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L’étranger L’étranger Albert Camus *L'Étranger* est le premier roman publié d’Albert Camus, paru en 1942. Il prend place dans la tétralogie que Camus nommera « cycle de l’absurde » qui décrit les fondements de la philosophie camusienn… OL1230613W
HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS Stacey B. Day MD A pioneer book seeking to cover the widely divergent and critically complex, often undefined sub-threshold fields of knowledge, information, communications science, technology, policy, public health,… OL13757225W
I Can't Wait I Can't Wait Davide Calì With a length of brilliant red thread, Serge Bloch weaves the eloquent tale that is life’s journey. As various as the tree in Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, the thread represents the emotional b… OL15030848W
The new universe and the human future The new universe and the human future Nancy Ellen Abrams "After a four-century rupture between science and the questions of value and meaning, this groundbreaking book presents an explosive and potentially life-altering idea: if the world could agree on a … OL15976457W
Teaching a stone to talk Teaching a stone to talk Annie Dillard See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14857923W/Teaching_a_Stone_to_Talk OL16071598W
Your emotional fingerprint Your emotional fingerprint Woody Woodward "A powerful new program showing you how to succeed in your life, relationships, and career based on your Emotional FingerprintJust as our bodies have a custom DNA code for the way we're put together … OL16142772W
Who lives, who dies, who decides? Who lives, who dies, who decides? Sheldon Ekland-Olson "Issues of life and death such as abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment, and others are among the most contentious in many societies. Whose rights are protected? How do these rights and prot… OL16176416W
Here on earth Here on earth Tim F. Flannery An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species. OL16177044W
The Modern Age The Modern Age James V. Schall At its beginning, every age has been "modern" We speak of "pre-" and "post-" modern ages. We are likewise tempted to identify what is most up-to-date with what is true. But to be up-to-date is to be … OL16460752W
Exploring the meaning of life Exploring the meaning of life Joshua W. Seachris "Much more than just an anthology, this survey of humanity's search for the meaning of life includes the latest contributions to the debate, a judicious selection of key canonical essays, and insight… OL16607143W
Darwin's Doubt Darwin's Doubt Stephen C. Meyer Charles Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. In what is known today as the "Cambrian explosion," 530 million years ago many animals s… OL16805320W
Petit traité de l'abandon Petit traité de l'abandon Alexandre Jollien Être vrai, me dépouiller des masques, oser l’abandon plutôt que la lutte, voilà qui me guide dans le périple de l’existence, où jamais nous ne pouvons nous installer. Pour demeurer fidèle à soi, pour… OL16805749W
Education's end Education's end Anthony T. Kronman The question of what living is for - of what one should care about and why - is the most important question a person can ask. Yet under the influence of the modern research ideal, our colleges and un… OL16969260W
From Eden To The New Jerusalem An Introduction To Biblical Theology From Eden To The New Jerusalem An Introduction To Biblical Theology T. Desmond Alexander Why does the earth exist? What is the purpose of human life? The Bible -- a complex literary anthology -- answers life's most fundamental questions in its remarkably unified story, which centers on a… OL17393186W
1 1 Dan Zadra Contains quotations, reflection questions, and stories designed to help individuals figure out how they can make a difference and create life of significance. OL17731864W
Heaven's touch Heaven's touch James B. Kaler "As you gaze into the starry sky, you might feel isolated from the Universe around you - but you're not. This book reveals the startling ways life on Earth is touched by our cosmic environment, and d… OL18021274W
The Origins of Life The Origins of Life Roy A. Gallant Explores the many different myths, theories, and experiments which explain the origin of life, including spontaneous generation, the development of planets, chemical evolution of matter, and the vari… OL1809273W
This I believe This I believe Jay Allison,John Gregory,Dan Gediman Based on the NPR series of the same name, the bestselling *This I Believe* features eighty essayists - from the famous to the previously unknown -- completing the thought that begins the book's title… OL18374499W
A new science of life A new science of life Rupert Sheldrake After chemists crystallised a new chemical for the first time, it became easier and easier to crystallise in laboratories all over the world. After rats at Harvard first escaped from a new kind of wa… OL18598179W
Here's the Bright Side Here's the Bright Side Betty Rollin Do clouds truly have silver linings? Betty Rollin answers with a resounding yes in this wise, moving, and funny book about the surprising upsides to life's most challenging, painful, and seemingly in… OL1880800W
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