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Gastrointestinal Tract Sonography in Fetuses and Children

By: C. Baud,Alain Couture,F.L. Ferran,Magali Saguintaah,Corinne Veyrac

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Gastrointestinal Tract Sonography in Fetuses and Children

By: C. Baud,Alain Couture,F.L. Ferran,Magali Saguintaah,Corinne Veyrac

This is a state-of-the-art review of sonography of the gastrointestinal tract in fetuses, neonates and children. An introductory chapter compares sonography and magnetic resonance imaging of the fetal gastrointestinal tract. Coverage focuses on technique, pitfalls and findings in applications including antropyloric diseases, bowel obstruction, bowel wall thickening, colitis, appendicitis, intussusception, abdominal wall and umbilical abnormalities, intraperitoneal tumors and trauma, with high-quality illustrations. Includes a quiz based on 15 case reports.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540689176

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Le lexique illustré de la mode français-anglais

The visual lexicon of fashion english-french

By: Briar Paccalin,Alain Boix

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Le lexique illustré de la mode français-anglais

The visual lexicon of fashion english-french

By: Briar Paccalin,Alain Boix

Le vocabulaire indispensable du prêt-à-porter pour travailler dans la mode (vêtements, détails, bases de textiles, mercerie et accessoires) - Ouvrage illustré et bilingue. Avec plus de 1200 illustrations en couleurs, ce lexique Français-Anglais rassemble cinq grandes familles du vocabulaire de la mode : les vêtements classés par catégorie de forme, les détails de vêtements, les bases des textiles, la mercerie et les accessoires regroupant chapeaux, chaussures, sacs, ceintures et bretelles, cravates, écharpes, gants et lunettes. Chaque mot du lexique est enrichi par sa traduction phonétique en Français et en Anglais permettant ainsi d'assurer au lecteur sa bonne interprétation du mot dans le langage parlé. Fashion vocabulary glossary for garments, details, textiles basics, haberdashery and accessories. With over 1200 colour illustrations, this French-English lexicon gathers all the fashion vocabulary along with phonetic transcription in both langage, thus enabling the reader to pronounce the word correctly when speaking.

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ESMOD

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2909617807

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Feed-in tariffs in the European Union

Renewable energy policy, the internal electricity market and economic expertise

By: Béatrice Cointe,Alain Nadaï

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Feed-in tariffs in the European Union

Renewable energy policy, the internal electricity market and economic expertise

By: Béatrice Cointe,Alain Nadaï

This book is a sociological account of the historical trajectory of feed-in tariffs (FITs) as an instrument for the promotion of renewable energy in Europe. Chapters analyse the emergence and transformations of feed-in tariffs as part of the policy arsenal developed to encourage the creation of markets for RES-E in Europe. The authors explore evolving conceptions of renewable energy policy at the intersection between environmental objectives, technological change and the ambition to liberalise the internal electricity market. They draw conclusions on the relationships between markets and policy-making as it is instituted in the European Union, and on the interplay between the implementation of a European vision on energy and national politics. Distinctive in both its approach and its methods the books aim is not to discuss the design of feed-in tariffs and their evolution, nor is it to assess their efficiency or fairness. Instead, the authors seek to understand what makes feed-in tariffs what they are, and how this has changed over time.

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3319763210

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The Social World of Galleries

Contemporary Art, the Market and Internationalization

By: Alain Quemin

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The Social World of Galleries

Contemporary Art, the Market and Internationalization

By: Alain Quemin

This book presents the first detailed study of the place of contemporary art galleries and gallerists, especially within the art markets of Europe and the United States. Based on the author's field research carried out for over a decade, and combining ethnographic material with quantitative data, the book reveals the major role galleries play in the creation of art value. Despite being pillars of the art market, there has been very little in-depth research on galleries, especially when compared with the analysis of artists, critics, and dealers. Written by a sociologist who has spent a decade as an art critic, the book builds on work conducted by art historian and sociologist Raymonde Moulin from the 1960s to the 1990s. Drawing on ethnographic observations and interviews with those working in the field today, it provides a thorough and up-to-date analysis of what contemporary art galleries really are: the spaces they occupy both physically and online; their position within gallery 'districts'; their relation to art fairs and biennials; and how friendship with clients is built and trends within the business, in turn illuminating the hierarchized structure of the sector. The book concludes by addressing a significant gap in data on the art market by providing a sociological ranking of international contemporary art galleries. Offering a detailed analysis to a topic that has never been fully studied, The Social World of Galleries is essential reading for scholars and students of art sociology, art history and art business, as well as gallerists, collectors or art lovers, and artists themselves.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350370932

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Business Law and Economics for Civil Law Systems

By: Rousseau, StŽphane,Mackaay, Ejan,Larouche, Pierre,Parent, Alain

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Business Law and Economics for Civil Law Systems

By: Rousseau, StŽphane,Mackaay, Ejan,Larouche, Pierre,Parent, Alain

Business Law and Economics for Civil Law Systems highlights the relevance of economic analysis of business law from a civilian perspective. It integrates a comparative approach (common law and civil law) to economic analysis using tools and illustrations to assist in conducting critical economic analysis of rules in the field of business law. This book is a valuable contribution to the reflection on the place and meaning of value creation and accountability as goals for business law. It will be of great value to academics interested in business law, competition law, comparative law and legal theory, students studying law, business and economics, and to policy makers and regulators.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1788118286

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Slap Shot Science

A Curious Fan's Guide to Hockey

By: Alain Haché

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Slap Shot Science

A Curious Fan's Guide to Hockey

By: Alain Haché

A fast-paced look at the fascinating science that explains the game of hockey. From the moment the first player steps onto the ice, every conceivable principle of science is in play. To understand hockey—fully understand it—Alain Haché argues that you must first learn how ice reacts to a passing blade, how the trajectory and aerodynamics of the puck affect its chances of getting into the net, how the tension on the stick transfers energy to the puck, and dozens of other details of the game. Slap Shot Science is an under-the-hood, behind-the-scenes, action-packed romp through special moments in the game as seen from the perspective of science and explained in a way everyone can understand. Among the topics Haché discusses are the differences between real ice and synthetic ice, the perfect amount of sharpness for a skate, how goalies can make spectacular saves even though the puck is traveling 100 miles per hour, whether players are skating faster today than in years past, and how equipment prevents many serious injuries. Slap Shot Science shows us how statistics can predict future performance by players and teams and why they can also be misused in many ways. By the close of the book you’ll see hockey in a more sophisticated and scientific light, and the reasons things happen the way they do will be clearer than ever.

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JHU Press

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1421417936

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Federalism, Citizenship and Quebec

By: Alain G. Gagnon,Raffaele Iacovino

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Federalism, Citizenship and Quebec

By: Alain G. Gagnon,Raffaele Iacovino

Canadians often imagine their country as a multicultural democracy, while a few go further to claim that the country's diversity can be characterized as multinational in its social and institutional make-up. In Federalism, Citizenship, and Quebec, Alain-G. Gagnon and Raffaele Iacovino reveal how this notion has been falsely presented to the populace. Through comprehensive historical, contemporary, and critical accounts, they argue that the country has been the object of an aggressive nationalizing project that contravenes the principles of a 'multinational federation.' Gagnon and Iacovino defend a conception of diverse citizenship for Canada that is truly suitable to a durable and just constitutional association and provide an alternative path for the country based on normative, socio-political, and practical considerations associated with multinational democracy. Including a detailed account of the main challenges associated with Quebec's place in the federation, Federalism, Citizenship, and Quebec stands apart from other English-language studies on multinational democracy, citizenship, and federalism, and, most notably, multinational democracy in Canada. Gagnon and Iacovino ground their work in both history and theory, offering a truly interdisciplinary approach that will appeal to scholars from fields as diverse as Canadian and Quebec politics, comparative politics, and political and legal theory. The book will contribute to awareness of the need for appreciating diversity in contemporary societies while being a useful addition to English Canadian students in these fields, who often lack exposure to many of the rich debates proceeding in Quebec.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442691476

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Losing Our Voice

Radio-Canada Under Siege

By: Alain Saulnier

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Losing Our Voice

Radio-Canada Under Siege

By: Alain Saulnier

Losing Our Voice: Radio-Canada Under Siege tells the inside story. Decades of government interference in the work of our “arms-length” national public broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada, have culminated in the Harper government’s latest damaging budget cuts, leaving the public to wonder — is there anything left to save?

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Dundurn

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1459733169

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Clays

By: Alain Meunier

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Clays

By: Alain Meunier

Here is a comprehensive and up to-do-date presentation of the origins, and properties of clay minerals at the Earth ́s surface. The text reviews the relatively simple laws that govern the chemical or isotopic composition and the crystalline structure of clays, and then discusses their genesis and alteration. Concluding chapters show that clay minerals can form in variety of different environments: meteorites, lavas, subduction zones, among others.

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3540216677

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Political Autonomy and Divided Societies

Imagining Democratic Alternatives in Complex Settings

By: Alain-G Gagnon,Michael Keating

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Political Autonomy and Divided Societies

Imagining Democratic Alternatives in Complex Settings

By: Alain-G Gagnon,Michael Keating

An all star cast of academic experts offer an important and timely analysis of the pursuit of autonomy. They argue that it is key to move beyond the primarily normative debate about the rights or wrongs of autonomous regions on the basis of cultural concerns, instead focusing on understanding what makes autonomy function successfully.

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0230365329

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What Ever Happened to Robert Aldrich?

His Life and His Films

By: Alain Silver

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What Ever Happened to Robert Aldrich?

His Life and His Films

By: Alain Silver

There was something about Robert Aldrich's artistic temperament that enabled him to transcend the apparent vulgarity of so many of his motion picutres. Besides the great films, such as Kiss Me Deadly which is certainly one of the finest examples of film noir, are several little-seen or underrated later works such as the revisionist Western, Ulzana's Raid, the gangster love story, The Grissom Gang, or the grim cop picture, Hustle. Aldrich's career has long deserved the detailed evaluation which this book provides." - Andrew Sarris

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1617801658

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Emmanuel Levinas' Conceptual Affinities with Liberation Theology

By: Alain Mayama

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Emmanuel Levinas' Conceptual Affinities with Liberation Theology

By: Alain Mayama

Emmanuel Levinas' Conceptual Affinities with Liberation Theology analyzes Levinas' work in relation to two important liberation theologians, Gustavo Gutiérrez and Jon Sobrino, whose scholarship, like his, needs to be brought into greater contemporary debate about the subject's encounter with the other. More specifically, this book argues that for Levinas, Gutiérrez, and Sobrino, commitment to the neighbor is the necessary context for «understanding» God. They posit the human other as the possibility of the subject's subjectivity. To be human is to act with love toward one's neighbor. Thus, the author articulates the possibility of reading Levinas' philosophy as a revalidation of one of the truths of Christianity: the concern for the humanity of every human person as expressed in Christian theology in general and liberation theology in particular. In order to show the relevance of Levinas' philosophy for Christian theology in general, the author discusses three Christian scholars, Enrique Dussel, Jean-Luc Marion, and Michael Purcell. Although they challenge some aspects of Levinas' philosophy, they nevertheless see its significance for Christian theological anthropology. The discussion concludes by proposing Levinas' philosophy and liberation theology's turn to the neighbor as significant for addressing contemporary socio-political and ethnic conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Peter Lang

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143310654X

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Aquatic Ecotoxicology

Volume 1: Fundamental Concepts and Methodologies

By: Alain Boudou

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Aquatic Ecotoxicology

Volume 1: Fundamental Concepts and Methodologies

By: Alain Boudou

Research into ecotoxicology can be classified into three fundamental concerns: abiotic factors, which characterize the physicochemistry of environments; biotic factors, relating to biological structures and functions; and contamination factors, which define the modes of pollution of ecosystems. The most significant research methodologies currently being developed in aquatic ecotoxicology are presented, specifically experimental approaches in the laboratory

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CRC Press

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1351086758

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Broken Glass

A Novel

By: Alain Mabanckou

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Broken Glass

A Novel

By: Alain Mabanckou

An irreverent, allusive, scatalogical, tragicomic masterpiece that centers on the patrons of a run-down bar as they try to document the details of their lives in a country that appears to have forgotten the importance of remembering. In Republic of the Congo, in the town of Trois-Cents, in a bar called Credit Gone West, a former schoolteacher known as Broken Glass drinks red wine and records the stories of the bar and its regulars for posterity: Stubborn Snail, the owner, who must battle church people, ex-alcoholics, tribal leaders, and thugs set on destroying him and his business; the Printer, who had his respectable life in France ruined by a white woman, his wife; Robinette, who could outdrink and outpiss any man; and Broken Glass himself, whose own tale involves as much heartbreak, squalor, disappointment, and delusion. But Broken Glass fails spectacularly at staying out of trouble as one denizen after another wants to rewrite history in an attempt at making sure his portrayal will properly reflect their exciting and dynamic lives. Despondent over this apparent triumph of self-delusion over self-awareness, Broken Glass drowns his sorrows and riffs on the great books of Africa and the West. Brimming with life, death, and literary allusions, Broken Glass is Mabanckou's finest novel--a mocking satire of the dangers of artistic integrity.

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Catapult

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1593763085

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Multinational Federalism

Problems and Prospects

By: Alain-G Gagnon

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Multinational Federalism

Problems and Prospects

By: Alain-G Gagnon

A collection of state of the art reflections by fourteen leading experts in the field of multinational federalism. Seymour and Gagnon have gathered contributions from philosophers, political scientists and jurists dealing with the accommodation of peoples in countries like Belgium, Canada, Europe, Great Britain, India and Spain.

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1137016744

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The Harness of the Riviera

Money Does Grow on Trees

By: Alain Normand

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The Harness of the Riviera

Money Does Grow on Trees

By: Alain Normand

Warren Sparks is the owner of the local mill providing employment to most of the residents of the quiet forestry Town of Lakedge. When he suddenly dies, the search for his heirs unveils a load of issues for the employees and the town. Greed is at the heart of the conflict that could spell the end for Lakedge. Once again, Joshua Stuart, the town manager, has to devote all his energy and ingeniousness to save the town. But he is caught in the middle of a scandal. With suspicion of foul play hanging over him, his way of life, even his family is in jeopardy. Having survived many disasters before, will Josh and Lakedge finally perish to the demon of greed? The Harness of the Riviera is the third book in the Lakedge Disaster Series following The Return of the Spanish Lady and The Curse of El Nio.

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1467054968

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The Expert Consumer

Associations and Professionals in Consumer Society

By: Alain Chatriot,Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel

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The Expert Consumer

Associations and Professionals in Consumer Society

By: Alain Chatriot,Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel

Recent work has focused on the politics of consumption and its manifestation in a number of situations. This volume extends these debates, providing a tighter focus and contributing to a noticeable gap in the field that numerous scholars are beginning to turn towards: that is, organizations of consumers themselves who have chosen to speak for all consumers and similar such bodies of experts which act on behalf of consumers. The volume is fortunate in drawing upon a number of scholars who are about to publish major works on the subject, but who are happy to provide summary versions of their work for the volume. The book pays particular attention to specific moments in consumer mobilization and expertise, capturing the range of types of expert consumers across the twentieth century, from ethical consumer groups at the beginning, to intellectuals, housewives, economists and public officials. It addresses questions on the nature of consumer organizing, which bodies can speak for consumers, whether one consumer voice can ever be identified and the relationship between consumption and citizenship. Overview pieces demonstrate the larger narratives involved in the study of the expert consumer, whilst more comparative essays set out the nature of transatlantic exchanges. Other contributions point to the similarities across seemingly different consumption regimes, while case studies of specific organisations and key historical moments draw out the particularities of consumer expertise.

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Routledge

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135188994X

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The Legitimacy Clash

Challenges to Democracy in Multinational States

By: Alain-G Gagnon

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The Legitimacy Clash

Challenges to Democracy in Multinational States

By: Alain-G Gagnon

In the coming decade, we may see the advent of multinational federalism on an international scale. As great powers and international organizations become increasingly uncomfortable with the creation of new states, multinational federalism is now an important avenue to explore, and in recent decades, the experiences of Canada and Quebec have had a key influence on the approaches taken to manage national and community diversity around the world. Drawing on comparative scholarship and several key case studies (including Scotland and the United Kingdom, Catalonia and Spain, and the Quebec-Canada dynamic, along with relations between Indigenous peoples and various levels of government), The Legitimacy Clash takes a fresh look at the relationship between majorities and minorities while exploring theoretical advances in both federal studies and contemporary nationalisms. Alain-G. Gagnon critically examines the prospects and potential for a multinational federal state, specifically for nations seeking affirmation in a hostile context. The Legitimacy Clash reflects on the importance of legitimacy over legality in assessing the conflicts of claims.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487547579

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Les Uniformes de l'Honneur

By: Alain Ricaud

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Les Uniformes de l'Honneur

By: Alain Ricaud

Au travers de la vie d'un homme, histoire des guerres de décolonisations françaises de l'Indochine à l'Algérie

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Lulu.com

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1291918663

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9781291918663

Contemporary Canadian Federalism

Foundations, Traditions, Institutions

By: Alain-G. Gagnon

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Contemporary Canadian Federalism

Foundations, Traditions, Institutions

By: Alain-G. Gagnon

First published in French in 2006, Le fédéralisme canadien contemporain was immediately recognised as the most comprehensive collection of reflections on Canadian federalism by leading Québécois scholars. This remarkable translation of a range of Québécois voices makes their insightful and underrepresented perspectives available to English-language audiences. Offering alternative views of the Canadian federal model's realities by covering its foundations, traditions, and institutions, Contemporary Canadian Federalism considers the ways in which federalism relates to issues such as regionalism, multiculturalism, rights and freedoms, financial distribution, and public policy. Filled with stimulating work that bridges the gap between distinctive traditions in English- and French-Canadian scholarship on federalism, this important volume is required reading for understanding provincial-federal relations and Canadian governance.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442692529

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Another Side to the Mirror

By: Alain-Joël Breugelmans

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Another Side to the Mirror

By: Alain-Joël Breugelmans

Meet Christine, an orphaned teenager misunderstood by her godparents and society with an urge to be who she is. One night, she steps into an imaginary utopia called Delarte. Delarte is a place where everything is possible and everything or everyone is accepted. It is there, she meets a witch called Bella and her puppet called Vera. Along the way, Bella and Vera show Christine a great deal of kindness and hospitality. Christine witnesses a show in Delarte's theatre, where she sees creatures such as flying mermaids, immortal clowns, singing butterflies and many other creatures. Stepping through the mirror again, Christine blurs life between reality and Delarte. Spiral down on Christine's journey and meet intriguing creatures from dancing corpses to singing werewolves and find out what it feels like to finally be understood, or is not everything as it seems?

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Andrews UK Limited

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1849897131

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Hub Cities in the Knowledge Economy

Seaports, Airports, Brainports

By: Sven Conventz,Ben Derudder,Alain Thierstein,Frank Witlox

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Hub Cities in the Knowledge Economy

Seaports, Airports, Brainports

By: Sven Conventz,Ben Derudder,Alain Thierstein,Frank Witlox

The overarching research topic addressed in this book is the complex and multifaceted interaction between infrastructural accessibility/connectivity of city-regions on the one hand and knowledge generation in these city-regions on the other hand. To this end, the book brings together chapters analysing how infrastructural accessibility is related to changing patterns of business location of knowledge-intensive industries in city-regions. The chapters in this book specifically dwell on recent manifestations of and developments in the accessibility/knowledge-nexus, with a particular metageographical focus on how this materializes in major city-regions. In the different chapters, this shifting relation is broached from different perspectives (seaports, airports, brainports), at different scales (ranging from global-scale analyses to case studies), and by adopting a variety of methodologies (straddling the wide variety of methodological approaches currently adopted in human geography research). Researchers contributing to this edited volume come from different scholarly backgrounds (sociology, human geography, regional planning), which allows for a varied treatise of this research topic.

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Routledge

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1317120558

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Good Taste

A Life of Food and Passion

By: Alain Ducasse

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Good Taste

A Life of Food and Passion

By: Alain Ducasse

A memoir and manifesto from the world’s most Michelin starred chef, Alain Ducasse, with introductions by internationally renowned writer Jay McInerney and chef Clare Smyth. At twelve years old, Alain Ducasse had never been to a restaurant. Less than fifteen years later, he received his first Michelin star. Today he is one of just two chefs to have been awarded twenty-one stars. Now, for the very first time, Ducasse shares a lifetime of culinary inspirations and passions in a book that is part memoir and part manifesto. Good Taste takes us on a journey from his childhood, where he picked mushrooms with his grandfather on a farm in Les Landes, to setting up groundbreaking schools and restaurants across the world. He is now taking off his chef’s whites and passing on what he knows to the next generation. Ducasse writes a poignant ode to the humble vegetables that have inspired his entire cuisine and to the masters that guided him along the way, from Paris to New York to Tokyo. As he looks to the future, he reflects on just what ‘good taste’ means.

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191354771X

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The Foul and the Fragrant

Odor and the French Social Imagination

By: Alain Corbin

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The Foul and the Fragrant

Odor and the French Social Imagination

By: Alain Corbin

In a book whose insight and originality have already had a dazzling impact in France, Alain Corbin has put the sense of smell on the historical map. He conjures up the dominion that the combined forces of smells--from the seductress's civet to the ubiquitous excremental odors of city cesspools--exercised over the lives (and deaths) of the French in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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Harvard University Press

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0674311760

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9780674311763

French Painting in the Seventeenth Century

By: Alain Mérot

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French Painting in the Seventeenth Century

By: Alain Mérot

Recent studies and exhibitions, combined with the discovery of work by hitherto little-known artists have enabled Merot to take a fresh look at the period and to suggest a new configuration. The great names of the period - Poussin, Vouet, Le Sueur, de La Tour, Mignard - are located in relation to other developments. Merot includes discussion of the impact of contemporary literature and political, philosophical and social influences. The foundation of the Royal Academy of Painting in 1648, and the influence of Mazarin on artistic developments are considered with other issues of status, patronage and connoisseurship. The book provides a panorama of the period; the text is profusely illustrated in colour, and accompanied by a comprehensive bibliography.

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Yale University Press

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0300065507

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9780300065503

Transfontanellar Doppler Imaging in Neonates

By: Alain Couture,Corinne Veyrac

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Transfontanellar Doppler Imaging in Neonates

By: Alain Couture,Corinne Veyrac

This book examines in detail the role of transfontanellar pulsed and color Doppler imaging in the fetus and neonate. After an introductory chapter on the technical aspects of Doppler ultrasonography, its use in the normal neonate is considered. Results of the hemodynamic evaluation of 491 newborns aged from 32 weeks of gestation to 9 months by means of pulsed and color Doppler are reported. Normal values of the resistive index as determined by this technique are documented, and systolic, diastolic, and mean velocities in seven different vessels are presented. It is concluded that Doppler ultrasonography enables reliable analysis of arterial and venous velocities. Subsequent chapters examine the use of transfontanellar Doppler imaging in a variety of commonly encountered pathological conditions, including intracranial hemorrhage, hydrocephalus, hypoxic-ischemic brain damage, pericerebral collections, sinus thrombosis, intacranial infections and brain malformations.

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3540644636

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The Best of Los Angeles & Southern California

By: Alain Gayot

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The Best of Los Angeles & Southern California

By: Alain Gayot

Visitors love L.A. for the same reasons its residents do -- fabulous year-round weather, gleaming beaches, and a staggering choice of entertainment and cultural activities. Then, of course, there's the thrill of Hollywood -- the glitz and glamour that make Los Angeles an international phenomenon. With more than 2,000 reviews of restaurants, hotels, resorts, shopping, nightlife, and recreation, The Best of Los Angeles covers it all, from Ensenada, Mexico, all the way north to Hearst Castle.

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1881066509

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Toronto

By: Jennifer McMorran,Alain Rondeau

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By: Jennifer McMorran,Alain Rondeau

The collection of articles in this book offers a penetrating shaft into the still burgeoning subject of light propagation and localization in photonic crystals and disordered media. While the subject has its origins in physics, it has broad significance and applicability in disciplines such as engineering, chemistry, mathematics, and medicine. Unlike other branches of physics, where the phenomena under consideration require extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, energy, or isolation from competing effects, the phenomena related to light localization survive under the most ordinary of conditions. This provides the science described in this book with broad applicability and vitality. However, the greatest challenge to the further development of this field is in the reliable and inexpensive synthesis of materials of the required composition, architecture and length scale, where the proper balance between order and disorder is realized. Similar challenges have been faced and overcome in fields such as semiconductor science and technology. The challenge of photonic crystal synthesis has inspired a variety of novel fabrication protocols such as self-assembly and optical interference lithography that offer much less expensive approaches than conventional semiconductor microlithography. Once these challenges are fully met, it is likely that light propagation and localization in photonic microstructures will be at the heart of a 21st-century revolution in science and technology. From the Introduction, Sajeev John, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada One of the first books specifically focused on disorder in photonic structures, Optical Properties of Photonic Structures: Interplay of Order and Disorder explores how both order and disorder provide the key to the different regimes of light transport and to the systematic localization and trapping of light. Collecting contributions from leaders of research activity in the field, the book covers many important directions, methods, and approaches. It describes various one-, two-, and three-dimensional structures, including opals, aperiodic Fibonacci-type photonic structures, photonic amorphous structures, photonic glasses, Levy glasses, and hypersonic, magnetophotonic, and plasmonic photonic crystals with nanocavities, quantum dots, and lasing action. The book also addresses practical applications in areas such as optical communications, optical computing, laser surgery, and energy.

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