Les Liaisons Dangereuses Owc Pb

Author : Choderlos de Laclos
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780199536481

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Les Liaisons Dangereuses Owc:Pb by Choderlos de Laclos Pdf

The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. Its prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil--gifted, wealthy, and bored--form an unholy alliance and turn seduction into a game. And they play this game with such wit and style that it is impossible not to admire them, until they discover mysterious rules that they cannot understand. In the ensuing battle there can be no winners, and the innocent suffer with the guilty. This new translation gives Laclos a modern voice, and readers will be able to judge whether the novel is as "diabolical" and "infamous" as its critics have claimed, or whether it has much to tell us about a world we still inhabit. Douglas Parmee is Retired Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge. He is the translator of Nana, Attack on the Mill (Zola) and A Sentimental Journey (Flaubert) for World's Classics. David Coward is Professor of French at the University of Leeds. He is the translator and editor of Maupassant, de Sade, and Dumas in World's Classics.

Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780199540341

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La Dame Aux Camelias Reissue Owc:Pb by Alexandre Dumas Pdf

It is a story of a young man who has an affair with a courtesan, Marguerite. His father ends the affair, and Marguerite dies of tuberculosis.

Author : Ahmed Belasri,Sid Ahmed Beldjilali
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811554445

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ICREEC 2019 by Ahmed Belasri,Sid Ahmed Beldjilali Pdf

This book highlights peer reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Renewable Energy and Energy Conversion, ICREEC 2019, held at Oran in Algeria. It presents recent advances, brings together researchers and professionals in the area and presents a platform to exchange ideas and establish opportunities for a sustainable future. Topics covered in this proceedings, but not limited to, are photovoltaic systems, bioenergy, laser and plasma technology, fluid and flow for energy, software for energy and impact of energy on the environment.

Author : Reta C. Moser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:299838827

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Space-age Acronyms. Abbreviations and Designations by Reta C. Moser Pdf

Author : Guillaume Deffuant,Nigel Gilbert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783642204234

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Viability and Resilience of Complex Systems by Guillaume Deffuant,Nigel Gilbert Pdf

One common characteristics of a complex system is its ability to withstand major disturbances and the capacity to rebuild itself. Understanding how such systems demonstrate resilience by absorbing or recovering from major external perturbations requires both quantitative foundations and a multidisciplinary view on the topic. This book demonstrates how new methods can be used to identify the actions favouring the recovery from perturbations. Examples discussed include bacterial biofilms resisting detachment, grassland savannahs recovering from fire, the dynamics of language competition and Internet social networking sites overcoming vandalism. The reader is taken through an introduction to the idea of resilience and viability and shown the mathematical basis of the techniques used to analyse systems. The idea of individual or agent-based modelling of complex systems is introduced and related to analytically tractable approximations of such models. A set of case studies illustrates the use of the techniques in real applications, and the final section describes how one can use new and elaborate software tools for carrying out the necessary calculations. The book is intended for a general scientific audience of readers from the natural and social sciences, yet requires some mathematics to gain a full understanding of the more theoretical chapters. It is an essential point of reference for those interested in the practical application of the concepts of resilience and viability

Author : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133484183

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Plutoniun by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Pdf

Author : J. F. Bosher
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0773520252

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The Gaullist Attack on Canada, 1967-1997 by J. F. Bosher Pdf

What lay behind Charles de Gaulle's "Vive le Québec libre!" speech in Montreal on 24 July 1967, Philippe Rossillon's activities in New Brunswick, Belgium, and Africa, and the sinking of Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand in 1985? J.F. Bosher argues that the motivation behind all these incidents was a policy of underhanded imperial ambition on the part of France. In The Gaullist Attack on Canada, he contends that French nationalists have been at work behind the screen of harmless fraternising of international francophonie in order to stimulate French revolutionary nationalism in Quebec and elsewhere, and that the Gaullist ideology behind these attempts rests on a set of myths about past events, age-old resentment of the English-speaking nations, and a deep-rooted belief in the superiority of France, its language, and its culture. The Gaullist Attack on Canada reveals a phase of French imperialism that poses a threat to Canadian Confederation. Since the 1960s, Bosher argues, de Gaulle and his followers have conspired to stimulate Quebec separatism as part of their larger goal to revive France's role as a great power. He bases his case on the evidence of France's actions in other former French colonies, especially in Africa, as well as the writings of such leading Gaullist conspirators as Bernard Dorin, Pierre–Claude Mallen, Pierre de Menthon, and Philippe Rossillon, who have boasted about their efforts to win Quebec away from Canada for France. Bosher criticises the Canadian government for its failure to respond to, or even to recognise, the Gaullist threat. The Under–Secretary of State for External Affairs in the 1960s, Marcel Cadieux, wanted to take vigorous steps against the Gaullist mafia but was overruled by his political superiors. Bosher argues that, even now, by standing up to French aggression the government might weaken the separatist movement in Quebec, or at least turn the tide of political support for it.

Author : Robin S. Gendron
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773578579

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Towards a Francophone Community by Robin S. Gendron Pdf

Using extensive archival research, Gendron rebuts the argument of Quebec nationalists and scholars that the Canadian government's neglect of French Africa forced Quebec to develop its own international identity. Towards a Francophone Community shows that there had been active federal interest in French African affairs since the late 1940s, within the context of developments in NATO and the Cold War, the vagaries of Canada's relations with France, and the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.

Author : James J. Clauss,Sarah Iles Johnston
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691215082

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Medea by James J. Clauss,Sarah Iles Johnston Pdf

From the dawn of European literature, the figure of Medea--best known as the helpmate of Jason and murderer of her own children--has inspired artists in all fields throughout all centuries. Euripides, Seneca, Corneille, Delacroix, Anouilh, Pasolini, Maria Callas, Martha Graham, Samuel Barber, and Diana Rigg are among the many who have given Medea life on stage, film, and canvas, through music and dance, from ancient Greek drama to Broadway. In seeking to understand the powerful hold Medea has had on our imaginations for nearly three millennia, a group of renowned scholars here examines the major representations of Medea in myth, art, and ancient and contemporary literature, as well as the philosophical, psychological, and cultural questions these portrayals raise. The result is a comprehensive and nuanced look at one of the most captivating mythic figures of all time. Unlike most mythic figures, whose attributes remain constant throughout mythology, Medea is continually changing in the wide variety of stories that circulated during antiquity. She appears as enchantress, helper-maiden, infanticide, fratricide, kidnapper, founder of cities, and foreigner. Not only does Medea's checkered career illuminate the opposing concepts of self and other, it also suggests the disturbing possibility of otherness within self. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Fritz Graf, Nita Krevans, Jan Bremmer, Dolores M. O'Higgins, Deborah Boedeker, Carole E. Newlands, John M. Dillon, Martha C. Nussbaum, Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, and Marianne McDonald.

Author : J. L. Granatstein,Robert Bothwell
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0802068731

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Pirouette by J. L. Granatstein,Robert Bothwell Pdf

Author : J. L. Granatstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Canada
ISBN : UVA:X000323960

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A Man of Influence by J. L. Granatstein Pdf

Author : Ludmila Ulitskaya
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307426833

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Medea and Her Children by Ludmila Ulitskaya Pdf

Medea Georgievna Sinoply Mendez is an iconic figure in her Crimean village, the last remaining pure-blooded Greek in a family that has lived on that coast for centuries. Childless Medea is the touchstone of a large family, which gathers each spring and summer at her home. There are her nieces (sexy Nike and shy Masha), her nephew Georgii (who shares Medea’s devotion to the Crimea), and their friends. In this single summer, the languor of love will permeate the Crimean air, hearts will be broken, and old memories will float to consciousness, allowing us to experience not only the shifting currents of erotic attraction and competition, but also the dramatic saga of this family amid the forces of dislocation, war, and upheaval of twentieth-century Russian life.

Author : Lita-Rose Betcherman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0802035752

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Ernest Lapointe by Lita-Rose Betcherman Pdf

Focusing on the relationship between Lapointe and Prime Minister Mackenzie King, this biographical study traces the development of Lapointe's career from his appearance on the stage of Canadian national politics during World War I to his death in 1941. Thirteen pages of b & w photographs support the narrative. Betcherman is the former director of the Ontario Women's Bureau. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Max Spoor
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781402028588

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Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict by Max Spoor Pdf

This state-of-the-art critical ‘development’ reader examines the inter-relationships between globalisation, poverty and conflict. It complements current debates in the field of development studies and, in an era in which development fatigue seems to have become more profound than ever before, it brings the importance of development once again to the forefront. The contributions represent current thinking on (and practice of) development policy, poverty reduction, the need for multi-level democratic institutions, and the containing and prevention of conflicts.

Author : Mitchell L Stevens
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780674044036

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Creating a Class by Mitchell L Stevens Pdf

In real life, Stevens is a professor at Stanford University. But for a year and a half, he worked in the admissions office of a bucolic New England college known for its high academic standards, beautiful campus, and social conscience. Ambitious high schoolers and savvy guidance counselors know that admission here is highly competitive. But creating classes, Stevens finds, is a lot more complicated than most people imagine.