L Marie: 380 books

«Des glaces du Labrador aux igloos en carton-pâte de Barnum & Bailey, mère et fille tournent et tournent dans le grand cirque de la vie. Bêtes de foire, dit-on... mais qui sont les plus bêtes dans cette histoire?»

«Femme des bois, femme de prospecteur, imaginez-la semant des radis sur le toit de sa cabane. C’est dans son cœur de pionnière, dans son âme d’accoucheuse, dans sa façon magnanime d’accueillir, de soigner, d’accompagner qu’on eût pu trouver, à travers tout le Yukon, le plus gros pesant d'or.»

Utopian Images and Narratives in Advertising: Dreams for Sale, edited by Luigi Manca, Alessandra Manca, and Gail W. Pieper, is a collection of essays which examine narratives created on the advertising page, with special focus on gender images. Through a cross-disciplinary investigation, this collection...

This book examines the political and legal challenges of regional governance of the 28 countries of the European Union and the 48 in the Council of Europe. The contributions, dilemmas, and moral hazards from this record of nearly seven decades of regional inter-governmental institutions has kept the...

St Paul's Cathedral stood at the centre of religious life in medieval London. It was the mother church of the diocese, a principal landowner in the capital and surrounding countryside, and a theatre for the enactment of events of national importance. The cathedral was also a powerhouse of commemoration...

«Où va cette femme blanche en traîneau à chiens, par quarante-cinq degrés sous zéro, avec ses deux enfants blottis sous les peaux? Pourquoi parcourt-elle ainsi quatre cents kilomètres dans la taïga? Elle veut simplement atteindre la station de chemin de fer la plus proche afin de gagner Québec,...

Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers...

Claire, fille de paysans du Cantal, est née dans un monde qui disparaît. Son père le dit et le répète depuis son enfance : ils sont les derniers. Très tôt, elle comprend que le salut viendra des études et des livres et s'engage dans ce travail avec énergie et acharnement. Elle doit être...

The Political Mel Brooks analyzes both Mel Brooks’s more popular films and his lesser known work to explore how his use of parody and satire, his keen sense of the history of Jewish comedic conventions, and his deep awareness of social issues encompasses a political project that, while often implicit,...

Covers recent research on coffee genetics, physiology and genetic diversity  Reviews the latest developments in breeding new varieties  Assesses advances in measuring and understanding the chemical composition, sensory and nutraceutical properties of coffee

This book presents a comprehensive and self-contained treatment of the authors’ newly developed scalable algorithms for the solutions of multibody contact problems of linear elasticity. The brand new feature of these algorithms is theoretically supported numerical scalability and parallel scalability...

Imagine a statistics book for bioassays written by a statistician. Next, imagine a statistics book for bioassays written for a layman. Bioassays with Arthropods, Third Edition offers the best of both worlds by translating the terse, precise language of the statistician into language used by the laboratory...

This book provides methods and practical cases and experiences with the aim of stimulating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) through the direct engagement of researchers, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), citizens, industry stakeholders, policy and decision makers, research funders and communicators....

With more than 5 million people in the United States living with Alzheimer's disease and nearly 10 million loved ones caring for them, addressing the concerns of these elders and their caregivers is a matter of increasing importance. Relying on their many years of experience in this area, Jane Thibault...