Solnit's revelatory modern classic exploring philosophy, history, art and metaphysics

« Se pourrait-il que ce soit ça,

Cette bête noire qui remue dans ma poitrine

Piétine, déchire, ronge tout autour d’elle,

Avec la férocité d’une hyène,

Ne me laissant qu’un trou béant dans le cœur

Et une sécheresse dans la gorge ?

La culpabilité...

Se pourrait-il que ce soit ça,

Aimer malgré soi ?

Aimer mal

Aimer sans savoir pourquoi

Aimer... » Mélissa Da Costa nous plonge au cœur de l’intimité d’un couple en miettes et affronte, avec une force inouïe, la réalité...

De geheime diensten in het dagelijks leven. We denken er niet de hele tijd over na. Soms zien en horen we er wat van, de meeste tijd niet. De verschrikkingen uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog laten ons weten waar ze allemaal toe in staat zijn en na de oorlog zijn ze daar echt niet mee opgehouden.

Dit boek licht een tip van de sluier op over de geheime diensten in de achtergrond bij de rechtspraak en de politie. Het is verbijsterend wat geheime diensten doen. Geen woorden voor. Verslagenheid slaat to...

Plastics: Microstructure and Applications is a key text for senior students studying the science and engineering of plastics materials (or polymers) and will serve as a valuable introduction to the fundamentals of polymer properties for those new to the field. Starting from microstructure and physical properties, the book covers the mechanical, chemical, transport and electrical properties of plastics materials and also deals in detail with wider issues that today's engineers and materials sc...

The noted inventor and futurist's successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will refashion the human race in the decades to come

Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near and its vision of the future have been influential in spawning a worldwide movement with millions of followers, hundreds of books, major films (Her, Lucy, Ex Machina), and thousands of articles. During the succeeding decade many of Kurzweil's pr...

If you are studying horse nutrition at an introductory level, then this is the ideal book for you. It covers the current syllabuses set out by equine science and management courses, and is particularly suitable for those who lack background knowledge in science. Nutrition has long been recognised as a vital part of horse care.

It is important for optimal horse health, reproduction, sustained performance and general well being. This book is invaluable for horse owners, trainers and breeders. F...

Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy a...

"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." ?New York Times Book Review"Dazzling . . .

a seamless mixture of magic realism, satire and futuristic fiction." ?San Francisco Chronicle"Impressive . . .

a flight of fancy through a dreamlike Brazil." ?Village Voice"Surreal and misty, sweeping from one high-voltage scene to another." ?LA Weekly"Amuses and frightens at the same time." ?Newsday"Incisive and funny, this book yanks our chains and makes us see the absurdity that rules our world." ?Booklist...