The World Book Day Award
Extraits
Monographies
A Tale of Two Monkeys. Adventures in the Art World
Anthony Speelman is the doyen of English art dealers specializing in Dutch Golden Age art. Vividly written and handsomely illustrated, his memoirs offer fascinating insight into the sometimes secretive world of Old Masters. This book will appeal not only to dealers, collectors and others in the fine art world, but also to would-be collectors eager for a glimpse behind the curtain. These memoirs cover a lifetime of dealing in Old Masters at the very highest level. Speelman's career started under the guidance of his father Edward, whose own biography has much to tell. Over the years, Speelman has sold paintings to many of the world's greatest collectors, including Norton Simon, Paul Mellon, Baron Thyssen, Harold Samuel, Charles Clore and the Wrightsmans in New York, along with world renowned museums such as the Getty, the Louvre and the National Gallery, London, among many others. He writes about his encounters with these eminent bodies in a light-hearted style, sometimes amusing, always extremely interesting - including an anecdote about a recent meeting with a Chinese billionaire with a penchant for fine wine. The two monkeys in the title refer to two paintings of a monkey holding a peach by George Stubbs, the outstanding English animal painter. Anthony describes how he discovered one of these masterpieces as a 'sleeper' in a Sotheby's sale. Early in his career Anthony's rooms in Piccadilly were broken into and a number of paintings stolen, including a George Stubbs painting of a spaniel. An intriguing tale follows, ending with the paintings recovered some eighteen months later after a failed blackmail attempt on the part of the thieves. Amongst his accomplishments, Speelman was for many years chairman of the vetting committee at the annual Maastricht art fair. He describes the working of the committees which ensure that all works exhibited are correctly described. Still active in the art world, he is currently chairman of the vetting committee of the prestigious annual Masterpiece art fair in London. Other chapters detail Speelman's travels to California, New York and Paris, his interest in gastronomy and his thrilling adventures in the world of horseracing. The book is beautifully illustrated with examples of works that have passed through the author's hands. The wide range of illustrations is not limited to Dutch art and includes works by Canaletto, Stubbs, Raphael, Tiepolo, Melendez and other Old Masters.
12/2022
Militaire
GOLD, Objectif Bayeux
On the night of the 31st of December 1943, two British commandos successfully collected a few samples of sand and peat under the very nose of the Germans posted at Ver-sur-Mer. Five months later, some 25, 000 men followed in their footsteps and landed on the same shores, codenamed Gold Beach. Barely had they landed, the British troops set out to building an artificial harbour, undoubtedly one of the finest technical feats of the Second World War. It was to prove a major asset for securing Allied supremacy in the months that followed the D-Day Landings.
03/2023
Documentaires jeunesse
Quentin Blake and the Demoiselles des Bords de Seine
Quentin Blake is one of the best-known illustrators of our time. He was Roald Dahl's regular illustrator, and their books have enjoyed world popularity with generations of children. Blake has collaborated with many other well-known authors and also created his own picture-books such as Clown and Zagazoo. Quentin Blake was born in England in 1932. For more than 20 years he taught in and then led the illustration department of the Royal College of Art. In 1999 he became the first Children's Laureate and in 2005 was appointed CBE for his services to children's literature. In France, where he spends a great deal of his time and where he has been published by Gallimard for the past 30 years, Quentin Blake has the same huge reputation as in Great Britain. His work has been exhibited there, and he has produced several books especially for French readers. In 2002 he was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. It was on account of this reputation that he was invited by the Petit Palais to select and present the exhibition Quentin Blake et les Demoiselles des Bords de Seine, and in the exhibition and this book he displays his enthusiasm for 19th century French art with a perceptiveness and liveliness which will speak to readers of all ages.
12/2005
Religion
Conjugal Love and the Ends of Marriage
The importance of conjugal love in marriage, allegedly overlooked by pre-conciliar marriage doctrine, is strikingly emphasized by present-day Catholic Church documents. The stable incorporation of conjugal love into Catholic marriage doctrine finds its roots in the Second Vatican Council's Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the modern world, Gaudium et spes. During the elaboration of the chapter on marriage and the family in Gaudium et spes, it was observed that its third conciliar draft, textus recognitus, contained ideas which are similar to what Dietrich von Hildebrand and Herbert Doms had pronounced during the 1930s. Some theologians and canonists, in fact, have opined that these authors paved the way for the personalist treatment of marriage in this century by underlining the importance of conjugal love. Others have even asserted that the Gaudium et spes doctrine on marriage is the confirmation of Doms's thought. What accounts for the shift towards an emphasis on conjugal love in the theological presentation of marriage ? What did these two authors understand by it and how did they articulate the matrimonial ends ? How were their ideas received by the theologians and by the Church ? To what extent and in what ways are their ideas reflected in the conciliar document ? This book probes these questions which are fundamental to understanding the evolution of the Catholic doctrinal presentation of marriage.
04/1998
Sciences de la terre et de la
Sponges of the New Caledonian lagoon
The present book which is devoted to Parifera or Sponges and profusely illustrated allows bring to light the most characteristic species of the New Caledonian lagoon with all the scientific rigor necessary. It is also well documented on the structure and function of Sponges.
the scientific rigor necessary. It is also well documented on the structure and function of Sponges.
Books like the present one are so important in educating the world community about the unique biodiversity contained within isolated island ecosystems, and we hope that they contribute in some way to careful management and preservation of these unique environments.
Cet ouvrage consacré aux Spongiaires ou Eponges, abondamment illustré, permet de faire connaître avec toute la rigueur scientifique, nécessaire les espèces spécifiques les plus
caractéristiques du lagon de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Il offre également une importante documentation sur la structure et le fonctionnement des Eponges.
Un tel ouvrage a aussi une vocation éducative : en révélant la fascinante biodiversité des écosystèmes récifaux, il incite à la préservation de ces milieux uniques.
06/1998
Informatique
DREAMWEAVER 2 H.O.T HANDS-ON TRAINING. CD-Rom included
Do you like to learn by doing? Do manuals leave you craving for real-world examples? Are you looking for concrete training that goes beyond theory and reference materials?
Learn Dreamweaver by following classroom-proven exercises that will teach you to build sophisticated web pages. This book is geared toward people who have never written HTML or those who would like to switch from coding by hand to a visual HTML editor.
Complete with insider tips, illustrated with detailed graphics, and accompanied by a CD-ROM that's loaded with guided exercises, demo software and QuickTime movies, this book ensures that you'll learn all the key features of Dreamweaver 2.
12/1999
Mexique
Secret Mexico City
An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew the city well or who would like to discover its many other facets. The forgotten café where Fidel Castro and Che Guevara used to meet, a tribute to the city's ghosts, a mammoth in the metro, a cave transformed into a shrine, an underground parking lot with mosaics dating from 1930, a Baroque altarpiece made from papier mâché, a village based on the principles of Thomas More's Utopia, secret masterpieces of colonial art in rooms only open around two hours a week, the largest roof garden in Latin America, the photo on which the Oscar statuette is modelled, the first building in the world faced with a material that can trap urban smog, a road surface designed for praying as you walk ...
02/2024
Arts décoratifs - Traditions
Extraordinary Collections. French Interiors, Flea Markets, Ateliers
Marin Montagut has always collected objects imbued with a poetic soul that sparks the imagination. In his travels across France, he has met remarkable antique dealers and passionate amateurs ; here, he takes us into the magical world of their extraordinary collections. Before embarking on this enchanted voyage, Marin welcomes us into his home and his studio-a lyrical mix of colors and styles where every object has a story to tell. He invites us to stroll through Paris's Saint-Ouen flea market on an exhilarating treasure hunt. We discover folk art and antique glassware in the Perche and rare Provençal ceramics and basketry in an hôtel particulier. An unusual museum of shops from another century allows us to travel back in time. We marvel at sculptures from antiquity in a plaster cast workshop and admire the ethereal beauty of articulated artists' mannequins in a Parisian apartment. Following in the footsteps of a set designer, we search for a film prop, before getting lost in a thousand-book maze inside a writer's realm. This book is an invitation to rediscover childhood memories that will enhance each day.
09/2023
Musique, danse
Blondie. Living in the real world
Groupe phare des années 70 et 80, Blondie est l'auteur de tubes intemporels ("Call Me", "Heart Of Glass", "The Tide Is High" ou encore "One Way Or Another") que l'on retrouve dans toutes les compilations pop-rock. Issu du mouvement punk américain puis classé new wave, Blondie a su très tôt se jouer des étiquettes en adoptant un son power pop reconnaissable entre mille et en expérimentant avec la curiosité et l'enthousiasme pour ligne directrice. Mais si Blondie est bel et bien un groupe de rock, sa figure de proue féminine, Deborah Harry, immortalisée sur des photographies glamour, qui n'a pas laissé indifférentes Madonna ou Shirley Manson, a semé la confusion. Blondie, était-ce Deborah Harry ou un véritable groupe ? Ce livre offrira une réponse à cette question légitime. Cette promenade dans le monde réel vous permettra de suivre le parcours de chacun de ses membres, sans négliger leurs efforts en solo, discographiques et même cinématographiques. Arpentons ensemble les pavés de l'enfer du CBGB, l'ascension foudroyante du groupe jusqu'à son départ précipité par la petite porte puis son retour triomphal au crépuscule des années 90 et sa longévité qui se vérifie encore de nos jours, le groupe ne cessant d'enregistrer de nouveaux albums et de tourner aux quatre coins de la planète. Donnons la parole à un guitariste adepte de soli stratosphériques, un batteur jamais avare de coups, une chanteuse tendrement psychopathe, un claviériste rutilant, un manager méphistophélique et bien d'autres... Croisons des figures familières comme Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, James Woods ou encore Paul McCartney. Il est temps de dénouer les noeuds de l'affaire Blondie !
08/2019
Beaux arts
Tino Zervudachi. Interiors Around the World
Over the past forty years, interior designer Tino Zervudachi has forged an impressive reputation internationally ; his portfolio spans sumptuous homes all over the world, from Paris, London, and New York, to Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Rio de Janeiro. Having honed his craft under British interiors legend David Mlinaric, Zervudachi designed his first house at age twenty-one. Since moving to Paris in 1990, he has continued to refine his bold yet elegant approach, revealing a rare sensitivity to texture and historical detail, as well as a love of artisanal excellence. In Zervudachi's hands, even the most spectacular room gains a subtle, lived-in quality, while humbler rooms grow grand : a sleight of hand that has led to an illustrious client list including art collectors, business titans, and bohemian aristocrats. Featuring previously unpublished photographs, and insightful texts and interviews by author Natasha A. Fraser, this new book captures the designer's sublime and singular world. Each project bears witness to the passion, precision, and curiosity that Zervudachi brings to his craft. From a reimagined family château in France, an elegant beach house in the Bahamas, or a breathtaking ski chalet in the Alps, to a vintage motor yacht or a rustic Spanish finca transformed into an island retreat, this volume charts Zervudachi's inimitable ability to magically transform his clients' homes, enhancing their collections with his original color choices, mastery of light, and daring selection of furniture and textiles.
10/2022
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
Shonen/garçon
The World of Summoning Tome 1
Les invocateurs sont des êtres ayant la capacité de faire apparaître diverses "choses" et créatures en provenance d'autres mondes. C'est d'ailleurs au milieu de ses créatures venues de mondes parallèles qu'a grandi Tokoyo. Ce jeune garçon n'a qu'un seul rêve : devenir lui aussi invocateur ! C'est dans ce but qu'il rejoint l'Académie d'invocation, l'école spécialisée dans cette discipline. Alors qu'il souhaitait vivre la scolarité la plus normale possible, il se retrouve propulsé dans la classe des forces spéciales ! Il semblerait que sous ses airs simplets, Tokoyo dissimule un grand secret qui oblige l'Académie à lui réserver un traitement particulier... Un secret qui pourrait bien bouleverser notre monde... Le nouveau shônen fantastique de Yûki Kodama (BLOOD LAD)
09/2023
Romans, témoignages & Co
The upper world. Le monde caché
2020. Esso, 16 ans, navigue entre le lycée et les gangs qui font la loi dans son quartier pauvre de Londres. Un jour, en voulant sauver un garçon sur le point de se faire renverser par une voiture, il reçoit un violent coup à la tête. C'est alors qu'il vit une expérience étrange, et se retrouve comme projeté dans un espace-temps alternatif, ou le "Monde caché" ... 2035. Rhia est une ado paumée qui passe de famille d'accueil en famille d'accueil. Son nouveau tuteur scolaire, M. Esso, parvient cependant à l'intéresser à la physique quantique. Selon lui, elle serait la clé du voyage dans le temps. Intriguée, Rhia décide alors d'aider M. Esso dans son incroyable quête du Monde caché. Ensemble, ils parviendront peut-être à réécrire leur passé pour changer leur futur...
03/2023
Shonen/garçon
The World of Summoning Tome 3
Garden, la créature invoquée responsable de la création du Prieuré de la non-réalité a piégé Tokoyo et ses camarades dans une dimension parallèle. Pour les libérer, Garden impose comme condition que Tokoyo l'exécute. Cet acte, qui va à l'encontre des convictions du jeune garçon, risque de lui faire perdre son humanité et ainsi libérer sa pleine puissance. Mais les pouvoirs éveillés de Tokoyo sont capables de changer la face du monde à jamais !
03/2024
Non classé
Mass Culture Criticism and «Dissent»
Mass Culture Criticism and 'Dissent' by Lou Anne Bulik offers a provocative new look at the debate over mass culture in American magazines during the post World War II years. Bulik traces the influence of the Frankfurt School's analysis of mass culture on American intellectuals ; explores the course of the mass culture discussion in Politics, Partisan Review, Daedalus, Diogenes, and Dissent ; and suggests that Dissent's approach to the issue differed substantially from that of other magazines. Because Dissent focused on the impact of mass culture on the mind, Bulik suggests that the debate in Dissent was actually an attempt to articulate the presentiment that mass culture, particularly through the paradigm of television, would change patterns of thought and understanding. The study concludes with a look at recent criticism which lends newfound weight to Dissent's discussion of mass culture in the 1950s and early 1960s.
06/1993
Histoire de France
Protestant resistance (version poche)
Strategically located between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean, criss crossed by major communication axis joining north to South ant east to West, the South of France has always been a melting pot of people and ideas... No wonder then that as soon as the Reformation started, it received and enthusiastic welcome in many of the towns and villages and soon swept most of the Southern half of France. In many of these villages, the descendants of the Cathars and the Vaudois had been living quietly and were among the first to join the new churches. However, challenging the spiritual, and in some cases the secular, power of Rome wasn't without danger ; soon the "heretics" were being persecuted, harassed and burned with their seditious books. As the French Kings (with the notable exception of Henry IV), sided with the Pope, a culture of resistance developed and has remained to this day. This book shows the clear link and shared ideas between the Huguenots who fought Louis XIVth and their descendants who hid Jewish children and fought nazi occupation forces. Richar Maltby, retired Professor of History at King's School in Canterbury and the author of a successful illustrated history of Canterbury takes us through the villages, towns and hideouts of the Huguenots and follows the Renaissance to WWII. His well-researched and well-illustrated book describes how the influence of the Bible and protestant theology permeated a whole civilization with a strong love for freedom and rejection of oppression.
07/2018
Science-fiction
The Master : Le trône ; Universal Master ; Angels ; Role Playing game ; All role in ; Damned blood ; The last day ; Fantasy Worlds
Le roi est en train de mourir tous les citoyens du royaume sont amenés à participer au tournoi du trône, tournoi qui verra les 100 élus s'affronter sur la montagne sacrée qui élira le prochain roi . Ils devront gravir la montagne de marche en marche , le premier arrivé au sommet , qui deviendra le roi, chaque marche t'envoyant dans une dimension différente... Universal master, un spin off du trône avec un affrontement pour celui qui accédera au trône et deviendra un Master... Angels (ou protocole Angels) : ils ont des capacités et doivent former deux clans qui s'affrontent le chef d'un des deux clans deviendra le Master ... . Role playing game , vous avez 50% de chance de devoir passer par la grotte où une araignée géante vous attend, un jeu de tv shows avec un master pour guide en mode pourcentage, ça vous dit ... All role in : un jeu video en immersion vous pouvez y jouer tous les personnages que vous souhaitez... Damned blood : un trône, une malédiction due à leur sang qui est maudit pour contourner la malédiction il leur faut épouser une femme de l'autre monde , le notre ... The Last Day, notre princesse a perdu sa vie innocente le jour où ce chevalier noir a oté la vie de ses parents devant elle, et qu'elle a fuit le palais , 8 ans plus tard il revient la chercher pour l'epouser... Fantasy worlds , entrez dans ce monde de fantasy et devenez ce que vous avez toujours souhaiter devenir un elfe, ou une autre créature, vous avez le choix, et un jour vous deviendrez le maitre de ce monde , le Master
01/2020
Littérature française
Chance freedom. Translated by Eric Turcat & Hannah Farris
If Chance is a "straw man" and Freedom a distant ideal, then why write poetry in the first place ? Because not all straw men are hollow and because not all ideals should fade into the distance. In his third book of French poetry translated into English, Dotoli continues to shine as a beacon of hope and optimism in a world that often forgets how its prosaic whimpers may still resonate with a lyrical bang.
03/2023
Monographies
Karl. No Regrets
The artist Patrick Hourcade met Karl Lagerfeld in 1976, initiating a friendship that would last more than twenty years, nourished by a shared passion for the arts of the eighteenth century. Patrick Hourcade tells us the story of this aesthetic meeting of minds. Together they would construct a magnificent world of refinement and luxury-at times bordering on the extravagant-from the Château de Grand-Champ in Brittany to the Hôtel Pozzo di Borgo in Paris and villa La Vigie on the Côte d'Azur. Drawing on unpublished photographs and documents, the author paints an intimate portrait of Karl Lagerfeld, both shadow and light. He gives us a unique and singular perspective, populated by the exceptional personalities who accompanied the great couturier throughout his life.
10/2021
Littérature étrangère
Day
Alfred Day a quinze ans lorsque la guerre éclate en 1939. Pour fuir un père alcoolique, il s'engage dans la Royal Air Force. La guerre sera son terrain d'apprentissage : il y découvre l'amitié auprès de ses compagnons d'armes, les romans d'Arthur Conan Doyle, et l'amour, dans les bras de Joyce. Mais la violence le rattrape. Au cours d'une mission de bombardement, son appareil est abattu. Seul survivant de l'équipage, il est capturé par l'ennemi. Quelques années plus tard, même s'il a recouvré la liberté, Day est prisonnier de ses souvenirs. En 1949, il décide de solder son passé en acceptant de faire de la figuration dans un film sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Au milieu d'acteurs en costume et de décors en carton-pâte, il retrouve la douleur du deuil et la peur perpétuelle. Dans ce livre baroque, aux accents dostoïevskiens, A. L. Kennedy plonge un homme ordinaire dans des situations qui le dépassent et révèlent sa complexité. Styliste virtuose, elle signe avec Day son œuvre la plus aboutie.
01/2009
Comics
The Little Book of the Hulk. Edition français-anglais-allemand
Bruce Banner ne peut rien contrôler quand il se change en incroyable, sauvage ou ravageur Hulk, pour le plus grand malheur de tous ceux qui lui barrent la route, en particulier s'ils ont de mauvaises intentions. Cet album s'engage dans le sillage dévastateur du titan au fil de 192 pages d'images emblématiques de Hulk appuyées par des textes de la légende des comics Roy Thomas, également auteur de 75 ans de Marvel. De l'âge d'or des comics à l'ère des blockbusters.
06/2018
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
Histoire internationale
One Artist on Five Continents
Elisabet Delbrück (1876-1967) was one of a number of Germans who came to New Zealand in the late 1930s. Unlike most, she had not intended to emigrate but was touring the country when World War II broke out. She was at first forbidden to leave and then chose to remain in Wellington. Her thirty years in Mahina Bay on Wellington harbour had a profound effect on all who knew her. This study aims to discover why she was so remarkable. It explores her early life, her marriage into a prominent German family and her qualification as an artist. She turned this into a profession, teaching and exhibiting on five continents in the 1920s and 1930s. She always travelled alone, observing the customs and beliefs of the people she met. In Australia and New Zealand in 1938 and 1939 she was wrongly suspected of spreading Nazi propaganda. Her story is also the story of a heroic group of Wellingtonians who helped her in the 1940s and valued her friendship till her death.
12/2011
Monographies
The Magic Book. Edition français-anglais-allemand
La magie enchante l'humanité depuis des millénaires, suscitant l'effroi, le rire, la stupeur et l'émerveillement. Autrefois persécutés comme hérétiques et sorciers, les magiciens ont toujours été les intermédiaires d'un univers parallèle aux possibilités infinies, qu'ils évoquent des esprits, lisent dans les pensées ou inversent les lois de la nature en un tour de passe-passe. Longtemps avant la science-fiction, la réalité virtuelle, les jeux vidéo et Internet, l'art de la magie était le monde imaginaire le plus puissant que l'homme ait connu. Véritables pionniers des effets spéciaux, les magiciens n'ont cessé de nous plonger dans la perplexité en rendant l'impossible possible. Cet ouvrage rend hommage à plus de cinq siècles d'une étourdissante culture iconographique créée par les plus grands magiciens du monde. Rassemblant plus de 750 documents rarement vus - affiches, photographies, programmes, gravures, ainsi que des tableaux de Jérôme Bosch et Bruegel notamment - il retrace l'histoire de la magie du XVe siècle aux années 1950. Grâce à des illustrations sensationnelles et des textes clairs et instructifs, Magic explore l'art du magicien, des premiers escamoteurs des rues aux brillants prestidigitateurs des théâtres, de l'âge d'or de la magie, au XIXe siècle, aux risque-tout révolutionnaires comme Houdini et aux artistes de cabaret du début du XXe siècle.
08/2021
Eveil de la foi
RDV The Book. 365 méditations, Edition 2024
A l'aide du RDV, le lecteur découvre quotidiennement un texte biblique, un commentaire du texte rédigé par l'un des auteurs et une mise en pratique. En quatre ans, et autant de livres, pas loin de la totalité de la Bible sera ainsi couverte. L'application pour Smartphone s'appuie sur le texte et le commentaire du jour pour aider le lecteur à approfondir sa méditation, à l'aide de vidéo, d'audio, de témoignage, d'images et de beaucoup d'autre contenu.
09/2023
BD tout public
The TechnoPriests Book 1 : Techno Pre-School
On the Sacred Asteroid, my mother the high priestess first gave birth to my brother Almagro, a splendid dark-skinned child who
immediately took his place at her breast. I was born later, whiter than marble and every scrawny, because already in the womb my brother had pushed himself into my space. But even more frightful was our little sister, Onyx, bright red and with four arms.
I, Albino, have now become Supreme TechnoPriest, and can tell my story.
01/1999
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
ARCHIMEDES. What Did He Do Besides Cry Eureka?
THIS BOOK HAS ONLY ONE PURPOSE: To make the discoveries of Archimedes easily accessible to a wide audience, from anyone with a background in high school algebra to a busy practicing mathematician.
Many people have heard two things about Archimedes: He was the greatest mathematician of antiquity and he ran naked from his bath crying, "Eureka, eureka!" Few of us, layperson or mathematician, are familiar with the accomplishments on which his reputation rests. This book describes in detail those astonishing accomplishments: how he
developed the theory of the lever and the center of gravity; how he used the center of gravity to study whether a floating object would tip over; how he summed a geometric series and the squares; and how he found the volume and surface area of a sphere. His ability to do so much with the few tools at his disposal is astonishing. He was like a one-person Institute for Advanced Study, making fundamental discoveries in the fields of geometry, mechanics and hydrostatics.
The exposition is leisurely and supported by a brief life of Archimedes and some 120 illustrations. Any reader who is aware that the graph of y = x2 is a parabola can follow all the reasoning. Although the book uses only high school mathematics, professional mathematicians will find much here of interest as well.
01/1999
Informatique
LEARN ACTIVEX DEVELOPMENT USING VISUAL C++ 6.0. CD-ROM included
Learn ActiveX Development Using Visual C++ 6.0 presents the basics of the Component Object Model, the ActiveX Template Library, and the Microsoft Foundation Classes, and explains how these technologies all work together to create cutting-edge components for modem applications and web pages. The text then covers the creation of several types of ActiveX controls in both ATL and MFC, and how to support Property Pages and events in both ATL and MFC. Finally, the author explores the mechanics of using ActiveX on the Internet.
Learn ActiveX Development Using Visual C++ 6.0 is the first in Wordware's series of ActiveX/COM-oriented books for Visual C++ programmers. While some of the information within these books overlaps to ensure that each book stands alone, each does focus on a specific ActiveX/COM-related technology. Look for these other titles: Learn OLE DB Development with Visual C++ 6.0 (1-55622634-9), Learn ActiveX Template Library Development with Visual C++ 6.0 (1-55622-633-0), and Learn Microsoft Transaction Server Development Using Visual C++ 6.0 (1-55622-629-2).
This book:
> Presents the basics of COM, ATL, and MFC.
> Shows how to create several types of controls in both ATL and MFC.
> Demonstrates Property Page and event support in ATL and MFC.
> Explores the use of ActiveX on the Internet.
> Includes a CD containing complete source code and projects; several third-party applications and utilities for creating HTML, CDF, OSD, and ASP files; and trial versions of Borland tools.
01/1999
Ethnologie
Glimpses of african cultures. Echos des cultures africaines, Edition bilingue français-anglais
This book covers various aspects of African traditional cultures that include: communication, marriage ceremonies, funerals, traditional rites, witchcraft, traditional cultural activities, and traditional beliefs. It will undoubtedly appeal to anyone who wants to understand better our African cultures. The reading of some of the stories will certainly raise existential questions about the nature of spirits, truth, and the place of God in the collective mind of the Africans. Some of the questions are the following: how is it possible that a human being has his double in an animal known as his totem ? How corne that, for people who do not believe in reincarnation, it is the chief who determines the future of the soul of the deceased ? In "Mourning habits in the West province of Cameroon," it appears that, if the soul is not taken care of, it will cause physical havoc in the society. Could there be a link between our souls and the physical elements of nature ? Is skull worshiping among the Bamileke merely a traditional practice or are they really able to communicate with their ancestors through the skulls ? What has led the Aghem people to firmly believe that lakes can physically move, that the dead live in their lakes, that children live in their pre-human state as caterpillars and may transform into reptiles when they are still babies ? What makes it possible for the human mind to communicate with animais, exchange messages as is shown in "How animais and things can speak and communicate in the Yambassa culture" ? Apart from the physical world as we know it, could there truly be a spiritual world that witches and wizards have access to and which system of values could this spiritual world be subjected to ? Every single paper of the more than 80 papers and squibs this book comprises is truly an invitation to explore further the untapped richness of African cultures.
04/2011
Histoire internationale
Bomb N : ressources, mysteries and opportunities of the Congo basin. Advocacy of Denis Sassou N'Guesso for the protection of the planet
This book of Michel Innocent Peya is devoted to the Congo Basin, the second largest reserve in the world : its natural ressources, its mysteries, legal and institutional frameworks, national, subregional and international levels that protect it. The basin of Congo is an African opportunity for the whole world. Its preservation and its protection over time are an action of conscience, will, commitment, determination and sacrifices for the benefit of humanity. Nature cannot be defending alone ; the Congo Basin finds among his children in love with nature a spokesperson or a soulmate in the person of the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou N'Guesso. He is one with nature. This is why, time and time again, he cries out against the abusive and irrational exploitation of the Earth, which is the source of delayed natural disasters, irreversible, and mass destruction : the Bomb "N". This saving son of the world demonstrates his involvement by his career and his advocacy at several international, subregional and national summits on protection of the global environment. This book puts in the world place the intrinsic qualities of its international environmental policy, an arduous fight for thirty years for the preservation of nature, the balance of global climate. It plays the role of a climatoecological pivot in the Congo Basin subregion. His climate leadership is the result of coordinated sectoral planned policies, implemented, objectives clearly defined and adapted, credible and effective diplomacy. His sacrifices for humanity, its dedication to the cause of our planet and its management for the future of humanity and future generations give it the status of patrimonium of mankind. Protector as well as defender of the Congo Basin, he receives the blows and the backlash from mafia networks who wish to illegally exploit the huge ressources of this part of the Earth. It reveals to the donor community climatic conditions and to all human civilization the opportunities offered by the Congo (ecotourism, development of the pharmaceutical industry and the market Common Forest of Central African Countries). Peat bogs constitute for the Congo Basin the largest terrestrial reserve of organic carbon. They store twice as much carbon as other forests in the world. He calls on the conscience of climate hinders, because the peat bog is an essential source of ecological stability, a precious reserve of carbon and the cradle of unique flora and fauna to the world and its survival also requires the integration of local communities' indigenous peoples through sustainable projects. This book is a reference tool for understanding and analyzing the basin of Congo, its natural wealth, its legal and institutional framework, in the dynamics of climate-political leadership and its myriad opportunities for the planet. As a result, the author believes that the achievement of these objectives is dependent on climate-political leadership that the Congo Basin space exerts in the concert nations. As it is said in Africa, one finger cannot wash the whole face.
08/2018
