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girl N. éd. De caroline gauthier 19,95 $ Épuisé : Non disponible Non disponible en succursale Google +10 0 0 Résumé Une Happy Girl, c'est une fille heureuse qui prend sa vie en main et qui la mène par le bout du nez. Elle sait que la vie est courte et qu'il faut en profiter, qu'il ne faut rien se refuser pour ne rien regretter. Une Happy Girl se sert de son bonheur, du pouvoir qu'elle a sur sa vie, pour se libérer de ses chaînes et pour partir au grand galop vers la liberté. Devenez la fille que vous avez toujours rêvé d'être, celle que vous êtes réellement au fond. Votre Happy Girl est là, en vous; laissez-la respirer, montrez-la au grand jour et, même, faites-la parader!By John P Strelecky. 2009
Pour fuir le stress et la pression au travail et dans la vie quotidienne, John prend la route pour quelques…
jours de vacances. Retardé par un accident, il se voit contraint de modifier son itinéraire et d'emprunter un chemin inconnu et isolé sur lequel il se perd. Contre toute attente, alors qu'il est sur le point de manquer d'essence et qu'il est affamé, il aboutit à un café au milieu de nulle part et dans lequel il fait la connaissance de trois personnes qui l'amèneront à réfléchir sur la vie d'un point de vue différent. Mais surtout, il découvre sur le menu du café trois questions qui le porteront à réévaluer sa propre existence: Pourquoi êtes-vous ici? Craignez-vous la mort? Etes-vous pleinement épanoui? De discussion en discussion, de réflexion en réflexion, l'homme voit sa vision de la vie se transformer. Lorsqu'il quitte le café, tard dans la nuit, il sait qu'il ne sera plus jamais le même homme et que sa vie vient de prendre un tournant majeur. -- 4e de couvBy Martin Gibert. 2020
Les véhicules autonomes, assistants virtuels et autres systèmes d'intelligence artificielle sont conçus pour prendre eux-mêmes des décisions. Alors qu'ils sont…
appelés à occuper une place grandissante dans nos vies, nous devons nous demander en fonction de quels principes moraux nous voulons les programmer, ce qui soulève des questions inédites. Qu'est-ce qu'un agent moral artificiel ? Existe-t-il de bons et de mauvais robots ? Et s'il est vrai que les machines reflètent les valeurs de ceux qui les conçoivent, comment éviter de reproduire certains biais et préjugés? S'intéresser à l'éthique des algorithmes, c'est ainsi se demander avec quelle sorte de robots nous souhaitons vivre. C'est faire de la philosophie appliquée. Car il ne s'agit plus simplement de spéculer confortablement assis dans un fauteuil, mais de répondre à des enjeux concrets qui auront une incidence bien réelle sur notre monde.By Pope Francis. 2020
In this uplifting and practical book, written in collaboration with his biographer, Austen Ivereigh, the preeminent spiritual leader explains why…
we must—and how we can—make the world safer, fairer, and healthier for all people now. In the COVID crisis, the beloved shepherd of over one billion Catholics saw the cruelty and inequity of our society exposed more vividly than ever before. He also saw, in the resilience, generosity, and creativity of so many people, the means to rescue our society, our economy, and our planet. In direct, powerful prose, Pope Francis urges us not to let the pain be in vain. He begins Let Us Dream by exploring what this crisis can teach us about how to handle upheaval of any kind in our own lives and the world at large. With unprecedented candor, he reveals how three crises in his own life changed him dramatically for the better. By its very nature, he shows, crisis presents us with a choice: we make a grievous error if we try to return to some pre-crisis state. But if we have the courage to change, we can emerge from the crisis better than before. Francis then offers a brilliant, scathing critique of the systems and ideologies that conspired to produce the current crisis, from a global economy obsessed with profit and heedless of the people and environment it harms, to politicians who foment their people's fear and use it to increase their own power at their people's expense. He reminds us that Christians' first duty is to serve others, especially the poor and the marginalized, just as Jesus did. Finally, the Pope offers an inspiring and actionable blueprint for building a better world for all humanity by putting the poor and the planet at the heart of new thinking. For this plan, he draws not only on sacred sources, but on the latest findings from renowned scientists, economists, activists, and other thinkers. Yet rather than simply offer prescriptions, he shows how ordinary people acting together despite their differences can discover unforeseen possibilities. Along the way, he offers dozens of wise and surprising observations on the value of unconventional thinking, on why we must dramatically increase women's leadership in the Church and throughout society, on what he learned while scouring the streets of Buenos Aires with garbage-pickers, and much more. Let Us Dream is an epiphany, a call to arms, and a pleasure to read. It is Pope Francis at his most personal, profound and passionate. With this book and with open hearts, we can change the worldBy Katherine May. 2020
NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER! &“ Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself. . . . This is…
truly a beautiful book. &” —Elizabeth Gilbert &“May writes beautifully….A contemplative, hopeful, consoling book.&” —NPR An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break up, or a job loss can derail a life. These periods of dislocation can be lonely and unexpected. For May, her husband fell ill, her son stopped attending school, and her own medical issues led her to leave a demanding job. Wintering explores how she not only endured this painful time, but embraced the singular opportunities it offered. A moving personal narrative shot through with lessons from literature, mythology, and the natural world, May's story offers instruction on the transformative power of rest and retreat. Illumination emerges from many sources: solstice celebrations and dormice hibernation, C.S. Lewis and Sylvia Plath, swimming in icy waters and sailing arctic seas. Ultimately Wintering invites us to change how we relate to our own fallow times. May models an active acceptance of sadness and finds nourishment in deep retreat, joy in the hushed beauty of winter, and encouragement in understanding life as cyclical, not linear. A secular mystic, May forms a guiding philosophy for transforming the hardships that arise before the ushering in of a new seasonBy Laurent-Michel Vacher. 2002
"Nous proposons ici quelques problématiques philosophiques, développées sans références explicites aux grands textes ni aux génies du passé - et,…
de surcroît, sans volonté de privilégier nos propres convictions. Pour chaque question, nous avons cherché à illustrer comment pourrait se présenter le débat et à dégager quelques lignes de défense typique de chaque courant retenu. Les courts exposés qui en ont résulté sont en quelque sorte anonymes et n'ont, si l'on ose dire, aucun auteur individuel digne de mention : ce sont des positions qui s'y expriment plus que des personnes. Notre but est de proposer à des néophytes un avant-goût de l'aventure philosophique, sans plus. Nous ne dirions assurément pas à nos lecteurs : "Grâce à nous, vous saurez tout de la philosophie !". Nous souhaitons en revanche que, si notre travail n'a pas été trop mal fait, on aura une petite idée du genre de ruminations qui trottent dans la tête des philosophes - et nous espérons qu'une fois attiré par le débat on se prendra au jeu." -- 4e de couv"[...] En Amérique du Nord, des femmes réclament un retour à la modestie féminine et à la pudeur dans le…
but de retrouver une dignité perdue. En France, on résiste toujours à l'entrée des femmes dans les sphères du pouvoir. Chez nous, on reproche régulièrement aux femmes de mener leurs hommes à la baguette et aux féministes de les avoir fragilisés. Tous ces discours ont le même effet : restreindre l'avancée des femmes dans l'espace public, empêchement jusqu'ici secondé par notre sacro-sainte modestie féminine. Mais quel visage présente-t-elle aujourd'hui ? En cette ère conformiste et marchande, la mode est aux idées de droite et aux valeurs religieuses : mais la modestie féminine prêchée par tous les conservateurs de ce monde n'a jamais servi la cause des femmes." -- 4e de couvBy John Ralston Saul. 2003
Comment l'individu et la société peuvent progresser vers davantage de sagesse. Un regard qui prend son point de départ dans…
les ressources intimes de l'être humain. Sens commun, éthique, imagination, intuition, mémoire, raison: six qualités présentées en autant de chapitre et qu'il appartient à l'être humain de développer harmonieusement pour prendre en main son destin et celui de la collectivité. Une morale pratique nourrie des leçons de l'histoire. [SDMBy Janie Brown. 2020
"With Radical Acts of Love, Janie Brown demonstrates the power of a book to transform, in fact to turn things…
upside down. She turns death into life, despair into hope, sorrow into joy, and pain into love with these twenty astonishing encounters with the dying. We all know somewhere in the back of our minds that a deeper understanding and acceptance of death is supposed to release us into an even fiercer embrace of life—this wonderful book made me, for the first time, truly feel and believe it." —Stephen FryIn this profound and moving book, oncology nurse Janie Brown recounts twenty conversations she has had with the dying, including people close to her. Each conversation uncovers a different perspective on, and experience of death, while at the same time exploring its universalities. Offering extremely sensitive and wise insight into our final moments, Brown shows practical ways to facilitate the shift from feeling helpless about death to feeling hopeful; from fear to acceptance; from feeling disconnected and alone, to becoming part of the wider, collective story of our mortality.As Janie Brown writes, "Most people now under sixty have never seen a person die, and so have become deeply fearful about death, their own and the deaths of their beloved others. They have had no role models to show them how to care for a dying person, and therefore no confidence in being able to do so. My hope is that the baby boomer cohort who pushed for the return of the midwives to de-medicalize birth will also be instrumental in reclaiming the death process. This book is my contribution to the re-empowerment of all of us to take charge of our lives and our deaths, remembering that we know how to die, just as we knew how to come into this world. We also know how to heal, and to settle our lives as best we can, before we die. In my view, this is the greatest gift we could give our loved ones: to be prepared and open and accepting when the time comes for us to leave this world."By Shaun Usher. 2020
A powerful collection of letters on the theme of War, curated by the founder of the globally popular Letters of…
Note website.The first volume in the bestselling Letters of Note series was a collection of hundreds of the world's most entertaining, inspiring, and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name--an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf's heartbreaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter. Now, the curator of Letters of Note, Shaun Usher, gives us wonderful new volumes featuring letters organized around a universal theme.In this volume, Shaun Usher turns to the theme of war. There are few constants in life that weigh more heavily on the human race than our ceaseless engagement in acts of war. From time immemorial to the present day, across the world, wars have marked our history on earth like little else. Letters of Note: War, brings together some of the most remarkable letters that encapsulate human experience of war, from unimaginable feats of courage and compassion, to unthinkable episodes of violence and horror. Includes letters by Kurt Vonnegut, Alexander Hamilton, Martha Gellhorn, and many more.Featuring letters read by Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, Danny Huston, Toby Jones, Ferdinand Kingsley, Jude Law, Natascha McElhone, Clarke Peters, Juliet Stevenson and Mark Strong. With bonus performances by Ben Kingsley, Colin Firth, and Taron Egerton.By Kelly S. Thompson. 2019
This inspiring, compelling debut memoir chronicles the experiences of a female captain serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, and her…
journey to make space for herself in a traditionally masculine world.At eighteen years old, Kelly Thompson enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. Despite growing up in a military family -- she would, in fact, be a fourth-generation soldier -- she couldn't shake the feeling that she didn't belong. From the moment she arrives for basic training at a Quebec military base, a young woman more interested in writing than weaponry, she quickly realizes that her conception of what being a soldier means, forged from a desire to serve her country after the 9/11 attacks, isn't entirely accurate. A career as a female officer will involve navigating a masculinized culture and coming to grips with her burgeoning feminism. In this compulsively readable memoir, Thompson writes with wit and honesty about her own development as a woman and a soldier, unsparingly highlighting truths about her time in the military. In sharply crafted prose, she chronicles the frequent sexism and misogyny she encounters both in training and later in the workplace, and explores her own feelings of pride and loyalty to the Forces, and a family legacy of PTSD, all while searching for an artistic identity in a career that demands conformity. When she sustains a career-altering injury, Thompson fearlessly re-examines her identity as a soldier. Girls Need Not Apply is a refreshingly honest story of conviction, determination, and empowerment, and a bit of a love story, too.By Jordan B. Peterson. 2018
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's…
answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street. What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become resentful, arrogant and vengeful? Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. 12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers.By Romeo Dallaire. 2019
A brave, unforgettable first-hand account of the Rwandan genocide by a man almost literally haunted by the dead and by…
the spectre of his mission's failure. Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of this horrific event, this edition includes a new note from Roméo Dallaire. Serving in Rwanda in 1993, LGen. Roméo Dallaire and his small peacekeeping force found themselves abandoned by the UN in a vortex of civil war and genocide. With meagre resources to stem the killing, General Dallaire was witness to the murder of 800,000 Rwandans in a hundred days, and returned home broken, disillusioned and suicidal. Shake Hands with the Devil is his return to Rwanda: a searing book that is both an eyewitness account of the failure of humanity to stop the genocide, and the story of General Dallaire's own struggle to find a measure of peace, reconciliation and hope.By Patrik Svensson. 2020
Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for…
centuries, been obsessed with what has become known as the "eel question": Where do eels come from? What are they? Are they fish or some other kind of creature altogether? Even today, in an age of advanced science, no one has ever seen eels mating or giving birth, and we still don't understand what drives them, after living for decades in freshwater, to swim great distances back to the ocean at the end of their lives. They remain a mysteryBy Martha McSally. 2020
America's first female combat jet pilot and Arizona Senator Martha McSally shows you how to clear the runway of your…
life: embrace fear, transform doubt, succeed when you are expected to fail, and soar to great heights in this motivational life guide. In this powerful, uplifting book, McSally reflects on her successes and failures, shares key principles that have guided her, and reveals invaluable lessons to break barriers, thrive through darkness, and make someone proud in your lifeThe Japanese wisdom of chowa (pronounced like power) offers a fresh approach to being, showing us how to create space…
and symmetry at work, at home, and in our relationships. By harnessing the power of chowa, we can learn to ignore the ephemera, focus on the important things, and cultivate a steady state of equilibrium and calm that gives us the confidence and fortitude to handle any challenge we may faceBy Edmund Fawcett. 2020
This engaging audiobook narrated by Jim Lee traces the history of political conservatism from its nineteenth-century origins to today's hard…
Right For two hundred years, conservatism has defied its reputation as a backward-looking creed by confronting and adapting to liberal modernity. By doing so, the Right has won long periods of power and effectively become the dominant tradition in politics. Yet, despite their success, conservatives have continued to fight with each other about how far to compromise with liberalism and democracy—or which values to defend and how. In Conservatism , Edmund Fawcett provides a gripping account of this conflicted history, clarifies key ideas, and illuminates quarrels within the Right today. Focusing on the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, Fawcett's vivid narrative covers thinkers and politicians. They include the forerunners James Madison, Edmund Burke, and Joseph de Maistre; early friends and foes of capitalism; defenders of religion; and builders of modern parties, such as William McKinley and Lord Salisbury. The book chronicles the cultural critics and radical disruptors of the 1920s and 1930s, recounts how advocates of laissez-faire economics broke the post 1945 consensus, and describes how Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and their European counterparts are pushing conservatism toward a nation-first, hard Right. An absorbing, original history of the Right, Conservatism portrays a tradition as much at war with itself as with its opponentsBy Vincent Obsopoeus. 2020
A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom Is there an art to drinking alcohol?…
Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498-1539) thought so. In the winelands of sixteenth-century Germany, he witnessed the birth of a poisonous new culture of bingeing, hazing, peer pressure, and competitive drinking. Alarmed, and inspired by the Roman poet Ovid's Art of Love, he wrote The Art of Drinking (De Arte Bibendi) (1536), a how-to manual for drinking with pleasure and discrimination. In How to Drink, Michael Fontaine offers the first proper English translation of Obsopoeus's text, rendering his poetry into spirited, contemporary prose and uncorking a forgotten classic that will appeal to drinkers of all kinds and (legal) ages. Arguing that moderation, not abstinence, is the key to lasting sobriety, and that drinking can be a virtue if it is done with rules and limits, Obsopoeus teaches us how to manage our drinking, how to win friends at social gatherings, and how to give a proper toast. But he also says that drinking to excess on occasion is okay-and he even tells us how to win drinking games, citing extensive personal experienceBy Hak Joon Lee, Tim A. Dearborn. 2020
Edited by two theologians with pastoral experience, this volume invites engagement with these issues and more by drawing on real-life…
experiences, and offering a range of responses to some of the most challenging moral questions confronting the church todayBy Will Durant. 2014
The fourth volume in Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize–winning series, The Age of Faith surveys the medieval achievements and modern significance…
of Christian, Islamic, and Judaic life and culture. Like the other volumes in the Story of Civilization series, this is a self-contained work, which at the same time fits into a comprehensive history of mankind. It includes the dramatic stories of St. Augustine, Hypatia, Justinian, Mohammed, Harun al-Rashid, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, Maimonides, St. Francis, St. Thomas Aquinas, Roger Bacon, and many others, all in the perspective of integrated history. The greatest love stories in literature—of Héloise and Abélard, of Dante and Beatrice—are here retold with enthralling scholarship