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A New Season in the Wilderness, Amy Irvine admires the man who influenced her life and work while challenging all that is dated-offensive, even-between the covers of Abbey's environmental classic. Irvine names and questions the "lone male" narrative-white and privileged as it is-that still has its boots planted firmly at the center of today's wilderness movement, even as she celebrates the lens through which Abbey taught so many to love the wild remains...

Medusa tells her story, and confronts misconceptions. Her story is an exploration of both her identity and the perceptions others project upon her. How do we define our self-worth? Who defines our expectations, limits, and possibilities? These questions are among those considered in this powerful tale.

Extrait : "Au temps de notre belle jeunesse, Zola, en ses moments de bonne humeur – et ils n'étaient pas rares – nous contait, moitié riant, moitié sérieux, le plan d'un roman qu'il rêvait d'écrire dès que les grands travaux auxquels il s'était voué lui en laisseraient la possibilité. Cela aurait été intitulé Simple vie d'augustine Landois.

Exploration of the universe has been commercialized. Want to go to the moon? Look for the best offer; sign in and enjoy your flight. Everybody can be an astronaut nowadays. The question is: does everybody want to be?

This Ramshackle Tabernacle is a collection of short stories set in and around the fictional villages of St. Lola and St. Olga in northeastern Ontario. Whether reflecting on the broken lives of others in the community or mourning the death of a friend who drowned in a freak fishing accident, the characters in this collection face tragedy with grace, humour and perseverance. These stories deal with both the rundown and ruined aspects of our humanity...

Lors du vol AF 4020 au-dessus de l'archipel des Moluques en Indonésie, Léa, htesse de l'air, est éjectée de l'avion durant une violente tempête. Elle atterrit miraculeusement dans la jungle, attachée à son siège suspendu dans les arbres. Après avoir trouvé la terre ferme, elle rencontre un ermite, déclenchant ainsi une aventure épique. Cette histoire mêle exploration de la forêt indonésienne, découverte de cultures locales et des enjeux...

Carl Kerényi was a professor of classics and the history of religion in his native Hungary. His works include Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter and Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life, and he collaborated with C. G. Jung to write Essays on a Science of Mythology; all three books are available in Mythos paperback editions. Prometheus the god stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained...

Bouvard y Pécuchet, dos pequeños oficinistas parisinos, descubrieron que sentían el mismo aversión por su vida mediocre. El legado de Bouvard llega en el momento adecuado para permitirles cambiarlo: se instalan en una granja en Normandía y se dedican a experimentos agrícolas de todo tipo, así como a estudios experimentales en campos tan variados como la química, la astronomía, la arqueología o el espiritismo. En esta novela inconclusa, Flaubert...

The final book in the Marseilles trilogy, following Chourmo. Ex-cop, loner, Fabio Montale returns in this stunning conclusion to Jean-Claude Izzo's Marseilles trilogy. Italian Mafiosi are hunting journalist-activist Babette Bellini, and the body count is growing as they close in on their prey. In desperation, Bellini seeks help from her former lover, Montale. Before he has time to shake off his most recent hangover, Montale is receiving sinister...