A vivid portrait of two remarkable twentieth-century thinkers and their landmark collaboration on the use and abuse of caricature and propaganda in the modern world In 1934, Viennese art historian and psychoanalyst Ernst Kris invited his mentee E. H. Gombrich to collaborate on a project that had implications for psychology and neuroscience, and foreshadowed their contributions to the Allied war effort. Their subject: caricature and its use and abuse in propaganda. Their co...

Du Pandanus Utilis, du BAKOUA à la Martinique, de la feuille à la tresse, à la coiffe, aux bijoux... cet ouvrage permet d’acquérir les premières bases et secrets d’un précieux savoir artisanal patrimonial que l’on retrouve dans différents pays à travers le monde.Les artisans, voire les artistes les plus doués et les plus motivés, pourront à la force du TRESSAGE s’ouvrir sur l’ART.

Du Pandanus Utilis, du BAKOUA à la Martinique, de la feuille à la tresse, à la coiffe, aux bijoux... ce catalogue permettra à tout un chacun de découvrir d'hier à aujourd'hui, l'évolution de notre couvre-chef selon son usage qui est le « chapeau Bakoua ».Le regard posé sur ce patrimoine démontre qu'il peut se transformer et se porter avec élégance.Au fil des pages, les initiés ou non à cet artisanat auront le loisir d’apprécier un travail de plus de dix années réalisé avec ...

This hands-on manual provides Latinas with the tools they need to succeed at work by examining some of the societal and cultural obstacles that hinder their progress.Despite being 20 million strong, Latinas represent America's most undervalued human resource. This career guide is the only one of its kind to focus specifically on empowering the working women of the Latina community to embrace success and build skills for workplace advancement.The Latina'...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

This volume, entitled “A Napoleon Miscellany,” is the eighth in a series of eight volumes on the subject of one of the most fascinating people in the history of the world. It focuses largely on the question of others and Napoleon himself saw how and why he failed in his personal life. Other volumes in this series consider why Napoleon was so driven, why he failed, the influence of his personal life, and how others saw him, either in fact or in fiction.Included in this volume are th...

Are you a Black woman seeking personal growth and fulfilment despite having all the trappings of success? Tired of yearning for a more purposeful life, collecting self-help books and continuing to doubt your worth? Then this book was put together just for you!The My Wellbeing Workbook: The Melanated Woman's Resource to Self-Discovery, Self-Care, and an Intentional Life, is a transformative book that cuts through the noise of the multitude of self-help books, and is tailore...

Louis Evans has always been the Bastard Son of the Evans family. He tries to finally be serious and take charge of his father's company since his father first son had refused it.

"The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses" is an adventure novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson, first serialized in 1883 and published as a book in 1888. Set during the tumultuous Wars of the Roses in 15th-century England, the story follows the young protagonist, Dick Shelton, as he seeks revenge for his father's death and navigates the treacherous political landscape of the time.As Dick becomes embroiled in the conflict between the rival factions of the House of York and the H...

"J'ai été arrêté pour activité de résistance par la police de Vichy, le 13 décembre 1941, à Toulouse, en zone non occupée, et mis au secret à la prison militaire de cette ville avec les autres camarades de notre réseau pris avec moi. Secret relatif, car les prisons étaient pleines, et nous nous trouvâmes deux à partager la même cellule. [...] Néanmoins toutes les autres conditions du secret étaient réalisées : pas de promenades en rond dans la cour, pas de visites, pas de papier pour écrir...

There are many things we can perhaps more easily say with flowers than with words. And flowers can say many things to us. So perhaps these poetic expressions of spoken words and flowery subject are a perfect match.Many would agree that there is one flower, the rose, that embodies both the human condition, its ambitions, its sacrifices and its symbolism of devoted love that together with its own peerless self; the beauty of its perfume, its hues and colours, its shapes and forms, fr...

"Dans les Alpes, 1896-1899" de Louis d'Orléans-Bragance est un récit fascinant qui allie la sensibilité d'un observateur des paysages alpins à une réflexion sur la nature et la société de son époque. À travers un style d'écriture poétique et descriptif, l'auteur nous entraîne dans un voyage à travers les montagnes, explorant non seulement la beauté esthétique de ces lieux, mais également leurs impacts sur l'âme humaine. Ce livre, écrit à la fin du XIXe siècle, s'inscrit dans un contexte li...