Nouveautés livres, Adverbum

Arabic icons The icons shown in this exhibition (*) come from various Lebanese and Syrian collections and illustrate an accomplished, yet often misunderstood art. In fact, we are frequently unaware that Arabic icons exist, that is to say the product of a (...) Nombre de pages : 192
Format : 21/27 cm
ISBN : 978-2-914338-05-9
40.00 €

Cooking and the art of living in Provence Gabriel-Henri Blanc Here is a lover of savours, but also a very meticulous researcher, and defender of threatened traditions. Since 1946, Gabriel-Henri Blanc has been at work in the Provencal library archives. This year, he is presenting a very elegant opus, (...) Nombre de pages : 368
Format : 25 x 34 cm
ISBN : 978-2-911328-09-1
89.00 €

Guide to color and printed images Emmanuel Florio This manual is written for people whose communication relies on printed images, whether in a Macintosh or a PC environment, in both professional and non-professional contexts. Scanning images, integrating them into a page layout, or sending (...) Nombre de pages : 176 pages
Format : 16 x 23 cm cm
ISBN : 978-2-911220-06-7
30.00 €

This and that - What you need to know about typographical characters Adrian Frutiger This book of typographic culture is written like a conversation of this and that, and is meant to be read informally, like a conversation between friends, around a fire in the evening, hence its title. Adrian Frutiger presents a good (...) Nombre de pages : 96 pages 2 couleurs
Format : 21 x 29,7 cm cm
ISBN : 978-2-911220-08-1
24.00 €

Gallic, under the french Pierre Gastal Do we speak Gallic without knowing it? The question might just surprise you, but it cant be avoided: there is not a single French sentence that doesnt contain a Gallic word in it! Numerous terms used daily come from Celtic roots. The names (...) Nombre de pages : 224
Format : 14/22 cm
ISBN : 978-2-911328-07-7
15.00 €

The structure of Knowledge Jean-François Froger Robert Lutz Have you ever noticed that anything that counts in the world comes in fours? In music there is: tone, harmony, rhythm, and melody. In locating we use: altitude, latitude, longitude, and dating. Then there are four aspects of cause: for what, (...) Nombre de pages : 232
Format : 24x24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-85-5
35.00 €

TOVIL, Buddhist therapeutic exorcisms Bruce Kapferer Georges Papigny Rooted in a prestigious, cultural past where religious and artistic traditions of Buddhism and Hinduism blend together, the medicinal rites of Sri Lanka are most brilliantly expressed in the major exorcisms known as Yak Tovil, practised on the (...) Nombre de pages : 144
Format : 1 vol. 24/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-81-7
39.50 €

The 'pas de deux' and the 'portés' Gilbert Serres The pas de deux and the portés hold a pivotal position in dance, demanding considerable dedication, both mental and physical. Their mastery assumes that you already have acquired a solid knowledge of some basic principles through a precise but (...) Nombre de pages : 256
Format : 19/27 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-78-7
45.00 €

Units of Weight and Measure Roger Lamouline Our units of weight and measure are so much a part of our daily lives that we have a tendency to forget their origins, their definitions… and their foreign counterparts. While half of the Western world reasons in meters, litres and kilograms, (...) Nombre de pages : 208
Format : 1 vol. 14/22 cm
ISBN : 978-2-911328-05-3
14.50 €

From silence to the spoken word Robert Miquel We live in a world of sound and yet know so little about it! In which mysterious sound does our spoken word originate? Why is a vowel spoken and recognized no matter who utters it? Beyond being informative in acoustics, From Silence to the (...) Nombre de pages : 240
ISBN : 978-2-907653-77-0
14.50 €

Traditionnal Chinese Medicine and Cancer Dr. Yongfu Xu Although Acupuncture is the most commonly known practice of traditional Chinese medicine; in fact, it is only one aspect of the therapeutic means that this medicine – which early on had clearly diagnosed several different forms of cancer - (...) Nombre de pages : 96
Format : 1 vol. 17/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-76-3
14.00 €

The Nuna masks Yannick Giorgi This book, the product of a meeting between the author and an initiate, is a living example of the rich patrimony, as alive as ever, of the way masks are used in traditional feasts in the village of Nuna, in Burkina Faso. Yannick Giorgi has (...) Nombre de pages : 160
Format : 1 vol. 24/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-74-9
37.35 €

The Saint Michaels in France Christine Junod This book was born through the irresistible desire of living out a great dream: to visit France by bike! But what sort of itinerary should we use for this formidable adventure? Christine Junod pleases herself to believe that the archangel (...) Nombre de pages : 160
Format : 1 vol. 17/21 cm
ISBN : 978-2-911328-04-6
22.05 €

The flowers of Virgil Solange et Jean Maillat The major works of Virgil conform to the usage of the period and the statutes of ancient poetry, answering to patron's orders who wished to celebrate pastures (the bucolic), rural life (the Georgics), or heroes (the Enid). Although an (...) Nombre de pages : 80
Format : 1 vol. 17/21 Ouvr cm
ISBN : 978-2-911328-03-9
13.00 €

Aquajogging, aquamoving, aquarunning Jean-Michel Lamarque Jean-Michel Lamarque is a sports instructor, specialising in water activities and other body building activities. For several years now he has also specialised in physical preparation in an aquatic environment. He co-authored a book about (...) Nombre de pages : 128
Format : 1 vol. 17/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-66-4
16.01 €

Little treatise on communication Jean Cloutier This work is the first in a new collection co-published with the Editions Carte Blanche, in Montreal (Quebec). This educational collection is centred around the Internet and multimedia. It complements our educational works dealing with (...) Nombre de pages : 204 pages
Format : 15 x 21 cm cm
ISBN : 978-2-911220-07-4
23.00 €

Karozoutha Pierre Perrier de l'académie des sciences Gradually understanding the oral nature of education, celebrations and transmission of the Word amongst the Jewish in the first century enables us to completely re-examine the works of the Aramaic Gospels and the beginnings of the Good News (...) Nombre de pages : 704
Format : 1 vol. 15/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-21-3
33.54 €

Rabbi Ieshoua of Nazareth Yves Beauperin Memorizing the word of God, as Marcel Jousse proposes, is a real spiritual path that is available to everyone. It is also a way of rediscovering the living tradition of the Church. Teaching the Word of God, wholistically as Marcel Jousse (...) Nombre de pages : 288
Format : 1 vol. 24/16 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-73-2
25.15 €

The feminine perineum and childbirth Blandine Calais-Germain The feminine perineum, area of care and of questions, lives and reacts at all ages, at the centre of events throughout the life of women (in particular through sexuality, childbirth and postpartum.) This book offers women, through a conscious (...) Nombre de pages : 160
Format : 1 vol. 18,5/25,5 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-36-7
26.50 €

Fourteen new tales of Provence Maurice Chevaly Louis Falavigna In writing the tales in the present collection, Louis Falavigna and Maurice Chevaly had fun attempting to show that time renews appearances and circumstances much more quickly that it changes men Always rooted in heart in their native (...) Nombre de pages : 184
Format : 1 vol. 14/22 cm
ISBN : 978-2-911328-02-2
14.95 €

Profile of painters Roland Truc Profiles of Painters is a surprising essay that proves that there is a relationship between the cerebral dominance of an artist and his or her personal way of looking at the world and therefore of portraying it. This process seems to go against (...) Nombre de pages : 304
Format : 1 vol. 19/27 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-65-7
40.40 €

The flight of the crane RAM The flight of the crane refers to recent studies where cognitive psychology was used to increase vigilance levels but also to admirable late Buddhist and Shivaïsm texts from Cachemire that have precious information to give us on the dynamics of (...) Nombre de pages : 336
Format : 1 vol. 16/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-72-5
28.05 €

The path of desire Jean-François Froger Bernard Verten Jean-François Froger is an anthropological researcher and exegete. Bernard Verten is a Classics Professor. The path of desire according to the myth of Eros and Psyche is the fifth work of Jean-François Froger. Through the style of a tale, the (...) Nombre de pages : 256
Format : 1 vol. 14/22 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-41-1
18.29 €

Recipes from the Ubaye Valley from today and yesterday Isabelle Chayet Someone who has never experienced the long, rugged winters in Ubaye could have no idea of the treasures that the women's rich imaginations hold, inspired by long cold days in forced reclusion, and the wonderful concoctions that ensue. Ubaye is (...) Nombre de pages : 136
Format : 1 vol. 14/22 cm
ISBN : 978-2-911328-01-5
14.94 €

Medicine ball René Hocquel A medicine ball is a ball with weights in it that gymnasts use to increase their suppleness. Use through medical prescriptions already has given good results, hence the name. No longer commonly used, this accessory deserves to be brought back (...) Nombre de pages : 128
Format : 1 vol. 17/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-64-0
18.29 €

Plants in the Bible Solange et Jean Maillat No reader can deny the fact that plants hold a considerable place in the Bible, if only through their presence in the landscapes. The flora of the Holy Land answers questions that the reader could have concerning the vegetation mentioned in the (...) Nombre de pages : 304
Format : 1 vol. 19/27 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-63-3
41.92 €

Manual of Chinese Medicine applied to Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr. Yu Jin One of the most passionate developments of modern Chinese medicine is that of confronting traditional knowledge with modern biomedicine.Shanghai is the melting pot of this major and stimulating research, where Doctor Yu Jin, one of its most (...) Nombre de pages : 192
Format : 1 vol. 17/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-61-9
24.39 €

Understanding immunology Abou-Bacir Benzair The author, Abou-Bacir Benzair is a biologist and graduate of the University of Paris, and is a former Professor-Director of the University of Algiers where he taught immunology for ten years. In France, his work at INSERM (the National (...) Nombre de pages : 192
Format : 1 vol. 17/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-57-2
25.15 €

Tai-chi, a Practical Manual Andrea Bilger Loni Libermann Contains: eighteen 1-meter tall wall charts plus a 32-page booklet of Tai Chi basics For the first time the complex and meditative art of movement, Tai Chi, is presented in an easy-to-understand fashion. Breaking down the chain of (...) Nombre de pages : 32
Format : 24/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-58-9
10.00 €

Homeopathy Dr. Antoine Florain Despite being around for two centuries and the support given by millions of users, the little granule, carriers of "health news," apparently still have secrets for us. Some of these secrets, like how homeopathy works, proof of its efficiency, (...) Nombre de pages : 144
Format : 1 vol. 17/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-20-6
18.29 €

Between Time and Eternity : The Holy Scriptures Claude Martingay Born December 30, 1920 in Geneva, Claude Martingay worked as a bookseller and founded Ad Solem Editions in 1969, the goal of which was to publish people - writing of spiritual experiences - who had difficulty getting published by the religious (...) Nombre de pages : 64
Format : 1 vol. 14/22 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-56-5
8.84 €

Neurons, words and pixels This is the latest work (May 1999) of the author, well known to readers for his works on legibility, speed reading, linguistics, etc. In a few decades, techniques for conserving and transmitting languages have radically changed: typesetting (...) Nombre de pages : 240 pages
Format : 22 x 22 cm cm
ISBN : 978-2-911220-04-3
18.30 €

Cross-country skiing, pleasure and performance Hervé Balland Guillaume Millet Guillaume Millet is a Senior University lecturer in Sport Sciences and is a ski instructor. He wrote a thesis on physiology and the biomechanics of cross-country skiing and is also a contributor to scientific journals, technical reviews and (...) Nombre de pages : 264
Format : 1 vol. 17/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-55-8
25.00 €

Of gold and honey Jean-François Froger Michel-Gabriel Mouret Finding the meaning of life is a major goal for each of us, whether we are just beginning or approaching the end of our itinerary. This book answers the "eternal question" through exploration of conceptual anthropologic foundations. For this (...) Nombre de pages : 240
Format : 1 vol. 15,5/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-00-8
18.29 €

Shepherds of the sun Jean-Marie Mathieu Because of the drought, famine and economic injustices, the Peul watch their crops disintegrate on the continent - Africa - and drift. The author spent almost six years in Burkina Faso, and strives, in this essay, to valorise the wealth of the (...) Nombre de pages : 240
Format : 1 vol. 14/22 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-53-4
16.77 €

The five seasons of energy Isabelle Laading Isabelle Laading was born in 1952 and studied and taught Yoga for 25 years, as well as Do-In, and Korean relaxation, before beginning Shiatsu and other oriental health exercises. A study of acupuncture, and Chinese nutrition and herbal medicine (...) Nombre de pages : 224
Format : 1 vol. 17/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-50-3
22.50 €

Mind Matters J.R. Millenson The author wrote this book following his struggle with myalgic encephalomyelitis. Mind Matters deals with medicine of the body and mind and has been written for students, practitioners and all those who embrace alternative medicine. (...) Nombre de pages : 400
Format : 1 vol. 17/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-51-0
27.44 €

Science of the heart and of nature Pierre Perrier de l'académie des sciences It is urgent to incite the honest man to reconsider the links between the scientific "how" and his personal experience. This is what the author offers a friend through his meditations. He is one of the promoters of digital modelling, as well as (...) Nombre de pages : 144
Format : 1 vol. 14/22 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-43-5
11.43 €

Beauty and well-being Jacques Bassot Doctor Bassot is a surgeon, the Honorary President of the French Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, President of the National Union of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Surgeons, Founding President of the European Federation of National Societies of (...) Nombre de pages : 208
Format : 1 vol. 17/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-49-7
21.04 €

Writing Ladislas Mandel Taking many a winding path, the representative forms of writing are never the product of chance. Springing from both the body and spirit, writing is man's thinking expressed. From the first primitive scribbles to today's omnipresent (...) Nombre de pages : 240 pages
Format : 22 x 22 cm cm
ISBN : 978-2-911220-03-6
19.00 €