The tomato (firing): good for the sun and efficient counters the cancer!

Those - and especially those - who treat on their suntan have already known that the tomato was part of vegetables rich in carotene.

For recall, carotene (abbreviation of béta-carotene, one of both forms of carotene) is a coloured pigment which can be converted into vitamin A in case of excess (good vitamin for the skin enters other one).

It is also an anti-oxidizer which can protect cloths. He is therefore interesting in important doses for the prevention of the cancer (to Read continuation …)

Nancy throws Price Stanislas, on the occasion of the 30th edition of the Book on the Place

Every year, in September, the Book on the Place constitutes the first literary appointment of France. He receives in Nancy, on the Place Career, 400 authors and thousands of visitors (130.000 in 2007).

This year, the Book on the Place celebrates its thirtieth birthday (from 18 till 21 September 2008), and created Price Stanislas, for this special occasion, which will reward “the Best Book of these 30 last years”, according to the vote of the public. (Read continuation …)

Album youth: The small shoemaker of Venice - of Pascal Lemaitre (Coll. Pastel) de Pascal Lemaitre (Coll. Pastel)

In the collection Pastel, of the school of Leisures, I chose to introduce you a book of 2007: The small shoemaker of Venice.

History blends intrigue and poem, in an unusual decor: the channels of Venice.

I say to you about it a little more about history (to Read continuation …)