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French-American interrelationships in the areas of design and creative thinking have been under-acknowledged. It is normally asserted that French architects looked to North America for technical lessons in the development of modern architecture in the 1960s but that the French cultural environment...

The Christian Travelers Guides deal directly with what even the best general travel guides only touch on: Christianity’s enormous influence on Europe--and, through its history and culture, Europe’s influence on Christianity. This unique series guides you on a pilgrimage to the heart of our Christian...

When the brilliant classical architect Charles Barry won the competition to build a new, Gothic, Houses of Parliament in London he thought it was the chance of a lifetime. It swiftly turned into the most nightmarish building programme of the century. From the beginning, its design, construction and...

There has possibly never been a more daring business figure in Canada’s history than Ted Rogers. Hailed by some as a visionary with an incomparable insight, and equally loathed by others as a ruthless opportunist, Ted Rogers relentlessly conquered his rivals in three industries – radio, cable...

'Public House & Beverage Management' provides students with a practical guide to the management aspects of the licensed trade industry. 'Public House & Beverage Management' introduces students to: * Key players * Variations in service offer * Types of management arrangement (managed,...

Why do private boarding schools produce such a disproportionate number of leaders in business, government, and the arts? In the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, two sociologists describe the complex ways in which elite schools prepare students for success and power, and they also provide a lively behind-the-scenes look at prep–school life and underlife.

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of social work find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data...

Un roman très contemporain à la recherche de la fleur ultime, celle dont le parfum rend instantanément amoureux. Gilles est chimiste à New York dans une entreprise qui crée les parfums de toutes les plus grandes marques de cosmétiques. Karl Lagerfeld lui fait une commande extraordinaire...

Non, ce n'est pas toujours la vérité, tant s'en faut, qui sort de la bouche des enfants. À preuve, Henriella, qui profite de l'absence de sa mère hospitalisée, pour faire passer dans le carnet d'un grand journal un faire-part annonçant sa mort. Curieuse idée, et passablement sinistre, chez...

Constance a vingt-quatre ans, un âne en peluche nommé Léon, une chambre aux murs peints en jaune jonquille, et une seule passion, toute littéraire, Gary. Ce n'est pas absolument suffisant pour donner un sens à l'existence et Constance s'ennuie. Jusqu'au jour où, au hasard d'un emprunt de livre...

Que pense une jeune femme moderne « avant de dire oui » ? Qu’attend-elle de « lui » – et d’elle-même ? Ce petit livre n’est en rien un « essai », mais il trace, sous une forme mi sérieuse, mi amusée, le croquis du couple modèle de cette fin de siècle. Aphorismes balisant...

Je suis le chien. Je ne parle pas, je n'entends pas, je ne pense pas. Je ne vis pas à hauteur d'homme : je ne suis un danger pour personne. On n'attend rien de moi. Je suis un chien qu'on laisse à l'arrière de la voiture, un jour de grand soleil, à l'entrée d'une pâtisserie ou d'un grand magasin,...

From communication and cohabitation to in-laws, money, and sex, this guide is for every couple who is just starting out their new life together. At last! A guide to that crucial first year of marriage! You’ve exchanged your vows, cut the cake, and danced your first dance. Now what? The wedding...

Charting the intersection of aesthetic representation and the material conditions of urban space, The City Since 9/11 posits that the contemporary metropolis provides a significant context for reassessing theoretical concerns related to narrative, identity, home, and personal precarity. In the years...