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Extraits
Lectures bilingues
Le carnaval for Animals. Aïcha adore les bêtes, Textes en français et anglais
Tip Tongue Kids, ce sont des histoires à lire et à écouter, qui progressent naturellement du français vers l'anglais. La maîtresse nous emmène visiter une ferme sur l'île de Jersey ! Quelle chance pour moi qui adore les animaux... Mais dans l'enclos des quatre moutons, il y a une vache. It's not four sheep. It's one big cow ! Le fermier est embêté. Moi, j'ai ma petite idée...
09/2021
Collège
1984
Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the day. He fights this world with love. But it's dangerous: love for another person can be punished by death - and Big Brother is always watching. Orwell's classic story shows that there is no freedom unless ideas and beliefs can be questioned. This is as true today as when it was written more than fifty years ago.
01/2003
Histoire internationale
Private Life and Communist Morality in Khrushchev’s Russia
Drawing on previously inaccessible records, this book discusses love, sex, marriage, divorce, and child-rearing during Khrushchev's "thaw" of the 1950s and early 1960s. It analyses the Soviet government's attempts to supervise private life and enforce communist morality, and it describes the diverse ways in which people responded to official prescriptions. Written in a lively and accessible style, this book provides an innovative exploration of the interactions between Soviet ideology and everyday life.
03/2007
Mathématiques
Graph Theory. Second Edition
This book is a concise, yet carefully written, introduction to modern graph theory, covering all its major recent developments. It can be used both as a reliable textbook for an introductory course and as a graduate text : on each topic it covers all the basic material in full detail, and adds one or two deeper results (again with detailed proofs) to illustrate the more advanced methods of that field. This second edition extends the first in two ways. It offers a thoroughly revised and updated chapter on graph minors, which now includes full new proofs of two of the central Robertson-Seymour theorems (as well as a detailed sketch of the entire proof of their celebrated Graph Minor Theorem). Second, there is now a section of hints for all the exercises, to enhance their value for both individual study and classroom use.
01/2000
Non classé
The German Effect on D.H. Lawrence and his Works 1885-1912
This study analyzes in depth the German effect upon D.H. Lawrence and his works from his birth in 1885 to his departure from England in 1912. German literary, philosophical and musical works had considerable impact on Lawrence's formation as an artist. They also influenced the creation of his own literary theory, entering his life concurrently with the three problems of class, woman and religion, which evolved into his major literary themes. The German effect is thus demonstrated to be the confirmation of Lawrence's strong tendency toward subjectivism in literary art : it strengthened his conviction that his art set him apart from all classes of society ; it encouraged the development of his view of women as the sexual, not the maternal, mediatrix to art ; and it fortified his denial of traditional Christianity and assisted his creation of his personal vitalistic creed.
12/1978
Non classé
The Invention of Nature
This book brings together chapters written by scholars providing a wide interdisciplinary background (anthropology, archaeology, comparative religion, art history, philosophy, and biology). It offers both descriptive data on the way non-Western people conceive what Westerners call "Nature", and philosophical investigations into meaning of this concept in Western thought. The book intends not only to demonstrate how very differently humans think about the elusive concept of Nature, it also tries to show where "primitive" thought and Western philosophy meet.
01/1994
Littérature française
Sir Yvonne bai
We had few means, it was very primitive. Sometimes, to take the temperature, we put a pencil under the armpit of the patient. He thought it was a thermometer... We cured many people. We always put a little Lourdes water in our medicines. Our founder had brought medals from the Shrine. He told us : "Put a medal in a bottle and always fill the bottle with water". So we had our own production of Lourdes water (laughs) (p 55).
07/2021
Antiquité - Généralités
The Italians on Delos
During the second century and into the early first century BC, the island of Delos was home to the largest port of transit in the eastern Mediterranean. As such, it welcomed many Italian traders who prospered among its cosmopolitan population for some fifty or so years. The many buildings, statues, paintings and inscriptions unearthed since 1873 by the French School at Athens have made it possible to trace out the life of this disparate yet influential community.
11/2021
Sciences politiques
Child and Nation. A Study of Political Socialisation and Banal Nationalism in France and England
Where do feelings of national belonging come from ? Why is it that this belonging often seems both fundamental and banal, both intangible and omnipresent ? This book argues that the answers to these questions lie in childhood and the socialisation to the nation that we experience as children. It suggests that the banality of our own everyday nationalism is due to the fact that we have spent our lives learning to take it for granted. Just as our first understandings of reality are learned during childhood socialisation, so nationhood and national belonging are internalised as natural and necessary from the very beginning of our lives. The specific nature of this early socialisation is what confers upon banal nationalism its characteristic combination of omnipresence, inscrutability and self-evidence. To try and get around this self-evidence and explore this socialisation and its results, this study has adopted an innovative methodology involving semi-directive projective interviews with young children in France and England. This book presents an analysis of how this early socialisation to the nation plays out on young children's visions of national belonging and its justifications and implications. It also looks at what this transmission in childhood means for nationalism as an ideology and the power and pertinence of the nation today.
12/1987
Décoration
Idées pratiques pour petits espaces
Various factors have contributed to the proliferation of small homes. One is the high price of land. Another reason is the change in family types. Throughout history it has been considered normal for various generations of the same family to share the family home all their lives. Today family models have changed. Nuclear families are usually reduced to just two generations, i.e., parents and children, and often homes are occupied only by couples or even sole individuals. The reduction in the home's surface area has led to a need to develop ways to integrate all of a space's necessary functions in a practical and cozy fashion. Design aspects can be considered when a home is still being planned, prior to the building and distribution of the rooms. This makes it possible to fit it out to make the mort of each of its features and apply optimal spatial solutions that match the need of the person who will inhabit it. Furniture is vital when it comes to small dwellings. Many manufacturers have now added a large number of items to their furniture collections that address space problems or combine various functions. The décor, which also includes the wall color as well as the flooring and ceiling, is another basic element that should be carefully considered in small spaces. Decorative elements are just as important, as they can be used to create a personal feel that responds to your own particular aesthetic taste. What you must remember is that, even though a home is small, there are many solutions and tricks to maximize its possibilities and achieve a modern, welcoming look.
03/2010
Non classé
Central and Eastern Europe on its way to European Union
The transition of the Eastern Central European countries from centrally planned economies to developed market economies has been one of the major structural changes in Europe. It started a new stage of enlargement of the European Union. The monograph presents the results of an international research effort aimed at the analysis of macroeconomic aspects of joining the European Union by the Central European countries. This analysis was based on country and world economy models and rests on a series of alternative scenarios of economic development up to the year 2010. It provides the reader with a broad historical background and a discussion of recent trends of Central Europe. It summarises the experience of the new members of the European Union. The scenario simulations show the likely path of future economic development for the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia, analysing the pros and contras of joining the European Union.
11/1999
Non classé
Der Nister's Work 1907-1929
This book examines the symbolist tales of Der Nister (1884-1950), a Soviet Yiddish writer who wrote before and after the Revolution in the USSR, and in Berlin in the 1920s. It offers various intertextual readings of the tales, determining the influence of the French and Russian symbolist movements and the Jewish folk and art-tale, and retracing the political and artistic background of Jewish modernism in the Soviet Union and in Berlin in the 1920s. Drawing on various literary theories, it also investigates the narrative structure of Der Nister's tales, based on the midrashic mashal-nimshal figure, as well as his sophisticated use of symbol and allegory. Finally, it examines the intrusion of the economics of modernity (the city, the masses, inflation) which leads to the disintegration of the system of allegorical symbolism, the collapse of storytelling, and Der Nister's final renunciation of symbolism.
01/1991
Sciences de la terre et de la
Dinosaur imagery. The Science of Lost Worlds and Jurassic Art, The Lanzendorf Collection
"Paleo-art resides in many of the world's great Natural History Museums, but the most notable collection characterizing the present state of dinosaur art is that of John Lanzendorf. It would be impossible to collect all of the dinosaur artwork being produced today; if it could be done, John would be the one to do it. Highly respected by the artists he supports and the scientists he associates with, John has built an awe-inspiring collection that is representative of the genre and is the envy of many museums. As we move into a new millennium, his collection is the most appropriate source for documenting the marriage of the creative talents of artists and scientists."
The art of natural history is both compelling and emotive, often emblematic of society's view of our world. This same art also reflects the messages that scientists hope to send to a general audience as a part of their effort to influence how the public view and supports science. Art is both the medium and the message.
Dinosaur Imagery is a luxurious testimonial to the public fascination with dinosaurs, enriched by imagery that eloquently illustrates current scientific theories about dinosaur behavior, physiology, locomotion, and reproduction. The evidence for many of these hypotheses of dinosaur life is very good, and thus, the art of dinosaur depiction is rooted in scientific inquiry. The paintings and sculptures that illustrate dinosaur science are powerful, and museums and collectors vie for this art, paying top dollar to acquire it and display it. Dinosaur Imagery is a stunning fusion of superlative scientific inquiry and unparalleled artistic imagination. Regardless of back-ground, no person interested in dinosaurs should be without a copy of this book.
05/2000
Sciences politiques
Africa : 50 years of independence
The International Development Policy Series is a key reference source on international cooperation and development policies. It is published in English and in French by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studios in Geneva. The Series includes articles and in-depth pieces by authors from both industrialised countries and the South in order to offer readers a rich diversity of perspectives. It also draws on the expertise of international actors based in Geneva and illuminates the policy debates and negotiations that take place in the city.
03/2010
Livres-jeux
It's my life ! Personnel et confidentiel ! Les amis, les cours, le look, mes hobbies, mes rêves, mes envies... Avec fermeture zippée
TU CROULES SOUS LES DEVOIRS A FAIRE. TU ESFACHEE AVEC TA MEILLEURE AMIE ET TU DESESPERES D'ATTIRER UN JOUR L'ATTENTION DE TON PARTENAIRE EN PHYSIQUE-CHIMIE ? La vie au collège n'est vraiment pas de tout repos... Mais grâce à ce carnet, tu vas apprendre à faire face à toutes les situations. Pratique avec sa fermeture zip, il t'accompagnera partout dans la relève de nouveaux défis ! A L'INTERIEUR : DES PAGES CONFESSIONS A REMPLIR SEULE OU ENTRE COPINES, DES TESTS ET PLEIN DE CONSEILS POUR ETUDIER EFFICACEMENT TROUVER TON STYLE ET AVOIR DAVANTAGE CONFIANCE EN TOI !
08/2021
Client serveur
Les relations avec les fournisseurs IT en 40 questions. Maîtriser ses achats auprès des ESN , éditeurs de logiciels et cabinets de conseils
Pour les entreprises, la maîtrise de la relation avec les fournisseurs du numérique est de plus en plus cruciale pour plusieurs raisons : - Le mouvement de transformation digitale touche toutes les entreprises, notamment les PME, relativement démunies face aux fournisseurs de solutions numériques. - Le taux d'échec des projets numériques est lié au manque de maîtrise de la relation fournisseur. - La mise en oeuvre et l'intégration des solutions numériques constituent des zones de danger si la relation avec les fournisseurs n'est pas cadrée et pilotée dans toutes ses dimensions. - Les enjeux financiers deviennent significatifs, surtout pour les projets qui concernent des problématiques clients. L'ouvrage est construit autour des quatre dimensions principales de la relation fournisseur : la stratégie, les aspects commerciaux, les conditions contractuelles et la gestion de projet. Pour chacune les questions-clés sont identifiées, et les réponses sont données sous forme concrète et directement applicable.
10/2022
Décoration
The New Tattoo
Tattoos are everywhere-especially where they are least expected. Once the specialty of bikers and sailors, they now are frequently spotted in art galleries, fashion shows, and even corporate boardrooms. "Mom-in-a-heart" has been replaced by striking monochromatic patterns; intricate reproductions of famous artworks; elaborate mythical beasts and deities; and the oddly unclassifiable (the innards of a video camera, a monolithic black wedge). This sophisticated look at the latest high-style skin decorations, created by the most creative contemporary tattoo artists, is divided into five chapters: Tribal; Paintings, Prints, and Portraits; Imagination and Fantasy; Neotraditional; and All the Rest. A lively introduction provides a cogent history of tattooing through the ages, making clear that the compulsion to personalize the body has characterized humanity throughout recorded history. Concluding the introduction is an informative evaluation of how the tattoo scene has changed since the "tattoo renaissance" that began in the 1960s and has culminated in today's heady mix of inventive old masters and young artschool-trained hotshots. An invaluable appendix gives answers to the questions anyone should ask before getting a tattoo, including: How Is a Tattoo Made? Is It Safe? How Do I Find the Right Tattoo Artist? How Do I Pick the Right Design? How Much Will It Cost? How Long Does It Take? What Maintenance Does a Tattoo Require? Can 1 Get Rid of It?
01/1994
Loisirs et jeux
Mes petits messages
Une jolie pochette contenant un bloc-notes de 30 pages et plus de 300 post-it en 9 modèles
08/2018
Loisirs et jeux
Au pays des lamas
Une jolie pochette contenant un bloc-notes de 30 pages et plus de 300 post-it en 9 modèles
11/2018
Ethnologie
Clashing Cultures. Annang Not(with)standing Christianity – An Ethnography
Clashing Cultures is an anthropological study of the Annang, an ethnic people of Southern Nigeria. The book provides a succinct historical and ethnographic description of the impacts of various cultural and religious influences upon the Annang people and the transformations that have taken place as a result. The consideration of Christianity's influence on the Annang is part of the broader historical and anthropological picture. Although it is an academic work, Clashing Cultures is also a living text. It reflects the evolving culture of the Annang regarding issues such as marriage, male/female roles and supernatural beliefs. The book deals with ritual as a practice that produces meaning, by means of images and metaphors in an unfolding drama. It looks at how the Annang extract meaning from themselves, their bodies, their gestures, their actions in social, spatial and historical contexts. The book creates a "time-oriented anthropology" in which local processes are mirrored in the context of larger ones.
12/2001
Non classé
The Gay Agenda
The "gay agenda" is a rhetorical strategy deployed by the religious right and other social conservatives to magnify fear and hostility of queers. Queers are accused, among other things, of strategizing to recruit children into sexually deviant lifestyles ; dismantling family and marriage as cornerstones of civilization ; and forcing the entertainment industry and court systems to do their bidding. Queers certainly do have an agenda but it is not the one that the religious right claims it is. It is to assert their presence in the public space ; claim and name their identities ; and strategize for social justice in law, schools, and workplaces. The Gay Agenda : Claiming Space, Identity, and Justice claims and reclaims the language of "agenda" and turns the rhetoric of the religious right on its ear. The contributors provide insightful and sharp commentary on gay agendas for human rights, marriage and family, cultural influences, schooling and education, and politics and law.
01/2014
Non classé
Practice and Problems in English Grammar and Usage
This book aims to bridge the gap between theoretical and didactic grammar by familiarizing students with traditional terminology and notorious problem areas of English grammar - often otherwise ignored or neglected - and presenting them with a range of carefully chosen practice questions including challenging translation exercises for German students. Because it is often not simply ungrammaticality, but a certain un-Englishness, oddness, or awkwardness that marks students' English, this book is also a workbook on usage and style. A grammatical workbook and textbook in one, it has the unique advantage that almost all practice questions can be answered on the basis of information provided within the book and as a result can be used for individual study as well as school and university work. It will greatly help reinforce students' knowledge of grammar and give students the much needed practice and training in not only grammatically correct, but stylistically appropriate and natural English usage.
10/1991
Egypte
Italian Subalterns in Egypt between Emigration and Colonialism (1861-1937). Textes en français et anglais
Over the last years, we have witnessed a renewal in the studies on the Italian community which formed in Egypt in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Contrary to the historiographical paradigm that remained dominant for over a century, a novel approach - essentially based on a less ideological interpretation of archival sources - tends to provide a much more complex, less apologetic, and more horizontal reading of the dynamics within and among foreign/migrant communities. This work belongs to this "new" research wave. By rediscovering the originally Gramscian concept of "subaltern classes", it aims at re-centring the context in which the "subalterns" of Italian origin lived and acted as the focus of our interest. At once, it aims at both making such context relevant and disclosing its complexity. It privileges an approach that takes into account different and overlapping categories and social identities, with particular attention to the relationships with the many different local communities.
04/2021
Agendas adulte
Agenda Paroles d'artiste. Edition 2023
J'avais envoye? [a? l'exposition du Boulevard des Capucines en avril 1874] une chose faite au Havre, de ma fene?tre, du soleil dans la bue?e et au premier plan quelques ma?ts de navire pointant... On me demande le titre pour le catalogue, c?a ne pouvait vraiment pas passer pour une vue du Havre ; je re?pondis : " Mettez Impression. " On en fit impressionnisme et les plaisanteries s'e?panouirent. / I sent a work that I painted in Le Havre to [the exhibition in Boulevard des Capucines in April 1874]. It's a view from my window, withthe sun in the mist and, in the foreground, some ships' masts... I was asked to provide a title for the catalogue. But the work couldn't really be considered as a view of Le Havre itself. "Well," I said, "let's make it Impression". So it became "impressionism", and the quip did the rounds. Maurice Guillemot, " Claude Monet ", La Revue Illustre?e, 15 mars 1898
08/2022
Thèmes photo
Geoparks. The UNESCO global geoparks
Preserving nature's wonders for future generations. UNESCO and gestalten collaborate on a book about the planet's spectacular landscapes, allowing readers to discover, enjoy, and learn more about the planet's natural wonders. Encompassing sites across 46 countries, UNESCO Global Geoparks feature extraordinary geology and landscapes. Featuring world-class images, the title highlights the stunning beauty of these geoparks while taking the reader on an entertaining and insightful journey that unravels the mystique behind each site. What makes it special ? Why is it worth preserving ? How might it look in 100 years ? We impart knowledge through detailed texts that are both authoritative and digestible for the layman. Fun facts, dos and don'ts, and geotourism guides ensure the content remains agile and engaging throughout, helping lay bare the jaw-dropping scale of each bucket-list destination. This book showcases nature in its rawest, most glorious form, doing so in an aesthetically wondrous way.
04/2024
Anglais apprentissage
Jefferson and Nature. An Interpretation
Jefferson and Nature is the first comprehensive study to take Jefferson completely at his word-his favorite word. Nature-the term and the many ideas associated with it-pervades Jefferson's life and writings. It sets hem apart from his colleagues in the American Enlightenment and provides the distinctive gateway to his thought and action. By no means consistent and at tunes apparently opportunistic in his use of the term, Jefferson nevertheless draws nearly every realm of life back to this essential word and idea. Charles Miller's book tells why this is so.
01/1993
Non classé
The Cost-Benefit of Measles Immunization
In view of the importance of measles and the scarcity of resources in developing countries a cost-benefit study of measles immunization was carried out in the Southern Province of Zambia. It was concluded that economic benefits can only be expected from a measles immunization programme in urban areas with 24 hours electricity supply while in rural areas it would be an additional economic burden. Less thermolabile measles vaccines and/or a more reliable cold chain might make the extension of measles vaccination programmes to rural areas more economic.
12/1979
Non classé
Peter Altenberg
This study offers a revaluation of the works of Peter Altenberg, a neglected writer of the Viennese "Jahrhundertwende", who influenced such diverse figures as Karl Kraus, Robert Musil, Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Kafka and Georg Kaiser. Presenting Altenberg within the context of Vienna at the turn of the century, it provides a comprehensive analysis of his thought, literary theory and practice. It examines : his socio-cultural critique ; his blueprint for a new society ; the principle of aesthetic reductionism which he pioneered ; his conception of woman ; and his presentation of modern man's existential crisis.
08/1987
Réussite personnelle
Il ne suffit pas de rêver son envol, il faut battre des ailes . Motivation & Action
Petit guide de survie Do it yourself Devenez Warrior dans votre propre vie, mettez le passé derrière vous, et allez de l'avant. Et vous aussi, vous pourrez dire fièrement "je l'ai fait moi-même" . Ce Do It Yourself des Jours Meilleurs a pour vocation d'être l'accompagnement qui aidera alors à retrouver le sens des jours, définir à nouveau des objectifs, et parler enfin de bien-être et d'être bien... Un petit coup de pouce bienveillant pour se libérer des poids qu'on traîne, s'offrir une nouvelle opportunité de vivre mieux, en conscience
02/2022
Sciences de la terre et de la
The genetics and breeding of Taro (Clolocasia esculenta(L.) Schott)
Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is an ancient and important root crop and more than 400 million people include taro in their diets. It is grown as a root crop, as a leafy vegetable and sometimes as an ornamental in a wide range of environments. This publication gives general information about Colocasia esculenta and some basic data on related root crop species. It deals with taxonomy, botany, origin and distribution, genetic resources, reproductive biology and problems associated with genetics and breeding. The final goal is to help to revitalize agricultural production, not only of taro, but also of other aroid root crop species.
01/2000
