those who took part in this patient work, made up of constant patrols and attacks. Among the 63 men mentioned in this book, 25 were killed in action between 1942 and 1944. A CRASH THAT AWOKE THE SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE Touched by William Ferguson's sacrifice, some French citizens decided to bury the young Canadian flier with dignity, honour and respect. The Germans took this as a provocation. A few weeks later, the Sipo-SD (the "Gestapo") arrested a dozen of them. They were sent to concentration camps - some of them later died in Büchenwald, Dachau and Mauthausen. Others did survive, including Paul Le Caër. He is the one who has supported the author and told him what happened. Today, he is signing the preface of this book. UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS AND TESTIMONIES Based on an in-depth analysis of unpublished documents, including the Fergusons' archives and No. 401 Squadron Operation Record Book, this work depicts the very last flight of the young Canadian pilot in detail. With a striking truthfulness, you will relive the squadron's daily life, the faith of the pilots, as well as the beginning of the sortie and "Bill" Ferguson's last minutes. FIVE YEARS OF RESEARCH AND EMOTION A young and talented historian involved in the field of remembrance in Normandy, François Oxéant has spent over five years fitting the pieces of the puzzle together. This book will help you discover all aspects of his fascinating investigation with a methodical and rigorous approach. He has met some of the last witnesses of the events and has been in touch with the pilot's family for a few years, making us share his emotion and admiration for Bill, who was barely younger than himself.

09/2014

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Sciences de la terre et de la

Theoretical Astrophysics. Volume 1, Astrophysical Processes

Graduate students and researchers in astrophysics and cosmology need a solid understanding of a wide range of physical processes. This clear and authoritative textbook has been designed to help them to develop the necessary toolkit of theory. Assuming only an undergraduate background in physics and no detailed knowledge of astronomy, this book guides the reader step by step through a comprehensive collection of fundamental theoretical topics. The book is modular in design, allowing the reader to pick and chose a selection of chapters, if necessary. It can be used alone, or in conjunction with the forthcoming accompanying two volumes (covering stars and stellar systems, and galaxies and cosmology, respectively). After reviewing the basics of dynamics, electromagnetic theory, and statistical physics, the book carefully develops a solid understanding of all the key concepts such as radiative processes, spectra, fluid mechanics, plasma physics and MHD, dynamics of gravitating systems, general relativity, and nuclear physics. Each topic is developed methodically from undergraduate basic physics. Throughout, the reader's understanding is developed and tested with carefully structured problems and helpful hints. This welcome volume provides graduate students with an indispensable introduction to and reference on all the physical processes they will need to successfully tackle cutting-edge research in astrophysics and cosmology.

01/2000

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Informatique

THE AWESOME POWER OF DIRECT 3D/DIRECTX. DirectX version 5.0, compact disk included

If you are programming real-time 3D applications for simulations, games, marketing, demonstrations or computer-animated videos using " Microsoft's Direct 3D Software Development Kit ", this book is for you. Unlike other books, " The awesome power of direct 3D/DirectX " shows you how to build a complete working 3D application, including 3D sound, joystick input, animation, textures, shadows, and even collision detection ! It shows you how to write a complete project using Retained Mode. It does not bury the code in "wrappers" that hide the nuances of the SDK. Nothing is hidden. What's inside ? : complete step-by-step tutorial for Direct 3D ; retained mode (windowed and full-screen) applications ; basics of DirectDraw ; how to integrate all DirectX components into a working program ; special techniques for shadows and 3D sound ; integration of direct input devices like joystick and mouse ; comprehensive library of high-quality, free, reusable 3D objects and textures cross-referenced DirectX retained mode command library ; all steps necessary to set up an immediate mode framework which you can then use to create a complete program. An independent developer of 3D graphics applications and games, Peter J. Kovach has been a vice president with a national developer of virtual reality and arcade systems and CEO of a corporation developing 3D system for advertising and product development. CD-ROM contains : more than 140 DirectX.x objects, some with animation (70 megs) ; 3ds originals of the .x objects (58 megs) ; 52 high-quality textures (4 megs) ; Microsoft's DirectX 6 SDK and samples (386 megs) ; all the code from the text.

12/1999

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Non classé

Black Butler Book Of Atlantic - Edition Combo BR/DVD + Livret

Angleterre, 19ème Siècle. Ciel, héritier de la famille Phantomhive et fidèle limier de la Reine, est chargé par cette dernière d enquêter sur une société secrète appelée Aurore. Afin d en savoir plus sur cette organisation qui proclame avoir rendu possible la résurrection des morts, Ciel et son diable de majordome embarquent à bord du paquebot "Campania" où un rassemblement d Aurore doit avoir lieu. Cependant, la petite croisière va très vite virer au cauchemar ...

04/2019

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Littérature française

Mehersthan Memoir (Meher Baba)

Mehersthan Memoir (Meher Baba) This book is dedicated to the unique One who has assumed a form and name to lead the play of universal existence. He throbs in our loving heart ; He breathes in our living soul. He sings in our fervent spirit and he thinks in our purified mind. That infinite Ancient One from his supernal height, bends towards us to embrace us in his love, and to feed our soul with the nectar of his bliss. Blessed are they that have the mind to know him, the heart to feel him and the love to live in his consciousness ! He may have been born to human parents in Poona, studied in a college, played cricket, left home, have seen great souls, sat alone silent, spoken in gestures, written books - but that is not his history. Many live such a life ; many scholars write books ; many saints sit in contemplation ; many monks leave home for mountain resorts ; but they cannot be one like him. Millions of bulbs challenge in vain the darkness of night. One sun rises and the night dissolves into his golden light. One sun rises and the night dissolves into his golden light. We have seen monks, yogins and saints. Some live alone for peace. Some open Ashrams and collect donations to run them. Some comercialise their name and form. Some display miracles to surprise human minds ; some offer boons ; some predict the future ; some curse you when you do not offer them what they want. Some seek pleasure and treasure. But who seeks God and finds God in the self to awaken God-awareness in other men and women ? Who says "I am God and you are God too"? Who rises above the prattle of words, the rattle of weapons and battle of ideologies to the lofty peace of supersonic silence and pours his blessings from the dizzy height of the soul in tune with God ? Who is he that embraces all in the heart and awakens the soul which has none of the human creations of caste, religion, race, pedigree nor colour ? Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget

07/2017

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Anglais

Exercise book Anglais 2de. Cahier d'exercices élève, Edition 2021, Edition bilingue français-anglais

Découvrez notre cahier d'anglais Exercise Book pour la classe de 2de : la cahier qui permet de construire ses compétences lycée. Le cahier Exercise book- Objectif Bac pour les élèves de seconde, propose : Une transition collège/lycée en toute sérénité Une partie lexique qui permet à l'élève de faire le point sur le lexique rattaché à chacun des 8 axes du programme d'anglais de seconde Une partie grammaire qui reprend les faits de langue dont l'élève a besoin pour le cycle terminale Une partie méthologie pour se préparer efficacement aux épreuves : points méthodologie pour chaque activité langagière, un exercice d'application guidé et des exercices correspondant aux différentes parties de l'épreuve. Les engagements des éditions Bordas : Vos collègues sont nos auteurs Nos cahiers sont pensés et conçus par des enseignants professeurs qui enseignent au quotidien dans des environnements variés. Avec leur éditeur, ils créent des outils qui permettent à leurs collègues de travailler sereinement et efficacement et aux élèves d'avancer dans leur scolarité avec confiance. Votre cahier papier est augmenté Avec FlashPage ou via des QR Codes(r), vos élèves ont un accès facile et rapide à de nombreuses ressources numériques comme des audios authentiques des exercices de grammaire interactifs, des tutoriels vidéo pour l'oral et des textes au format DYS. L'usage du smartphone n'est pas possible ? La plupart des ressources sont disponibles également sur lycee. editions-bordas. fr Votre offre numérique Le cahier numérique enseignant est OFFERT et téléchargeable sur clé USB gratuitement aux adoptants du papier. Nous sommes éco-responsables Bordas est un éditeur éco-responsable qui s'engage pour la préservation de l'environnement et utilise du papier issu de forêts gérées de manière responsable et d'autres sources contrôlées. En savoir plus sur notre démarche éco-responsable Nous imprimons en France Nous veillons à réduire le plus possible les émissions de CO2 liées au transport. Ainsi, la majorité de nos ouvrages est imprimée en France. . Des cahiers pour tous Nous avons à coeur de créer des cahiers accessibles à tous les profils d'élève. Dans cette optique, nos cahiers numériques intègrent des ressources et des textes DYS projetables en classe pour faciliter l'apprentissage de tous vos élèves, dans leur diversité. Les textes DYS sont également accessibles via Bordas Flash Page. Notre expertise au service de l'éducation Notre engagement : mettre la rigueur et l'expertise de nos auteurs et de nos éditeurs au service de l'éducation pour favoriser la réussite de tous.

04/2021

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Informatique

JAGUAR DEVELOPMENT WITH POWERBUILDER 7

With PowerBuilder 7 you have a powerful tool for distributed applications! Jaguar Development with PowerBuilder 7 will leverage your current PowerBuilder knowledge to a broad, new level of usefulness. Packed with code samples and step-by-step explanations including useful screen shots, this book gives you a quick way to learn Jaguar CTS. If you have any experience with PowerBuilder and want to move beyond two-tier computing, this book is for you. What's inside * An overview of distributed computing * How to set up and install Jaguar * Overview of Jaguar CTS and how it handles components, databases and transactions * PB as a component model * How to build jaguar clients with PB * Keys to DataWindow sychronization * How to build a multi-threaded PB application * Overview of CORBA

11/1999

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Ethnologie

Looking for Signs: Animals, Spirits and Death Rituals Ibaloy Perspectives (Itogon, Philippines)

This publication is the volume 3 of a series dealing with the culture and traditions of the Ibaloy of Upper Doacan (Itogon, Benguet, Philippines). It is available in Nabaloy and in English. Elders share their stories to a group of youngsters who ask them questions on a variety of topics such as animals, signs, death rituals and spirits. The book provides the verbatim accounts of these discussions recorded during a workshop that took place at the Senior-Citizen hall in 2018.

06/2020

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Ethnologie

Pesing Ja Mengsas ni Sinjal: Animal, Karashowa tan Kesheng para ni Minatay Pammati ni Ibadoy (Doacan, Itokon, Pilipinas)

This publication is the volume 3 of a series dealing with the culture and traditions of the Ibaloy of Upper Doacan (Itogon, Benguet, Philippines). It is available in Nabaloy and in English. Elders share their stories to a group of youngsters who ask them questions on a variety of topics such as animals, signs, death rituals and spirits. The book provides the verbatim accounts of these discussions recorded during a workshop that took place at the Senior-Citizen hall in 2018.

06/2020

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Sociologie

Polish Psychological Verbs at the Lexicon-Syntax Interface in Cross-linguistic Perspective

This book is a comparative study of Polish psychological verbs. The analysis concentrates on the lexicon-syntax interface of psych verbs, and constitutes an argument in favour of its strong dependence on event structure. The aim of this study is to show that the class of Polish psych verbs, as in many other languages, is not uniform. The analysed subclasses are differentiated on the basis of their causation and stativity. The marriage of those semantic traits and their structural representation is possible only if it is performed via event structure configuration, a layer which appears to underlie the conceptualisation of events.

04/2005

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Référence

Geneva - Five Centuries of Hospitality

This book does not aim at documenting, in a rigorous way, the history of a number of people having participated in the international influence of Geneva. Its intention is to offer a look - somewhat more light-hearted than scientific - upon the lives of these people ; hence showing that Geneva's identity is indebted to a multitude of foreigners, refugees, exiles or immigrants who, with their skills, talents and strengths, have worked to make this city the place of tolerance, openness and peace that it is today.

09/2021

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Sciences de la terre et de la

Systémes agraires, systèmes de production. Vocabulaire Français-Anglais avec index anglais

Par-delà la simple traduction des termes, l'ouvrage explique des concepts utilisés dans la recherche sur les systèmes agraires et les systèmes de production dans les pays francophones et anglophones. Un index anglais qui renvoie aux termes français rend ce dictionnaire utilisable par un public anglophone. Il s'adresse aux chercheurs, aux étudiants, aux professionnels du développement et aux traducteurs qui s'intéressent à une approche systémique de l'activité agricole. Explanation of the main concepts currently used in Farming Systems Research in both French-speaking and English-speaking countries is one of the interesting features of this vocabulary. It also provides valuable grammatical and vocabulary guidance for French speakers writing in English. A comprehensive English index referring back to the French terms makes it a handy tool for English-speaking users. A reference book for scientists, teachers, students, farm development professionals and translators.

10/1997

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Décoration

Great Escapes Africa. The Hotel Book, Edition 2020, Edition français-anglais-allemand

De la mer Méditerranée à l'océan Indien, des immensités du Sahara à l'archipel du Cap-Vert, l'Afrique a de quoi remplir une vie de voyages et d'aventures. Que vous y allez pour la toute première fois ou que vous soyez un habitué, ce continent vous offre pas moins de 54 pays d'une extraordinaire diversité, des métropoles créatives, une faune et des ciels nocturnes d'une incomparable pureté, ainsi que l'émouvante sensation d'un retour aux origines. Au gré de ce périple visuel à travers l'Afrique, nous découvrons des paysages de carte postale, une culture riche et des intérieurs incroyables, par une porte qui s'ouvre ou la fenêtre entrebâillée des hôtels les plus époustouflants du continent. Angelika Taschen nous emmène visiter ces joyaux cachés au Mozambique, en Afrique du Sud et en Ethiopie ; sur une plantation de café en Tanzanie, où les hôtes peuvent savourer leur Arabica fraîchement torréfié dans un environnement à couper le souffle. Nous pénétrons avec elle dans le légendaire Mount Nelson Hotel au Cap, peint en rose à la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale, qui a depuis accueilli bien des adeptes de la méditation, et nous aventurons jusqu'au campement itinérant du Serengeti Safari Camp, quelques tentes montées et démontées toute l'année au gré de la migration des animaux sauvages. Dans ce guide mis à jour, indispensable, chaque lieu de villégiature est présenté avec de magnifiques photos ainsi que des informations pratiques comme l'itinéraire pour s'y rendre, qui contacter et des conseils de lecture pour chaque destination.

11/2019

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Histoire internationale

Perfect fundamental values and the development of Africa. From African Renaissance to Illumination

This book is the result of fundamental research on the thorny issue of Africa's development. It demonstrates that the development of human societies is first and foremost a resultant of true, perfect and eternal knowledge, a process of conversion of the soul to the True, the Good and the Beautiful, before becoming a quest for material and financial means. To acquire this knowledge, one must resort to all knowledge that deals with life and man, beginning with that of God who is the source of this authentic knowledge. Man, made in the image of God, if he goes back to this source, finds the universal fundamentals of perfect knowledge which open to him the path of complete and eternal knowledge. This enables him to launch victoriously into development. All human cultures have this opportunity to resort to the original sources of knowledge : Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and animism. This true and perfect knowledge sets the man in the certainties that renew his intelligence and make him a new, perfect and creative being of development. All the people who have developed have gone through this salutary way. Africa cannot be an exception to this golden rule. With the assistance of CERCUDE and OVAFOPAC.

02/2020

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Non classé

Political Economy and Fiction in the Early Works of Harriet Martineau

This book examines the early work of Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), writer, journalist and woman of letters. She became famous in the 1830s with her Illustrations of Political Economy, a series of 25 short novels popularizing the basic principles of Political Economy. Also discussed are her two shorter series of tales from that period, Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated and Illustrations of Taxation. With these works Martineau took part in an intense debate about the role of economic theory in English society. Drawing on such authorities as Adam Smith Martineau offered her readers the possibility of understanding the impact of the Industrial Revolution and its concomitant changes.

11/1999

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Ethnologie et anthropologie

Tulen Di Muna Dangan di Malbulen. Kite Blaan (Mindanao, Philippines)

This publication is the volume 10 of a series dealing with the culture, the history and the traditions of the Blaan of Malbulen (Little Baguio, Mindanao, Philippines). It is available in Blaan and in English. Elders share their stories to a group of youngsters who ask them questions on a variety of topics such as life of the ancestors, cosmogony, conflicts and social rules, spirits and animals, hunting, childbirth and marriage, burial practices, signs, dreams and religion. The book provides the verbatim accounts of these discussions recorded during a workshop that took place in Malbulen in 2015.

07/2021

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Ethnologie

Narratives of the Past in Malbulen. Blaan Perspectives (Mindanao, Philippines)

This publication is the volume 10 of a series dealing with the culture, the history and the traditions of the Blaan of Malbulen (Little Baguio, Mindanao, Philippines). It is available in Blaan and in English. Elders share their stories to a group of youngsters who ask them questions on a variety of topics such as life of the ancestors, cosmogony, conflicts and social rules, spirits and animals, hunting, childbirth and marriage, burial practices, signs, dreams and religion. The book provides the verbatim accounts of these discussions recorded during a workshop that took place in Malbulen in 2015.

07/2021

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Sociologie

Communicating Hope and Resilience Across the Lifespan

From serious illness to natural disasters, humans turn to communication as a major source of strength to help us bounce back and to keep growing and thriving. Communicating Hope and Resilience Across the Lifespan addresses the various ways in which communication plays an important role in fostering hope and resilience. Adopting a lifespan approach and offering a new framework to expand our understanding of the concepts of "hope" and "resilience" from a communication perspective, contributors highlight the variety of "stressors" that people may encounter in their lives. They examine connections between the cognitive dimensions of hope such as self-worth, self-efficacy, and creative problem solving. They look at the variety of messages that can facilitate or inhibit experiencing hope in relationships, groups, and organizations. Other contributors look at how communication that can build strengths, enhance preparation, and model successful adaptation to change has the potential to lessen the negative impact of stress, demonstrating resilience. As an important counterpoint to recent work focusing on what goes wrong in interpersonal relationships, communication that has the potential to uplift and facilitate responses to stressful circumstances is emphasized throughout this volume. By offering a detailed examination of how to communicate hope and resilience, this book presents practical lessons for individuals, marriages, families, relationship experts, as well as a variety of other practitioners.

03/2015

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Littérature française

Willa Cather my Antonia. Unabridged Text with Introduction, Biography and Analysis

Willa Cather My Ántonia : Unabridged Text with Introduction, Biography and Analysis My Ántonia is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, considered one of her best works. It is the final book of her "prairie trilogy" of novels, preceded by O Pioneers ! and The Song of the Lark. The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong. This novel is considered Cather's first masterpiece. Cather was praised for bringing the American West to life and making it personally interesting. This edition includes the full original version of the Willa Cather's book and provides other valuable features under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, including a commented introduction, helpful bibliography, author's biography, notes, references, and much more.

05/2017

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Informatique

Database Development Environment. Oracle Architecture

This book is not a training book like the others ; this is not a self-study book, nor a reference manual, nor a practical manual... This book presents the database development environment to namely ORACLE, which aims to initiate and master the Oracle environment by presenting its architecture. Notes that I have used over the last decade to the Higher In-stitute of Management of Gabes (Tunisia) within the IT depart-ment applied this course to management. This book suitable for computer lessons for degree students and for students in Computer Engineering. The main chapters covered in this book are : - The Oracle architecture basics - The logical structure of ORACLE database - Transaction management - The Administrative Tools - Backup and Recovery

04/2016