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The surgeon who desires an atlas of techniques covering operations on the colon and rectum almost surely prefers a concise volume rather than an encyclopedic compilation of the innumerable procedures that have been described in the literature. This book includes the operations that have proved to...

EXTRAIT: TOME I.   Introduction   La Géologie est une science dont on s’occupe beaucoup aujourd’hui. Elle nous intéresse particulièrement, puisqu’elle est l’histoire du lieu de notre habitation. Je vais donc, Messieurs,...

Un conte libertin où se glissent des réflexions morales. POUR UN PUBLIC AVERTI. Les parents racontent à leurs enfants – de père à fils et de mère à fille – comment ils auraient pu mener une vie de libertinage et comment ils y ont finalement échappé. Comme les autres contes de Voisenon,...

Many people dedicate their whole lives to starting and building relationships. They believe these connections will bring some fulfilment to their lives, and that may be so. But there are also many who struggle to attain or neglect to nurture the most important relationship a person can have: a relationship...

Understanding Is Everything: A Practical Guide to Self-Betterment is just that: a guide to improve oneself in the areas of self-motivation, self-discipline, relationships, and a healthy lifestyle. Although a portion of the book is highlighted by a series of poems that reflect the life and personal “understanding”...

Claude Izner revient avec la suite du Pas du renard, second opus de leur nouvelle série de romans à suspens dans le Paris des années folles et des boîtes de jazz. Jeremy Nelson, jeune pianiste américain passionné de jazz, part à Londres en septembre 1921 sur les traces de ses ancêtres, et...

Whilst staying at a country inn, a solicitor named Dexter meets Aylmer Vance, a consulting expert in all things supernatural. The two men strike up an instant friendship, and Vance regales Dexter with haunting tales of his ghostly encounters - some beguiling, some tragic and some truly terrifying... Originally...

A noted American architect of the early twentieth century discusses universal principles behind the harmonious forms and proportions of ancient and modern buildings. Seven essays by Claude Bragdon offer a master class in the architectural union of art, beauty, and science. His observations and analyses...

A year before his untimely death, Jean-Claude Izzo penned his masterpiece: this dramatic story of a man’s search for human intimacy.   Rico has been banished to society’s margins; he has neither a roof over his head nor a steady income on which to depend. When a friend and fellow vagabond dies...

Corps noir. Code noir. Esclavage. Colonisation. Identité. Exclusion. Nègres. Fantômes. Fantasmes. Mépris. Haine de soi. Race. Racisme. Différence. Moi. L’autre. Qui a inventé le corps noir ? Jean-Claude Charles ouvre de singulières perspectives en interrogeant le mythe du corps noir.

La papauté a définitivement quitté Avignon pour Rome. À Valence, en Espagne, les Borgia se préparent à mettre la main sur le gouvernement de l'Église. Pour y parvenir, rien ne les arrête. Deux papes Borgia occuperont le trône de saint Pierre : Alonso Borgia, devenu Calixte III, puis son neveu Rodrigue,...

Parigi, 1890. Victor Legris è abituato a ogni sorta di avventori nella sua libreria in rue des Saints-Pères, ma non si aspetta certo l’irruzione di Denise, la domestica della sua ex amante Odette de Valois. La ragazza è sconvolta: aveva un appuntamento con la padrona al cimitero del Père-Lachaise,...

Parigi, ottobre 1899. Un inquietante volantino passa di mano in mano, risvegliando paure ataviche tra la gente. Per gli autori non meglio identificati del testo, infatti, non c’è spazio per i dubbi: la fine del mondo è vicinissima. Questione di giorni e un meteorite colpirà la Terra, distruggendola....

Many regard a successful marketing campaign as a mystical, hard-to-define feat that only happens when the stars align and other intangible factors happen to fall into place. Author Claude Hopkins takes the opposing view, arguing that successful advertising can be boiled down to a handful of empirical...