Pierre Brunel
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Not to be confused with literary critic, Pierre Brunel (1939-) Amazon bio - "Pierre Brunel, born in Montreal in 1931, obtained a B.Sc. in biology from the Université de Montréal in 1962. His study of amphipod Crustacea in Baie des Chaleurs, started in 1954, led to an M.A. from the University of Toronto, then to employment by the Station de Biologie marine de Grande-Rivière (Gaspé) (Quebec Department of Fisheries). In 1966 he moved to teaching in the Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Montreal and obtained his Ph.D. in 1968 from McGill University. In 1970 he joined ex-colleagues from McGill University to establish the Groupe interuniversitaire de Recherches océanographiques du Québec (GIROQ), where he sat on the executive board until 1989. His research has dealt mostly with the ecology of marine bottom communities, mostly in the Gulf and Estuary of the St. Lawrence, but also in the Saguenay Fjord, the Bay of Fundy, and Hudson Bay, as well as amphipod taxonomy and cod feeding and migrations. Since 1990 he has redirected his activities more toward biodiversity and saving research collections, especially through the establishment with colleagues of the Québec Biodiversity Network."
Books
Rimbaud
Hugo
Ruling elites in Venezuela, the United States and Europe, and even Hugo Chavez himself though for different reasons, have been eager to have the world view him as the heir to Fidel Castro. But the truth about this increasingly influential world leader is more complex, and more interesting.. The Chavez that emerges from Bart Jones' carefully researched and documented biography is neither a plaster saint nor a revolutionary tyrant. He has an undeniably autocratic streak, and yet has been freely and fairly re-elected to his nations presidency three times with astonishing margins of victory. He is a master politician and an inspired improviser, a Bolivarian nationalist and an unashamed socialist. His policies have brought him into conflict with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and major oil companies. They have also provided a model for new governments and social movements in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Argentina. When in September 2006 he declared at the United Nations that 'the devil came here yesterday ... the President of the United States', it was clear that he was taking on challenging the most powerful nation on earth, in conscious imitation of the Liberator, Simon Bolivar.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Companion to literary myths, heroes and archetypes
This collection of fascination essays explores the nature and influence of myth and mythic figures in the context of literature. Each essay traces the life of a particular myth in fiction, poetry or drama, drawing on legends from all over the world, from prehistory to the modern age. Alphabetically organized, the Companion's entries fall largely into four main areas: the Cosmos, the Psyche, Society, and History/ Politics.--[book cover]