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This book summarizes China's ten-year experience of cultural heritage protection by providing case analysis of both successful and unsatisfying practices. It is written with an academic perspective and based on the author's real practice. The first part highlights the...
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How was rugby born in 1823? Why didn’t the first Rugby World Cup take place until 1987? Why are there so few «new nations» emerging in the world of rugby?How did the sport establish itself in New Zealand, South Africa, France, Ireland, Fiji, Georgia and Hong Kong? Are...
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In today’s changing world, all kinds of problems are plaguing people’s thinking. Why is there a conflict between Russia and Ukraine? Why did the Soviet Union continue to expand and interfere in the internal affairs of other countries? What is the difference between Roma...
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What makes a people so persistently guard its ethnic name, even at the expense of reconstructing its cultural entities? The Nu in northern Myanmar originated from the Anung and Nusu branches of the Chinese Nu people in the Nujiang River valley. In Myanmar’s contemporary...
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The SAGE Handbook on Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work provides a comprehensive overview of key strands of research and theoretical concepts in this increasingly important field. With 49 chapters and four section summaries, this Handbook describes...
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«Tony Lyons’s study restores Thomas Wyse to the prominent place where he belongs – as one of the most consequential and far-seeing educational thinkers in nineteenth century Ireland. Long a neglected figure, everybody interested in the history of Irish education will...
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“He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.”
Patrick Süskind, Perfume.
The manufacturing secrets of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, the hero of Süskind’s novel, have been forgotten. Or nearly forgotten. Master perfumer Septimus Piesse (1820-1882) was one of the last to...
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A student union recently estimated that “40,000 students are now prostitutes in France.” The primary cause is the growing precariousness and high cost of student life. This study, carried out in 2006-2007, is a vivid description of the novelty of this form of...
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For the first time, a collection of testimonials gives voice to the children of lesbian couples. Sixteen of them answer the questions many people ask: does living without a father pose a problem? Do children of gay couples necessarily become gay or lesbian? Do their...
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How was human (in)equality built across the table? Why were the first great banquets at the origin of the communal goods of humanity? Who, after forcing men from eating bread, wanted to forbid them chestnuts and popularized the potato? The Egyptian food table invented...
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• The rich have always existed because inequality is natural.
• With hard work, anyone can become rich.
• We criticize the rich out of jealousy.
• The rich spend and invest.
• The rich create jobs.
• The rich take risks and innovate.
• The more rich there are, the fewer...
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• "TV unleashes the imagination and feeds intelligence."
• "A child deprived of TV risks social isolation."
• "TV dumbs you down."
• "TV makes you obese."
It seems that everything—and its opposite—has already been said about TV. But what is it really? How can we...
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In America, liberalism brings prosperity to the majority?
False.
In America, "anything is possible" for those who work hard?
False.
In America, the unemployment rate is minimal?
False.
In America, poverty is relative and the poor live "like modest...
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In 6,000 food products, aspartame is found everywhere in so-called diet nutrition. However, several scientific studies show that this sweetener is harmful for children, pregnant women and epileptics. Used to replace sugar and reduce the caloric intake of food, aspartame...
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“I don’t want to gp. I just can’t do it anymore.” "My stomach hurts, and I'm afraid of throwing up." "It sucks. What’s the point.” "I'm tired. I need a break. "I'm just fine where I am, in my room."
Since the health crisis, Thierry Delcourt has observed a considerable...
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Our contemporary societies let us believe that we are free—it is a delusion. We are still shackled in our chains, even in the West. Chains that we take for wings: we believe ourselves to be in a democracy, we think that work allows us to emancipate ourselves, and we...
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Is it possible to subsidize fossil fuels on the one hand, while at the same time claiming to be committed to the fight against global warming?
Is it possible to promote free trade treaties throughout the world while claiming that CO2 emissions must be reduced?
Can we...
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“Kids are great. It’s a unique process that everyone should experience.” Except that today, 1 in 20 French people refuse to have children. What are the reasons for this “voluntary infertility?”
Do we really know why we have children? Isn’t having children an obstacle to...
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Is there a desire gene? Can love at first sight be reproduced in the laboratory? Why do celebrities multiply their partners? Can the genes for homosexuality be manipulated? Why does the size of a man's penis matter? What role does the face play in sexual success?Is...
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My name is Laura, I am 19 years old. I’m a student and I prostitute myself to pay for my studies. I’m not alone in this. It seems that many other students are doing the same thing. It all followed a strange logic, without me really realizing that I was falling. I wasn’t...
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