Alex Evans

Dans la cité millénaire de Jarta, la magie refait surface à tous les coins de rue. Les maisons closes sont tenues par des succubes, les cimetières grouillent de goules... Pour Tanit et Padmé, sorcières associées, le travail ne manque pas. Mais voici qu'un vampire sollicite leur aide après avoir été envoûté par un inconnu, tandis que d'étranges incidents surviennent dans une usine dont les ouvriers sont des zombies... Tanit et Padmé pensaient mener des enquêtes de routine, mais leurs découvertes vont les entraîner bien au-delà de ce qu'elles imaginaient. A Jarta, les créatures de l'ombre ne sont pas les plus dangereuses...

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Why, with absolutely no idea what Brexit actually meant, did the UK vote for Brexit? Why, rather than vote for the best-qualified candidate ever to stand as US President, did voters opt for a reality TV star with no political experience? In both cases, the winning side promised change and offered hope. They told a story voters longed to hear. And in the absence of greater, more unifying narratives, then true or not, voters plumped for the best story available. Once upon a time our society was rich in stories. They brought us together and helped us to understand the world and ourselves. We called them myths. Today, we have a myth gap – a vacuum that Alex Evans argues powerfully and persuasively is both dangerous and an opportunity. In this time of global crisis and transition– mass migration, inequality, resource scarcity, and climate change - It is stories, rather than facts and pie-charts,that will animate us and bring us together. It is by finding new myths, those that speak to us of renewal and restoration, that we will navigate our way to a better future. Drawing on his first-hand experience as a political adviser within British government and at the United Nations, and examining the history of climate change campaigning and recent contests such as Brexit and the US presidential election, Alex Evans explores: *how tomorrow’s activists are using narratives for change, * how modern stories have been used and abused, * where we might find the right myths that will take us forward

What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough

The Myth Gap

The nature of risks to global security has changed dramatically since the fall of the Berlin Wall, but our mechanisms for preventing, responding and adapting to them have lagged far behind. While there have been limited efforts to develop more effective international responses, these have been piecemeal and have produced only modest increases in global resilience. The past twelve months have increased pressure on the international system. The arrival of a new US administration, the more assertive multilateral stance taken by China, India, Russia and Brazil, and above all the credit crunch and subsequent global downturn, have increased demand for more effective management of global challenges -- while at the same time creating fresh obstacles to achieving this goal. In this think piece, we explore how current opportunities can be used to catalyze the transformation we need to create a more effective international system -- preface (p.7).

Risk, Resilience and International Order

Confronting the Long Crisis of Globalization

Why, with absolutely no idea what Brexit actually meant, did the UK vote for Brexit? Why, rather than vote for the best-qualified candidate ever to stand as US President, did voters opt for a reality TV star with no political experience? In both cases, the winning side promised change and offered hope. They told a story voters longed to hear. And in the absence of greater, more unifying narratives, then true or not, voters plumped for the best story available. Once upon a time our society was rich in stories. They brought us together and helped us to understand the world and ourselves. We called them myths. Today, we have a myth gap - a vacuum that Alex Evans argues powerfully and persuasively is both dangerous and an opportunity. In this time of global crisis and transition- mass migration, inequality, resource scarcity, and climate change - It is stories, rather than facts and pie-charts,that will animate us and bring us together. It is by finding new myths, those that speak to us of renewal and restoration, that we will navigate our way to a better future. Drawing on his first-hand experience as a political adviser within British government and at the United Nations, and examining the history of climate change campaigning and recent contests such as Brexit and the US presidential election, Alex Evans explores- *how tomorrow's activists are using narratives for change, * how modern stories have been used and abused, * where we might find the right myths that will take us forward

What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren't Enough?

Constance Agdal est une excentrique professeure de sciences magiques qui n'aspire qu'à une chose : se consacrer entièrement à ses recherches pour oublier le passé qui la hante. Mais quand des démons se matérialisent au beau milieu de la ville, qu'un incube envahissant se prend d'affection pour elle et que son nouvel assistant agit de façon particulièrement étrange, Constance doit sortir de sa réserve... d'autant que son collègue, l'éminent Professeur Dowell, a disparu alors qu'il tentait de recréer une fabuleuse machine à magie d'après des plans vieux de plusieurs siècles. La jeune femme le remplace au pied levé en collaborant avec Philidor Magnus, un inventeur aussi séduisant qu'énigmatique, mais rien ne se passe comme prévu. Quel terrible secret se cache sous le capot de cuivre de la fameuse machine ? Alex Evans, l'auteure de "La Chasseuse de Livres", nous entraîne à nouveau dans les cités et les laboratoires de son univers fantasmatique où la magie — autrefois prédominante — s'est dissipée jusqu'à disparaître. Mâtiné d'une touche de steampunk, de romance et de fantasy urbaine, "La Machine de Léandre" dépeint un monde riche de détails, une intrigue rocambolesque et des personnages toujours aussi attachants.

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