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Résumé : C'est un peuple minuscule qui vit dans les bois et dont l'existence doit demeurer secrète. Maintenant tout est changé car ils sont en grand danger. Certains sont prêts à demander leur aide aux humains. D'autres préfèrent taire la menace qui les guette, quitte à disparaître. Jusqu'au jour où pénètre dans la forêt une jeune humaine appelée Midge...

The Parnassia Collection is a sumptuous collection of clocks, whose models were produced in a few copies, or even just one, executed between 1790 and 1820, sometimes a little later, chosen for their aesthetics, the quality of their cases. and of course their perfect condition. It is with meaning that they coexist with some previous works, but all are related to the framework of the collection, which is divided into two parts. The first includes what we have called, for lack of imagination, the "classic" clocks, the other includes the main models of what we call "black" clocks. Their reunion justifies the subtitle that we have given to the present work "An odyssey in pendulum". Indeed, these clocks make us travel. Through numerous representations, this work takes us to islands lost in the oceans, passing through the American plains, Haiti, the West Indies, to Paris, then Rome, Carthage or even ancient Greece and Egypt. This set is an example of what the passion for beauty, even focused on a period, can lead to, that is to say, to dazzle. The reason the author wants to publish this book is to share his passion with watch and art lovers around the world. Another important reason is that private collectors of clocks are mostly elderly people and his wish is that this book attracts the attention of younger people as well.

Ancienne colonie hollandaise, française, puis britannique, Maurice devient Indépendante en 1968, une République en 1992 et mondiale dès le XXIe siècle. Propulsée depuis quelque temps " Centre Financier Régional " sur la voie d'une mondialisation économique - où elle court le risque de perdre son âme - comment pourrait-elle rester exemplaire de coexistence pacifique, de dialogue pacificateur, si elle n'orientait sa diplomatie bi-multi-latérale, son tourisme mondialisé, vers les sphères d'un humanisme planétaire à la française ?