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Don Diègue et le comte de Gomès projettent d'unir leurs enfants Rodrigue et Chimène, qui s'aiment. Mais le comte, jaloux de se voir préférer le vieux Don Diègue pour le poste de précepteur du prince, offense ce dernier en lui donnant un soufflet. Don Diègue, trop vieux pour se venger par lui-même, demande à son fils Rodrigue de le venger; déchiré entre son amour et son devoir filial, ce dernier finit par accepter et tue le père de Chimène en duel.

Rusé, cruel, prudent, hypocrite, habile ou encore courtisan, le renard est omniprésent dans les fables de La Fontaine comme dans la littérature moyenâgeuse. Et si finalement tous les différents traits de caractère du renard à l'imagination fertile des fables n'étaient pas ceux des hommes ?

Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life. But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow's best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home.

Ces deux heures d'entretien permettent à l'auditeur de redécouvrir la vie à bord des terre-neuvas, qui du XVe jusqu'au début du XXe siècle pratiquaient la pêche à la morue au large de Terre-Neuve, et des cap-horniers ? Puissants voiliers qui naviguèrent sur toutes les mers du globe.

Le personnage de Dom Juan est avant tout un mythe. Les efforts d'identification à un personnage réel sont vains, on peut seulement lui reconnaître certains critères qui lui sont propres.

Une île déserte, en plein océan Pacifique. Cinq naufragés américains organisent leur survie, accompagnés de leur chien Top. Bientôt, phénomènes inexplicables et coïncidences troublantes se multiplient, comme si quelqu'un ou quelque chose tentait de les aider à distance. Quel est donc le secret de l'île ?

"Les Misérables", c'est l'histoire d'un homme qui fut très malheureux. Durant toute sa vie, il tenta de soulager le malheur des autres. Il peut être donné en exemple, car ce forçat était un homme de bien. Mais tendons l'oreille et écoutons son histoire.

Have you ever felt lost in knowing how your business is actually doing? Were you surprised by events that you didn’t see coming? Did you spend sleepless nights wondering whether or not your company was going to make it? Then Data is for you. This data-driven handbook is the third installment of the Traction Library’s EOS Mastery Series that provides all the tools you need to build an environment of transparency and get better results through clarity and accountability.

L'impuissance de l'amour à obtenir l'amour, thème essentiel de Racine dès sa première grande œuvre : Pyrrhus aime Andromaque, et n'en est pas aimé, Hermione aime Pyrrhus, et n'en est pas aimée, Oreste aime Hermione et n'en ai pas aimé. Seule, Andromaque a aimé qui l'aimait - et le souvenir de ce bonheur est suffisant pour la faire renoncer désormais à tout autre possible, pour lui faire envisager parfois d'y sacrifier son fils, pour la décider à mourir. Pyrrhus, Hermione, Oreste, si différents l'un de l'autre, sont exactement les mêmes par humiliante torture : ils ne peuvent pas obtenir un regard de l'être aimé.

Scène de ménage entre le bûcheron Sganarelle et son épouse Martine, qui lui reproche de trop boire et de délaisser sa famille. De rage, Sganarelle bat alors sa femme à coups de bâton. Pour se venger, celle-ci décide de lui tendre un piège. Elle rencontre par hasard deux valets au service d'un bourgeois, dont la fille, qu'il voulait marier de force à un homme riche, est devenue subitement muette. Aucun médecin n'arrive à la guérir.

Soul initiation is an essential spiritual adventure that most of the world has forgotten—or not yet discovered. Here, visionary ecopsychologist Bill Plotkin maps this journey, one that has not been previously illuminated in the contemporary Western world and yet is vital for the future of our species and our planet. Based on the experiences of thousands of people, this book provides phase-by-phase guidance for the descent to soul.

From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the 12 technological imperatives that will shape the next 30 years and transform our lives. Much of what will happen in the next 30 years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an optimistic road map for the future, showing how the coming changes in our lives - from virtual reality in the home to an on-demand economy to artificial intelligence embedded in everything we manufacture.

Arnolphe prétend qu'une femme ne peut être sage et vertueuse qu'autant qu'elle est ignorante et niaise. Aussi, pour avoir une épouse à sa guise, il fait élever sa jeune pupille, Agnès, au fond de sa maison, sous la garde d'un valet et d'une servante aussi niais qu'elle.

On 17th November, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat out to sea. The storm picked up and carried him West, deeper into the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Alvarenga would not touch solid ground again for fourteen months. When he was washed ashore on January 30th, 2014, he had drifted over 9,000 miles.

If one George Carlin audio is funny, then two are funnier and three must be funniest, right? That's our thinking behind this new collection. t's a HighBridge library of laugh-out-loud, award-winning recordings featuring George himself performing many of his best bits.

Emotions are inseparable from how we humans think, choose, and act. In Emotional Design, cognitive scientist Don Norman shows how the principles of human psychology apply to the invention and design of new technologies and products. In The Design of Everyday Things, Norman made the definitive case for human-centered design, showing that good design demanded that the user's must take precedence over a designer's aesthetic if anything, from light switches to airplanes, was going to work as the user needed.

The triumphant, gripping finale to Stephen King's magnificent, epic masterpiece. Stephen King's epic fantasy series, The Dark Tower, is being made into a major movie starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. Due in cinemas February 17, 2017 USA. The final volume sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster mix of exhilarating triumph and aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower.

It was supposed to be a fresh start. A completely blank slate in a place where no one knew about the tragedy that ripped her family apart six months ago. A tragedy Rowan can't help but blame herself for. Now the only thing she wants is to blend in. To escape the house that has become more like a prison. Her new school is her only hope. Somewhere she can pretend she's just like everyone else. Only Rowan doesn't realize how unique she is. Holden is the first to recognize it, but he's not the last.

Back in Pickax, Jim Qwilleran expects to resume a quiet life, but the people and animals of Pickax have other ideas. A noisy cardinal wakes him every morning. Nosy neighbors drop by uninvited, and the Siamese misbehave, even sneezing on guests. As if they weren't bad enough, Qwill's long-time companion acts as though she is in love, with another man. But worst of all, Qwill finds a body in his apple orchard.

Funded by the U.S. Reparations Act and a consortium of billionaires, Kingsland rose from the sea to become a haven for Black excellence—and one of the richest nations in the world. But as its 10th anniversary nears, a series of shocking murders rocks the island. Enter Jamison Wright. An elite profiler lured away from the FBI with an offer no one could refuse: a new life in Kingsland for him and his family. But the deeper he digs into the killings, the more he realizes that Kingsland isn’t just a utopia—it’s a mystery wrapped in surveillance, secrets, and power plays far beyond his imagination.