Bøger af Louise Pelletier

Joseph McTavish, a behemoth of industry, is dying of a protracted illness in a private clinic on the Mexican Riviera. While he tries one last time to write his memoires in an attempt to cast his life accomplishments in a more positive light, his recollections inevitably bring him back to the crushing failure of his last venture. As the head of a telecommunications empire, he presided over the financial demise, as well as the physical collapse, of a project of Babylonian magnitude. But the downfall did not deter Joseph McTavish, and as soon as the dust had settled, he embarked on an even more impressive project. During this last venture he met Patrick Cohen, a rising architectural star who tried to give exceptional shape to McTavish's grandiose ideas. As the building starts to take shape, Rene, a talented yet unconventional young plumber, crosses their path and begins to find clues that seem to indicate the ground is once more about to give way. Downfall: The Architecture of Excess is a novel set between Montreal, Venice, London and Mexico in a flux of political and economic intrigue, where architecture becomes one of the primary characters of the unfolding plot. It weaves together the sublime and comical lives of the three protagonists as they collide in one ominous building. In this tale about human ambition, Louise Pelletier, who practiced as an architect for over a decade before devoting herself to teaching, here takes a caustic look at the building industry and the primeval human quest to leave our mark on the world.

Book II begins with tensions running high for our favorite heights who are struggling to hold onto what they have unwittingly found together, and still working on accepting the possibility of a shared future.That's pretty hard at the moment though, since Ethan's gone. Out there somewhere fighting the good fight, for those who can't yet fight for themselves. Of course that's not something that Simone would argue with, even if she could. So she does the only thing left and buries herself in her work as she anxiously prepares to complete one of the biggest jobs of her life! It's bittersweet though, with her daughter also busy at camp full time, she's predominately consumed by worries of how she will stay busy once it's done! As usual, the answer will surprise her.One job ends and another thankfully begins. Her patience run short, but her coping skills grudgingly improve as life goes on around her. Simone even meets a few more Kent's while spending extra time on the farm and that helps. She finds solace in feeling like part of his family, as she attempts to recreate her own. Meanwhile she still has to find a way to explain the possibility of Liliana's own heightening to Ben before it's too late and it's fully upon them. She also needs to somehow stay on good terms with him afterwards. That promised to be a lot trickier...From the soaring pines along the Merrimack River, to the regal properties from eras past hidden high on wooded hills, Simone explores her new hometown and learns even more about the people and places that make it so unique and so very special. Along the way she also learns more than she ever expected to about herself. That has her wondering, can we all really be our true self, and still be happy?

200 jeux d'enfants en plein air et a la maison (5e ed.) / L. Harquevaux et L. PelletierDate de l'edition originale: 1893Sujet de l'ouvrage: Enfants -- LoisirsCe livre est la reproduction fidele dune uvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie dune collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre dun partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant lopportunite dacceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF.Les uvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique.En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers dune collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles.Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele dun livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci dun confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction.Pour plus dinformations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.frhttp: //gallica.bnf.fr/ark: /12148/bpt6k110513f

Exploring the role of theatre and fiction in defining character in architecture, this work examines how architecture developed to express political and social intent. It considers how architects can learn from these eighteenth century attitudes in order to restore architecture's communicative dimension.