War of the Realms
Extraits
Comics Super-héros
War of the Realms
La Guerre des Royaumes menée par l'Elfe Noir Malekith a mis les neuf royaumes à feu et à sang, et maintenant c'est au tour de Midgard, la Terre, de subir son assaut ! Tous les héros vont devoir s'unir s'ils veulent repousser l'armée de l'envahisseur, mais quelles chances ont-ils quand Thor manque à l'appel ? Une équipe de héros triés sur le volet va être envoyée à sa recherche. Prolongation de la trame tissée par Jason Aaron dans la série Thor, cette saga essentielle est portée par les magnifiques dessins de Russell Dauterman. L'oeuvre d'Aaron a grandement influencé l'écriture du prochain volet cinématographique des aventures de Thor, puisqu'on y retrouvera Jane Foster en Thor et Gorr, un vilain créé par Aaron.
06/2021
Comics Super-héros
Thor : War of the Realms : Prélude
Odin est las de voir le jeune Thor préférer Midgard à Asgard, mais Loki a un plan pour briser cet attachement ! Cette histoire empruntée à un lointain passé est une bouffée de nostalgie, avant de revenir à un présent déchiré par la Guerre des Royaumes qui menace de s'étendre à tout l'Arbre-Monde. Roz Solomon, Angela, Freyja, Odin et bien sûr Thor, se placent sur l'échiquier pour jouer la dernière partie ! Deuxième volet de la dernière partie de la saga de Jason Aaron sur la série Thor. Elle est par ailleurs recueillie en intégralité dans deux albums MARVEL OMNIBUS qui paraissent ce même mois. Les surréalistes dessins de Mike Del Mundo apportent une dimension supplémentaire à cet album.
07/2022
Comics Super-héros
War of the Realms - Venom N° 2 : Bûcher funéraire
La Guerre des Royaumes fait toujours rage sur Terre et Eddie Brock ne peut espérer qu'une chose : survivre ! Pendant ce temps, le Spider-Man supérieur prend les rênes d'une équipe de super-héros californiens afin de vaincre les armées de Malekith, tandis que la vie de l'ex-surhumaine Mania est sur le point de basculer... Les aventures de Venom continuent sous la houlette de Donny Cates, Cullen Bunn, Christos Gage, Iban Coello, Lan Medina et Alberto Alburquerque.
06/2020
Comics
War of the Realms - Deadpool N° 2 : Deadpool, agent secret
Pour arrêter l'avancée de Malekith, Deadpool doit vaincre Ulik aux côtés de deux vieux "amis", Luke Cage et Iron Fist. Et pendant que Wade Wilson continue sa mission d'agent secret, nous le retrouvons aussi face à la Panthère Noire en territoire wakandais. Les belles aventures de Skottie Young, Chris Hastings et Daniel Kibblesmith se poursuivent, sur des dessins de Nic Klein, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz et Salva Espin.
03/2020
12 ans et +
Les 8 royaumes mortels Tome 1 : La cité de Pierre-de-Vie
Raised as a slave in the Darkoath camps of Aqshy, Kiri dreams of a better life. Of a city of wonders, the place of her birth… Lifestone ! She despairs of ever reaching it until a fateful day arrives when her barbarian captors are attacked by Sigmar's noblest warriors, the Stormcast Eternals. Seizing her chance, Kiri flees through a mysterious realmgate that takes her far from the fiery lands of Aqshy. She arrives in the realm of Ghyran and finds the city of Lifestone. But a curse lies on this place, withering its noble spirit. Her path leads her to a special group of children who, like her, are realm-marked the prophecised saviours of Lifestone. There's Thanis, the fighter ; Alish, the inventor ; Kaspar ; the sneak and Elio, the healer. But dark forces are allying against the children and will do anything to stop them achieving their destiny.
06/2019
Shonen/garçon
Tsugai - Daemons of the Shadow Realm Tome 2
Du mystère, du surnaturel, de l'aventure, une histoire de fraternité : le nouveau Hiromu Arakawa est un manga inclassable qui réserve bien des surprises ! ? Chasseur aguerri, le jeune Yuru mène une vie paisible dans un village reculé au sein des montagnes, au contact de la nature. Il prend grand soin de sa jeune soeur jumelle, Asa, recluse depuis sa naissance afin de satisfaire un rituel divin. Quand de mystérieux oiseaux de métal attaquent la cité ancestrale, les rouages du destin se mettent en marche...
10/2023
Shonen/garçon
Tsugai - Daemons of the Shadow Realm Tome 3
Du mystère, du surnaturel, de l'aventure, une histoire de fraternité : le nouveau Hiromu Arakawa est un manga inclassable qui réserve bien des surprises ! ? Chasseur aguerri, le jeune Yuru mène une vie paisible dans un village reculé au sein des montagnes, au contact de la nature. Il prend grand soin de sa jeune soeur jumelle, Asa, recluse depuis sa naissance afin de satisfaire un rituel divin. Quand de mystérieux oiseaux de métal attaquent la cité ancestrale, les rouages du destin se mettent en marche...
02/2024
Shonen/garçon
Tsugai - Daemons of the Shadow Realm Tome 4
Du mystère, du surnaturel, de l'aventure, une histoire de fraternité : le nouveau Hiromu Arakawa est un manga inclassable qui réserve bien des surprises ! ? Dera s'est rendu au manoir des Kagemori pour récupérer Yuru. Ce dernier est encore sous le choc des révélations d'Asa concernant les épreuves que la jeune fille a traversées. Toujours sans nouvelle de ses parents, Yuru décide de partir à leur recherche par ses propres moyens. Mais les assassins envoyés par le village de Higashi rôdent et Yuru se retrouve face à de redoutables Tsugai... Un terrible combat s'engage alors avec les Gardiens cardinaux !
07/2024
Mondes fantastiques
War of the cards
Le dernier tome de la trilogie consacrée à l'histoire de la Reine de coeur. Dinah a perdu tous ceux qu'elle aimait. Son frère a été brutalement assassiné. L'homme cruel qu'elle croyait être son père l'a trahie. Ses loyaux sujets ont été dévastés par la guerre. Et le garçon à qui elle a donné son coeur l'a complètement brisé. Maintenant une reine obscure est sortie des cendres de son ancienne vie. La colère et la haine fleurissent à l'intérieur de Dinah, empoisonnant son âme et tordant son esprit. Il ne lui reste que le Pays des merveilles et sa couronne, et son obsession de se battre pour les deux. Mais la guerre fait rage et Dinah pourrait hériter d'un trône ensanglanté. Un chef rempli d'amour et de rage peut-il jamais être le souverain dont son royaume a besoin ? Ou sa colère dévorante mettra-t-elle le Pays des Merveilles à genoux ? Ce n'est pas une histoire qui finira par "Ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d'enfants" . C'est l'histoire de la Reine de Coeur.
10/2022
Science-fiction
Realm of Broken Faces
Automne 1917, Nord-Est de la France. La Blitzkrieg du Kaiser a dévasté les environs, mais une petite communauté de malfrats règne désormais sur ce no man's land. A sa tête, Monsieur, chef auto-proclamé. Un personnage à la gueule cassée, lunatique et mystérieux. Comme on dit aux alentours, personne ne sait qui il est véritablement et d'ailleurs, tout le monde s'en fout, d'autant plus que l'ignorance est gage de survie. Le Quenottier, armé de sa fidèle pelle, suit cette ligne de conduite sans dévier d'un pouce. Il a bien d'autres ennuis à gérer que les lubies de Monsieur. A commencer par cette mioche, débusquée dans les vestiges des tranchées, bien décidée à lui pourrir la vie... Entre corbeau agaçant, Veuve acerbe et gamine insupportable, qui aura les nerfs du vieux Quenot' ?
06/2018
Comics divers
Star Wars - War of the Bounty Hunters Tome 3
Valance et Dengar, son partenaire malgré lui, tentent d'intercepter Boba Fett et le corps de Han Solo qu'il transporte... mais qui les poursuit, eux ? Et qui est le mystérieux chef de la bande d'assassins à leurs trousses ? Avec la participation de Chewbacca ! Nous poursuivons la réédition série par série des épisodes concernés par le crossover War of the Bounty Hunters. Celles et ceux qui préfèrent suivre indépendamment les différentes séries y trouveront ainsi leur compte, car l'événement a été conçu pour satisfaire tous les types de lecteurs !
07/2022
Comics divers
Star Wars - War of the Bounty Hunters Tome 2
Les Rebelles ont enfin une piste ! Ils pensent savoir où est caché le corps de Han Solo, piégé dans la carbonite. Un général, un Jedi et un Wookie montent une opération de sauvetage désespérée, mais ils ignorent ce qui les attend... Ce crossover, qui implique toutes les séries régulières, est sans doute le plus ambitieux projet de la gamme depuis son lancement. Nous vous le proposons avec la formule qui a fait le succès des crossovers Marvel : cette parution prend la place du softcover STAR WARS et intègre les séries qui paraissent habituellement directement en albums.
01/2022
Divers
Charlotte Lennox, "The Female Quixote". Agrégation d'anglais, Edition 2024-2025
Picture a resolute heroine from a seventeenth-century French romance who has been unknowingly teleported to mid-eighteenth-century Britain. Equipped with her worldview fashioned by the beliefs and values of those romances, how would she navigate this unfamiliar world ? Would her journey be a seamless progression from one comically ridiculous error to the next ? How would she assess the morals and customs of her newfound society, and how would its members perceive her ? In The Female Quixote, Charlotte Lennox embarks on this imaginative experiment. Her Cervantean parody fosters a dynamic reading experience, swinging between complicity and detachment. It projects an image of the parodied romances but also of the social world of eighteenth-century Britain. Encouraging readers to contemplate the fluid interplay between fiction and the real, the novel prompts reflection on the disparities between the social norms of both realms. This study takes a multifaceted approach to Lennox's novel, situating the work in its literary-historical context and examining the narrative features aligning it both with realist novels and romances. Additionally, it analyses key themes and provides summaries of characters and chapters. The study also offers a selection of texts that shed light on the debates accompanying the transition from an older codification of prose fiction to a new contender : the realist novel. The overarching objective is to showcase The Female Quixote's significance in shaping the modern novel's early history.
11/2023
Sécurité
Security and human aspects. Educational resources
This book embodies the curriculum taught by Bruno Ciroussel at the 'Institute for the Fight against Economic Crime' (ILCE in french) in Neuchâtel from 2001 to 2006, with a subsequent technical refresh in 2024. The course taught catered primarily to students from the realms of justice, police, finance, and to a lesser extent, journalism. The book is divided into two, the first part delves into the human aspects of computer security, offering insights on managing these elements to mitigate their impact as effectively as possible. The second part introduces the concept of a Security Operating Center (SoC) for cybersecurity and discusses the application of artificial intel-ligence in developing a smart SoC, supplemented by tangible examples of existing market solutions.
03/2024
Monographies
Hilma af Klint. The Five Notebook 1
In 1896, Hilma af Klint and four other like-minded women artists left the Edelweiss Society and founded the "Friday Group", also known as "The Five". They met every Friday for spiritual meetings, including prayers, studies of the New Testament, meditation and séances. The medium exercised automatic writing and mediumistic drawing. Eventually they established contact with spiritual beings whom they called "The High Ones". In 1896, the five women began taking meticulous notes of the mediumistic messages conveyed by the spirits. In time, Hilma af Klint felt she had been selected for more important messages. After ten years of esoteric training with "The Five", aged 43, Hilma af Klint accepted a major assignment, the execution of The Paintings for the Temple. This commission, which engaged the artist from 1906 to 1915, changed the course of her life. In 1908, Rudolf Steiner, leader of the German Theosophical Society, held several lectures in Stockholm. He also visited af Klint's studio and saw some of the early Paintings for the Temple. In 1913, Steiner founded the Anthroposophical Society, which af Klint joined in 1920 and remained a member for the rest of her life.
01/2022
Comics divers
War of the Bounty Hunters T03
On a promis à Jabba le Hutt le corps de Han Solo, et quand Boba Fett tarde à le lui ramener, Jabba n'est pas content ! Comment va réagir la créature la plus répugnante de l'univers Star Wars ? Pendant ce temps, la course contre la montre se poursuit pour remettre la main sur le corps du héros, piégé dans la carbonite. Luke Skywalker est peut-être le seul espoir des Rebelles, mais où est-il ? Un nouveau tome pour le gigantesque crossover qui réunit toutes les séries Star Wars, pendant cinq mois. Comme à chaque fois, les lecteurs ont le choix entre la couverture souple et la cartonnée, à l'instar de ce que nous avons fait pour EMPYRE, X OF SWORDS, ou plus récemment pour MARVEL.
02/2022
Comics divers
War of the Bounty Hunters T04
La guerre continue et les véritables motivations du vol du corps de Han Solo sont révélées ! Qi'ra, qui a permis l'ascension de Han Solo, est de retour avec sa terrifiante organisation criminelle. Les pièces se mettent en place pour l'affrontement final. Dark Vador, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Aphra, les Hutt et Boba Fett... tous courent après le butin ultime ! Avant-dernier numéro de la saga qui réunit tous les titres Star Wars ! Une entreprise sans précédent qui étoffe la période qui suit directement le film L'Empire contre-attaque ! A l'issue de cette saga, les cartes seront complètement rebattues, avec un nouveau softcover à la clé !
03/2022
Comics divers
War of the Bounty Hunters T05
C'est l'heure du combat final, dans une saga qui va transformer la galaxie toute entière ! Boba Fett est dans une impasse, il ne voit pas comment il pourra récupérer le corps de Han Solo, échapper aux chasseurs de primes qui le traquent et se faire payer par Jabba. La fin en surprendra plus d'un ! Conclusion du crossover qui, cinq mois durant, a réuni toutes les séries de la galaxie Star Wars. Un nouveau statu quo découlera de cette saga avant le lancement d'un nouveau softcover STAR WARS le mois prochain, et il pourrait bien y avoir des surprises à la clé ! WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS est en tout cas, une belle occasion de s'initier aux comics Star Wars depuis le lancement de la gamme !
05/2022
Comics divers
War of the Bounty Hunters T01
A la fin de l'Empire contre-attaque, Boba Fett avait figé Han Solo dans la carbonite, afin de le livrer à Jabba The Hutt. Mais voilà que quelqu'un a volé le corps statufié du héros ! C'est le début d'une course-poursuite entre les rebelles, Boba, le Docteur Aphra et tous les chasseurs de primes de la galaxie. Découvrez la saga évènement qui implique tous les titres de l'univers Star Wars, de Doctor Aphra à Darth Vader en passant par Bounty Hunters et, bien sûr, Star Wars. Un crossover gigantesque que nous présentons avec la formule qui a fait le succès des événements Marvel (EMPYRE, KING IN BLACK) et des séries X-Men (DAWN OF X, X OF SWORDS), avec le choix entre une couverture souple et cartonnée. Cette saga (sans doute la plus ambitieuse depuis le lancement de la gamme Star Wars) remplacera donc le fascicule STAR WARS pendant toute la durée de l'événement.
12/2021
Philosophie
«Phädon», or «On the Immortality of the Soul»
This is the first modern translation of Moses Mendelssohn's classic work of 1767, the Phädon. It includes Mendelssohn's own introduction and appendix, as well as footnotes and explanatory introduction by David Shavin. (Charles Cullen's translation of 1789 is the only other extant translation.) The "modern Socrates" of the German classical period, Mendelssohn has created a beautiful translation and elaboration of Plato's Phädo led to a revolution in thought, and a subsequent renaissance in Germany. The debt of the German classical period to ancient Greece is embodied in Mendelssohn's Phädon, as is the promise of the American Revolution. The translation and accompanying notes recapture Mendelssohn's unique marriage of depth of thought and breadth of appeal.
12/2006
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
Concepts of Mass in Contemporary Physics and Philosophy
The concept of mass is one of the most fundamental notions in physics, comparable in importance only to those of space and time. But in contrast to the latter, which are the subject of innumerable physical and philosophical studies, the concept of mass has been but rarely investigated. Here Max Jammer, a leading philosopher and historian of physics, provides a concise but comprehensive, coherent, and self-contained study of the concept of mass as it is defined, interpreted, and applied in contemporary physics and as it is critically examined in the modern philosophy of science. With its focus on theories proposed after the mid-1950s, the book is the first of its kind, covering the most recent experimental and theoretical investigations into the nature of mass and its role in modern physics, from the realm of elementary particles to the cosmology of galaxies.
The book begins with an analysis of the persistent difficulties of defining inertial mass in a noncircular manner and discusses the related question of whether mass is an observational or a theoretical concept. It then studies the notion of mass in special relativity and the delicate problem of whether the relativistic rest mass is the only legitimate notion of mass and whether it is identical with the classical (Newtonian) mass. This is followed by a critical analysis of the different derivations of the famous mass-energy relationship E = mc2 and its conflicting interpretations. Jammer then devotes a chapter to the distinction between inertial and gravitational mass and to the various versions of the so-called equivalence principle with which Newton initiated his Principia but which also became the starting point of Einstein's general relativity, which supersedes Newtonian physics. The book concludes with a presentation of recently proposed global and local dynamical theories of the origin and nature of mass.
Destined to become a much-consulted reference for philosophers and physicists, this book is also written for the nonprofessional general reader interested in the foundations of physics.
01/2000
Sciences politiques
The Structure of Political Communication in the United Kingdom, the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany
Political Communication in The United Kingdom, the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany differs in terms of what the peoples expect to take issue with, how they are prepared to talk about them, which choices they can make to solve problems and, finally, whom or which organizations they delegate to resolve them. This comparative media study of The Economist, Time and Der Spiegel attempts to extract the differences in politics of the three societies.
11/1987
Comics divers
Star Wars - War of the Bounty Hunters Tome 1 . Edition collector
A la fin de l'Empire contre-attaque, Boba Fett avait figé Han Solo dans la carbonite, afin de le livrer à Jabba The Hutt. Mais voilà que quelqu'un a volé le corps statufié du héros ! C'est le début d'une course-poursuite entre les rebelles, Boba, le Docteur Aphra et tous les chasseurs de primes de la galaxie. Découvrez la saga évènement qui implique tous les titres de l'univers Star Wars, de Doctor Aphra à Darth Vader en passant par Bounty Hunters et, bien sûr, Star Wars. Un crossover gigantesque que nous présentons avec la formule qui a fait le succès des événements Marvel (EMPYRE, KING IN BLACK) et des séries X-Men (DAWN OF X, X OF SWORDS), avec le choix entre une couverture souple et cartonnée. Cette saga (sans doute la plus ambitieuse depuis le lancement de la gamme Star Wars) remplacera donc le fascicule STAR WARS pendant toute la durée de l'événement.
12/2021
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
The Undergrowth of Science. Delusion, self-deception and human frailty
Walter Gratzer's themes in the stories he relates in The Undergrowth of Science are collective delusion and human folly. Science is generally seen as a process bound by rigorous rules, which its practitioners must not transgress. Deliberate fraud occasionally intrudes, but it is soon detected, the perpetrators cast out and the course of discovery barely disturbed. Far more interesting are the outbreaks of self-delusion that from time to time afflict upright and competent researchers, and then spread like an epidemic or mass-hysteria through a sober and respectable scientific community. When this happens the rules by which scientists normally govern their working lives are suddenly suspended. Sometimes these episodes are provoked by personal vanity, an unwillingness to acknowledge error or even contemplate the possibility that a hard-won success is a will o' the wisp; at other times they stem from loyalty to a respected and trusted guru, or even from patriotic pride; and, worst of ail, they may be a consequence of a political ideology which imposes its own interpretation on scientists' observations of the natural world. Unreason and credulity supervene, illusory phenomena are described and measured, and theories are developed to explain them - until suddenly, often for no single reason, the bubble bursts, leaving behind it a residue of acrimony, recrimination, embarrassment and ruined reputations.
Here, then, are radiations, measured with high precision yet existing only in the minds of those who observed them; the Russian water, which some thought might congeal the oceans: phantom diseases which called for heroic surgery; monkey testis implants that restored the sexual powers of ageing roués and of tired sheep; truths about genetics and about the nature of matter, perceptible only to Aryan scientists in the Third Reich or Marxist ideologues in the Soviet Union; and much more. The Undergrowth of Science explores, in terms accessible to the lay reader, the history of such episodes, up to our own time, in ail their absurdity, tragedy and pathos.
01/2000
Histoire internationale
On the Border - The Otherness of God and the Multiplicity of the Religions
The Christian theology of religions at present faces a crisis. What precisely is the task of the theology of religions ? Does it merely consist in interpreting the non-Christian religions as steps, phases or contributions in the light of Christianity ? Has one from the theological side conceded the maximum to the non-Christian religions by acknowledging them as anonymous Christianity (Karl Rahner)? This study is an exploration on how one shall liberate the religion of the other from anonymity : how one shall leave the other with his/her own name. The model of thought employed in this study is gained through an analysis of the intercultural process of understanding, explained with instances from Africa and South America.
01/1994
Anglais apprentissage
LA VIERGE ET LE GITAN : THE VIRGIN AND THE GIPSY
When the vicar's wife went off with a young and penniless man the scandal knew no bounds. Her two little girls were only seven and nine years old respectively. And the vicar was such a good husband. True, his hair was grey. But his moustache was dark, he was handsome, and still full of furtive passion for his unrestrained and beautiful wife. Why did she go ? Why did she burst away with such an éclat of revulsion, like a touch of madness ? Nobody gave any answer. Only the pious said she was a bad woman. While some of the good women kept silent. They knew. The two little girls never knew. Wounded, they decided that it was because their mother found them negligible. The ill wind that blows nobody any good swept away the vicarage family on its blast. Then lo and behold ! the vicar, who was somewhat distinguished as an essayist and a controversialist, and whose case had aroused sympathy among the bookish men, received the living of Papplewick. The Lord had tempered the wind of misfortune with a rectorate in the north country. [...] "Lorsque la femme du pasteur s'enfuit avec un jeune homme sans le sou, le scandale ne connut pas de bornes. Ses deux fillettes n'avaient que sept et neuf ans respectivement. Et le pasteur était un si bon mari. Certes, il avait les cheveux gris, mais sa moustache était restée noire, il était bel homme et brûlait encore d'une passion furtive pour sa belle épouse immodeste. Pourquoi était-elle partie ? Pourquoi s'était-elle arrachée à lui, dans un tel éclat de dégoût, comme un grain de folie ? Personne n'apporta de réponse. Seules, les dévotes dirent que c'était une mauvaise femme. Cependant que certaines femmes de bien gardaient le silence. Elles comprenaient, elles. Les deux fillettes ne comprirent jamais. Blessées, elles jugèrent que c'était parce que leur mère les tenait pour quantité négligeable. Le vent du malheur qui est censé être bon à quelque chose balaya de son souffle les habitants de la cure. Puis, miracle, le pasteur, qui avait une certaine éminence comme essayiste et polémiste, et dont la situation avait su émouvoir certains intellectuels, fut nommé à la paroisse de Papplewick. Le Seigneur avait adouci l'ouragan du malheur par un bénéfice de recteur dans le nord du pays. " [...]
02/1993
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
Thinking about Physics
Physical scientists are problem solvers. They are comfortable "doing" science: they find problems, solve them, and explain their solutions. Roger Newton believes that his fellow physicists might be too comfortable with their roles as solvers of problems. He argues that physicists should spend more time thinking about physics. If they did, he believes, they would become even more skilled at solving problems and "doing" science. As Newton points out in this thought-provoking book, problem solving is always influenced by the theoretical assumptions of the problem solver. Too often, though, he believes, physicists haven't subjected their assumptions to thorough scrutiny. Newton's goal is to provide a framework within which the fundamental theories of modem physics can be explored, interpreted, and understood.
"Surely physics is more than a collection of experimental results, assembled to satisfy the curiosity of appreciative experts," Newton writes. Physics, according to Newton, has moved beyond the describing and naming of curious phenomena, which is the goal of some other branches of science. Physicists have spent a great part of the twentieth century searching for explanations of experimental findings. Newton agrees that experimental facts are vital to the study of physics, but only because they lead to the development of a theory that can explain them. Facts, he argues, should undergird theory.
Newton's explanatory sweep is both broad and deep. He covers such topics as quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, field theory, thermodynamics, the role of mathematics in physics, and the concepts of probability and causality. For Newton the fundamental entity in quantum theory is the field, from which physicists can explain the particle-like and wave-like properties that are observed in experiments. He grounds his explanations in the quantum field.
Although this is not designed as a standalone textbook, it is essential reading for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, professors, and researchers. This is a clear, concise, up-to-date book about the concepts and theories that underlie the study of contemporary physics. Readers will find that they will become better-informed physicists and, therefore, better thinkers and problem solvers, too.
01/2000
Tourisme étranger
Moroccan tracks Volume 11. The sagho djebel
The Sagho djebel is the eastern extension of the Anti-Atlas, a volcanic mountain with granitic mamelons, basaltic organs, chaos of black shales, pink sandstones... at the gates of the Sahara. As far as the eye can see, large wild, arid spaces. A desolate land made for the lonely DPM. And for a thousand miles around, silence is the only companion. Absolute plenitude and the desire to take to the track. From flat expanses to rolling hills, from sharp relief to steep canyons : pure, original nature. The character is strong, rustic but the heart is soft. The colours are soft and gentle. Ochre, pink, brown, violet, the colour chart stretches in a gradation of shimmering pastels, sometimes accompanied by an overwhelming heat. Eldorado in the heart of the desert, rare are the oases ; modest green spots in the infinitely large, they are the reminders that we are on African soil. The wild charm of the Sagho is due to its exceptional geology : high cliffs and steep peaks, tabular escarpments and deep canyons in the middle of which caravans of camels and mules circulate. When you arrive on these immense plateaus, the lunar horizon is so vast that you want to go everywhere at once to see if it is really as beautiful elsewhere ! The Sagho also surprises by the richness of its lights : limpid like those of the nearby Sahara, or sometimes in half-tone, as in the neighbouring Dades valley. The Sagho is also the Morocco of the last Berber nomads, descendants of the ancient lords Aït Atta. In autumn, after leaving the snows of the High Atlas, they set up their dark wool tents on the slopes of the jebel until spring. They can neither read nor write, but they are sure of their way through the Atlas Mountains and the Moroccan desert. In the Sagho, they have built houses of unbaked stone, dug wells, planted almond trees, grown wheat, barley and various vegetables. Others built herds of goats and sheep, and caravans of camels. Most of them are now sedentary, semi-nomadic or nomadic...
08/2022
Musique classique
Songs of Love. 12 Romances. 12 Lieder. Soprano (tenor) and piano.
Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940), hitherto consigned to a footnote in musical history as Stravinsky's piano teacher, is undergoing rediscovery. A double graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatoire, she emerged as a virtuoso pianist and composer in the romantic tradition. She was associated with some of the great musicians of her day, including Balakirev and Auer. She performed in both Germany and the UK in the 1900s, but her career petered out after 1920. Songs of Love was first published in 1904. No evidence survives of any public performance in Kashperova's lifetime although it is very likely that they were performed at her regular 'musical evenings at home on Tuesdays' mentioned in her Memoirs. The transparency of the piano writing strongly suggests that she would accompany herself singing. Kashperova, by all accounts, possessed a fine voice, and in the summer of 1906 she decided 'to learn from the artistry', as she put it, of the tenor Raimond von Zur-Mühlen who was widely celebrated for having developed (with Clara Schumann) the Lieder-Abend tradition. His summer-schools on the Baltic coast were frequented by aspiring singers from all over Europe, even Japan and India. Kashperova herself was responsible for the poetic lyrics of Songs of Love (in both Russian and German), which may well have emerged from her own bittersweet experience of life and love ; she was not to marry until 1916 at the age of forty-four. That Kashperova is the author of both the music and the lyrics of Songs of Love would suggest that they express very personal sentiments. Instrumentation : soprano (tenor) and piano
12/2023
Littérature française
My Ulster haven
1989, a 23-year-old French woman, an English student with a burdensome family background, leaves for Northern Ireland. She's on her way to start her French assistant job. She discovers this unknown part of Ireland, so underestimated and still plunged into civil war. There, she settles down and blossoms until she decides she actually wants to live there. An unexpected event will bring her back to France in 1991, but the link with this country will carry on until the Brexit announcement in 2016, and well beyond. An intimate journey to the core of Irish History, that reaches the depths of its wars, its men, its women, a journey at the very heart of the past. "A page of history - and of my history - is turning and it throws me off."
02/2022
