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A series of vignettes on imagination, science, mathematics, and the life of our planet…shared from the perspective of a curious bear and his furry, forest-dwelling friends!Bigby Bear lives peacefully in the lush mountains where he was born, but now he is ready to explore further than his forest home and the changing seasons. Follow Bigby and his furry friends as they head to space!

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People often believe that we can overcome the profound environmental and climate crises we face by smart systems, green innovations and more recycling. However, the quest for complex technological solutions, which rely on increasingly exotic and scarce materials, makes this unlikely. A best-seller in France, this English language edition introduces readers to an alternative perspective on how we should be marshalling our resources to preserve the planet and secure our future. Bihouix skilfully goes against the grain to argue that ‘high’ technology will not solve global problems and envisages a different approach to build a more resilient and sustainable society.

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The purpose of virtual reality is to make possible a sensorimotor and cognitive activity for a user in a digitally created artificial world. Recent advances in computer technology have led to a new generation of VR devices such as VR headsets. Accordingly, virtual reality poses many new scientific challenges for researchers and professionals. The aim of this book, a manual meant for both designers and users of virtual reality, is to present the current state of knowledge on the use of VR headsets in the most complete way possible. The book is divided into 13 chapters. The objective of the first chapter is to give an introduction to VR and clarify its scope. The next chapter presents a theoretical approach to virtual reality through our Immersion and Interaction methodology also known as "3I² model’’. Then, a chapter about human senses is necessary to understand the sensorimotor immersion, especially vision. These chapters are followed by several chapters which present the different visual interfaces and the VR headsets currently available on the market. These devices can impart comfort and health problems due to sensorimotor discrepancies. A chapter is devoted to these problems, followed by a chapter that gives a detailed discussion of methods and 32 solutions to dispel, or at least to decrease, VR sickness. The following three chapters present different VR applications that use VR headsets (behavioural sciences, industrial uses and Digital Art) and the final chapter provides conclusions and discusses future VR challenges.

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Covering the ten centuries following the fall of Rome, War in the Middle Ages engages all aspects of its subject, including the military customs and conditions of the various Western European states; armor and weaponry recruitment; and rules of combat developed to limit bloodshed. Philippe Contamine writes with an awareness that, in both theory and fact, medieval warfare was constantly evolving. He opens with a chapter on Roman military disintegration and the practice of warfare in the barbarian kingdoms erected on the empire's ruins. He then shows how feudalization multiplied conflicts, and describes the resulting growth of the "great stone civilization" of the castle. In the area of military method, he emphasizes three innovations: gunpowder, standing armies and the increased use of infantry, supplying in each case a wealth of data and documentation. Contamine traces the rise of a new literature of strategy and changes in the concept of courage which he puts in the context of actual risk. He points out that the chivalric ideals of the later Middle Ages operated within narrow limits, outside which aristocrats and commoners freely slaughtered each other. Contamine also analyzes the theories of just and unjust war that developed at this time, and illustrates a phenomenon more typical of the period; the religious glorification of the warrior. Ever mindful of the chaos and devastation that war brings, War in the Middle Ages nonetheless offers a clear and consistent picture of the military ethos of a millennium.

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Gets traders and investors up to speed on the hottest new approach to predicting the markets One of the most talked-about new forecasting tools in today's international markets, dynamic technical analysis (DTA) arms traders and investors with unprecedented insights into market volatility, price changes, and market trends. DTA is also a valuable money management tool and is much easier for money managers to master than traditional technical analysis techniques. The first practical introduction to this powerful new approach, Dynamic Technical Analysis provides readers with all the tools and know-how necessary to unlock the full power of DTA. * The only guide devoted exclusively to a powerful new forecasting technique * Uses numerous real-world trading examples to quickly acquaint readers with state-of-the art DTA principles and practices Phillippe Cahen (Paris, France) is Head of Technical Analysis for Credit Lyonnais Capital Markets in Paris.

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Arguably a pioneer of the French New Wave (with Ascenseur pour l’échafaud, 1957) Louis Malle went on to enjoy an acclaimed yet provocative and versatile transatlantic career. This collection of original essays proposes to reassess his richly eclectic and boldly subversive oeuvre and redress the surprising critical neglect it has suffered over the years. It does so through a combination of transversal and monographic analyses that use a variety of critical lenses and theoretical tools in order to examine Malle’s documentaries as well as his fiction features (and, more importantly, the constant shuttling and uniquely persistent cross-pollination between those two cinematic approaches), illuminate the profound, lasting dialogue his films entertained with literature and theater, bring to the fore their sustained, albeit often oblique autobiographical thrust along with their scathing sociopolitical critique, and scrutinize the alternating use of stars and non-professional actors.In addition, the volume features an exclusive interview with the acclaimed playwright John Guare (a close friend and collaborator of Louis Malle’s who scripted Atlantic City) and is bookended by a foreword by Volker Schlöndorff and an afterword by Wes Anderson, two renowned filmmakers who articulate their admiration for, and the seminal influence of, their predecessor.

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Fortune Favours a Bieler is the colourful story of Philippe Bieler’s life and his long journey through the eventful twentieth century and beyond. It begins with his escape from war-torn Europe in 1941. Hand in hand with a number of prominent trailblazers, he went on to carve out a career in industry, banking, farming, and even politics. The tale transitions from aluminum in Canada to cranberries in Quebec and vineyards in France. Frequent failures are compensated by good cheer and some impressive successes.Bieler is a descendant of Swiss woodsmen and the son of a senior civil servant at the League of Nations. Born in 1933, he belongs to the silent generation, the cohort following the greatest generation and preceding the baby boomers, known for their thrift, respectfulness, loyalty, and determination. His outspoken mother and well-connected father raised him to be bold enough to grasp the fate he desired, a challenge he took up with vigour. He studied engineering at McGill University in Montreal and returned to his native Switzerland to pursue an MBA. He served as CEO at a number of industrial corporations, but he preferred his many ventures as an entrepreneur – and now, in his latest act, as an author, writing from his sheep farm in Wales.Fortune Favours a Bieler looks back on a century of abundant luck and opportunity for those who would seize it, through the life of one of its fortunate and passionate leading lights.

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It was around the 1930s that many of the products, devices and concepts as we know them today have been discovered: antibiotics, radars, turbojets, plastics from rubbers and synthetic fuels, Radio... But we will have to wait until the beginning of World War II to make all these inventions and finally find their industrial development. This book tells the story of 50 discoveries, chosen arbitrarily among many others which, by allowing us to understand the great story through that of technology, sheds new light on what the gigantic Overlord operation was.

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How can we reduce inequalities? How can we make work get better recognition and better pay?Philippe Askenazy in this new book shows that the current share of wealth is far from natural; it results from rising rents and their capture by the actors best endowed in the economic game. In this race for rents, the world of work is the big loser: while many workers feed capital rents by increased productivity and worsened working conditions, they are stigmatized as unproductive and their earnings stagnate. By proposing a new description of the capital-work relationship, calling for a remobilization of the world of work, and particularly poorly paid employees, Askenazy shows that there is a more radical alternative to neoliberalism beyond simply redistribution.

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This book provides an overview of the victory markings painted on the fins and rudders of the planes of the German day fighter and night fighter aircraft between 1939 and 1945, and demonstrates how these were applied in reality through the profiles of nineteen pilots, including some of the most emblematic pilots of the Luftwaffe: Hans Troitzsch, Johannes Gentzen, Frank Liesendahl, Wilhelm Balthasar, Otto Bertram, Joachim Müncheberg, Karl-Heinz Koch, Kurt “Kuddel” Ubben, Felix-Maria Brandis, "Fiffi" Stahlschmidt, Franz-Josef Beerenbrock, Heinrich Setz, Walter "Gulle" Oesau, Max-Hellmuth Ostermann, Heinrich Bartels, "Fritz" Dinger, Martin Drewes, Egmont zur Lippe-Weissenfeld and Ludwig Meister.

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The Bieler family's vast collection of wartime letters and photographs tell intimate, firsthand stories of five young brothers and their parents. In Onward, Dear Boys, Philippe Bieler skilfully weaves together his own voice with those of his grandparents, his father, and his uncles into a story of war, immigration, and family life. Settling in the province of Quebec, then divided into French-speaking Catholics and English-speaking Anglicans, was a struggle for these devout, francophone Calvinists, but with the unexpected declaration of war in 1914 came an even greater challenge. In 1915 three of the five Bieler boys volunteered with the Princess Patricia Regiment, and in 1916 the fourth son followed. The eldest, Jean, became an assistant to Colonel Birkett, commander of the McGill-financed Canadian Hospital in Boulogne, and the second-eldest, Etienne, was promoted to lieutenant of an artillery brigade. The other two were privates who fought in battles including Sanctuary Wood, the Somme, Vimy, and Passchendaele, and in 1917, the fourth son, Philippe, died at the front. Upon their return to civilian life, the surviving brothers became leaders in government, science, and the arts : the eldest as Deputy Finance Director of the League of Nations, the second as a colleague of Sir Ernest Rutherford in the research of the atom, and the third as President of the Federation of Canadian Artists. The youngest, Jacques, who was too young to go to war, was an instigator of the CCF party, a precursor to the NDP. Enlivened by a wealth of family archival material, Onward, Dear Boys is a poignant story of the experiences of war and its impact on a family of new Canadians during the first decades of the twentieth century.

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Find serenity thanks to the stars! Astrology, the discipline of the mind and the study of the human psyche, has become a true psychology. No longer perceived as magical or mystical, it is now viewed as a serious and accessible tool for personal development and self-knowledge. Astrology establishes correlations between what happens astronomically and what happens in nature. Over the centuries, it has become enriched by advances in mathematics, geometry, astronomy, and, most recently, the New Age movement. By studying Astrotherapy, you'll receive the keys to approach every aspect of your life, from love to family to your job, with the personalized tools and techniques you need to live better and move forward in your life. Unleash your full potential with Astrotherapy.

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In this poetic handbook, written when he was just twenty-three, the world-famous high-wire artist Philippe Petit offers a window into the world of his craft. Petit masterfully explains how preparation and self-control contributed to such feats as walking between the towers of Notre Dame and the World Trade Center. Addressing such topics as the rigging of the wire, the walker''s first steps, his salute and exercises, and the work of other renowned high-wire artists, Petit offers us a book about the ecstasy of conquering our fears and reaching for the stars.

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Immigration divides our globalising world like no other issue. We are swamped by bogus asylum-seekers and infiltrated by terrorists, our jobs stolen, our benefit system abused, our way of life destroyed - or so we are told. Philippe Legrain, author of the critically acclaimed OPEN WORLD, has written the first book that looks beyond the headlines. Why are ever-rising numbers of people from poor countries arriving in Europe, North America and Australasia? Can we keep them out? Should we even be trying? Combining compelling first-hand reporting from around the world, incisive socio-economic analysis and a broad understanding of what is at stake politically and culturally, IMMIGRANTS is a passionate, but lucid book. In our open world, more people will inevitably move across borders, Legrain says - and we should generally welcome them. They do the jobs we can't or won't do - and their diversity enriches us all. Left and right; free-marketeers and campaigners for global justice; enlightened patriots - all should rally behind the cause of freer migration, because They need Us and We need Them.

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Obra que aborda el tratamiento de las deformaciones morfológicas de la columna vertebral escrita por el Prof. Philippe Souchard, creador del método de Reeducación Postural Global (RPG).Título con un enfoque eminentemente didáctico que se aprecia en los numerosos esquemas e ilustraciones de la obra. Igualmente, se incluyen un número significativo de imágenes radiológicas que ayudan al lector a identificar mejor la deformidad a tratar.Los capítulos tienen una estructura homogénea e incluyen destacados, puntos clave y conclusión para aclarar al lector cuestiones fundamentales del capítulo.Obra dirigida a fisioterapeutas, así como a hosteópatas, terapeutas manuales y otros profesionales involucrados en el tratamiento de los problemas de columna a través del Método de RPG.

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This is a pioneering attempt to rearticulate the relationship between music and the problems of mimesis, between presentation and re-presentaion. Four "scenes" comprise the book, all four of them responses to Wagner: two by French poets (Baudelaire and Mallarme), two by German philosophers (Heidegger and Adorno). It is dificult to realize how profoundly Wagner affected the cultural and ideological sensibilities of the nineteenth century. Wagnerism rapidly spread throughout Europe, partly because of Wagner's propagandizing talent and the zeal of his adherents. But the main reason for his ascendance was the sudden appearance of what the century had desperately tried to produce since the beginnings of Romanticism - a work of art on the scale of great Greek and Christian art. At last, here it was: the secret of what Hegel called the "religion of art" rediscovered. The first two scenes of the book present a historical sequence that is punctuated by the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune, in which the universal unbridling of nations and classes is prefigured. The second two register certain effects of Wagnerism that are not just ideological but make themselves felt in a new political configuration of the "national" and the "social."

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" Miradme bien. Quién sabe si mañana todavía estaré aquí... "Tímido e inquieto, miope de mirada hechizante, a James Dean le gustaba vivir deprisa: el día a día, su trabajo de actor, el amor..., y su pasión por las motos y los coches deportivos que le llevaron a encontrar la muerte, en septiembre de 1955, cuando sólo contaba veinticuatro años. Este joven de Indiana, inconsolable y pendenciero pero de un encanto irresistible, que no jugó al béisbol como quería su padre y se inició en la danza y la música alentado por su madre, se convirtió con sólo tres películas, dos estrenadas tras su muerte, en un icono de la juventud de todos los tiempos.Con la fluidez narrativa que caracteriza a Philippe Besson, en cuatro trazos esboza en esta novela coral y caleidoscópica el retrato íntimo e inédito del actor por medio de las voces de sus más allegados: desde sus padres y tíos, a las de profesores, agente, amigos, actores, amantes..., y el conductor contra el que se estrelló. A través de sus

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El arte de reinar pone de relieve los principios de gobierno de los reyes de Navarra, cómo acometieron la modernización de las estructuras administrativas del reino antes y después de que su mayor parte pasase a dominio castellano en 1512, y el papel que desempeñaron en el tablero europeo hasta dar a Francia, en 1589, el más famoso de sus reyes.Este catálogo bilingüe de la exposición que tuvo lugar en el Musée national du château de Pau, hasta febrero de 2022, presenta estudios de expertos franceses y españoles y una amplia iconografía a color de obras y documentos de época con amplios textos explicativos.

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Sensible al complejo juego de cierta inercia secular (el tiempo inmóvil) frente a unos cambios incesantes, esta obra no se limita a seguir la tradicional y esquemática división de la Edad Media en tres períodos (Alta, Plena y Baja), sino que opta por una organización en ocho secuencias temporales. Tras plantear el controvertido problema del paso de la Antigüedad tardía a la edad media, el libro aborda las causas del nuevo crecimiento (apreciable a partir del siglo X), describe la situación en vísperas de la Peste Negra (1348), pone de relieve el dinamismo de Occidente incluso en el período de la Gran Recesión (1350-1450), e intenta esbozar un cuadro contrastado de las características de la economía europea en la época de los grandes descubrimientos Puede hablarse a este respecto de capitalismo? Es lícito el uso del concepto de economía-mundo? La transición entre finales de la Edad Media y el siglo XVI fue poco traumática, tal como lo demuestra el rico legado (métodos y técnicas...) que

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En la linde del bosque, dos ardillas están al acecho, han perdido a su pequeña. Síguelas por los senderos, yendo en su búsqueda hasta lo más profundo del bosque para encontrarla.A lo largo de las páginas, te cruzarás con varias familias de animales.Abre bien los ojos, muchos están camuflados en el paisaje.También hay algunos intrusos sorprendentes?Estás listo para encontrarlos? Atención, hay más de 100!

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Guatemala es un país extraordinario cuya población es mayoritariamente de origen maya. Casi intacta, posee infinidad de paisajes, volcanes activos, lagos de montaña, bosques tropicales, pueblos seculares perdidos en las mesetas, yacimientos arqueológicos... Iniciaréis vuestro viaje en sentido ascendente en Ciudad de Guatemala y Antigua -ambas meridionales-, para proseguir por Monterrico y El Paredón -en la costa pacífica-, Chichicastenango y su célebre mercado, el lago Atitlán, la exuberante Verapaz y su capital Cobán y el departamento de Petén, con los yacimientos mayas de Tikal y El Mirador. La última parte del recorrido os llevará a través del río Dulce al país de los garífunas hasta Livingston y Puerto Barrios, y finalmente a la maya Quiriguá -la hermana pequeña de Copán-, en el Oriente. No debéis perder la ocasión de visitar Copán, en Honduras, pero solo a 14 km de la frontera. Su belleza es tal que los arqueólogos la consideran la "Alejandría del mundo maya".Belice es una ext

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Una gran experiencia os espera, para ello la guía Trotamundos Routard de Atenas e islas griegas será una ayuda imprescindible para vivir esta aventura mediterránea. Nuestro periplo comienza en Atenas, la megalópolis tentacular, la ciudad de cemento ( " tsimendoupoli " ) que no se parece en nada al resto del país. En los alrededores, los monasterios de Dafni y Kessariani, los yacimientos de Elefsina, Vavrona y Amphiaraiso, el túmulo de Maratón, Rhamnonte, el cabo Sunion, y Rafina y El Pireo, puertas de acceso a la segunda etapa de nuestro viaje, el al mosaico insular, que supone una quinta parte del territorio griego.Aunque en realidad las islas helenas suman varios miles, apenas poco más de un centenar están habitadas de forma permanente. Encontraréis un alma para cada isla: las hay boscosas, montañosas, escarpadas, de blancura deslumbrante o de un intenso verdor, con hermosas playas y pinares, paraísos de los submarinistas, pobladas de centenares de iglesias y monasterios, de viñe

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La isla de las tres puntas, de las tres principales montañas, de los 3 km de distancia con el continente... Encrucijada de civilizaciones, Sicilia -la mayor de las islas del Mediterráneo- reúne fabulosos vestigios del mundo griego, castillos y catedrales que evocan su pasado normando, jardines orientales que parecen surgidos de la lámpara de Aladino, así como palacios e iglesias de estilo barroco español. Los artistas de la isla supieron además enriquecer con sus tradiciones los estilos importados, creando un arte siciliano muy original.Con el devenir de los siglos, Sicilia ha adquirido una identidad cultural muy singular, en la que destaca una escala de valores que no deja de sorprender: los entierros, por poner un ejemplo, se celebran con alboroto, mientras que en otras ocasiones frívolas, en cambio, se guarda riguroso silencio. El estilo de vida siciliano, esa manera diferente de ver las cosas, desvela lo más íntimo de su alma.Nuestra guía Trotamundos Routard de Sicilia desc

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