Sex and the TV
Extraits
Monographies
The Sewing Manual : Skirts and Trousers /anglais
Un guide complet et illustré, étape par étape, pour créer vos pantalons et jupes, spécialement destiné aux personnes sans expérience. Ce livre pratique vous guidera dans la création de vos jupes et pantalons et vous permettra de développer vos compétences en couture, du patron au vêtement fini. Vous en avez assez d'aller dans les mêmes magasins que tous vos amis ? Envie de renouveler votre garde-robe grâce à des vêtements faits sur mesure ? Il s'agit d'un manuel pratique qui montre toutes les étapes de la confection de jupes et de pantalons, depuis les bases, comme les différents points de couture à la main et l'utilisation d'une machine à coudre, jusqu'à la prise de mesures et la compréhension des patrons ; le tout expliqué par des illustrations et des photographies détaillées pour chaque étape. Le résultat ? Ce sera un vêtement original, réalisé de vos propres mains et sur mesure !
05/2021
Philosophie
The Moral Ideals of Care and Respect
Philosophers are in the process of constructing an environmental ethics theory intended to govern human conduct toward nature. Relying on moral philosophy or ecological theory to generate normative principles, philosophers have failed to pay adequate attention to human psychology. To address the question of responsible relations with nature via insights and methods from moral psychology means to validate environmental ethics theory with real-life human functioning. It also means broadening the psychological study of morality to include nature. An interpretive analysis of the study participants' moral deliberations and experiences revealed the moral ideals of "care" and "respect." These contrast with the moral ideal of "justice" which dominates environmental ethics discourse.
05/1994
Anglais apprentissage
The Sound and the Fury / As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner
In William Faulkners major works of fiction, the reader finds an extraordinary vision of what Robert Penn Warren calls 'the dark complications of Southern life', an extreme symbolic rendering of the ways and means of decline that characterised the Southern states of the US during the early twentieth century. Now recognised as two of Faulkner's greatest novels, The Sound and the Fury (1929) and As I Lay Dying (1930) were commercial failures in the decade following their publication, and received from many critics only a grudging recognition of difference rather than talent. By the end of the Second World War, however, the reputation of both novels had grown, and Faulkner's great fictional creation, Yoknapatawpha County, had become as much a part of America as any real area of the Mississippi landscape. In this Icon Critical Guide, Nicolas Tredell explores the wealth of critical material generated by these two exceptional works of modernist fiction. From the initially mixed critical responses to the novels in the early 1930s, the Guide follows the enormous growth of interest in Faulkner's work across six decades. New writings shaped by a range of critical theories are discussed, offering the reader a clear view of the place now given to one of Americas most innovative and influential novelists.
01/1999
Non classé
Exceptions and Rules:- Brecht, Planchon and The Good Person of Szechwan
This book examines the Brechtian influence on Roger Planchon's three stagings of Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan (July 1954 ; October 1954 ; December 1958). The meaning of a Brechtian mise en scène is determined by an analysis of the Berliner Ensemble production of the same play (1957). A comparison of these stagings not only reveals the clash between the German and French theatrical traditions but the German mise en scène also provides a point of reference which underlines the similarities and differences between Planchon's and Brecht's staging methods.
12/1987
Informatique
Flash .Net. Dynamic content for designers with Flash remoting MX and ASP.NET
Flash.NET is the book which is your ticket to the future of application design. Two cutting-edge technologies, joined in union to provide the perfect marriage.
Macromedia Flash MX really excels when it comes to presenting graphical, interactive content. It's a superb tool for building user interfaces and for presenting content that changes over time.
Microsoft's NET Framework is a suite of tools for building powerful applications, both on and off the Web.
Put them together, and a whole raft of new possibilities opens up for both: powerful logic and functionality with a rich, flexible interface on the front. Put them together, and you get Flash.NET.
In this book, a team of expert designers and developers show you how to add dynamic NET content and turbocharged server-side functionality to your Flash MX projects.
In short, you need this book if you're a Flash designer who wants a cutting-edge advantage and doesn't want to get left behind when ail the cool people have started utilizing the power of NET with their applications.
To run the examples in this book for yourself, you'll need:
• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
• Macromedia Flash MX
• Microsoft NET Framework SDK (free download from Microsoft)
The book also covers Macromedia Flash Remoting MX
11/2002
Romance sexy
The Players T1, Under the Ice
Il représente tout ce qu'elle déteste, elle est tout ce qu'il désire... Hockeyeur hors pair et fraîchement nommé capitaine de l'équipe, Isaiah se blesse avant le début de la saison. Maddison, nageuse émérite, rêve quant à elle de plonger dans le bain des Jeux Olympiques. Il n'aime pas les histoires d'amour, elle a été blessée et n'a plus de temps à leur consacrer. Elle est rigoureuse et control freak, il est libéré et carpe diem. Pourtant, les deux sportifs passent un marché : devenir sex friends, afin d'éliminer toute frustration avant une performance sportive. Et les effets ne se font pas attendre : à chaque rencontre avec le beau brun, Maddison voit sa confiance en elle grimper. Très vite, et malgré les limites qu'ils se sont imposées, elle comprend qu'il lui en faudra plus. Plus de sexe, plus de passion... et plus du sourire charmeur d'Isaiah. Et merde !
Généralités
From Vine to Wine.. Domaine Ponsot’s Vineyards: 150 Years of History (1872–2022)
Inspired by the microhistory trend, this book sets out to illustrate how 150 years of the unique history of a family of winegrowers is embedded in-and contributes to-the larger history of Burgundy crus. The book will explore the developments in techniques and knowledge about grapevines and wine that have taken place between 1872 to 2022, providing readers with a better understanding of the issues relating to designations of origin (appellations) and the notion of terroir. Readers will see how things were done in the past and how they are done today, and the approaches that will be adopted in the future by 'climatic' winegrowers, and will conclude that sometimes everything must change in order for everything to remain the same.
06/2022
Lecture 6-9 ans
Tu te souviendras
Etudiante passionnée de légendes urbaines, Diane choisit de s'installer à Pulnoy, une petite ville marquée par un événement tragique et inexplicable survenu vingt ans plus tôt. Alors que des meurtres énigmatiques frappent la région et que l'inquiétude générale grandit, elle doit également faire face au comportement de plus en plus étrange de ses nouveaux amis. Et si tout était lié au passé de cette paisible commune ? Diane résoudra-t-elle le mystère avant qu'il se soit trop tard ? Se déroulant en Lorraine, "Tu te souviendras" est un récit mêlant sciences de l'occulte, amour, haine et deuil, dans un entrelacs surnaturel.
12/2020
Littérature érotique et sentim
Te souviendras-tu ?
Il s'appelle Joseph, il a 26 ans. Elle s'appelle Jill. Elle est sur le point d'arrêter sa vie. C'est le dur lot des anges qui sont contraints de mettre leur vie sur pause pour se réincarner en humain et redescendre sur Terre. Sept fois. Joseph a rempli son devoir, il peut à présent vivre pleinement sa vie d'ange. Jill doit encore se réincarner une fois. Tout bascule pour eux lorsqu'elle reçoit la convocation. La seule erreur qu'ils ont commis : s'aimer avant d'avoir accompli leur devoir. Car chaque réincarnation s'accompagne inévitablement d'une amnésie totale. Elle part sans trouver la force de lui dire adieu. Mais pourra-t-il la retrouver ? Et surtout, se souviendra-t-elle... ? Un roman entre ciel et terre à la recherche de l'amour ultime.
06/2019
Littérature érotique et sentim
Te souviens-tu?
" Tu avais ce petit quelque chose en toi. Cette fragilité qui se dégageait comme un léger parfum délicieux mais pas enivrant. Seuls les rares osant s'approcher pouvaient en apprécier les subtils effluves. Tu ne laissais à personne l'occasion de t'infiltrer et tu repoussais quiconque voulait te découvrir. Mais tu ne me faisais pas peur Léa. Car je savais. Je savais que tout ce que tu exprimais était le contraire de ce que tu ressentais à l'intérieur. Léa. Tout et son opposé. Un parfait oxymore. Cela me plaisait tant". Christelle aime Léa, pourtant elle va la trahir et sa route va croiser celle d'Eloïse en couple avec Romain. Deux couples qui s'aiment, des mensonges, des âmes meurtries et des coeurs brisés. L'amour peut-il tout pardonner ?
08/2020
Littérature française
Tu te souviens
1942. Singapour. Le dernier bateau rapatriant les ressortissants anglais vers l'Australie va appareiller, séparant un couple. Le mari, français, doit régler ses affaires en Malaisie avant de rejoindre sa femme et ses deux enfants. Sur le pont, Helen, le cœur déchiré, regarde ses malles qu'on hisse vers elle. Soudain, un filin cède engloutissant dans les flots ce sur quoi elle comptait pour survivre dans l'attente des retrouvailles. Sur la mer, la guerre fait rage et le capitaine ayant dû dévier sa route vers l'Inde, c'est à Bombay qu'elle débarque, sans argent, sans amis. Ce sera l'expérience de la solitude, de l'exil et d'une liberté certaine. Ce sera pour son fils Stanislas trois années de découvertes et d'éveils. De Londres à Bordeaux, Hong-Kong, Tokyo, la vie ne va cesser de leur réserver des surprises et, profitant des circonstances, l'enfant va œuvrer pour récupérer à son profit l'amour de sa mère. Aventures exotiques, grâce des paysages, enchantements, Tu te souviens est l'histoire d'une passion filiale exubérante et une réflexion dense sur l'oubli, le souvenir, l'attente, l'amour, la mort. On y retrouve la vitalité poétique, la singularité d'une expérience narrative qui est la matière même du talent de Marie-Josèphe Guers.
09/2006
Autres éditeurs (K à O)
Tu te rappelles ?
Tout juste arrivés dans leur nouveau logement, un jeune garçon et sa maman échangent des souvenirs d'" avant ", radieux, drôles ou saugrenus : un pique-nique avec papa, un plongeon dans une meule de foin, une terrible nuit d'orage... A présent, les voilà seuls. Mais qui sait si, un jour, cette toute première nuit dans une ville inconnue ne sera pas à son tour un souvenir aimé ?
02/2024
Non classé
Debating National Security
The nature of security in the contemporary world is changing rapidly. Superpower detente, the progress and further prospects of arms control, the collapse of East European communist regimes, and German unification, to name but the most spectacular features, present unprecedented challenges not only for political decision-makers, but also for the mass publics in democratic societies. What are the trends of public opinion on these issues and how do they reflect these changes ? By what factors are pertinent public attitudes shaped and what structures do emerge ? How can they be reliably assessed and meaningfully analyzed ? Which demands flow from the dynamics of public opinion that have to be taken into account in security policy making ? These are the key questions addressed by the twelve contributions to this volume. Combining longitudinal and comparative approaches they cover the public dimension of the national security debate in seven Western nations : Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States.
04/1991
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
Littérature anglo-saxonne
Daisy Jones & the six
Daisy Jones & The Six... le groupe de rock le plus mythique de tous les temps. De leurs débuts dans les bars miteux d'un Sunset Strip écrasé de soleil californien à la gloire, leur histoire est celle d'une ascension fulgurante. C'est aussi celle de Daisy Jones, l'icône ultime. Mais le 12 juillet 1979, après le plus mémorable des concerts, le groupe a éclaté. Personne n'a jamais su pourquoi... Jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Musiciens, fans, managers, amants, gardiens d'immeubles, ils ont tous été les témoins de cette histoire... Mais quarante ans plus tard, chacun a sa propre version de la vérité.
06/2020
Littérature étrangère
Daisy Jones & The Six
Daisy Jones & The Six... le groupe de rock le plus mythique de tous les temps. Leurs concerts remplissaient les stades aux quatre coins de la planète et ils ont enflammé les nuits de toute une génération. De leurs débuts dans les bars miteux d'un Sunset Strip écrasé de soleil californien à la gloire, leur histoire est celle d'une ascension fulgurante. De l'euphorie qui vient avec le succès, des excitants qu'on prend pour entretenir la magie et des calmants qu'on avale pour essayer de dormir. C'est l'histoire du rock'n'roll. C'est aussi celle de Daisy Jones, l'icône ultime. Mais le 12 juillet 1979, après le plus mémorable des concerts, le groupe a éclaté. Personne n'a jamais su pourquoi... Jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Musiciens, fans, managers, amants, gardiens d'immeubles... ils ont tous été les témoins de cette histoire... Mais quarante ans plus tard, chacun a sa propre version de la vérité. Cet ovni littéraire, qui a enflammé les lecteurs des deux côtés de l'Atlantique, nous plonge avec frénésie au coeur d'une des périodes artistiques et sociales les plus exaltantes de notre époque !
Non classé
Priscilla, (White) Queen of the Desert
Written for an international audience, Priscilla, (White) Queen of the Desert speaks to the current crisis in queer rights and representation in the context of colonial nations. Focusing on issues of identity, but exploring concerns as wide ranging as morality, same-sex marriage, state sanction, families, and history, this book will appeal to students, activists and academics alike. Asking hard questions of queer rights movements, and the identity politics that often inform them, the book calls for a sustained engagement with the theorisation of queer racial identity and queer race privilege.
09/2006
Régionalisme
BREAKING THE ICE, GRENOBLE. Tips on adjusting to life abroad and becoming more French than the French
"Breaking the Ice, Grenoble" is the first of a series of Ice Breaker guides published by No Man's Land designed to help expatriates feel at home anywhere in France. It is the first time that a guidebook in English local information about daily life in a French town (Grenoble) with hints for developing intercultural skills. The book will help you understand how values, attitudes and behaviour are important for making the most of your stay in France both professionally and socially.
07/1997
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WORLD HISTORY. An introduction
In modern industrial society, the tic between science and technology seems clear, even inevitable. But historically, as James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn remind us, the connection was far less apparent. For much of human history, technology depended more on the innovation of skilled artisans than it did on the speculation of scientists. Technology as "applied science," the authors argue, emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies. In Science and Technology in World History, McClellan and Dorn offer an introduction to this changing relationship.
McClellan and Dorn review the historical record beginning with the thinking and tool making of prehistoric humans. Neolithic people, for example, developed metallurgy of a sort, using naturally occurring raw copper, and kept systematic records of the moon's phases. Neolithic craftsmen possessed practical knowledge of the behavior of clay, fire, and other elements of their environment, but though they may have had explanations for the phenomena of their crafts, they toiled without any systematic science of materials or the self-conscious application of theory to practice.
Without neglecting important figures of Western science such as Newton and Einstein, the authors demonstrate the great achievements of non-Western cultures. They remind us that scientific traditions took root in China, India, and Central and South America, as well as in a series of Near Eastern empires, during late antiquity and the Middle Ages, including the vast region that formed the Islamic conquest. From this comparative perspective, the authors explore the emergence of Europe as a scientific and technological power. Continuing their narrative through the Manhattan Project, NASA, and modern medical research, the authors weave the converging histories of science and technology into an integrated, perceptive, and highly readable narrative.
"Professors McClellan and Dorn have written a survey that does not present the historical development of science simply as a Western phenomenon but as the result of wide-ranging human curiosity about nature and attempts to harness its powers in order to serve human needs. This is an impressive amount of material to organize in a single textbook."
- Paula Findlen, Stanford University
01/1999
Mexique
Secret Mexico City
An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew the city well or who would like to discover its many other facets. The forgotten café where Fidel Castro and Che Guevara used to meet, a tribute to the city's ghosts, a mammoth in the metro, a cave transformed into a shrine, an underground parking lot with mosaics dating from 1930, a Baroque altarpiece made from papier mâché, a village based on the principles of Thomas More's Utopia, secret masterpieces of colonial art in rooms only open around two hours a week, the largest roof garden in Latin America, the photo on which the Oscar statuette is modelled, the first building in the world faced with a material that can trap urban smog, a road surface designed for praying as you walk ...
02/2024
Sociologie
Experiencing Same-Sex Marriage
This book provides an understanding of how the legal and cultural debates and advances and limitations on same-sex marriage are experienced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people, same-sex couples, and their social networks. Using data collected from hundreds of GLBT people, same-sex couples, and their social networks over the past decade, the book examines the following topics : same-sex marriages' impact on how GLBT individuals view their relationships and community ; same-sex couples' decision making regarding whether to marry or not ; the interactions between same-sex couples and members of their families-of-origin regarding same-sex marriage ; the same-sex marriage experiences of understudied members of the GLBT community ; and the interactions between same-sex couples and members of their social networks in locations with restrictions against legally recognized same-sex marriage. These findings are examined through the lens of the social scientific study of relationships. They are based on a communication studies perspective on personal relationships, and therefore emphasize communication concepts and theories relevant to the understanding of same-sex marriage experiences.
01/2014
Monographies
Burmese Silver from the Colonial Period
This stunning catalogue presents an exceptional collection of rare Burmese silver. Accompanied by detailed photographs and explanatory texts, this ground-breaking book proposes a new way of looking at Burmese silver. Names, dates, places, and stories - identifying the who, when, where, and what of Burmese silver has been the focus of publications on the topic. Are these questions the best way to understand silver, however ? Alexandra Green argues that they are not. Too few pieces provide reliable information about silversmiths, production locations, and dates to allow for a comprehensive understanding of the subject. Instead, a close examination of silver patterns reveals strong links with Burmese art history reaching as far back as the Bagan period (11th to 13th centuries), connections with contemporary artistic trends, and participation within the wider world of silversmithing. The first European to write about Burmese silver was H L Tilly, a colonial official from the late 19th into the early 20th century. Tasked with collecting objects for various fairs and exhibitions, he took an interest in Burmese art, publishing articles and books from the 1880s onwards. While much of what he wrote was factually inaccurate and coloured by the prejudices and stereotypes common at the time, his two volumes on Burmese silver published in 1902 and 1904 contain pictures of pieces from the early to mid 19th century. These enable a reconstruction of how silver designs evolved as the country was absorbed into the Indian Raj, and British and other Westerners became consumers of local silver products. Tilly was also correct in his interest in silver designs. Green uses the visual information from his books to describe the continuities and innovations of designs found on silver from the mid 19th through the mid 20th century, and she places these trends within local, regional, and global flows of ideas. Many studies of Burmese silver have been plagued by a lack of understanding of the Burmese context. In contrast, Green examines silver from a local perspective, drawing on Burmese texts and information that allows for a nuanced view of the motifs, designs, and patterns that appear repetitively on silver pieces. Using Graham Honeybill's collection, formed over many years, as a basis, she explores how designs and patterns circulated around the country and were innovatively combined and recombined on pieces by silversmiths producing objects for Burmese, Western, and commercial clients.
09/2022
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
Non classé
From Scarcity to Sustainability
For futures studies and environmentalism the late 1960s and early 1970s were a heyday period of great publicity, and much scientific interest was devoted to them. The study 'Limits to Growth', commissioned by the Club of Rome, has played an important role for the further advancement of these fascinating fields. Each of them in its own way deals with the long term prospects of humankind and desirable future paths of humanity and the globe. This investigation illustrates a very important phase in the development of these two areas and writes a history of ideas and a history of impact of the Limits to Growth debate and other activities of the Club of Rome. It includes information that has so far only been known to a very limited number of directly involved individuals and looks into very recent stages of the sustainable development debate and newest developments of more pragmatic and critical futures studies. For the purpose of this study some 100 interviews have been made worldwide with very well known and often influential individuals. Among them are : Sicco Mansholt, Alexander King, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Jungk, Saburo Okita, Lord Kennet, Johan Galtung, Barry Commoner and Philip de Seynes.
12/1991
Littérature érotique et sentim
Texas Porno Cheap & The Joe Sex Clash
Kathy, adorable blonde naïve, tombe en panne sur la Route 66 tandis qu'elle se rend au mariage de sa meilleure amie. Soudainement aussi chaude que le soleil sous lequel elle cuit, elle ne cessera d'ouvrir les jambes à tout-va et à tout le monde, ne les refermant que le temps de reprendre son souffle et de se poser une question : "Mais que vais-je dire à Joe ?" Car oui, elle est en couple avec Joe. Avant de la rejoindre aux noces, le pauvre est resté seul à New York. Le pauvre ? Que nenni ! Car en l'absence de sa dulcinée, Joe connaît des ennuis qui l'emmènent de gogo-bars en boîtes à partouzes, pour le meilleur... et le meilleur ! Une question le taraude pourtant : que va-t-il dire à Kathy ? Texas Porno Cheap et The Joe Sex Clash sont les deux romans en écho d'une saga totalement fada et irrésistible, qui manie les ficelles du genre pornographique avec maestria et ironie. Un pur régal !
09/2016
Anglais apprentissage
Encountering the Chinese. A Guide for Americans, Second Edition
To fathom the complex culture of China is a daunting task, but Hu Wenzhong and Cornelius Grove, in this substantially revised and updated edition of their popular book, have risen to the challenge. They provide a practical and sensitive cross-cultural analysis of Chinese culture along with insights into how best to communicate and interact with Chinese people. As the economic and diplomatie climate in China has changed, the frequency of contact between Chinese and Americans has increased in all areas : business, academic, scientific, professional, personal and cultural, making this book even more valuable. Relying on Hu's knowledge of his native Chinese culture and Grove's American perspective from his substantial experience in China, Encountering the Chinese will enable Westerners to establish more productive and rewarding relationships with the Chinese, both inside and outside the PRC. As in the first edition, the authors retain fondamental information on basic Chinese values, cultural norms, and mindsets and identify the cross-cultural factors that often lead to failed business negotiations, embarrassing faux pas and misunderstandings when Americans and other Westerners encounter the Chinese. In this second edition they have added a discussion of economic changes and the gradual demise of state-owned companies, and they give special attention to the shift among young urban professionals and businesspeople from traditional collectivist values toward individualism and a market economy mentality. There is also a new section for American women working in China.
01/1999
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.
Written by an experienced hacker-someone who knows which systems are Vulnerable and how crackers get into them-this unique guide to Linux security identifies existing and potential security holes and faults, and then describes how to go about fixing them.
• Learn in-depth configuration tips and techniques to help eliminate security threats to your Linux-based computer or network.
• Discover common Linux System holes and cracking techniques.
• Explore both commercial and open source programs and utilities that can help identify and solve security weaknesses.
• Learn about the wide array of tools that crackers have at their disposal to penetrate your Linux system.
• Find out how to safely configure and run many popular Linux-based applications and services, including Sendmail, Apache, FTPd, and many more.
• Utilize technologies such as SSL and MD5 to create a secure computing environment for yourself and your users.
CD-ROM includes
A comprehensive collection of Linux security products:
• 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
Sciences de la terre et de la
Stars and Stellar Evolution
The diverse forms that stars assume in the course of their lives can all be derives from the initial conditions : the mass and the original chemical composition. In this textbook the basic concepts of stellar structure and the main roads of stellar evolution are described. First, the observable parameters are presented, which are based on the radiation emerging from a stellar atmosphere. Then the bascphysics is described, such as the physics of gases, radiation transport, and nuclear processes, followed by essential aspects of modelling the structure of stars. After a chapter on star formation, the various steps in the evolution of stars are presented. This leads us to brown dwarfs, to the way of star changes into the red-giant state and numerous other stages of evolution and ultimately to the stellar ashes such as white dwarfs, supernovae and neutron stars. Stellar winds, stellar rotation and convection all influence the way a star evolves. The evolution of binary stars is included by using several canonical examples in which interactive processes lead to X-Ray binaries and supernovae of type la. Finally, the consequence of the study of stellar evolution are tied to observed mass ans luminosity functions and to the overall evolution of matter in the universe.
02/2009
Critique littéraire
To catch the sun in the water
Marie was born around the end of World War II in a small village near Chaveniac-Lafayette where General Lafayette lived. It is the mountainous region of Auvergne known as the heart of France. Take Marie's hand and she will guide you through her humble childhood. Through her eyes you will see what it was like to live in the country in France. With Marie's many brothers end sisters you will participate in hay making, harvesting... At this time, they used traditional methods and tools. Her parents will demonstrate the making of bread, butter and cheese... It's here that you meet Mathias, a boy her age, who becomes her best friend. Later, their love story unfolds... Just after the war, it was a time when the French countryside was populated with farmers that still lived in economic self-sufficiency. In the story, the author makes these peasants from depths of France come alive. The feeling, the candor, and the authenticity of the book will remind you of the Little House on the Prairie
07/2001
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
THE WOMAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. Alice Stewart and the secrets of radiation
THE WOMAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH tells the engaging life story of the epidemiologist whose discoveries about radiation risk have revolutionized medical practice and challenged international nuclear safety standards. For more than forty years, Dr. Alice Stewart has warned that tow-dose radiation is far more dangerous than has been acknowledged. Although an outstanding scientist with more than 400 peer-reviewed papers to her name, her controversial work has only recently begun to receive significant attention, because it lies at the center of a political storm.
In the 1950s when doctors would routinely x-ray pregnant women, she began research at Oxford that led to the discovery that fetal x-rays doubted a child's risk of developing cancer. When she was in her seventies, she again astounded the scientific world by showing that the U.S. nuclear weapons industry was far more dangerous than commonly believed, a finding that embroiled her in an international controversy over radiation risk. In recent years, she has become one of a handful of independent scientists whose work is a lodestone to the antinuclear movement. In 1990, the New York Times called her "perhaps the Energy Department's most influential and feared scientific critic."
The Woman Who Knew Too Much traces Dr. Stewart's life and career from her early childhood in Sheffield and medical education at Cambridge to her research positions at Oxford and the University of Birmingham, where she still maintains an office. The book joins a growing number of biographies of pioneering women scientists such as Barbara McClintock, Rosalind Franklin, and Lise Meitner and will find a wide range of appreciative readers, including those interested in the history of science and technology and of the history of women in science and medicine. Activists and policymakers will also find the story of Alice Stewart compelling reading.
02/2000
