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Doubler le cap: essais et entretiens
Par J. M Coetzee. 2007
Si l'on connaît l'oeuvre romanesque de J. M. Coetzee, on oublie trop souvent qu'il est aussi un analyste et un…
essayiste des plus remarquables. Qu'il s'exprime sur la littérature classique (Tolstoï, Rousseau, Dostoïevski), contemporaine (Salman Rushdie, J. L. Borges, Naguib Mahfouz, Joseph Brodsky, Aharon Appelfeld) ou sud-africaine (Doris Lessing, Breyten Breytenbach, Nadine Gordimer), ou sur la genèse de son oeuvre (ses travaux sur Beckett), Coetzee le fait chaque fois avec la même rigueur et la même élégance dans le propos. Les vingt et un essais et entretiens présentés ici offrent une sélection très large de ses interventions critiques les plus importantes et visent à donner une vue d'ensemble du savoir et du savoir-faire de l'auteur. Tous ces textes sont d'une grande intelligence, tantôt érudits, tantôt provocateurs, et révèlent l'intérêt de l'auteur pour l'histoire, la politique, les liens de la littérature avec la culture et la société. 2007.Figures in a landscape: people and places
Par Paul Theroux. 2018
A delectable collection of Theroux's recent writing on great places, people, and prose In the spirit of his much-loved Sunrise…
with Seamonsters and Fresh Air Fiend, Paul Theroux's latest collection of essays leads the reader through a dazzling array of sights, characters, and experiences, as Theroux applies his signature searching curiosity to a life lived as much in reading as on the road. This writerly tour-de-force features a satisfyingly varied selection of topics that showcase Theroux's sheer versatility as a writer. Travel essays take us to Ecuador, Zimbabwe, and Hawaii, to name a few. Gems of literary criticism reveal fascinating depth in the work of Henry David Thoreau, Graham Greene, Joseph Conrad, and Hunter Thompson. And in a series of breathtakingly personal profiles, we take a helicopter ride with Elizabeth Taylor, go surfing with Oliver Sacks, eavesdrop on the day-to-day life of a Manhattan dominatrix, and explore New York with Robin Williams. An extended mediation on the craft of writing binds together this wide-ranging collection, along with Theroux's constant quest for the authentic in a person or in a place. 2018. Uniform title: Essays.Dino-- why?: the dinosaur question and answer book
Par Sylvia Funston. 2008
Think you already know everything about dinosaurs? With cutting-edge discoveries and brand new ways of looking at ancient evidence, what…
we know about dinosaurs is always changing. This book is the result of over 11,000 real questions asked by curious kids all over North America, and lets you in on everything you always wanted to know - and lots of new things you'll hardly believe - about the amazing world of dinosaurs. Grades 3-6. 2008.Another turn of the crank: essays
Par Wendell Berry. 1995
A series of provocative essays espousing the importance of strong communities and local economies. Berry laments the adverse effects on…
community life of such forces as centralized government and the global economy. He offers suggestions for returning to simpler ways. 1995.Kitten clone: inside Alcatel-Lucent
Par Douglas Coupland. 2014
Coupland takes readers on a web surfing-inspired ride through Alcatel-Lucent, one of the largest global telecommunications companies in the world.…
He reports from inside Alcatel’s faceless corporate offices and wire-laden science labs, writing in his inimitably playful and insightful way about the wider cultural implications of the Internet and the affect Alcatel’s information technology has on each of our lives and the way we live. 2014.John Chancellor makes me cry
Par Anne Rivers Siddons. 1975
Personal essays spanning a year in the author's life. She writes of her peculiar response to the evening news, a…
visit to a haunted wintertime beach, a wild--but touching--college reunion, and loving memories of her grandfather. 1975.Internet for seniors in easy steps: for the over 50s (In Easy Steps Ser.)
Par Michael Price, Sue Price. 2008
The Internet is not just for students and business, it is there for everyone. "Internet for Seniors in easy steps",…
with its clear presentation, will help you enjoy it to the fullest. 2008.Computing for seniors in easy steps: for the over 50s (In Easy Steps Ser.)
Par Sue Price. 2008
Bookshops: a cultural history (Biblioasis international translation series ; #no. 22)
Par Jorge Carrión. 2017
Jorge Carrión collects bookshops: from Gotham Book Mart and the Strand Bookstore in New York City to City Lights Bookshop…
and Green Apple Books in San Francisco and all the bright spots in between (Prairie Lights, Tattered Cover, and countless others). In this thought-provoking, vivid, and entertaining essay, Carrión meditates on the importance of the bookshop as a cultural and intellectual space. Filled with anecdotes from the histories of some of the famous (and not-so-famous) shops he visits on his travels, thoughtful considerations of challenges faced by bookstores, and fascinating digressions on their political and social impact, 'Bookshops' is both a manifesto and a love letter to these spaces that transform readers' lives. 2017. Uniform title: Librerías.Blank: essays & interviews (Essais ; #no. 3)
Par M. Nourbese Philip, Marlene Nourbese Philip. 2017
A collection of previously out-of-print essays and new works by one of Canada's most important contemporary writers and thinkers. Through…
an engagement with her earlier work, M. NourbeSe Philip comes to realize the existence of a repetition in the world: the return of something that, while still present, has become unembedded from the world, disappeared. Her imperative becomes to make us see what has gone unseen, by writing memory upon the margin of history, in the shadow of empire and at the frontier of silence. In heretical writings that work to make the disappeared perceptible, "Blank" explores questions of race, the body politic, timeliness, recurrence, ongoingness, art, and the so-called multicultural nation. Through these considerations, Philip creates a linguistic form that registers the presence of what has seemingly dissolved, a form that also imprints the loss and the silence surrounding those disappearances in its very presence. 2017. Uniform title: Essays.iPod, therefore I am: thinking inside the white box
Par Dylan Jones. 2005
Jones tells the story of his entrée into the cult of the iPod, describing his lifelong addiction to all genres…
of music. He also gives a behind-the-scenes look at the genesis of the iPod, from its original conception by Apple's Steve Jobs to the landmark design of Jonathan Ive. Behind it all, we get an insight into the way the iPod has radically transformed the way we approach music, listen to music, and possess music. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2005.It's never too late to love a computer: a friendly first guide
Par Abby Stokes. 2000
Advises novice computer users on the basics. Covers the parts of a computer (software and hardware), purchasing tips, choosing between…
the Apple Macintosh and IBM-compatible personal computers (PCs), and experimenting with using e-mail and word processing. Provides a glossary and lists recommended web sites and other resources. 2000.IPad for seniors for dummies (For dummies)
Par Nancy Muir. 2012
Get the most out of the newest iPad and iOS 6 software with this fun and practical guide. Written in…
the friendly 'For Dummies' style, this helpful guide thoroughly explains iPad basics and then some. Discover easy-to-follow tips and advice on the latest iOS 6 features and popular favorites, such as the Siri virtual personal assistant, FaceTime, Facebook integration, Safari, photo and video editing, e-books, and more. 2012.iPhone 5 For Seniors For Dummies (--For dummies)
Par Nancy C Muir. 2012
Although it seems like everyone has an iPhone these days, it's not a given that you'll instantly know how to…
use one. This book clearly shows you how to use your iPhone, even if it's your first-ever smartphone. Make calls, send e-mail, read e-books, and discover the wonderful world of apps. 2012.Imaginary homelands: essays and criticism, 1981-1991
Par Salman Rushdie. 1991
The seventy essays collected here, written over the last ten years, cover an astonishing range of subjects, many dealing with…
India - the literature of the received masters and of Rushdie's contemporaries; the politics of colonialism and the ironies of culture; film, politicians, the Labour Party, religious fundamentalism in America, racial prejudice; and the preciousness of the imagination and of free expression. 1991.Curry: eating, reading, and race (Exploded views)
Par Naben Ruthnum. 2017
Curry is a dish that doesn't quite exist, but, as this essay points out, a dish that doesn't properly exist…
can have infinite, equally authentic variations. By grappling with novels, recipes, travelogues, pop culture, and his own background, Ruthnum depicts how the distinctive taste of curry has often become maladroit shorthand for brown identity. Ruthnum sinks his teeth into the story of how the beloved flavour calcified into an aesthetic genre that limits the imaginations of writers, readers, and eaters. Following in the footsteps of Salman Rushdie's Imaginary Homelands, 'Curry' cracks open anew the staid narrative of an authentically Indian diasporic experience. 2017.Arguments with the world: essays
Par Bronwen Wallace, Joanne Page. 1992
Fuzzy logic: dispatches from the information revolution
Par Matthew Friedman. 1997
What is the information revolution and how is it affecting our lives? "Fuzzy logic" discusses how the Internet and related…
technologies have infiltrated our daily lives, how it is changing established social patterns, and how it is eroding older technologies at a hugely accelerated rate. 1997.Exploded view: observations on reading, writing and life
Par Jean McKay. 2001
The exploded view is a diagram which shows how each component of an object relates to the whole, and is…
usually applied to machinery. McKay uses it to explode everything from macaroons to metaphors. In her alphabetical essays she explodes language and her world view, taking a variety of things apart, from babies and crabapples to funerals and acorns, and putting them back together in unexpected ways. Some strong language.Experience on demand: what virtual reality is, how it works, and what it can do
Par Jeremy Bailenson. 2018