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Comment je vois le monde
Par Albert Einstein. 1979
Il n'est personne dans le monde qui n'ait un jour entendu prononcer le nom d'Einstein. Son génie à fait l'unanimité.…
Il aura fallu la Seconde guerre mondiale et toutes ses conséquences pour laisser entrevoir un personnage d'une humanité exemplaire et profondément pacifique. À l'origine de ce livre, se trouve un certain nombre d'articles et de textes scientifiques d'Einstein revus et traduits par Maurice Solovine, un grand ami de l'auteur. Dans la première partie de ce recueil, on trouve les positions très nettes du savant dans le domaine social, religieux, politique et économique. Une large place est ensuite accordée à ses études scientifiques. 1989, c1979.Harry Potter et l'enfant maudit (Harry Potter.)
Par Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, J. K Rowling, Jean-François Ménard. 2016
Cette pièce met en scène les nouvelles aventures d'Harry Potter dix-neuf ans après la fin de la saga de J.K.…
Rowling. Désormais employé au Ministère de la magie, marié et père de famille, Harry Potter est débordé. De plus, son passé se manifeste par l'entremise de son plus jeune fils, Albus Severus, en butte avec le lourd héritage familial. Père et fils doivent s'unir pour affronter les ténèbres. Années 4-7 et plus. 2016. Titre uniforme: Harry Potter and the cursed child.Chère Comédie-Française
Par France Thierard, Florence Roussel. 2003
Francis Huster, Jean Piat, Ludmila Mickaël, Catherine Samie ou Samuel Le Bihan... Sait-on que les plus grands acteurs d'hier et…
d'aujourd'hui ont arpenté la scène de la Comédie-Française ? Blagues, trous de mémoire, scandales, représentations légendaires côté scène ; chamailleries, superstition, trac de débutants côté coulisses : la joyeuse troupe égrène pour nous ses plus beaux souvenirs. Saviez-vous que Fernand Ledoux terminait ses cours de comédie dans une église ? Qu'Isabelle Adjani révisait son bac sur scène alors qu'elle interprétait la jeune Agnès de L'Ecole des femmes ? Que Georges Berr, lorsqu'on lui proposa de choisir entre Le Mariage de Figaro et Le Baiser, répondit : « Peux baiser. Mariage impossible » ? Sur le ton de la confidence, mille et une histoires, drôles ou émouvantes, retracent ainsi les grandes heures de l'illustre théâtre depuis 1947. Des témoignages inédits des sociétaires mais aussi les petits secrets des costumiers ou des machinistes dévoilent l'envers du décor du premier théâtre de France. Florilège d'anecdotes inoubliables, Chère Comédie-Française est aussi une déclaration d'amour de comédiens parfois insolents mais toujours fidèles à leur patron : Molière.How do we look?: the body, the divine, and the question of civilization
Par Mary Beard. 2018
From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history…
of art, religion, and humanity. Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to "How Do We Look" and "The Eye of Faith," the famed Civilisations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art. Focusing in Part I on the Olmec heads of early Mesoamerica, the colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, and the nudes of classical Greece, Beard explores the power, hierarchy, and gender politics of the art of the ancient world, and explains how it came to define the so-called civilized world. In Part II, Beard chronicles some of the most breathtaking religious imagery ever made, whether at Angkor Wat, Ravenna, Venice, or in the art of Jewish and Islamic calligraphers. to show how all religions, ancient and modern, have faced irreconcilable problems in trying to picture the divine. With this classic volume, Beard redefines the Western- and male-centric legacies of Ernst Gombrich and Kenneth Clark. 2018.Chapel of extreme experience: a short history of flicker
Par John Geiger. 2002
The true story of how the discovery of flicker potentials, and scientific observations about strange patterns, organized hallucinations, and even…
the displacement of time derived from stroboscopic light, nearly resulted in a Dream Machine in every home. 2002.Artistic greatness: a comparative exploration of Michelangelo, Beethoven, & Monet
Par Thomas McBurney. 1999
Why are some artists and musicians held up as Great while others are merely considered good? McBurney examines the intimate…
details of the lives of three of the world's greatest artistic geniuses to provide an answer. Part history, part biography, and part sociological chronicle, he tries to discover what Michelangelo, Beethoven and Monet had in common. 1999.Henry V: the life of Henry the Fifth (Plays (Nick Hern Books))
Par William Shakespeare, Nick De Somogyi. 2001
Historical drama. The newly ascended king of England first deals with three suspected traitors. Then, on a pretext, Henry invades…
France to claim the throne. After his victory in the battle of Agincourt, there is a huge celebration, and Henry turns his attention to his courtship of Catherine of France, as two knaves and a braggart provide comic relief. 2001, c1599.Julius Caesar
Par William Shakespeare. 2018
A fully dramatized recording featuring performances by the cast of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2017 stage production, directed by Shana…
Cooper. Julius Caesar is a marked man. Adoring commoners celebrate his battlefield victories, but those higher up the Roman political ladder worry that his ambition has grown too large. On a stormy night, Cassius persuades Caesar's friend Brutus to help him assassinate Caesar for the good of the Republic. But death doesn't stop Caesar, whose spirit haunts the destinies of his friends and enemies. 2018.Kiss of the spider woman (Arena Bks.)
Par Manuel Puig, Thomas Colchie. 1984
Compiled together for the first time, here are three plays by Argentine novelist and playwright Manuel Puig, who died in…
1990. The centrepiece of the volume is Puig's "Kiss of the Spider Woman", made into an acclaimed film starring William Hurt. Also included are the compelling works "Under a mantle of stars" and "Mystery of the rose bouquet". 1984. Uniform title: Beso de la mujer araña.King Lear (SmartPass)
Par William Shakespeare, Mike Reeves, Phil Viner, Jools Viner. 2007
Lear, the King of Britain, has three daughters. Wishing to ease himself of the burden of rule, he determines to…
divide his kingdom between them, giving the largest share to she who can say she loves him the best. Contains the complete play with analysis, commentary, additional review, and study content. For senior high readers. 2007.Hamsher recounts how she and her partner, Don Murphy, both recent film school graduates, optioned the script of Natural Born…
Killers and made a hit movie. She chronicles their uphill battle to bring their project to fruition despite lawsuits and opposition from Hollywood moguls. Strong language. 1997.Julius Caesar (SmartPass)
Par William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner, Jools Viner, David Cottis. 2009
Jumpers
Par Tom Stoppard. 1986
Juno and the paycock: In "Three plays" (Pan classics)
Par Sean O'Casey. 1980
Set in the tenements in Ireland during the "Troubles", this play mingles the vulgar, comic and the tragic; its entertaining…
braggarts and parasites are contrasted with the women who suffer and endure. 1980.Julius Caesar (New Penguin Shakespeare Ser.)
Par William Shakespeare, Norman Sanders. 1967
Loved by the Roman crowd but more and more feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire…
to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the most famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. 1967, c1599.Indian Arm
Par Henrik Ibsen, Hiro Kanagawa. 2016
Rita and Alfred Allmers live in an isolated family cabin on native leasehold land overlooking Indian Arm, a still untamed…
glacial fjord just north of Vancouver, BC. With Alfred now struggling with his latest work, Rita has been tasked with caring for their adopted son Wolfie, a sensitive First Nations teen who has been designated as 'special needs' for much of his life. Rita's resentments and frustrations are further embittered by her younger half-sister, Asta, a constant reminder of the innocence, idealism and sexual allure Rita once had and yearns for again. Winner of the 2017 Governor General’s Award for Drama. 2016.Invisible: the dangerous allure of the unseen
Par Philip Ball. 2014
If offered the chance - by cloak, spell, or superpower - to be invisible, who wouldn’t want to give it…
a try? We are drawn to the idea of stealthy voyeurism and the ability to conceal our own acts, but as desirable as it may seem, invisibility is also dangerous. It is not just an optical phenomenon, but a condition full of ethical questions. The story of invisibility is not so much a matter of how it might be achieved but of why we want it and what we would do with it. 2015, c2014.In search of Schrödinger's cat: quantum physics and reality
Par John R Gribbin. 1984
If it bleeds, it leads: an anatomy of television news
Par Matthew Robert Kerbel. 2001
Kerbel, a former news writer for television and radio, explains how television news and talk shows are produced and presented.…
He examines attention-grabbing promos, the sensual and violent content, and the hyperkinetic hosts, anchors, and subjects. Takes a real-time look at two and a half hours of syndicated talk and news programming, pointing out that the formulaic approach of most shows allows people, places, and events to be easily plugged in and substituted, with little local flavour or thoughtful analysis. 2001.Impressionism (Art & ideas)
Par James Henry Rubin. 1999
Impressionist paintings give pleasure to art loves everywhere. But while Impressionism today may appear 'natural' and effortless, contemporaries were shocked…
by the loose handling of paint and the practice of painting out-of-doors. In defiance of the official Salon, the Impressionists created an art that reflected modern life and captured the immediacy of the fleeting moment. The author brings together the most recent research to provide a comprehensive study of Impressionism, and explores the philosophical, political and social background to the movement. 1999.