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Extraits
Policiers
Wild Girl
Jean-Farid vivote avec son ami Fred. Mais le soir venu, Jean-Farid devient Mona. Poitrine en bataille, rimmel et talons hauts, pour gagner la scène du Paloma Café où viennent s'encanailler les parvenus du bled. Elle attaque le show avec Heart of Glass et sur la fin fait voltiger son soutien-gorge sur un péquin du premier rang. Mais ce soir, Mona cligne des yeux et repère ses vieux, assis sagement derrière une table. Et ça, c'est pas normal.
12/2017
Littérature érotique et sentim
Wild love
Pour oublier un drame familial, Natalia décide de changer de vie en partant pour six mois à l'autre bout du monde. A 21 ans, elle va vivre en Australie comme une simple étudiante. Sans préoccupations. En tout cas, c'est ce qu'elle espérait jusqu'à sa rencontre avec Bran, un beau surfeur aux yeux hypnotiques. Bran vient de connaître la pire année de sa vie. Sa relation avec la fille de ses rêves s'est transformée en cauchemar et il refuse désormais d'aimer qui que ce soit, malgré son extrême attirance pour la jeune Californienne. Bran peut-il tirer un trait sur un passé qui l'obsède toujours et accepter cette passion sauvage ? Ses démons intérieurs risquent de le faire passer à côté de l'histoire d'amour de sa vie...
02/2018
Littérature étrangère
Wild Side
A seize ans, Matthew n'a connu que le quartier du Queens à New York et une existence solitaire avec sa mère. A la faveur d'un héritage inattendu, une nouvelle vie s'offre à lui : Manhattan et ses avenues chics, la fascinante Veronica, ainsi qu'un voisin musicien qui l'embarque dans ses aventures, un certain Lou Reed... Matthew plonge avec eux dans un tourbillon d'amour, d'art, de liberté - au risque de se perdre. Entre L'Attrape-coeurs de J. D. Salinger et Just Kids de Patti Smith, Wild Side nous emporte dans le New York fiévreux des années 70, à travers le regard grave et moqueur d'un héros inoubliable.
08/2018
Littérature érotique et sentim
Wild heart
Comment s'autoriser à aimer lorsqu'on est en colère contre tout le monde, et surtout contre soi-même ? " Es-tu en colère Gabriel ? " Cette question, le docteur Grant la lui a posée pendant trois ans, à chaque début de séance, durant toute sa détention au centre correctionnel de Red Wing. Quand Gabriel en sort, elle reste dans sa tête comme un disque rayé. Bien sûr qu'il est en colère, il l'a toujours été – et il l'était surtout au lycée, lorsqu'il voyait Vicky, ce garçon un peu trop souriant, et qui semblait le regarder différemment. Un jour, Gabriel l'a poussé un peu trop fort. L'instant d'après, Vicky gisait au bas d'un escalier, sa jambe brisée. Handicapé, à jamais... Depuis qu'il est sorti du centre correctionnel, Gabriel essaie de refaire sa vie. De travailler dans un garage. De renouer des liens avec sa soeur. Il écrit des lettres, aussi, des lettres d'excuse qu'il n'envoie jamais. Il se bat pour trouver un certain équilibre et contrôler cette rage qui le dévore... jusqu'au jour où, par hasard, sa route recroise celle de Vicky.
07/2017
Science-fiction
Wild Cards
1946. Un virus extraterrestre frappe le monde, tuant quatre-vingt-dix pour cent de ceux qu'il touche. L'immense majorité des survivants subit des mutations délétères, mais quelques élus y gagnent des pouvoirs surnaturels. Parmi ces surhommes, certains ont choisi de défendre ce qu'il reste de la race humaine, tandis que d'autres ont opté pour des voies plus tortueuses...
09/2016
Romans, témoignages & Co
Wild Child
Eddie MacIntyre est un lutteur hors-pair. Battu pendant toute son enfance par son père, il écume sa rage sur le ring. Un jour, il explose et s'en prend à l'arbitre. Sa vie bascule. Il est exclu de son lycée et risque la prison. Mais Sunday, l'organisateur des plus grands combats illégaux du pays, a repéré depuis longtemps le talent de Mac, et souhaite qu'il rejoigne ses combattants. En échange : la richesse et la liberté.
Eddie rentre alors dans un monde de violence et de fureur, un univers sans pitié soumis à la loi du plus fort. Pour l'entraîner, il est confié à Khadjee, une jeune adolescente qui évolue dans ce milieu depuis sa plus tendre enfance. Elle connaît les combats et les lutteurs mieux que quiconque. Si elle n'était pas une femme, elle serait, elle aussi, sur le ring. Ensemble, ils vont tenter de survivre et de ne pas laisser leurs démons prendre le contrôle.
Eddie rentre alors dans un monde de violence et de fureur, un univers sans pitié soumis à la loi du plus fort. Pour l'entraîner, il est confié à Khadjee, une jeune adolescente qui évolue dans ce milieu depuis sa plus tendre enfance. Elle connaît les combats et les lutteurs mieux que quiconque. Si elle n'était pas une femme, elle serait, elle aussi, sur le ring. Ensemble, ils vont tenter de survivre et de ne pas laisser leurs démons prendre le contrôle.
04/2021
Comics
Loki. Journey into mystery
Loki est mort... puis il est revenu à la vie sous les traits d'un enfant. Thor veut croire que son demi-frère a changé mais les autres Asgardiens sont beaucoup moins enclins à pardonner ses trahisons passées. Alors que la guerre entre Odin et son frère fait rage sur la Terre, le nouveau dieu de la Malice parviendra-t-il à se racheter auprès des siens ?
05/2019
Non classé
Autobiography: Self Into Form
"The autobiographical impulse" dominated German-language literature of the 1970's, finding its expression in autobiographies of crisis, women's coming-to-consciousness, and disrupted childhoods. This study examines the historical, sociological, political and literary-historical context for this phenomenon, and in so doing engages the critical international discussion of autobiography as a changing genre. Detailed analyses of works by Ingeborg Bachmann, Elisabeth Plessen, Christa Wolf and Peter Handke suggest new critical approaches to autobiographical form. The author provides an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources, as well as a chronological table of autobiographical works of the decade.
12/1983
Non classé
Fast Darkness III: Moonwords. Sextet for flute, clarinet, piano and string trio. flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello. Partition et parties.
Fast Darkness III is the last part of the trilogy Fast Darkness, 2020-2022. Written in 2022, it is a 16 minutes long virtuosic, wild, and overgrown exploration. Fast gestures, drawn by a sharp pen and loaded with excited energy inform the listener of a large universe that they are enveloping. Just like an entangled climbing branch may give a sense of the house it is climbing on, the energy-laden gestures in Fast Darkness III, reveal the presence of the universe they are enveloping. This revelation never comes to be heard in the piece, but hopefully, it is an after-effect of it. Chaya Czernowin Instrumentation : flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello
03/2023
Informatique
Foundation Course for Advanced Computer Studies
In the modern world, computer systems are playing a greater and greater part in everyday life. From office work, to entertainment, to providing information, the personal computer is quickly becoming a more integral part of the home. However, most PC users have no idea how most of the parts which make up their computer work internally. I am one of those who find that the framework provided by the school curriculum in the United Kingdom is of great assistance in planning lessons and learning plans but the curriculum does not plan out the work for us. We therefore need to invest a lot of time and effort into developing schemes of work that will suit the people we are going to teach. For me, it is a fantastic opportunity to employ our imagination and creativity to make lessons useful and interesting for children of different abilities. It is why I wrote this book. This book is a foundation course for Advanced Computer Studies and designed as a blueprint to teach users with a basic knowledge of computer science. Computer science is a subject that combines the use of technology which is ICT (Information Communication Technology) and the creation of technology. To use ICT (the subject about how to use technology to communicate information) more effectively, we need to know how technology works. Computing or computer science will create a generation of young people able to work at the forefront of technology change. It is the umbrella term for the subject that comprises 3 elements : computer science, information technology and digital literacy. It is helpful to think of these as the foundations, applications and implications of digital technology. The new focus on computer science will provides a well-defined and rigorous academic discipline and a unique lens through which pupils can understand the world. Children must therefore be taught computing if they are to be ready for tomorrow technology challenges. Our ingenuity to invent new means of communicating with each other, our very human compulsion to communicate have driven the technological innovations of the past two centuries however still a lot remain to be done with the arrival of quantum computing. A more rigorous approach to computer science teaching will help compete across the full spectrum of digital industries. This can only be achieved by equipping ourselves with the foundation skills, knowledge and understanding of computing do the necessity to introduce "computational thinking" at school via the new national curriculum (programmes of study and targets), the 2014 national curriculum that introduces computing which will replace ICT.
11/2015
Ethnologie
Glimpses of african cultures. Echos des cultures africaines, Edition bilingue français-anglais
This book covers various aspects of African traditional cultures that include: communication, marriage ceremonies, funerals, traditional rites, witchcraft, traditional cultural activities, and traditional beliefs. It will undoubtedly appeal to anyone who wants to understand better our African cultures. The reading of some of the stories will certainly raise existential questions about the nature of spirits, truth, and the place of God in the collective mind of the Africans. Some of the questions are the following: how is it possible that a human being has his double in an animal known as his totem ? How corne that, for people who do not believe in reincarnation, it is the chief who determines the future of the soul of the deceased ? In "Mourning habits in the West province of Cameroon," it appears that, if the soul is not taken care of, it will cause physical havoc in the society. Could there be a link between our souls and the physical elements of nature ? Is skull worshiping among the Bamileke merely a traditional practice or are they really able to communicate with their ancestors through the skulls ? What has led the Aghem people to firmly believe that lakes can physically move, that the dead live in their lakes, that children live in their pre-human state as caterpillars and may transform into reptiles when they are still babies ? What makes it possible for the human mind to communicate with animais, exchange messages as is shown in "How animais and things can speak and communicate in the Yambassa culture" ? Apart from the physical world as we know it, could there truly be a spiritual world that witches and wizards have access to and which system of values could this spiritual world be subjected to ? Every single paper of the more than 80 papers and squibs this book comprises is truly an invitation to explore further the untapped richness of African cultures.
04/2011
Mouvements artistiques
Frank Auerbach. The Charcoal Heads
Accompanying an exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, London, Frank Auerbach : The Charcoal Heads presents a remarkable series of hauntingly beautiful largescale drawings by the artist. The catalogue includes a new piece of writing on one of the drawings from critically acclaimed novelist Colm Tóibín. This catalogue explores one of Frank Auerbach's most remarkable bodies of work - a series of large-scale portrait heads made in charcoal, produced during his early years as a young artist in postwar London. Auerbach (b. 1931) spent months on each drawing, working and reworking them during numerous sessions with his sitters. This prolonged and vigorous process of creation is evident in the finished drawings, which are richly textured and layered. Auerbach would sometimes even break through the paper and patch it up before carrying on. His heads thus emerge from the darkness of the charcoal with burning vitality, born of an artistic as well as a physical struggle with the medium. The process of repeated creation and destruction, of which these images bear the visible scars, speaks profoundly of their times, as people rebuilt their lives after the ruination and upending of the war. The exhibition will be the first time Auerbach's extraordinary drawings, made in the 1950s and early 1960s, have been brought together as a comprehensive group. They will be shown together with a selection of paintings he made of the same sitters ; for the artist, painting and drawing have always been deeply entwined. The accompanying catalogue - by Deputy Head of The Courtauld Gallery, Barnaby Wright, and with an essay by one of the greatest contemporary voices in the English language, Colm Tóibín - is the first publication to explore in depth this magnificent series. Tóibín spent several hours one afternoon in front of Auerbach's Self-Portrait (1958), which features on the front cover of the book, looking closely and taking notes. His essay is an account of his experience and offers new insights into the work and the nature of self-portaiture.
03/2024
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
Non classé
How Judaism reads the Torah, III
Writing with Scripture, the ancient sages of Judaism made use of Scripture by making Scripture their own, and making themselves into the possession and instrument of Scripture as well, a reciprocal process in which both were changed, each transformed into the likeness and image of the other. This they did by effecting their own selections, shaping a distinctive idiom of discourse, all the while citing, responding to, reflecting upon, Scripture's own words in Scripture's own context and for Scripture's own purpose : the here and now of eternal truth. And the rabbis of the first six centuries A.D. through the compilation presented here not only wrote with Scripture, but set forth a statement that was meant to be coherent and proportioned, well-crafted and well-composed. Since the statement concerned the distinctively-theological question of God's and Israel's relationship with one another, we must classify the writing as theological and find out how, in the compilation before us, their theological structure accomplished the authorship's goals. This anthology aims at doing just that. It presents a complete account of how the classical Midrash-text treat a theme of urgent interest to the world today : how Judaism writes with Scripture about the issues of religion that confront all the faithful.
09/1993
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
Non classé
How Judaism reads the Torah I / II
Writing with Scripture, the ancient sages of Judaism made use of Scripture by making Scripture their own, and making themselves into the possession and instrument of Scripture as well, a reciprocal process in which both were changed, each transformed into the likeness and image of the other. This they did by effecting their own selections, shaping a distinctive idiom of discourse, all the while citing, responding to, reflecting upon, Scripture's own words in Scripture's own context and for Scripture's own purpose : the here and now of eternal truth. And the rabbis of the first six centuries A.D. through the compilation presented here not only wrote with Scripture, but set forth a statement that was meant to be coherent and proportioned, well-crafted and well-composed. Since that statement concerned the distinctively-theological question of God's and Israel's relationship with one another, we must classify the writing as theological and find out how, in the compilation before us, theirtheological structure accomplished the autorship's goals. This anthology aims at doing just that. It presents a complete account of how the classical Midrash-text treats a theme of urgent interest to the world today : how Judaism writes with Scripture about the issues of religion that confront all the faithful.
10/1993
Littérature érotique et sentim
Wild Crows Spin off 1 : Wild Son
Il pensait avoir trouvé le juste équilibre, fait table rase du passé. Son club, sa famille, son royaume. Elle voulait recommencer à zéro, loin des siens. Sa liberté, sa folie, sa vie. Voilà cinq ans que Casey a repris le flambeau derrière son père à la présidence du club des Wild Crows, un gang de bikers qu'il a su remettre dans la légalité au fil du temps et aux prix de nombreux efforts. Alors que les affaires fleurissent, le destin met une jeune femme sur son chemin. Charlie, une tornade explosive capable de tout balayer sur son passage, y compris les cicatrices d'un passé trop sombre. Pourtant, Casey le sait : ne jamais oublier. Le club est sa raison de vivre. Ses frères avant tout le reste. Alors pourquoi la venue de Charlie dans les parages sème-t-elle autant le doute sur ses convictions ? Quand la tentation devient si dangereuse, doit-il fuir pour protéger les siens ou succomber pour obtenir les réponses tant espérées ?
11/2020
Littérature érotique et sentim
Wild Crows Spin off 2 : Wild Thing
Il aurait préféré mourir à la place d'un frère. Elle a mis sa vie de côté pour l'amour d'un fils. Deux âmes sœurs peuvent se croiser un milliard de fois sans même se voir, trop aveuglées par leur propre douleur. Et puis vient le temps d'une seconde chance. Rongé par son passé, il tente de ne pas sombrer. Vingt ans déjà qu'il porte le blouson des Wild Crows, sa seule famille. Pour eux, il est prêt à tout sacrifier. Quand l'une des filles du club se trouve menacée, le président le charge de veiller sur elle et son fils. Gale va devoir mettre de côté son indépendance au risque de se perdre lors de ce rapprochement forcé. Les secrets inavoués finissent toujours par éclater au grand jour. Face au danger qui rôde, les Wild Crows devront rappeler à tous que les corbeaux ne sont pas morts. Ils vont reprendre la place qui leur est due, même s'il faut pour cela renouer avec de vieux démons.
11/2020
Littérature érotique et sentim
Wild Seasons Tome 3 : Dark Wild Night
Oliver et Lola se félicitent souvent d'avoir eu le bon sens de ne pas consommer 1 leur mariage hâtif à Las Vegas. S'ils avaient fait comme tout le monde, ils ne seraient jamais devenus d'aussi bons amis. C'est du moins la version officielle. En réalité, Lola est folle d'Oliver depuis le premier jour. Avec le temps, son accent australien sexy et sa capacité à l'accepter comme elle est ont décuplé ses sentiments pour lui. Un crayon à la main, Lola est bien plus à l'aise que lorsqu'il faut se dévoiler aux autres, et sa relation avec Oliver est presque trop parfaite pour être vraie. Alors, pourquoi prendre le risque de tout gâcher ? Malgré toutes les filles qui lui tournent autour dans sa librairie, Oliver regrette de ne pas avoir séduit Lola quand il en avait l'occasion. Désormais, il sait ce qu'il veut et cela va bien au-delà de son amitié... Lorsque la bande dessinée de Lola, sur le point de devenir une grosse production hollywoodienne, connaît un succès retentissant, Oliver est là pour la soutenir. Car Lola n'est pas le genre de fille à rechercher à tout prix l'attention de tous, encore moins les feux des projecteurs, et Oliver la rassure. En revanche, elle pourrait bien être celle à qui il pourrait plaire, son genre de fille. Parfois, il faut un certain temps pour voir ce qui est sous son nez. Et parfois, une soirée trop alcoolisée à Vegas ne constitue pas une fin en soi mais le début d'une toute nouvelle vie...
10/2015
Non classé
Iàsyr Shivaza: The Life and Works of a Soviet Dungan Poet
The Dungans are Chinese Muslims, living mainly in the Kirghiz and Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republics, whose ancestors migrated to Russia more than a hundred years ago. They speak the Kansu and Shensi dialects, but write their Chinese speech with the Cyrillic alphabet. Iàsyr Shivaza (1906-1988) is the most celebrated poet of the Dungans. He wrote numerous poems and many novels, he translated works from Russian and Kirghiz into Dungan, he compiled school textbooks for Dungan children and he helped in the creation of the present Dungan alphabet. Iàsyr Shivaza worked in the Kirghiz State Publishing House, edited a Dungan newspaper, and served in the Second World War as a war correspondent. The present work discusses his life and achievements.
11/1991
Roman d'amour, roman sentiment
Don’t leave me
Jordan and Florence had made a promise never to part with each other, having managed to heal their past pains. Unfortunately, one day she will return to France, leaving Jordan, alone, in Boston. Their love, their carnal complicity in which they always found refuge and had fun in unusual places, cannot be ended on a whim. The death of a child, of a parent, suicide, disability, so many trials that will test their love, so that they admit they are nothing without the other. Will they succeed, knowing that when one is loved, one strength is increased tenfold when one encounters an obstacle ? Besides, distance is nothing when two people love each other so passionately, destiny is supposed to bring those who love each other together.
07/2022
Littérature française
Chance freedom. Translated by Eric Turcat & Hannah Farris
If Chance is a "straw man" and Freedom a distant ideal, then why write poetry in the first place ? Because not all straw men are hollow and because not all ideals should fade into the distance. In his third book of French poetry translated into English, Dotoli continues to shine as a beacon of hope and optimism in a world that often forgets how its prosaic whimpers may still resonate with a lyrical bang.
03/2023
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
12 ans et +
Coffret John Green en 3 volumes. Qui es-tu Alaska ? ; La face cachée de Margot ; Will & Will
Coffret de trois volumes vendus ensemble
11/2014
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
Décoration
The New Tattoo
Tattoos are everywhere-especially where they are least expected. Once the specialty of bikers and sailors, they now are frequently spotted in art galleries, fashion shows, and even corporate boardrooms. "Mom-in-a-heart" has been replaced by striking monochromatic patterns; intricate reproductions of famous artworks; elaborate mythical beasts and deities; and the oddly unclassifiable (the innards of a video camera, a monolithic black wedge). This sophisticated look at the latest high-style skin decorations, created by the most creative contemporary tattoo artists, is divided into five chapters: Tribal; Paintings, Prints, and Portraits; Imagination and Fantasy; Neotraditional; and All the Rest. A lively introduction provides a cogent history of tattooing through the ages, making clear that the compulsion to personalize the body has characterized humanity throughout recorded history. Concluding the introduction is an informative evaluation of how the tattoo scene has changed since the "tattoo renaissance" that began in the 1960s and has culminated in today's heady mix of inventive old masters and young artschool-trained hotshots. An invaluable appendix gives answers to the questions anyone should ask before getting a tattoo, including: How Is a Tattoo Made? Is It Safe? How Do I Find the Right Tattoo Artist? How Do I Pick the Right Design? How Much Will It Cost? How Long Does It Take? What Maintenance Does a Tattoo Require? Can 1 Get Rid of It?
01/1994
Monographies
The Gregory Gift
Presenting for the first time the Alexis Gregory Gift to The Frick Collection, this exquisite publication provides illuminating insights into Gregory's magnificently eclectic collection, cataloging his fine and decorative works of art in detail. Twenty-eight works of art bequeathed to the Frick by Alexis Gregory range from Limoges enamels to Saint-Porchaire ware to pastels by the Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera. This remarkable gift has introduced new types of objects to the Frick : works in ivory and rhinoceros horn are the first of their kind to be held in the collection. Gregory's gift includes fifteen Limoges enamels, one of them produced in the workshop of Suzanne de Court, the only woman known to have led an enamel workshop in Limoges. Also part of the gift are a gilt-bronze sculpture, an ivory hilt, a pomander, ewers, saltcellars, and two clocks. Many of Gregory's objects came from such prestigious owners as the French royal collections and the Rothschilds. Included in the publication are commentaries on each gift. This lavishly illustrated publication accompanies an exhibition that will be on view at The Frick Collection February 16 through May 14, 2023.
02/2023
Guides pratiques
Camping road trips. France & Germany
Fancy a scenic meander along the Seine or braving the vertiginous mountain passes of the Pyrenees ? Or perhaps you would rather island hop along the German coast or delve deep into the Black Forest ? In this inspiring book, ardent campervanner Caroline Mills has selected 30 of her favourite routes across France and Germany. Along the way, stop in some of the region's most beautiful towns and villages, sample l&al delicacies, cycle forgotten lanes or take a wander through some of the finest countryside. These are journeys to be savoured. Packed with practical information on recommended roads, campsites and more, this book will satisfy seasoned road trippers and absolute novices alike - whether you're i a solo adventurer, making memories as a family, or planning a romantic getaway, you'll find these self-guided tours will provide all the inspiration you need to set out and explore a locale or region of France and Germany slowly.
05/2021
Policiers
Goebius' Strange Model
A company elaborates in great secrecy a project, vital to its very survival. As the project develops, it leads the protagonists far beyond the originally envisioned simple business strategy, and brings them close to the forefront of the physical laws governing the behavior of the universe. Two intrigues intertwine... will they meet ? Or do they form the single-sided face of a Möbius strip ? "This novel is as unexpected as a UFO, and refreshing..." Cédric Villani, Fields Medal 2010. "This book is fascinating, I read it all at once..." Etienne Ghys, Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences.
01/2020
Histoire internationale
National Socialism in Oceania
In today's security-conscious environment, the loyalties and allegiances of migrant communities are increasingly being brought into question. Drawing on the collected knowledge of a number of Australian experts investigating interwar issues of security, surveillance and civic rights from the perspective of migration studies, this book aims, through the examination of individuals and groups in Oceania who were targeted for potential subversion or believed to hold National Socialist sympathies (including local National Socialists, Italian-Australians, Russian exiles, members of the right-wing movements the New Guard and Australia First), to consider how issues of security were regarded at another critical point in world history and what lessons we may learn from that period today. This book examines a variety of motives for embracing National Socialism and investing hope in the Third Reich. Attitudes shifted over time from enthusiasm to scepticism and disappointment. But, most importantly, beyond support and opposition, there was a surprising level of disengagement and indifference from sister movements on the radical right. This groundbreaking study defies easy answers and previously-held understandings, and will stimulate debate and further research.
04/2010
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