Title : The Sacred Night - Tahar Ben Jelloun - book Summary Goncourt Prize 1987 “Remember! I was a child with a troubled and vacillating identity. I was a daughter masked by the will of a father who felt diminished, humiliated because he had not had a son. As you know, I was the son he dreamed of. The rest, some of you know; others have heard snatches here and there. Those who have ventured to tell the life of this child of sand and wind have had some trouble: some have been struck with amnesia; others have almost lost their souls. You have been told stories. They are not really mine. Even locked up and isolated, the news reached me. I was neither surprised nor troubled. I knew that by disappearing I was leaving behind me enough to fuel the most extravagant tales. But, as my life is not a tale, I wanted to re-establish the facts and deliver to you the secret kept under a black stone in a house with high walls at the end of an alley closed by seven doors. Ahmed, "the sand child," has grown up. He (or she) has aged and is now speaking. In this In Sacred Night, Tahar Ben Jelloun perhaps provides the key to one of his most disturbing novels of recent years. The Sand Child had been critically acclaimed and read by tens of thousands of readers. EAN : 9782020097161 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Bagatelle - Maurice Denuzière - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782724210460 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Beautiful galleys - Patrick Cauvin - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782738207876 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Orphans' House - Helen Dunmore - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782298016024 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Princess of Lamballe - Decker Michel - book Summary A cousin of the kings of Sardinia, sadly married to a prince of debauchery, the Princess of Lamballe fell under the spell of Marie-Antoinette as soon as she arrived at Versailles. And vice versa. But the latter gradually became impulsive and fickle, while the princess desired an exclusive friendship. She fell ill and distanced herself from the court. It took the Revolution and its horrors for the queen to discover that her former friend, unlike so many others who abandoned her, remained loyal to her to the point of allowing herself to be assassinated. Guillotined, her head was hoisted on a pike and paraded beneath the windows of the sovereign, imprisoned in the Temple. Michel de Decker explored numerous boxes of archives, never before dusted, to bring to life this woman, overwhelming in her loyalty, sincerity, and love. EAN : 9782262001568 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : When Visual Impairment Sets In: Practical Guide for Adults and Those Around Them - Cecile Allaire - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782916192086 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Inferno - Brown Dan - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782286085247 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Give Back the Money! - Montaldo Jean - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782286053253 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Tomorrow the revolution - Zenatti Valérie - book Summary See Photos EAN : 9782211088497 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A photo of grandmother - Hautzig Esther - book Summary See Photos EAN : 9782211088473 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Nothing Serious - Justine Lévy - book Summary Le Vaudeville Prize (formerly La Coupole) 2004 Since Adrien left her, Louise has lost the taste, the desire, the very meaning of life. She no longer has the courage to be happy, to be in pain, or to be afraid. Louise and Adrien loved each other like enfants terribles, from the end of their adolescence until the day Adrien met his father's young mistress, Paula, an ideal woman with the look of a killer who would break Louise's heart by killing the love Adrien had for her. Since then, Louise has let herself live without living. She waits without waiting. It could have lasted months or years: only a new love will allow Louise to relearn the gestures and rediscover the flavor of existence. With writing that is at once dry, tender, and often irresistibly funny, this book, in which the author spares no effort, tells of a descent into hell and a rise back to the light. EAN : 9782234056732 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Fruit of Our Wombs - Jean-Yves Martinez - book Summary Nadja, a young Kabyle woman torn from her native Algeria, is exploited in Marseille by a prostitution ring. Exhausted, she decides to escape her pimp to save what remains of her humanity. She calls upon Inspector Chavez, a lawless cop, who doesn't hesitate to use her to get revenge on the crook who ruined her career. On the run, Nadja is caught by her latest client, a ragged, moody ex-con who sees her as his salvation and offers to protect her in exchange for unrequited love. These three mutilated and tragic destinies will then engage in a merciless battle against a gang responsible for a mysterious traffic that will lead them to the confines of barbarism. With, in the foreground, the city of the Good Mother, luminous and pagan, pregnant with a belly of lost identities, always ready to devour its bastards torn between their origins and their desire to finally exist. A dark novel, constructed like a breathless road movie from the Camargue to the Canebière, where women and men attempt a final reconciliation to overcome the ravages of paid sex, betrayal and the mysteries of filiation. EAN : 9782849900659 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Lost Child - John Hart - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782298042528 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Battue - Binoix Marguerite - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782298003512 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Archangel of Wolves - Thierry Bardot - book Summary Jocelyn, the village's forest ranger, is worried about the increase in wolves at the doors of homes, especially that of his elderly aunt Marjolaine. But wolves aren't the only predators in the village: while the rural exodus was in full swing, new arrivals are invading the village and seem to have a strange cult for this animal. Jocelyn will be the only one who can counter the spell... EAN : 9782812922480 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Don't Panic at the Wheel! Self-Therapy and Virtual Reality - Roger Zumbrunnen, Eric MALBOS - book Summary - Are you learning to drive and panicking? - Since you had an accident, are you afraid to drive? - Do you feel unwell while driving at night or in bad weather? - On unfamiliar roads, do you lose all your composure? - In the middle of traffic jams, your heart is pounding and you feel like you're suffocating? - Do you avoid tunnels, bridges, highways, big cities? This book offers you a practical method to conquer all your fears. It offers anti-panic tools that will allow you to control your anxieties, avoid palpitations and hot flashes, regain your self-confidence, and drive with peace of mind for greater safety. EAN : 9782738153067 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Terror in France - Genesis of French Jihad - Gilles Kepel - book Please note that some pages may have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this will not interfere with reading. Summary In the ten years between the riots of autumn 2005 and the 2015 attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the Bataclan, France saw new fault lines emerge. The youth of postcolonial immigration constituted the main symbolic stake. This contributed to François Hollande's victory in the 2012 elections. But economic, social, and political marginalization, among other factors, pushed some to seek a model of "integral Islam" inspired by Salafism and to project themselves into a "jihadosphere" that sought to destroy the "infidel" West. The generational change in Islam in France and the transformations of the ideology of jihadism under the influence of social networks produced the crucible from which the French, excited by the Syrian-Iraqi battlefield, would emerge. In 2015, more than 800 of them joined it and more than 130 died there, not counting those who carried out their attacks in France. At the same time, the rise of the far right and the electoral successes of the National Front reinforced the polarization of society, whose foundations are today threatened in an unprecedented way by those who want to unleash, in terror and desolation, civil war. This book is dedicated to unraveling the threads of this tragedy. EAN : 9782070105625 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Everything You Need to Know to Feel "Divinely" Good - Candace B. Pert - book Summary From beginning to end, this captivating book takes us through the myriad avenues of the mind-body approach, distinguishing pseudoscience from verifiable science to show us the way to therapies based on the new physiological paradigm of purifying our food and our environment, forgiving and healing our relationships with those around us, staying young and creating the reality we want. EAN : 9782895655602 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Holy Lola - Dominique Sampiero, Tiffany Tavernier - book Summary A plane lands in a land of rice paddies, a couple bickers over a lost hotel address: Jacques and Isabelle Cessac have just landed in Cambodia! Barely have they crossed the airport corridors when the monsoon hits. A taxi driver steps forward and grabs their luggage: Adopter? Married for ten years, Jacques, 34, a rural general practitioner, and Isabelle, 29, live in Auvergne. Until the day everything falls apart... Isabelle discovers her sterility. A few months later, and to put an end to the vicious circle of medicalization, they send a file to the MAI (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and, like all adopters, leave unconscious, pumped up. It's their first trip abroad, and their arrival in Phnom Penh is a measure of their change of scenery! A ballet of traffic, children playing on the sidewalks despite the rain, contrasting neighborhoods, colorful crowds at the markets, clusters of Moby Dop zigzagging across the road. The reception is frosty. The official, in a hurry, doesn't even look up from his desk. When Jacques asks for information about the procedure, he offers them a list of steps written by an adopter, giving them a fragile thread of guidance. And the grueling round of orphanages begins. Then the confrontation with the Cambodian authorities, also overwhelmed by work. The mistrust and jealousy of other adopters. The false joys, the endless discussions about the price of a taxi ride, the twists and turns surrounding signatures, the resourcefulness, the fear of networks and the temptation of trafficking. And above all, the anxiety of failure and returning childless. Every day, the trivial rubs shoulders with depression. After a month, when everything suggested they were going to fail, luck smiled on them: by bringing toys to the children of HOLY BABY, an orphanage they had visited several times, Jacques and Isabelle were given a little Lola, aged eight months. But first they had to pass the tests at the Pasteur Institute, find out if she was HIV positive or negative, have her lung x-rays done and finally spend an indefinite period dealing with the bakshish, the various Cambodian ministries, to obtain their approval for this adoption, with the anxiety until the last minute that it would all fail. Holy Lola is the story of a successful adoption but also of an initiatory journey to the heart of a country martyred by history, a journey to the heart of oneself and selfishness, fears to overcome: just to become parents. EAN : 9782246656913 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : They were waiting for dawn - Claude Michelet - book Summary Paris, 1940. Jean, Albert and René are young and full of illusions... But they don't yet know to what extent their choices will seal their destiny. Claude Michelet's great novel about the Resistance. In the winter of 1940, the Germans occupied Paris. Three friends, Jean, Albert, and René, shared a common love of swimming and a shared anxiety about a bleak future. On November 11th, without much thought, Jean participates in an anti-German demonstration organized around the Arc de Triomphe. Accosted by the police, he injures a gendarme while trying to escape, leaving him with his jacket and papers. From now on, he is a fugitive who has no other choice but to turn to a young American journalist he met shortly before, who leads him to a fashion house run by a surprising woman: Claire Diamond. Although she dresses the companions of all the influential Germans in Paris, Jean will quickly understand that Claire plays a role in the Resistance that is being born. It is she who will allow him to join these networks to which he feels so naturally drawn. Albert, for his part, chose collaboration. He did not hesitate for a second to infiltrate student circles and denounced all rebels against Nazi propaganda. Under a pseudonym, he actively collaborated with the most virulent newspapers, such as I am everywhere Or The Sheaf. As for René, too preoccupied with his personal pleasure, women, and the good life, he chose neither side. Yet he found himself forcibly conscripted into the STO and suffered a thousand deaths in the depths of Germany. Through three stories, Claude Michelet retraces, with the rigor of a historian and the breath of a novelist, all the facets of this dramatic era when a tiny handful of men and women were able to restore France's greatness and honor. It is also, implicitly, Claude Michelet's homage to his father, the great patriot and resistance fighter Edmond Michelet. EAN : 9782221125687 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Somewhere in the World - Claude Michelet - book Summary The beginnings of cinema, aviation... The extraordinary destiny of a daring Corrèze native who conquered the world. "It was when he saw his father one day on his knees before the MP's wife that Sylvestre swore to himself that he would never take over the family business." Thus begins Somewhere in the world and, indeed, Claude Michelet's young hero will do anything to escape the well-trodden destiny of his father, and before him of his grandfather: to spend his life fitting the feet of all the town's notables - with all that this implies in terms of respectability but also servility. What Sylvestre wants is "to work, but in a job that pleases [him] and above all by staying upright, always." After patiently champing at the bit in his father's workshop despite some inevitable altercations, on his seventeenth birthday he announces to his stunned family that he is leaving. He will return from time to time to visit them, but he will not take over the Neyrat & Fils company... Sylvestre learned his trade on the roads of Limousin by learning the trade of peddler, before going to Paris where he found a job as a handyman and then as a salesman for Félix Potin, the "revolutionary" grocer of the very beginning of the century: everywhere he goes, he succeeds, but he quickly gets bored... One day, he discovers cinematography, and it is a revelation: this is what he wants to do! Forcing his luck as always, he goes to the Vincennes studios, and has the first important encounter of his life, that of Romain Deslieux, an enterprising businessman determined to launch himself into this new art that is increasingly popular with the public. Amused by the young man's audacity, impressed by his determination, Deslieux offers Sylvestre the chance to become a reporter for Pathé. And so begins the life of adventures that will lead the little Corrèze native to travel across America, from the Panama Canal to Chile, from Cape Horn to the Great Lakes with his cameras and his video camera, like a true pioneer of the early 20th century. In Panama, the subject of his first report, he will have the second great encounter of his life, that of Terry, a beautiful American woman with a character as strong as his own, as enamored of freedom as he is, as curious about everything new, unexplored - aviation, for example, one of their shared passions. A woman of his own stature with whom he will live a story of astonishing modernity for the time on this single promise, yet beautifully romantic: to live each one's life but to find each other, always, somewhere in the world... EAN : 9782221108024 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Pinadas or The Sorcerer - Angelo de Sorr - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782355270246 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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