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Nous sommes confrontés aujourd'hui à un véritable déficit politique et démocratique, participant à la « fabrique » de l'ignorance, l'exploitation de la nature et des êtres humains et un mondialisme basé sur le profit, dont l'Union européenne est devenue la tête de pont. Seule une nouvelle forme de citoyenneté, bâtie à partir du cœur et de la conscience, confortée par la vigilance, le discernement, l'écoute et le sens du service,...
57582) Mario and the Magician
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Mario and the Magician is one of Mann's most political stories. Mann openly criticizes fascism, a choice which later became one of the grounds for his exile to Switzerland following Hitler's rise to power. The magician, Cipolla, is analogous to the looming specter of fascism emergent in that era. The story was especially timely, considering the tensions in Europe when it was written, Mussolini was urging Italians to recapture the glory of the Roman...
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In England today we enjoy a rich diversity of folk traditions, many of which can trace their beginnings back hundreds of years. They stem from every phase of our antiquity and embody all the peoples who have traditionally enriched our culture. In this book we visit some of the best known examples, including mumming, cheese rolling, tree dressing, rushbearing, beating the bounds, flitch trials and Wassailing, among many other customs, festivals and...
57584) 240,000 Miles Straight Up
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The Angel was First Lieutenant Cannon Gray of the United States Army Air Forces, Engineers. He was five feet two inches tall and he had golden curly hair and a face like a choir boy. Old ladies thought him wonderful and beautiful. His superiors, from the moment he had entered West Point, had found him just about the wickedest, hard drinkingest, go-to-hell splinter of steel they'd ever tried to forge.
57585) Stephen Hawking
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Beyond reaching the pinnacle of success in his field, the preeminent physicist Stephen Hawking also has made a name for himself as a best-selling author. His books bring the wonders of the universe to the masses. Hawking himself is revealed to the public in this book, which follows his rise from apathetic schoolboy to respected scientist and writer. Along the way readers discover how Hawking has dealt with having ALS, and what critics have said about...
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Donald Margulies aims to invigorate the imagination of theatergoers with a story about the nature of storytelling. Based on a Victorian hoaxer's tale of being a castaway in the South Pacific-complete with buried treasure, a giant killer octopus, and cannibals-Margulies revisits themes of authenticity and loss as he returns to what theater does best.
57587) Lluvia
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Drip, drip, drop! Grab your umbrella-the weather forecast is calling for rain! In this book, young readers will discover how rain is made and what conditions make this weather phenomenon happen. Using full-page photographs, simple sentences, and relevant sight words, early readers will enjoy learning about rain while practicing their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help...
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At Sandy Furlow Middle School, something strange is happening. Johnny and Alex have realized that every day that passes, another little boy or girl goes missing. It turns out that the evil witch Ms. Eisenstein is back! This time she came with an army to destroy Johnny and his sidekick Alex for good.
What Johnny and Alex don't realize is that Ms. Eisenstein has a secret weapon that will turn all the little boys and girls from Sandy Furlow Middle School...
57589) Corpse-Eating Animals
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Recycling nutrients in the food web, keeping Earth clean, and preventing the spread of disease are three reasons why corpse-eating animals are important for the environment. This title examines the insects, mammals, and birds that eat carrion and the adaptations that allow them to do so safely.
Grades 3-5.
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"...an excellent overview of past and present Native American life."
-Library Journal
"Best research tool."
-Lingua Franca
Wide-ranging, authoritative, and timely, here is an illuminating portrait of America's Native peoples, combining information about their history and traditions with insight into the topics that most affect their lives today. From the upheaval of first contacts to the policies of removal to contemporary issues of self-determination,...
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In the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Marx explains how, under capitalism, people rely on labor to live. In the past people could rely on Nature itself for their natural needs; in modern society, if one wants to eat, one must work: it is only through money that one may survive. Thus, man becomes a slave to his wages. It is only through his work that he can find enough money to continue to live; but he doesn't simply live, he actually...
57592) A Few Seconds More
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Aden was a warehouse worker from a little town called Pine Cove. In August of 3022, humanity was attacked by a ravenous insectoid species determined to destroy everything in their path. Aden's life changed when the New Coalition of Systems drafted him to fight the threat. A Few Seconds More is Aden's account about events such as The Culling, Operation Goliath, The Battle of New Philadelphia, government scandals, and global riots.
57593) Fractured Mind Episode One
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Sarah's been plagued with strange dreams her whole life. Except there's one problem - they aren't dreams. Everyone thinks she's mad - and none more so than the strapping Lieutenant Karax.He's convinced she should be kicked out of the Academy.There's one problem: Sarah isn't mad. In fact, she holds the key to one of the most powerful technologies in the Milky Way. If Karax can't find out what's going on, Earth will fall. And if he can't find a way...
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¿Tu mente se queda en blanco cuando tratas de conversar con ciertas personas? ¿No eres tan sociable como crees que podrías ser porque tienes miedo de quedarte sin cosas que decir? ¿Alguna vez has deseado tener la confianza y el carisma para poder conectarte al instante con casi todo el mundo? Entonces te recomiendo que sigas leyendo..."No importa el trabajo que tengas en la vida: tu éxito estará determinado en un 5% por tus credenciales, en...
57596) Malédiction
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Nell veut aller à l'école en ville, se faire des amis et passer un bon moment. Mais quand elle découvre qu'elle n'est pas humaine, sa vie entière change.
Quand sa tante est kidnappée par des extraterrestres...
…Nell vole le vaisseau spatial de son père et emmène le garçon voisin dans un monde extraterrestre pour sauver sa tante.
Le sauvetage apporte plus de révélations au premier plan.
C'est une extraterrestre mixte, certains...
57597) Leni und der Wunderfaden
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Als Leni mit ihrer Familie in die Großstadt zieht, fühlt sie sich ziemlich verloren. Da stößt sie auf einen Laden, der gerade eröffnet: die Zauberschneiderei! Die Besitzerin, Ariane Arruga, sieht mit ihren roten Haaren und den bunten Kleidern zwar ein bisschen schräg aus, ist aber sehr nett! Doch in der Schneiderei geschehen seltsame Dinge und die vielen Stoffe bringen Lenis Fingerspitzen richtig zum Kribbeln! Was ist hier los? Kann Leni das...
57598) Million Eyes III: Ouroboros
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Time is the Ultimate Deceiver
On a cold morning in 2219, Cara Montgomery and her husband, Jackson, have a frightening encounter on the beach. An encounter that leads to a war with a depraved and relentless alien race, the Shapeless, changing their lives forever.
Three hundred years earlier, Harriet Turner travels to the future to learn the shocking secret behind Victorian London's most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper. A mysterious barber,...
57599) The Leap
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In a desolate future, where humanity teeters on the edge of annihilation, a girl named Rain grapples with a world that has never truly accepted her. Blessed with a heightened intellect that sets her apart, she yearns for connection and understanding amidst the decaying remains of society. Earth, once a thriving planet, now writhes under the suffocating grip of corporate-controlled governments, unleashing insidious toxins that poison both the atmosphere...
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From the award-winning author of Goldie and the Kingdom of Florida series comes the second installment in the thrilling Magic City Wonders series: The Dream Team.
A woman determined to find her lost love joins a daring team of misfits on a series of dangerous heists.
Their target? Dreams.
About the Magic City Wonders series:
In 1980s Miami - a colorful and dangerous place known as the Magic City - a group of individuals...
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