Le livre commence par le récit hallucinant de l'ascension en style alpin de la face Kangshung de l'Everest, le dernier exploit marquant sur le toit du monde. L'expédition réussit mais Anderson s'arrête au sommet Sud et s'acharne : il retourne huit fois à l'Everest avant de réussir..
Même lieu, autre époque : l'Everest est alors devenu un centre commercial. Un même oeil pour raconter ces trois décennies qui ont changé la face du Toit du monde, et la façon d'y mourir. Ou d'y survivre.
'The best 'bird's eye view' of the helicopter war in Vietnam in print today ... Mills has captured the realities of a select group of aviators who shot craps with death on every mission' R.S. Maxham, Director, US Army Aviation Museum
The aeroscouts of the 1st Infantry Division have three words emblazoned on their unit patch: Low Level Hell. It was the perfect concise defininition of what those intrepid aviators experienced as they ranged the skies of Vietnam from the Cambodian border to the Iron Triangle. The Outcasts, as they were known, flew low and slow. They were the aerial eyes of the division in search of the enemy. Too often for longevity's sake they found the Viet Cong and the fight was on. These young pilots, who were usually 19 to 22 years old, invented the book as they went along.
Il y a toujours de l'espoir, au Hope Children's Hospital...
Une famille pour Grace d'Alison Roberts.
Un bébé abandonné... Il n'en faut pas plus pour faire fondre d'émotion Evie, réceptionniste au Hope Children's Hospital. Résolue à prendre soin de Grace, elle fait appel au Dr Ryan Walker, le meilleur des pédiatres. Hélas, si celui-ci se montre toujours efficace et professionnel, il est du genre distant. La petite fille parviendra-t-elle à attendrir cet homme si froid ? Evie l'espère, car elle rêve en secret de voir un sourire éclairer le visage de celui qui fait déjà battre son coeur...
Bonheur à l'hôpital de Caroline Anderson .
Chef de service pédiatrique du Hope Children's Hospital, Alice côtoie les enfants chaque jour... sans pouvoir elle-même être maman. Du moins le croit-elle, jusqu'au jour où elle se retrouve enceinte ! Un rêve impossible devenu réalité... Seulement, il y a un problème avec le père de son bébé. Non seulement Marco Rizzi est son subordonné, mais surtout un redoutable séducteur, qui ne lui a jamais rien promis d'autre qu'une nuit sans lendemain...
The Fundamentals: A Testimony To The Truth (generally referred to simply as The Fundamentals) is a set of ninety essays published between 1910 and 1915 by the Testimony Publishing Company of Chicago. According to its foreword, the publication was designed to be "a new statement of the fundamentals of Christianity." However, its contents reflect a concern with certain theological innovations related to liberal Christianity, especially biblical higher criticism. It is widely considered to be the foundation of modern Christian fundamentalism. The essays were written by sixty-four different authors, representing most of the major Protestant Christian denominations. It was mailed free of charge to ministers, missionaries, professors of theology, YMCA and YWCA secretaries, Sunday school superintendents, and other Protestant religious workers in the United States and other English-speaking countries. Over three million volumes (250,000 sets) were sent out.
This book confronts, and redresses, the remarkable lack of understanding and knowledge about Myanmar, particularly in the West, on the backdrop to the Rohingya crisis and genocide. It provides an ethnohistorical overview, discusses the cross-border dynamics, the genocide, and UN/international responses, It focuses on the refugee camps, regional security and Rohingya repatriation issues. The book presents a much broader and rounded view beyond the ongoing crisis, highlighting perspectives both from ‘within' and 'outside' it. This unique book collates chapters by a global, diverse team of interdisciplinary scholars and experts bringing together an integrated and holistic analysis toward a better understanding of the roots of the ongoing crisis, survival and protection of the Rohingya refugees. It is useful to students, scholars and policymakers seeking to understand the complexity of the crisis, working in areas such as history, conflict/refugee studies, international affairs and regional studies, political science, sociology and anthropology.
Vous avez toujours voulu goûter le pain lmbas des elfes, le gâteau au miel de Beorn ou le ragoût de lapin de Sam ?
Du Pain à la pomme de Creux-Le-Cricq au Déjeuner de Pippin à Minas Tirith, en passant par les Pains Blancs boulés à l'elfique, les Craquelins du Quartier Ouest, la Tarte aux mûres de Filibert Fleuredebeurre, les Truites marinées à l'orientaise ou encore la Tourte au poisson du Brandivin...ces 75 recettes vous plongeront dans un voyage savoureux, qui suit les 6 repas quotidiens des Hobbits.
Plongez dans le monde fantastique et épique inventé par Tolkien à travers ces recettes inspirées par les lieux les plus marquants et les personnages les plus iconiques de la Terre du Milieu.
Billie a perdu ses parents il y a peu de temps. Suite à leurs dernières volontés, la lycéenne part vivre dans la ville de Liberty, au Kansas, chez son parrain, Adam. Cet ami de la famille est propriétaire d'un cinéma de quartier et organiste à ses heures. Il est en couple avec Steven. Les deux hommes restent discrets sur leur relation car dans leur état, être homosexuel n'est pas vraiment accepté. L'arrivée de Billie ne passe pas inaperçue au lycée où d'autres élèves la prennent rapidement en grippe. Son attitude et son intelligence déstabilisent, créent des inimitiés mais vont également apporter son lot d'évolution…
Des célèbres festins d'Elrond au pain lembas et au miruvor offerts par Galadriel, les mets préparés par les Elfes de Tolkien sont mystérieux, irréels et élégants.
Les recettes elfiques vous propose une expérience inédite pour découvrir ce peuple mythique à travers plus de 80 recettes.
Avec des plats comme les Friands Silmarils du matin, la Tarte aux asperges de Lúthien ou l'Agneau rôti de Fondcombe, cet élégant livre de recettes saisit toute la majesté et la singularité du mode de vie des Elfes. Il remplit pleinement son objectif : satisfaire tout autant vos goûts culinaires que votre imagination.
Les bonnes tartes aux pommes représentent une part importante du bonheur de notre foyer.
- Jane Austen Du pique-nique à Box Hill aux dîners de famille de Mrs Bennet en passant par le souper au Netherfield Ball et la cueillette de fraises à Donwell Abbey, la cuisine joue un rôle-clé dans les romans de Jane Austen.
Avec À la table de Jane Austen retrouvez dans votre assiette l'esprit et la verve d'Austen à l'époque de la Régence, à travers de nombreuses recettes réinventées au goût du jour. La soupe blanche de Netherfield, les tartes du pique-nique de Box Hill, le chocolat chaud du General Tilney ou encore le gâteau aux baies d'été, offrez-vous grâce à plus de 70 recettes une immersion pleine de charme et de saveurs dans l'oeuvre d'Austen.
Ce ravissant livre de cuisine renferme également des courts textes et des notes liés à Jane Austen et à son oeuvre, pour une immersion totale dans l'univers de la célèbre romancière.
Mexique, septembre 2001. Un repas de famille, comme tant d´autre. Quand soudain, le programme télé s´interrompt... Il y a quelques mois, devant l´accumulation de dettes, Balthazar, le père de famille, est parti aux USA en quête d´un meilleur salaire. Il travaille dans les cuisines du célèbre restaurant Windows on the World dans l´une des deux tours du World Trade Center... Pour la famille, les images sont horribles. Sans nouvelles de leur proche, le désespoir est là, les prières se multiplient. Lorsqu´une nuit... Hallucination ou réalité ? Le fils décide de croire sa mère persuadée d´avoir vu sonb mari à la télévision. Débute alors pour Fernando une quête entre traversée de la frontière, difficultés des recherches et indifférence des autres. Windows on the World est un roman graphique saisissant où amour et devoir mènent la danse dans une New York endeuillée. L´histoire court sur plus de 230 pages et s´appuie sur des dessins semi-réalistes dont le style évoquera tour à tour les frère.
Transform Your Organization by Scaling Leadership How do senior leaders, in their own words, describe the most effective leaders-the ones that get results, grow the business, enhance the culture and leave in their wake a trail of other really effective leaders? Conversely, how do senior leaders describe the kind of leader that undercuts the organization's capacity and capability to create its future? This book, based on groundbreaking research, shows how senior leaders describe and develop leadership that works, that does not, that scales, and that limits scale. Is your leadership built for scale as you advance in today's volatile, uncertain, dynamic, and disruptive business environment? This context puts a premium on a very particular kind of leadership-High-Creative leadership capable of rapidly growing the organization while simultaneously transforming it into more agile, innovative, adaptive and engaging workplace. The research presented in this book suggests that senior leaders can describe the High-Creative leadership with surprising clarity. They also describe with equal precision the High-Reactive leadership that cancels itself out and seriously limits scale. Which type of leader are you? You scale your leadership by increasing the multiple on your leadership in three ways. First, by developing the strengths that differentiate the most effective leaders from the strengths deployed by the most Reactive and ineffective leaders. And second, by increasing your leadership ratio-the ratio of most the effective strengths to the most damaging liabilities. Third, by developing High-Creative leaders all around you. Scaling Leadership provides a proven framework for magnifying agile and scalable leadership in your organization. Scalable leadership drives forward-momentum by multiplying high-achieving leaders at scale so that growth, productivity and innovation increase exponentially. Creative leaders multiply their strengths beyond technical competence by leading in deep relationship, with radical humanity, passion and integrity. Drawing upon decades of solid research and experience enhancing individual capability and collective leadership effectiveness with Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, the authors provide an innovative and efficient framework to help you: Take stock of your own personal balance of leadership strengths and weaknesses Scale your leadership in deep relationship and high integrity Proliferate high-achievers throughout your organization's leadership system Identify ineffective leadership and course-correct quickly Transform your organization by transforming leadership Scaling Leadership is an invaluable tool for executives, managers, and leaders in business, academia, nonprofit organizations, and more. This innovative resource provides effective techniques, real-world examples, and expert guidance for organizations seeking to improve performance, align and execute strategies, and transform their business with scalable leadership capability.
Tectonic geomorphology is the study of the interplay between tectonic and surface processes that shape the landscape in regions of active deformation and at time scales ranging from days to millions of years. Over the past decade, recent advances in the quantification of both rates and the physical basis of tectonic and surface processes have underpinned an explosion of new research in the field of tectonic geomorphology. Modern tectonic geomorphology is an exceptionally integrative field that utilizes techniques and data derived from studies of geomorphology, seismology, geochronology, structure, geodesy, stratigraphy, meteorology and Quaternary science. While integrating new insights and highlighting controversies from the ten years of research since the 1st edition, this 2nd edition of Tectonic Geomorphology reviews the fundamentals of the subject, including the nature of faulting and folding, the creation and use of geomorphic markers for tracing deformation, chronological techniques that are used to date events and quantify rates, geodetic techniques for defining recent deformation, and paleoseismologic approaches to calibrate past deformation. Overall, this book focuses on the current understanding of the dynamic interplay between surface processes and active tectonics. As it ranges from the timescales of individual earthquakes to the growth and decay of mountain belts, this book provides a timely synthesis of modern research for upper-level undergraduate and graduate earth science students and for practicing geologists. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/burbank/geomorphology.
1 - LA MISSION DU QUEDAK. Le Quedak est venu de loin, tout spécialement pour se glisser en vous... L'astronef se posa sur la plaine aride. Éperonné par l'idée de sa mission, le Quedak s'éloigna en rampant de son poste d'observation. Chacun de ses mouvements était un supplice. Si c'avait été une créature égoïste, il serait mort. Mais il n'était pas égoïste. Les Quedaks avaient une tâche à accomplir, dont ils étaient responsables devant l'univers. Après tant d'années de sommeil, cet astronef était un lien avec d'autres planètes où les Quedaks pourraient ressusciter et offrir leurs services aux faunes indigènes... 2 - JUPITER ET LES CENTAURES. Pendant ce temps, sur Jupiter, un homme change de peau... Le tonnerre grondait parmi les montagnes de glace. De ses mains musclées, Anglesey rassembla ses outils ; de sa queue il souleva la cuve, puis il emprunta le tunnel qui menait à son abri. Haletant, il étendit son corps bleu ardoise sur le sol. Inutile de lancer des imprécations contre la tempête. Dans cinq heures, ce serait le matin. Quelques années encore, et il vivrait comme doit vivre un homme. Il soupira, s'étira et se coucha pour dormir. A un peu plus de cent soixante-quinze mille kilomètres de là, Edward Anglesey ôtait son casque...
Intégrale de la série Blanche « Miracles à l'hôpital »
Il y a toujours de l'espoir, au Hope Children's Hospital...
C'est l'hiver, il fait froid en Angleterre. Mais au Hope Children's Hospital, on se prépare à célébrer Noël avec chaleur et humanité. Tous les médecins sont mobilisés pour exaucer les souhaits des petits patients malades, et offrir à chacun une fête digne de ce nom. Espoir, miracles et amour : n'est-ce pas là les plus beaux cadeaux du monde ?
Cette intégrale regroupe les titres suivants :
Une famille pour Grace, Alison Roberts
Bonheur à l'hôpital, Caroline Anderson
Pour le bonheur d'Adao, Annie O'Neil
Un voeu, un miracle, Tina Beckett
This book provides a comprehensive review of the basic science of the mitral valve needed to begin to comprehend both normal and the failing valve. This knowledge is infrequently discussed in the clinical arena, with a rush towards definition of lesions based on limited analysis. It provides a ready single source of the most important basic science subjects pertaining to the valve, and the pathologies found therein, and thus a more complete understanding of the factors that result in dysfunction may be appreciated. Mitral Valve Disease: Basic Sciences and Current Approaches to Management includes chapters on embryology and anatomy, including details of structural, comparative and functional features. Since the valve is completely influenced by genetics and molecular biology, subjects rarely if ever addressed in the clinical arena, these topics receive in-depth attention. Coverage concludes with lengthy discussions of the importance of multi-disciplinary work, along with the importance of the electrophysiological disturbances encountered in some groups of these patients. It therefore is an essential and up-to-date resource for the practicing and trainee cardiac surgeon and any researcher working within this topic.
Neutron Imaging and Applications offers an introduction to the basics of neutron beam production in addition to the wide scope of techniques that enhance imaging application capabilities. An instructional overview of neutron sources, detectors, optics and spin-filters allows readers to delve more deeply into the discussions of radiography, tomography and prospective applications available in neutron holography techniques. A section devoted to current applications describes imaging single grains in polycrystalline materials, neutron imaging of geological materials and other materials science and engineering areas. Coverage of thermal neutron imaging of biological tissues, plant physiology, Homeland Security and contraband detection explore the future prospects of this cutting-edge research.
Written by key experts in the field, researchers and engineers involved with imaging technologies will find Neutron Imaging and Applications a valuable reference.
This book discusses three levels of e-government and national strategies to reach a citizen-centric participatory e-government, and examines how disruptive technologies help shape the future of e-government. The authors examine how e-government can facilitate a symbiotic relationship between the government and its citizens. ICTs aid this relationship and promote transparencies so that citizens can place greater trust in the activities of their government. If a government can manage resources more effectively by better understanding the needs of its citizens, it can create a sustainable environment for citizens. Having a national strategy on ICT in government and e-government can significantly reduce government waste, corruption, and inefficiency. Businesses, CIOs and CTOs in the public sector interested in meeting sustainability requirements will find this book useful.
Gambling is a significant global industry, which is worth around 0.6% of world trade, that is, around US$ 384 billion; and gambling on the outcome of sports events is a very popular pastime for millions of people around the world, who combine a bet with watching and enjoying their favourite sports. But, like any other human activity, sports betting is open to corruption and improper influence from unscrupulous sports persons, bookmakers and others. Sports betting in the last ten years or so has developed and changed quite fundamentally with the advent of modern technology - not least the omnipresence of the Internet and the rise of on-line sports betting. This book covers the law and policy on sports betting in more than forty countries around the world whose economic and social development, history and culture are quite different. Several chapters deal with the United States of America. This book also includes a review of sports betting under European Union (EU) Law. The book appearsin the ASSER International Sports Law Series, under the editorship of Dr. Robert Siekmann, Dr. Janwillem Soek and Marco van der Harst LL.M.
This book uniquely explores American cultural values as a factor in maternal health. It looks beyond the social determinants of health as primarily contributing to the escalating maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States.
The United States is an outlier with poor maternal health outcomes and high morbidity/mortality in comparison to other high-resource and many mid-level resource nations. While the social determinants of health identify social and environmental conditions affecting maternal health, they do not answer the broader underlying question of why many American women, in a high-resource environment, experience poor maternal health outcomes. Frequent near-misses, high levels of severe childbearing-related morbidity, and high maternal mortality are comparable to those of lower-resource nations.
This book includes contributions from recognized medical and cultural anthropologists, and diverse clinical and public health professionals. The authors examine American patterns of decision-making from the perspectives of intersecting social, cultural, and medical values influencing maternal health outcomes. Using an interdisciplinary critical analysis approach, the work draws upon decision-making theory and life course theory. Topics explored include:
Cultural values as a basis for decision-makingSocial regard for motherhoodImmigrants, refugees and undocumented mothersCultural conflicts and maternal autonomyHealth outcomes among justice-involved mothers
Maternal Health and American Cultural Values: Beyond the Social Determinants is an essential resource for clinical and public health practitioners and their students, providing a framework for graduate-level courses in public health, the health sciences, women's studies, and the social sciences. The book also targets anthropologists, sociologists, and women studies scholars seeking to explain the links between American cultural decision-making and health outcomes. Policy-makers, ethicists, journalists, and advocates for reproductive health justice also would find the text a useful resource.
Is your leadership a competitive advantage, or is it costing you? How do you know? Are you developing your leadership effectiveness at the pace of change? For most leaders today, complexity is outpacing their personal and collective development. Most leaders are in over their heads, whether they know it or not. The most successful organizations over time are the best led. While this has always been true, today escalating global complexity puts leadership effectiveness at a premium. Mastering Leadership involves developing the effectiveness of leaders-individually and collectively-and turning that leadership into a competitive advantage. This comprehensive roadmap for optimal leadership features: Breakthrough research that connects increased leadership effectiveness with enhanced business performance The first fully integrated Universal Model of Leadership-one that integrates the best theory and research in the fields of Leadership and Organizational Development over the last half century A free, online self-assessment of your leadership, using the Leadership Circle Profile, visibly outlining how you are currently leading and how to develop even greater effectiveness The five stages in the evolution of leadership-Egocentric, Reactive, Creative, Integral, and Unitive-along with the organizational structures and cultures that develop at each of these stages Six leadership practices for evolving your leadership capability at a faster pace A map of your optimal path to greater leadership effectiveness Case stories that facilitate pragmatic application of this Leadership Development System to your particular situation This timeless, authoritative text provides a systemic approach for developing your senior leaders and the leadership system of your organization. It does not recommend quick fixes, but argues that real development requires a strategic, long-term, and integrated approach in order to forge more effective leaders and enhanced business performance. Mastering Leadership offers a developmental pathway to bring forth the highest and best use of yourself, your life, and your leadership. By more meaningfully deploying all of who you are every day, individually and collectively, you will achieve a leadership legacy consistent with your highest aspirations.
Des jumeaux pour Noël, Alison RobertsCette nuit de Noël s´annonce comme toutes les autres pour Kate, de garde à l´hôpital. Mais voilà que débarque à l´accueil Rory McCullogh. Rory, disparu de sa vie sept ans plus tôt, au lendemain d´une merveilleuse nuit d´amour, la seule qu´ils aient jamais passée ensemble... Sous le choc, Kate sent la panique la gagner car, si leur brève passion n´a pas été sans conséquences, Rory n´en a jamais rien su...
Mariage sous le gui, Natalie AndersonImogen est bouleversée. Alors qu´elle s´était fixé pour règle de ne jamais mélanger travail et sentiments, elle n´a pas pu résister au charme de son patron, le richissime Ryan Taylor, avec qui elle a entamé une torride liaison. Décidée à rompre avant qu´il ne soit trop tard, elle profite de l´absence de Ryan, parti passer Noël en famille, pour mettre un point final à leur histoire. Du moins l´espère-t-elle...
Réveillon à deux, Molly O´Keefe Renouer avec Gavin, son amour de jeunesse, de retour comme elle à Webster Grove, et qu´elle n´a pas revu depuis dix-sept ans ? Tel est le voeu que forme Merri, à la veille de Noël. Un souhait sur le point d´être exaucé lorsque Gavin, aujourd´hui père d´un adolescent, lui avoue qu´il n´a jamais cessé de l´aimer. Mais comment lui annoncer qu´elle est enceinte d´un autre homme ?
"Un père pour Jeremy, Abigail Gordon Déterminé à obtenir la garde de son neveu, le petit Jeremy, le Dr Dylan Curtis se rend chez Andrina Bell à qui le bébé a été provisoirement confié. Il veut convaincre la jeune femme de lui laisser Jeremy. Mais une fois sur place, son coeur se serre : Andrina semble s'être déjà tendrement attachée à l'enfant.
Une famille pour le Dr Costa, Alison Roberts Depuis la trahison de celle dont il se croyait aimé, Toni Costa, pédiatre, a tiré un trait sur l'amour. Pourtant, un jour, il est comme subjugué par Philippa Murdoch, la soeur aînée de la petite Alice, une jeune patiente très attachante. Pour Philippa - et pour Alice -, Toni est prêt à revoir son jugement sur les femmes. Jusqu'à ce qu'il découvre que Philippa, elle aussi, lui a menti.
Une femme et un enfant à aimer, Caroline Anderson Sans savoir pourquoi, le Dr Patrick Corrigan, chirurgien, ressent le besoin impérieux de protéger Audrey, jeune infirmière et maman d'une fillette de huit ans qu'elle élève seule. Oui, il voudrait la protéger, et même l'aimer. Hélas, quoiqu'il fasse, Audrey le tient à l'écart. Comme si elle avait quelque chose à craindre de lui."
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