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Lazare and Sadi Carnot
by Raffaele Pisano Charles C. GillispieLazare Carnot was the unique example in the history of science of someone who inadvertently owed the scientific recognition he eventually achieved to earlier political prominence. He and his son Sadi produced work that derived from their training as engineering and went largely unnoticed by physicists for a generation or more, even though their respective work introduced concepts that proved fundamental when taken up later by other hands. There was, moreover, a filial as well as substantive relation between the work of father and son. Sadi applied to the functioning of heat engines the analysis that his father had developed in his study of the operation of ordinary machines. Specifically, Sadi's idea of a reversible process originated in the use his father made of geometric motions in the analysis of machines in general. This unique book shows how the two Carnots influenced each other in their work in the fields of mechanics and thermodynamics, and how future generations of scientists have further benefited from their work.
Lazaretto: A Novel
by Diane Mckinney-WhetstoneThis stunning new novel from Diane McKinney-Whetstone, nationally bestselling author of Tumbling, begins in the chaotic backstreets of post-Civil War Philadelphia as a young black woman gives birth to a child fathered by her wealthy white employer.In a city riven by racial tension, the father's transgression is unforgivable. He has already arranged to take the baby, so it falls to Sylvia, the midwife's teenage apprentice, to tell Meda that her child is dead--a lie that will define the course of both women's lives. A devastated Meda dedicates herself to working in an orphanage and becomes a surrogate mother to two white boys; while Sylvia, fueled by her guilt, throws herself into her nursing studies and finds a post at the Lazaretto, the country's first quarantine hospital, situated near the Delaware River, just south of Philadelphia.The Lazaretto is a crucible of life and death; sick passengers and corpses are quarantined here, but this is also the place where immigrants take their first steps toward the American dream. The live-in staff are mostly black Philadelphians, and when two of them arrange to marry, the city's black community prepares for a party on its grounds. But the celebration is plunged into chaos when gunshots ring out across the river.As Sylvia races to save the victim, the fates of Meda's beloved orphans also converge on the Lazaretto. Long ago, one "brother" committed an unthinkable act to protect the other, sparking a chain of events that now puts the Lazaretto on lockdown. Here conflicts escalate, lies collapse, and secrets begin to surface; like dead men rising, past sins cannot be contained.
Lazaretto: How Philadelphia Used an Unpopular Quarantine Based on Disputed Science to Accommodate Immigrants and Prevent Epidemics
by David S. BarnesHow the controversial practice of quarantine saved nineteenth-century Philadelphia after a series of deadly epidemics.In the 1790s, four devastating yellow fever epidemics threatened the survival of Philadelphia, the nation's capital and largest city. In response, the city built a new quarantine station called the Lazaretto downriver from its port. From 1801 to 1895, a strict quarantine was enforced there to protect the city against yellow fever, cholera, typhus, and other diseases. At the time, the science behind quarantine was hotly contested, and the Board of Health in Philadelphia was plagued by internal conflicts and political resistance. In Lazaretto, David Barnes tells the story of how a blend of pragmatism, improvisation, and humane care succeeded in treating seemingly incurable diseases and preventing further outbreaks.Barnes shares the lessons of the Lazaretto through a series of tragic and inspiring true stories of people caught up in the painful ordeal of quarantine. They include a nine-year-old girl enslaved in West Africa and freed upon arrival in Philadelphia, an eleven-year-old orphan boy who survived yellow fever only to be scapegoated for starting an epidemic, and a grieving widow who saved the Lazaretto in the midst of catastrophe. Spanning a turbulent century of immigration, urban growth, and social transformation, Lazaretto takes readers inside the life-and-death debates and ordinary heroism that saved Philadelphia when its survival as a city was at stake. Amid the controversy and tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic, this surprising reappraisal of America's historic struggle against deadly epidemics reminds us not to neglect old knowledge and skills in our rush to embrace the new.
Lazarillo de Tormes: A Graphic Novel (Toronto Iberic)
by Enriqueta ZafraThis is the first graphic novel adaptation of Lazarillo de Tormes, an anonymous sixteenth-century work that is credited with founding the literary genre of the picaresque novel. This genre includes not only works by Spanish authors like Miguel de Cervantes but also famous novels in English and American literature featuring the "anti-hero." This translated and modern retelling of Lazarillo de Tormes offers a new approach to old questions about a book that has puzzled readers and critics alike for centuries. Who was its mysterious author? Why did the Inquisition forbid this seemingly harmless book? Who read the book and how was it understood? These and other questions are recreated in the graphic novel, offering a broader vision of the fortunes and adversities of a book that against all odds became a literary classic.
Lazarillo Z (edición ilustrada)
by Lázaro González Pérez de TormesEdición ilustrada de Lazarillo Z, una relectura única de la vida y obra de Lázaro González Pérez de Tormes contada por él mismo. Por fin ve la luz lo que jamás te enseñaron en la escuela, la verdadera historia de Lázaro de Tormes, contada por él mismo: De cómo ciertas criaturas se empeñaban en no descansar en paz. De cómo Lázaro se unió a un escuadrón de asalto paranormal. De cómo sobrevivió en un país con mucho hideputa suelto (de ultratumba y de más acá). De cómo, en resumidas cuentas, Lázaro de Tormes se convirtió en uno de los mayores cazadores de zombis del Imperio, y de los problemas que esto le trajo con la Corte y la Santa Inquisición. Reseña:«Plus ultra.»Carlos I de España y V de Alemania
Lazarillo Z: Matar zombis nunca fue pan comido
by Lázaro González Pérez de TormesLa verdadera historia de Lázaro de Tormes: el relato en primera persona de quien fue un personaje central para combatir la plaga zombi que asoló España en el siglo XVI. Por fin ve la luz lo que jamás te enseñaron en la escuela, la verdadera historia de Lázaro de Tormes, contada por él mismo: De cómo ciertas criaturas se empeñaban en no descansar en paz. De cómo Lázaro se unió a un escuadrón de asalto paranormal. De cómo sobrevivió en un país con mucho hideputa suelto (de ultratumba y de más acá). De cómo, en resumidas cuentas, Lázaro de Tormes se convirtió en uno de los mayores cazadores de zombis del Imperio, y de los problemas que esto le trajo con la Corte y la Santa Inquisición. Reseña:«Plus ultra.»Carlos I de España y V de Alemania.
Lazarillo de Tormes and the Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels (Penguin Classics)
by Francisco De QuevedoThe unlikely heroes of the Spanish picaresque novels make their way - by whatever means they can - through a colourful and seamy underworld populated by unsavoury beggars, corrupt priests, eccentrics, whores and criminals. Both Lazarillo de Tormes and Pablos and the swindler are determined to attain the trappings of the gentleman, but have little time for the gentlemanly ideals of religion, justice, honour and nobility.
Lazarus
by Sarah CawkwellWelcome to an alternate 1870s where the heroism and hubris of humanity in this era of steam and steel have unlocked secrets that the world was unprepared for, as super-science and alien technologies bring about an exciting and unpredictable age. The Dystopian Age.
Lazarus And The Hurricane: The Freeing Of Rubin Hurricane Carter
by Sam Chaiton Terry SwintonThis remarkable true story begins in a Brooklyn ghetto when a group of Canadians meet Lesra, an illiterate black teenager who won their hearts. They bring Lesra to Toronto to help with his education. While learning to read, Lesra finds a copy of Rubin Carter's The Sixteenth Round. Rubin Carter, the subject of Bob Dylan's song "Hurricane", was a #1 middleweight boxing contender who had been wrongfully imprisoned after a white jury found him guilty of the murder of three whites in 1966. A huge public outcry followed the publication of Carter's memoir The Sixteenth Round in 1974, culminating in a retrial, which was a virtual reenactment of the original travesty, with Carter receiving the same triple-life sentence. Inspired by Lesra's passion, his adopted Canadian family made contact with Carter and reinvigorated the legal battle. The Hurricane is the moving story of the eight year struggle Carter and his Canadian friends waged to win his exoneration and freedom.
Lazarus Is Dead: A Novel
by Richard BeardThis story of Jesus&’s childhood best friend is &“a thrilling meta-novel&” and one of Kirkus Reviews&’ Best Books of the Year (Maria Semple, author of Where&’d You Go, Bernadette). Like most successful men in their early thirties, Lazarus has plans that don&’t involve dying. He is busy organizing his sisters, his business, and his women. Life is mostly good until far away in Galilee, without warning, his childhood best friend, Jesus, turns water into wine. Immediately, Lazarus falls ill. And with each subsequent miracle his health deteriorates: a nasty cough develops into an alarming array of afflictions unresponsive to the usual remedies. His sisters think Jesus can help, but the two men haven&’t spoken for years. Lazarus is willing to try anything to make himself well, anything, that is, except ask Jesus for help. Lazarus dies. Jesus weeps. Lazarus rises. This part we all know. But Lazarus is about to discover that returning from the dead isn&’t easy at all . . . An ingeniously funny and moving novel disguised as biography, Lazarus Is Dead recounts the story of a great friendship lost and regained that unabashedly turns convention on its head. Richard Beard draws on biblical sources, historical detail, art, and contemporary literature to cast a spell that remains unbroken until the final pages of this story about second chances. &“Beard&’s take on Lazarus is nothing less than astonishing—and he respects the reader by taking religion and religious questions seriously.&” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) &“Thoroughly entertaining . . . a brilliant, genre-bending retelling and subversion of one of the oldest, most sensational stories in the western canon.&” —Sunday Business Post (Ireland) &“Clever and original . . . keeps the reader guessing until the death—and beyond.&” —The Financial Times
Lazos de tinta
by Rosa HuertasUn retrato revelador sobre la primera asociación de mujeres literatas en el Madrid del siglo XIX. Manuela ha crecido en la pobreza. Hija de una lavandera y de un indeseable, ha sufrido las penurias de una ciudad donde el abismo entre las clases sociales es insalvable. Sin embargo, gracias a una vecina, Manuela tiene algo que la mayoría no posee: sabe leer. Cuando su madre muere y ella huye de un padre que quiere abusar de su poder y utilizarla, su camino se cruza con el de una joven escritora, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda. Criada en una familia con medios, rebelde y sabiéndose siempre distinta a las jóvenes de su clase que únicamente aspiran a casarse y situarse en sociedad, Gertrudis no solo piensa en leer y escribir, sino que tiene la osadía de querer publicar. Logrará contactar con otras que, como ella, se saben diferentes y están dispuestas a hacer oír sus voces. Así nacerá la Hermandad Lírica, un grupo de mujeres intelectuales unidas por la pasión por el saber y los libros y por la necesidad de reivindicar sus obras frente a aquellos escritores cuyos nombres sí aparecen en los libros de historia. La vida de Manuela y la de Gertrudis quedarán entrelazadas para siempre a caballo entre un Madrid frío y cerrado a los cambios y las otras ciudades donde buscarán esa libertad que ansían contra viento y marea.
Lazos familiares (Belgravia #3)
by Julian FellowesBelgravia, del creador de Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes, es una historia publicada en 11 capítulos en la mejor tradición de las novelas por entregas. En esta tercera entrega, Lord y lady Brockenhurst ejercen como anfitriones de unos problemáticos familiares mientras los Trenchard reciben una invitación inesperada. Muy cerca de Buckingham Palace, tras las puertas de las grandes mansiones del Londres victoriano reinan el escándalo y la intriga. Bienvenidos a Belgravia. Ambientada a mediados del siglo XIX, en una sociedad victoriana en la que los nuevos ricos de la industria y el comercio comienzan a codearse con la más arraigada aristocracia, Belgravia está poblada por un rico reparto de fascinantes personajes. Esta es la historia de un secreto. Un secreto que se oculta al otro lado de las elegantes puertas del barrio más exclusivo de Londres. Su historia será desvelada en capítulos sucesivos llenos de giros, revelaciones y finales inesperados. La crítica ha dicho...«Simplemente una lectura maravillosa. [...] Un clásico moderno que llenará el hueco que dejóDownton Abbey.»Daily Express
Le Belle Ragazze In Attesa: Un'avventura di Helena Brandywine (Helena Brandywine #1)
by Greg AlldredgeCi sono mostri che sono ancora umani. In una magica San Francisco del 1899, il nuovo millennio è alle porte. Ovviamente le nuove invenzioni sono all'ordine del giorno, alcune sono magnifiche, altre mondane mentre tra le strade fioccano nuovi omicidi ogni notte. Sullo sfondo di questa ambientazione una ragazza dell'alta borghesia scompare e la giovane e intraprendente Helena Brandywine si avventura, insieme alle sue guardie del corpo, per scoprire cosa è successo. La ragazza era forse in fuga dai Tong di Chinatown? Che orrori deve aver dovuto sopportare? Riscopri l'Età d'Oro mentre Helena svela i segreti della sua famiglia. Il bene e il male, dove il pericolo è dietro ogni angolo. Riuscirà Helena Brandywine ad affrontare gli orrori che porterà alla luce? Venite a cercare le Belle Ragazze in Attesa Libro primo di nove della serie di Helena Brandywine
Le Boogie Woogie: Inside an After-Hours Club (The Cosmopolitan Life)
by Terry WilliamsThe “after-hours club” is a fixture of the African American ghetto. It is a semisecret, unlicensed “spot” where “regulars” and “tourists” mingle with “hustlers” to buy and use drugs long after regular bars are closed and the party has ended for the “squares.” After-hours clubs are found in most cities, but for people outside of their particular milieu, they are formidably difficult to identify and even more difficult to access.The sociologist Terry Williams returns to the cocaine culture of Harlem in the 1980s and ’90s with an ethnographic account of a club he calls Le Boogie Woogie. He explores the life of a cast of characters that includes regulars and bar workers, dealers and hustlers, following social interaction around the club’s active bar, with its colorful staff and owner and the “sniffers” who patronize it. In so doing, Williams delves into the world of after-hours clubs, exploring their longstanding function in the African American community as neighborhood institutions and places of autonomy for people whom mainstream society grants few spaces of freedom. He contrasts Le Boogie Woogie, which he visited in the 1990s, with a Lower East Side club, dubbed Murphy’s Bar, twenty years later to show how “cool” remains essential to those outside the margins of society even as what it means to be “cool” changes. Le Boogie Woogie is an exceptional ethnographic portrait of an underground culture and its place within a changing city.
Le Cadeau de Lyon
by Tanya Anne Crosby Angélique Olivia MoreauSes prouesses sur le champ de bataille lui ayant valu le surnom de Lyon, Piers de Montgomerie veut relever le défi du roi David : écraser la rébellion scot. En contrepartie, il accepte des terres contestées et découvre rapidement que ce qu'il désire vraiment est la beauté des Highlands dont les frères lui refuseront toujours allégeance. Meghan Brodie refuse d'être le pion d'un jeu politique et jure de ne pas se laisser conquérir si facilement. Elle résiste au lion anglais... mais lorsqu'elle se rend compte que leur amour pourrait apaiser une terre meurtrie, osera-t-elle espérer que Lyon verra au-delà de sa beauté et aimera la jeune fille imparfaite qu'elle est vraiment ?
Le Cateau (Battleground Early Battles 1914)
by Nigel Cave Jack SheldonLe Cateau (26–27 August 1914) was the second major action fought by the BEF in the Great War. His men exhausted after fighting at Mons and by the subsequent speedy retreat, Lieutenant-General Horace Smith-Dorrien (commanding II Corps) decided that he had to make a stand in the vicinity of Le Cateau.There his men took on elements of four German corps in an action that succeeded in giving the BEF a respite, but at considerable cost. Amongst other elements of controversy in the conduct of the battle was the handling of the Royal Artillery.The battle also undermined the already fraught relationship between Smith-Dorrien and the BEF's commander, John French. The battlefield today remains largely as it was, open countryside, and it is an ideal location to view one of the most significant British battlefields of the early days of the war.In this action no less than five Victoria Crosses were won, three of them in one howitzer battery and two by men of the 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Le Champ de Marguerites de Grand-Mère Louise et autres contes: Usa , From Unknown To Today (D Day Ser.)
by Mandy Bernardini Juan PedropabloLe doux parfum du champ de marguerites de Grand-mère Louise, fleurs qui, paradoxalement, comme tout le monde le sait, n’a pas de parfum, a jeté à tout le village un étrange sortilège. À la lecture, la frontière entre le magique et le réel se dissipent presque de la même façon que le souvenir d’un rêve au moment du réveil. Dans cet ouvrage, des crapauds mystérieux, une rigueur séculaire et ridicule d’écouter des coquillages, la fin du monde, le péché de fumer et de ludiques souvenirs de l’enfance, côtoient des poèmes du quotidien écrits au nom de l’amour. Au nom du véritable amour, avec ses millions d’histoires et de noms. Il s’agit d’une saga inédite où même le Destin et le Karma sont des éléments de la magie présente au sein d’un récit que l’auteur a magistralement élaboré. Le champ de marguerites de Grand-mère Louise et autres contes, est une promesse de lecture rapide et de promenade à travers divers lieux psychologiques et philosophiques de l’être humain. Mais il s’agit surtout d’une lecture très humaine…
Le Charon de l'Union Soviétique
by Elena ChernikovaLe texte raconte l'histoire du grand-père de l'auteur, un homme ayant vécu des moments clés de l'histoire russe, y compris la chute de l'Union soviétique. Après la mort de sa femme, il décide de profiter pleinement de la vie, oubliant la mort et se concentrant sur des expériences positives, comme un rendez-vous chez le coiffeur. Le récit explore les changements sociaux et personnels à travers les yeux de cet homme ayant traversé de nombreuses épreuves et transformations.
Le Club du ciel étoilé
by Joe Corso Fotsing fils de FongangUn roman qui met en scène une très grande vedette de cinéma connue sous le nom de Marilyn Monroe et un chef de la mafia appelé Red Fortunato.Les deux ont été victimes d'une tentative d'assassinat par les fédéraux.
Le Coffre au Trésor de Docteur Margaret
by Waheed Rabbani Isabelle WeissmannUne jeune américaine, Margaret Wallace, épouse son cousin canadien, officier de cavalerie, et le suit en Crimée, lors de la guerre de 1854, puis se rend en Inde où elle s'implique dans la mutinerie / rébellion hindoue de 1857...
Le Combat d'Ève- Opération Serrurier
by Hannah HoweLes personnages du Combat d’Ève sont fictifs. Cependant, toutes les histoires et les incidents qu'elles contiennent, du personnel au public, sont basés sur des faits réels.Le Combat d’Ève est une série de douze livres, chaque livre ayant environ 20 000 mots et un écart de publication de deux mois. À la fin de chaque livre, vous trouverez des biographies des véritables héros et héroïnes notamment ceux des personnages incarnés par Eve Beringar, Guy Samson et Mimi Duchamp. Çà été un honneur de lire des histoires sur des personnes pleines de dignité et essentiellement courageuses. J’ose croire que vous serez épris par leurs parcours dans le Combat d’Ève.
Le Comte de Grayson: -
by Amanda MarielIls risquent non seulement de perdre leur réputation, mais surtout, leur cœur. Damien Archer, le Comte de Grayson et Madame Charlotte Lawson sont opposés à tous points de vue. Là où sa coloration est sombre, elle a des cheveux blonds et des yeux bleus. Le teint d'albâtre de Charlotte est un contraste frappant avec le bronzage de Damien. Il est grand à six pieds trois pouces tandis qu'elle est petite (à peine plus d'un mètre cinquante). De plus, son tempérament joyeux contraste fortement avec sa nature sombre. Mais le plus gênant est sa tendance à faire fi des règles de la société alors qu'elle les suit sans faillir. Damien ne désire rien d'autre que de passer son temps à faire la fête, à boire et à jouer, tandis que Charlotte passe le sien à prendre le thé, à aller à des bals et à assister à des comédies musicales. Elle est une vraie Dame et lui un râteau déterminé. Lorsque leurs chemins se croisent, ils ont toutes les raisons de se tourner dans la direction opposée, et pourtant ils ne semblent pas pouvoir s'éviter. Les passions s'enflamment, les mettant tous deux en danger. Ils risquent non seulement de perdre leur réputation, mais aussi, et surtout, leurs cœurs.
Le Comte de Laiton (Livre Un des Procédés Mécaniques)
by Elise Delahaye Kara JorgensenLord Sorrell cherche la liberté. Ecrasé par les responsabilités du comté et par un père autoritaire, le jeune homme s’enfuit en Orient, mais il est assailli par la peur de se retrouver à tout jamais cloué au sol lorsqu’un accident imprévisible lui coûte son bras. En proie à la dépression face à une vie si restrictive, Eilian Sorrell part à la recherche de la complétion, au moyen d’un nouveau bras. La boutique des Prothèses des Frères Fenice est en danger. Le frère d’Hadley vient de perdre la vie, et la survie de toute l’échoppe retombe alors sur ses épaules. Les clients lui détournent dès lors le dos, et elle ne peut s’empêcher de bientôt craindre de devoir mettre la clé sous la porte, à moins de ne se déguiser en homme. Cependant, tout le monde n’est pas dupe. En échange de son nouveau bras, Lord Sorrell lui offre la chance de découvrir l’indépendance dans les déserts de la Palestine. Ce qu’ils y découvriront sera bien plus précieux que tous les ossements et toutes les poteries du monde. Le désert recèle des secrets qui valent plus que leur poid en os. Hadley et Lord Sorrell en réchapperont-ils en vie ou seront-ils à leur tour enterrés dans une tombe de sable ?
Le Comte d’Edgemore: - (FICTION / Romance / Régence #2)
by Amanda MarielNoël n'a jamais été aussi méchant … Le comte d'Edgemore, Blake Fox, n'en fait qu'à sa tête et il n'a pas l'intention de s'en excuser. Son seul point faible est sa sœur, Madame Minerva. Il est loin de se douter que la garce a en tête de faire des rencontres et que Noël est l'occasion idéale. Blake a-t-il une chance contre sa sœur indiscrète, le gui et la magie de Noël ?
Le Consul Infiltré
by Esteban Navarro SorianoLe 2 novembre 1972, trois jeunes communistes s’introduisaient dans le consulat de France de Saragosse et provoquaient un incendie qui eut raison de la vie de Roger Tur, consul honoraire de France. Des années plus tard, lors du déclassement des archives de la CIA, il fut révélé que durant la guerre le consul avait espionné les nazis et remis de rapports aux américains.