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L’écocritique concerne l’étude des rapports entre l’être humain et son environnement dans la littérature. Elle vise à définir une écologie littéraire, c’est-à-dire à offrir une contribution spécifiquement littéraire à la pensée environnementale contemporaine. En se fondant sur l’écologie, l’écocritique se trouve confrontée à la crise environnementale et à une conscience(...)
Éc(h)ographies d'une terre déréglée : petit traité d'écocritique
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L’écocritique concerne l’étude des rapports entre l’être humain et son environnement dans la littérature. Elle vise à définir une écologie littéraire, c’est-à-dire à offrir une contribution spécifiquement littéraire à la pensée environnementale contemporaine. En se fondant sur l’écologie, l’écocritique se trouve confrontée à la crise environnementale et à une conscience des menaces qui pèsent sur la biosphère. L’objet de l’ouvrage est d’offrir un traité sur l’écocritique et les principales questions qui y sont reliées, sur les relations entre littérature et écologie, dans une situation de péril pour la Terre. Il s’agira d’observer comment la planète est « éc(h)ographiée » par la littérature à travers divers procédés d’écriture et de réécriture afin de représenter le dérèglement du monde dans sa composante environnementale. Tout en explorant les approches théoriques liées à l’écocritique (études postcoloniales, études animales, études de l’Anthropocène, waste studies…), l’ouvrage se propose de réfléchir sur la puissance d’agir de la littérature, sa capacité à se renouveler (fictions climatiques, fossile-fiction, thriller écologique…) et à apporter une réponse, sinon un remède, à la crise environnementale, afin d’éviter de désespérer d’habiter la planète Terre menacée de sa propre fin.
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Then first part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, this book looks at how shapes form. From soap bubbles to honeycombs, delicate shell patterns, and even the developing body parts of a complex animal like ourselves, the author uncovers patterns in growth and form in all corners of the natural world, explains how these patterns are(...)
Shapes: nature's patterns: a tapertry in three parts
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Then first part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, this book looks at how shapes form. From soap bubbles to honeycombs, delicate shell patterns, and even the developing body parts of a complex animal like ourselves, the author uncovers patterns in growth and form in all corners of the natural world, explains how these patterns are self-made, and describes why similar shapes and structures may be found in very different settings, orchestrated by nothing more than simple physical forces. This book will make you look at the world with fresh eyes, seeing order and form in places you'd least expect.
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Origami treasure chest
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This rich collection of paper designs by a Japanese expert will inspire origami lovers of all ages. Here are 86 designs, carefully demonstrated in step-by-step photographs, not drawings. The use of color on every page further simplifies instruction. The patterns can be made singly or combined, as shown, to make centerpieces, holiday decorations, seasonal cards, decorative(...)
Origami treasure chest
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This rich collection of paper designs by a Japanese expert will inspire origami lovers of all ages. Here are 86 designs, carefully demonstrated in step-by-step photographs, not drawings. The use of color on every page further simplifies instruction. The patterns can be made singly or combined, as shown, to make centerpieces, holiday decorations, seasonal cards, decorative containers, even a whimsical fish mobile. Chapters include: - playful animals - graceful birds - barnyard creatures - perky flowers - useful containers, such as baskets, boxes and gift envelopes - seasonal designs, celebrating both Western and Japanese holidays
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If Euro-America, under the weight of its projected discourses, is able only to imagine the work of individual African artists as metaphor for nation, continent or race, the art of Wangechi Mutu seduces us brutally into the intricacies of the feminine as an embodiment of nation and species. It down-ends the male-centered 'big men' narratives of post-colonial Africa in(...)
Wangechi Mutu: a shady promise
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If Euro-America, under the weight of its projected discourses, is able only to imagine the work of individual African artists as metaphor for nation, continent or race, the art of Wangechi Mutu seduces us brutally into the intricacies of the feminine as an embodiment of nation and species. It down-ends the male-centered 'big men' narratives of post-colonial Africa in favor of frightfully powerful animal-spirit women and their constituent body parts. Her work forces our collective engagement with the feminine form in its various conjugations of lover, giver and receptacle, but also as predator and merciless avenger. Michael E. Veal
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Hyatt has spent the last four years collecting sounds and arranging them into uniquely site-responsive music. Working collaboratively under the name Field Works, musicians from around the world have contributed over 50 new compositions to this massive collection. In "Metaphonics: The Field Works Listener’s Guide", Hyatt contributes a complete track-by-track guide to the(...)
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Metaphonics: the Field Works listener's guide
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Hyatt has spent the last four years collecting sounds and arranging them into uniquely site-responsive music. Working collaboratively under the name Field Works, musicians from around the world have contributed over 50 new compositions to this massive collection. In "Metaphonics: The Field Works Listener’s Guide", Hyatt contributes a complete track-by-track guide to the 7-album Field Works box set, addressing from many angles the interpretation of place through sound. Renowned naturalist Bernie Krause writes the book’s foreword, establishing a taxonomy of the soundscapes explored in the book’s essays: geophony (earth sounds), biophony (animal sounds), anthropophony (human sounds) and cosmophony (sounds from outer space).
Acoustique
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Charley Harper was an American original. For over six decades he painted colorful and graphic illustrations of nature, animals, insects and people alike, from his home studio in Cincinnati, Ohio until he passed away in 2007 at the age of 84. Renowned New York based designer Todd Oldham rediscovered Charley's work in 2001, and collaborated closely with him in the ensuing(...)
Charley Harper, an illustrated life
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Charley Harper was an American original. For over six decades he painted colorful and graphic illustrations of nature, animals, insects and people alike, from his home studio in Cincinnati, Ohio until he passed away in 2007 at the age of 84. Renowned New York based designer Todd Oldham rediscovered Charley's work in 2001, and collaborated closely with him in the ensuing years; combing through his extensive archive to edit and design this stunning monograph. This coffee table tome is popularly priced, beautiful tribute to Charley Harper's singular style, which he referred to as Minimal Realism.
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Les pieds sur Terre
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Organisée autour de rubriques récurrentes, cette encyclopédie de la nature explore mois après mois les différents milieux et phénomènes naturels, le monde animal, les activités que l’homme peut pratiquer dans la nature, mais aussi les bons gestes écologiques à adopter. Il nous fait découvrir la nature des vents, le rôle des marais, la naissance des trous noirs, le brame(...)
Les pieds sur Terre
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Organisée autour de rubriques récurrentes, cette encyclopédie de la nature explore mois après mois les différents milieux et phénomènes naturels, le monde animal, les activités que l’homme peut pratiquer dans la nature, mais aussi les bons gestes écologiques à adopter. Il nous fait découvrir la nature des vents, le rôle des marais, la naissance des trous noirs, le brame du cerf, la construction d'une cabane, la formation des cristaux de neige, l'élevage de la truffe... Il nous entraîne à l’autre bout du monde, de la taïga russe à la forêt amazonienne. Et s’il nous révèle ainsi toute la richesse et l’étonnante diversité de la nature, c’est pour mieux nous inciter de manière résolument positive à la protéger, à la préserver. Un ouvrage très richement documenté et ludique, ponctué de dessins humoristiques, qui fait la part belle aux planches naturalistes, aux schémas explicatifs, aux cartes et aux quiz... à lire et relire en famille.
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Sound is integral to how we experience the world, in the form of noise as well as music. But what is sound? What is the physical basis of pitch and harmony? And how are sound waves exploited in musical instruments? In this Very Short Introduction, Mike Goldsmith looks at the science of sound and explores sound in different contexts, covering the audible and inaudible,(...)
Sound: a very short introduction
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Sound is integral to how we experience the world, in the form of noise as well as music. But what is sound? What is the physical basis of pitch and harmony? And how are sound waves exploited in musical instruments? In this Very Short Introduction, Mike Goldsmith looks at the science of sound and explores sound in different contexts, covering the audible and inaudible, sound underground and underwater, accoustic and electric, and hearing in humans and animals. He also considers the problem of sound out of place - noise and its reduction.
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Kolobok: A bun on the run
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''Kolobok'' is a new adaptation and translation of a famous Russian folktale about a resourceful bun (a kolobok) who, as in the tale of the gingerbread man beloved of children in the West, skillfully evades the attentions of various animals. Adapted in rhyme by Sian Valvis, and with new illustrations by Dovile Ciapaite, ''Kolobok'' offers English-speaking young readers a(...)
Kolobok: A bun on the run
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''Kolobok'' is a new adaptation and translation of a famous Russian folktale about a resourceful bun (a kolobok) who, as in the tale of the gingerbread man beloved of children in the West, skillfully evades the attentions of various animals. Adapted in rhyme by Sian Valvis, and with new illustrations by Dovile Ciapaite, ''Kolobok'' offers English-speaking young readers a glimpse into the magic and mysticism of Russian folklore. The visceral and environmental elements that are present in Russian folktales bring to life a vivid sense of the nation's culture and identity.
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Pine
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Mason examines how the somber, brooding atmosphere of pine woods, the complex forms of pine cones, and the coniform shape of the trees themselves have aroused the creativity of artists, writers, filmmakers, and photographers. She also considers the many ways we use the tree—its resin once provided adhesives, waterproofing, and medicines, and its wood continues to be(...)
Pine
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Mason examines how the somber, brooding atmosphere of pine woods, the complex forms of pine cones, and the coniform shape of the trees themselves have aroused the creativity of artists, writers, filmmakers, and photographers. She also considers the many ways we use the tree—its resin once provided adhesives, waterproofing, and medicines, and its wood continues to be incorporated into buildings, furniture, and the pulp used to make paper, while its cones provide pine nuts and other food for animals and humans. Filled with one hundred illustrations, Pin` provides a survey of these rugged, aromatic trees that are found the world over.
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