Pierre: 6175 books

Edition enrichie (préface, notes, commentaires sur l'oeuvre, appendice et bibliographie) Arlequin et Silvia, jeunes villageois, sont amoureux l'un de l'autre. Mais le Prince aime Silvia et, pour la conquérir, doit détourner d'elle Arlequin. Il charge donc Flaminia, une grande dame de la...

Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre la loi de Parkinson et le phénomène de dilatation du temps au travail Qui mieux que les Anglais, forts de leur humour décapant, pouvait présenter avec autant de légèreté les effets pervers de l'administration ? Fondée sur trois constats...

« Vive la Reine ! » est le cri plein d'amour, d'espoir et d'admiration lancé par le peuple français lorsque Marie-Antoinette débute son règne. Elle le termine en entendant sous ses fenêtres : « À mort l'Autrichienne ! Où est la gueuse,...

Il est assez nouveau de présenter la Cour de Louis XV en y mettant au centre la figure un peu effacée de la Reine Marie Leczinska. Grâce à ses recherches approfondies, l’historien Pierre de Nolhac nous révèle les véritables traits de son caractère....

In 1910, young Pierre Maturié bid farewell to his comfortable bourgeois existence in rural France and travelled to northern Alberta in search of independence, adventure, and newfound prosperity. Some sixty years later, he wrote of the four years he spent in Canada before he returned to France in...

A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, Against the Law consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a deep criticism of contemporary legal culture. Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag, and Steven D. Smith challenge the conventional representations...

In the spirit of his father, Alexandre Trudeau revisits China to put a ground-breaking journey into a fresh, contemporary context. In 1960, Pierre Trudeau and Jacques Hébert, a labour lawyer and a journalist from Montréal, travelled to China in the midst of the Great Leap Forward. In 1968, when...

For the sake of salt, Rome created a system of remuneration (from which we get the word "salary"), nomads domesticated the camel, the Low Countries revolted against their Spanish oppressors, and Gandhi marched against the tyranny of the British. Through the ages, salt has conferred status,...

The renowned Jesuit thinker explores science, theology, and the course of human evolution. Following in the footsteps of his earlier works, this collection of essays from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin brings greater clarity to the stunning potential of human energy if it is properly channeled,...

Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls "enlightened doomsaying," has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for a subversion of this crisis from within, arguing that it is our lopsided view of religion and reason that has set us on...

This book contains the following works with an Active Table of Contents -Great Astronomers: Tycho Brahe - Great Astronomers: Johannes Kepler - Great Astronomers: Isaac Newton - Great Astronomers: Nicolaus Copernicus - Great Astronomers: Galileo Galilei - Great Astronomers: John Flamsteed -Great Astronomers:...

With all the attention to creationism in the news these days, Jean-Pierre Rogel decided it was time to show how Darwin's concept of natural selection can be seen in everyday situations — from a summer cottage near a lake — with examples taken from familiar species such as loons, salmon and bears....

In the world of international IT Service Management the previous editions of this book have acquired an excellent reputation as guidance on the topic of ITIL. Over the years this authoritative guide has earned its place on the bookshelves and in the briefcases of industry experts as they implement best...

The life of Savonarola and its place in the history of Italy and the Church has been subject to many interpretations. In this book Pierre van Paassen gives it the most balanced, entertaining, and factual treatment yet. Savonarola and Firenze (Florence) however are so inextricably bound together that...