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A comedy of manners that serves as an insightful look at the lives of those in the upper classes.

After two sisters, Laure and Marie, learn of their parents' plan to sell the family's summer retreat, L'Agapanthe, they devise a scheme for attracting a wealthy suitor who can afford to purchase the estate. Selling it would mean more than just losing a place to go during the summer--for the sisters, it's become a necessary part of their character, their lifestyle, and their past.

L'Agapanthe, a place of charm and nostalgia, is the perfect venue to exercise proper etiquette and intellect,...

Der international renommierte britische Meister der Landschaftsmalerei der Gegenwart präsentiert seinen 90 Meter langen iPad-Fries "A Year in Normandie" im Museum Würth 2 in Künzelsau und damit erstmals in einem deutschen Museum. Aus einzelnen iPad-Gemälden setzt David Hockney sein direktes Umfeld im Jahreslauf zusammen und greift dabei das Format des berühmten Wandteppichs von Bayeux von 1066 zur Schlacht bei Hastings auf, der den Künstler zu diesem Kontinuum inspirierte. Minutiös und mit intensivem Blick studiert Hockney seine Umgebung en plein air, im Gepäck sein ständiger...

Now in its ninth year, The Best American Poetry is universally acclaimed as the best anthology in the field. The compilation includes a diverse abundance of poems published in 1995 in more than 40 publications ranging from The New Yorker to The Paris Review to Bamboo Ridge.

This book is the first systematic, detailed treatment of the approaches to ethical issues taken by biotech and pharmaceutical companies. The application of genetic/genomic technologies raises a whole spectrum of ethical questions affecting global health that must be addressed. Topics covered in this comprehensive survey include considerations for bioprospecting in transgenics, genomics, drug discovery, and nutrigenomics, as well as how to improve stakeholder relations, design ethical clinical trials, avoid conflicts of interest, and establish ethics advisory boards. The expert authors...