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The Planet of Okidians

Book 21

By: Christel Gonnard,Thierry Gaudin

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The Planet of Okidians

Book 21

By: Christel Gonnard,Thierry Gaudin

The Little Prince and Fox are called in to help when the magical king of the Okidians, the only one who can stop a deadly incoming asteroid, disappears.

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Graphic Universe& 8482

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1467760242

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The Planet of Grand Buffoon: Book 14

By: Matteo Cerami,Vincenzo Cerami,Thierry Gaudin

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The Planet of Grand Buffoon: Book 14

By: Matteo Cerami,Vincenzo Cerami,Thierry Gaudin

On this planet, where comedy usually reigns, the Grand Buffoon has sunk into a depression and has forbidden his people to laugh. The Little Prince will soon discover that the Grand Buffoon is under the control of his prime minister, who wants to seize power . . .

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1467750336

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Computer Science and Ambient Intelligence

By: Gaëlle Calvary,Thierry Delot,Florence Sedes,Jean-Yves Tigli

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Computer Science and Ambient Intelligence

By: Gaëlle Calvary,Thierry Delot,Florence Sedes,Jean-Yves Tigli

This book focuses on ambient intelligence and addresses various issues related to data management, networking and HCI in this context. Taking a holistic view, it covers various levels of abstraction, ranging from fundamental to advanced concepts and brings together the contributions of various specialists in the field. Moreover, the book covers the key areas of computer science concerned with the emergence of ambient intelligence (e.g. interaction, middleware, networks, information systems, etc.). It even goes slightly beyond the borders of computer science with contributions related to smart materials and ethics. The authors cover a broad spectrum, with some chapters dedicated to the presentation of basic concepts and others focusing on emerging applications in various fields such as health, transport and tourism.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1848214375

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9781848214378

Message from an Adventurous Ancestor

By: Thierry Macquet

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Message from an Adventurous Ancestor

By: Thierry Macquet

Adrien Mullet de Lespinasse comes from an illustrious lineage of aristocrats and seems to hold all the cards to be a happy man. But despite his dashing looks, wealth and success, he has always felt at odds with himself in this close upper class 'club' which he was born into and where outsiders are seldom welcome, regardless of the friendly and eccentric image its members give to the outside world. The Covid crisis brings this same world into lockdown and gives Adrien the opportunity to reflect. The discovery of the private journals of his direct ancestor, an adventurous Viscount who left France on the verge of collapse in 1789 to sail the oceans before settling down in a faraway Indian Ocean colony now called Mauritius will make him travel through time and completely change his outlook on life.

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Grosvenor House Publishing

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1839753994

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9781839753992

The Origins of Comics

From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay

By: Thierry Smolderen

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The Origins of Comics

From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay

By: Thierry Smolderen

In The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay, Thierry Smolderen presents a cultural landscape whose narrative differs in many ways from those presented by other historians of the comic strip. Rather than beginning his inquiry with the popularly accepted "sequential art" definition of the comic strip, Smolderen instead wishes to engage with the historical dimensions that inform that definition. His goal is to understand the processes that led to the twentieth-century comic strip, the highly recognizable species of picture stories that he sees crystallizing around 1900 in the United States. Featuring close readings of the picture stories, caricatures, and humoristic illustrations of William Hogarth, Rodolphe Töpffer, Gustave Doré, and their many contemporaries, Smolderen establishes how these artists were immersed in a very old visual culture in which images—satirical images in particular—were deciphered in a way that was often described as hieroglyphical. Across eight chapters, he acutely points out how the effect of the printing press and the mass advent of audiovisual technologies (photography, audio recording, and cinema) at the end of the nineteenth century led to a new twentieth-century visual culture. In tracing this evolution, Smolderen distinguishes himself from other comics historians by following a methodology that explains the present state of the form of comics on the basis of its history, rather than presenting the history of the form on the basis of its present state. This study remaps the history of this influential art form.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496801334

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9781496801333

The System of Comics

By: Thierry Groensteen

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The System of Comics

By: Thierry Groensteen

This edition of Thierry Groensteen’s The System of Comics makes available in English a groundbreaking work on comics by one of the medium’s foremost scholars. In this book, originally published in France in 1999, Groensteen explains clearly the subtle, complex workings of the medium and its unique way of combining visual, verbal, spatial, and chronological expressions. The author explores the nineteenth-century pioneer Rodolphe Töpffer, contemporary Japanese creators, George Herriman’s Krazy Kat, and modern American autobiographical comics. The System of Comics uses examples from a wide variety of countries including the United States, England, Japan, France, and Argentina. It describes and analyzes the properties and functions of speech and thought balloons, panels, strips, and pages to examine methodically and insightfully the medium’s fundamental processes. From this, Groensteen develops his own coherent, overarching theory of comics, a “system” that both builds on existing studies of the “word and image” paradigm and adds innovative approaches of his own. Examining both meaning and appreciation, the book provides a wealth of ideas that will challenge the way scholars approach the study of comics. By emphasizing not simply “storytelling techniques” but also the qualities of the printed page and the reader’s engagement, the book’s approach is broadly applicable to all forms of interpreting this evolving art.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496801555

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Playing with Maps: Cartographic Games in Western Culture

By: Adrian Seville,Thierry Depaulis,Geert H. Bekkering

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Playing with Maps: Cartographic Games in Western Culture

By: Adrian Seville,Thierry Depaulis,Geert H. Bekkering

This is the first serious book wholly devoted to games based on maps. The authors are experts in their respective fields: board games, playing cards and dissected puzzles. They bring an informed historical approach to the development and diffusion of these games up to about the beginning of the twentieth century, including games from Western Europe and America in all their intriguing variety. This book is an essential reference source for those wishing to research this neglected area, while those new to the field will be pleasantly surprised at the interesting and unusual maps that these games exploit.

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BRILL

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9004681140

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9789004681149

Sewn in the Sweatshops of Marx

Beuys, Warhol, Klein, Duchamp

By: Thierry de Duve

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Sewn in the Sweatshops of Marx

Beuys, Warhol, Klein, Duchamp

By: Thierry de Duve

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University of Chicago Press

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0226922375

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Ondes Martenot with Tubes

By: Thierry Courrier,Laurent Quartier

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Ondes Martenot with Tubes

By: Thierry Courrier,Laurent Quartier

The Ondes Martenot is one of the precursors of electronic musical instruments, and is today considered, with the desire for a return to analogue, as a cult instrument. This book, which is the result of several years of research, sheds light on the intrinsic functioning of the Ondes Martenot. Based on the study of numerous prototypes, the authors trace the historical evolution of the different techniques used: additive, multiplicative and relaxation syntheses. Often, the analysis of the functioning of these instruments demonstrates atypical technological choices, underpinned by a logic that places artistic creation at the forefront. Several models and simulations are built, so as to understand the functioning of each of the different sub-assemblies (keyboard, ribbon, intensity key, timbre filter...). At the end of the book, the complete construction of an Onde (copy of model no. 208) is described in detail. This practical realization of a facsimile is an opportunity to explore the knowhow of the electronic luthier Maurice Martenot.

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John Wiley & Sons

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178630905X

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9781786309051

Violence and the Civilising Process in Cambodia

By: Roderic Broadhurst,Thierry Bouhours,Brigitte Bouhours

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Violence and the Civilising Process in Cambodia

By: Roderic Broadhurst,Thierry Bouhours,Brigitte Bouhours

Surveys violence in Cambodia from the nineteenth century to the present, testing the theories of Norbert Elias in a non-Western context.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107109116

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Les Archives chrono paradoxales - (Parisis Code 6)

By: Thierry Van de Leur

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Les Archives chrono paradoxales - (Parisis Code 6)

By: Thierry Van de Leur

Depuis 2005, date de la decouverte du Parisis Code, les recherches dans la trame des voies de la Capitale n'ont jamais cessees. Grace a l'experience et l'utilisation de nouveaux parametres comme les points ephemeres (bars, hotels, restaurants, societes) de nouveaux alignements symboliques encore plus extraordinaires ont ete decouverts. La precision deja impressionnante des lignes s'est considerablement amelioree. Ce dernier volet, montre a quel point, tout predestinait l'auteur a decouvrir ce code parisien. Depuis sa naissance, les grandes etapes de sa vie etaient inscrites a travers un impressionnant alignement d'une trentaine de parametres... elles attendaient d'etre decouvertes !

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Lulu.com

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9791091289115

Little Zizi

By: Thierry Lenain

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Little Zizi

By: Thierry Lenain

Teased by the class bully about his small "zizi," Martin nonetheless decides to do whatever it takes to win a "pissing" contest, which the bully says will determine who is to become the boyfriend of Anais, the most popular girl in their grade.

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Cinco Puntos Press

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1933693053

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Comics and Narration

By: Thierry Groensteen

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Comics and Narration

By: Thierry Groensteen

How all the elements in the grammar of comics merge to create a storyline

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1617037702

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History of the Conquest of England by the Normans

Its Causes, and Its Consequences, in England, Scotland, Ireland, and on the Continent

By: Augustin Thierry

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History of the Conquest of England by the Normans

Its Causes, and Its Consequences, in England, Scotland, Ireland, and on the Continent

By: Augustin Thierry

This 1847 translation of the French original of 1825 traces Norman involvement in England from Roman times to 1137.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108030238

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9781108030236

The Firm as an Entity

Implications for Economics, Accounting and the Law

By: Yuri Biondi,Arnaldo Canziani,Thierry Kirat

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The Firm as an Entity

Implications for Economics, Accounting and the Law

By: Yuri Biondi,Arnaldo Canziani,Thierry Kirat

The book enhances current economic understanding of the firm as an institution and an organization, looking beyond the narrow boundaries of neoclassical economics to an interdisciplinary approach based on accounting and law as well as economics itself. It represents the first synthesis of the authors' research work on the subject and provides the groundwork for the development of a comprehensive framework centred on the firm as an entity. The volume starts with a synthesis and a critique of the current state of the different economic theories of the firm and further develops them through new insights and neglected lessons from different traditions of thought. The economic theory and analysis of the firm is given new life here by looking at the firm as a whole: as an institution and an organization, which has special functions and a distinct role in the economy and society.

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Routledge

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1134122128

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9781134122127

Living In Troubled Times: A New Political Era

By: Thierry De Montbrial

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Living In Troubled Times: A New Political Era

By: Thierry De Montbrial

For many observers, today's world seems indecipherable. The Earth is in such jeopardy that some scientists speak of a new accelerated geological era. The resurgence of barbarism and terrorism in the name of religion is seen as a historical regression.At the same time, waves of technological innovations are constantly surging, particularly in the fields of energy and information — sources of economic, ecological and social transformations. These advances point to an accelerated evolution of the human being.Never has the present been subjected to such a tectonic shock between its future and its past, the consequences of which seem difficult to foresee and can sometimes be distressing.Between naïve belief in the unlimited benefits of technology and resignation to the cycle of calamities, there is room to build a global governance aiming at organising a geopolitical order to derive the best of the human experience. This book opens us to a better understanding of our times.

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World Scientific

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9813275898

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9789813275898

The World of André Le Nôtre

By: Thierry Mariage

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The World of André Le Nôtre

By: Thierry Mariage

But as Thierry Mariage makes clear in this detailed and lucid book, the garden style that Le Notre brought to perfection need not be seen in opposition to the later "English" one; rather, he claims, they represent two points along a continuum that exists between the natural and cultural worlds.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812234685

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9780812234688

An Introduction to Text-to-Speech Synthesis

By: Thierry Dutoit

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An Introduction to Text-to-Speech Synthesis

By: Thierry Dutoit

This is the first book to treat two areas of speech synthesis: natural language processing and the inherent problems it presents for speech synthesis; and digital signal processing, with an emphasis on the concatenative approach. The text guides the reader through the material in a step-by-step easy-to-follow way. The book will be of interest to researchers and students in phonetics and speech communication, in both academia and industry.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401157308

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9789401157308

The Jesuit Reading of Confucius

The First Complete Translation of the Lunyu (1687) Published in the West

By: Thierry Meynard

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The Jesuit Reading of Confucius

The First Complete Translation of the Lunyu (1687) Published in the West

By: Thierry Meynard

The very name of Confucius is a constant reminder that the “foremost sage” in China was first known in the West through Latin works. The most influential of these was the Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (Confucius, the Philosopher of China), published in Paris in 1687. For more than two hundred years, Western intellectuals like Leibniz and Voltaire read and meditated on the sayings of Confucius from this Latin version. Thierry Meynard examines the intellectual background of the Jesuits in China and their thought processes in coming to understand the Confucian tradition. He presents a trilingual edition of the Lunyu, including the Chinese text, the Latin translation of the Lunyu and its commentaries, and their rendition in modern English, with notes.

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BRILL

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900428978X

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9789004289789

Design and Characterization of a Chromosomal Vector for Transgenesis in Higher Eukaryotes

By: Thierry Voet

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Design and Characterization of a Chromosomal Vector for Transgenesis in Higher Eukaryotes

By: Thierry Voet

Transgenesis, Functional Elements of Chromosomes, Chromatin Organization, Toolkit for Chromosome Engineering, Toolkit for Chromosome Transfer, State of the Art: Assembly of Chromosomal Vectors, Rationale and Aims, Materials and Methods, Development, Characterization and functionality of a Chromosomal Vector, Controlled Gene Dosage and Insertion of Large DNA Constructs into the Chromosomal Vector, Analysis of Spermatogenesis in CV* Mice, General Discussion and Future Perspectives, Summary.

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Leuven University Press

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9058672999

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9789058672995

LA TROISIEME PETITE CROIX...

By: Thierry Chanal

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LA TROISIEME PETITE CROIX...

By: Thierry Chanal

Le père avait tout compris, il a raccroché à quarante cinq ans. Bien vu, il est mort à cinquante neuf. Quatorze ans de retraite dans sa cabane avec son herbe haute...et ses quatre fraises. Le temps, il l'aura suspendu à sa façon, en grand philosophe, au moment ou il pouvait encore boire son canon en regardant avec son sourire et son oeil clair tout ce qui ne le fatiguait pas: un oiseau qui passe, un frigo qui fait du frais...l'herbe qui pousse...Bref, un scientifique qui économisait son coeur souvent sollicité par un refus absolu de toutes formes de régimes.

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Lulu.com

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1291910247

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9781291910247

Court of Remorse

Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

By: Thierry Cruvellier

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Court of Remorse

Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

By: Thierry Cruvellier

When genocidal violence gripped Rwanda in 1994, the international community recoiled, hastily withdrawing its peacekeepers. Late that year, in an effort to redeem itself, the United Nations Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to seek accountability for some of the worst atrocities since World War II: the genocide suffered by the Tutsi and crimes against humanity suffered by the Hutu. But faced with competing claims, the prosecution focused exclusively on the crimes of Hutu extremists. No charges would be brought against the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front, which ultimately won control of the country. The UN, as if racked by guilt for its past inaction, gave in to pressure by Rwanda’s new leadership. With the Hutu effectively silenced, and the RPF constantly reminding the international community of its failure to protect the Tutsi during the war, the Tribunal pursued an unusual form of one-sided justice, born out of contrition. Fascinated by the Tribunal’s rich complexities, journalist Thierry Cruvellier came back day after day to watch the proceedings, spending more time there than any other outside observer. Gradually he gained the confidence of the victims, defendants, lawyers, and judges. Drawing on interviews with these protagonists and his close observations of their interactions, Cruvellier takes readers inside the courtroom to witness the motivations, mechanisms, and manipulations of justice as it unfolded on the stage of high-stakes, global politics. It is this ground-level view that makes his account so valuable—and so absorbing. A must-read for those who want to understand the dynamics of international criminal tribunals, Court of Remorse reveals both the possibilities and the challenges of prosecuting human rights violations. A Choice Outstanding Academic Book Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association for School Libraries and the Public Library Association Best Books for High Schools, selected by the American Association for School Libraries

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299236730

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9780299236731

ENIGMES tome 2

By: Thierry Van de Leur

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ENIGMES tome 2

By: Thierry Van de Leur

Divers textes sur les mysteres du monde, les lieux etranges...

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9791091289139

Cognitive Aids to Support Health Professionals

By: Thierry Morineau

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Cognitive Aids to Support Health Professionals

By: Thierry Morineau

Providing healthcare professionals with cognitive aids, whether a simple checklist or an information system, improves patient care and reduces information-processing constraints for caregivers. However, to achieve these objectives, these aids must be adaptable and ergonomic. Cognitive Aids to Support Healthcare Professionals offers an unprecedented presentation of the different forms of cognitive aids, as well as an analysis of these aids as gateways for channelling resources to support mental activity and a general framework to simply model cognitive aids as Turing machines. Throughout this book, healthcare professionals, executives, hospital managers, healthcare engineers, ergonomists and trainers will find ergonomic advice on the choice or design of cognitive aids, and also, more generally, on the roles that cognitive aids play in activities.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394317204

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9781394317202

Pink Floyd in Comics!

By: Nicolas Finet,Tony Lourenco,Thierry Lamy

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Pink Floyd in Comics!

By: Nicolas Finet,Tony Lourenco,Thierry Lamy

Do you really know Pink Floyd? This comics documentary retraces the history of the group, from their meeting to the solo adventures of the artists. A great opportunity to revisit famous episodes in the life of the mythical group and explore what made their approach to music absolutely inimitable. 28 comprehensive chapters to explore all of their musical and cultural heritage.As for all bestselling volumes in this series, this is a mix of articles illustrated with photos providing the facts and comics chapters providing the feel.Get the behind-the-scenes real story and trip on Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Wish You Were Here, Money, Time and so many other ex-temporal albums and hits which simply never fade!

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NBM

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1681123371

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9781681123370

Fulfillment

The New Covenant

By: Thierry Guillemin

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Fulfillment

The New Covenant

By: Thierry Guillemin

The New Testament is crossed by an incredible narrative tension. The poetic language allows this tension to be highlighted: it paints the features of an epic of salvation through plays of images, symbols, and emotions, and gives the texts a new intensity. While this collection does not require any preliminary biblical knowledge, the latter will help to grasp its full meaning. The reader can choose a systematic reading from the beginning or go directly to the heart of the collection by reading the poems concerning the passion and resurrection, starting from "Gethsemane." They will then understand what reading the book can bring them. As with the collection Beginnings, which precedes it, the poems are given in the original language they were first written (French) and in their translation into English. The people who can read French will be able to appreciate the musicality inherent in their composition. The English reader will be able to appreciate the general aesthetics of the images and the description of the emotions faithfully rendered by the translation.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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ISBN 13

9798385217588

The Planet of Gehom: Book 16

By: Thierry Gaudin

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The Planet of Gehom: Book 16

By: Thierry Gaudin

On this spinning cube-shaped planet, the inhabitants must walk endlessly to keep from falling off and tumbling into the stellar void! A handful among them have rejected this destiny. Can the Little Prince help them discover who is really responsible for the forced marching?

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Graphic Universe ™

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1467750425

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Li'l Santa

By: Thierry Robin,Lewis Trondheim

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Li'l Santa

By: Thierry Robin,Lewis Trondheim

From the prolific artist and writer whose multitude of fresh ideas and wry humour are literally taking comics by storm comes this suspenseful, fully silent graphic novel which delves into the world of Christmas. You have no idea what Santa is going through up there at the North Pole. Besides the huge yearly job that faces him, the North Pole is no friendly place! Santa must use all his best cunning to make the world's kids happy. A light, delightfully original album for Christmas that will amuse all ages.

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1561633356

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The Making of Visual News

A History of Photography in the Press

By: Thierry Gervais,Gaëlle Morel

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The Making of Visual News

A History of Photography in the Press

By: Thierry Gervais,Gaëlle Morel

The Making of Visual News sets out to show how photography has changed the way we read, report and sell the news. It investigates how photographs first became news images at the end of the nineteenth century and how magazines in the USA, the UK, France and Germany have put them to use ever since. Drawing on a wide selection of images, author Thierry Gervais (in collaboration with Gaëlle Morel) analyses news photographs in the context of their original presentation in print. Highly illustrated, the book contains 85 full colour magazine layouts and spreads, offering the reader a view of how photographs were and are used in print publications, including Life, Picture Post, the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung and VU. It examines how photographs were employed to attract new readers throughout the twentieth century, arguing that photography was the main tool by which news editors sought to communicate the news and attract a broader readership. Looking beyond the roles of photographer and journalist, this study also highlights the contributions of picture editors and artistic directors; by commissioning photographs and incorporating images into magazine layouts, these figures played critical but often overlooked roles in the construction of visual news, even as they crafted unique styles for their publications. Charting changes in technology and reportage, as well as broader social and political histories, The Making of Visual News offers new insight into the history of photojournalism, making this an essential resource for students and scholars of photojournalism and the history of photography, media and culture

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Routledge

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100021155X

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9781000211559

The Expanding Art of Comics

Ten Modern Masterpieces

By: Thierry Groensteen

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The Expanding Art of Comics

Ten Modern Masterpieces

By: Thierry Groensteen

In The Expanding Art of Comics: Ten Modern Masterpieces, prominent scholar Thierry Groensteen offers a distinct perspective on important evolutions in comics since the 1960s through close readings of ten seminal works. He covers over half a century of comics production, sampling a single work from the sixties (Ballad of the Salt Sea by Hugo Pratt), seventies (The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius by Moebius), eighties (Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons), and nineties (Epileptic by David B.). Then this remarkable critic, scholar, and author of The System of Comics and Comics and Narration delves into recent masterpieces, such as Building Stories by Chris Ware. Each of these books created an opening, achieved a breakthrough, offered a new narrative model, or took up an emerging tendency and perfected it. Groensteen recaptures the impact with which these works, each in its own way, broke with what had gone before. He regards comics as an expanding art, not only because groundbreaking works such as these are increasing in number, but also because it is an art that has only gradually become aware of its considerable potential and is unceasingly opening up new expressive terrain.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496813707

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9781496813701

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