The Holy Grail of Eris T01
Extraits
Non classé
Brides on Sale
Beginning in the 1990s large numbers of women from Mainland China and Southeast Asia married men in Taiwan. They now number over 400,000, warranting some to call them "Taiwan's Fifth Ethnic Group". This book argues that the rise of these marriages is a gendered and relational phenomenon, linked to the forces of globalization. Traditional ideas of marriage, such as the belief that a woman "marries out" of her natal family to be dependent upon her husband and his family, and the idea that a man should "marry down" to a woman of a lesser social and economic status, have not kept pace with changes in women's educational and career opportunities. How these relationships are formed, how they impact gendered understandings of women and men, how families are constituted and relationships developed, and how they affect the children of these families and their education, are the issues explored in this book. It breaks new ground in our understanding of transnational and cross-border marriages by looking at the long-term effects of such marriages on communities, families, and individuals.
04/2015
Manga
Waiting for spring Pack Découverte T01 et T02
Mitsuki Haruno a du mal à aller vers les autres, mais elle a décidé de prendre un nouveau départ en entrant au lycée. Pourtant, malgré ses efforts, elle n'arrive pas à se faire des amis aussi vite qu'elle le voudrait. Tandis qu'elle commence à désespérer, voilà qu'elle tombe sur les quatre membres les plus populaires du club de basket dans le café où elle travaille...
01/2020
Manga
Edens zero pack offre decouverte t01 et t02
Rebecca, jeune B-Cubeuse en quête de millions de vues sur sa chaîne, et Happy, son chat bleu, débarquent sur l'île de Granbell, réputée pour son gigantesque parc d'attractions géré uniquement par des robots ! Ils rencontrent toutefois un humain, le seul de l'île : Shiki, un jeune garçon un brin sauvage qui rêve d'autres horizons. C'est alors que les employés mécaniques se montrent menaçants à l'égard des humains...
01/2022
Manga
Blue period pack offre decouverte t01 et t02
Yatora est un lycéen studieux à qui tout réussit. Pourtant, il ressent depuis toujours une impression de vide en lui. Jusqu'au jour où, par hasard, il tombe sur un tableau qui le subjugue littéralement... Très vite, Yatora réalise que peindre est le seul moyen de faire passer ses émotions et de se révéler. Cet événement le pousse à se livrer corps et âme à la peinture pour tenter le concours d'entrée de la plus sélective des écoles de Beaux-arts !
01/2022
Chungnyun (seinen)
Hellbound - L'Enfer - Coffret T01 et T02 (intégrale)
Des hommes censés être honnêtes reçoivent la visite d'un être mystérieux leur annonçant qu'il leur reste 5 heures à vivre avant d'être conduits en Enfer. Ils tentent de fuir mais à l'heure dite ils sont emmenés, ne laissant que des corps calcinés derrière eux ! Certains y voient la volonté de Dieu de montrer les supplices qui les attendent, d'autres souhaitent découvrir qui tire les ficelles...
11/2022
Shonen/garçon
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Coffret T01 à T03
Une rumeur court sur l'existence de sept mystères qui hantent les murs de l'école Kamome. Parmi ces faits inexpliqués, on raconte qu'un esprit du nom de Hanako se trouverait au troisième étage du plus ancien bâtiment et qu'il exaucerait le voeu de quiconque viendrait le trouver. En classe de seconde dans cet établissement, Nene Yashiro a le béguin pour un garçon. Pourtant, malgré tous ses efforts, cet amour reste à sens unique. La jeune fille ne voit plus qu'une seule solution : s'en remettre à la légende de Hanako, sans se douter qu'accéder au bonheur requiert toujours une contrepartie...
11/2022
Comics divers
War of the Bounty Hunters T03 - Edition collector - Compte ferme
On a promis à Jabba le Hutt le corps de Han Solo, et quand Boba Fett tarde à le lui ramener, Jabba n'est pas content ! Comment va réagir la créature la plus répugnante de l'univers Star Wars ? Pendant ce temps, la course contre la montre se poursuit pour remettre la main sur le corps du héros, piégé dans la carbonite. Luke Skywalker est peut-être le seul espoir des Rebelles, mais où est-il ? Un nouveau tome pour le gigantesque crossover qui réunit toutes les séries Star Wars, pendant cinq mois. Comme à chaque fois, les lecteurs ont le choix entre la couverture souple et la cartonnée, à l'instar de ce que nous avons fait pour EMPYRE, X OF SWORDS, ou plus récemment pour MARVEL.
02/2022
Shonen/garçon
Yozakura Quartet T21. Quartet of cherry blossoms in the night
Les esprits déambulent dans la ville nouvelle de Sakura ! Hime, la lycéenne maire du quartier, Kotoha, la lexicologue, Ao, la fille aux oreilles de chat et Akina, l'être humain... La bande va retrouver Shîna à Enoshima et combat le monstre marin, ce qui n'est pas facile. Mais, à présent, tout le monde se dirige vers une nouvelle destination...
10/2022
Comics divers
War of the Bounty Hunters T04 (Edition collector) - Compte ferme
La guerre continue et les véritables motivations du vol du corps de Han Solo sont révélées ! Qi'ra, qui a permis l'ascension de Han Solo, est de retour avec sa terrifiante organisation criminelle. Les pièces se mettent en place pour l'affrontement final. Dark Vador, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Aphra, les Hutt et Boba Fett... tous courent après le butin ultime ! Avant-dernier numéro de la saga qui réunit tous les titres Star Wars ! Une entreprise sans précédent qui étoffe la période qui suit directement le film L'Empire contre-attaque ! A l'issue de cette saga, les cartes seront complètement rebattues, avec un nouveau softcover à la clé !
03/2022
Comics divers
War of the Bounty Hunters T05 (Edition collector) - Compte ferme
C'est l'heure du combat final, dans une saga qui va transformer la galaxie toute entière ! Boba Fett est dans une impasse, il ne voit pas comment il pourra récupérer le corps de Han Solo, échapper aux chasseurs de primes qui le traquent et se faire payer par Jabba. La fin en surprendra plus d'un ! Conclusion du crossover qui, cinq mois durant, a réuni toutes les séries de la galaxie Star Wars. Un nouveau statu quo découlera de cette saga avant le lancement d'un nouveau softcover STAR WARS le mois prochain, et il pourrait bien y avoir des surprises à la clé ! WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS est en tout cas, une belle occasion de s'initier aux comics Star Wars depuis le lancement de la gamme !
05/2022
Anglais apprentissage
A multitude of Sins. Richard Ford
A sequel to Rock Springs and Women with Men, the collection of short stories entitled A Multitude of Sins was published in 2001 and immediately achieved worldwide recognition. If this series of ten short stories seems to feature adultery, it would be a major mistake to believe that the stories can be reduced to what is actually a side issue or a pretext to something else, sometimes of much greater importance. As often with great writers, Richard Ford tackles several other topics along with the sin of unfaithfulness which is a base camp from which to go further up into the knowledge of human deficiency, lack and want. Pondering these sins, Richard Ford lays them all bare while often unveiling the issue of the story right from the beginning, instead of cautiously preserving it as a last chance literary trick to pull it off at the fast moment. Showing insight through observation, his writing is deceptive in as much as it seems natural and easygoing when it requires close analysis and several successive readings to yield up its literary and humane secrets. The comparison some critics have made to Chekhov is not overblown and Agregation students, certainly among the most perceptive readers in the world, should naturally enjoy both reading and studying A Multitude of Sins, pleasure and scholarship being complementary, not antagonistic. The exclusive interview of Richard Ford at the end of the book will certainly be appreciated by Agregation students, who will thus be able to finish off their knowledge of Ford's works.
11/2007
Histoire internationale
After The Last Ship
After the Last Ship illustrates the author's own history, as well as its connection to the history of other women and children who left India and made the journey across the Kala Pani, the Indian Ocean, and lived as migrants in other countries. In this book the author brings greater understanding of how subjectivities are shaped through embodied experiences of ‘mixed race'. She bears witness to the oppressive policies of the fascist government in Portugal in the 1960's and 1970's and the effects of displacement and exile, by reconstructing her own passage from India to Mozambique and finally to Australia. Further, the author shows the devastation that labels such as ‘half-caste', ‘canecos' and ‘monhe' can cause, when they eat at your flesh, your being, and your body. She sheds light on how identity and culture can serve as vehicles of empowerment, how experiences of belonging can germinate and take root post-diaspora.
04/2014
Romans policiers
The tears of the mysterious forest
At the start of the school year in Massata, Galia, an enticing young lady showed up in one of the university classes. Her homeric intelligence and her magical beauty would make her the focus, the subject of monologues and desire. Her allure enticed lecturers and mates, the brightest of the class included. They found her interesting and desirable but mysterious and reluctant about her life. The day before her birthday, the young lady decided to open up to the one she was already falling for. That night, something heart-rending happened.
12/2021
Moyen Age
Les Enfants du Graal, T1 : Les Enfants du Graal
Forteresse de Montségur, mars 1244. La croisade contre les cathares atteint son apogée lors d'un bûcher funeste, durant lequel des centaines d'hérétiques trouvent la mort. Cette nuit-là, un moine sauve de justesse deux enfants condamnés ; ils seront par la suite traqués à travers tout le continent par des factions ennemies au nombre desquelles les templiers, tandis que les forces royales et chrétiennes s'affrontent pour le pouvoir en une lutte sans merci. Car par l'héritage de leur sang, Roç et Yeza symbolisent le plus grand des secrets, recherché par toutes les puissances et capable de mettre un terme aux conflits religieux : le Graal mythique lui-même...
07/2023
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
Aventure
Bobby Sombrero. Holy Flamingo !
Dans l'obscurité de l'espace infini, un vaisseau spatial traverse les galaxies et les nébuleuses. A bord, on retrouve Bobby Sombrero et son fidèle compagnon Al Pelo. Entre kidnappings princiers, course-poursuites haletantes et sinistres expériences scientifiques, les auteurs nous entraînent dans une aventure spatiale sauvage et hilarante.
06/2021
Non classé
Temporal Logic, Omniscience, Human Freedom - Perspectives in Analytic Philosophy
The work shows the usefulness and limitation of modern logic in the study of traditional metaphysical problems. As is the usual case in all criticism of analytic philosophers against traditional philosophy, word usage must be limited to what the human mind can know. The notion of timeless knowledge for example contradicts our normal mode of word usage and cannot serve as adequate in reference to knowledge be it that of man or of God. If timeless knowledge applied to divine mode of knowing then there cannot be human freedom.
09/1991
12 ans et +
The rest of the story
Emma Saylor regarde son père danser sur la piste, un peu désabusée : elle assiste à son mariage avec une femme adorable, qui leur permet d'échapper enfin aux difficultés qui les poursuivent depuis la mort de sa mère, cinq ans plus tôt, d'une overdose. La jeune fille ne sait pas grand-chose de ce qui est vraiment arrivé. Et, pour pouvoir aller de l'avant, elle aussi, elle aimerait bien connaître... la fin de l'histoire. Or elle n'a plus revu sa grand-mère maternelle ou ses cousins depuis un séjour chez eux quand elle était toute petite. Mais le destin va lui donner un coup de pouce : pendant la lune de miel de son père, elle doit justement passer un mois au bord du lac où vit cette énigmatique famille. Car si, pour son père, elle est Emma, aux yeux de sa mère, de ses cousins et des amis d'autrefois, en revanche, elle était quelqu'un d'autre - elle était la petite Saylor, même si ce ne fut que le temps d'un été. Et c'est ce passé enfoui qu'elle va redécouvrir comme un trésor. Un parquet qui grince sous ses pas, une odeur familière... Elle qui ne se rappelle pas même le visage de sa grand-mère se rend compte qu'elle connaît cet endroit. Elle retrouve sa cousine, qui joue avec le feu comme la mère d'Emma avant elle, et Roo, le garçon dont elle était inséparable enfant. Tel un détective, elle va remonter le temps en arrière, pour découvrir non seulement qui elle est, mais aussi quelle adolescente a été sa mère. Car avant de tomber amoureuse d'un fils de famille privilégié, celle-ci a perdu son meilleur ami dans un étrange accident de bateau à moteur... Un roman de Sarah Dessen n'est jamais, jamais une déception. La reine de la fiction young adult observe les mouvements du coeur d'un adolescente dans la tourmente avec une justesse stupéfiante - ce qui fait dire à tout le milieu littéraire aux Etats-Unis qu'elle est, ni plus ni moins, une rock star. Emotion à fleur de peau et regard acéré sur les choses : venez savourer en sa compagnie une gourmandise à nulle autre pareille...
06/2019
Lectures graduées
The Turn of the Screw
Plongez en VO dans ce livre incroyable. Pour vous aider, des traductions en marge vous permettront de bien comprendre le texte original. Ces textes en VO font partie des lectures imposées pour les classes de Première dans le cadre du nouveau bac de 2022.
05/2023
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
Non classé
Polygyny in Pre-christian Bafut and New Moral Theological Perspectives
Polygyny, commonly called polygamy, has been one of the main obstacles to evangelisation in Africa. After Vatican II many theologians began to question the traditional church policy towards polygamists and their wives who, after receiving the faith, asked for baptism. The two main solutions proposed were the baptism and the life catechumenate solutions. The present work studies polygyny in pre-christian Bafut and traces the history of the problem of polygynous converts from 1201. It suggests that the real obstacle to their baptism is polysex, not poly-marriage. In the concluding chapter, a solution is offered to polysex, according to which the polygamist, after baptism, becomes a special kind of monogamist.
11/1992
Critique littéraire
Etudes anglaises N° 1/2023 : No Future. Poetry of the Current British Crisis
Daniel Katz, No Future : Poetry of the Current British Crisis David Grundy, "The Arc of Struggle" : Poetry and Defeat in the Work of Sean Bonney Malachi McIntosh, Images of Transcendence : "Crisis Always" and the New Black British Poets Andrea Brady, The Anti-Austerity Poetics of the Archive : Jay Bernard's Surge and Holly Pester's go to reception and ask for Sara in red felt-tip Stephen Collis, "Things to address directly" : Border Politics and Contemporary British Poetry Michael Gardiner, Independence and Extinction in Scottish Wilderness Writing Shalini Sengupta, "Is the poet / An imperial dissident" : Migration and the Limits of Care in Bhanu Kapil's How to Wash a Heart Comptes rendus Notes on Contributors Guidelines for Authors
06/2023
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
Informatique
Flash .Net. Dynamic content for designers with Flash remoting MX and ASP.NET
Flash.NET is the book which is your ticket to the future of application design. Two cutting-edge technologies, joined in union to provide the perfect marriage.
Macromedia Flash MX really excels when it comes to presenting graphical, interactive content. It's a superb tool for building user interfaces and for presenting content that changes over time.
Microsoft's NET Framework is a suite of tools for building powerful applications, both on and off the Web.
Put them together, and a whole raft of new possibilities opens up for both: powerful logic and functionality with a rich, flexible interface on the front. Put them together, and you get Flash.NET.
In this book, a team of expert designers and developers show you how to add dynamic NET content and turbocharged server-side functionality to your Flash MX projects.
In short, you need this book if you're a Flash designer who wants a cutting-edge advantage and doesn't want to get left behind when ail the cool people have started utilizing the power of NET with their applications.
To run the examples in this book for yourself, you'll need:
• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
• Macromedia Flash MX
• Microsoft NET Framework SDK (free download from Microsoft)
The book also covers Macromedia Flash Remoting MX
11/2002
Ethnologie et anthropologie
The Wolves Rise Again. New elites born out of chaos
The successive shocks that strike our time have acted as an indicator of men : the bland elites of yesteryear, suddenly rejected by the masses, went back silently into the void where they had first come from. This opportunist plutarchy, that maintained itself so far, thanks to the industry of lying, the targeted elimination of creative people, will soon be engulfed. Around these illusionists with no audience, the hidden alphas will begin to rise. Within a few months, alphas, forged in a new metal, invaded public space. How can it be explained ? In troubled times, the hierarchies of peacetime had left, suddenly, a place to the atomisation of individuals. Chaos then allows the individual alphas to rise to power. Like a pack of wolves, these alphas quickly take the lead of small human groups organising themselves into rival packs. The French Revolution is a striking example of this evolution : the masters of yesterday were relegated because of their unsuitability.
06/2022
Non classé
Living in Two Worlds
This is a study of Singapore pastors' worldview & understanding of the epidemiology, symptomatology and management of possession behaviour. The pastors' accounts are compared with those from the scientific disciplines, and convergences and divergences noted. Factors shaping both the pastors' and the scientific discourses are examined. The pastors are shown to respond to competing scientific paradigms by reinforcing their two-worlds worldview. They either live mainly in the other world, or in each world at a time, or between the two worlds. Based on theological reflection focusing on epistemology, theodicy & cosmology, the author shows that the paradigm of living in both worlds simultaneously is the most appropriate pastoral response. The theological vision of the coexisting worlds and the pastoral task of unmasking and resisting evil in all its varieties and depths are then discussed.
05/1994
Thrillers
Death Games - (Looking for Sally II). (Looking for Sally II)
At the end of a deadly roadtrip, Charlie sets out on a frantic search for her father left for dead, following a trail of breadcrumbs laid by an increasingly vicious demon on the verge of incarnation. The countdown is on as Sally embarks on a dangerous experiment and the death toll keeps on rising... A gory, disturbing thriller that takes us deeper and deeper into the darkness of the human psyche. Readers discretion is advised.
12/2021
Non classé
Unravelling the Labyrinth
Unravelling the Labyrinth contains essays on a range of German writers including Robert Walser, Franz Kafka, Hölderlin, Theodor Fontane and Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Reflecting the wide range of interests of the recipient, Professor Eric Marson, the focus of the essays is on decoding the metaphorical plane of meaning of the text from a methodological approach of close reading.
08/1997
Non classé
The Image of the Woman in the Works of Ingeborg Bachmann
In this study an analysis of the women characters, who play a dominant part in Bachmann's prose writings, was presented. The results suggested a complex but coherent image. It was found that although the characteristics of this image deserved the appellation "sex-specific" and "traditional" they were infused with new values : the values of individualism, of a specifically female identity and of particular intense personal freedom. It was also found that the theme of personal freedom underlies all motivations, conflicts and situations of tragedy of Bachmann's heroines. Finally, it was found that the image of the woman is not only part of a distinct female-male antithesis, which often assumes violent dimensions, but has a redeeming function for a de-humanized world.
09/1993
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
