Retraçant les vies passées et présentes des habitants d'un immeuble du Xe arrondissement de Paris, Ruth Zylberman livre un magnifique récit. Là se sont succédé, depuis les années 1850 jusqu'à nos jours, des générations d'enfants, d'artisans et d'ouvriers, d'immigrés de l'est ou du sud de l'Europe. Là se sont noués des amours, des amitiés, des tragédies. Là, l'ordinaire du quotidien a côtoyé l'extraordinaire du fait divers et des violences de l'Histoire. Ruth Zylberman propose une réflexion...

Pour comprendre les mécanismes sociaux et idéologiques qui ont porté puis maintenu les Carolingiens au pouvoir, leur histoire est racontée depuis le principat de Charles Martel (années 710) jusqu'au moment où le dernier héritier est écarté du trône (991).L'empire carolingien est le cadre spatial de cette histoire, même si elle est écrite du point de vue de la Francie occidentale : c'est là en effet que le gouvernement carolingien expérimente des solutions politiques innovantes et d...

She was sold by her own family and stumbled into the wrong room—only to fall into the hands of the city's most dangerous man.Three years later, she returns with a new identity and a single goal: revenge.But when desire tangles with ambition, and power toys with emotions, the lines blur.Is she merely his plaything… or the woman destined to rule by his side?In this twisted game of lust and loyalty, she won't stop until she takes back every...

She's known all of her life that a dream shifter would come to claim her innocence, and despite her grandfather's warnings, Kima has awaited it with baited breath, saving herself for it well past the age of 18. When the first changes that come with her part-shifter heritage begin to take over her body, she willingly ventures closer to the edge of the lake against her guardian's wishes, hoping to lure the dream-shifter who will imprint her, and claim her completely for just one night, final...

Ce manuel est destiné aux étudiants en première année de licence de droit ou d’AES, aux élèves des Instituts d’études politiques, ainsi qu’aux candidats aux concours de la fonction publique. On qualifie d’institutions publiques les normes et les structures qui permettent de régir un pays : les dirigeants et les ministres, les assemblées et les conseils, l’armée, la fiscalité, la justice, les communautés locales. Ces institutions ont une longue histoire qui, seule, permet de comprendre pour...

Ce volume nous fait vivre le mythique voyage à Compostelle à travers les témoignages directs des pèlerins, depuis l'origine jusqu'à nos jours. C'est avec l'annonce de la découverte en Galice, au milieu du IXe siècle, du tombeau de l'apôtre Jacques, fils de Zébédée, que commença le " voyage à Compostelle ", faisant de la ville qui s'édifia peu à peu autour du sépulcre apostolique le but de l'un des trois pèlerinages majeurs de la Chrétienté, avec Rome et Jérusalem. Compostelle connut un éla...

Wandering into feyish territory, Niki finds herself in the middle of a game with The Twine King, and despite her initial assumption that it's just for fun, she comes to realize he's playing for keeps. Will she submit to his demands, and choose to become a part of his sexy world, and will she accept the risk that comes with accepting his otherworldly seed?This 4 story Paranormal erotica series bundle contains Volumes 1 through 3 of The Twine King series (with images of thei...

Quanto è rimasto ai giorni nostri della lunga tradizione culinaria veneta e veneziana che indicava portate particolari per ogni grande festività e per i banchetti della Serenissima? Quante delle strane ricette di Apicio sarebbero ancora appetibili ai nostri palati?Espedita Grandesso, con la sua garbata ironia, traccia un percorso nel tempo, che va dall’età romana alla caduta della Repubblica Veneta, nel quale mette in luce come l’arte del mangiare si sia via via andando raffinando, ...

Espedita Grandesso in “Se no xé pan xé polenta” delinea un percorso attraverso l’età moderna e contemporanea nel quale fa confluire i propri interessi sulla tradizione, la cucina e i modi di dire. Descrive un prezioso quaderno inedito del 1907 nel quale la pasticcera veneziana Caterina Patrizio ha riportato le ricette dei dolci tipici austriaci che era solita preparare per la famiglia a cui prestava servizio. Valuta l’importanza che hanno avuto presso le massaie i consigli pratici proposti...

When Esmeralda gets pulled into an inter-dimensional search and rescue on Halloween, a sex-hungry creature escapes through the portal she creates. She has to get it back into its own world before it has its way with every female in the city. But, the kind of power she'll need to do it with will require more than just two people in a sex magik operation aimed at energy generation. Will the local debate team be willing to lend a few strokes to the cause?Length: 8717 words/ approx pap...

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Struggling with the intense pull of the powerful Faery King Omare since he claimed her virginity, Alet has actively avoided a standing invitation to his kingdom despite her desire for him. But when his constant appearance in her dreams and the word of a local Merman make it impossible to pretend she can put off facing him again forever, she relents and pays him a visit. Her hope that she can avoid being pulled into the force of electricity that overwhelms her in his presence is quickly das...