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Saint-Elme, la folie d'un Twin Peaks, quelque part en Europe

« Ici, c’est spécial. » Depuis trois ans, Serge Lehman et Frederiks Peeters nous ont plongés dans une série dont les couleurs folles peinent à rester dans tranquillement dans leurs pages. Un polar percutant, aux personnages franchement décalés : avec la sortie du cinquième tome, Les Thermopyles, les comparses mettent le point final à leur saga au milieu des montagnes…

 

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Hold-up 21: Un voyage littéraire et photographique du désir

Vingt femmes extraordinaires, couvrant des horizons aussi vastes que la réalisation, la poésie, le journalisme et la chorégraphie, se sont rassemblées autour d'une mission : revaloriser l'érotisme dans la littérature tout en intégrant les perspectives féministes actuelles.

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Lire en Poche 2022 : Un autre monde

Rendez-vous incontournable de la rentrée littéraire, Lire en Poche, organisé par la ville de Gradignan, accueille près de 27.000 visiteurs et plus de 100 auteurs, dont un tiers d’auteurs jeunesse qui rencontre son public également dans le cadre scolaire. L'édition 2022 se déroule du 7 au 9 octobre.

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Livres et jeux éducatifs : My Bulle Toys, un libraire en Floride

La librairie My Bulle Toys, située près de Miami, propose une sélection de livres et de jeux éducatifs pour enfants en français. Nicolas Pacaud, le propriétaire de la librairie, a choisi d'ouvrir cette boutique en raison de sa passion pour la littérature jeunesse et les jouets pour enfants. 

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Le trône de fer : les livres de la saga A Song of Ice and Fire de George RR Martin

Le trône de fer est une immense saga d’héroïque fantasy qui s’inspire de la série des Rois maudits de Maurice Druon. C’est au début des années 1990 que Georges R.R. Martin commence à écrire Le trône de fer, le premier volume est publié en 1996. En 2007, la chaine de télévision HBO acquiert les droits d’adaptations. L’auteur lui-même participe à sa production et écrit le scénario d’un épisode par saison. 

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Futurs de Liu Cixin : un avenir terrifiant, décliné en quinze aventures

Lauréat du prix Hugo, Liu Cixin est considéré comme l'un des plus grands écrivains de science-fiction contemporaine. Son œuvre, vendue à des millions d’exemplaires dans le monde entier et déjà adaptée à l’écran, est notée en moyenne 4,11/5 sur Babelio par plus de 2000 lecteurs et lectrices. 

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Ich wàrt uf de Theo / En attendant Théo

Sepp a 80 ans. Il vient de faire ses courses au Super U. Il est assis sur un banc devant le magasin. D'un côté du banc un cabas rempli de provisions, de l'autre une bonbonne de Butagaz. On est en novembre. Le jour tombe lentement. Sepp attend son neveu Théo, qui doit venir le chercher en voiture. Le temps passe, et Théo n'arrive pas. Sepp trompe le temps en pongeant dans ses souvenirs. Souvenirs de sa femme, Alice, qui n'est plus. De son meilleur ami, Robbes, qui aurait dû être champion cycliste. Qui aurait dû, oui. Mais qui n'est jamais rentré de la guerre d'Algérieâ- "âCe qu'il ne peut ni oublier ni raconter ni taire, l'homme en souffre et finit par en mourirâ" A­- Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Prix Goncourt 2021

11/2022

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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

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The Concept of Man in Igbo Myths

In the vast silence of their isolation, the traditional Igbos have learnt the ways of living in harmony with nature. From their origin in distant time, they have kept a sacred perspective on the natural world. In our age, there is the need for traditional wisdoms to retain their validity and be intrinsic to our philosophic and scientific perceptions of the cosmos. We cannot do without their knowledge, their spiritual perspective, and their deep faith in the harmony of all nature. Ignoring these qualities has profound environmental implications. Global warming, environmental pollution, and the exhaustion of nature's resources are but a few of the symptoms of the nature's experiences as we continue to mistreat it in order to satisfy our own ends. This work helps us to realise that wherever we are, we are a part of nature. All the things around us are as presences, representing forces and powers of life that are not ours and yet are all part of us. Then we find them reflecting in ourselves, because we are nature, though not identical with it.

11/1999

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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

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Littérature française

Les inventeurs. Essai

What do Christopher Columbus, Reneke, Zénobe Gramme and Louis Pasteur have in common ? They were all inventors. Well fine, but who invented the crab's claw, the suction cups and the flight of squids or the proboscis of blood sucking insects ? Is invention intellectual fantasy, an industrial tool or a fundamental biological reaction ? How is this riddle to be solved ? Should we go through the list of inventions or inventors ? Is it a question of circumstances or motivations ? Who is in charge ? The Material or the Spirit ? In order to try to find a way of answering these questions, first a few very different inventors and their inventions will be presented. A few paradoxes emerge from this first part. Then we will devote an entire chapter to an exceptional inventor whose extraordinary work revolutionized how we now approach this topic. Finally, what can be said about all the inventions like the wings of birds or butterflies, the eyes of fish or insects, the leaves of trees or the social organization of beehives ? In these cases, man is not the inventor. There are countless marvels like these in the world around us. Can we explain them ? This will be the subject of the third part of this essay.

02/2017

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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

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