« On a souvent soutenu que les adultes violents n’étaient pas des adolescents violents et que les adolescents violents n’étaient pas des enfants violents ; il n’y aurait pas de lien. C’est là une vieille, belle et noble idée. De nombreuses études internationales prouvent malheureusement qu’elle est fausse. » R. E. T. Richard E. Tremblay montre ici, chiffres à l’appui, que non seulement la violence physique est un comportement qui apparaît et se développe bien avant l’adolescence, mais que,...

Sixteen tales that combine the otherworldly with hardboiled crime fiction—from Joe R. Lansdale, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Paul G. Tremblay, Melanie Tem, and others.Here are the femme fatales, the tough guys, the down-on-their-luck detectives—but with a twist. Collected by Hugo and Bram Stoker Award–winning editor Ellen Datlow, these stories of the murderous and macabre will take you onto the dark streets of worlds unlike our own, where the monstrous stalk their prey.

Terrifying tales for a planet in peril: A horror anthology exploring climate change and its consequences.Revelations: Horror Writers for Climate Action presents a chilling collection of stories from legendary horror authors, each delving into the dark realities of global warming and its impact on humanity. Apocalyptic futures, dire warnings, and icy horrors await within these pages.Explore worlds where prophecy and nihilism reign, and discover the ...

Widely considered to be one of Canada's most important authors, David Adams Richards has been honoured with a Giller Prize and two Governor General's Literary Awards. Despite this, there has been a dearth of critical appraisal of his life and works. In David Adams Richards of the Miramichi, Tony Tremblay sheds light not only on Richards' art and achievements, but also on Canadian literary criticism in general.Tremblay maps out the early influences on Richards' thinking and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERLOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERTHE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLEREine Anthologie mit 34 brandneuen Kurzgeschichten basierend auf Stephen Kings Meisterwerk, dem Nr. 1 New-York-Times-Bestseller THE STAND!Seit seiner Erstveröffentlichung im Jahr 1978 gilt THE STAND als Stephen Ki...

Nearly 43 million Americans suffer with joint pain, and that pain dominates their lives. But even the oldest among us are far too young to feel this way and, in fact, you don't need to live like this. In Too Young to Feel Old, leading rheumatologist Dr. Richard Blau shows you what you can do to get instant relief.With a straightforward Arthritis Doctor's Questionnaire that simulates a visit to a rheumatologist's office, you can determine the severity of your condition. From there,...

A disturbing journey into the beauty that rests inside the very heart of darkness.From the Bram Stoker Award-winning Crystal Lake Publishing and the editing duo who brought you the critically acclaimed small-town Lovecraftian horror anthology Shadows Over Main Street, comes Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories.Awe meets ache.Terror becomes transcendence.Regret gives way to rebirth.Fifteen short stories and one poem span nearly every twisted corner of the h...

As Earth dies, an architect is commissioned to remote build a monument on Mars from the remains of afailed colony; a man who has transferred his consciousness into a humanoid robot discovers he’s missing thirtypercent of his memories, and tries to discover why; bored with life in the underground colony of an alien world,a few risk life inside one of the “whales” floating in the planet’s atmosphere; an apprentice librarian searchingthrough centuries of SETI messa...

Depuis la parution de son livre-culte The Rise of the Creative Class (2002), Richard Florida a prononcé de nombreuses conférences sur les effets de la classe créative et du secteur culturel sur la compétitivité des villes aux États-Unis, au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde. Dans ses travaux, il aborde aussi la question de l'attraction et de la rétention des « talents » aux États-Unis, « talents » qui auraient joué un rôle clé dans le développement et la domination de l'économie américaine ...

Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them.At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and why should we protect it? The 20 scholars of legal communication whose essays are gathered in this volume propose various answers to these questions, but their essays share an ab...

This book describes the lives of 12 people born in Europe and North America during the Second World War. They became leading scholars on the development and prevention of violent human behavior. From the first to the last page, the book introduces contrasting life-stories and shows how their paths crossed to create a relatively unified body of knowledge on how human violence develops and possible prevention methods. The authors describe the similarities and differences in their family back...