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Languages : fr
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Mon panier des odeurs
Author: Soupirs
Author: Gérard JollivetPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291747079
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Quête du bonheur dans les saisons de la vie, au milieu des brumes et des brouillards, au creux des nuits et des hivers parfois trop longs..
Anthropos
Author: Corpus
Author: Jean-Luc NancyPublisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823229637
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
How have we thought “the body”? How can we think it anew? The body of mortal creatures, the body politic, the body of letters and of laws, the “mystical body of Christ”—all these (and others) are incorporated in the word Corpus, the title and topic of Jean-Luc Nancy’s masterwork. Corpus is a work of literary force at once phenomenological, sociological, theological, and philosophical in its multiple orientations and approaches. In thirty-six brief sections, Nancy offers us at once an encyclopedia and a polemical program—reviewing classical takes on the “corpus” from Plato, Aristotle, and Saint Paul to Descartes, Hegel, Husserl, and Freud, while demonstrating that the mutations (technological, biological, and political) of our own culture have given rise to the need for a new understanding of the body. He not only tells the story of this cultural change but also explores the promise and responsibilities that such a new understanding entails. The long-awaited English translation is a bold, bravura rendering. To the title essay are added five closely related recent pieces—including a commentary by Antonia Birnbaum—dedicated in large part to the legacy of the “mind-body problem” formulated by Descartes and the challenge it poses to rethinking the ancient problems of the corpus. The last and most poignant of these essays is “The Intruder,” Nancy’s philosophical meditation on his heart transplant. The book also serves as the opening move in Nancy’s larger project called “The deconstruction of Christianity.”
Les chroniques de l'Acratopège
Author: Pierre Jean RuffieuxPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471653285
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Languages : fr
Pages : 181
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Musk Hashish and Blood
Author: Hector FranceThe Perfume Lover
Author: Denyse BeaulieuPublisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250025028
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Perfume Lover is a candid personal account of the process of composing a fragrance, filled with sensual scent descriptions, sexy tidbits, and historical vignettes. What if the most beautiful night in your life inspired a perfume? When Denyse Beaulieu was growing up near Montreal, perfume was forbidden in her house, spurring a childhood curiosity that became an intellectual and sensual passion. It is this passion she pursued all the way to Paris, where she now lives, and which led her to become a respected fragrance writer. But little did she know that it would also lead her to achieve a perfume lover's wildest dream: When Denyse tells famous perfumer Betrand Duchaufour at L'Artisan Parfumeur of a sensual night spent in Seville under a blossoming orange tree, wrapped in the arms of a beautiful man, the story stirs his imagination and together they create a scent that captures the essence of that night. As their unique creative collaboration unfolds, the perfume-in-progress conjures intimate memories, leading Beaulieu to make sense of her life through scents. Throughout the book, she weaves the evocative history of perfumery into her personal journey, in an intensely passionate voice: the masters and the masterpieces, the myths and the myth-busting, down to the molecular mysteries that weld our flesh to flowers. Now, just to set your nostrils aquiver: Séville à l'aube is an orange blossom oriental with zesty, green and balsamic effects, with notes of petitgrain, petitgrain citronnier, orange blossom, beeswax, incense, and lavender, and is now available at fragrance outlets in the U.S.
French Conversation and Composition
Author: Harry Vincent WannPublisher:
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Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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L'Omb
Author: Elise Dallemagne-CooksonPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1409275906
Category : Fiction
Languages : fr
Pages : 254
Book Description
The novel is about a young English couple who leave their country to go and live in Argentina as farmers. They learn a new life in the pampas where the ombu and the gauchos live. Un jeune couple anglais part s'installer en Argentine avec leur fils pour devenir fermiers. Ils commencent donc une nouvelle vie dans les pampas, la ou l'ombu demeure et les gauchos galopent.
Schwarz-Bart: Pluie et Vent sur Télumée Miracle
Author: Simone Schwarz-BartPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472538641
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Great-granddaughter of Minerve, first woman of the Guadeloupean branch of the Lougandor family to be freed from slavery in 1848, the elderly Telumée tells the story of her own difficult life and that of her ancestors. It is a poor black woman's tale of heroic survival, set in the early 20th century, harsh agrarian environment of a Caribbean island. Through the richly imaged narration of a constantly evolving, cultural significant and always entertaining saga, the author leads the reaer into her native West Indian realm of legends, magic, folkloric wisdom and traditional reverence for the elderly and the past. Her protagonist, Telumée, embodies the innate strength and nobility of women in general and of black Caribbean women in particular. Published in 1972, this book received Elle magazine's literary prize. This edition reflects the editor's personal acquaintance with the author, and her country. It provides a synthesis of the latest critical studies, and a thorough interpretation of Creole terms, symbolic imagery and a unique cultural background.