Bertin: 26 books

Myths and legends abound with tales of giants and their feats of exceptional strength, witches and their powers of good and evil, and the miraculous abilities of healers and medicine men. The past comes alive in this selection of stories about extraordinary Canadians who have lived unusual lives.

The Christmas season is the one time of year that we all put aside the demands of the everyday to celebrate with friends and family; share stories, warm memories, and traditions; and feast on home-cooked food. But what happens when life simply won't pause in the name of good cheer and festive revelry?...

"Nicholson was shocked when a 'dazzling light and shrieking whistle' came out of nowhere and headed right for his train. Paralysed with fear, he... swore that the passengers in the ghost train's lighted cars had looked directly at him". This book will be especially fascinating for all readers...

This concise primer (based on lectures given at summer schools on complex systems and on a masters degree course in complex systems modeling) will provide graduate students and newcomers to the field with the basic knowledge of the concepts and methods of statistical physics and its potential for...

Our understanding of galaxies, the building blocks of the Universe has advanced significantly in recent years. New observations from ground- and space-based telescopes, the discovery of dark matter, and new insights into its distribution have been instrumental in this. This textbook provides graduate...

Some lives speak volumes Some are silent as the grave Dearly beloved — that’s what the obituaries say — never hinting at the conflict, shame or sin that lie behind the veil. In October 2012, Paul, the author’s 18-year-old son was killed by a hit-and-run driver while walking home from an evening...

Restituire alla storia di Francesco d’Assisi la sua assoluta attualità, liberarla dalle preoccupazioni dell’apologetica e dalle letture troppo accomodanti, tornare alla viva voce del Santo e di coloro che ne condivisero e ne raccontarono gli atti. Questo libro si offre come guida alla conoscenza...

This course-tested primer provides graduate students and non-specialists with a basic understanding of the concepts and methods of statistical physics and demonstrates their wide range of applications to interdisciplinary topics in the field of complex system sciences, including selected aspects of...

Dragonlord Linden Rathan, last-born of a race of immortal weredragons, has spent six hundred years alone, searching for his soultwin while his fellow Dragonlords watch over humanity's Five Kingdoms. When the Queen of Cassori dies mysteriously, Linden and the other Dragonlords are called upon...

Sur une terre où les Alphas loups dictent toutes les règles, Nino naît humain et Gamma. Comme ses parents avant lui, il rêve de devenir un Gardien et de n’appartenir qu’à la meute du Monde. Mais le destin et la lune ont d’autres projets pour ce gamin malingre et trop curieux. De...

Once every thousand years the phoenix of Jehanglan burns to death in a magical release. For millennia the emperors of Jehanglan have tried to harness the awesome power of the phoenix's rebirth. One has finally succeeded, using black magic and the enslavement of a dragon. Far away at the Crown...

Du sport et des conseils feel good pour arrêter de fumer sans grossir ! Arrêter le tabac, ok, mais hors de question de grossir ! Et d'abord, comment faire ? Dur de tenir sur la durée, avec le manque, les habitudes trop ancrées et les substituts qui ne résolvent rien du tout. Le meilleur antidote...