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Extraits
Comics Super-héros
Superman for all seasons
Smalville, Kansas. Le jeune Clark, élevé par Jonathan et Martha Kent, ses parents adoptifs, découvre en grandissant qu'il possède des capacités hors du commun. Après avoir sauvé un habitant d'une tornade, il découvre qu'il vole, qu'il dispose d'une force surhumaine, et de sens extrêmement développés. Le temps passe, Clark finit de prendre son envol, pour Metropolis et une future carrière de journaliste, loin de se douter que pour lui, l'histoire ne fait que commencer...
02/2023
Non classé
Waste Management in Poland and Germany
Poland attracts foreign investment. This holds also true for foreign enterprises involved in waste management. In order to do efficiently and successfully waste management-related business in Poland, it is of great importance to get acquainted with the following issues : general waste management situation, market conditions and business openings for waste management firms, and the legal framework governing waste management in Poland. Given that Poland hopes to be admitted to the European Union by the turn of the coming century, co-ordination and harmonization of the different national waste management programs are imperative. Therefore, for comparative reasons, the German waste management system and the waste management policies in the European Union are discussed as well.
09/1997
Littérature française
Togo or not to go (to help)
Comment résumer 6 mois intenses au Togo en une phrase ? Je ne sais pas mais en 2 mots, je dirai : " A vivre " ! Si on pouvait se brancher directement sur mon cerveau dans le compartiment de la mémoire sensorielle, cela ressemblerait aux vibrations ressenties lors d'une chute livre avec un parachute douteux. Mathilde, française de 32 ans, partie pendant 6 mois en mission humanitaire au Togo nous fait part de ses aventures via ses relations épistolaires avec ses proches, expérience enrichissante malgré des moments de doute et de découragement. " Je m'épanouis lorsque je suis utile ". Au travers de cette mission, l'auteur a découvert une source vive de plénitude dans l'accomplissement de ses objectifs.
10/2012
Non classé
Thackeray and the Problem of Realism
Although it is traditional to see a certain kind of "realism" as the essence of fiction, in practice novels of course offer not a simple reproduction of experience but a throughgoing organization of it. The novel is, after all, a bourgeois genre and it reflects that bourgeois view of life according to which the world is there merely to be dominated and controlled by man. This study examines both Thackeray's early fiction, in which both the novel form and the manipulative society to which it belongs are attacked, and his later works, in which they are defended, and tries to determine the reasons for this change.
12/1986
Non classé
She’s Leaving Home
This collection of essays, written by scholars from all over Europe, explores the cultural meanings of women leaving home. Although all the chapters analyse writings in English, the volume aims to put the narrative element of home-leaving into a European context by investigating travel in various directions : from England to somewhere abroad, from the (former) colonies to the (former) imperial centre or simply within a psychic space. The female figures discussed in the volume leave home for various reasons – to go into exile, to challenge orthodox conceptions of femininity, to travel for pleasure or out of curiosity – but ultimately each of them has to face questions of the definitions of home, belonging and otherness. Consequently, the essays in this collection focus on how the cross-cultural encounters implicated in discourses of race, gender, nation and religion affect female identity. The ‘protagonists' of these narratives range from mythical heroines to early modern Protestant refugees to fictitious and historical figures from the past 200 years. The discussion throughout is informed by contemporary theories of gender, literary and cultural studies.
06/2011
12 ans et +
Thirteen reasons why
LE ROMAN A L'ORIGINE DE LA SERIE NETFLIX EVENEMENT ! Clay Jensen reçoit sept cassettes enregistrées par Hannah Baker avant qu'elle ne se suicide. Elle y parle de treize personnes qui ont, de près ou de loin, influé sur son geste. Et Clay en fait partie. D'abord effrayé, Clay écoute la jeune fille en se promenant au son de sa voix dans la ville endormie. Puis, il découvre une Hannah inattendue qui lui dit à l'oreille que la vie est dans les détails. Une phrase, un sourire, une méchanceté ou un baiser et tout peut basculer.
09/2017
12 ans et +
13 reasons why
"J'espère que vous êtes prêts, parce que je vais vous raconter l'histoire de ma vie. Ou plus exactement, la raison pour laquelle elle s'est arrêtée. Et si vous êtes en train d'écouter ces cassettes, c'est que vous êtes l'une de ces raisons". En entendant ces mots, Clay Jensen croit à une erreur, il n'a rien à voir dans la mort d'Hannah Baker. D'abord choqué, il erre dans la ville endormie, suspendu à la voix de son amie. Et ce qu'il va découvrir va changer sa vie à jamais.
03/2017
Histoire de France
Christian Democrat Internationalism. Its Action in Europe and Worldwide from post World War II until the 1990s- Volume III: The European People’s Party- Continental and Social Cooperation
From September 2011 to December 2013 the Luigi Sturzo Institute in Rome along with the Centre of European Studies planned a series of international scientific meetings to study one highly important political subject : the commitment of Christian Democrats on an international level. This project has been organised thanks to the support of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and the International Labour Organisation. Internationalism is a Key Element for the Christian Democrat Identity. In fact, CD is a political movement of thought and action whose roots lie in a specific ideology : to use the German word Weltanschauung, it is based on a particular framework of ideas and beliefs that leads the party to interpret the relationship between men and nations from an international point of view, ensuring the human being a central place in every social policy. The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, wrote in a Message to these Meetings : "We can consider ourselves very lucky that 50 years ago forward-thinking personalities founded the World Union of Christian Democrats. From then on, the world, through globalisation, has been deeply changed. Events that take place in other continents immediately impact on our lives. We will be able to protect ourselves from terrorism, achieve economic and social security, and defend our environment only through common global action. This is the task of our generation : to overcome these global challenges. [...] Our parties and our political organisations share a common Christian ideal of man. This ideal, grounded on the inalienability of human dignity, is at the core of one important value : to this man has linked a social and economic model that combines economic success and social responsibility." Her message clearly shows the need to use historical knowledge, to return to and explore a rich and challenging past as well as to develop a reflection on and a course of action for the present and the future.
12/1986
Photographie
Les graines du monde
His knowledge, tenacity and eloquence still resound in the corridors of the Institute which bears his name in Saint Petersburg and his spirit continues to inspire the hundreds of researchers pursuing his work. He had anticipated the disappearance of plant diversity, and, within the space of a few decades, he studied and travelled throughout the world and found the means of saving it. For political and idealogical reasons, Nikolai Vavilov was condemned to death and left to starve in the dungeon of a Soviet prison. Gradually, on both sides of the iron curtain, his memory began to fade. One hundred years after Vavilov's first expedition, the photographer Mario Del Curto retraced his footsteps. For four years he has been meeting those who, despite overwhelming obstacles, perpetuate Vavilov's seed prospec- tion, selection, and conservation work in order to save the planet's staple food crops. This book is the unprecedented story of his journey to the heart of the Vavilov Institute and its twelve research stations. International special- ists bring light to the huge scope of the work undertaken by Vavilov and his successors.
10/2019
Roman d'amour, roman sentiment
Wait for the storm to pass
Dernière année de lycée pour Kale, énième déménagement. Il n'a qu'une envie, que cette année se termine, pour pouvoir tourner la page et partir loin. Très loin. Mais sa voisine, la jolie et populaire Joana, l'intrigue. Elle l'attire. Il l'interpelle. Il ne peut pas la vouloir, son monde est trop sombre. Elle le veut, malgré sa noirceur et les ténèbres qui l'entourent. Entre amour, jalousie, rivalités et noirceur, leur amour sera-t-il assez fort pour braver l'orage qui se dirige droit sur eux ? Bienvenue à Lexington Hight School !
01/2023
Réussite personnelle
To do list
Sonia est une jeune femme de vingt-quatre ans dont les journées sont partagées avec ses deux amies Julie et Alexie. Leur vie paraît stable jusqu'au moment où une lettre leur est envoyée de la part de l'employeur de Sonia : l'objet ? Un voyage d'un mois en Italie pour un travail de barmaid dans un camp de vacances. Peu optimiste, le trio s'envole pour l'étranger. De péripétie en péripétie, les trois colocataires attirent l'humour et la joie de vivre. Une fois installées, elles décident de créer une liste de choses à faire contenant toutes sortes d'actions aussi improbables que drôles.
06/2021
Taoïsme
Tao-tö king
Le Tao-tö king, "livre sacré de la Voie et de la Vertu" , réconcilie les deux principes universels opposés : le yin, principe féminin, lunaire, froid, obscur qui représente la passivité, et le yang, principe masculin, qui représente l'énergie solaire, la lumière, la chaleur, le positif. De leur équilibre et de leur alternance naissent tous les phénomènes de la nature, régis par un principe suprême, le Tao. "Tout le monde tient le beau pour le beau, c'est en cela que réside sa laideur. Tout le monde tient le bien pour le bien, c'est en cela que réside son mal".
04/2022
Non classé
Proserpina</I>"
In his early twenties Goethe wrote Proserpina for the Weimar court singer Corona Schröter to perform. His interest in presenting Weimar's first professional singer-in-residence in a favourable light was not the only reason why this monologue with music (now lost) by Seckendorff is important. Goethe's memories of his sister Cornelia, who had recently died in childbirth, were in fact the real catalyst : through this work Goethe could level accusations against his parents about Cornelia's marriage, of which he had not approved. Goethe used the melodramatic form to transform private and cultural issues for women of the time into public discourses and so to manipulate public opinion. His work reveals an astute understanding of musical melodrama and the important impact it had on the cultural dynamics of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Whatever the source of inspiration, it is clear that Goethe was very preoccupied with Proserpina. When he returned to this melodrama forty years later he collaborated closely with Carl Eberwein, the court, theatre, and church music director, who composed a new setting which accords with Goethe's clear understanding of musical declamation in 19th century melodrama. In the intensive collaboration which took place while the production was being prepared in January 1815, Goethe was already anticipating the idea of a Gesamtkunstwerk. He paid close attention to every aspect of the production, especially to its music and its staging. When discussing contemporary settings of the poet's works, scholars often lapse into regret that Goethe did not have someone of comparable rank at his side for musical collaborations. Yet Eberwein's willingness to go along with Goethe's wishes was an advantage here : the selfless striving of the young composer to satisfy the poet's intentions is everywhere apparent in the score and it is the nearest thing we have to a ‘composition by Goethe'. Despite critics' positive reception of the first performance on 4 February 1815, the work has never been published before. Musically and dramatically this unknown melodrama is a superb work for solo voice, choir, and orchestra, and deserves to be brought before the public today.
12/2008
Littérature française
Tales on exile
In exile one leaves behind the familiar, one becomes a foreigner in a strange place. There are many kinds of exile, and the reasons one seeks a form of escape may differ. You may reinvent yourself and adapt to new circumstances. Throughout this complex process you try to find a way to cling on to your roots. Nostalgia is imminent and sometimes confusing. Each metamorphosis is not only geographic, but also deeply personal. The characters in this collection have confronted exile in their own way.
06/2018
Théâtre - Pièces
To tube or not to tube
Cette pièce explore, sans panique morale ni désir de censure, mais avec naturel et simplicité, la question de l'impact de la culture pornographique sur le rapport au corps et à l'autre. Comment se construire, se faire sa propre idée sur le sexe, sur la sexualité, sur l'amour, sur l'autre, quand la gratuité combinée à l'immédiateté du streaming met les mineurs face à des images qui les font passer sans transition du mythe de "la petite graine" au youporn ?
10/2022
Littérature française
To be or not to be
Kâlimaïe a hérité du patrimoine génétique, le sang maure de son père, et indienne de par sa mère, l’alchimie d’un curieux métissage. De ces effusions volcaniques, naquit Kâlimaïe. Ces envahisseurs débarquèrent par milliers sur le vieux port de Marseille, déchargeant les cargaisons d’immigrés, comme des caisses de poissons. Inspiré par Shakespeare, son cousin Didden lui insuffle l’histoire de Roméo et Juliette qui va bouleverser leur vie…
12/2010
Thèmes photo
Michael Kenna. Arbres, Edition bilingue français-anglais
For almost fifty years, trees have marked the career of Michael Kenna, a photographer known and recognised for the virtuosity of his technique. An essential link with the earth, sky, air, light, silence, and reflections, Kenna pays tribute to them by taking their portrait. Pictorial, dreamlike, graphic, romantic, hazy, poetic, the artist celebrates these great lords of nature. The photographer, a tireless wanderer, travels the world, from France to New Zealand, to the United States, criss-crossing Japan, to immortalise trees and forests. From dense woods to light-filled canopies, to tiny trees isolated in majesty within idyllic white landscapes, beauty is offered to us in the range of species photographed as much as in the variation of compositions. Exclusively in black and white, these photographs unfurl through the seasons, giving rhythm and emphasis to time.
11/2022
Design
A Year in the French Style. Interiors & Entertaining by Antoinette Poisson
Maison Lescop, a historic residence in Port-Louis, Brittany, has conserved its original eighteenth-century decor that was conceived for a French importer for the East Indian trading company. Today, it is the home and restoration project for the creative duo behind the Parisian design team Antoinette Poisson. Enchanted by the poetic beauty of hand-painted domino paper prints-from floral and fauna to geometric and ikat-they have appointed their new home with elegant decorative touches : handcrafted lampshades, wallpaper-lined cupboards, assorted table settings, and luxurious textiles. Celebrating a French lifestyle inspired by the charm of the eighteenth century-through its objects, gastronomy, and traditional savoir faire-the authors invite readers to share their art de vivre throughout the seasons- from gathering shellfish on the beach to shopping at the local market, from antiquing to foraging, and from indigo textile dyeing to block-printing on artisanal paper. This book is an ode to timeless pleasures and a life well-lived... à la française.
10/2023
Spiritisme
Orion Recall - Version anglaise
"Greetings, beloved peoples of the One. Welcome to the sacred and consecrated space from which I now address you : the space where the 12 An Master Crystals of Orion reside. The time has come for you to remember who you are and learn about your galactic heritage. Many of you have fought in the great wars that began on Orion. That's why you need to learn the truth-so you can free yourselves from the past and turn your full attention to the Plan that brought you here to this planet called Earth. These Memoirs will help you understand". Are you one of the volunteers living on this magnificent planet working to bring an end to the great conflicts between the evolved and devolved forces-conflicts that originated in Orion's solar systems and converged to Earth millenniums ago ? Find out how it all began, from when a Messenger from the 24 Elders first gave instructions to the High Council of Sirius to the moment when Plan Earth Rising was put into action. The path you take matters now more than ever because your conscious choices determine how your individual and collective solar beings are integrated. This integration is the key to activating your beloved planet as one of the twelve galactic libraries, the one on which everything depends. This book is a summons to the volunteer souls : Remember Mintaka. Remember the reason you are here at the start of a major new evolutionary cycle-for your sphere of life and for the entire Galactic Federation.
10/2022
Philosophie
Mediation - A Necessary Element in Family Dispute Resolution?
Mediation as a method of alternative dispute resolution is gaining increased attention in a growing number of legal areas. In Australian law family counselling was developed to deal with issues related to family disputes. It is brought in prior to court settlement of disputes and thus integrated into the system of conflict resolution. The characteristics and use of alternative dispute resolution call into question the role of the court as the sole forum for institutionalised conflict resolution. For this reason the transferability of the concept of mediation into the German legal system needs to be examined. In particular, it needs to be measured against the yardstick of the German Constitution, which by granting basic substantive and procedural rights, sets out the demands a modern state of law makes on a method of conflict resolution.
01/1994
Yaoi/homosexualité masculine
Nagahama to be, or not to be
Nagisa, en terminale dans un lycée en bord de mer, tombe des nus lorsqu'il découvre qu'Issa, son ami d'enfance, a une petite amie... Il comprendra plus tard que ce n'était en réalité qu'une conclusion hâtive, mais même après avoir appris la vérité, Nagisa n'en reste pas moins troublé. " Et mince... J'arrive plus à le regarder dans les yeux. " Une tranche de vie attachante rythmée par la brise marine d'une ville littorale.
02/2024
Shonen/garçon
Many Reasons Why Tome 8
Même des étudiants modèles peuvent cacher de sombres secrets... Résumé : Himeyama Tsubaki est une jolie lycéenne sans histoire, une élève studieuse et la meilleure de sa classe. A la surprise générale, celle-ci se suicide pourtant dans l'enceinte même du lycée ! Au retour de ses obsèques, tous ses camarades de classe trouvent une lettre sur leur bureau. Elle a en effet rédigé des messages personnels à chacun d'eux. Afin de déterminer et de comprendre ce qui a pu pousser Himeyama à un tel geste, ils décident de lire chacun leur tour le contenu de leur lettre... Ce manga comptera 9 tomes et est actuellement encore en cours au Japon.
06/2022
Shonen/garçon
Many Reasons Why Tome 5
Même des étudiants modèles peuvent cacher de sombres secrets... Résumé : Himeyama Tsubaki est une jolie lycéenne sans histoire, une élève studieuse et la meilleure de sa classe. A la surprise générale, celle-ci se suicide pourtant dans l'enceinte même du lycée ! Au retour de ses obsèques, tous ses camarades de classe trouvent une lettre sur leur bureau. Elle a en effet rédigé des messages personnels à chacun d'eux. Afin de déterminer et de comprendre ce qui a pu pousser Himeyama à un tel geste, ils décident de lire chacun leur tour le contenu de leur lettre... Ce manga comptera 8 tomes et est actuellement encore en cours au Japon. - Contenu : 212 pages - Couverture : Souple - Format : 12, 8 cm x 18, 2 cm
10/2021
Littérature française
Sunflower at the eclipse
Like ink to a paper so does a word to the brain On the face it draws its temper and on the back lays its stain Lamentation is a hefty hamper only to those who can't bear the pain When the whim unleashes its thunder there is no time for restrain Then set the quill for plunder and the hand to be morally slain Between the lines lurks the gender what is left is meant to be plain.
10/2017
Suspense romantique
Seasons Tome 3 : Un printemps pour te succomber
Fleuriste fauchée, Nolia se tourne vers son ultime espoir pour s'en sortir : sa famille. Elle ne pensait cependant pas que le prix à payer pour son aide serait de se marier. Avec son ex. Face à l'adversité, incapable de retourner vers son passé toxique, elle décide de s'allier à un inconnu dans le plus grand mensonge de sa vie. L'heureux élu, c'est lui : Camille Levesque. Fondateur d'une application d'escorting. Son faux fiancé. Milliardaire à la réputation de playboy, Cam occupe régulièrement les unes de la presse à scandale. Au point d'entacher la réputation de son entreprise et de risquer de tout perdre. Pour redorer son blason, s'afficher comme un homme prêt à s'engager pourrait s'avérer payant. La perle rare pour ça, c'est elle : Magnolia Kumar. Mère célibataire et féministe. Qui accepte de devenir sa future femme. Du moins en apparence. S'ils se promettent de ne jamais tomber amoureux, le fil rouge du destin pourrait finir par les rattraper...
03/2024
Romance sexy
Seasons Tome 2 : Un hiver pour te résister
Avocate en devenir, Camelia est passionneée de crimes non reésolus. Ca tombe bien, Rory Cavendish, son ancien bourreau, vient de mourir mysteérieusement. Le preésumeé coupable du meurtre, c'est lui. Lou McAllister. Le meilleur ami de Rory. Le garcon qui l'a humilieée il y a dix ans et qu'elle n'a jamais oublieé depuis. Camelia saisit cette chance pour reésoudre sa premiere enquete... et satisfaire sa soif de vengeance. Lou a toujours eéteé le mouton noir de sa famille, mais il ne s'attendait pas a finir en prison pour meurtre. Du jour au lendemain, le voila abandonneé par tous ceux en qui il avait confiance. La seule personne a pouvoir le sortir de la, c'est elle. Camelia O'Brien. La premiere victime de Rory. La fille qu'il a blesseée plus jeune et qui hante ses penseées depuis. Lou est pret a tout pour se faire pardonner ses peécheés... et repartir de zeéro.
09/2023
Littérature française
Sons of Fantasy
When we were children, we believed anything was possible... This book is a fantasy novel originally written for children. But, if you are a father or a mother, a teacher or a writer, if you still have some bits of fantasy in your soul... then, this novel is for you too. We all know how geniuses changed the world with their childlike Imagination, and how people use creative thinking to solve problems. This is a story about hope ; "Sons of Fantasy" shares the story of M. Alger, a father grieving for the loss of his dear wife, who left him with two beautiful kids. Norris and Socrates were adjusting to life without Mom... But things got more complicated when one of them was paralyzed because of a severe psychological trauma due to an overdose of fantasy... This family has a very interesting neighbor who lives a few feet away. He has a weird little hobby, reading books in the most unlikely places... He for example travelled to Romania and read "Dracula" by Bram Stoker in the Castelul Bran Castle, because it's said that the main character Dracula lived in it. And then all of a sudden he stopped travelling... He got a month ago a big long hat that belongs to the greatest witch that lived during the middle ages, "Moje Gayla". In fact, after being burned by the church, one of her relatives kept her belongings inside a wooden box... and in the twentieth century one of her grandchildren donated the box to "The Magic Square Museum" in London. Genius bought the hat at a public auction as an art relic to decorate one of his rooms. Could this weird neighbor be the reason of Socrates' psychological trauma ? Or maybe he is the one who will cure him ? And what has the hat to do with all this ?
08/2018
Poésie
Epilepsy: the invisible pain
They say life is a long stretch of a calm river, but not for everyone ! She was for me until the day when everything rocked, the day my destiny was changed dramatically. People do not realize how life can be so sweet and so beautiful. They complain all day long for trivialities. They are not even aware that they have before their eyes the most beautiful wealth : the luck and happiness of living in good health. I was rich before. Now I am poor because my child has an incurable disease, that has currently no hope of being healed. As a parent, how can we accept that ? , How to continue living carrying the bundle of pain in my head ? , How to overcome this feeling of helplessness ? When I started speaking to my heart, I didn't know myself that this was the beginning of a new life : a rebirth as a poet. When I learnt that my 7-year-old daughter was suffering from the Dravet Syndrome, a rare genetic epileptic encephalopathy, this was like an earthquake in my life. Then, I needed to write in order to express my sorrow and my pain. Words and rhymes came naturally to my mind. This was obvious that poetry would be my survival weapon.
01/2019
Sociologie
The Fakir's Travels
Advising people to take this attitude or that are a waste of time. Those who see or/and are aware realise also that it is none of their business to goad and advise others. Our job at best can be to answer questions by the light of our knowledge but in no way can anyone be dogmatic about it. Let us all be first aware of - Do we know ? What do we know ? How do we know that we know ? To me it is the part where we first accept that there is room for change for the better in us. Then we observe ourselves. And finally we try to bring in the change in ourselves with our will with sincerity and objectivity.
04/2014
Science-fiction
Or not to be
"Mes rêves étaient toujours là. D'une précision absolue. C'étaient ces rêves qui me maintenaient en vie, je le sais maintenant. Sans Shakespeare, mon existence n'aurait eu aucun sens. Je n'étais né que pour le faire revivre." 1923. A la mort de sa mère, Vitus Amleth de Saint-Ange quitte l'institution d'Elisnear Manor où il séjourne, amnésique, depuis sept ans. Il part à la reconquête de son passé. Son chemin à rebours le conduit de Londres au nord de l'Angleterre, jusqu'au village de Fayrwood qui n'apparaît sur aucune carte... Comme Vitus de Saint-Ange, Or not to be brasse l'imaginaire et la réalité dans une empoignade féroce et subtile. L'allégorie prend chair et le Grand Pan, dieu des bergers d'Arcadie, dieu de la fécondité, arpente la forêt de Fayrwood. Qui d'autre a réponse au mystère qui hante le personnage comme le roman : celui de la création quand elle incarne au plus juste la vie elle-même ? Comment William Shakespeare est-il devenu l'égal des dieux ?
09/2017
