Roche: 306 books

Miguel de Cervantes conceived his final work, The Labours of Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story (1617), as a great prose epic that would accomplish for its age what Homer and Virgil had done for theirs. And yet, by the eighteenth century Don Quixote had eclipsed Persiles in the favour of readers...

The sociology of Europe is a growing and diverse field. This book addresses it in a direct, wide ranging and up-to-date way. Exploring the Sociology of Europe: • clearly maps this new and emerging field • challenges and renews the sociological analysis of European modernity •...

La célèbre saga des Jalna enfin disponible en numérique ! " Mazo De la Roche a créé un microcosme étourdissant de vie, des personnages (Adeline, Renny, Finch et les autres) inoubliables, et bien que ce monument littéraire soit ignoré par la plupart de nos dictionnaires, elle mérite bien...

La célèbre saga des Jalna enfin disponible en numérique ! " Mazo De la Roche a créé un microcosme étourdissant de vie, des personnages (Adeline, Renny, Finch et les autres) inoubliables, et bien que ce monument littéraire soit ignoré par la plupart de nos dictionnaires, elle mérite bien...

La célèbre saga des Jalna enfin disponible en numérique ! " Mazo De la Roche a créé un microcosme étourdissant de vie, des personnages (Adeline, Renny, Finch et les autres) inoubliables, et bien que ce monument littéraire soit ignoré par la plupart de nos dictionnaires, elle mérite bien...

La célèbre saga des Jalna enfin disponible en numérique ! " Mazo De la Roche a créé un microcosme étourdissant de vie, des personnages (Adeline, Renny, Finch et les autres) inoubliables, et bien que ce monument littéraire soit ignoré par la plupart de nos dictionnaires, elle mérite bien...

La célèbre saga des Jalna enfin disponible en numérique ! " Mazo De la Roche a créé un microcosme étourdissant de vie, des personnages (Adeline, Renny, Finch et les autres) inoubliables, et bien que ce monument littéraire soit ignoré par la plupart de nos dictionnaires, elle mérite bien...

The gateways to wonder and delight are flung open wide for all to enter. At once a beautiful love song and an encyclopedia of yogic techniques, the cherished text known as the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra shimmers with new effulgence in Lorin Roche's The Radiance Sutras. Lorin brings us his unique perspective...

Chronicling the early years of the formidable manor Jalna and the Whiteoak family who inhabit it, this bundle gathers together the first four novels in Mazo de la Roche's treasured Canadian saga. Includes The Building of Jalna Morning at Jalna Mary Wakefield Young Renny

La célèbre saga des Jalna enfin disponible en numérique ! " Mazo De la Roche a créé un microcosme étourdissant de vie, des personnages (Adeline, Renny, Finch et les autres) inoubliables, et bien que ce monument littéraire soit ignoré par la plupart de nos dictionnaires, elle mérite bien...

Most of the Muslim societies of the world have entered a demographic transition from high to low fertility, and this process is accompanied by an increase in youth vis-à-vis other age groups. Political scientists and historians have debated whether such a “youth bulge” increases the potential...

Truth is a dangerous thing. A little of it goes a long way and it can come back to bite you. That’s why our society (and most societies I would imagine) encourage the polite, little lie. Thus my title for this anthology “Caveat Veritatem” or “Beware of the Truth”. Here...

In this short but poignant tale, Mazo de la Roche tells the story of a small boy from an orphan home who has come to work for two sisters—Mrs Morton and Lydia Dove—who are, in old age, suffering greatly reduced circumstances. They have rented out half of their house to a writer, Lindley, who has sought out this isolated spot for the writing of a novel.

From the author of the bestselling Jalna series, a story of one small thing that creates a lot of beauty. Bill and Coo were two pigeons who built their nest in the shelter of the gable of the Dullards’ house. Mr. and Mrs. Dullard hated all birds, especially pigeons. Mr. Dullard even tries to hit...