Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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Etienne Copeaux

Comment justifie-t-on et légitime-t-on un bouleversement politique et social ? Pourquoi une idéologie cherche-t-elle à s’enraciner dans un passé antique et à transformer les héros médiévaux en annonciateurs du présent ? A quel rythme et sous quelles formes les idées nouvelles se transforment-elles en présupposés admis sans discussion ? Comment, enfin, la vision de l’histoire établie par le nationalisme est-elle transmise à la jeunesse ? En prenant pour exemple le cas de la république de Turquie, qui a façonné dans les années 1930 un discours officiel complexe, Etienne Copeaux tente de répondre à ces questions et analyse le processus de formation d’un imaginaire national. Aussi, cet ouvrage, au-delà des lecteurs passionnés par la Turquie et ses voisins, s’adresse à tous ceux qui se préoccupent du détournement de l’histoire par le nationalisme, et s’intéressent au rôle de l’enseignement dans la transmission des idéologies.

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the Liaoning Provincial Library

Contains numerous photographs and paintings of the organizational system of the Liaoning area, its war relics, religious temples, culture, and education during the Qing Dynasty.

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C.S. Lewis

In his effort to bring peace to troubled Narnia, Prince Caspian blows his magic horn to summon Peter, Susan, Lucy, and Edmond to help him with this difficult task.

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Konstantin Nosov

"At the beginning of their 800-year existence in the 4th century BC, gladiatorial games served as a solemn funeral rite to honor high-born citizens. From the height of their popularity to their decline, they were the equivalent of a multi-billion dollar industry--run by entrepreneurs and highly regulated by the government. Nossov shows how, with few exceptions, Roman leaders embraced the spectacle and how over the centuries new events such as mortal combat with animals and full-scale naval battles were added to the games. Using updated research that has never before appeared in English, Nossov's chapter on the everyday life and social status of gladiators will surprise many readers. Despite the persistent myth that Gladiators were treated as expendable refuse by their Roman handlers, Nossov demonstrates that the reality was much more nuanced. The professional gladiator pool was comprised primarily of highly-trained men (and, for a time, women) who volunteered for the arena. In return for a long-term contract with a local games master, these athletes would earn an annual salary hundreds of times greater than an ordinary person. And slaves who were willing to become gladiators could earn their freedom with as few as four wins. These athletes lived communal lives together and trained year round for events that occurred no more than seasonally. As Nossov shows, being a professional gladiator was not much different from the lifestyle of a modern professional football player or boxer."--Publisher's description.