Four Knights of the Apocalypse T02
Extraits
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Comics Super-héros
Marvel Knights
Alors que New York souffre d'une terrible vague de chaleur, un tueur en série rend l'atmosphère carrément irrespirable... Les efforts de Daredevil pour empêcher Hell's Kitchen d'exploser risquent de ne pas suffire ! Et qui est la mystérieuse Echo qui fait irruption dans la vie de Matt Murdock ? Un morceau d'histoire ! Quand Marvel confie à Joe Quesada la tâche de relancer les héros urbains de la Maison des Idées au travers du label Marvel Knights, l'artiste fait appel aux plus grands scénaristes et dessinateurs pour créer des aventures désormais mythiques de Daredevil. Le succès sera tel que Quesada se verra ensuite confié le poste de rédacteur en chef de Marvel.
03/2023
Beaux arts
900 Years of St Bartholomew's. The History, Art and Architecture of London's Oldest Parish Church
This important book presents a comprehensive history of St Bartholomew the Great, the oldest parish church in London. In 2023, the Priory Church and Hospital will celebrate the 900th anniversary of their foundation. At the heart of the Smithfield area, with its hospital, pubs, restaurants and market, is a church built when Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, was King of England. Overlooking the fields where kings confronted rebellions, knights jousted and heretics were burnt, St Bartholomew's Priory and Hospital played a central role in the history of medieval London. Partially torn down by order of Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the Priory was reborn as a parish church. It served the City of London through the tumultuous years of the Reformation and the Civil War and has played host to many of London's most famous residents. William Hogarth was baptized in its font. Charles Wesley preached in its pulpit. Benjamin Franklin served as a printer's apprentice in its former Lady Chapel. John Betjeman lived across the street and memorialized it in his poetry. The history of St Bartholomew's is a tale of miraculous survival and continual renewal. It came out unscathed from the Great Fire of 1666 and the bombs dropped in Zeppelin raids in World War I and during the Blitz in World War II. Its splendid Romanesque core has been added to by each successive generation. This volume - the first comprehensive history of the Church since 1921 - will survey the art, architecture and historical significance of the City of London's oldest parish church in a scholarly, yet accessible tone. Richly illustrated, this book will appeal to those interested in the history of the City of London, in medieval and Victorian church architecture, in funerary monuments, and in the history of the Church of England.
11/2022
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
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
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
Comics Super-héros
Dark Knights of Steel tome 1 / Couverture variante
Un monde médiéval se voit bouleverser à jamais lorsqu'un vaisseau spatial s'écrase sur une planète condamnée. Des années plus tard, le Royaume des Tempêtes confronte le tout-puissant Royaume des El et rassemble des alliés pour le défier. Mais les El peuvent compter sur un allié de poids en la personne de Bruce Wayne, l'impitoyable et dévoué chef de la garde, bien décidé à éradiquer la magie de ses terres... Les alliances se noueront et se briseront, les monarques tomberont, les royaumes s'élèveront, et ce qui semblait être la fin du monde pour beaucoup... n'était que le début d'une nouvelle ère.
09/2023
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
Comics Indépendants
East of West Tome 10 : Apocalypse
Conquête, Guerre et Famine ont enfin retrouvé la trace de Mort et de son fils, le prophétique Babylone. Après s'être débarrassé d'une multitude de Psaumes, des robots tueurs d'un autre temps, Mort apprend que Guerre a passé un marché avec son fils. S'il suit les Cavaliers pour prendre son rôle de Grande Bête de l'Apocalypse alors Mort aura la vie sauve. Mais il y certains pactes que l'on ne peut faire avec la Mort...
09/2021
Théâtre
Arrival of Mira, Love story between Bhojan and Mira
Arrival of Mira Foreword Arrival of Mira tells the story of a beautiful young woman who held true to her faith despite many severe hardships. Mira was still only a child when she decided that Ginidhara Gopal (Lord Krishna) was her 'husband' and that she wanted to devote her life to serving and worshipping him. Later, the now orphaned Mira was married to Bhojan, the prince of Mewar and son of Rana, the king of Chittoor. Bhojan fell in love at first sight but found it hard to understand Mira's utter devotion to Ginidhara. Mira suffered at the hands of her in-laws who could not understand the depth of her love for Ginidhara and wanted her to follow their worship of Kali (in the form of Durga). Mira suffered imprisonment in a haunted palace and then exile for her beliefs. Even her friends were persecuted because of her uncompromising love for Lord Krishna. Eventually Bhojan came to understand his wife's piety. The story is told in the form of a musical play where the love story is interwoven with delightful songs and dances. The character of Mira is one to win the hearts of all who read of her. Her gentle devotion and steadfast belief are an inspiration to everyone. Thank you, Dr Shuddhananda Bharati for having made this beautiful story available to us. Daye Craddock Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
03/2013
Manga
Duellistes - Knight of Flower Tome 4
Au fil de ses duels, Ran a noué des amitiés solides parmi les prétendants au titre de premier chevalier. Et la jeune fille aura bien besoin du soutien de ses compagnons pour protéger Sei. L'ennemi est en marche, et l'héritière des Otori n'a jamais été aussi menacée. Mais si les deux lycéennes sont déterminées à faire front, elles sont loin de se douter que les tragédies du passé sont sur le point de les rattraper...
10/2019
Manga
Duellistes - Knight of Flower Tome 3
Décidément, en tant que premier chevalier, Ran doit se méfier de tout le monde. En effet, alors qu'elle le considérait comme un ami, l'adorable Momokawa vient de lui lancer un duel ! Déjà aux prises avec ses sentiments, elle devra une nouvelle fois défendre son rang et son honneur. Ibara, quant à lui, supporte de moins en moins ce système qui enferme dans une spirale dangereuse ceux qui y participent... Dans Duellistes, le manga tous publics de Mai Nishikata, découvrez l'histoire d'une jeunesse dorée qui, entre pressions familiales, sociales et amour, cherche son identité.
07/2019
Manga
Duellistes - Knight of Flower Tome 5
Sen Kashiwazaki, visant la place de Sei, réservait une surprise de taille à ses adversaires ! Et quand son premier chevalier fait son apparition, c'est tout le poids du passé qui vient écraser le coeur de Ran. D'abord en proie au doute, il lui faudra faire des choix. Entre amours et amitiés, inimitiés et convictions, l'heure des révélations est venue tandis que, peu à peu, l'ultime duel se prépare...
02/2020
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
Mouvements artistiques
The Artist Helen Coombe (1864–1937). The Tragedy of Roger Fry's Wife
This fascinating book presents the ? rst biography of Helen Coombe, a woman admired not only for her artistic skill, but also for her intellect, personality and wit. It reveals her family background and education, her place in the Arts and Crafts Movement and her outstanding artistic output. Helen Coombe was married to Roger Fry, an artist who was to achieve most fame as an art critic, historian and protagonist of the Bloomsbury Group. Soon after their marriage in 1896, she displayed symptoms of schizophrenia. After the ? rst episode, she temporarily resumed her career and had two children with Fry, but for the last thirty years of her life she was sectioned under the Lunacy Act and committed to an institution. This thoroughly researched book makes full use of archival material, including correspondence, diaries and medical records. It illuminates late Victorian and Edwardian society and culture. It throws new light, by no means all of it favourable, on Roger Fry. It is a 'must' for all interested in the Bloomsbury Group, art history, and the handling of mental illness at a time before ef ? cacious antipsychotic drugs were available.
11/2023
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
Archéologie
Fantastic Beasts in Antiquity. Looking for the monster, discovering the Human, Textes en français et anglais
Not satisfied with what nature offered, human beings wanted to go beyond reality and invented mysterious and intriguing creatures populating their world. During Antiquity, every culture had its own strange creatures, that mixed the forms of one or more animal, plant and human species in an infinite number of more-or-less fanciful combinations. Griffins, sphinxes, mermaids, centaurs, satyrs, pygmies, werewolves, winged monsters and unspeakable hybrids, fantastic beasts abound in the imagination of many populations throughout Antiquity. Most of them continue to live, sometimes transformed, through fairy tales, literature, movies and videogames. Faced with the abundance and variety of the ancient fantastic bestiary, the questions that come to mind are : Where do fantastic beasts come from ? How do they appear in different cultures ? What is their history, how did they survive until now ? And above all, what are fantastic beasts ? This book will explore these questions through the lens of archaeology, art history, philology and philosophy. The result is a hybrid book, precisely like the fantastic animals that constitute its object, a book which offers different approaches of analysis while being aware that our means are often vain to capture these elusive figures, which ultimately are more like us than they seem. Man, like Oedipus, will often prove to be more monstrous than the Sphinx...
02/2021
Espagne
Secret Seville
Far from the crowds and the well-worn clichés, Seville still has many hidden gems it only reveals to locals and visitors who head off the beaten track. An essential guide for those who thought they knew Seville well or are seeking to discover another side of the city. Why is there a stone relief of Grace Kelly on the wall of Seville Town Hall and how can you track down the railway from the Ibero-American Expo of 1929 ? Where might you find the legacy of Christopher Columbus' son, a medieval Jewish cemetery in a car park, the oddest of barbershops, forgotten souvenirs from the Guadalquivir steamboats, Masonic symbols in a church, the last remaining vestiges of the Andalusian pavilions from the '29 Expo, a little-known Modernist electric power station, an example of the Nazi Enigma machine, a collection of Chinese and Japanese art in a Renaissance mansion or the pillars of a medieval synagogue ?
04/2022
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
