Edition The Authors Guild
Extraits
Non classé
Ruling Class Men
What is it like to be a master of the universe ? The authors have researched the desires and fears of the world's most powerful men. The Murdochs, Packers, Kennedys, Agnellis and other men like them, directly determine the fates of thousands and influence the future of the world like no other people. Described as ‘sacred monsters' by one of their own, they are carefully created to be what they are and to enjoy shaping the world in their own likeness. To learn about these often reclusive men, the authors extended the life-history technique to interrogate autobiographies, diaries and biographies and have created a composite picture, a collective portrait, of tycoons over three generations. The book carefully explores the childhoods, schooling, work and play, sexual activities, marriages and deaths of the wealthiest men who have ever lived. It exposes the nature of ruling-class masculinity itself.
02/2007
Histoire internationale
After The Last Ship
After the Last Ship illustrates the author's own history, as well as its connection to the history of other women and children who left India and made the journey across the Kala Pani, the Indian Ocean, and lived as migrants in other countries. In this book the author brings greater understanding of how subjectivities are shaped through embodied experiences of ‘mixed race'. She bears witness to the oppressive policies of the fascist government in Portugal in the 1960's and 1970's and the effects of displacement and exile, by reconstructing her own passage from India to Mozambique and finally to Australia. Further, the author shows the devastation that labels such as ‘half-caste', ‘canecos' and ‘monhe' can cause, when they eat at your flesh, your being, and your body. She sheds light on how identity and culture can serve as vehicles of empowerment, how experiences of belonging can germinate and take root post-diaspora.
04/2014
Non classé
Dislocated Identities
This book offers a significant, original and timely contribution to the study of one of the most important and notorious Latin American authors of the twentieth century : Reinaldo Arenas. The text engages with the many extraordinary intersections created between Arenas' writing, the autobiographical construction of the literary subject and the exilic condition. Through focusing on texts written on the island of Cuba and in exile, the author analyses the ways in which Arenas' writing emblemises a complex process of identification with, and rejection of, his homeland – always an imagined place and which is, as the place of his origins, intrinsically related to the maternal. She examines how the maternal and the motherland are conflated and how the narrator-protagonists' identification is always in relation to, and dependent upon, this dominant motif. The book also explores the extent to which Arenas' writing is a tortuous attempt to escape from this dominance and to free himself and his writing from the ties that bind him to the mother and the motherland, and shows that Arenas suffered the exilic condition long before his move to the United States in 1980 as part of the Mariel exodus.
04/2012
Religion
Everyday Men
This study is about everyday men. They are approached through a unique marriage of biblical theology and empirical research which gives birth to a missionary challenge. Part One attempts to build a theological foundation for looking at people from the aspect of belief and unbelief. It sees this distinction as a crucial theme in the biblical material which remains relevant to men everywhere. The author discovers five elements of Christian belief in the biblical material while unbelief spans the five elements by its void, denial, or choice of an alternative. Part Two starts with a random sample, in-depth interview of fifty men in a "working-class" area of Birmingham, England. The interviews attempt to discover the nature and saliency of the men's belief and unbelief in the Christian faith. The analysis stresses the qualitative response with the emphasis on listening to the men describe their lives, values, beliefs, and lack of beliefs in their own words. The findings are also compared to other related studies, prompting some conclusions regarding the meaning of these findings. The author attempts to bring the biblical material to bear on the findings about ordinary people and asks whether they can be described as believers or unbelievers. From this starting point, it becomes obvious that the scope of unbelief is very broad. Part Three takes the understanding of God's Word and men's words and moves toward a missiological goal of approaching unbelievers with a gospel for today. It sees both the content and context of the gospel as important. The cultural problem is briefly considered and specific approaches are suggested in relation to the climate of unbelief in "working-class" English culture.
08/1987
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WORLD HISTORY. An introduction
In modern industrial society, the tic between science and technology seems clear, even inevitable. But historically, as James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn remind us, the connection was far less apparent. For much of human history, technology depended more on the innovation of skilled artisans than it did on the speculation of scientists. Technology as "applied science," the authors argue, emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies. In Science and Technology in World History, McClellan and Dorn offer an introduction to this changing relationship.
McClellan and Dorn review the historical record beginning with the thinking and tool making of prehistoric humans. Neolithic people, for example, developed metallurgy of a sort, using naturally occurring raw copper, and kept systematic records of the moon's phases. Neolithic craftsmen possessed practical knowledge of the behavior of clay, fire, and other elements of their environment, but though they may have had explanations for the phenomena of their crafts, they toiled without any systematic science of materials or the self-conscious application of theory to practice.
Without neglecting important figures of Western science such as Newton and Einstein, the authors demonstrate the great achievements of non-Western cultures. They remind us that scientific traditions took root in China, India, and Central and South America, as well as in a series of Near Eastern empires, during late antiquity and the Middle Ages, including the vast region that formed the Islamic conquest. From this comparative perspective, the authors explore the emergence of Europe as a scientific and technological power. Continuing their narrative through the Manhattan Project, NASA, and modern medical research, the authors weave the converging histories of science and technology into an integrated, perceptive, and highly readable narrative.
"Professors McClellan and Dorn have written a survey that does not present the historical development of science simply as a Western phenomenon but as the result of wide-ranging human curiosity about nature and attempts to harness its powers in order to serve human needs. This is an impressive amount of material to organize in a single textbook."
- Paula Findlen, Stanford University
01/1999
Sociologie
Representations of Africa in American and Caribbean Studies N° 1 Dédembre 2021. 1
" "Africa has always shed its light onto the Americas. Although all the contributions highlight the representations of Africa or Africans in American and Caribbean Studies, they also underscore a common humanistic concern ; whether on society, culture or environment. Africa is known to be the craddle of humanity and the main inspirational source to a lot of world authors, especially the American and Caribbean ones". Pr Louis Mendy
02/2022
Décoration
Tricia guild: in my view
Tricia Guild, qui est l'une des plus grands designers d'intérieur du monde, croit passionnément que la façon dont nous choisissons de vivre a une incidence importante sur notre bien-être. Les maisons dans lesquelles nous vivons, les choses avec lesquelles nous nous entourons et les choix quotidiens que nous faisons peuvent affecter profondément notre vision et notre positivité. Il n'est donc pas surprenant que Tricia mette en pratique ce qu'elle prêche : il lui est impossible de séparer son travail de designer des autres aspects de sa vie et elle pense que nous devrions rechercher une inspiration créatrice dans chaque expérience, en particulier pour apprécier les choses qui apportent du plaisir à nos vies. Pour Tricia, l'Italie est une passion particulièrement vivace et elle y a une maison depuis de nombreuses années. Lorsque Tricia et sa famille ont commencé la recherche d'une nouvelle propriété, elle a trouvé l'occasion idéale de créer une maison spéciale - une interprétation contemporaine de la langue vernaculaire locale - qui représente son genre de modernité. In my View nous emmène dans une visite guidée de la magnifique propriété ombrienne, depuis les marches de l'entrée et les pièces/espaces de la maison principale jusqu'aux espaces de restauration en plein air, studios, chambres d'hôtes, jardin potager et pool-house. L'architecte Stephen Marshall et le designer de jardins Arne Maynard expliquent leur collaboration avec Tricia en décrivant, entre autres, le choix des matériaux pour la maison et la plantation sur les terrasses autour des pelouses ondulantes du jardin nichées au milieu d'oliviers verdoyants. Tricia présente également sa nouvelle maison londonienne : une maison de ville victorienne, où, avec la même équipe de Stephen et Arne, elle s'est lancée dans la création d'une retraite urbaine comprenant trois zones distinctes pouvant accueillir la vie, les repas et le repos. Tout au long du livre, Tricia partage les moodboards qui l'ont aidée à réaliser les maisons de ses rêves en Italie et à Londres. Pour Tricia, les moodboards sont essentiels dans les premières étapes de tout projet car ils aident à établir la langue, le rythme et le style de chaque espace. Le processus de sélection et de mise en forme soigné est au coeur de la recherche de son propre style. In my View révèle les choix personnels qui ont façonné le mode de vie de Tricia et inciteront le lecteur à développer son propre style et à créer ainsi son propre point de vue.
09/2019
Psychologie, psychanalyse
Research methods. Fifth Edition, avec 1 CD-ROM
Research Methods: A Process of Inquiry explores the entire range of research methodologies in psychology, using a programmatic approach to introduce topics and build on earlier presentations to increase student understanding. The authors emphasize research concepts, rather than simply presenting cookbook-like strategies, to help students develop an understanding of scientific research. Review exercises at the end of each chapter (with answers to select exercises in an appendix) provide students with examples for self-review. Expanded treatment of research ethics gives students an early introduction to considerations vital in research design, and involves them in later discussions of the ethics of human and animal research. A unique decision-tree flowchart takes students step-by-step through the characteristics of any basic research design to the choice of appropriate statistical procedures and allows instructors to pick statistical procedures based on already-learned course material. Every copy of the text comes packaged with a free student tutorial CD-ROM. This free CD is an integrated package of pedagogical features in a cross-platform format. It includes an Interactive Study Guide, a Lab Manual, and tutorials on statistical analysis, library research, and APA writing style. Coverage of advanced topics render this a resource for future use.
01/2000
Anglais apprentissage
Encountering the Chinese. A Guide for Americans, Second Edition
To fathom the complex culture of China is a daunting task, but Hu Wenzhong and Cornelius Grove, in this substantially revised and updated edition of their popular book, have risen to the challenge. They provide a practical and sensitive cross-cultural analysis of Chinese culture along with insights into how best to communicate and interact with Chinese people. As the economic and diplomatie climate in China has changed, the frequency of contact between Chinese and Americans has increased in all areas : business, academic, scientific, professional, personal and cultural, making this book even more valuable. Relying on Hu's knowledge of his native Chinese culture and Grove's American perspective from his substantial experience in China, Encountering the Chinese will enable Westerners to establish more productive and rewarding relationships with the Chinese, both inside and outside the PRC. As in the first edition, the authors retain fondamental information on basic Chinese values, cultural norms, and mindsets and identify the cross-cultural factors that often lead to failed business negotiations, embarrassing faux pas and misunderstandings when Americans and other Westerners encounter the Chinese. In this second edition they have added a discussion of economic changes and the gradual demise of state-owned companies, and they give special attention to the shift among young urban professionals and businesspeople from traditional collectivist values toward individualism and a market economy mentality. There is also a new section for American women working in China.
01/1999
Littérature française
Guildo blues
"J'ai toujours béni ce vent armoricain, qui lave le ciel et chasse les papillons noirs", s'écrie le narrateur du récit. Le deuil sied moins à la Bretagne qu'à Electre, et la grande marée des criques turbulentes a raison des scories et des laves. Méditation sur la mort et la vie, ou plutôt la survie. Comme le cornet à dés décide de l'avenir hasardeux, sans jamais l'abolir, le narrateur, veuf de fraîche date, prend, au fil des jours, le pouls de sa liberté, apprend à reconnaître, dans la redistribution des cartes sous le ciel délavé du Guildo, dans les Côtes-d'Armor, le visage du bonheur".
09/2013
Non classé
Living in Two Worlds
This is a study of Singapore pastors' worldview & understanding of the epidemiology, symptomatology and management of possession behaviour. The pastors' accounts are compared with those from the scientific disciplines, and convergences and divergences noted. Factors shaping both the pastors' and the scientific discourses are examined. The pastors are shown to respond to competing scientific paradigms by reinforcing their two-worlds worldview. They either live mainly in the other world, or in each world at a time, or between the two worlds. Based on theological reflection focusing on epistemology, theodicy & cosmology, the author shows that the paradigm of living in both worlds simultaneously is the most appropriate pastoral response. The theological vision of the coexisting worlds and the pastoral task of unmasking and resisting evil in all its varieties and depths are then discussed.
05/1994
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
Non classé
Studies in Elizabethan Audience Response to the Theatre
The aim of this volume is to give an analytic description of how Elizabethan Spectators in documentary evidence responded to the theatre performances they watched or knew to be about. It also considers why they responded in that way. Opposing dual consciousness to the reification of the character (its 'ideal presence'), the author concludes that Elizabethan spectators were predominantly interested in the characters' 'ideal presence'. Why they were, is explained by relating their statements to the Renaissance theory of visual perception, (demonic) transformation, and ideas on acting.
02/1993
Mathématiques
ORIENTED MATROIDS. Second Edition
Oriented matroids are a very natural mathematical concept which prescrits itself in many different guises and which has connections and applications to many different areas. These include discrete and computational geometry, combinatorics, convexity, topology, algebraic geometry, operations research, computer science and theoretical chemistry. This is the first comprehensive, accessible account of the subject. It is intended for a diverse audience: graduate students who wish to learn the subject from scratch, researchers in the various fields of application who want to concentrate on certain aspects of the theory; specialists who need a thorough reference work; and others at points in between. A list of exercises and open problems ends each chapter.
For the second edition, the authors have expanded the bibliography greatly to ensure that it remains comprehensive and
up-to-date, and they have also added an appendix surveying research since the work was first published.
01/1999
Non classé
Education and the Values Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe
Fundamental educational reform is one of the central elements of the social transformation taking place in the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In this volume selected experts and eye witnesses of the radical change taking place in the region provide detailed and graphic presentation of the problems and controversies surrounding reform. They explore how the educational systems have responded to the collapse, and they explain the source of new models, ideas, and values on the part of educational policy makers, researchers and teachers. A focus of attention is the values crisis among the youth. The authors explore the values the socialist systems attempted to convey, the manner in which the youth have responded to the collapse, and the possible sources of new values and ideals.
05/1994
Livres 0-3 ans
Les petits coquins : Guili, guili, petit coquin !
"Petit hérisson se promène dans le jardin. Fais des guilis sur ses petites pattes ! Regarde, il se met en boule ! Petit chien veut jouer avec toi. Chatouille-lui le dos et le cou. Il en veut aussi sur le ventre ! Guili, guili, guili ! Tendresse et humour, pour les premiers lecteurs, dès 8 mois. Le livre d'éveil des tout-petits : des matières à toucher et des rabats surprise, pour partager des moments drôles de la vie quotidienne.
06/2017
Droit
Europe's Role in a South African Methodology
This work consists of essays on the so-called Middle Ages, seen from two perspectives. Writing from a sideline perspective, as opposed to the perspectives of historically mainstream theologies, in the first part of the book the author proposes a method for reading religious political texts with European philosophical insights but with a relevance for South Africa. This is done by comparing so-called Medieval texts with South African texts and situations within the demands of liberation, contextualisation, and communalism.In the second part of the book, from a female perspective, the author reevaluates the post-Biblical history of Christianity, criticising the terms "Patristics" and "Middle Ages". A South African women's theology is then offered as the outcome of the sideline perspective on the Bible, history and theology discussed in this book.
12/1991
Sciences de la terre et de la
Coral reef ascidians of New Caledonia
Ascidians are common marine animals present on all types of substrata but abundant and highly diversified in warm oceans. They represent a large portion of the underwater pictures taken by divers of the ORSTOM center in Noumea.
One millimeter to some decimeters in size, cryptic or brightly coloured, motionless, often in the shade, ascidians are not well known, but are present everywhere. They are surprising not only in their variable shapes but also in their unique biological characteristics. They represent the boundary between invertebrates and vertebrates, although the adults look like stones or sponges.
With a beautiful selection of photographs, the authors discuss the essential anatomy, the modes of budding, the pigments, and the spicules. The ecological requirements are detailed and symbionts, parasites and predators are reviewed. The relationship with man concerns fouling species on ships, their use as food end as a source of pharmacological products.
The final section provides a key for the identification of the most common or spectacular species.
08/1991
Droit
Activation Policies for the Unemployed, the Right to Work and the Duty to Work
Since the 1990s and the 2000s, Western social protection systems have experienced a turn towards activation. This turn consists of the multiplication of measures aimed at bringing those who are unemployed closer to participation in the labour market. These measures often induce a strengthening of the conditions that must be met in order to receive social benefits. It is in this well known context that the authors gathered in this book decided to take a closer look at the relationship between activation policies for the unemployed and the right and the duty to work. If activation measures are likely to increase transitions towards the labour market, we can also make the assumption that they may, particularly when they are marked with the seal of coercion, hinder or dramatically reduce the right to freely chosen work. In such circumstances, the realisation of the "right to work", which is often stated to be the aim of those who promote activation, tends in practice to be reduced to an increasing pressure being exerted on the unemployed. In this case, isn't it actually the duty to work that is particularly reinforced ? After an historical and philosophical perspective on the issue, this assumption is confronted with the developments observed in the United States and in France, and then with the guidelines laid down in international human rights instruments. What follows is a discussion of two alternatives to the dominant activation model : the basic income guarantee and the employment guarantee.
06/1987
Religion
Conjugal Love and the Ends of Marriage
The importance of conjugal love in marriage, allegedly overlooked by pre-conciliar marriage doctrine, is strikingly emphasized by present-day Catholic Church documents. The stable incorporation of conjugal love into Catholic marriage doctrine finds its roots in the Second Vatican Council's Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the modern world, Gaudium et spes. During the elaboration of the chapter on marriage and the family in Gaudium et spes, it was observed that its third conciliar draft, textus recognitus, contained ideas which are similar to what Dietrich von Hildebrand and Herbert Doms had pronounced during the 1930s. Some theologians and canonists, in fact, have opined that these authors paved the way for the personalist treatment of marriage in this century by underlining the importance of conjugal love. Others have even asserted that the Gaudium et spes doctrine on marriage is the confirmation of Doms's thought. What accounts for the shift towards an emphasis on conjugal love in the theological presentation of marriage ? What did these two authors understand by it and how did they articulate the matrimonial ends ? How were their ideas received by the theologians and by the Church ? To what extent and in what ways are their ideas reflected in the conciliar document ? This book probes these questions which are fundamental to understanding the evolution of the Catholic doctrinal presentation of marriage.
04/1998
Paranormal, Bit-lit, Science-f
Shadow Guild Tome 1 : Morsure maudite
Je suis une fille bizarre. Enfin, c'est ce qu'on dit. OK, je ne suis pas du genre fêtarde et j'adore traîner dehors seule avec un raton laveur... Et d'un coup, ma vie bascule. Parce que non seulement je suis accusée de meurtre (moi ? ! ), mais en plus, il paraît que j'ai des pouvoirs surnaturels (vous réalisez ? Moi, des pouvoirs ? ) et que dans Londres se cachent des guildes magiques (le délire...). Et pour couronner le tout, les vampires existent (je rêve ! ) et mon seul espoir est un très sexy spécimen de cette espèce, qui a la légère particularité d'être aussi terrifiant et séduisant que le Diable en personne... Ce n'est pas pour rien qu'on l'appelle le Diable de Valléesombre, et que presque tout Guild City lui appartient. Bref... Certains disent que je devrais laisser tomber et me livrer à la police. Hors de question. Pour m'innocenter, je vais résoudre ce meurtre moi-même. Même si ça signifie plonger dans un univers dangereux et côtoyer un vampire beaucoup trop attirant et au passé sombre. Je ferais mieux de l'éviter, mais si je veux m'en sortir, je n'ai pas le choix.
10/2021
Paranormal, Bit-lit, Science-f
Shadow Guild Tome 4 : Jeux diaboliques
Quand amour rime avec mort... En devenant chef de la Guilde de l'Ombre, un groupe hétéroclite de surnaturels parias, j'ai enfin trouvé ma place. Ma vie devrait être parfaite, mais l'univers n'a pas l'air de cet avis... Le très séduisant Diable de Valléesombre, l'homme que j'aime, est maudit. Pour de vrai. Il est condamné à finir en Enfer. Pour le sauver de ce destin tragique, une seule solution : briser le lien ancien qui nous unit. Et surtout, ne pas retomber amoureux l'un de l'autre. Comment ? En utilisant la magie, bien sûr. Et en faisant preuve de volonté. J'ai donc un plan en deux étapes. La première ? Le rayer de ma vie. La deuxième ? L'oublier. Facile, non ? Hum, hum. Sauf que l'univers a un humour douteux : une série d'enlèvements nous oblige à travailler ensemble. Des vies sont en jeu, pas le choix, on doit s'allier... Sans succomber. A l'amour, à la vie, à la mort... Et à la magie ! Préparez-vous à un tourbillon d'émotions fortes dans ce 4è tome
03/2023
Non classé
The German Naturalists and Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann's relationship to Naturalism has repeatedly been a subject of controversy. To clarify his position, this study analyses both published and unpublished opinions of his contemporaries within Naturalism. Following an outline of Naturalism based on the authors' own views of the often conflicting concepts related to the movement, emphasis is placed upon Naturalist critical response to Hauptmann's early works and upon the works of other Naturalist dramatists in relation to Hauptmann, underlining the authors' dependence upon his dramas as a model for literary success.
12/1982
Histoire ancienne
THE ROMAN CAVALRY. From the First to the Third Century AD
The cavalry was a vital part of the army of Rome and played a significant role in the expansion and success of the Roman Empire. Karen R. Dixon and Par Southern describe the origins of the mounted units of the Roman army and trace their development from temporary allied troops to the regular alae and cohorts. They have drawn together evidence from a wide variety of sources: archaeological, epigraphic and literary, as well as comparing ancient testimony with more recent experience of the use of cavalry.
Now available in paperback, the book covers the subject from the perspective of both the men and the horses. How were the horses selected and disposed of; how they trained, stabled and fed? How were the men recruited, organized and equipped; and what were the conditions of service for a Roman cavalryman?
The authors provide a comprehensive and unique examination of the Roman cavalry, which includes lavish and original illustrations, drawn by Karen R. Dixon.
01/1992
Non classé
Labouring Lives
Labouring Lives unravels the huge changes which have so fundamentally altered the life courses of ordinary women over the past one hundred and fifty years, namely the changes in marriage and fertility patterns. Using dynamic data from Dutch population registers and analytical techniques from the life course approach, the book offers new evidence on women's changing position in the labour market, their role in pre-nuptial sexuality, and their contribution to marriage and fertility change in the Netherlands between 1880 and 1960. The author reconstructs the socio-economic and demographic worlds of different groups of working and non-working women, and by doing so she is able to locate the various groups driving the changes. Advanced statistical tools enable the author to analyse differences in fertility strategies, stopping versus spacing, employed by various social and cultural groups in the Netherlands. This book leads to conclusions which challenge a number of orthodoxies in the field.
10/2014
Tout-carton
Bébé Balthazar Guili guili Petit raton. Pédagogie Montessori
Mes mains peuvent... dire bonjour tous les jours au soleil qui brille, envoyer un baiser, faire un câlin à mon ours Pepin. Elles peuvent aussi faire... Guili Guili Petit raton ! " Les mains sont l'outil de l'intelligence " , selon Maria Montessori. Bébé Balthazar est une collection de livres issus de la pédagogie de Maria Montessori pour les 0-3 ans. Dès la naissance, lisez ce livre à votre bébé. Il va entendre votre voix, la poésie des mots, et observer votre bouche qui raconte. En grandissant, il va toucher les images, les mots, il voudra tenir, sentir le poids du livre, tourner les pages... Et à 6 mois il va adorer la surprise du MOI de la dernière page.
06/2023
Photographie
The Map & The Territory (German edition)
Au cours des années 1970 et 1980, Luigi Ghirri a poursuivi son projet extraordinaire, ouvert et mercuriel, empreint d'empathie pour les espaces quotidiens changeants de son époque. Au cours de sa courte carrière, Ghirri produira un vaste corpus de photographies sans parallèle dans l'Europe de son temps et de nombreux écrits qui auront un impact indélébile sur l'histoire de la photographie. Ce livre volumineux, compilé par le célèbre conservateur britannique James Lingwood, accompagne une exposition itinérante dans trois grands musées à travers l'Europe et se concentre sur la première décennie du travail de Ghirri, définie par son exposition de 1979 à Parme. Vera Fotografia a été regroupée en quatorze séquences narratives différentes, chacune étant représentée dans ce volume : Fotografie del periodo iniziale (1970), Kodachrome (1970-78), Colazione sull'erba (1972-74), Catalogo (1970-79) , Km 0, 250 (1973), Diaframma 11, 1/125, luce naturale (1970-79), Atlante, (1973), Italia Ailati (1971-79), Il paese del balocchi (1972-79), Vedute (1970- 79), Infinito (1974), In Scala (1976-79), Still Life (1975-79). Le projet se concentre sur le projet tranquillement contraignant de Ghirri de créer un nouveau type de géographie, situé dans sa fascination pour les représentations du monde, sous la forme de reproductions, d'images, d'affiches, de modèles et de cartes. La médiation de l'expérience à travers des images dans une Italie entre l'ancien et le nouveau a été, pour Ghirri, un terrain inépuisable à explorer - "une grande aventure dans le monde de la pensée et de la recherche, un merveilleux jouet magique qui parvient miraculeusement à combiner notre adulte la conscience et le monde des contes de fées des enfants... un voyage sans fin à travers petits et grands, à travers les variations et le royaume des illusions et des apparences, un lieu spéculaire labyrinthique de multitudes et de simulation. "
05/2018
Non classé
Stages of Exile
This book brings together twelve specially commissioned essays that showcase current research on Spanish Republican exile theatre and performance, including work by some of the foremost scholars in the field. Covering a range of periods, geographical locations and theatrical phenomena, the essays are united by the common question of what it means to ‘stage exile', exploring the relationship between space, identity and performance in order to excavate the place of theatre in Spanish Republican exile production. Each chapter takes a particular case study as a starting point in order to assess the place of a particular text, practitioner or performance within Hispanic theatre tradition and then goes on to examine the case study's relationship with the specific sociocultural context in which it was located and/or produced. The authors investigate wider issues concerning the recovery and performability of these documentary traces, addressing their position within the contemporary debate over historical and cultural memory, their relationship to the contemporary stage, the insights they offer into the experience and performance of exile, and their contribution to contemporary configurations of identity and community in the Hispanic world. Through this commitment to interdisciplinary debate, the volume offers a new and invigorating reimagination of twentieth-century Hispanic theatre from the margins.
09/2011
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
Livres 3 ans et +
Le petit Guili
Après son couronnement, Léon le lion changea. Il décidait les lois selon son humeur. Un jour, il en inventa une qui interdisait aux oiseaux de voler. Les animaux commencèrent à avoir peur, puis à se révolter. Alors il déclara la guerre à ses voisins. Mais aux confins du royaume, la maman de Guili, le petit oiseau, éduqua son enfant en lui donnant tout l’amour du monde et oublia de lui briser les ailes.
02/2013
