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Comment parler des livres que l'on n'a pas lus?
By Pierre Bayard. 2007
L’étude des différentes manières de ne pas lire un livre, des situations délicates où l’on se retrouve quand il faut…
en parler et des moyens à mettre en œuvre pour se sortir d’affaire montre que, contrairement aux idées reçues, il est tout à fait possible d’avoir un échange passionnant à propos d’un livre que l'on n'a pas lu, y compris, et peut-être surtout, avec quelqu’un qui ne l'a pas lu non plus.La littérature grecque
By Fernand Robert. 1971
Petite synthèse d'histoire de la littérature grecque classique selon les genres: épopée, poésie lyrique, théâtre, histoire, philosophie. Le dernier chapitre…
traite de la littérature à l'époque alexandrine et romaine. [SDM]. 1971.L'enfant de l'absente: récit
By Thierry Jonquet, J Tardi, Jacques Testart. 1999
La rencontre littéraire d'un scientifique, d'un romancier et d'un illustrateur accouche d'un récit qui frôle la science-fiction mais qui demeure…
rigoureusement véridique en ce qui concerne l'enjeu "l'urgence de préserver l'humain face aux spectaculaires avancées de la science et de la médecine".Lectures on Russian literature
By Fredson Bowers, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. 1983
Lectures on literature
By Fredson Bowers, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. 1980
For two decades, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. Here,…
collected for the first time, are his lectures, which include Mansfield Park, Bleak House, and Ulysses. 1980.Dernier inventaire avant liquidation
By Frédéric Beigbeder. 2001
De Nadja d'André Breton (n° 50) à L'étranger d'Albert Camus (n° 1), F. Beigbeder offre un palmarès drolatique et irrespectueux…
de la littérature du XXe siècle. Il s'autorise ainsi tous les raccourcis et les parallèles avec les mouvements littéraires actuels.Guérisons remarquables: nous avons tous en nous un "système guérisseur"
By Caryle Hirshberg, Marc Barasch, Claude-Christine Farny. 1996
La santé totalitaire: essai sur la médicalisation de l'existence (L'espace analytique)
By Roland Gori, Marie-José Del Volgo. 2005
Comment peut-on être malade aujourd'hui dans une médecine qui transforme le patient en consommateur, sans souci authentique pour sa souffrance…
psychique ? L'oubli du malade dans la médecine contemporaine semble être le prix à payer pour des soins toujours plus rationnels et scientifiques. L'exploration du corps humain, le diagnostic précoce des maladies, l'acharnement à les combattre par des traitements douloureux et invasifs, exproprient "pour son bien" le patient de son corps. Comment concilier les exigences de la médecine scientifique et sa nécessaire vocation "thérapeutique", c'est-à-dire humaniste? 2005.La littérature latine (Que sais-je? ; #327)
By Pierre Grimal. 1972
La littérature latine est celle de la Rome républicaine, impériale et triomphante. Du IIIe siècle av. J.-C. au Ve siècle…
de notre ère, cet ouvrage nous invite à découvrir les oeuvres de Livius, Caton, Cicéron, Ovide, Horace, Virgile, Sénèque, Tacite... 1972.La littérature pour ceux qui ont tout oublié
By Catherine Mory, Daniel Berlion. 2013
"Un panorama des principaux genres et mouvements littéraires; des biographies vivantes des grands écrivains français et une analyse de leurs…
apports et de leurs styles; des focus sur les oeuvres les plus importantes de la littérature. "-- 4e de couv.Globalised Islam: the search for a new Ummah
By Olivier Roy. 2004
Kill or cure?: how Canadians can remake their health care system (Phyllis Bruce book)
By Rick Archbold, Carolyn Bennett. 2000
Dr. Bennett compares the health care system in Canada with other countries and analyzes where the money is being spent…
or misspent. She offers a plan for creating a new health care team that will bring together doctors and patients more productively, reduce overlapping and waste, and move health care technologically into the twenty-first century. She also suggests ways to choose a good family doctor and to become a health care advocate. 2000.Jihad: the rise of militant Islam in Central Asia
By Ahmed Rashid. 2002
Pakistani journalist examines the history of Central Asia and its indigenous Islamic movements and then focuses on three of the…
most significant--the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP), the Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). Discusses their origins, beliefs, influence, activities, rapid spread, and the secrecy shrouding their leaders. 2002.Islamic fundamentalism (At issue)
By Auriana Ojeda. 2003
Some of the best-known commentators on the current relationship of Islam with the industrial countries of the West present their…
views in short essays. Topics include Islam and democracy, the place of women, threats to the United States, terrorism and Islam, and the nature of fundamentalism. For senior high and older readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2003.Islam: a short history (Modern Library Chronicles)
By Karen Armstrong. 2000
Author of "A history of God" (DC19160) among other works describes the origin and spread of the religion of Islam.…
Discusses Muhammad and his family, the Crusades, and the powerful Moghul and Ottoman Empires. Explores Islam's divergence into sects and the creation of a modern fundamentalist movement. 2000.Islam and the West
By Bernard Lewis. 1993
Eleven essays by a Princeton professor of Near Eastern studies explore 1,400 years of historic relations between the Islamic nations…
and the Christian world referred to as the West. The subjects addressed are grouped under three headings: encounters, perceptions, and responses. 1993.Islam: a very short introduction (A very Short Introduction Ser.)
By Malise Ruthven. 1997
This text contains essential insights into issues such as why Islam has such major divisions between movements such as the…
Shi'ites, the Sunnis and the Wahhabits, and the central importance of the Shar'ia (Islamic law) in Islamic life. It also offers fresh perspectives on contemporary questions: Why is the greatest 'Jihad' (holy war) now against the enemies of Islam, rather than the struggle against evil? Can women find fulfilment in Islamic societies? How must Islam adapt as it confronts the modern world? 1997.Islam and the destiny of man (SUNY series in Islam)
By Gai Eaton. 1985
An exploration of what it means to be a Muslim, a member of a community which embraces a quarter of…
the world's population. The author considers the historic confrontation between Islam and Christendom and analyses the differences between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He explains the significance of the Koran and tells the story of Muhammad's life and of the early Caliphate. Lastly, the author considers the Muslim view of man's destiny. 1985.I think you're totally wrong: a quarrel
By David Shields, Powell Caleb. 2014
An impassioned, funny, probing, fiercely inconclusive, nearly-to-the-death debate about life and art - beers included. Caleb Powell always wanted to…
become an artist, but he overcommitted to life, whereas his former professor David Shields always wanted to become a human being, but he overcommitted to art. They spend four days at a cabin in the Cascade Mountains, playing chess, shooting hoops, hiking; they rewatch My Dinner with André and The Trip, relax in a hot tub, and talk about everything they can think of in the name of exploring and debating life and art, marriage, family, sports, sex, happiness, drugs, death, betrayal - and, of course, writers and writing. 2014.Illuminations
By Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Harry Zohn. 1973
The literary-philosophical works of Walter Benjamin rank among the most influential of the post-war era. "Illuminations" contains essays on art…
and philosophy, as well as others on the art of translation, Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, Proust and book collecting. 1973. Uniform title: Schriften.