The End
Extraits
Sciences de la terre et de la
Ultrasonography and reproduction in swine. Principles and practical applications
Ouvrage en anglais Ultrasonography is a method used to examine the genital tract, without causing any trauma to the animal, and to characterize the animal's reproductive state. This book is the first compilation of the techniques used to examine sows and the interpretation of the ultrasonographic images. The principles of ultrasonography, artifacts, a description of the reproductive system and its topography form the basis for the subsequent examination of the different physiological (oestrous cycle, gestation and postpartum) and pathological (cystic follicles, cystitis, etc.) situations. The final section deals with the diagnosis of gestation ; the factors which determine the accuracy of this test and the advantages for breeders are presented. Many illustrations and annotated drawings help the reader clearly understand these techniques ; a summary at the end of each chapter highlights the essential points. This book is intended for all those, teachers, professionals, technicians and breeders, who would like to learn about this method, enhance their skills, and consider other applications of ultrasonography in sows. Cet ouvrage regroupe les connaissances nécessaires pour réaliser l'exploration fonctionnelle de la sphère génitale chez la truie par échographie d'ultrasons et pour interpréter les images. Principe de l'échographie, artefacts, description de l'appareil génital et de sa topographie préparent à l'étude de diverses situations physiologiques et pathologiques. Un chapitre met l'accent sur l'utilisation de l'échographie pour contrôler la gestation. Abondamment illustré, ce livre s'adresse à tous, enseignants, praticiens, techniciens et éleveurs.
01/2000
Religion
God's People: Instruments of Healing
The future impact of the churches on the societies in which they are situated depends on how they are experienced as healing and solidarizing communities (concerning their religious and social praxis) within themselves and to the outside. Exactly this is the question of the diaconical dimension of the church : the question of how much love (in terms of mercy and justice) and freedom (to the individual and to society) are being spread by the churches in this world. Theologically this book refers not only to the biblical foundations but also to the latest theology of the II Vatican Council (and of the appropriate understanding of the term "Evangelization") within the Catholic Church, without suggesting that this theological position is something exclusive in the ecumenical sphere. It rather may support similar theologies emerging from other churches, as a kind of offer to solidarize with each other looking for the possibilities of substantiating the Christian faith.
07/1993
Théâtre
Impossible lovers
CLAIRE is in charge of a jewelry store. FRANK is a small time hood. A jeweler, who dreams of prince charming, holds up as hostage the man who attempted to break her jewelry. CLAIRE, head of jewelry who has just been let down by a lover she hardly knew, believes that work is her one and only way out. Disappointed, despite the late hour, and after a few drinks, she returns to her jewelry, breaking a store policy, she has disabled security and the guards by pretending that she wants to take advantage of the quiet of the night to update her work. At the same moment, a young ex-con who just got thrown out of a bistro and is passing in front of the jewelry store and decides to break in. Rather than call the police or security, CLAIRE let him in.
02/2013
Bijouterie, horlogerie
Cartier, arts de l'Islam et modernité
This catalogue of the "Cartier, Arts of Islam and Modernity" exhibition at the Louvre Abu-Dhabi (LAD) illustrates the influence of the artistic wonders of Islam on the sumptuous jewels of the House of Cartier, from the early 20th century to the present day. Manuscripts, arabesques, vases, tunics and mosaics provide a constellation of extraordinary and inspiring patterns. By creating masterpieces of emeralds and sapphires, Cartier pays glorious homage to the arts of Islam. This catalogue, which ends with pieces of contemporary jewellery, is a celebration of the conviction that cultural dialogue is an inexhaustible source of creation and beauty.
11/2023
Roman d'amour, roman sentiment
Don’t leave me
Jordan and Florence had made a promise never to part with each other, having managed to heal their past pains. Unfortunately, one day she will return to France, leaving Jordan, alone, in Boston. Their love, their carnal complicity in which they always found refuge and had fun in unusual places, cannot be ended on a whim. The death of a child, of a parent, suicide, disability, so many trials that will test their love, so that they admit they are nothing without the other. Will they succeed, knowing that when one is loved, one strength is increased tenfold when one encounters an obstacle ? Besides, distance is nothing when two people love each other so passionately, destiny is supposed to bring those who love each other together.
07/2022
Littérature française
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
Art contemporain
Hassan Khan. Catalogue de l'exposition, Edition bilingue français-anglais
Tell me about clowns. Once upon a time, there was a species that thought they were better than everyone and everything else. What is the difference between a clown and a joker ? Sometimes they're one and the same. And the knife ? Some humans can be kind, surprising even, while others can act out of fear and negative emotions. Really ?
03/2022
Histoire internationale
Accomplices
This volume asserts that there was tacit cooperation in the Nazi extermination of the Jewish population of Europe by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Second World War. Although the Allies publicly recognized the Nazi massacre of the Jews in the London Declaration of December 17, 1942, the policies they pursued allowed the genocide to continue. They did so, the author claims, in three ways : (1) refusal to publicly and personally speak about and against the Nazi extermination of the Jews ; (2) refusal to commit even one soldier, one plane, or one warship to any forcible opposition to the "Final Solution" throughout the Second World War ; and (3) obstruction of Jewish escape from Hitler's Europe. This book explores the motivation for the policies Churchill and Roosevelt pursued.
06/2011
Histoire de l'art
Titian, the Della Rovere Dynasty, and His Portrait of Guidobaldo II and his Son. Edition
Le portrait Klesch, par Titien, de Guidobaldo II avec son fils Francesco Maria représente le duc d'Urbino dans ses pleins pouvoirs de commandant suprême des troupes papales avec son héritier à ses côtés. Ce rare double portrait en pied vient seulement d'être attribué à Titien après avoir entrepris des analyses et une restauration minutieuses qui révèlent une belle peinture au style "non finito" avec de superbes touches d'empâtement totalement typiques au maître. Tout ceci est illustré et développé dans ce nouveau livre. Titian provided portraits for the greatest men and women of Europe, Charles V and Philip II of Spain primary among them. For years the Klesch portrait was dismissed as a workshop product - partly because poor condition hid its true quality, but also because it was not believed that Titian could have deigned to create one for Guidobaldo, whose father Guidobaldo della Rovere (1514-1574) and family had a long history of patronizing the artist. Recent research, however, has thrown Guidobaldo's geopolitical significance into relief. He was supreme commander of Venice, the Papal States and then Spain. He sent thousands of soldiers to the major conflicts of his day, particularly the defense of Malta (1565) and the Battle of Lepanto (1571) and his engineers were sought throughout Europe for their ingenuity. In this volume full of new research, Ian Verstegen reveals that Guidobaldo was not peripheral but central to Italian politics and was regarded at several points in history as a key figure who could bring peace or who could influence major conflicts on the Italian peninsula, particularly the War of Siena, and then Pope Paul IV's offensive war against Spain. Anne-Marie Eze gives the first comprehensive examination of the painting's provenance, outlining the portrait's vicissitudes and reception at different moments in its near 500-year history, reexamining received wisdom about its past ownership, and presenting new documentary evidence to expand on and fill gaps in our knowledge of its whereabouts. Finally, Matthew Hayes and Ian Kennedy reflect on the technique, date, recent conservation, and authorship of the painting, proving it to be a masterpiece that only the great Titian could have created.
11/2021
Economie
Arguing about justice. Essays for Philippe Van Parijs
"A book of quick and sharp thoughts on a grand theme is a novel way of paying tribute to a leading philosopher. But it has worked beautifully here, both as a stimulating book of ideas on justice, and as a fitting recognition of the intellectual contributions of Philippe Van Parijs, who is one of the most original and most creative thinkers of our time". Amartya Sen, Harvard University, 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences This book brings together fifty of today's finest thinkers. They were asked to let their imaginations run free to advance new ideas on a wide range of social and political issues. They did so as friends, on the occasion of Philippe Van Parijs's sixtieth birthday. Rather than restricting themselves to comments on his numerous writings, the authors engage with the topics on which he has focused his attention over the years, especially with the various dimensions of justice, its scope, and its demands. They discuss issues ranging from the fair distribution of marriage opportunities to the limits of argumentation in a democracy, the deep roots of inequality, the challenges to basic income and the requirements of linguistic justice. They provide ample food for thought for both academic and general readers.
01/2011
Non classé
Chronobiology & Chronomedicine- Basic Research and Applications
The time structure of living systems, which rules the autonomous temporal order of organisms as well as their coherence with the outer environment, has aroused considerable attention in biology and medicine since 1937, when a few European scientists gathered to establish this new field of research. This volume contains the Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Chronobiology, held in Marburg in 1986. It mirrors the great advances of chronobiology and chronomedicine in theory and practice up to the present. Distinguished scientists from European and other countries report on recent results in basic research and medical applications.
06/1987
Mouvements artistiques
Frank Auerbach. The Charcoal Heads
Accompanying an exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, London, Frank Auerbach : The Charcoal Heads presents a remarkable series of hauntingly beautiful largescale drawings by the artist. The catalogue includes a new piece of writing on one of the drawings from critically acclaimed novelist Colm Tóibín. This catalogue explores one of Frank Auerbach's most remarkable bodies of work - a series of large-scale portrait heads made in charcoal, produced during his early years as a young artist in postwar London. Auerbach (b. 1931) spent months on each drawing, working and reworking them during numerous sessions with his sitters. This prolonged and vigorous process of creation is evident in the finished drawings, which are richly textured and layered. Auerbach would sometimes even break through the paper and patch it up before carrying on. His heads thus emerge from the darkness of the charcoal with burning vitality, born of an artistic as well as a physical struggle with the medium. The process of repeated creation and destruction, of which these images bear the visible scars, speaks profoundly of their times, as people rebuilt their lives after the ruination and upending of the war. The exhibition will be the first time Auerbach's extraordinary drawings, made in the 1950s and early 1960s, have been brought together as a comprehensive group. They will be shown together with a selection of paintings he made of the same sitters ; for the artist, painting and drawing have always been deeply entwined. The accompanying catalogue - by Deputy Head of The Courtauld Gallery, Barnaby Wright, and with an essay by one of the greatest contemporary voices in the English language, Colm Tóibín - is the first publication to explore in depth this magnificent series. Tóibín spent several hours one afternoon in front of Auerbach's Self-Portrait (1958), which features on the front cover of the book, looking closely and taking notes. His essay is an account of his experience and offers new insights into the work and the nature of self-portaiture.
03/2024
Lecture 9-12 ans
Toujours la même histoire. Bon voyage au Havre
Toujours la même histoire raconte trois fois la même histoire : une histoire vraie, courte et illustrée pour les enfants ; une version plus étoffée pour les jeunes ; une version longue et tourmentée pour les adultes. Car la lecture n'est pas une chute (la fin importe peu finalement) mais un voyage. Ce conte illustré raconte une histoire sur le thème du partage, où le héros est à la fois le méchant et le gentil. Bon voyage au Havre. Always the same story tells the same story in three ways : in short, medium-length and long versions, because we love creating reading experiences. Reading is indeed a journey, not a destination : the end doesn't matter in the end. The short version of the story has been translated into English in this book.
02/2017
Sonyun (shonen)
The Beginning After the End Tome 1
Ancien roi conquérant et solitaire, obsédé par la conquête, il meurt assassiné et se réincarne en Arthur Leywin, fils aîné d'un modeste couple d'aventuriers pratiquant la magie. Plongé dans un monde qu'il ne connaît pas, il va utiliser tout son savoir pour s'adapter et corriger les erreurs du passé. Mais derrière la paix et la prospérité de ce nouvel univers se cache une menace sans précédent...
07/2023
Sonyun (shonen)
The Beginning After the End Tome 2
Ancien roi solitaire et obsédé par la conquête, il meurt assassiné et se réincarne en Arthur Leywin, fils aîné d'un modeste couple d'aventuriers pratiquant la magie. Plongé dans un monde qu'il ne connaît pas, il va utiliser tout son savoir pour s'adapter et corriger les erreurs du passé. Mais derrière la paix et la prospérité de ce nouvel univers se cache une menace sans précédent...
09/2023
Sonyun (shonen)
The Beginning After the End Tome 4
Ancien roi solitaire et obsédé par la conquête, il meurt assassiné et se réincarne en Arthur Leywin, fils aîné d'un modeste couple d'aventuriers pratiquant la magie. Plongé dans un monde qu'il ne connaît pas, il va utiliser tout son savoir pour s'adapter et corriger les erreurs du passé. Mais derrière la paix et la prospérité de ce nouvel univers se cache une menace sans précédent...
03/2024
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
Informatique
MAXIMUM LINUX SECURITY. A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Linux Server and Workstation, CD-Rom included
Maximum Linux Security.- A Hackers Guide to Protecting Your Linux Server and Workstation is designed for system administrators, managers, or Linux users who wish to protect their Linux servers and workstations from unauthorized intrusions and other external threats to their systems' integrity.
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• Learn in-depth configuration tips and techniques to help eliminate security threats to your Linux-based computer or network.
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CD-ROM includes
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• Intrusion detection tools-including HortSentry and HostSentry from the Abacus Project
• Sniffers and electronic monitors-including the Ksniff sniffer for K Desktop Environment and COLD
• Network management tools-including Cistron RADIUS server and Linux Virtual Server toolkit
• Scanners and host assessment tools-including SATAN and the saint network security scanner
• Firewall tools-including EDGE Router Project tools and Mason
• Encryption tools-including Linux FreeS/WAN Project.
12/1999
Sociologie
The Search for Meaning in the Australian Novel
This thesis grew out of an epistemological interest centered on the search for meaning in literature, and out of a reading of Australian novels. Reaching beyond signification, the creation of meaning in literature refers to the significance a text acquires for the recipient's existence. The potential of this meaningfulness fluctuates between a process of explanation, of uncovering hidden meaning, and deception. Assuming that this range is best demonstrated in the literary treatment of negative experiences in human existence, of pain and suffering, we analyse how Australian novelists and critics set paradigms of meaning against the "Non-Sense" in experienced reality, who and what the agents of meaningfulness in Australian literature are, how they relate to each other and how they affect our reading experience.
10/1991
Non classé
Oaths, Vows and Promises in the first Part of the French Prose Lancelot Romance
This book examines the narrative use made of oaths, vows and promises in a thirteenth-century work of fictional literature, reviewing the textual prominence accorded them by the writer in the light of legal texts of the Middle Ages that deal with the same subject. Medieval society had to deal with highly complex problems that arose out of the central importance accorded the given word. Jurists wrestled with the problems in an attempt to solve them ; the writer of a work of narrative fiction can explore such problems in terms of human drama. The writer of the prose Lancelot was clearly aware of the legal debate, and he used both the characters and plot of his fictional text to construct narrative sequences that allowed him to depict the moral and psychological perplexities that faced both society and individuals over these matters.
02/1993
Sociologie
Putting an end to the reign of financial illusion. For real growth
"We all know that our world has become very indebted over the past decades and that its 'financialization' has reached proportions never observed before, at least in peacetime. But how serious is this phenomenon ? What are its consequences on the solidity of our financial system, on the functioning of our economy and on the future of our society ? Above all, we must understand how our world has surreptitiously changed its model for the past two decades. It has slipped to a strange paradigm, one in which the bulk of economic activity is now reflected in the rise in the value of financial assets at the expense of growth, wage income and productive investment. It is time to put an end to the reign of illusion and to reinstate the fundamental economic springs without which there can be no real growth. " J. de L. "No one alive today combines Jacques de Larosière's experience with an acuity about global finance. His sharp and cogent expression of alarm in this timely volume deserves and even demands the attention of the global financial community. " Lawrence Summers, Former Secretary of the United States Treasury and President Emeritus of Harvard "This is a must-read for those who want to understand the 'economic illusions' hiding in plain sight. And for those who are prepared to step-up to the benefit of a new generation. " Kevin Warsh, member of the Federal Reserve Board (2006-2018), and professor at Stanford "The book is a harsh criticism of the fairy tales that have guided monetary theory and the actions of central bankers in recent decades. " Vito Tanzi, Honorary President of the International Institute of Public Finance
09/2022
Physique, chimie
FUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINE COMPONENT DESIGN. CD-Rom included, Third Edition
FIND EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO MACHINE COMPONENT PROBLEMS!
While focusing on the fundamentals of component design, this practical text helps readers learn how to solve engineering problems that involve mechanical components. A proven problem-solving methodology guides readers through the process of formulating machine component problems accurately and presenting solutions clearly.
In addition, numerous solved examples and end-of-chapter problems help readers master the material. Graphical procedures help readers visualize the solution format, develop added insight about the significance of the results, and determine how the design can be improved.
NEW FEATURES OF THE THIRD EDITION
* Open-ended design problems have been added to most chapters. These problems are based on making decisions that involve materials, geometry, and operating conditions.
* Material selection charts are now included as an aid in choosing appropriate materials for specific applications.
* Finite element analysis is covered in several sections to provide an introduction to this useful tool.
* Web site addresses are added throughout the text, providing access to additional information on topics ranging from industrial standards to properties of materials.
* Innovative, web-based problems are integrated throughout the text, requiring use of the Internet to solve design problems.
* The text has been completely updated with new illustrations and photographs.
* A CD-ROM, included with the text, contains HiQ Software by National Instruments, three representative sample problems with solutions, and MathCAD and HiQ problems.
01/2000
Monographies
Diana Armfield. A Lyrical Eye
Diana Armfield RA Hon RWS NEAC a un attachement personnel pour ses sujets et une affinité subtile et distincte avec les rythmes de formes et de tons. Ces qualités font d'elle une personne influente et populaire dans l'art moderne britannique. Ses représentations de fleurs lui ont valu de grands éloges mais ce livre (créé pour marquer son 100ème anniversaire), représente pleinement sa sensibilité pour les paysages et les lieux. Sa vie fascinante d'artiste est actualisée dans ce livre qui regroupe un nombre exaltant de ses oeuvres les plus récentes. 'I think I was born making things', Diana comments to Andrew Lambirth, whose absorbing interview with her forms the narrative thread of Diana Armfi eld : A Lyrical Eye. Diana's was a creative childhood steeped in experiments with drawing, pottery and embroidery, played out against the backdrop of a picture-fi lled house, a lovely garden and an artistic family. She studied at Bournemouth, Slade and Central art schools, starting out as a talented textile designer - a legacy that lent her a unique approach to the geometry, cadences and colour qualities of a painting. After organising cultural activities for workers and troops in World War II, Diana became one half of a successful partnership designing textiles and wallpaper, whose work featured in the Festival of Britain in 1951. The 1960s brought a turn to painting and from 1966 Diana has been a regular exhibitor at the prestigious Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. She has continued to paint and draw throughout her life and, as this book clearly demonstrates, always thinks afresh about each subject she tackles in order to respond to it with a close, warm sincerity. Diana Armfield : A Lyrical Eye charts Diana's personal and artistic journey with over 200 beautiful reproductions of her work, tracing favourite subjects and events - from a Welsh landscape to an informal flower display or the much-loved location of a painting trip in Italy or France. Andrew Lambirth's interview also explores the unique bond with her husband, painter Bernard Dunstan, who died in 2017, looking at how two leading artists interwove their personal and creative lives over a marriage of almost 70 years. As well as this interview, Andrew has contributed an essay on Diana's work to the book. Diana's standing and popularity have led to regular exhibitions, especially at prominent London gallery Browse & Darby. Her work is held in private and public collections worldwide, from London's V&A to the Yale Center for British Art.
06/2021
Historique
The lion and the eagle
1944 : le Japon impérial écrase toujours la majeure partie de l'Asie sous sa botte. Déterminés à reconquérir leur emprise sur la Birmanie, les Britanniques envoient une unité de forces spéciales, les Chindits, loin derrière les lignes japonaises, avec pour mission d'attaquer l'ennemi partout où ils le pourront. Ils vivront un vértaible cauchemar, comme seule la Seconde Guerre mondiale peut en offrir. Le colonel Keith Crosby et le docteur Alistair Whitamore, deux vétérans de la longue retraite à travers la Birmanie deux ans auparavant, ont de vieux comptes à régler avec les Japonais. Mais ni la jungle ni l'ennemi ne sont devenus moins sauvages, et lorsque la fusillade éclate et que les Japonais s'abattent sur la petite force britannique, chaque homme sera mis à rude épreuve. Le scénariste Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher, Out of the Blue) et le dessinateur PJ Holden (Stringbags) présentent un récit de guerre infernale dans la jungle, où des êtres humains apparemment civilisés sombrent dans un coeur apocalyptique de ténèbres.
10/2023
Non classé
The Phantom and the Abyss
The book focuses on the evolution of the Gothic fiction in America from Charles Brockden Brown to Herman Melville in the context of the aesthetics of the sublime. Starting with a reading of Brown's Gothic romances – Wieland and Edgar Huntly – and concluding with an analysis of Melville's Pierre, the author demonstrates the relevance of the Kantian concept of the sublime for the nineteenth-century American literature of horror. An inspiration to present the development of the American Gothic in the period under scrutiny as a coherent process has been also the psychoanalytic theory of Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok. Moreover, the study contains an attempt to place R.H. Dana, Sr and W. Allston in the American literary canon.
11/1999
Littérature anglo-saxonne
The Town and the City
The Town and the City est le premier roman de Jack Kerouac. Publié en 1950, la critique salue alors l'apparition d'un nouveau talent. Pour peindre l'univers de la famille Martin, Kerouac s'inspire de sa propre enfance en Nouvelle-Angleterre ; il suit tous les personnages, dispersés à travers le monde, du début du siècle à la fin des années quarante, et les réunit finalement pour l'enterrement du père. Moment crucial où chacun voit son destin enfin scellé et l'accepte. Tous, sauf Peter, le petit dernier, qui refuse le retour à la normalité et s'interroge sur ce monde qui lui est étranger. Dans l'oeuvre de Jack Kerouac, The Town and the City est en quelque sorte le prélude incontournable d'une longue saga intime.
03/2022
Romans, témoignages & Co
The Dead and the Dark
Un roman fascinant qui nous parle des choses tapies dans les coins sombres, des secrets qu'on ne peut garder enfouis éternellement, et des refuges inattendus que la vie peut nous offrir. Il se passe des choses étranges et terribles à Snakebite, Oregon. Des adolescents disparaissent, et tous les soupçons se portent sur les chasseurs de fantôme les plus populaires de l'écran, qui viennent de débarquer en ville. Leur fille Logan comprend vite que si elle veut les innocenter, elle va devoir mener l'enquête de son côté. Car depuis leur arrivée à Snakebite, ses pères semblent multiplier les secrets... De son côté, Ashley, la petite amie du premier garçon à avoir disparu, croit sentir son fantôme la suivre... et comprend que la mystérieuse Logan est peut-être la seule qui puisse l'aider à obtenir des réponses. Unissant leurs forces pour tenter de découvrir quels êtres hantent Snakebite, les deux adolescentes découvrent, au fil de leur enquête, des vérités sur la ville, sur leurs propres familles et sur elles-mêmes, auxquelles ni l'une ni l'autre n'était préparée. Tandis que le danger s'intensifie, ce qui naît entre elles pourrait bien être une lumière au milieu des ténèbres... " Imaginez la série Riverdale croisée avec L'Outsider de Stephen King, et vous aurez un aperçu de ce passionnant thriller surnaturel. " Oprah Daily
Romans, témoignages & Co
The Dead and the Dark
Un roman fascinant qui nous parle des choses tapies dans les coins sombres, des secrets qu'on ne peut garder enfouis éternellement, et des refuges inattendus que la vie peut nous offrir. Il se passe des choses étranges et terribles à Snakebite, Oregon. Des adolescents disparaissent, et tous les soupçons se portent sur les chasseurs de fantôme les plus populaires de l'écran, qui viennent de débarquer en ville. Leur fille Logan comprend vite que si elle veut les innocenter, elle va devoir mener l'enquête de son côté. Car depuis leur arrivée à Snakebite, ses pères semblent multiplier les secrets... De son côté, Ashley, la petite amie du premier garçon à avoir disparu, croit sentir son fantôme la suivre... et comprend que la mystérieuse Logan est peut-être la seule qui puisse l'aider à obtenir des réponses. Unissant leurs forces pour tenter de découvrir quels êtres hantent Snakebite, les deux adolescentes découvrent, au fil de leur enquête, des vérités sur la ville, sur leurs propres familles et sur elles-mêmes, auxquelles ni l'une ni l'autre n'était préparée. Tandis que le danger s'intensifie, ce qui naît entre elles pourrait bien être une lumière au milieu des ténèbres... " Imaginez la série Riverdale croisée avec L'Outsider de Stephen King, et vous aurez un aperçu de ce passionnant thriller surnaturel. " Oprah Daily
06/2022
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
Number from Ahmes to Cantor
We might take numbers and counting for granted, but we shouldn't. Our number literacy rests upon centuries of human effort, punctuated here and there by strokes of genius. In his successor and companion volume to Gnomon: From Pharaohs to Fractals, Midhat Gazalé takes us on a Journey from the ancient worlds of the Egyptians, the Mesopotamians, the Mayas, the Greeks, the Hindus, up to the Arab invasion of Europe and the Renaissance. Our guide introduces us to some of the most fascinating and ingenious characters in mathematical history, from Ahmes the Egyptian scribe (whose efforts helped preserve some of the mathematical secrets of the architects of the pyramids) through the modern era of Georg Cantor (the great nineteenth-century inventor of transfinite numbers). As he deftly blends together history, mathematics, and even some computer science in his characteristically compelling style, we discover the fundamental notions underlying the acquisition and recording of "number", and what "number" truly means.
Gazalé tackles questions that will stimulate math enthusiasts in a highly accessible and inviting manner. What is a natural number? Are the decimal and binary systems the only legitimate ones? Did the Pythagorean theorem and the discovery of the unspeakable irrationals cost the unfortunate mathematician Hippasus his life? What was the Ladder of Theodorus of Cyrene and how did the ancient Greeks calculate square roots with such extraordinary proficiency? An original generalization of Euler's theorem is offered that explains the pattern of rational number representations. Later on, the field of Continued Fractions paves the way for another original contribution by Gazalé, that of cleavages, which sheds light on the mysterious nature of irrational numbers as it beautifully illustrates Dedekind's famous Schnitt. In the end the author introduces us to the Hilbert Hotel with its infinite number of rooms, guests, and an infinite number of people waiting to check in, where he sets the debate between Aristotle and Cantor about the true nature of infinity.
This abundantly illustrated book, remarkable for its coherency and simplicity, will fascinate all those who have an interest in the world of numbers. Number will be indispensable for all those who enjoy mathematical recreations and puzzles, and for those who delight in numeracy.
01/2000
Histoire antique
Dieu, le souverain et la cour. Stratégies et rituels de légitimation du pouvoir impérial et royal dans l’Antiquité tardive et au haut Moyen Âge
Durant l'Antiquité tardive, la nature du pouvoir impérial romain fut profondément bouleversée sous l'effet de deux phénomènes majeurs : la montée en puissance du christianisme, qui devint religion d'Etat au début du IVe siècle, et l'apparition d'un monde multipolaire en raison de l'émergence de royaumes progressivement reconnus comme autant d'interlocuteurs politiques. Ces questions se firent d'autant plus pressantes qu'en dépit de l'affirmation du caractère monarchique du pouvoir impérial depuis le milieu du IIIe siècle, aucune règle successorale institutionnelle n'existait, obligeant les empereurs à susciter en permanence un consensus social pour affirmer leur autorité. Pour cela, ils se mirent en scène dans des cérémonies qui, depuis leur investiture jusqu'à leurs funérailles, avaient pour but d'asseoir leur légitimité et celle de leur successeur. Quant aux royaumes germaniques établis sur le sol de l'Empire, ils prirent corps dans leurs interactions avec le pouvoir impérial et avec les aristocraties romaines locales puis firent, à leur tour, du christianisme un moyen de renforcer leur légitimité. Cette étude examine les ressorts sur lesquels a reposé le pouvoir dans l'Empire romain en Occident aussi bien qu'en Orient et dans les premiers royaumes germaniques de la fin du IIIe siècle à la fin du VIe siècle. Quel rôle jouèrent la mise en scène des rituels politiques et les discours produits par le pouvoir lui-même ? Comment la christianisation du pouvoir impérial et royal se manifesta-t-elle ? Quel fut le rôle de la cour dans les stratégies de légitimation ? Comment les rois inscrivirent-ils leur pouvoir dans des cadres symboliques inspirés des cours impériales et de celles des gouverneurs des provinces ? En s'efforçant de répondre à ces questions, ce livre se propose d'analyser les transformations du pouvoir impérial romain dans l'Antiquité tardive et à l'époque protobyzantine ainsi que les expérimentations politiques à partir desquelles se construisit le modèle de la royauté médiévale en Europe occidentale. During Late Antiquity, the nature of Roman imperial power was profoundly reshaped by two major phenomena : the rise of Christianity, which became the state religion at the beginning of the fourth century, and the development of a multipolar world with the emergence of kingdoms progressively recognized as political interlocutors. These issues became particularly pressing because, despite the affirmation of the monarchical character of imperial power since the middle of the third century, no institutional rule of succession had been established, requiring the emperors to constantly build a social consensus in order to assert their authority. To do this, they put themselves on stage in ceremonies which, from their investiture to their funeral, were intended to establish their legitimacy and that of their successor. At the same time, the Germanic kingdoms established on the soil of the Empire were shaped by their interactions with the imperial power and with the local Roman aristocracies and used Christianity as a way of reinforcing their legitimacy. This study examines the mechanisms on which power relied in the Roman Empire, both in the West and the East, as well as in the early Germanic kingdoms from the end of the third to the end of the sixth century. What role was played by the staging of political rituals and discourses produced by the power itself ? How did the Christianization of imperial and royal power manifest itself ? What was the role of the court in the strategies of legitimization ? How did the kings inscribe their power in symbolic frameworks inspired by the Imperial courts and those of the provincial governors ? To answer these questions, this book analyzes the transformations of Roman imperial power in Late Antiquity and the Early Byzantine period, as well as the political experiments from which the model of medieval kingship in Western Europe was constructed.
03/2022
