Emerging Laser Technologies for High-Power and Ultrafast Science includes chapters from leading experts devoted to the most recent achievements in the field. Including cutting-edge topics such as high energy/high average power laser systems, the most current developments for high repetition rate high average power infrared fiber laser systems, breakthroughs of the development of CPA based on chromium doped zinc selenide gain material, infrared/mid-infrared laser systems based on h...

Your German Shepherd Puppy Month by Month provides readers with everything they need to know and do at each stage of development to make sure their playful, energetic puppy grows into a happy, healthy, and well-adjusted companion. A veterinarian, two trainers, and a breeder team up to cover all the questions new owners tend to have, and many they don't think to ask, including:- What to ask the breeder before bringing your puppy home- Which vaccinations your puppy ne...

NOUVEL ALBUM ILLUSTRÉNous sommes en 50 av J.-C. Loin, très loin du petit village d'Armorique que nous connaissons bien, l'Impératrice de Chine est emprisonnée suite à coup d'état formenté par l'infâme Deng Tsin Qin.La princesse Fu Yi, fille unique de l'Impératrice, aidée par sa fidèle guerrière Tat Han et Graindemaïs, le neveu du marchand phénicien Epidemaïs, s'enfuit pour demander de l'aide aux Irréductibles Gaulois.Une histoire originale basée sur le scénario du f...

The Rebel is Camus's 'attempt to understand the time I live in' and a brilliant essay on the nature of human revolt. Published in 1951, it makes a daring critique of communism - how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It questions two events held sacred by the left wing - the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917 - that had resulted, he believed, in terrorism as a political instrument.In this towering intellectual...

Albert Camus is among the most significant French writers of the twentieth century. His novels, The Plague and The Outsider, have a timeless power and appeal and are studied all over the world, and his philosophical work has had an enduring influence. Oliver Todd has been authorised by Camus' family to write the definitive life.Opening with his impoverished childhood in Algiers, Todd brings the historical context to life, shedding light on Camus' later agonising c...

La science peut-elle vaincre la mort ? Et si oui, à quel prix ?Joachim, un jeune scientifique menant des recherches prohibées, est enlevé par une puissante et mystérieuse femme recluse sur l’ancienne Terre : Martha. Pour se remettre du drame qui la hante depuis des mois, celle-ci lui ordonne l’impossible : ressusciter sa fille, Lise, ayant fait une chute mortelle lors de fouilles archéologiques. Joachim, qui voit là une opportunité de continuer ses travaux en toute...

La revisión que hace esta obra de un siglo de música es notable e inédita. Emprendida en complicidad con un grupo de periodistas, investigadores y músicos, nos lleva de viaje por las raíces y los frutos de la prolífica música peruana. Veintiún crónicas y ensayos nos introducen en este universo sonoro que, al igual que la gastronomía de Perú, posee una exquisita y fascinante diversidad que merece ser escuchada fuera de las fronteras de esta milenaria y maravillosa tierra.La travesía ...

This work, the third volume in its series, is devoted entirely to the procedural issues that may arise during the course of an arbitration procedure.With this trilingual publication, CEPANI wishes to highlight the importance of the proper conduct of arbitral proceedings. Furthermore, the Centre also seeks to enhance the attractiveness of arbitration, in Belgium as well as internationally, by contributing to a better knowledge of arbitral proceedings and their rules.The sele...

Reeds jaren zorgen enkele ethisch-medische kwesties voor bevlogen maatschappelijke debatten. De polemiek rond euthanasie is daar één van. Zelden werd echter grondig bekeken of men binnen bepaalde etnisch-culturele minderheden anders naar deze kwestie kijkt of hoe men de thematiek benadert vanuit verschillende levens¬beschouwingen en religies. Met dit boek laten we verschillende figuren uit de medische, ethische en religieuze wereld aan het woord over deze gevoelige thematiek.Certai...

Ao ler este resumo, o senhor descobrirá que vida levou Albert Camus, desde sua pobre infância até a gênese de seus livros, passando por seu casamento, suas relações extraconjugais e suas intensas amizades, tudo isso contra o pano de fundo de acontecimentos políticos que lhe deixaram uma profunda impressão.O senhor também vai descobrir :como sua tuberculose o afetou, forçando-o a questionar a morte e o sentido da vida;como o encontro de homens e mulheres, como Jean-P...

L’aventure se prolongera au-delà du grand écran ! Pour accompagner Astérix : Le Royaume de Nubie, le 12e film animé de l’univers d'Astérix, un tout nouvel album illustré, avec des illustrations pleines pages, arrivera en librairie le 2 décembre 2026.Astérix et Obélix n’avaient encore jamais vu pareille pagaille dans leur village.Une goutte d’un mystérieux élixir de jouvence venu d’Afrique a suffi à transformer tous les Gaulois... en bambins !Panoramix n’a q...

Anguloagudus, el famoso arquitecto romano, tiene que construir una vía romana en un plazo récord, lo cual pondrá en peligro el bosque que rodea Lutecia. Ideafix y los irreductibles se encargarán de impedírselo, ¡por supuesto! Además, conoceremos al famoso perro de un héroe galo igualmente famoso y asistiremos a unos juegos muy especiales. Humor y acción en las calles de Lutecia, con cameos de un montón de personajes de los cómics de Astérix y, por supuesto, el protagonismo absoluto de nues...