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The beak of the finch: a story of evolution in our time
Par Jonathan Weiner. 1994
Discusses the work of Peter and Rosemary Grant, who spent more than twenty years in the Galapagos Islands researching Charles…
Darwin's finches to confront Darwin's notion of evolution as a time-suspended process. Weiner incorporates research from other scientists to assert that evolution is dynamic, involving constant, even observable, change. L.A. Times Book Prize for Science and Technology. Winner of the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 1994.Molière
Par Roger Duchêne. 1998
Molière n'a pas laissé de confidences. Pas une lettre, pas un mot. Il a près de quarante ans quand il…
commence à faire parler de lui. Sa vie et son oeuvre font scandale. On l'accuse de ruiner la religion, la famille, la morale. Et d'avoir épousé la fille de sa maîtresse, sa propre fille... Qui ne se priverait pas de le cocufier abondamment. Ses ennemis forgent sa légende noire, ses amis une légende dorée. Cette biographie les replace enfin dans leur contexte. En les prenant au sérieux, sans les tenir pour vraies, en les présentant au lecteur pour qu'il puisse juger à son tour. 1998.The author of "Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling" traces the rivalry of two French artists of opposing schools during a…
time of social and political upheaval. Describes events occurring between 1863 and 1874 as world-renowned Ernest Meissonier and upstart Édouard Manet vied for exhibition space and fame. Winner of the 2006 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2006.The most beautiful house in the world
Par Witold Rybczynski. 1989
Rybczynski's project to build a workshed gradually evolved into a full-fledged house. As he recounts his tale, he considers the…
theories and work of such architects as Palladio and Frank Lloyd Wright, the elements of classical architecture, and the structural descendants of the humble barn. 1989.Rogue primate : an exploration of human domestication
Par John A Livingston. 1994
In the 1970s, environmentalist John Livingston began to find serious flaws in the conventional conservation argument. He began to challenge…
the belief that the survival of undomesticated plants and animals in a world dominated by humans could be enabled through "resource conservation" managed by humans. He argues that our dependence on ideas -- in effect, our own domestication -- has cut us off from the natural world, and led us to believe that our domination over nature is itself "natural." Winner of the 1994 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.Compilación de relatos eróticos: La colección de relatos sexuales románticos más calientes
Par James Abbott. 2019
From the bestselling author of The Darkness Within Him comes the Revealed series - a tale of dark secrets and…
the forbidden world of desires. Perfect for fans of 365 Days, E. L. James, Sylvia Day and Tara Sue Me.Unveiled is the third book in the steamy Revealed series.Readers LOVE Alice's tempting tales:'Brilliant author Well written, great read. I am loving this series' ***** Review 'Alice Raine is an excellent writer and this new series is fantastic! Would highly recommend them!!' ***** Review'Love this series. The characters keep you on your toes. Drama galore. Passion and sexy scenes and so much more' ***** Review 'Omg absolutely loved this book. I couldn't put it down' ***** Review _______Allie is feeling the strain of trying to cope with the realities of dating a Hollywood star, but every time she thinks things are back on track with Sean, Savannah Hilton, Sean's deviously cunning co-star returns with a vengeance. Can they make it as a couple? Meanwhile, Cait has managed to secure herself a job, but her troubled past continues to haunt her. Tempted by the possibility of lowering her defences and developing a friendship with Jack Felton, Hollywood heartthrob and the feature of her fantasies, she's torn between the chance of happiness, but struggling to comprehend how she can let a man in again when the very man who hurt her is still lurking in the shadows. Can the girls find the happiness they chase, or is Hollywood just a step too far for them?_______Don't miss the rest of this irresistibly tempting series, continuing with Undone - OUT NOW!Cinema as a Worldbuilding Machine in the Digital Era: Essay on Multiverse Films and TV Series
Par Alain Boillat. 2022
This essay examines the primacy of worldbuilding in the age of CGI, transmedia practices and "high concept" fiction by studying…
the principles that govern the creation of a multiverse in a wide range of film and TV productions. Emphasis is placed on Hollywood sci-fi movies and their on-screen representation of imaginary machines that mirror the film medium, following in the tradition of Philip K. Dick's writings and the cyberpunk culture. A typology of worlds is established, as well as a number of analytical tools for assessing the impact of the coexistence of two or more worlds on the narrative structure, the style (uses of color, editing practices), the generic affiliation (or hybridity), the seriality and the discourse produced by a given film (particularly in fictions linked to post-9/11 fantasies). Among the various titles examined, the reader is offered a detailed analysis of the Resident Evil film series, Total Recall and its remake, Dark City, the Matrix trilogy, Avatar, Source Code and other time-loop films, TRON and its sequel, Christopher Nolan's Tenet, and several TV shows – most notably HBO's Westworld, but also Sliders, Lost, Fringe and Counterpart.Immoral Views
Par Rebecca Bond, K. D. Grace, Kay Jaybee, Lexie Bay, Lucy Felthouse. 2011
Immoral Views is a collection of titillating tales of voyeuristic sex, written by five of erotica's sultriest mistresses. A deliciously…
dissolute anthology of sex in public, and the illustrated versions are illustrated by John LaChatte!Diary of a Library Nerd
Par Kyoko Church, Vanity Chase. 2014
Diary of a Library Nerd is the story of a shy librarian who, after befriending a timid library user, discovers…
she has a surprisingly dominant side... The book is brought to life with sketches and illustrations from the librarian's life as she metamorphoses from introvert to Domme.The White Hotel: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1981
Par D Thomas. 1981
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, THE WHITE HOTEL is a modern classic of searing eroticism and sensuality set against…
the broad sweep of twentieth-century history.Now a BBC radio play starring Anne-Marie Duff and Bill Paterson, dramatised by Dennis Potter.'A novel of blazing imaginative and intellectual force' Salman Rushdie It is a dream of electrifying eroticism and inexplicable violence, recounted by a young woman to her analyst, Sigmund Freud. It is a horrifying yet restrained narrative of the Holocaust. It is a searing vision of the wounds of our century and an attempt to heal them. Interweaving poetry and case history, fantasy and historical truth-telling, THE WHITE HOTEL is a modern classic of enduring emotional power that attempts nothing less than to reconcile the notion of individual destiny with that of historical fate.'A remarkable and original novel . . . there is no novel to my knowledge which resembles this in technique or ideas. It stands alone' Graham Greene'Astonishing . . . A forthright sensuality mixed with a fine historical feeling for the nightmare moments in modern history, a dreamlike fluidity and quickness' John Updike'I quickly came to feel that I had found that book, that mythical book, that would explain us to ourselves' Leslie Epstein, New York Times