Title : Five Weeks in a Balloon. Voyage of Discovery in Africa by Three EnglishmenFive Weeks in a Balloon. Voyage of Discovery in Africa by Three Englishmen - Jules Verne - book Summary : Attempting to cross Africa from east to west by air, claiming to fly over the dangerous black continent in its greatest breadth aboard a fragile gondola exposed to all the whims of the winds, was, in Jules Verne's time, an incredibly audacious undertaking. As one might expect, the five weeks it will take Dr. Fergusson and his two companions to achieve this will be full of unforeseen events and adventures. This novel will fascinate those interested in the early days of aeronautics and, in general, all those who enjoy the humor and verve of "Extraordinary Voyages," including Five Weeks. in a balloon opened the series. Published in December 1862, it was a resounding success first in France, then throughout the world. EAN : 9782859220716 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Voltaire - Text studied, "Candide" - Jean Maurice - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782070579273 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Correspondence - Volume 1 - Paul Léautaud - book Summary : "To write is to live twice," said Paul Léautaud. But reading Léautaud is perhaps to live twice, too. What other literary work could claim such frenzied, obsessive egotism? "I am devilishly selfish," Léautaud confessed in his famous radio interviews with Robert Mallet. But beyond moral judgment, it is the word egotist that best suits this lifelong Stendhalian. Whether it is the Literary Journal, the Correspondence, the Dramatic Chronicles, whether it is The Little Friend, Loves, Passe-Temps, or In Memoriam, Léautaud is always at the center of his work. EAN : 9782264032263 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Voltaire leads the investigation - Volume 3 - The devil wears Voltaire - Frédéric Lenormand - book Summary : Voltaire has finally found a worthy opponent: the devil himself! Beelzebub sows corpses throughout Paris, to the point that the Church, anxious to avoid any scandal, calls on the famous philosopher to conduct a discreet investigation behind the police's back. In a Paris of the Enlightenment still very much imbued with irrational beliefs, where vampires, demons and the living dead seem to wander at will, who else to send on their trail but a philosopher known for believing in nothing? In exchange, Cardinal Fleury, who governs France, will authorize the publication of the Philosophical Letters , this sulphurous firebrand. All that remains for Voltaire is to show what philosophy can do against superstition. And also to discover who is sowing pieces of human bodies into the writer's bath, to uncover the secret of a mysterious petticoat coveted by an assassin, without forgetting to have his new tragedy performed at the Comédie-Française, in order to revolutionize a dusty theatrical art! Both a historical detective novel and a Voltairean tale, The Devil Wears Voltaire is written in a jubilant style as finely crafted as the language of the Enlightenment. EAN : 9782709642903 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Jules Verne - The Dream of Progress - Jean-Paul Dekiss - book Summary : Since the beginning of the 19th century, the bourgeoisie, through finance and industry, has been forging the weapons of a new power. Starting in 1851, a writer set out to immortalize this march of progress by revealing new myths. The discovery of the Earth, the recognition of other peoples, the role of science, education for all, and the moral education of children are the values ​​of the advancing republic. Supported by Hetzel, the greatest publisher of the century, Jules Verne calmly elevates the figure of a modern hero and draws the universe to the new measure of men. It is a lonely man, in the midst of a ferment of ideas, that Jean-Paul Dekiss brings to life here. EAN : 9782070531684 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782218943225 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : THE FANTASTIC DIMENSION - THIRTEEN SHORT STORIES FROM ETA HOFFMANN TO CLAUDE SEIGNOLLE - BARBARA SADOUL - book Summary : Ghosts, ghosts, monsters, creaking automatons, threatening objects, characters with supernatural powers... They're all here! They're approaching! It's our fears that are awakening and taking shape, swarming and crawling at our feet... Do you hear the wolves? Emerging from the imagination of the greatest classic and modern writers, these characters are eternal. They revive, for the duration of a reading, the magic but also the terrors of childhood. Théophile Gautier, Gérard de Nerval, Alphonse Daudet, George Sand, Edgar Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Howard P. Lovecraft, Jean Ray, Richard Matheson, among others, remember them and invite us to savor these forbidden fruits of dreams, to explore the other side... At our own risk! The opportunity to discover the founders and metamorphoses of a literary genre in perpetual rebirth... EAN : 9782290314180 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Fantastic Dimension 1 13 short stories from Hoffmann to Seignolle - Collectives - book Summary : Is Nathanaël mad, or did he really see Coppelius using human eyes to create a new being? Is this a dream, or is the attractive young woman at the ball really just a common coffee maker? Is Bob's inner turmoil causing him to lose his mind, or has everything, even his own identity, disappeared? The characters in these stories brush against the limits of the known rational world: doubt, illusion, madness? In this anthology, discover ETA Hoffmann, Théophile Gautier, Edgar Allan Poe, Gérard de Nerval, Erckmann-Chatrian, Alphonse Daudet, George Sand, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Guy de Maupassant, HP Lovecraft, Jean Ray, Claude Seignolle, and Richard Matheson. Subject of study: Fiction to question reality. Special educational file for new programs. Extensions: Fantastic cinema; the art of Odilon Redon, fourth grade. EAN : 9782290335321 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Musgrave Ritual, followed by three other stories - Arthur Conan Doyle - book Summary : The Musgrave maid and sommelier have disappeared. This old English aristocratic family has a ritual that each of its descendants must perform upon reaching adulthood: a formula to decipher, which would grant access to a secret place... Shortly before his disappearance, the sommelier was surprised, in the middle of the night, carefully examining this document. Is it a kidnapping? A murder? Could the Musgrave ritual be the key to the mystery? Sherlock Holmes's unstoppable logic will be needed to solve the enigma... EAN : 9782290341124 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Time of Hope - Joseph Kessel - book Summary : From the Champs-Élysées, where a victorious French army marches, to the shores of Palestine, where Israel is gradually awakening, via insurgent Ireland, White Russia taking refuge in Paris and a memorable flight on the Aéropostale, Joseph Kessel transports us to a world (1919-1929) that still believes in a better tomorrow. Joseph Kessel (1898-1979), journalist, pilot in 1914-1918, resistance fighter from 1940, novelist, was one of the greatest reporters of the interwar period, working for Paris-Soir, Le Figaro, Le Mercure… A friend of Malraux, Saint-Exupéry, Monfreid, he covered the Irish Civil War, the trans-Saharan flights of Aéropostale and the slave trade in the Red Sea. EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Tellier House - Guy De Maupassant - book Summary : A brothel where the regulars live a regulated life, a place of debauchery full of bourgeois decorum, the Tellier house is like a second home. One day, it closes "because of a first communion"... In the manner of Toulouse-Lautrec, Maupassant paints a joyful picture of prostitutes. But his story caused controversy: the scene of prostitutes taking communion in the Church shocked. Yet it sums up Maupassant's opinion, who, against moralizing hypocrisy, prefers to celebrate impulses and passions. EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Twenty Years Later Volume 3 - Alexandre Dumas - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Theater volume 1 - Corneille - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Theater volume 4 - Corneille - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Theater volume 3 - Corneille - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Peasants - Honoré de Balzac - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Excursions on the Banks of the Rhine Volume 2 - Alexandre Dumas - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Song of Songs - Jean Giraudoux - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Olympe de Clèves volume 2 - Alexandre Dumas - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The War of Women Volume 1 - Alexandre Dumas - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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