Les vacances d’été arrivent enfin !Le mois de juillet commence mal pour Bichon qui accumule les contrariétés. Son ami Jean-Marc lui manque et un petit accident va retarder le départ en vacances de la famille. La vie de Bichon est heureusement de nouveau ensoleillée pendant le mois d’août. En jouant au cerf-volant sur la plage, il fait la rencontre d’un petit garçon américain à la personnalité originale avec lequel il se découvre des goûts en commun. Bichon, toujour...

Ils ont tous quelque chose à cacher. Sauf Bichon !Bichon entre au CM1 et retrouve tous ses amis, mais Myriam est distante avec lui. Avec l’aide d’Agnès, Bichon fait tout pour découvrir la vérité et retrouver sa bonne copine. Pendant l’année scolaire, il se rend finalement compte que tout le monde dans son entourage dissimule un petit — ou un gros — secret. Bichon, qui vit pleinement ce qu’il est sans se soucier du regard des autres, ne comprend pas la raison de tou...

La vie de Clémentine Douaumont est indissociable de L’Étoile de Mer, l’hôtel-restaurant tenu par ses parents, David et Lieve. Un établissement familial typique de la mer du Nord, blotti entre les dunes et les bois de l’arrière-pays. C’est dans cet environnement qu’elle connaît ses premiers amours de vacances et apprend à jouer du piano, un instrument qui va changer le cours de son existence. Les années de conservatoire et la succession des concerts font rapidement d’elle une artiste à part...

Surtout reste toi-même, Bichon !Se déguiser en princesse pour un goûter d’anniversaire, jouer à l'élastique, entamer une chorégraphie en pleine cour de récré… Un peu compliqué quand on aime faire toutes ces choses et qu’on est un petit garçon de 8 ans. Mais pas pour Bichon : il transgresse les règles de la société sans même s’en rendre compte ! Heureusement, sa famille et ses amis l’aiment tel qu’il est. Même que parfois Jean-Marc, le beau garçon du CM2, prend sa d...

Late in the Reagan years, three young men at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University formed the Christian rap group dc Talk. The trio put out a series of records that quickly secured their place at the forefront of contemporary Christian music. But, with their fourth studio album Jesus Freak (1995), dc Talk staked a powerful claim on the worldly market of alternative music, becoming an evangelical group with secular selling power.This book sets out to study this mid-90s crossov...

Named the #1 Bestselling Non-Fiction Title by the Calgary HeraldTo camp means to occupy a place and/or time provisionally or under special circumstances. To camp can also mean to queer. And for many children and young adults, summer camp is a formative experience mixed with homosocial structure and homoerotic longing. In Queer as Camp, editors Kenneth B. Kidd and Derritt Mason curate a collection of essays and critical memoirs exploring the inters...

The object of this work is to define Dante's attitude or, if need be, his successive attitudes towards philosophy. It is therefore a question of ascertaining the character, function and place which Dante assigned to this branch of learning among the activities of man. My purpose has not been to single out, classify and list Dante's numerous philosophical ideas, still less to look for their sources or to decide what doctrinal influences determined the evolution of his thought.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Root cellars are an ancient tradition. Together with curing meats and pickling, root cellars have long been a food storage method, particularly root vegetables. Before modern refrigerators took over, they were once common, but people soon abandoned their traditional storage cellars for a more convenient method. Large supermarkets mushroomed all over, providing fruit and vegetables all year round. Instead of reveling in ...

A classic study of the art of painting and its relationship to realityIn this book, Étienne Gilson puts forward a bold interpretation of the kind of reality depicted in paintings and its relation to the natural order. Drawing on insights from the writings of great painters—from Leonardo, Reynolds, and Constable to Mondrian and Klee—Gilson shows how painting is foreign to the order of language and knowledge. Painting, he argues, seeks to add new beings to nature, no...

This therapist guide is designed to give mental health professionals the necessary tools to assess and treat a broad range of mood disorders, particularly depression. Based on the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy, the Taming the BEAST (TTB) program helps patients develop a set of coping strategies and skills to proactively manage their depressed mood. Using the acronym BEAST, treatment modules address biology, emotions, activity, situations, and thoughts. Each module comes comple...

Neste livro, o psicanalista Gilson Iannini parte de uma pergunta aparentemente banal: o que significa ler Freud hoje, em pleno século XXI? Diante das novas formas de subjetividade, de novos usos dos corpos, de novas formas de sofrimento e de novas tecnologias, a psicanálise não seria uma obsoleta peça de museu? Estaria a psicanálise à altura das exigências da contemporaneidade? O autor se fundamenta em experiências concretas para propor uma definição minimalista de psicanálise, condizente ...

Melodies In Black Ink is a collection of darkly captivating short tales, each inspired by the melodies that move us, the lyrics that linger, and the stories hidden between the notes.Music has the power to transport us, to spark memories, stir emotions, and tell stories beyond the lyrics. In this unique collection, twenty-six original short stories take inspiration from some great songs, weaving tales of love and loss, hope and heartbreak, mystery and magic. From whispered ballads t...