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Book cover of La tourterelle et l'hirondelle
by Thérèse Gagnon, Anouk Lacasse
Language: French
Release Date: September 7, 2012

Une belle tourterelle a été adoptée par un couple. Ils l’aiment énormément. Ces parents adoptifs lui offrent un environnement de qualité. Ils la laissent prendre l’air sur le balcon, car ils sont persuadés qu’elle ne partira jamais. Tourterelle est très obéissante puisqu’elle est...
Book cover of Abraham, le sacrifice impossible - Histoires de la Bible - Dès 11 ans
by Sylvie Baussier, Marie-Thérèse Davidson
Language: French
Release Date: September 27, 2012

Le destin terrifiant d'un homme prêt au sacrifice ultime pour montrer sa foi en Dieu. Depuis l'enfance, Abraham ne croit pas aux dieux multiples dont son père sculpte les idoles. Un jour, il détruit ces statues et s'enfuit avec sa famille. Devenu nomade, Abraham garde foi en Dieu, malgré...
Book cover of Janet la Revenante et autres histoires
by Robert Louis Stevenson, Théo Varlet, Thérèse Bentzon
Language: French
Release Date: December 21, 2018

Le vieux révérend Soulis suscite malgré lui l’effroi de ses paroissiens comme aucun homme d’église. Mais de tragiques évènements l’ont durablement marqué, il y a fort longtemps, lorsqu’il prit pour servante une vieille boîteuse du nom de Janet… Janet la revenante (aussi traduit...
Book cover of Techno-Orientalism

Techno-Orientalism

Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media

by David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta A. Niu
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015

What will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism...
Book cover of Wearing Embodied Emotions

Wearing Embodied Emotions

A Practice Based Design Research on Wearable Technology

by Seçil Uğur
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013

Today, people are in an era of digitally mediated Human-to-Human Interaction, which cannot provide full sensorial contact and therefore, emotions cannot be communicated completely. The intimate cover of the human body, i.e. garment is the interface, where many personal traits are embodied. With the...
Book cover of How to Be a Peaceful School

How to Be a Peaceful School

Practical Ideas, Stories and Inspiration

by Sue Webb, Pali Nahal, David Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018

Peace is needed now more than ever in schools, by pupils and teachers alike. This inspiring guide provides primary, secondary and special schools with practical methods to improve pupil and teacher wellbeing, combat bullying, and promote peace both inside and outside the school gates. The founder...
Book cover of Every Ounce a Man’s Whiskey?: Bourbon in the White Masculine South

Every Ounce a Man’s Whiskey?: Bourbon in the White Masculine South

An article from Southern Cultures 18:1, Spring 2012

by Seán S. McKeithan
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012

The hot bite of the Bourbon sensuously connects the body of the drinker to nation, region, and locale, enjoining his experience with those of imagined, historical bodies, soaking up space and place in the slow burn of what appears an endless southern summertime." This article appears in...
Book cover of European History for Dummies
by Seán Lang
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011

A fun, informative guide to Europe’s past and present. The history of Europe is rich, complex, vibrant, and at times violent; it has influenced many countries throughout the world and has itself been influenced by many countries. In the light-hearted European History For Dummies, historian...
Book cover of Fealty and Fidelity: The Lazarists of Bourbon France, 1660-1736
by Seán Alexander Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016

The career of the French saint Vincent de Paul has attracted the attention of hundreds of authors since his death in 1660, but the fate of his legacy - entrusted to the body of priests called the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists) - remains vastly neglected. De Paul spent a lifetime working for...
Book cover of Complete Irish Beginner to Intermediate Book and Audio Course

Complete Irish Beginner to Intermediate Book and Audio Course

Learn to read, write, speak and understand a new language with Teach Yourself

by Diarmuid O Se, Joseph Sheil
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012

Are you looking for a complete course in Irish which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Irish will guarantee success! Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. The...
Book cover of Life beyond Earth

Life beyond Earth

The Search for Habitable Worlds in the Universe

by Athena Coustenis, Thérèse Encrenaz
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013

What is life and where can it exist? What searches are being made to identify conditions for life on other worlds? If extraterrestrial inhabited worlds are found, how can we explore them? In this book, two leading astrophysicists provide an engaging account of where we stand in our quest for habitable...
Book cover of ...mais amour
by Réjean Roy, Yvonne Boudreau-Giachino, Thérèse Comeau-Haché
Language: French
Release Date: May 14, 2014

Douze auteurs publient dans ...mais amour. Ils osent parler, à coeurs ouverts, avec des mots simples, avec des musiques enivrante, avec des airs poétiques qui nous donnent des ailes et qui nous invitent à aimer éperdument l'autre.Les poèmes, les récits ou les lettres d’amour contenus dans...
Book cover of Science et impact social

Science et impact social

Vers une innovation responsable

by Mélanie Marcel, Éloïse Szmatula
Language: French
Release Date: June 6, 2017

Face aux défis du siècle, le progrès scientifique peut-il encore être une réponse ? On voit aujourd'hui l'émergence d'une nouvelle approche de la recherche et de l'innovation, soucieuse de répondre aux enjeux sociaux et environnementaux. Partout dans le monde, laboratoires, entreprises...
Book cover of Memoirs of The Courts of Louis XV and XVI. Being Secret Memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, Lady's Maid to Madame De Pompadour and of The Princess Lamballe (Complete)
by Mme. Du Hausset and Princesse de Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan Lamballe
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts,...
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