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The Search for Lyonnesse

Although Mme de Lafayette is acknowledged as the founder of the modern novel, her precise legacy has been understood only in relation to male-authored texts. However, she wrote as a woman, addressing issues that concerned women of her day, particularly the problem of the apparent incompatibility of sexual fulfilment and the institution of marriage. This study seeks to identify how La Princesse de Clèves was interpreted by three of Mme de Lafayette's most talented women successors and to show how their more sombre and subversive view of society was mediated in works of fiction which have strong affinities with the contes de fées for which they are well known. The novels of Mlle Bernard, Mme d'Aulnoy and Mlle de La Force are significant, not simply for what they tell us about themselves as women writers but also for what they reveal about the origins of the eighteenth-century novel.

07/1999

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Sociologie

The Search for Meaning in the Australian Novel

This thesis grew out of an epistemological interest centered on the search for meaning in literature, and out of a reading of Australian novels. Reaching beyond signification, the creation of meaning in literature refers to the significance a text acquires for the recipient's existence. The potential of this meaningfulness fluctuates between a process of explanation, of uncovering hidden meaning, and deception. Assuming that this range is best demonstrated in the literary treatment of negative experiences in human existence, of pain and suffering, we analyse how Australian novelists and critics set paradigms of meaning against the "Non-Sense" in experienced reality, who and what the agents of meaningfulness in Australian literature are, how they relate to each other and how they affect our reading experience.

10/1991

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Histoire et Philosophiesophie

FEARFUL SYMMETRY. The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics

Fearful Symmetry brings the incredible discoveries of contemporary physics within everyone's grasp. A. Zee, a distinguished physicist and skillful expositor, tells the exciting story of how today's theoretical physicists are following Einstein in their search for the beauty and simplicity of Nature. Animated by a sense of reverence and whimsy, the book describes the majestic sweep and accomplishments of twentieth-century physics. In the end, we stand in awe before the grand vision of modern physics-one of the greatest chapters in the intellectual history of humankind. "Fearful Symmetry tells the story of modem physics and contemporary physicists in a most understandable and vivid way. It makes the 'fearful' symmetry simple and accessible, and the burning tigers lively and human. An excellent rendition and an outstanding achievement." -T. D. Lee, Nobel Laureate in Physics "To a layman like myself, totally unversed in modern theoretical physics, Zee's book comes as an illumination. Once having grasped the idea of symmetry as an aesthetic and intellectual principle, I found myself, under his guidance, contemplating aspects, of the design of the universe of which I never had the faintest glimmer." -John Rupert Martin, Marquand Professor of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University "A small gem we can see deeply into with small effort and great pleasure." -Robert Schrieffer, Nobel Laureate in Physics

01/1999

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Généralités médicales

Scandale des implants mammaires PIP

Plus de 5 ans se sont écoulés depuis la révélation du scandale des implants mammaires PIP frauduleux en mars 2010. Loin du consensus général et sans concession, l'auteur nous livre une analyse précise et documentée des différents épisodes médiatiques, scientifiques et judiciaires qui ont jalonné cette affaire retentissante, tant en France qu'à l'étranger. Ce récit constitue aussi une synthèse, une sorte de point d'étape, avant les prochains épisodes qui devraient s'écrire pendant encore de longues années à propos des implants mammaires en général et PIP en particulier. Il vous permettra de comprendre comment une fraude est devenue un scandale hors norme.

08/2015

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Policiers

Les impitoyables

La Dream Team, l'équipe de braqueurs la plus insaisissable de ces quarante dernières années, et qu'aucune police ne parvenait à mettre en échec. Un terrible gang constitué de truands haut de gamme que rien ni personne ne pouvait faire tomber. Qui donc aurait pu prédire ce qui allait enfin se mettre en travers de leur trajectoire, dans un cataclysme de fureur et de sang ? Cet ouvrage est la suite de A mains armées, publié en 2012 à la Manufacture de Livres sous le pseudonyme de Philippe Thuillier.

12/2014

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Policiers

Les fauves

Ils avaient servi partout dans le monde au sein des meilleurs corps d'élite, avant de se recycler dans le convoyage de fonds. Et voilà que des hiérarques de la police décident de les sacrifier sur l'autel de leur ambition personnelle... Mais si ces mêmes hiérarques avaient pu prévoir ce qu'ils allaient ainsi déclencher, ils auraient envisagé une toute autre stratégie. Un déferlement de violence d'une magnitude sans précédent.

12/2014

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