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Piano intime. Conversation avec Nicolas Southon

Autor: Alexandre Tharaud

Número de Páginas: 125

Applaudi dans le monde entier, célébré par le grand public comme les spécialistes, Alexandre Tharaud est un enfant chéri du piano français. C'est à travers sa discographie qu'il s'est révélé et qu'il a défini sa figure d'artiste unique : une trentaine d'enregistrements, singulièrement variés et imaginatifs. Car aux côtés de ses nombreux disques consacrés à Chopin, Bach et Schubert, d'autres reposent sur des choix plus inattendus : interpréter Rameau au piano, défendre le trop discret Chabrier, replacer Satie à la hauteur qui est la sienne, ressusciter le fameux Boeuf sur le toit. Sans rompre avec la grande tradition pianistique, le parcours d'Alexandre Tharaud bouscule les habitudes. Par souci d'être utile, par fantaisie et par goût des correspondances inattendues, ce virtuose estompe les frontières traditionnelles – peut-être car ses idoles se nomment Bach et Barbara, Rachmaninov et Wiéner. Alexandre Tharaud a rêvé puis façonné chacun de ses enregistrements, comme un créateur polit chaque détail d'une oeuvre. Salués par la critique internationale, ces disques forment un ensemble dont la cohérence apparaît aujourd'hui avec évidence, révélant...

Haida Gwaii

Autor: Daryl W. Fedje , Rolf Mathewes

Número de Páginas: 450

The most isolated archipelago on the west coast of the Americas, inhabited for at least 10,500 years, Haida Gwaii has fascinated scientists, social scientists, historians, and inquisitive travellers for decades. This book brings together the results of extensive and varied field research by both federal agencies and independent researchers, and carefully integrates them with earlier archaeological, ethnohistorical, and paleoenvironmental work in the region. It imparts significant new information about the natural history of Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, and the adjacent areas of Hecate Strait. Chapters analyze new data on ice retreat, shoreline and sea level change, faunal communities, and culture history, providing a more comprehensive picture of the history of the islands from the late glacial through the prehistoric period, to the time of European contact, known to the Haida as the “time of the Iron People.” Much of the archaeological work was conducted with the direct participation of members of the Haida Nation. As a complement to the scientific approach of the research, two chapters provide a Haida perspective, explaining the value of...

The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions, Volume V

Autor: Mark P. Hutchinson

Número de Páginas: 483

The five-volume Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions series is governed by a motif of migration ('out-of-England'). It first traces organized church traditions that arose in Britain and Ireland as Dissenters distanced themselves from a state church defined by diocesan episcopacy, the Book of Common Prayer, the Thirty-Nine Articles, and Royal Supremacy, but then follows those traditions as they spread beyond Britain and Ireland--and also analyses newer traditions that emerged downstream in other parts of the world from earlier forms of Dissent. Secondly, it does the same for the doctrines, church practices, stances toward state and society, attitudes toward Scripture, and characteristic patterns of organization that also originated in earlier British and Irish dissent, but that have often defined a trajectory of influence independent of ecclesiastical organizations. The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions, Volume V follows the spatial, cultural, and intellectual changes in dissenting identity and practice in the twentieth century, as these once European traditions globalized. While in Europe dissent was often against the religious state, dissent in a...

Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket scores and Biographies, from 1746 to 1826 (1841 to 1848). [Compiled by A. Haygarth]. [Continued as] Arthur Haygarth's Cricket scores and biographies from 1855 to

Autor: Frederick Lillywhite

Número de Páginas: 678

1837. The Poll for the Knights of the Shire to represent the Western Division of ... Kent, etc

Número de Páginas: 250

A Training School for Elephants

Autor: Sophy Roberts

Número de Páginas: 241

From the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia, comes a new journey, following four 19th century elephants marched from the East African coast towards Congo, to tell a heartbreaking story of folly and colonial greed. 'History and travelogue combine wonderfully in this tale of colonial plunder and hubris...Sophy Roberts’ luminous new book is a journey through Africa from Zanzibar to Lake Tanganyika and back, retracing the steps of a long-forgotten expedition.' - GUARDIAN 'This is a marvellous book, an important footnote to history - of Sophy Roberts' intrepid travel with a real purpose, shining a light on colonialism, Belgian and British, and their peculiar obsessions.’' - Paul Theroux, author of The Great Railway Bazaar ‘Masterfully weaving adventure, intrigue and the darker truths of colonial ambition into a story as gripping as it is eye-opening.’ - Levison Wood, author of Walking the Nile 'Deeply researched. Brings to life a bizarre and long-forgotten story of Africa with empathy, intriguing encounters and memorable characters, not least the elephants themselves.’ - Luke Pepera, author of Motherland: A Journey through 500,000 Years of African Culture and...

Mountain Higher

Autor: Daniel Friebe , Pete Goding

Número de Páginas: 224

The hidden gems of Europe's best roads and passes, from the authors of the hugely successful Mountain High. Following the success of Mountain High: Europe's Greatest Cycle Climbs comes a volume focusing on the continent's lesser-known, challenging and spectacular mountain roads and passes. From the heights of the Ötztal Glacier Road in Austria to the 'secret' side of the legendary Alpe d'Huez, Mountain Higher: Europe's Extreme, Undiscovered and Unforgettable Cycle Climbs explores 50 soon-to-be cult locations and captures stunning scenery from off the beaten track. Featuring the technical details (maps, profiles, lengths, heights) that made Mountain High an indispensable reference book, as well as dynamic descriptions of the routes themselves and Pete Goding's breathtaking photography, this book is a stylish and practical guide to the hidden gems that every true cycling enthusiast needs to know about.

Radiocarbon After Four Decades

Autor: Ervin Taylor , Austin Long , Renee S. Kra

Número de Páginas: 611

Radiocarbon After Four Decades: An Interdisciplinary Perspective commemorates the 40th anniversary of radiocarbon dating. The volume presents discussions of every aspect of this dating technique, as well as chronicles of its development and views of future advancements and applications. All of the 64 authors played major roles in establishment, development or application of this revolutionary scientific tool. The 35 chapters provide a solid foundation in the essential topics of radiocarbon dating: Historical Perspectives; The Natural Carbon Cycle; Instrumentation and Sample Preparation; Hydrology; Old World Archaeology; New World Archaeology; Earth Sciences; and Biomedical Applications.

Slave Emancipation, Christian Communities, and Dissent in Post-Abolition Tanzania, 1878-1978

Autor: Salvatory S Nyanto

Número de Páginas: 265

The first historical account of the dramatic growth of Christianity in Western Tanzania during the twentieth century and of the role of former slaves in this process. Examining the intersection of post-slavery and evangelism, this book shows the ways that former slaves from a variety of linguistic and cultural backgrounds came together to create new communities in the Christian missions of western Tanzania. It shows how converts adapted to Christianity and, at the same time, shaped it through their translations of the Bible and other religious texts into the Kinyamwezi language, integrating concepts from their own cultures and experiences of slavery. Working as teachers, pastors, and catechists, former slaves and their descendants laid the basis for the growth of African Christianity in the region, and the book pays particular attention to women's agency in creating spaces for negotiating kinship ties and mutual relations with the wider communities. It also delves into the range of missionary sources to show the experience of lay Christians who opposed religious authority in Catholic and Moravian missions, examining the division caused by catechists' demands for equality of...

A Hole in One

Autor: Catherine Aird

Número de Páginas: 155

When flirtatious golfing beginner Helen Sewell, goes in search for her wayward golf ball in the dreaded 'Hells Bells' bunker, she is not prepared for the horrible surprise that lies buried under the soft sand. When a body is discovered by two lady golfers buried in the steepest bunker on the course Detective Inspector Sloan and Detective Constable Crosby are called in to solve a murder mystery, with more twists and turns than a golf course. This is a gentle and finely constructed murder mystery, set on Berebury golf course in the fictional county of Calleshire. "The Sloan and Crosby" series have been beloved by fans and lauded by critics for their wonderful comic touch, intricate plotting and literate charm.

Re-imagining the 'Dark Continent' in fin de siecle Literature

Autor: Robbie Mclaughlan

Número de Páginas: 249

Maps the fin de siecle mission to open up the 'Dark Continent.' Although nineteenth-century map-makers imposed topographic definition upon a perceived geographical void, writers of Adventure fiction, and other colonial writers, continued to nourish the idea of a cartographic absence in their work. This study explores the effects of this epistemological blankness in fin de siecle literature, and its impact upon early Modernist culture, through the emerging discipline of psychoanalysis and the debt that Freud owed to African exploration. The chapters examine: representations of Black Africa in missionary writing and Rider Haggard's narratives on Africa; cartographic tradition in Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Jung's Memories, Dreams, Reflections; and mesmeric fiction, such as Richard Marsh's The Beetle, Robert Buchanan's The Charlatan and George du Maurier's Trilby. As Robbie McLaughlan demonstrates, it was the late Victorian 'best-seller' which merged an arcane Central African imagery with an interest in psychic phenomena.

Zinc Clinical and Biochemical Significance

Autor: Stephen C. Cunnane

Número de Páginas: 214

In keeping with the etiology theme, it also became apparent that the clinical aspects needed to be strictly separated from the animal aspects of zinc metabolism, a separation that has never previously been attempted. Although this division, like the separation of primary from secondary zinc depletion, may be somewhat arbitrary, it is the author‘s impression that current knowledge of the truly clinical aspects of zinc metabolism is too often confused with its effects in animals. The two will frequently be similar, but not always. In this book, therefore, animal studies are considered in part 2 (Biochemistry. Only a handful of references to animal studies has been included in part 1 (Clinical). The purpose of this separation is to clearly distinguish animal from human, experimental from clinical. Too many of the animal studies have involved severe and prolonged zinc deficiency or other exaggerated nutritional conditions that cannot be realistically applied in the clinical setting. Furthermore, animal studies are mainly or primary (dietary) zinc depletion, whereas in humans, secondary zinc depletion is more prevalent and has a more diverse etiology.

Proxies in Late Cenozoic Paleoceanography

Autor: C. Hillaire-marcel , Anne De Vernal

Número de Páginas: 863

The present volume is the first in a series of two books dedicated to the paleoceanography of the Late Cenozoic ocean. The need for an updated synthesis on paleoceanographic science is urgent, owing to the huge and very diversified progress made in this domain during the last decade. In addition, no comprehensive monography still exists in this domain. This is quite incomprehensible in view of the contribution of paleoceanographic research to our present understanding of the dynamics of the climate-ocean system. The focus on the Late Cenozoic ocean responds to two constraints. Firstly, most quantitative methods, notably those based on micropaleontological approaches, cannot be used back in time beyond a few million years at most. Secondly, the last few million years, with their strong climate oscillations, show specific high frequency changes of the ocean with a relatively reduced influcence of tectonics. The first volume addresses quantitative methodologies to reconstruct the dynamics of the ocean andthe second, major aspects of the ocean system (thermohaline circulation, carbon cycle, productivity, sea level etc.) and will also present regional synthesis about the...

1835. The poll for the knights of the shire, to represent the western division ofthe county of Kent in parliament

Número de Páginas: 210

Les consultations politiques dans le département de l'Allier

Autor: Georges Rougeron

Número de Páginas: 295

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Handbook of Charged Particle Optics

Autor: Jon Orloff

Número de Páginas: 666

With the growing proliferation of nanotechnologies, powerful imaging technologies are being developed to operate at the sub-nanometer scale. The newest edition of a bestseller, the Handbook of Charged Particle Optics, Second Edition provides essential background information for the design and operation of high resolution focused probe instruments. The book’s unique approach covers both the theoretical and practical knowledge of high resolution probe forming instruments. The second edition features new chapters on aberration correction and applications of gas phase field ionization sources. With the inclusion of additional references to past and present work in the field, this second edition offers perfectly calibrated coverage of the field’s cutting-edge technologies with added insight into how they work. Written by the leading research scientists, the second edition of the Handbook of Charged Particle Optics is a complete guide to understanding, designing, and using high resolution probe instrumentation.

Radiocarbon Dating

Autor: R.e. Taylor , Ofer Bar-yosef

Número de Páginas: 897

This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor’s seminal book Radiocarbon Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments of the 14C method in archaeology and analyzes factors that affect the accuracy and precision of 14C-based age estimates. In addition to reviewing the basic principles of the method, it examines 14C dating anomalies and means to resolve them, and considers the critical application of 14C data as a dating isotope with special emphasis on issues in Old and New World archaeology and late Quaternary paleoanthropology. This volume, again a benchmark for 14C dating, critically reflects on the method and data that underpins, in so many cases, the validity of the chronologies used to understand the prehistoric archaeological record.

¿Qué te detiene?

Autor: Robert Kelsey

Número de Páginas: 181

Un inspirador texto que hará que el lector se plantee cuáles son sus frenos internos que le impiden desarrollar todo su potencial. El autor argumenta que el gran freno de la mayoría de las personas es el miedo al fracaso. Miedo que no se puede eliminar pero que sí se puede gestionar para conseguir ser lo mejor que uno pueda ser.

Inventaire sommaire des Archives départementales antérieures à 1790, Creuse

Autor: Archives Départementales De La Creuse

Número de Páginas: 702

Service for the King. No.1 - July 1907

Autor: Mildmay Conference

Número de Páginas: 538

Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography

Número de Páginas: 864

Hole in One

Autor: Catherine Aird

Número de Páginas: 178

Detective Chief Inspector (D.C.I.) C. D. Sloan works in the deceptively quiet town and county of Calleshire, where for many years he's endured the pressures of his demanding, unreasonable boss and the company of Constable Crosby, Sloan's all too constant but not very helpful sidekick. He's also solved a series of complex murders in Aird's long-running series long praised for it's literate wit, style and charm. In her first new novel in almost two years, Hole in One, a death occurs on the links, a death that is nearly impossible and is, quite improbably, is murder. But improbable is a Calleshire specialty and as far as D. C. I. Sloan is concerned, impossible is merely par for the course.

In Conversation with Cinematographers

Autor: David A. Ellis

Número de Páginas: 243

Although cinematographers are vital to the filmmaking process, they don’t always get the recognition they deserve. Directors of cinematography often are responsible for the look of a film and its lasting impression on the viewer, but their skills are not as readily appreciated as those of directors or screenwriters. David A. Ellis had the privilege of meeting with a number of accomplished cinematographers to discuss their art and craft. In Conversation with Cinematographers features interviews with 21 directors of photography--as well as two notable camera operators--most of whom still work in film and television today. In this volume, readers are taken behind the scenes of some of the most successful films and shows of the last several decades. Interviewed in this book are: • Sue Gibson (Hear My Song, The Forsyte Saga) • Gavin Finney(Colditz, Mr Selfridge, Wolf Hall) • Oliver Stapleton (The Cider House Rules, State and Main, The Proposal) • Phil Meheux (The Fourth Protocol, Casino Royale) • Brian Tufano (Trainspotting, Billy Elliot, The Evacuees) • Clive Tickner (Traffik, The Puppet Masters, Inspector Morse) • Stephen Goldblatt(The Prince of Tides, Angels in...

Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews

Autor: Nicolas Southon

Número de Páginas: 353

This volume comprises selected articles from Francis Poulenc: J’écris ce qui me chante (Fayard, 2011) edited by Nicholas Southon. Many of these articles and interviews have not been available in English before and Roger Nichols' translation, capturing the very essence of Poulenc’s lively writing style, makes more widely accessible this significant contribution to Poulenc scholarship.

Analysis of Environmental Radionuclides

Autor: Pavel P. Povinec

Número de Páginas: 539

The purpose of this book is to present a state of art summary of current knowledge of methods of assessment of radionuclides in the terrestrial and marine environments. It cover the traditional methods of radioactivity measurements such as radiometrics techniques, but also recent developments in the mass spectrometry sector. The book starts with a short preface introducing the subject of the book, summarising content and philosophy of the book, as well as the most important historical achievements. The scientific topics are introduced by description of sampling methods, optimisation of sampling sites and sampling frequency. The recent developments in radiochemical separation methods using chromatography resins for the treatment of actinides, transuranics and other groups of radioelements are also described. No other book is available covering all aspects of environmental radioactivity measurements, although remarkable progress has been made in detection techniques over the last ten years. At present the new methods enable to carry out investigations which were not possible before, either because of lack of sensitivity or because of the fact that they required too large samples.

Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography

Autor: Royal Geographical Society (great Britain)

Número de Páginas: 856

A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women

Autor: Emma Southon

Número de Páginas: 355

Rome as you’ve never seen it before – brazenly unconventional, badly behaved and ever so feminine. ‘Hugely entertaining and illuminating’ —Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 Here’s how the history of the Roman Empire usually goes… We kick off with Romulus murdering his brother, go on to Brutus overthrowing Tarquin, bounce through an appallingly tedious list of battles and generals and consuls, before emerging into the political stab-fest of the late Republic. After ‘Et tu, Brute?’, it runs through all the emperors, occasionally nodding to a wife or mother to show how bad things get when women won’t do as they’re told, until Constantine invents Christianity only for Attila the Hun to come and ruin everything. Let’s tear up this script. The history of Rome and its empire is so much more than these ‘Important Things’. In this alternative history, Emma Southon tells another story about the Romans, one that lives through Vestal Virgins and sex workers, business owners and poets, empresses and saints. Discover how entrepreneurial sex worker Hispala Faecenia uncovered a conspiracy of treason, human sacrifice and...

Réimpression de l'ancien Moniteur, seule histoire authentique et inalterée de la Révolution française, depuis la réunion des États-Généraux jusqu'au Consulat (mai 1789-novembre 1799): Assemblée législative

Número de Páginas: 802

Histoires des pays d'Or

Autor: Jean Marcel

Número de Páginas: 202

N’eût été leur genre littéraire qui détermina l’auteur à préférer le mot histoires plutôt que celui de contes ou de nouvelles pour les intituler, les narrations présentées ici ont en commun d’être des récits au propos drôle ou édifiant, à portée morale ou philosophique, certains tirés de l’histoire siamoise proprement dite et tous s’apparentant, pour le plaisir de raconter – ou celui d’écouter raconter –, aux légendes ou aux fables de notre enfance. Mais pour l’Occidental, pétri de culture chrétienne, l’analogie s’arrêtera là. Car peu chaut à ces conteurs exotiques de nous faire la leçon. La morale – au sens où nous l’entendons – est ici bien peu présente. La ruse l’emporte sur la probité. La simonie des moines, la débauche de quelques fieffés bougres ou les manigances de vieillards en quête de fraîche compagnie sont bien souvent récompensées. Comme l’inverse peut être vrai aussi, vertu inattendue cachée au détour de quelque espièglerie. La frontière entre le bien et le mal est bien ténue dans ces pays d’or. Et voilà bien là l’illustration de la singularité de ces peuples qui, sous l’apparent...

Mémorial du commerce et de l'industrie répertoire universel, théorique et pratique législatif et judiciaire de la scienze commerciale

Número de Páginas: 612

La vie en Afrique ou trois ans dans l'Afrique centrale par Jérôme Becker avec préface du Cte Goblet d'Alviella et appendices

Autor: Jérôme Becker

Número de Páginas: 540

La vie en Afrique, ou, Trois ans dans l'Afrique centrale

Autor: Jérôme Becker

Número de Páginas: 542

Frontispice, dessin de J. Dillens; Le lieutenant d'artilleri Jérome Becker; L'Afrique, dans l'avenir; Le capitaine Jules Ramaeckers; Le lieutenant Albert de Leu; M. Robert de Meuse; M. Greffulhe; Avenue de cocotiers à Zanzibar ...

Radiocarbon and Climate Change

Autor: Edward A.g. Schuur , Ellen R.m. Druffel , Susan E. Trumbore

Número de Páginas: 320

This book is a useful guide for researchers in ecology and earth science interested in the use of accelerator mass spectrometry technology. The development of research in radiocarbon measurements offers an opportunity to address the human impact on global carbon cycling and climate change. Presenting radiocarbon theory, history, applications, and analytical techniques in one volume builds a broad outline of the field of radiocarbon and its emergent role in defining changes in the global carbon cycle and links to climate change. Each chapter presents both classic and cutting-edge studies from different disciplines involving radiocarbon and carbon cycling. The book also includes a chapter on the history and discovery of radiocarbon, and advances in radiocarbon measurement techniques and radiocarbon theory. Understanding human alteration of the global carbon cycle and the link between atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and climate remains one of the foremost environmental problems at the interface of ecology and earth system science. Many people are familiar with the terms ‘global warming’ and ‘climate change’, but fewer are able to articulate the science that support these...

Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County

Autor: Sussex Archaeological Society

Número de Páginas: 292

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