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Gambling and Speculation
Gambling and Speculation takes the long, historic perspective of its controversial subject. The book offers not only a better understanding of the recent "gambling craze," but also a fundamental inquiry into human nature and the structure of societies. The Brenners argue that the negative image of gamblers and of speculators stems from prejudice, whose roots are in the distant, forgotten past. Legal scholars have frequently confused gambling with speculation and the anti-gambling laws were, at times, erroneously interpreted as implying the prohibitions of contracts in futures and insurance markets. One consequence of all this confusion was that during this century both in the United States a...
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field."
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Émerveillements
Tour à tour journaliste, réalisateur, écrivain, éditeur, Alain Stanké a vécu mille vies et autant de rencontres. À l'aise avec les grands de ce monde tout autant qu'avec les quidams, sourire en coin, il a marqué des générations par des émissions placées sous le signe de l'humour. Pourtant, rien dans son parcours aux allures glamour ne laisse deviner ses débuts tragiques. C'est que l'homme, au regard tendre, ne s'est jamais départi de cette qualité qui manque cruellement à nos sociétés désabusées : l'émerveillement. Avouant un faible pour les inconnus héroïques, les humbles, il nous donne à lire des dizaines d'histoires, comme autant de cailloux blancs qui traversent sa vie de part en part et rendent hommage à la grandeur des discrets, à la lumière surgie de l'ombre, à la magie tapie dans le quotidien.
