Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Extraits
Archéologie
Fantastic Beasts in Antiquity. Looking for the monster, discovering the Human, Textes en français et anglais
Not satisfied with what nature offered, human beings wanted to go beyond reality and invented mysterious and intriguing creatures populating their world. During Antiquity, every culture had its own strange creatures, that mixed the forms of one or more animal, plant and human species in an infinite number of more-or-less fanciful combinations. Griffins, sphinxes, mermaids, centaurs, satyrs, pygmies, werewolves, winged monsters and unspeakable hybrids, fantastic beasts abound in the imagination of many populations throughout Antiquity. Most of them continue to live, sometimes transformed, through fairy tales, literature, movies and videogames. Faced with the abundance and variety of the ancient fantastic bestiary, the questions that come to mind are : Where do fantastic beasts come from ? How do they appear in different cultures ? What is their history, how did they survive until now ? And above all, what are fantastic beasts ? This book will explore these questions through the lens of archaeology, art history, philology and philosophy. The result is a hybrid book, precisely like the fantastic animals that constitute its object, a book which offers different approaches of analysis while being aware that our means are often vain to capture these elusive figures, which ultimately are more like us than they seem. Man, like Oedipus, will often prove to be more monstrous than the Sphinx...
02/2021
Thèmes photo
The Big Book of Breasts. Volume 2, Edition français-anglais-allemand
The Big Book of Breasts was an immediate best seller when it debuted in 2006. Its 396 pages introduced readers to the top naturally bountiful nude models of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, amazingly mammiferous beauties including Joan Brinkman, Virginia Bell, Roberta Pedon, Mary Waters, Margaret Middleton, Keli Stewart and many more. The one and only complaint was that there was no biographical information on these curvaceous cuties, no lists of their magazines and films to give readers a more intimate connection. We listened, and The Bigger Book of Breasts answers ! Not only are there more pages with all new photos of your favorite big breast models of the '50s through '70s, there are also personal profiles for each and every one. Which model married comedian Richard Pryor ? Who inspired Russ Meyer's first film ? Where are those free Mary Waters loops ? And yes, Roberta Pedon is alive and well ! Further updating the "Bigger" theme, we added the 12 most incredible, natural, and provocative breast models of today, gathered from across the world by Berlin-based photographer, Bernd Daktari Lorenz. Nadine Jansen, Milena Velba, Luna Amor, Valory Irene, Miosotis Claribel and the incredible Hitomi Tanaka prove breasts are bigger than ever, and bigger is beautiful, for both breasts and books. Wrap it up with stunning photos of our original cover girl Kelly Madison and The Bigger Book of Breasts is a bigger treat for all.
10/2023
Littérature française
Les inventeurs. Essai
What do Christopher Columbus, Reneke, Zénobe Gramme and Louis Pasteur have in common ? They were all inventors. Well fine, but who invented the crab's claw, the suction cups and the flight of squids or the proboscis of blood sucking insects ? Is invention intellectual fantasy, an industrial tool or a fundamental biological reaction ? How is this riddle to be solved ? Should we go through the list of inventions or inventors ? Is it a question of circumstances or motivations ? Who is in charge ? The Material or the Spirit ? In order to try to find a way of answering these questions, first a few very different inventors and their inventions will be presented. A few paradoxes emerge from this first part. Then we will devote an entire chapter to an exceptional inventor whose extraordinary work revolutionized how we now approach this topic. Finally, what can be said about all the inventions like the wings of birds or butterflies, the eyes of fish or insects, the leaves of trees or the social organization of beehives ? In these cases, man is not the inventor. There are countless marvels like these in the world around us. Can we explain them ? This will be the subject of the third part of this essay.
02/2017
Lecture 6-9 ans
L'énigme du sabre. Edition bilingue français-anglais
C'est dimanche et comme souvent Louise et Arthur viennent rendre visite à leur grand-mère. Ils aiment bien y aller, elle joue avec eux et leur raconte plein d'histoires. Mais aujourd'hui, elle n'a pas le temps et les deux cousins s'ennuient. Alors, ils décident de grimper dans le grenier où sont entreposés de vieux souvenirs et objets abandonnés. Ils y ont déjà été, mais maintenant ils sont plus grands et peut-être trouveront-ils un trésor qu'ils n'avaient pas aperçu, lors de la dernière visite. Après un long moment de recherche, dans un coin, Louise découvre une malle poussiéreuse. Les deux cousins, l'ouvrent et entrevoient un sabre avec une inscription. Une trouvaille qui va les mener jusqu'à l'école militaire de Saint Cyr de Coëtquidan, sur les traces de leur grand père. It's a Sunday and often as not, Louise and Arthur go and visit their grandmother. They like to go there, she plays with them and tells them lots of stories. But this Sunday she does not have the time, so the two cousins are bored. They decide to climb up into the attic, where old memorabilia and abandoned objects are stored. They have been there before, but now that they are taller, maybe they will find a treasure they did not see during their last visit. After a long moment of searching, in a corner, Louise discovers a dusty trunk. The two cousins open it and see a sword with an inscription. A discovery that will lead them to the military school at Saint Cyr de Coëtquidan, in the footsteps of their grandfather.
06/2018
Anglais apprentissage
Commercially speaking. Workbook
Commercially Speaking is an elementary to pre-intermediate level course in language and communication skills for students on vocational courses. It will be especially useful to those working towards a qualification to help them find work in a commercial environment where they will need to use some English. There is a strong focus on commercial correspondence and telephoning skills, which are practised within a realistic framework designed to reflect the situations students will meet on entering the workplace. This Workbookfollows the syllabus of the Student's Book, with greater emphasis on reading and writing tesks, and activities which can be carried out for homework or as extension activities in the classroom. Material from authentic sources is included where appropriate. Answers to Workbook exercises are included at the end of the corresponding unit in the Teacher's Book. The complete course comprises the Student's Book, this Workbook, a Teacher's Bookwith a complimentary diskand photocopiable progress tests, and one audio cassette.
01/1999
Livres 0-3 ans
YAOUNDÉ BABA SCARED?....ME?....NO WAY!
YAOUNDE BABA SCARED ? ... ME ? ... NO WAY ! YAOUNDE goes off in search of his little goat, BEEE, who, in spite of the young boy's watchful eye, has gone missing. On the way he meets ZOULÏA, a friendly mouse, and ARWANE, a little ant, who help him to find the little goat. Their search will lead them to an isolated hill where a very strange creature lives - a creature capable of transforming itself into unimaginably frightening shapes and forms to scare away anybody who dares to set foot on its steep hill. In order to find BEEE, YAOUNDE and his two friends will have little choice. They will have to cross its territory and confront this incredible and terrifying creature. 6 to 10 Years.
10/2017
Sociologie
The Fakir's Travels
Advising people to take this attitude or that are a waste of time. Those who see or/and are aware realise also that it is none of their business to goad and advise others. Our job at best can be to answer questions by the light of our knowledge but in no way can anyone be dogmatic about it. Let us all be first aware of - Do we know ? What do we know ? How do we know that we know ? To me it is the part where we first accept that there is room for change for the better in us. Then we observe ourselves. And finally we try to bring in the change in ourselves with our will with sincerity and objectivity.
04/2014
BD tout public
I am GooGol - The Great Invasion
Their arrival was heralded as a new beginning for the human race. Humans were no longer alone in the cosmos. Instead, they were suddenly thrust into an arena much larger than they were ready to deal with. In an age of technological advancement, Toughware and the wiki implants were the culmination of the first successful blending of human and alien technology. Suddenly, anyone with a wiki implant could ride the data streams. Hackers became celebrities as the neural landscape became the world's playground. And for a special few, a startling side effect was discovered. Fearing the worst, the Lambda Initiative was created to police wiki infractions and to protect the fabled Lambda Time Travel Restrictions. Anyone, human or alien, attempting to bypass the Lambda Protocols was subject to prosecution under this new law. To enforce this law, the G-Men were created. Culled from specialists with military and law enforcement experience, the G-Men sought out Lambda Protocol violators with swift and violent response. With wiki crimes on the rise and a growing anti-alien movement gaining strength, something had to be done. The government needed a solution, but they weren't sure what to do. And then they discovered a teenage girl living in Brazil with a special affinity for traversing and moulding the data stream. They had discovered the first Googol. And the world was about to change.
12/2010
Manga
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 7
Par le passé, des hommes aux prédispositions particulières subirent des expériences qui les firent passer d'homme à bête. Les douleurs étaient si intenses que la plupart ne survivaient pas ou devenaient fous. Ceux qui, malgré tout, se relevaient étaient alors appelés "les divins mimétiques". Hank, Charlotte et Lisa se rendent sur les ruines de "l'école", le lieu où les divins ont été créés. Là-bas, ils sont assaillis par de mystérieuses hallucinations venues de temps anciens...
11/2018
Manga
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 8
Alors qu'elle se trouvait dans "l'école", le laboratoire d'expérimentation des Divins, Charlotte a soudainement perdu connaissance après avoir entendu "la voix de dieu". A son réveil, Hank est là, à ses côtés. Elaine, la géniale scientifique, avait quant à elle créé les divins justement après avoir entendu cette même voix. Charlotte s'interroge sur le lien qui pourrait exister entre elle et Elaine. Hank prend alors une grave décision...
01/2019
Manga
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 9
Hank, Kane et Elaine partent chacun de leur côté après avoir mené des jours heureux à l'Eglise. Elaine s'est plongée dans des recherches sur le somnium, "la pierre de Dieu" mais elle est aux prises avec des doutes. C'est alors qu'elle reçoit une lettre de Hank lui annonçant sa mobilisation et son départ pour le front. Les combats font rage, et "la voix de Dieu" résonne de plus en plus fort dans sa tête. Quel avenir les attend ? Voici le dernier chapitre sur les origines de l'école !
09/2019
Manga
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 10
Hank et Charlotte sont arrivés dans la petite ville minière de Coal Walls, dans une zone sous gouvernance du Nouveau Patria dont Kane est le chef. Ils y font la connaissance de Farn, une femme qui a organisé la résistance contre le divin griffon afin de reprendre possession de la mine que le Nouveau Patria s'est appropriée par la force. Hank décide de lui prêter main-forte pour vaincre le griffon. Une mission périlleuse dans une contrée où la gentillesse n'est pas un gage de survie...
03/2020
Manga
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 2
Hank poursuit sa dangereuse traque des divins, accompagné de Charlotte. Tous deux se rendent à Whitechurch, là où Kane, un ancien membre de l'unité des divins, aurait trouvé refuge. Mais sur place, ils découvrent qu'un cruel tueur en série sévit dans les bas-fonds de la ville. Assassinant sauvagement prostituées et clochards, cet être macabre n'aurait rien d'humain...
10/2017
Manga
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 3
Une année s'est écoulée depuis que Hank a détruit la ville de Whitechurch. Kane a pris la tête des divins et a fondé un nouvel état indépendant. Une nouvelle guerre semble se profiler... Pendant ce temps, Charlotte s'est rendue sur la tombe de son père à Rivulet Wood. Mais elle s'y trouve alors face à un monstre qui ne devrait pas être là...
11/2017
Manga
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 4
Hank est en fuite depuis des mois. Charlotte et Lisa accompagnent la division Coup de Grâce, qui traque les divins, afin d'essayer de le retrouver. Malheureusement, elles comprennent que la prochaine cible du commandant Claude n'est autre que Hank lui-même. Les soldats sont à ses trousses alors que celui-ci est pris dans un combat à mort contre le divin Garm...
02/2018
Manga
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 6
L'armée a triomphé du Centaure qui l'empêchait d'accéder à la forteresse de Bold Creek. Elle s'apprête à en prendre le contrôle mais c'est sans compter l'intervention de Kane Madhouse, le chef de l'armée rebelle ! Hank se retrouve à nouveau face à son ancien compagnon d'armes, et Claude à ce frère qui a trahi son pays. Mais aujourd'hui, chacun doit faire face à son destin !
06/2018
Manga
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 5
Hank a accepté de collaborer avec "coup de grâce", le bataillon de répression des divins, dirigé par le commandant Claude Weezers. Les voilà confrontés au divin protecteur de la forteresse de Bold Creek : le centaure ! C'est là qu'aurait été aperçu Kane... Hank et le bataillon doivent éliminer le centaure, mais finalement, le cadre de la mission est rapidement dépassé lorsqu'ils se joignent à l'armée gouvernementale pour attaquer la forteresse. Cette fois, c'est la guerre !
04/2018
Seinen/Homme
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 12
Hank a enfin retrouvé Kane, mais il n'est pas parvenu à le battre. Pire encore, ce dernier a enlevé Charlotte car il est persuadé qu'elle entend la voix du somnium et représente la digne héritière d'Elaine, la jeune femme sacrée. Kane révèle alors à Charlotte son véritable objectif. S'engagent-ils sur la route de la perdition ?
11/2021
Seinen/Homme
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 11
Hank et Charlotte font route vers le Nouveau Patria afin de contrer les plans de Kane. C'est alors qu'Arachné apparaît devant eux. D'ordinaire inséparable de Kane la voici seule face à eux. Que cherche-t-elle ? De son côté, Kane parvient à retrouver une personne clé du projet des divins mimétiques qui connaîtrait l'élément indispensable à la création de ces monstres. Le Nouveau Patria devient le lieu de rassemblement des personnes concernées par l'avenir des divins.
03/2021
Seinen/Homme
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 14
Les troupes armées du Nouveau Patria sont aux portes de New-Fort et l'Union de Patria du Nord ne peut plus reculer. L'heure de la bataille décisive a enfin sonné. Kane commence à avancer dans la ville avec ses soldats divins, mais Claude et ses hommes sont prêts à leur faire face. De son côté, Hank se déplace seul sur le champ de bataille pour protéger l'héritage d'Elaine... Alors que le combat fait rage, une seule question demeure : à quel futur conduiront tous ces sacrifices ?
03/2023
Manga
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 1
Alors que la guerre faisait rage depuis des années, les hommes créèrent des soldats surpuissants appelés "divins mimétiques". Ces guerriers, mi-hommes mi-bêtes, ramenèrent la paix et furent traités en héros par le peuple. Mais leur propre force les fit parfois sombrer dans la folie. Aujourd'hui, ces divins sont craints par la population. Charlotte est la fille de l'un d'eux. Déterminée à comprendre les raisons de la mort de son père, elle suit l'énigmatique Hank dans sa chasse aux dieux devenus monstres.
10/2017
Seinen/Homme
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Tome 15
La capitale New-Fort est en proie aux flammes. Hank et Kane s'affrontent à nouveau dans ce lieu où tant de personnes ont perdu la vie - amis et ennemis confondus - et ils sont déterminés à se battre jusqu'à la mort. La fin est là... Après tant d'années de souffrance, quelle vision triomphera et déterminera le sort des divins et des hommes ? Dernier tome
03/2024
Décoration
The New Tattoo
Tattoos are everywhere-especially where they are least expected. Once the specialty of bikers and sailors, they now are frequently spotted in art galleries, fashion shows, and even corporate boardrooms. "Mom-in-a-heart" has been replaced by striking monochromatic patterns; intricate reproductions of famous artworks; elaborate mythical beasts and deities; and the oddly unclassifiable (the innards of a video camera, a monolithic black wedge). This sophisticated look at the latest high-style skin decorations, created by the most creative contemporary tattoo artists, is divided into five chapters: Tribal; Paintings, Prints, and Portraits; Imagination and Fantasy; Neotraditional; and All the Rest. A lively introduction provides a cogent history of tattooing through the ages, making clear that the compulsion to personalize the body has characterized humanity throughout recorded history. Concluding the introduction is an informative evaluation of how the tattoo scene has changed since the "tattoo renaissance" that began in the 1960s and has culminated in today's heady mix of inventive old masters and young artschool-trained hotshots. An invaluable appendix gives answers to the questions anyone should ask before getting a tattoo, including: How Is a Tattoo Made? Is It Safe? How Do I Find the Right Tattoo Artist? How Do I Pick the Right Design? How Much Will It Cost? How Long Does It Take? What Maintenance Does a Tattoo Require? Can 1 Get Rid of It?
01/1994
Non classé
Marriage in the Christian and Igbo Traditional Context: Towards an Inculturation
Traditional marriage and Christian marriage rites presently exist as two distinct ceremonies in some parts of Africa. Is there no way of bringing the two together to avoid any form of duplication or multiplication of rite ? More so because the Church has always implicitly recognised matrimonial institution as a cultural product. The answer to the above question is located in the whole issue of inculturation. A process that successfully flourished in the Western civilisation and consequently influenced the teaching of the Church on marriage. The answer to our question seeks to establish a marriage rite where couples will genuinely experience the happy marriage between culture and Church. A marriage rite that will fulfil both the traditional and Christian demands.
04/2003
Monographies
Gustave Moreau. The Fables
Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) is one of the most brilliant and enigmatic artists associated with the French Symbolist movement. This book accompanies an exhibition of some of the most extraordinary works he ever made, unseen in public for over a century. Moreau's watercolours of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) were created between 1879 and 1885 for the art collector Antony Roux and their stylistic range encompasses historicism and the picturesque, orientalist fantasies and near-abstract chromatic experiments. They were exhibited to great acclaim in Paris in the 1880s and in London in 1886, where critics compared the artist to Edward Burne-Jones. One critic commented on Moreau's ' keen apprehension of the weird. ' There were originally 64 works in the series, which was subsequently acquired by Miriam Alexandrine de Rothschild (1884-1965), but nearly half were lost during the Nazi era. The surviving works have not been exhibited since 1906 and they have only ever been published in black and white. This book is the first to reproduce them in colour - many shown actual size. Created at the height of the French 19th-century revival of watercolour, the variety of subject matter and technique, their colouristic effects and the sophistication of Moreau's storytelling, will be a revelation to readers. Preparatory drawings for the Fables, including animal studies made from life in the Jardin des Plantes demonstrate the wide-ranging research that informed Moreau's visions. Prints after Moreau's Fables by Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914) translate the jewel-like colours into monochrome in some of the most innovative etchings of the age, while the most delicate effects of the watercolours were also transformed into vitreous enamels. In-depth accounts of each watercolour, explaining the story and exploring Moreau's response to it. The introduction will place the series in the long history of illustrations of La Fontaine's canonical work, whose sources include Aesop's fables and traditional European and Asian tales, as well as considering Moreau in the context of his own, turbulent, times.
08/2021
Science-fiction
The Day the Great Flood Came
The Day the Great Flood Came The Saga of the Annunaki, Volume 2 This is the story of Atlantis, of its high culture and of the people who lived there and loved and fought and died. It is a story of bravery and personal courage, of betrayal and of friendship, in the face of a looming cataclysm... Ea Anki, Lord of Ki, and Lady Anta In-Anna, his wife, find themselves lost in Hyperspace -- the Abzu -- with their space ship. They are carried along by a torrent in spacetime, where Anki has a vision of the future : he sees a gigantic flood drowning Atlantis, or Atalantash as the Ancients called it ! So, he sends Anta to warn Ashan, King of Atalantash, of the threat to his beloved city of learning and of knowledge. And he knows that he must find a way to alert the other Annunaki, in spite of the opposition from a hidden power on Ki.
06/2019
Non classé
The Concept of Man in Igbo Myths
In the vast silence of their isolation, the traditional Igbos have learnt the ways of living in harmony with nature. From their origin in distant time, they have kept a sacred perspective on the natural world. In our age, there is the need for traditional wisdoms to retain their validity and be intrinsic to our philosophic and scientific perceptions of the cosmos. We cannot do without their knowledge, their spiritual perspective, and their deep faith in the harmony of all nature. Ignoring these qualities has profound environmental implications. Global warming, environmental pollution, and the exhaustion of nature's resources are but a few of the symptoms of the nature's experiences as we continue to mistreat it in order to satisfy our own ends. This work helps us to realise that wherever we are, we are a part of nature. All the things around us are as presences, representing forces and powers of life that are not ours and yet are all part of us. Then we find them reflecting in ourselves, because we are nature, though not identical with it.
11/1999
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
Charles Darwin's Zoology Notes & Specimen Lists from H.M.S. Beagle
Two long sets of scientific notes were made by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. Those transcribed here are concerned with natural history, and although in 1839 he drew on them quite extensively in writing his famous " Journal of Researches ", neither they nor his geology notes have previously been published. He was a superb observer, and recorded vividly and accurately his first impressions of the appearance and behaviour of the wide range of animals, from ants to ostriches, encountered during his travels. Often he performed little experiments on the creatures that he captured, and he was never happy until he had exhaustively explored the why and wherefore of every one of his observations. During the long periods on board ship, he carried out a thorough analysis of hitherto unrecognised features of the internal anatomy of a variety of marine invertebrates, and made elegant pencil drawings of them under his dissecting microscope. The volume also includes his lists of 1 500 specimens preserved in Spirits of Wine, and some 3 500 not in Spirits, with impeccably accurate cross references to the main notes. Although his notes were made strictly for his own use, and were often highly technical, they were well written throughout, and contain many highly readable passages. Only towards the very end of the voyage were his first doubts about the immutability of species consciously pressed, but here are to be found the first seeds of his theory of evolution, and of the important new fields of behavioural and ecological study of which he was one of the principal founders.
01/2000
Ethnologie et anthropologie
The Wolves Rise Again. New elites born out of chaos
The successive shocks that strike our time have acted as an indicator of men : the bland elites of yesteryear, suddenly rejected by the masses, went back silently into the void where they had first come from. This opportunist plutarchy, that maintained itself so far, thanks to the industry of lying, the targeted elimination of creative people, will soon be engulfed. Around these illusionists with no audience, the hidden alphas will begin to rise. Within a few months, alphas, forged in a new metal, invaded public space. How can it be explained ? In troubled times, the hierarchies of peacetime had left, suddenly, a place to the atomisation of individuals. Chaos then allows the individual alphas to rise to power. Like a pack of wolves, these alphas quickly take the lead of small human groups organising themselves into rival packs. The French Revolution is a striking example of this evolution : the masters of yesterday were relegated because of their unsuitability.
06/2022
Manga
The beast is next to me
Kanato est un garçon tout ce qu'il y a de plus banal qui a repris la supérette familiale, tandis que Shin, son voisin et ami d'enfance, vient d'une riche famille et travaille à présent dans une société d'élite. Bien que le comportement hésitant de Kanato semble énerver son ami au plus haut point depuis qu'ils se connaissent, le soir où il a le coeur brisé, Shin l'embrasse en lui promettant qu'il le fera oublier celui qu'il aimait depuis si longtemps.
05/2017
