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There is growing recognition across business that the reductionist ‘mind set’ founded on unlimited economic growth impervious to the social and environmental impacts of commercial activities will not resolve the converging environmental, social and economic crises now faced by the global community. Ever greater numbers of Boards and CEOs are grappling with a notion of sustainability and attempting to define precisely what it means for their business. The primary aim o...
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Factor Crítico, revista de crítica cultural, dedica su número 4 al análisis de la tradición cultural norteamericana ¿Existe una tradición cultural norteamericana? ¿En qué se basa, cuáles son sus fundamentos, cuáles sus rasgos? Incluye las reseñas publicadas en la revista Factor Crítico durante los meses de Septiembre, Octubre y Noviembre
The original Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery Illustrated by Anonymous
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This book deals with the Cape Peninsula and covers some fascinating topics relating to Cape Town's history such as: - Early history and customs of the Malays in Cape Town - Shipwrecks and Treasure Hunting - Spices - Bars and Barmen - Honey Farming - Cigars and Tobacco farming - Cape Town "Chamber of Horrors" - Origins of Biltong - Origins of Babotie - SA Museum's Taxidermist - Early Chemist trade - Early Dentistry - Long Street Shops - Cigarette Cards - Ea...
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This novel is based on the plot that describes the life of a young lady having worked as Assistant Professor at the University level. These days, she is engaged by a Trust, interested in promoting `mental illumination through peace of mind and self-confidence. She is going places to deliver lectures, keep in mind the aims of the organization as well as the composition of the audiences. In fact, since her infancy she is on the move from one part of India to another,...
Dear Madhu Ji, On my way back home I recapitulated, as my routine exercise, the discussions at the Coffee House. Can you recall the reaction of Mr Malik to Lal's outburst against the final outcome of Dhananjay Chakrovarty's legal battle to ward off the Capital punishment pronounced on him for rape and murder of a minor girl, when he himself was just 21 years? ……………..." I suppose Mr. Malik came out with some amusing retort, which made almost the entire group at the table...
Te 1966. Indira Gandi je izabrana za premijera Indije, Žorž Pompidu za predsednika Francuske, Bitlsi su harali UK i otkriven je Saturnov mesec Epimetej. Te 1966. Ronald Regan je postao guverner Kalifornije, u Kini je počela kulturna revolucija, Roling Stounsi izdali Paint it Black i rodio sam se ja. Te 1966. Aleksa Lakić je imao šest godina, igrao se na livadi pored kuće obrasle bršljanom i nije ni slutio da sam se ja rodio. Upoznali smo se tek 2010. Došao je kod men...
U prvoj knjizi trilogije "Oni su ovde, sa nama", romanu ‘Kuća obrasla bršljanom’, Aleksa Lakić je Laki, pedesetogodišnji vlasnik klub-stripoteke u Beogradu, koji, osim Mila Desertića, ima još prijatelja koliko ih ima i jedan vuk samotnjak. Pobegao je od užasne tajne iz svoje prošlosti, koja mu je razorila život, ljubav, porodicu… Sakrio se u svom svetu, okružen knjigama, stripovima, filmovima i drugim beznačajnim stvarima i tu tavori, ne čekajući više ništa. On je, u stv...
LITTLE BAD WOLF is a novel aimed for children who like adventures where the hero faces huge even unfair challenges but will win in the end with humour and determination. More than anything Little Bad Wolf wanted to see her father again. He was in prison for nothing other than being a wolf. In order to get him released she would just have to convince the Judge he was not dangerous. That would be easy. The hard part was that she would have to learn to speak in human langu...
Memorable Quotes “The only effect of the two wolves was that afternoon Granny Hood had a dream Elvis Presley was trying to kiss her, and she was telling him that he should behave himself. Even that was not unusual, as Granny Hood had been having dreams about Elvis for the last fifty years. In most of these dreams he was trying to kiss her.”Narrator “The plan was simple, but putting it to work would not be.”Narrator “"Do you mind me asking you? Do you bite?"The two wo...
O encontro entre alguma coisa que está por aí no mundo, e a mesma coisa dentro de cada um nós, que se transforma num ser só... às vezes!
Todos sabem quem eu sou, mas até hoje, ainda ninguém conseguiu provar a minha existência! Por isso é que eu sou tão fascinante! Porque eu estou aqui, existo, logo logo saberás quem eu sou, mas não consegues provar que eu existo... E eu estou aqui, contigo, porque tu estás aqui, comigo, e nem imaginas a cumplicidade que existe entre nós, eu e tu, porque, só por eu existir é que tu estás aqui, mas se tu não existisses eu também não estava aqui... Tu és a razão da minha exi...
Urbanization expanded tremendously, thus brunging about grave and extremely adverse changes to the hydrology, as well as to the water quality and the ecological balance of urbanized areas. In order to deal with flood waters in urban areas, mostly drainage systems were developed. However, the expansion of networks that collect water and transport it to the sea is a classic approach of dealing with rainwater runoff that has grave quantity and environmental consequences and...
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O Goddess sing of how the Pink House went From being fairly clean to state unkempt. A tale of debauchery, lies and television. A story about booze, drugs, sex, war, money, and burger boxes. A novel about a house. A Pink House that starts off structurally sound and then falls into millions of beautiful pieces.
The magnetic field of the passing asteroid is generating enough energy to pull Grailem towards it. Waking from an aimless sleep he tries to use his precious energy to move closer. It had been aeons since he had stood on, or even felt a solid surface beneath his feet. Grailem had been drifting aimlessly through space since his spacecraft had exploded, maybe a million years ago now. The exploding fuel tanks had thrown him out into the cold of space with such a force t...
Mankind had been incorporating humans with artificial limbs and internal organs for generations. The more that Man depended on technology, the physically weaker the human race had become. Many humans were regularly being born with disabilities like missing limbs, blindness and also the inability to speak. Substituting the missing limbs with man-made ones and combining computer technology, the blind could see better than with normal healthy eyes (though mechanical and...
It is an intriguing tale and shows the cold business attitude of the drug dealers who plague our streets. The story captivated me immediately, many of the characters appear familiar I would not be at all surprised if some were my neighbours - they appear so normal George Burnson An amazing adventure – one fraught with danger and showing a darker side of life that many do not believe exists. The desire for money and power that the dealers crave is shown in this...
Chapter One Nicola looked down at the mess on the floor; torn cigarette papers, sweet wrappers, shopping receipts and what looks like dirt is now spread out on the floor where Stef, her boyfriend, has emptied his pockets out. Nicola feels her face flushing with anger as she had only cleaned and dusted the whole flat twenty minutes ago! “Stef!!” Nicola shouts. “What ya want?” answers Stef from the other room in a ‘do not bother’ me tone of voice. Stef has a lig...
“Here you are,” says Suzy as she walks into the lounge carrying Doug's dinner; “looks like you have had a hard day.” she says as she sees the frown on Doug's face. “Hard day? You don’t know the half of it.” he snaps as he stares into her eyes not attempting to take the tray from her hands. “We are not going to argue are we? Come on, I have cooked your favourite roast dinner.” Suzy replies holding the tray out towards him. Doug stands up and knocks the tray ou...
Pulling up outside the corner shop Suzy is pleased to see it empty of customers inside and gets out the car quickly; locking it she enters the shop and makes her way to the coffee and sugar. The supermarket seems too much for her at the moment and Suzy picks up a large jar of coffee and two bags of sugar. Taking them to the till she puts them on the counter and walks over to the fridge picking up two large bottles of full fat milk and returns to the counter as the lad wh...
10 récits ethnologiques à connotation sexuelle.
La eunuque Ce soir j’avais rendez-vous avec une femme un peu spéciale, une femme d’un autre monde, une femme d’un autre temps… Accompagnée par celle qui m’avait contacté, elle avait l’air d’une femme dépouillée de tout, vidée de sa substance féminine, une femme totalement nue, en l’occurrence simplement couverte d’une sorte de linceul ; son guide ayant tout bonnement l’air d’une ethnologue. J’avais ouvert la porte de mon appartement et j’avais dirigé les visiteuses v...
11 nouvelles courtes (de 6 à 32 pages) offrant un regard croisé sur le monde présent et futur à travers quelques thèmes: la mort, le féminisme, la criminalité, les moeurs... Ce livre contient un bruitage en première de couverture et une bande son techno originale d'une durée de 60 secondes en quatrième de couverture.
Pouf ! Pouf ! Un homme embusqué vient de tirer sur des passants avec un fusil à lunette. Il ne les connaît pas, ces gens, mais il « ne pouvait pas les voir ». Dans son optique traitée à l'épreuve des re¬flets, il a vu clair sur leur front : il y a vu des bêtes, les bêtes qu'elles sont. Pour lui, ces deux victimes correspondent à… à quoi ? deux comprimés de tranquillisant. Ces deux tirs grou¬pés correspondent à sa dose quoti¬dienne de tranquillité. C'est la panique dans ...
14 nouvelles courtes (7 à 18 pages), des nouvelles loufoques qui jouent de l'ironie et de la dérision. Thèmes: les espèces, la condition humaine...
La condition humaine La dernière fois que je suis né, c'était dans une fort ingrate condition ; j'avais deux bras et deux jambes reliés entre eux par un buste surmonté d'une tête et doté dans sa partie inférieure d'un appareillage excréteur correspondant à la tête. Après ma naissance, de longs mois durant je suis resté couché sur le dos, totalement impuissant, entièrement livré à ceux qui s'affairaient autour de moi pour me maintenir en vie. Le plus effrayant, c’est ...