One 19th century footman complained about the work involved in drawing more than 40 baths for his household, yet Lady Grenville felt no compunction in describing her footman as a ""lazy flunkey"". For centuries a large body of domestic servants was an often unappreciated foundat…
In this groundbreaking book, Charles Fishman uniquely incorporates and develops a results-based accountability (RBA) into the framework of structural family therapy. Collaborating with the founder of RBA, Mark Friedman, this approach aims to transform the field of family therapy…
Chimie, dermo-cosmétique et beauté
by Dinh-Audouin, Minh-Thu, Olivier, Danièle, Rigny, Paul
Cosmétiques et chimie sont rarement associés dans l'esprit du public car la beauté est un bien naturel et un art, et la chimie une science et une technologie difficiles ! Pourtant, et depuis toujours, on réclame sans relâche des produits nouveaux, plus performants et plus sûrs, …
"Scandinavian style is perennially popular due to its simplicity and elegance. In Sew Scandinavian, Kajsa Kinsella has created a collection of beautiful hand-stitched projects inspired by her Swedish childhood. For the home, there is a folklore flower cushion and a plaited heart…
Taking care of Planet Earth is more important than ever, but figuring out how to help can seem overwhelming. This book is packed with practical advice on choices and changes you can make.--[book cover].
Even though individual parents face different issues, I believe most parents want their children to be good people who are happy in their adult lives. As such a central motivating question of this book is how can parents raise a child to be a moral and flourishing person. At fir…
"Following the Second World War, a generation of Seattle parents went against conventional medical wisdom and refused to institutionalize their children with developmental disabilities. This book presents a visual narrative of thirteen of these remarkable families. With a rich a…
Based on their New York Times bestselling book No-Drama Discipline, internationally acclaimed neuropsychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel, MD, and brain-based parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, have created a guide to manage and reduce drama in your interactions with your kids, and…
Costume defines the superhero, disguising and distinguishing him or her from the civilian alter ego. The often garish garb expresses a hero's otherness and empowers its wearers to seek a primal form of justice. This book provides the first interdisciplinary analysis of the super…
With wry wit and hard-earned wisdom, popular online personality and founder of TheChicSite.com founder Rachel Hollis helps readers break free from the lies keeping them from the joy-filled and exuberant life they are meant to have. Founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.co…
Founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis has created an online fan base by sharing tips for living a better life while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own. Each chapter begins with a specific lie Hollis once belie…
Founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis has created an online fan base by sharing tips for living a better life while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own. Each chapter begins with a specific lie Hollis once belie…
Chelsea Schelly uses ethnographic research, participant observation, and numerous in-depth interviews to examine four alternative U.S. communities where individuals use electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and transportation technologies that differ markedly from those used by…
Richard Reed built Innocent Drinks from a smoothie stall on a street corner to one of the biggest brands in Britain. -- Richard has collected pearls of wisdom from some of the most remarkable, inspiring and game-changing people in the world - in business, tech, philanthropy, pol…
In need of some good advice? The Best Advice Ever Given is a compendium of human wisdom culled from the world's most celebrated-and sometimes anonymous-minds. From Confucius and Shakespeare to Maya Angelou and Woody Allen, and from Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison to Jeff Bez…