Le plan infini

Le plan infini
Author: Isabel Allende
Publisher: LGF/Le Livre de Poche
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2000-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9782253136088

Quittant le monde sud-américain qui lui est familier, la romancière de La Maison aux esprits nous entraîne ici dans la Californie des trente dernières années, sur les pas de deux familles d'errants : celle du prédicateur Reeves qui parcourt l'Ouest à bord d'un camion vétuste, prêchant la recherche du « plan infini » qui justifie nos existences ; et celle des Morales, immigrés mexicains d'un quartier de Los Angeles hanté par la violence.Principal personnage du livre, le jeune Gregory Reeves verra mourir son père et parviendra à construire une carrière d'avocat, mais aussi et surtout à trouver la clef du « plan infini » qui n'est autre que l'amour.Guerre du Vietnam, mouvement hippie, avènement du féminisme, libération des mours, banalisation de la drogue, exclusion : c'est de notre temps que nous parle, au travers de personnages d'une merveilleuse humanité, une romancière décidément de stature mondiale.Un talent bondissant, qui couvre l'étendue du burlesque au tragique, une inspiration jamais à court, assortie d'une rare compassion humaine.Anne Pons, L'Express.

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Publisher: Editions Bréal
Total Pages: 610
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ISBN: 2749520398

El plan infinito / The Infinite Plan

El plan infinito / The Infinite Plan
Author: Isabel Allende
Publisher: Vintage Espanol
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0525433589

sta es la historia de Gregory Reeves, un hombre que sobrevive en el dif cil mundo de los hispanos de California. Gregory quiere llevar a la pr ctica el peculiar "plan infinito" que se traz a s mismo en su infancia. Sin embargo, para conseguirlo debe recorrer un duro camino lleno de obst culos: la marginaci n social, el racismo, el brutal contraste entre pobreza y riqueza o la guerra de Vietnam.

Reading Modern Law

Reading Modern Law
Author: Ruth Margaret Buchanan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2012
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0415568544

Reading Modern Law addresses the identification and elaboration of a critical methodology for reading and writing about law in modernity.

Pangeometry

Pangeometry
Author: Nikolaĭ Ivanovich Lobachevskiĭ
Publisher: European Mathematical Society
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2010
Genre: Geometry, Non-Euclidean
ISBN: 9783037190876

Lobachevsky wrote Pangeometry in 1855, the year before his death. This memoir is a resume of his work on non-Euclidean geometry and its applications and can be considered his clearest account on the subject. It is also the conclusion of his life's work and the last attempt he made to acquire recognition. The treatise contains basic ideas of hyperbolic geometry, including the trigonometric formulae, the techniques of computation of arc length, of area and of volume, with concrete examples. It also deals with the applications of hyperbolic geometry to the computation of new definite integrals. The techniques are different from those found in most modern books on hyperbolic geometry since they do not use models. Besides its historical importance, Lobachevsky's Pangeometry is a beautiful work, written in a simple and condensed style. The material that it contains is still very alive, and reading this book will be most useful for researchers and for students in geometry and in the history of science. It can be used as a textbook, as a sourcebook, and as a repository of inspiration. The present edition provides the first complete English translation of Pangeometry available in print. It contains facsimiles of both the Russian and the French original versions. The translation is accompanied by notes, followed by a biography of Lobachevky and an extensive commentary.