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Promoted ContentHumanities & Social SciencesNovember 2020
Writing the United Kingdom Constitution
by Brice Dickson
Our unwritten Constitution is past its sell-by date. If the Union is to be preserved we must recognise the UK as a federal country along the lines of Canada and Australia, and soon. Such is the argument made by Brice Dickson in this lucid and timely intervention to the debate on Britain's political future. A federal structure, he reasons, could maximise the benefits of cooperation between semi-autonomous regions while at the same time paying due respect to the nationalisms that exist within constituent parts of the country. The devolution of powers to the home nations, coupled with the trials and tribulations associated with Brexit and reform of the House of Lords, point to grave risks in the UK's current constitutional position. Dickson proposes a Constitutional Reform Act which would federalise the nation, provide a modern Bill of Rights, formalise allocation of public expenditure to devolved regions, and contain a clause setting out the 'purpose' of the UK. The UK has an enviable record in rising to a variety of challenges down the centuries, but the fallout from our recent history makes greater certainty and predictability imperative. This urgent analysis by one of our leading constitutional experts points to how that might best be achieved.
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Trusted PartnerSeptember 1996
Die menschliche Komödie. Die großen Romane und Erzählungen
Vetter Pons. Roman
by Honoré Balzac, Eberhard Wesemann, Franz Franzius
Die künstlerische Geschlossenheit, die dramatische Intensität und die meisterhafte Schilderung menschlicher Leidenschaften sowie des Pariser Milieus machen den Roman »Vetter Pons« zu einem der bedeutendsten Werke von Honoré de Balzacs »Menschlicher Komödie«. Der verarmte Musiker Sylvain Pons ist von zwei Leidenschaften besessen: dem Sammeln von Kunstgegenständen, deren materiellen Wert er übrigens nicht kennt, und der Feinschmeckerei. Der Feinschmeckerei darf er als ›armer‹ Vetter manchmal am Tisch seiner reichen Verwandten Camusot de Marville frönen, durch die er jedoch manche Demütigung einstecken muß. Als er versucht, für deren Tochter Cécile einen reichen Freier zu vermitteln, und dies zu einem die Familie kompromittierenden Fehlschlag wird, zieht er deren dauernden Zorn auf sich. Nachdem er daraufhin tödlich erkrankt und der Wert seiner Kunstsammlung ruchbar wird, werden er und sein Freund Schmücke, ein naiver deutscher Musiker, den er zum Alleinerben bestimmt hatte, Opfer skrupelloser Erbschleicher, zu denen außer der Familie die Concierge Cibot, der Kunsthändler Rèmonencq und der Arzt Poulain gehören.
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Trusted PartnerHumanities & Social SciencesJuly 2019
Writing the United Kingdom Constitution
by Brice Dickson, Bill Jones
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Trusted PartnerAnimal stories (Children's/YA)October 2019
Panthera Tigris
by Sylvain Alzial, Hélène Rajcak
Once upon a time there was a scientist. The scientist knew everything: the history of the Earth and the sky, of men and women. One day, he realized that he knew nothing about Bengal tigers! The scientist will venture into the remote jungle of India in search of the fearsome Panthera Tigris, accompanied by a local guide. Along the way, life will give hime an important wisdom message.
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Ces chers voisins
L'Allemagne, la Belgique et la France en Europe du XIXe au XXIe siècles
by Herausgegeben von Elvert, Jürgen; Herausgegeben von Elvert, Jürgen; Herausgegeben von Schirmann, Sylvain
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Trusted PartnerNovember 2014
Encore ces chers voisins
Le Benelux, l'Allemagne et la France aux XIXe et XXe siècles
by Herausgegeben von Dumoulin, Michel; Herausgegeben von Elvert, Jürgen; Herausgegeben von Schirmann, Sylvain
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Picture books
The dragon who breathed anything but fire
by Brice Follet, Sylvain Zorzin
Bernard is a strong and brave dragon. But one day, the most unbelievable thing happens: he can’t breathe fire anymore. He breathes all sorts of things except beautiful, scorching flames: out of his terrible mouth comes out a vase, an electric guitar, a boomerang, a basketball… How will he defend himself against knights in shining armours, how will he roast his marshmallows? And more importantly, what’s going on?
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2016
La légende de Lezardo da Vinci
Les Abysses de Morkër
by Daniel L. Moisan
Moisan’s world of fantasy combines legends, adventure, and magic in an accurate historical setting where fictional characters rub elbows with Luther, Machiavelli, the Knights Templar, and other major figures of the time. In this extraordinary epic that bends fiction and history, readers must decide what is real and what is not. From these adventures of an Italian man-reptile come existential questions about the meaning of life itself.To learn more about this publisher, click here: http://bit.ly/32NJiJV
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Biography: historical, political & military
Texas Ranger N. O. Reynolds, the Intrepid
by Chuck Parsons and Donaly E. Brice
Historians Chuck Parsons and Donaly E. Brice present a complete picture of N. O. Reynolds (1846-1922), a Texas Ranger who brought a greater respect for the law in Central Texas. Reynolds began as a sergeant in famed Company D, Frontier Battalion in 1874. He served honorably during the Mason County "Hoo Doo" War and was chosen to be part of Major John B. Jones's escort, riding the frontier line. In 1877 he arrested the Horrells, who were feuding with their neighbors, the Higgins party, thus ending their Lampasas County feud. Shortly thereafter he was given command of the newly formed Company E of Texas Rangers. Also in 1877 the notorious John Wesley Hardin was captured; N.O. Reynolds was given the responsibility to deliver Hardin to trial in Comanche, return him to a safe jail during his appeal, and then escort him safely to the Huntsville penitentiary. Reynolds served as a Texas Ranger until he retired in 1879 at the rank of lieutenant, later serving as City Marshal of Lampasas and then County Sheriff of Lampasas County.
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September 2021
THE BEAST WITHIN HER
Marie has left her native countryside, and has taken a summer job in a Parisian brasserie. Staying with her parents’ friends, the husband regularly abuses her. So, she silences her shame and her pain, which leads the beast inside her to grow...
by Camille Lysière
Marie has just graduated from high school. She leaves her hometown and takes a summer job in a Parisian brasserie. During her stay, she is hosted by a couple, her parents’ friends. He is a shadowy journalist. She is a frustrated housewife. Marie, who dreams of a future in literature, is honored to have Olivier take an interest in her. He enjoys chatting with her, he takes her seriously. Marie feels important when he invites her to his office for a private chat. But this beautiful relationship gradually goes off track. There is that one time by the library when he holds onto her a little longer than necessary. Should she have said or done something?Since then, Olivier comes to her room to talk. The first time he sits on the bed, imploring. The next time, she struggles, but it is not enough. And every other night he comes back. Marie is devastated. Had she seduced Olivier in spite of herself? So she silences her shame and her pain, which leads the beast inside her to grow. Marie is not alone. In 2009, she is experiencing what other 17-year-old women like her have experienced in another times. Claudine in 1937, Isabelle in 1973 and Amandine in 1990. Travelling through time, this striking novel gives us the same story: the tragedy and the arbitrary nature of rape that shatters destinies.
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Bible des Nœuds
Nautisme, alpinisme, peche, équitation, plein-air
by Sylvain CAQUINEAU
: The essential knots to discover, know and use during all your activities.
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September 2020
La chanson de Martin
Martin's song
by Jane Méry / Chantal Jean / Sylvain Robin / Camille Claris / Laure Guillebon
Rose comes back from a trip to New York. On the way, she meets Woody, a guitarist. He sings her a ballad, Martin’s song, which in the tradition of protest songs, tells the story of a black boy in the racist and segregationist United States of the 1930s. When the plane reaches Paris, Woody disappears. Rose can’t stop thinking about him and the story of Martin. A journey in folk music (banjo, guitar, double bass) between New York and Paris, between the 1930s and today, to discover Martin Luther King, racism and the Civil rights movement, for children from 8 years old onwards. https://soundcloud.com/trois-petits-points/sets/la-chanson-de-martin-martins-song