Platon n’a pas menti. Les “colonnes d’Hercule” étaient bien autrefois “les portes de l’Atlantide”. En plein océan, au large des côtes africaines et européennes existait, il y a 12 000 ans, une série d’îles fabuleuses que la Tradition considère comme le royaume de Poséidon. Pour Guy Tarade, il ne fait aucun doute que les Atlantes avaient des liens étroits avec des civilisations cosmiques : le continent englouti était le dernier pont reliant l’humanité déchue à ses Ancêtres Supérieurs. Après...

Corporate social responsibility, sustainability and acting ethically are all accepted business aims, but their meaning and implementation in a global context is far less clear-cut. Global Business Ethics cuts through the confusion to provide a coherent basis for ethical decision-making within the complications of the international business landscape.Underpinned by theory and including worked-through examples of ethical dilemmas and their solutions, this te...

A Butterfly on the Wheel offers readers an enchanting journey through a tapestry of narrative styles and thematic explorations, each piece intricately woven to capture the essence of early 20th-century literature. This anthology traverses subjects of societal transformation, personal conflict, and moral reflection, ingeniously encapsulating the period's dynamic literary currents. The collection presents a diverse array of short stories and essays, each distinguished by incisive prose and i...

Corporate social responsibility, sustainability and acting ethically are all accepted business aims, but their meaning and implementation in a global context is far less clear-cut. Global Business Ethics cuts through the confusion to provide a coherent basis for ethical decision-making within the complications of the international business landscape.Underpinned by theory and including worked-through examples of ethical dilemmas and their solutions, this te...

Bodies of Learning is a bold reimagining of education through the lens of embodiment science. Claxton and Poel challenge outdated assumptions that separate mind and body, revealing the interconnectedness of the ‘bodymind’. Drawing on cutting-edge research in embodied cognition, this book offers a transformative vision for education that integrates heart, gut, brain, feeling and action into the learning process, reshaping how we think about intelligence, learning and teaching....

Two leading scientists from the Vatican Observatory explore profound questions of faith and science through the lives of contributions of great Catholic scientists.Tracing back across 1,000 years of history, you’ll reflect on the role of faith in science with Dr. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, nicknamed the “Pope’s Astronomer,” and his friend and colleague Dr. Michelle Francl-Donnay, an award-winning professor of chemistry at Bryn Mawr College.Beginning with a brief ...

Charles Mingus, Chet Baker, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Sun Ra, Ella Fitzgerald... Mais aussi Camarôn de la Isla, Astor Piazzolla, Pedro Bacán... Autant de figures — du jazz, du flamenco, du tango — disparues, inoubliables. À l’instant de leur mort, Francis Marmande écrivit dans Le Monde des portraits où l’émotion se mêle à l’humour, la tendresse à l’érudition. Sous le regard photographique de Guy Le Querrec, trente-six de ces moments de pure prose sont ici rassemblés, en un ...

Ten vintage dramas on the theme of murder, written by internationally recognised authors and set across the globe‘Murder is murder, anywhere in the world. The taking of life, the most terrible crime a human being can commit, is the same in any language, whether it springs from vengeance, greed, hate, love or whatever...’Conceived by BBC World Service producer Derek Hoddinott, the 1976 anthology series Murder International comprised half-ho...

• En Égypte, l’édification du haut barrage d’Assouan, Saad el Aali, a totalement bouleversé l’éco-système de la vallée du Nil : 40 millions d’êtres humains sont menacés par la famine et la bilharziose. • Le climat de la planète est en train de se transformer. Pollution ou modification volontaire de l’environnement pour instaurer un nouvel ordre économique mondial ? • La Méditerranée est devenue un vaste égout : dans moins de vingt ans, plus aucune vie ne subsistera dans ses eaux. • Empoiso...

Well-being occupies a central role in ethics and political philosophy, including in major theories such as utilitarianism. It also extends far beyond philosophy: recent studies into the science and psychology of well-being have propelled the topic to centre stage, and governments spend millions on promoting it. We are encouraged to adopt modes of thinking and behaviour that support individual well-being or 'wellness'.What is well-being? Which theories of well-being are most plausib...

Short stories about criminals and their crimes and the people who beought them to justice.

It’s time for the educational slugfest to stop. ‘Traditional’ and ‘progressive’ education are both caricatures, and bashing cartoon images of each other is unprofitable and unedifying. The search for a new model of education – one that is genuinely empowering for all young people – is serious and necessary. Some good progress has already been made, but teachers and school leaders are being held back by specious beliefs, false oppositions and the limited thinking of orthodoxy.Drawin...