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La franc-maçonnerie se dit universelle mais les francs-maçons américains ont mis près de deux siècles à reconnaître les Grandes Loges noires, dites de Prince Hall (Affranchi en 1770, Prince Hall va connaitre un destin exceptionnel. Fondateur de la maçonnerie noire américaine, Prince Hall...

Et si on allait « s'en mettre plein le fusil », se « déglacer le confit au fond de la moule » ? Jules Magret, chroniqueur à la gouaille fleurie de Service littéraire, nous fait découvrir ses tables de choix : « là où l'aïoli te tend sa morue, tu es dessalé à fond la gousse. » Avec son...

The present volume, number 15 of the Acta Historiae Neerlandicae - which have been appearing since 1978 under the title The Low Countries History Yearbook - is the last of the series. Economic reasons force the publishers to discontinue it. This is a matter for regret. Both the editors of the Yearbook...

L'aventure est un mot aux mille facettes. Où commence-t-elle, où finit-elle ? Un homme d'aventures est un aventurier, une femme d'aventures une femme galante. Mais on peut aller à l'aventure, tenter l'aventure, avoir le mal d'aventures, dire la bonne aventure, se retrouver d'aventure... D'Ulysse...

The Detective Fiction Collection brings together 28 of the greatest detective classics ever written, by the greatest authors to ever live.  Featuring: IN A GROVE, by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa FANTOMAS, by Marcel Allain THE TRIUMPHS OF EUGENE VALMONT, by Robert Barr THE WOMAN IN BLACK, by...

Worlds of If' was a three-time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. 'Worlds of If' discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the second in our 'Worlds of If' series, with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. '2BR02B'...

In the first bilingual work on the reptiles and amphibians of the US–Mexico border, top herpetologists come together to describe the herpetofauna of the states of this region, which includes more than 600 species of toads, frogs, salamanders, turtles, sea turtles, alligators, lizards, snakes, and...

The existence of the Russian Skazki or Märchen (Stories, Folklore or Fairy Tales) was first made generally known to the British Public in about 1880 by William Ralston in his Russian Folk Tales. A year after the appearance of Ralston's book, the eminent Russian historian and archæologist, Peter...

The history of black Freemasonry from Boston and Philadelphia in the late 1700s through the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement • Examines the letters of Prince Hall, legendary founder of the first black lodge • Reveals how many of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th...

Summarises latest research on IWM principles and methods  Assesses current challenges facing herbicide use  Detailed review of the range of cultural, physical and biological methods of control available for IWM.

Two-dimensional materials have had widespread applications in nanoelectronics, catalysis, gas capture, water purification, energy storage and conversion. Initially based around graphene, research has since moved on to looking at alternatives, including transitions metal dichalcogenides, layered topological...

This textbook has its ongm in a longstanding international profes­ sional and personal relationship of the authors. The success of the German edition was a result of the interest of the German authors, Dr. K. Knorr and Dr. C. Lauritzen, in synthesizing basic and clinical information in a textbook,...

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In recent years the field of contact dermatitis has increased greatly in importance in dermatology. The variety of exogenous, environmental­ ly caused dermatoses has undoubtedly expanded over the past few de­ cades with the increasing number of potentially toxic chemicals, the changes in lifestyle,...