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On se fait la bise?: le guide international des bonnes manières
Par Mark McCrum. 2008
"Les bonnes manières échappent encore à la mondialisation : on se salue différemment à Pékin et à New York, certains…
gestes flatteurs chez nous sont injurieux ailleurs, on reçoit les cadeaux ici d'une main, là des deux, les chrysanthèmes ne sont pas des fleurs de cimetière sur tous les continents, les heures de repas relèvent de spécificités nationales, et il est fortement déconseillé d'offrir une pendule à un Chinois... Faut pas, faux pas : un guide ludique du savoir-vivre pour apprendre ce qu'il ne faut ni dire ni faire à l'étranger." -- 4e de couvBuilding storage stuff: 25 plans & projects to help put things in their place
Par Richard Freudenberger. 1997
La préhistoire du sexe
Par Timothy Taylor. 1998
Un essai fascinant sur le rôle qu'aurait joué la sexualité ou le désir sexuel dans l'évolution de l'homo sapiens. L'auteur,…
archéologue, montre à quel point les normes qui régissent nos comportements sexuels, de la répartition des rôles entre les sexes au contrôle des naissances sont profondément enracinés dans notre préhistoireAllergy-free gardening: the revolutionary guide to healthy landscaping
Par Thomas Ogren. 2000
Horticulturist presents a system of rating plants for their allergen-producing potential and urges gardeners to avoid those highest on the…
list. Mentions more than three thousand varieties; includes descriptions, suggested locations, and possible problems. Recommends tips, such as using female specimens to eliminate pollen, and hard pruning and other gardening techniques. 2000Home comforts: the art and science of keeping house
Par Cheryl Mendelson. 1999
Helpful hints on a range of domestic topics--planning and preparing meals, doing laundry, cleaning each room in a home, preserving…
books and furniture, caring for pets, fire safety, and many others. Includes guidelines for both the novice and longtime housekeeper and bits of wisdom gained from older relatives. Bestseller. 1999Omoo: adventures in the South Seas (Pacific Basin books)
Par Herman Melville. 1985
This realistic novel recapitulates the ending of Typee (RC 9738), as a British whaler rescues Melville, an American sailor. He…
and the ship's doctor become fast friends and share many adventures in the South Pacific: mutiny, imprisonment, and a beachcombing existence in TahitiWhere They Stood: The Evolution of the Black Anglo Community in Montreal
Par Melis Aysegul Black Community Resource Centre. 2023
Living fences: a gardener's guide to hedges, vines & espaliers
Par Ogden Tanner. 1995
Living fences can screen and camouflage and act as property-line boundaries or partitions. Discusses selected species for deciduous and evergreen…
hedges, annual and perennial vines, and fruit-bearing and ornamental espaliers. Provides tips on choosing, planting, training, and caring for living fencesEpitaph for a peach: four seasons on my family farm
Par David Masumoto. 1995
A third-generation Japanese American peach and grape farmer in California has an orchard of Sun Crest peaches that he considers…
to be "the last remaining truly juicy peaches." Fragile and light in color, the peaches are not selling well. Masumoto details the year in which he gives his favorite crop another chance using organic farming methodsMaking wood tables: practical projects for every room
Par Hugh Foster. 1994
Step-by-step instructions lead novice- and intermediate-level woodworkers through the construction of twenty-six tables. General woodworking information contains descriptions of tools…
and techniques from selecting stock to finishing. Projects include a workbench, nightstands, several sofa tables, and an unusual glass-topped display for wood carvingsHomestead year: back to the land in suburbia
Par Judith Moffett. 1995
Moffett, an assistant professor of English and a science fiction writer, had dreamed of buying some acreage and homesteading. When…
her five-year plan to do this faltered, she decided to take a year off from work and homestead her suburban one-acre yard in Pennsylvania. She describes her successes and mistakes while raising and slaughtering ducks, raising bees and fish, and growing a large gardenSimple, sensible ways to trim dollars off your family budget by saving pennies. Suggestions cover the kitchen, family room, nursery,…
closets, backyard, garage, stores, and bank. Some hints: don't take the kids grocery shopping, keep a sponge in the fruit and vegetable drawer to absorb moisture, and use the libraryThe gardener's year
Par Karel C̈apek. 1984
Capek takes the reader through the year as he lays out his garden, plants his seed, and watches his work…
come to fruition. In between he talks about the lack or overabundance of rain; the search for space for just "one more plant"; the battle with the garden hose--which wiggles, makes puddles, and twists itself around his waist and neck; the unfathomable mystery of the green thumb; and concern for his garden while on vacationA practical and simple guide to a home mortgage
Par Gary Bass. 1987
The author, who was a former mortgage banker, offers a guide designed for first-time home buyers. He explains qualifying formulas…
used to determine eligibility, gives examples of information required on mortgage applications, and presents a glossary of mortgage loan languageHousemending: home repair for the rest of us
Par Dale McCormick. 1987
Written by the first woman to complete the union carpentry apprenticeship in the United States, this easy-to-understand home repair manual…
is aimed specifically at those with little or no carpentry or plumbing experience. Also includes succinct explanations of the mechanics of the home's plumbing, electrical, and structural systemsSpoken word: A cultural history
Par Joshua Bennett. 2023
A "rich hybrid of memoir and history" ( The New Yorker ) of the literary art form that has transformed…
the cultural landscape, by one of its influential practitioners, an award-winning poet, professor, and slam champion "Bennett…transport[s] us back to the city blocks, bars, cafes and stages these artists traversed and inhabited…an instructive text for young poets, artists or creative entrepreneurs trying to find a way to carve out a space for themselves…Shines with a refreshing dynamism." — The New York Times In 2009, when he was twenty years old, Joshua Bennett was invited to perform a spoken word poem for Barack and Michelle Obama, at the same White House "Poetry Jam" where Lin-Manuel Miranda declaimed the opening bars of a work-in-progress that would soon revolutionize American theater. That meeting is but one among many in the trajectory of Bennett's young life, as he rode the cresting wave of spoken word through the 2010s. In this book, he goes back to its roots, considering the Black Arts movement and the prominence of poetry and song in Black education; the origins of the famed Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the Lower East Side living room of the visionary Miguel Algarín, who hosted verse gatherings with legendary figures like Ntozake Shange and Miguel Piñero; the rapid growth of the "slam" format that was pioneered at the Get Me High Lounge in Chicago; the perfect storm of spoken word's rise during the explosion of social media; and Bennett's own journey alongside his older sister, whose work to promote the form helped shape spaces online and elsewhere dedicated to literature and the pursuit of human freedom. A celebration of voices outside the dominant cultural narrative, who boldly embraced an array of styles and forms and redefined what—and whom—the mainstream would include, Bennett's book illuminates the profound influence spoken word has had everywhere melodious words are heard, from Broadway to academia, from the podiums of political protest to cafés, schools, and rooms full of strangers all across the worldPourquoi les méduses ne vieillissent pas: ... et autres secrets de longévité de la nature
Par Nicklas Brendborg. 2023
La nature regorge de superpouvoirs en matière de longévité. Saviez-vous qu'il existe un requin âgé de 390 ans, ce qui…
le rend plus vieux que les États-Unis ? Connaissiez-vous cette espèce de méduse capable, lorsqu'elle est menacée, de rajeunir, avant de recommencer à vieillir ? Mêlant exploration scientifique et histoires extraordinaires, Nicklas Brendborg nous emmène à la découverte de cycles de vie si longs qu'ils semblent dépasser la réalité. D'une expérimentation réussie de modification de l'ADN humain aux cellules millénaires des séquoias, en passant par de prometteuses perspectives face au cancer et à la maladie d'Alzheimer, cet ouvrage nous révèle les fascinants secrets de santé et de longévité de la nature dont nous pouvons tous nous inspirer. TABLE DES MATIÈRES Introduction La fontaine de Jouvence Première partie - Les merveilles de la nature Chapitre 1 – Longévité : le livre des records Chapitre 2 – Soleil, cocotiers et longue vie Chapitre 3 – La surestimation des gènes Chapitre 4 – Inconvénients de l'immortalité Deuxième partie - Les découvertes de la science Chapitre 5 – Ce qui ne nous tue pas nous rend plus forts... Chapitre 6 – De l'importance de la taille Chapitre 7 – Les secrets de l'île de Pâques Chapitre 8 – Un pour tous 1 Chapitre 9 – Mitochondries et énergie Chapitre 10 – Au pays de l'immortalité Chapitre 11 – Comment se débarrasser des cellules zombies Chapitre 12 – Remonter l'horloge biologique Chapitre 13 – Bon sang ne saurait mentir ! Chapitre 14 – La guerre des microbes Chapitre 15 – Caché au grand jour Chapitre 16 – Longévité et fil dentaire Chapitre 17 – Rajeunissement immunitaire Troisième partie - Les bons conseils Chapitre 18 – Des volontaires pour la disette ? Chapitre 19 – Faire du neuf avec du vieux Chapitre 20 – Nutrition « culte du cargo » Chapitre 21 – Nourrir... la réflexion Chapitre 22 – Des moines du Moyen Âge à la science moderne Chapitre 23 – Mesurer, c'est assurer Chapitre 24 – Victoire de l'esprit sur la matière Epilogue RemerciementsRacial emotion at work: Dismantling discrimination and building racial justice in the workplace
Par Tristin Green. 2023
This timely book unravels race and emotion in the workplace-exploring why racial emotion is often left out of equity conversations…
and why we must confront it. Racial Emotion at Work is an invitation to understand our own emotions and associated behaviors around race-and much more. With this surprising and timely book, Tristin K. Green takes us beyond diversity trainings and other individualized solutions to discrimination and inequality in employment, calling for sweeping changes in how the law and work organizations treat and shape racial emotions. Green provides listeners with the latest research on racial emotions in interracial interactions and ties this research to thinking about discrimination and disadvantage at work. We see how our racial emotions can result in discrimination, and how our institutions-the law and work organizations-value and skew our racial emotions in ways that place the brunt of negative consequences on people of color. It turns out we need to reset our institutional and not just our personal radars on racial emotion to advance racial justice. Racial Emotion at Work shows how we can rise to the taskFreedom is a constant struggle: Ferguson, palestine, and the foundations of a movement
Par Angela Davis. 2016
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles…
against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world. Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles-from the black freedom movement to the South African antiapartheid movement. She highlights connections and analyzes today's struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine. Facing a world of outrageous injustice, Davis challenges us to imagine and build the movement for human liberation. And in doing so, she reminds us that "freedom is a constant struggle."