Très fervent catholique, Georges de La Tour a mis son talent, son pinceau et son atelier au service de la Réforme catholique, emplissant ses tableaux de saints et martyrs, symboles du renouveau de l'Église voulu par le concile de Trente. Toutes ces oeuvres sont communément réparties en diurnes dans la première partie de sa vie artistique et nocturnes dans la dernière période. L...(展开全部)

Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower, yet no one knows the love story that led to its construction. Author Alice Brière-Haquet and Illustrated by Csil have pooled their creative talents to tell this touching story about overcoming hardship with clever invention fueled by love. Mr. and Mrs. Eiffel are a happy couple enjoying living in the most romantic city in the world, Paris. Until...(展开全部)

Bath History Tour offers a fascinating insight into the illustrious history of this beautiful city in Somerset. Author Jenny Knight guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how i

As science probes the nature of life, society, and technology ever more closely, what it finds there is complexity. The sophisticated group behavior of social insects, the unexpected intricacies of the genome, the dynamics of population growth, and the self-organized structure of the World Wide Web - these are just a few examples of complex systems that still elude scientific u...(展开全部)

What enables individually simple insects like ants to act with such precision and purpose as a group? How do trillions of neurons produce something as extraordinarily complex as consciousness? In this remarkably clear and companionable book, leading complex systems scientist Melanie Mitchell provides an intimate tour of the sciences of complexity, a broad set of efforts that se...(展开全部)

Central Manchester History Touris a unique insight into the fascinating history of the former 'Second City of the British Empire', showing just how much it has changed during the course of the ninetee

In "Boomerang" Michael Lewis, the international bestselling author of "The Big Short", "Liars' Poker", "The Blind Side" and "Moneyball", turns his trademark wit to the subject of how the financial meltdown hit us all in the face. Right now, Europe is in serious financial chaos. In Greece, infrastructure costs mean it would be cheaper to transport all Greek rail passengers by ta...(展开全部)

Eudald Carbonell hace un viaje maravilloso a bordo del Beagle, el barco del científico Charles Darwin. En este trayecto los dos vivirán aventuras que ayudarán a explicar por qué la humanidad ha llegado a ser lo que es y qué peligros y hechos han marcado la evolución de nuestra especie: desde el descubrimiento del fuego hasta la ingeniería genética. Un magnífico paseo por la his...(展开全部)