L Paul: 378 books

Toujours, dans toutes les sociétés humaines, à certaines périodes de leur existence, un temps arrive où la religion, d’abord toute-puissante, déclinant ensuite de plus en plus, perd sa signification principale et enfin prend une forme définitive où...

Oil palm is widely cultivated in tropical countries for use in food processing, personal care products and other applications such as biodiesel. Cultivation faces a range of challenges such as its environmental impact (e.g. in deforestation and biodiversity loss) as well threats from pests and diseases....

Au cœur de la nuit, parmi les ombres du jardin, deux yeux menaçants braqués sur Nora Dallas, une jeune fille qui se remet mal de la mort de son père. Mais bientôt, c'est dans le couloir menant à sa chambre qu'apparaissent les yeux ardents. Que lui...

Ottawa, lieu de vie français discusses the urban changes and the ways in which Ottawa francophones began thinking about and building their city, from the 1960s onwards, the ideas and actions of that period still shaping life in French Ottawa today.  Stemming from the Chantier Ottawa collaborative...

Héritiers des Phéniciens, les Carthaginois fondèrent sur le bitume leur grandeur marchande : ils s’en servaient pour leurs constructions navales, et gardaient jalousement le secret de son origine et de son emploi. Il fallut toutefois attendre le 27 août 1859 pour voir jaillir le premier puits...

Comment élaborer et rédiger une dissertation d’histoire ? Les étudiants sont souvent à la recherche de conseils et d’orientations : comment lire et comprendre un libellé de sujet, poser une problématique, choisir et bâtir un plan, rédiger... en résumé, maîtriser les divers types de...

What underlying philosophy and mission should museums pursue in the first half of the twenty-first century? In Museum Philosophy, twenty-four authors use the lenses of a variety of disciplines to answer this essential question. Museum professionals offer their answers alongside philosophers, historians,...

Director and producer Tim Burton impresses audiences with stunning visuals, sinister fantasy worlds, and characters whose personalities are strange and yet familiar. Drawing inspiration from sources as varied as Lewis Carroll, Salvador Dalí, Washington Irving, and Dr. Seuss, Burton's creations frequently...

A transformational approach to conflict argues that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns and social and discursive structures. Central to this book is the idea that the origins of transformation can be momentary, situational, and small-scale or large-scale and systemic....

Perspectives on Church Government presents in counterpoint form the basic models of church government which have developed over the course of church history with a view toward determining which is most faithful to Scripture. Each chapter will be written by a prominent person from within each tradition—with...

Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a broad range of unique problems in Appalachia, including political dynamics, racial prejudices, and...

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...