Résultats pour "Seven" dans Sciences sociales et politiques

Si vous êtes à la recherche d’une histoire avec un véritable monstre, Gertrude Wright, La mère tortionnaire, devrait être votre prochaine lecture! Si vous n'avez jamais entendu parler de cette femme, êtes-vous au moins un fan de true crime ? Oui, probablement vous l'êtes, car vous êtes ici et intéressé ! La descente dans la folie de Gertrude Wright s'est accompagnée de tortures, de mutilations inattendues et de traitements horribles infligés à Sylvia Likens, une adolescente qui lui avait été confiée.

Si vous avez été l’un des patients de ce médecin tueur en série prolifique, vous avez de la chance d'être encore en vie. Faites la connaissance de Harold Shipman, un tueur en série avec une propension troublante à assassiner un type spécifique de patients. Avec environ 250 victimes, il ne fait aucun doute que son nombre de meurtres pourrait être bien, bien plus élevé. Mais qu'est-ce qui l'a poussé à tuer ? Vous allez devoir continuer à lire pour le découvrir.

This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of "basic stories" in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it reveals that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. 

Richard Trenton Chase commença sa vie sans accrocs. Populaire et apprécié, son avenir semblait aussi radieux que le soleil californien… Mais ceux qui l’entouraient ignoraient les sombres vérités qu’il portait en lui. Le mariage de ses parents se désintégrait rapidement, et bientôt il commença à souffrir de troubles de santé étranges. En chute libre, il ne vit qu’une seule solution…

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman's terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom. As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal communist regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom....

They were like a band of brothers...In 1983 Andy McNab was assigned to B Squadron, one of the four Sabre Squadrons of the SAS, and within it to Air Troop, otherwise known as SEVEN TROOP. This is Andy McNab's gripping account of the time he served in the company of a remarkable group of men - from the day, freshly badged, he joined them in the Malayan jungle, to the day, ten years later, that he handed in his sand-coloured beret and started a new life.

Né dans une ferme en déclin et rapidement abandonné par son père, la vie de Carl Panzram fut sombre dès le départ. Tandis que d’autres enfants jouaient ou allaient à l’école, lui travaillait sans relâche, sous la menace constante de punitions brutales.

Bloomsbury presents The Seven Rules of Trust written and read by Jimmy Wales ‘Fascinating ... Should be required reading everywhere’ STEPHEN FRY Trust: like water, like electricity, our society can’t function without it. It’s a treasure, a living thing that can be cultivated and grown...

Brought to you by Penguin. The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd. This book is about death, but in it I will take readers on a journey through life... What can death teach us about life?...

One of the most profound studies of warfare ever written, The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China presents us with an Eastern tradition of strategic thought that emphasizes outwitting one's opponent through speed, stealth, flexibility, and a minimum of force - an approach very different from that stressed in the West, where the advantages of brute strength have overshadowed more subtle methods.

The money you have today is the result of your actions. Your business is the result of your actions. Your relationships are the result of your actions. Your health is the result of your actions. But where do actions come from? They are driven by your emotions. And your emotions… are determined by how your mind interprets external events. Here’s what most people never realize: You can change your money, your business, your relationships, your health… by changing a single thing. Your interpretation.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of T. E. Lawrence's role in the Arab Revolt against the Turkish Empire. The book is mostly set in the deserts of Arabia with a great deal of time spent marching through them with camels and the telling of the events through Lawrence's eyes.

Ryousuke Nanasaki married his husband in 2016 in the first religiously recognized same-sex wedding in Japanese history. This collection of essays follows Ryousuke's search for love on the journey to his extraordinary marriage. From unrequited junior high crushes to awkward dating sites to finally finding a community, Ryousuke's heartfelt reflections on his coming-of-age as a young gay man in Hokkaido will touch listeners all over the world.

Captivating radio dramatisations of seven of Charles Dickens' most famous novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this first digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes seven of his most popular novels. This collection includes the episodic...

Pride was once considered the most dangerous of the Seven Deadly Sins. Today, it is celebrated. Modern culture encourages constant self-expression, personal branding, identity performance, and public validation. Social media rewards outrage. Politics rewards moral superiority. Entire industries now profit from the endless promotion of the self. The result is a society built on what Kevin Whitworth calls The Narcissism Economy.

In this unique book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his 75-year struggle with China to save Tibet and its people. Instant New York Times Bestseller The Dalai Lama has had to contend with the People’s Republic of China his entire life. He was 15 years old when communist...

Plato. Socrates. Aristotle. Confucius. Thomas Aquinas. Hundreds, even thousands of years later, the names of the great philosophers remain legendary, their ideas continuing to captivate minds, stimulate thought, and shape the course of human history.But what are those ideas? Why are they still impacting the way people think, understand, and act? Most importantly, how can they help you to live a happier, better, more fulfilling life today?

In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery and his age, which was put at over 5,000 years, fascinated scientists and newspapers throughout the world. But what made Sykes's story particularly revelatory was his successful identification of a genetic descendant of the Ice Man, a woman living in Great Britain today. How was Sykes able to locate a living relative?

From John Borrows, a pioneering legal scholar, educator and member of the Chippewas of the Nawash First Nation, comes a heartfelt book of transformative wisdom on how to achieve the loving life and deep and lasting connections we all yearn for. John Borrows, who grew up on a farm in southern...

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