Title : A Good Son - Pascal Bruckner - book Summary This is the story of a child with fragile health. Born after the war into a family of German origin and culture, he is sent to a village in Austria to treat his lungs. Under the snow, he prays every night to the Lord to bring about the death of his father. The latter, an anti-Semite and racist, is a perverted husband who beats his wife. His only son will do everything to become his counter-model. He will be a student of Jankélévitch and Barthes, the spiritual twin of Alain Finkielkraut, and then a renowned writer. Until his dying day, however, he will accompany this stranger who gave him life. For beyond the contempt and rage, this story is the confession of a son's undeniable love for his father, to whom he paradoxically owes all his work. Some chapters grab you by the throat, others, superbly crafted, make you shiver with admiration. Frédéric Beigbeder, Le Figaro Magazine . Dizzying. Eric Aeschimann, The New Observer . EAN : 9782253182795 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Destructive Innovation - Luc Ferry - book Summary According to Luc Ferry, what will save us is not degrowth, but innovation. Even if it destabilizes the world, even if it can be formidable and, at the same time, destructive. Innovation is both vital and distressing: in a century of deconstruction, France must resolve this dilemma. "It is time to get a clear idea of ​​the reasons why capitalism, as one of the greatest economists of the 20th century had already understood century, Joseph Schumpeter, inevitably devotes us to the perpetual logic of innovation for innovation's sake and, by the same token, to that of rupture, also incessant, with all forms of heritage, patrimony and tradition. If my reader agrees to follow me for a moment in this analysis, he will quickly understand how irreplaceable it is for understanding the present time. Luc Ferry EAN : 9782259223317 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Joy of Reading - The Pleasures of Reading - book Summary Few objects awaken, like the book, the feeling of absolute ownership. Fallen into our hands, books become our slaves - slaves, yes, because they are living matter, but slaves that no one would dream of freeing, because they are dead leaves. As such, they undergo the worst treatment, fruits of the wildest loves or dreadful furies. And let me dog-ear the pages for you (oh! what a pain, every time, this vision of the dog-eared page! “but it’s to know where I am!”) and let me place my cup of coffee on the cover, these halos, these toast marks, these suntan oil stains... Daniel Pennac Emma Bovary, Marcel Proust, Julien Sorel, Nathalie Sarraute, Guy Montag... Writers and great fictional characters share here their relationships with reading and books. Fragments of novels, autobiographies, essays, these texts represent from various angles the joy of reading. EAN : 9782070314515 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Darkness and Night - Michael Connelly - book Summary As Los Angeles celebrates the New Year, Detective Renée Ballard is called to an ordinary crime scene. But the victim, an indebted mechanic, wasn't killed randomly during the festivities. This murder is linked to another, once worked on by the illustrious Harry Bosch, who was only too happy to return to work to help Ballard. Especially since she already has a lot on her plate, tracking down a sinister duo of criminals nicknamed the "Midnight Men." The monsters Ballard and Bosch are looking for are ready to do anything to keep their secrets. Michael Connelly is very close to current events. This is what makes his novels so powerful, as they are both well-researched and well-constructed . Bruno Corty, Le Figaro littéraire . The book is not read, it is devoured . François Forestier, L'Obs . EAN : 9782253243946 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Murderous Forest - Cécile Valey - book Summary Two murders in two days is a lot for a small town in the Landes region that attracts more and more tourists and second homeowners, but remains peaceful, especially in autumn. And who is this devil of legends that everyone talks about, who supposedly haunts the forest and the lakes? A man? A woman? A killer who plays on fears and beliefs to mask his crimes? Why did he murder two people who, a priori, didn't know each other and had nothing in common? How many killers are lurking in the pine forest? Suffice it to say that the gendarmerie captain in charge of the investigation must answer a lot of questions to solve this enigma. Not to mention that he must also remain pragmatic in an environment where superstitions sometimes take the place of a breviary and where traditions dictate behavior. In this thriller, Cécile Valey also depicts mentalities and deploys a whole palette of colors to describe this territory nestled between lakes, pines and the ocean, which she knows perfectly. EAN : 9791097150181 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Fashion through the centuries - Jean-Louis Besson - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782070593583 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Last Lesson - Mitch Albom - book Summary Everyone in their youth has known someone who understood their aspirations and concerns, helped them find their way, and helped them become an adult. For Mitch Albom, this man was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor. After losing sight of him, Mitch learns that Morrie has a terminal illness and has decided to turn his death into a final lesson in philosophy. Mitch will visit him for many months, searching with him for the answer to the question that haunts us all: how to live? EAN : 9782266145176 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Olga's Challenge - Henri Troyat - book Summary Olga Kourganova, an eighty-year-old widow, lives in Paris, trapped in the false memory of Tsarist Russia, which she left as a child. Walled in by her nostalgia, she is saddled with a son, Boris, fifty-year-old but infantile, suddenly abandoned by his two loves: Caroline, from whom he divorced, and Viviane, his mistress. The two women have decided to move in together, forcing Boris to return to purr in the maternal bosom. Olga feels reborn: delighted to have her son back, she is also asked to publish his boarding school memories. Initially wary, she will eventually accept this opportunity to achieve belated fame... From that moment on, her gratitude to France, which adopted and recognized her, will counterbalance the call of an illusory past. Will the need to renew her inspiration and the dismantling of the communist USSR persuade Olga to make the journey to her native country? EAN : 9782290043103 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : On Dreams - Sigmund Freud - book Summary At the end of 1899, but dated 1900, as if to mark a new century, Die Traumdeutung appeared: it is the book of dreams down to its baroque, abundant composition. A year later, this little book appeared, commissioned by a publisher, and whose purpose is quite different: this time, it is an exposition on dreams and which takes a more classical, sometimes didactic form. As Didier Anzieu indicates in his preface, Die Traumdeutung constituted and still constitutes an initiation into the unconscious. On the dream, it is an introduction to psychoanalysis. It sets out the results acquired by a then completely new science. If the object here is the dream, Freud does not intend to confer exceptional value on it. On the contrary, he frees himself and his reader throughout from a romantic or mystical "overestimation," which would make the dream the place of some ascent of the soul towards the unknown. He therefore focuses his attention primarily on the processes of "dream work," illustrating them with numerous examples and encouraging us to find them at work in other productions of the unconscious. On dreams, yes, but above all for analysis, for a method. EAN : 9782070325542 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Weekend in Paris - Robyn Sisman - book in English Attention book in English Summary See photos EAN : 9780140280968 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Die weise Frau - Philippa Gregory - book in German Attention book in German Summary See photos EAN : 9783442431113 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : INAZUMA GO! T1 WARRIOR SPIRITS - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782266269964 Used book The book matches the photo

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Title : Little Nicholas - René Goscinny, Jean-Jacques Sempé - book Summary At first glance, little Nicolas is a child like any other. However, the story of his adventures never ceases to surprise with the number of mischiefs that he and his little band of friends constantly unleash! And you have to be incredibly patient and have a lot of merit, like your teacher or your parents, to live with such a little devil! No adult seems to be able to resist Nicolas and his friends, Agnan the darling, or Eudes the strong one, nor the school photographer, nor the inspector himself, nor even the headmaster or the poor supervisor, Mr. Bouillon. In short, little Nicolas and his whole gang sow joyful disorder and a beautiful discord wherever they go. EAN : 9782070364237 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Mad Love - Catherine Hermany-Vieille - book Summary In 1509, at the age of thirty, Joanna of Castile, daughter of Isabella the Catholic and Ferdinand of Aragon, heiress to the greatest empire in the world, was imprisoned in the dark citadel of Tordesillas, where she remained for more than forty-six years in absolute secrecy. Widow of Philip the Handsome, sovereign of Flanders, she had loved him madly. What had Joan done to deserve this punishment? Why did her son Charles V keep such a close watch on her? What mystery hovered over the old castle? As a historian and novelist, Catherine Hermary-Vieille delved into the terrible fate of this Queen of Spain. A multitude of clues allowed her to answer the enigma of Tordesillas and find meaning in the existence of a solitary woman in love, abandoned by her father, deceived by her husband, and betrayed by her son in this refined and violent century. EAN : 9782266075343 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Clay - Franck Bouysse - book Summary In the heart of Cantal, in the heat of the summer of 1914, the men resign themselves to going off to fight, far away. Joseph, just fifteen years old, must take care of the family farm with his mother, his grandmother, and Léonard, an old neighbor who has become his friend. On the property next door, Valette, kept away from the war due to a withered hand, broods over his grudges and his rage. And now he must take in his brother's wife, Hélène, and his daughter, Anna, who have come to take refuge with him. The arrival of the two women will finally upset a hitherto immutable order and reawaken buried passions. EAN : 9782253086468 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Besides, fish don't have feet - Jón Kalman Stefánsson - book Summary "Was this what he had just experienced at sea, was this why he was only really seeing Margrét now? He struggled so much to tear his eyes away from her that he cut his left hand with the knife. A deep cut. The blood stained the blade before dripping onto the fish. He raised his head towards Margrét. They looked straight into each other's eyes, blood flowing, it was September, the mountains dotted with gashes had turned white overnight, the veil of snow covering them was so light that it could not soften the sharp edges and their black anger." Across three generations, the portrait of a wild, harsh, and nostalgic Iceland emerges. We meet Ari, a publisher exiled in Denmark, and the painful memory of his mother; his grandfather Oddur, a courageous captain, but also his grandmother Margrét, with her rare sensuality. At the crossroads of madness and eroticism, Jón Kalman Stefánsson's pen captures us, with simplicity, in all its beauty. EAN : 9782072704550 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782266002271 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : My recipe book - Claire Lhermey - book Summary This cookbook is yours. You will write down your best recipes, those of your loved ones, friends, and relatives, like a collection of festive moments, an anthology of family and convivial cooking, a shared and gastronomic memory, to repeat and perpetuate. To spice up this notebook, we have added: A few spoonfuls of tasty expressions to mix into the conversation. A small ladleful of reflection on taste, because it is this that initially orders all culinary pleasure. Several pinches of know-how, recipes on food preservation, because it is not enough to make good meals, you also have to know how to preserve them and thus rediscover the pleasure of household preserves. Without forgetting to add our grain of salt, its history and the tips and tricks related to it. As a bonus, a recipe at each chapter heading... EAN : 9782841352555 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : 20 Stories for 3 Year Olds - Sylvie Ramon - book Summary These short stories were written for young children: they allow them to experience adventures, to sense the rules of social life and morality. Teachers who tell these stories will easily be able to get children to talk about the animals who are the heroes. The language they evoke is rich; the children are so involved that they have things to say and even draw. EAN : 9782091032030 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Real Life - Adeline Dieudonné - book Summary Elle Roman Readers' Prize 2019 - FNAC Novel Prize 2018 - Renaudot High School Students' Prize 2018 - Victor Rossel Prize 2018 A dark family drama. A funny and acerbic coming-of-age novel. A warrior's survival manual in a hostile environment. A discovery. The Demo is a housing estate like any other. Or almost. The houses line up like tombstones. In their house, there are four bedrooms: the brother's, his own, the parents'. And the corpses'. The father is a big-game hunter. A potential predator. The mother is transparent, amoebecraintive, subject to her moods. With her brother, Gilles, she tries to escape this bitter daily grind. They play in the wrecks of cars at the junkyard while waiting for the little music that will announce the arrival of the ice cream man. But one day, a violent accident disrupts the present. And nothing will ever be the same again. EAN : 9782378800239 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Leïlah Mahi 1932 - Didier Blonde - book Summary Renaudot Prize - Essay 2015 While wandering through the alleys of Père-Lachaise, the narrator discovers a photographic portrait on a funerary plaque in the columbarium that irresistibly attracts him. It depicts an enigmatic woman wearing a turban. Beneath the photo, a name: Leïlah Mahi and a unique date: August 12, 1932. Obsessed by this vision, the narrator decides to track her down. A literary investigation, Leïlah Mahi 1932 is also a sensitive reflection on loss and the inexhaustible power of fascination of images. EAN : 9782070108336 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : MY NATURAL HEALTH ALL YEAR ROUND -- A doctor's advice for the whole family - Jean-Christophe Charrié and Marie-Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782298063462 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Last Harvest - John Grisham - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782702875636 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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