Résultats pour "James" dans Sciences sociales et politiques

"L'Odyssée de James Joyce" - un voyage dans l’imaginaire de l’écrivain, et dans les secrets de son chef-d’œuvre Ulysse.---Hier controversé, aujourd’hui canonisé, James Joyce est de ceux qu’on ose à peine approcher, encore moins lire. Et pourtant son œuvre déboussole, son écriture emporte, ses livres fascinent.Avec cette série documentaire produite pour l’ambassade d’Irlande à Paris, les auteurs Laura El Makki et David Federmann (issus de l’école Radio France) se proposent de plonger dans le tumulte d’une langue, de déjouer les idées reçues, pour révéler la ...

Reading built the modern world. It helped create democracy, science and reason. Now, books are dying, and people everywhere are losing the ability to read deeply or think rationally. The golden chain of knowledge linking reader to reader through history is breaking. The screen has replaced the...

Depuis les troubadours du XIIe siècle, l'amour-passion se heurte au même paradoxe: peut-il survivre à la vie conjugale? Luc Ferry revisite avec brio les grands récits médiévaux – Tristan et Iseut, Lancelot et Guenièvre – pour éclairer nos tourments modernes. Ces amours illégitimes, ces désirs incessants qui défient l'honneur et la raison nous parlent encore: ils révèlent la nature même de la passion, qui se nourrit d'obstacles et de manque.

Can a single night define a man's life? From the summer of 1943 to early 1945, John Basilone was one of the most famous and admired people in America. As the first enlisted man to be awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, for extraordinary bravery under fire at Guadalcanal, he toured the...

Now featuring a new preface by Peter Thiel Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century...

The best one-volume biography of Madison’s life, Ketcham’s biography not only traces Madison’s career, it gives listeners a sense of the man. As Madison said of his early years in Virginia under the study of Donald Robertson, who introduced him to thinkers like Montaigne and Montesquieu, "all that I have been in life I owe largely to that man." It also captures a side of Madison that is less rarely on display.

Brought to you by Penguin. A beguiling cultural history of colour by the BAFTA nominated broadcaster and art historian James Fox The subject of this book is humankind's extraordinary relationship with colour. It is composed of a series of voyages, ranging across the world and throughout history...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation' James Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving voice to the emerging...

This book traces the origins of a faith--perhaps the faith of the century. Modern revolutionaries are believers, no less committed and intense than were Christians or Muslims of an earlier era. What is new is the belief that a perfect secular order will emerge from forcible overthrow of...

Nous achetons et consommons en pagaille. Pouvons-nous vivre heureux et nous recentrer sur nos relations avec les autres plutôt que de participer à cette course effrénée aux achats compulsifs ? C'est tout le propos de cet ouvrage. Et si, à première vue, le minimalisme nous invite à tout jeter pour épurer notre vie, ce n'est pas suffisant. C'est une première étape, seulement.

From the host of The Rest is Classified podcast, this is the secret history of MI6 - from the Cold War to the present day. 'The history of MI6 in the words of real spies' Mail on Sunday 'The best post-1949 account of British intelligence I have read' Spectator 'As gripping as any novel'...

From politics and religion to workplace negotiations, ace the high-stakes conversations in your life with this indispensable guide from a persuasion expert. "The world would be a better place if everyone read this book." —Richard Dawkins, author of Science in the Soul and Outgrowing God In our...

Young love is topmost on the mind of famed poet James Whitcomb Riley. Alone in a study indulging the memory of an old sweetheart. Is this a lamentation poem or something - more? This will leave listeners with a truly satisfying conclusion.

Complete Family Wealth: Wealth as Well-Being provides proven tools and best practices for families of means to use in maturing, maintaining, and managing personal and legacy wealth long into the future. The book is divided into three parts: the "what" - what is meant by family, wealth, and enterprise; the "who" - the persons crucial to family enterprise flourishing; and the "how" - specific practices families can use to enhance and grow family wealth.

From the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics and the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail "Why is it so difficult to develop and sustain liberal democracy? The best recent work on this subject comes from a remarkable pair of scholars, Daron Acemoglu and James A...

You can have everything you've ever wanted—a fulfilling life, a job you're passionate about, true love, unlimited wealth and a healthy body. Seriously, you can have it all. You just need to do one thing. Think. Surprised? Don't be. Thousands of people, people exactly like you, have transformed their life for the better. They've discovered the power of thought and used it to make their dreams a reality. And now, it's your turn.

In this extraordinary best seller, James Hillman presents a brilliant vision of our selves, and an exciting approach to the mystery at the center of every life that asks, “What is it, in my heart, that I must do, be, and have? And why?” Drawing on the biographies of figures such as Ella Fitzgerald and Mohandas K. Gandhi, Hillman argues that character is fate, that there is more to each individual than can be explained by genetics and environment. The result is a reasoned and powerful road map to understanding our true nature and discovering an eye-opening array of choices.

Les grands secrets des États-Unis racontés par l'ancien directeur du FBI dans "Mensonges et vérités: Une loyauté à toute épreuve" le bestseller N. 1 du New York Times ! Quel doit-il être le rapport entre la politique et les institutions de la Justice ? La question que James Comey vous pose se résume à choisir ce qui est le plus important : le respect des principes de justice fondamentale ou une loyauté aveugle ? Restant fidèle à ses valeurs éthiques et professionnelles, il se fait congédié par Donald Trump en mai 2017.

This audiobook version of As A Man Thinketh is true to the original. Every word written by James Allen is spoken with clarity and authority by the narrator, making it easy to remember the information and absorb the timeless wisdom. This short audiobook, originally published in 1902, has had a huge impact in the field of personal development. It is regarded as one of the most important books of the new thought era. It's written in such a way that makes it easy to understand the most powerful message you could ever learn.

Brought to you by Penguin. In this ground-breaking blend of imaginative storytelling and scientific forecasting, a pioneering AI expert and a leading writer of speculative fiction join forces to answer an imperative question: How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years?...