Rousseau
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The landmark political treatise that refuted the so-called divine right of kings and established the principles of representative government "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." With these stirring words, Jean-Jacques Rousseau begins The Social Contract-the first shot in a battle of ideas that would set the stage for the American War of Independence and the French Revolution. In the feverish days of the Enlightenment, Rousseau...
6) Emile
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's thesis that children are naturally good at birth violated the traditional Christian doctrine of origin sin. His argument that education should arise from children's natural instincts and impulses rather than trying to civilize and socialize them challenged traditional schooling. Rousseau's defenders see him as a pioneering thinker whose revolutionary...
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Joe Grey mysteries volume 12
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Molena Point, California, should be a tranquil place. Nestled quietly on the Pacific coast miles below San Francisco, it's not the kind of town escaped convicts seek out. But if you're a thief named Cage Jones, you've just sprung yourself from the clink, and the woman who turned state's witness and helped put you behind bars lives there––where better to go than Molena Point?
Wily Tomcat Joe Grey knows that something sinister is afoot when he...
8) I, Target
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My name is Marko Santana and I have been killed many times.You see, each time I am killed, my mind jumps into the killer's body and I take over. It's weird but simple: if someone kills me, I get their body.So does that make me the ultimate crime-fighter? Maybe a cool body-snatcher kind of guy? Or nothing but a freakin' brain parasite? Personally, I prefer to think of myself as the ultimate survivor-with a serious personality disorder.I am not your...
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Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most influential figures of the 18th century. His political philosophy has been pointed to as a major contributing factor in causing the French Revolution. Social and economic inequality has been a pervasive element of human existence for the entirety of recorded history. The causes of this inequality are principal to the discussion of political, legal, and economic theory. Rousseau acknowledges...
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Vous cherchez un livre de super héros?
Celui-ci n'en est pas un!
DEAD, c'est le plus nul des personnages:
Il meurt à chaque livre!
La reine Gretamalda lance une prime sur la tête du nécromancien Norbert le Noir, qui met en danger la quiétude du royaume.
Pour DEAD, cette mission est l'occasion d'enfin obtenir assez de gloire et de prestige pour devenir un vrai de vrai chevalier!
Mais tu le sais déjà...
Ça ne se passera pas tout à fait...
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Vous cherchez un livre de super héros?
Celui-ci n'en est pas un!
DEAD, c'est le plus nul des personnages:
Il meurt à chaque livre!
D'abord engagé pour retrouver le chat d'une voisine, le détective DEAD tombe par hasard sur une sordide scène de crime.
Jack le Chatouilleur, le plus célèbre des meurtriers de la ville, a encore frappé. Le jeune détective devra enchaîner les d ductions pour traîner l'assassin devant la justice!
Mais tu...
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Joe Grey mysteries volume 17
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When a suspicious fire leaves a twelve-year-old boy homeless and the body of his alcoholic elderly guardian is discovered in the smoldering ruins, Joe Grey and his P.I. posse follow a trail that leads to a scam involving a group of shady real estate agents.
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A fascinating examination of the relationship between civilization and inequality from one of history's greatest minds The first man to erect a fence around a piece of land and declare it his own founded civil society-and doomed mankind to millennia of war and famine. The dawn of modern civilization, argues Jean-Jacques Rousseau in this essential treatise on human nature, was also the beginning of inequality. One of the great thinkers of the...
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Joe Grey mysteries volume 9
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What's the perfect read for fans of New York Times bestselling mystery authors Lilian Jackson Braun and Rita Mae Brown? This delightful ninth Joe Grey Mystery from award–winning author Shirley Rousseau Murphy.
When antiques and valuables begin to disappear from residents' homes, Joe Grey, Feline Detective, knows that something is very wrong in sleepy Molena Point, California. Lost are a five hundred thousand dollar painting, a diamond choker,...
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Joe Grey mysteries volume 10
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The beautiful, serene village of Molena Point, California is the type of place where people go to get away from the harsher realities of life––which is what attracted classic film star Patty Rose to buy the village inn, and settle down to enjoy her golden years. But as the town gathers to celebrate and honor the beautiful, aging actress with a festival of her old films, Patty is brutally murdered––to the horror and shock of this peaceful burg....
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Born on June 28, 1712, the Genevan philosopher, novelist and essayist Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most prominent and definitive minds of the Enlightenment. Self-taught, Rousseau dabbled in many fields, keeping journals of his interests in science, mathematics, music, astronomy, botany, music, literature, and philosophy. He achieved sudden success and subsequent fame with his "A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences", a work that cemented his...
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Fuyez. Elle arrive, elle est tout près. Elle n'épargnera personne. Les arbres tombent,
la terre gèle, l'air est infect. Courez si vous ne voulez pas finir six pieds sous la neige. Une adaptation déroutante du fameux conte d'Andersen.
Le meurtre immonde d'un prêtre dans un pensionnat autochtone, au début des années 1970.
L'inconcevable suicide du grand-père d'une journaliste prête à tout pour faire éclater la vérité.
Un chamane amérindien...
18) Peter Pan
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Une vague de drogués se jetant du haut d'immeubles, croyant pouvoir voler.
La disparition d'une jeune femme, Wendy Gauthier, et de ses deux frères délinquants, évadés de leur pénitencier pour mineurs.
Une île perdue dans la forêt boréale, habitée par une communauté déjantée et leur leader sans âge.
Une baronne du crime nymphomane et amoureuse des bijoux en forme de clochettes.
Un enquêteur médisant dépourvu de sa main droite,...
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Joe Grey mysteries volume 8
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Romance is in the air in the charming seaside village of Molena Point, California. Everyone is excited about the upcoming wedding of its chief of police to the lovely Charlie Getz, even cool feline detective Joe Grey. But the festivities are interrupted when two uninvited guests try to blow up the church. Then one of the bride's good friends, building contractor Ryan Flannery, lands in a heap of trouble when her philandering husband is found dead....
20) Cat Spitting Mad
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Joe Grey mysteries volume 6
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Hell hath no fury like a feline enraged. Though Joe Greyand Dulcie are merely housecats, they each have astrong sense of justice -- to complement their uncannyability to read, speak, and use the telephone. And they'refurious that Max Harper, police chief of Molena Pointand preferred target for Joe's harmless pranks, has beenaccused of a gruesome double murder.
The fleet-footed sleuthing duo is intent upon restoringan old friend's good name. But finding...