Marie Louise: 98 books

ICH DARF SIE NICHT LIEBEN, MISS JESSICA! von ELBURY, DOROTHY Unverhofft erbt Benedict den Familiensitz Ashcroft Grange in Südengland. Leider währt seine Freude nicht lange, weil das Anwesen hoch verschuldet ist. Das Landleben hat jedoch andere Reize: Als er der aparten Jessica begegnet, verliert...

BOTSCHAFT DES HERZENS von BAILEY, ELIZABETH England 1794: In ihrem malerischen Dorf bei London glaubt Grace Dovercourt sich weit fort von der Revolution im benachbarten Frankreich. Bis sie einen verletzten Mann in ihrem Gartenhaus findet: Henri Rousselle, ein Franzose auf der Flucht! Grace weiß,...

FALSCHES SPIEL AUS LIEBE von GRANT, LAURIE Als Spionin des Königs soll die junge Französin Elise de Vire den englischen Edelmann Adam Saker heiraten. Geschickt verbirgt sie ihre wahren Absichten vor ihm - obwohl der Charme dieses faszinierenden Mannes heimlich immer mehr ihre Sinne weckt. Wie soll...

La crise de la société industrielle moderne impose de penser autrement l’inactivité et le chômage. Marie-L. Pellegrin-Rescia, s’appuyant sur des analyses de spécialistes - sociologues, économistes, éthologues - démontre qu’une mise en forme différente de la société à partir d’autres...

Selon les classifications officielles, ils sont « inactifs » ou « chômeurs », caractérisés par ce qu’ils ne font pas. H n’est pas anodin de choisir, comme le fait l’auteur, de dépasser ces catégories négatives, pour recommander celle de « travaillants ». Interrogeant l’anthropologie,...

Buying for retail is a demanding and challenging job that requires a creative flair, a strong awareness of fashion trends, life trends as well as good interpersonal and team working skills. Buyers and merchandisers have to ensure that the right merchandise is being sent to the right stores, at the...

In the sequel to Travels With My Family, the family is on the road again -- this time to spend a year in a tiny village in southern France. They experiences the spring migration of sheep up to the mountain pastures, the annual running of the bulls (in which Charlie's father is trapped in a...

Edward Synge wrote 221 letters to Alicia, his daughter, betweeen May and October of 1746 to 1752. He was an adoring though not uncritical father, advising, gossiping and instructing her from his country estate. Synge was a wealthy man and Alicia a considerable heiress; his concern about her need to...

Noted French scholar and linguist discusses the gods of the continental Celts, the beginnings of mythology in Ireland, heroes, and the two main categories of Irish deities: mother-goddesses — local, rural spirits of fertility or of war — and chieftain-gods: national deities who are magicians, nurturers, craftsmen, and protectors of the people.

Featuring leading scientists acting as consultants on the stories, and writing scientific afterwords, bringing the theory featured in the stories to life, including Prof. Sarah Bridle (Jodrell Bank), Prof. Jonathan Wolff and Prof. Frank Jackson (the inventor of the 'Mary's Room' thought experiment). Science...

Travels with My Family Family vacations are supposed to be something to look forward to. Unless, that is, your parents have a habit of turning every outing into a risky proposition — by accident, of course. So instead of dream vacations to Disney World and motels with swimming pools, these...

Nulli sua forma manebat. The world of Ovid's Metamorphoses is marked by constant flux in which nothing keeps its original form. This book argues that Ovid uses the epic simile to capture states of unresolved identity - in the transition between human, animal and divine identity, as well as in the...

Charlie can't wait for school to be over. But he's wondering what particular vacation ordeal his parents have lined up for the family this summer. Canoeing with alligators in Okefenokee? Getting caught in the middle of a revolutionary shootout in Mexico? Or perhaps another trip abroad? Turns...

Charlie and his family are about to embark on another trip, to another out-of-the-way place off the beaten path. This time they are heading to an island in Croatia, a country Charlie has never even heard of. An incredibly beautiful country that lives in the shadow of war and conflict. Even...