Title : Feminine humor in 700 quotes - Christian Moncelet - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782757879085 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Wild Herb Soup - Emilie Carles - book Summary : A miserabilist novel, a tearful tale? That was the pitfall. But the old lady is not one of those who laments or pities herself. She exudes a quiet strength, unfailing health, even an astonishing joy. In this rural world that believes only in God and authority, she professes feminism, anarchism, and pacifism. Like her grandchildren today. She accepts no fatality, no submission. And fights in the name of an ideal that nothing will undermine. " Janick Jossin, L'Express "Let no one expect from this Wild Herb Soup a pleasant collection of picturesque stories, an anthology of country traits, old herbal teas, and old moons. Emilie Carles, at the end of her days, took up her pen as one takes up a sword: to fight prejudice, to smite the powerful and the rich, to tell the clever what they think. " Bruno Frappat, Le Monde "Her book is wonderful. She doesn't try to be literary, and she's right there, straight away. Go for it." Cavanna, Charlie Hebdo EAN: 9782253021537 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Rats - Bernard Frank - book Summary : Thanks to this reprint, thousands of readers will now enter the dream, enjoy the author's never-failing intelligence, imagine themselves as Bourrieu or Ponchard, meet Sartre, get drunk at Gallimard... A book of extraordinary impudence, health, violence, and strength. It is a marvelously written novel. The serious dialogue is hilarious. The false naivety hits the mark. Insolence creeps in insidiously, casually, but stupidity, pettiness, and cowardice do not recover. It is also a tenderness that we did not know Frank had. Bourrieu, Weil, and the other characters in The Rats are burning to write something immortal. In the meantime, they place themselves in the press, dine out, parasitize, and flirt. The Rats was written when they were less than twenty-four years old. There is a stunning breath, culture and maturity evident there. EAN: 9782253046103 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Rebel Son - Olivier Todd - book Summary : Before Sartre, living or dead, petrified by his devotees or stoned by bigots, I have no rights to claim, no duties to fulfill. A few scores to settle, perhaps, and, no doubt, more with myself or with the times than with him. Breathing in fresh air or rotten winds, flying in the calm or the storm, how he held the place, the good man! I confess: I was never a Sartrean. I admit: I was influenced by him. I'm not the only one. Illness is not shameful. We recover from it. Sartre obsessed many people, from the palest leftist to Raymond Aron. A vast procession for such modest pride. EAN: 9782253038993 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Last Woman - Jean-Paul Enthoven - book Summary : Why did Louise Brooks, in her heyday, read Proust and Schopenhauer in Broadway bars? What kind of pleasure did Nancy Cunard derive from the tortures Aragon demanded of her? Did Louise de Vilmorin, alias "Marilyn Malraux," prefer money, feelings, or four-leaf clovers? How did Freud manage to persuade Marie Bonaparte that a woman could enjoy herself through her head? Was it because Georges Bataille transformed her into a poisonous saint that Laure confused mysticism with debauchery? What connection does Françoise Dorléac have with an hourglass? Was the extravagant Zelda Fitzgerald a muse or a jealous woman? A madwoman or a madwoman in love? When did Françoise Sagan understand that her legend was a mask behind which she could hide her melancholy? What man, finally, would not be frightened at the idea of ​​meeting his last wife? EAN: 9782253118756 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The French Omerta - Sophie Coignard, Alexandre Wickham - book Summary : There is a law in France that is not published in the "Official Journal" but is rigorously enforced: the law of silence. Cash can circulate with impunity and completely legally in ministries... A taboo subject. Romantic intrigues play an important, and hidden, role in the functioning of the State... Private life! Fascinated by power, a few star journalists become - involuntarily? - accomplices of an invisible censorship. It is in bad taste to address these sensitive topics reserved, in any case, for the sole use of the microcosm. Sophie Coignard and Alexandre Wickham, to whom we also owe the "French Nomenklatura", attack here the stiflers who lock down the system and all the beautiful souls who protect the French from truths that are, it seems, not good to say. EAN: 9782266124126 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Fox - Hugues Douriaux - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782286032456 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Rousseau's Confessions. Complete Text of Books 1 to 4 - Marc Robert - book Summary : I am forming an enterprise which has never had an example and whose execution will have no imitators,” Rousseau proudly proclaims in his preamble, thereby showing the novelty and audacity of his autobiographical approach. For the writer, cornered by his detractors, feels obliged to justify himself: he will therefore say everything, even “the most shameful”! In search of coherence, of meaning, he starts from childhood to unravel the thread of his life, constantly trying to explain himself. The reader thus gains access to the secrets of his heart, to his misfortunes of course, but also to many moments of happiness, tender moments, sometimes funny moments. In a remarkably clear style, Jean-Jacques Rousseau recounts his life and his feelings. By telling the unvarnished story of his existence, he holds up a mirror to the reader in which it will not always be pleasant to recognize himself. This book offers: • the full text of books I to IV, • explanatory notes, • questionnaires throughout the text, • an educational tool including reports, documents on the work and its author, as well as a thematic route. EAN: 9782011672384 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Mystery of the Mayas - Barrie Howells, Roberto Rochín - DVD Summary Witness the splendor of the Mayan civilization; discover their pyramids, palaces and temples located in the heart of the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala, as well as in the Yucatan Peninsula... EAN : 3306648000165 used DVD DVD in zone 0 unless otherwise stated DVD sent in bubble wrap Delivery time from 48 to 72 hours on working days State: For more information on the states

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Title : A Wall in Berlin - Patrick Rotman - DVD Summary The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, marked the end of the 20th century. For three decades, the Wall was the painful emblem of a mutilated city, a torn country, a fractured Europe, and a divided world. A Wall in Berlin, with exceptional archival images in color, with testimonies of a moving humanity, mixes, from the fall of Nazism to the fall of Communism, individual stories with the great History… EAN : 3333297690461 Used DVD DVD in zone 2 unless otherwise stated DVD sent in bubble wrap Delivery time from 48 to 72 hours on working days State: For more information on the states

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Title: The Concert - Aleksei Guskov - Blu-ray Summary During Brezhnev's time, Andrei Filipov was the greatest conductor in the Soviet Union and led the famous Bolshoi Orchestra. But after refusing to part ways with his Jewish musicians, including his best friend Sasha, he was fired at the height of his fame. Thirty years later, he still works at the Bolshoi, but... as a cleaner. One evening, while Andrei stayed very late polishing the master's office, he came across a fax addressed to the director: it was an invitation from the Théâtre du Châtelet inviting the Bolshoi Orchestra to come and play in Paris... Suddenly, Andrei had a crazy idea: why not gather his old musician friends, who now earn a living from odd jobs, and take them to Paris, pretending they were at the Bolshoi? EAN: 3333299703787 Used Blu-rays at low prices Blu-ray sent in bubble mail Delivery time from 48 to 72 hours on working days see more about states The Blu-ray matches the photo

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Title: Home - Yann Arthus-Bertrand - Blu-ray Summary Following the success of his book "Earth from Above," Yann Arthus-Bertrand creates a visual hymn to the planet and its fragile balance. Through a journey to more than 50 countries worldwide, "Home" aims to amaze, surprise, question, and worry, while leaving it up to each individual to learn lessons and take action. EAN: 3760062467049 Used Blu-rays at low prices Blu-ray sent in bubble mail Delivery time from 48 to 72 hours on working days see more about states The Blu-ray matches the photo

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Title: The Kid - Marion Cotillard - Blu-ray Summary From her childhood to fame, from her victories to her injuries, from Belleville to New York, the exceptional journey of Edith Piaf. Through a destiny more incredible than a novel, discover the soul of an artist and the heart of a woman. Intimate, intense, fragile, and indestructible, devoted to her art to the point of sacrifice, here is the most immortal of singers. EAN: 3384442157735 Used Blu-rays at low prices Blu-ray sent in bubble mail Delivery time from 48 to 72 hours on working days see more about states The Blu-ray matches the photo

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Title: Perfume - The Story of a Murderer - Dustin Hoffman - Blu-ray Summary  Jean-Baptiste Grenouille was born in 1744. A lonely, sickly child, he became a young man apart thanks to a unique gift: his sense of smell. Grenouille's only passion is scent, and every second of his life is guided by this overdeveloped sense. In his search for ingredients, Grenouille is irresistibly drawn to the natural scent of young girls. He will go so far as to kill many of them to steal their scent... EAN: 3512391344467 Used Blu-rays at low prices Blu-ray sent in bubble mail Delivery time from 48 to 72 hours on working days see more about states The Blu-ray matches the photo

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Title : The Mystery of the Key - Patricia Wentworth - book Summary : Upon learning of Michael Harsh's death, the residents of the small village of Bourne are in turmoil. Suicide or murder? The results of the investigation confirm the first hypothesis, yet Scotland Yard is alerted. What could be the motives for the crime? Professional jealousy, enmity, political gain? Anything seems possible... While the inspectors follow several leads, Miss Silver, for her part, makes sure to lead them to the right one! EAN: 9782264021632 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Colomba - And Ten Other Stories - Prosper Mérimée - book Summary : Reading Mérimée's short stories is like seeing an author reveal himself over the pages, identifying autobiographical elements, appreciating his erudition and the diversity of his sources of inspiration. This first volume brings together eleven short stories, arranged in chronological order of their writing. Some are well-known; others deserve to be better known. We find here a taste for travel and exoticism (Corsica, the Orient, Spain), meticulous psychological descriptions, a commitment against slavery, stories of honor and revenge, an attraction to mystery and fantasy. While the themes are varied, the writing always retains a great precision, which allows Mérimée to exercise a biting irony. EAN: 9782070368198 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Alice's Nights - René Frégni - book Summary : Lucien is a dreamer, shy, he loves reading and the sun. He should never have met that smooth-talking Pierrot in the port of Toulon, fresh out of prison, unwavering. They live together and to survive they organize botched thefts in the surrounding villas or steal the enormous rolls of copper that EDF imprudently leaves lying around on the roadsides of Provence. While out walking, Lucien saves a young girl: the beautiful and runaway Alice who will turn the lives of the two boys upside down. For her, nothing will be beautiful or expensive enough. She disappears for weeks then suddenly returns, as if nothing had happened, to live with them in their unsanitary attic. What does she do with her nights, her days? Will the two boys' friendship survive the troubling Alice? EAN: 9782070389513 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Beyond... Growing After Loss - Sophie Davant - book Summary : Sophie Davant, one of television's most beautiful smiles, has been hiding a wound since she was twenty: the loss of her mother, struck down by cancer. Today, she reflects on this recurring pain and reminds us of our own questions in the face of the irremediable: should we reveal to the patient the seriousness of their condition? What progress has been made to heal and soothe the pain? How can the difficult work of mourning be liberating? Supported by specialists, Sophie Davant offers alternatives to our regrets, our remorse, our guilt. EAN: 9782290025505 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Trevayne Conspiracy - Robert Ludlum - book Summary : In his forties, Andrew Trevayne has everything a man could desire: wealth, happiness, and a reputation for total independence. But he's not one to shy away when America needs him. Called upon by the Presidency and the Senate to lead a Commission of Inquiry into arms budgets, he alone is capable of assembling a team of experts above all suspicion. Using unorthodox methods, he will carry the investigation to the end, caught between the Pentagon's surveillance and the barely veiled threats of lobbies over which the shadow of the mafia looms. But behind the enormous interests his commission uncovers, the real issue is none other than the survival of democracy. In this battle of the titans, will Trevayne's certainties and integrity be enough to thwart the ambitions of the proponents of a new world order? Trevayne has no right to fail. EAN: 9782266082020 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Laufer Fortune - Bernard Lenteric - book Summary : Marthe and Rodolphe meet under the lanterns of a neighborhood dance, at the Liberation. Between the daughter of "bougnats" and the demobilized sergeant, it's love at first sight. And also a shared ambition: to succeed. But one doesn't carve out an empire with impunity in the Paris of night, dance halls, and places of pleasure. To consolidate their fortune, they will have to employ the most implacable methods, and not shy away even from crime. They will pay a very heavy price: the life of their son Paul, murdered. And it is ultimately Jean, the disowned, neglected son, who will stand before them as their true heir... An heir who rejects them. The novelist of The Night of the Child Kings and The Masters of Bread draws us, with his customary efficiency, into a family saga full of light and shadow, where the suspense of the best thrillers takes on reflections of Shakespearean tragedy. EAN: 9782253141488 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Great Stars of Cinema - Claude Villers - book Summary : Every morning on France Inter, the warm voice of Claude Villers announces immediate boarding for the journey, the adventure, and the dream. On the way to the constellation where the stars of cinema twinkle and the persistent radiance of their glory. Here we are, immersed in the secrets of these demigods who were also mere mortals. These short stories resemble a novel, that of living legends, where, among other things, the fragile beauty of Gérard Philippe and the precocious genius of Orson Welles, the peasant childhood of Bourvil and the follies of Erroll Flynn, the erotic obsession of Michel Simon and the profound humanity of Bogart, coexist. EAN: 9782266070201 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Lord of the White Lotus - The Dalai Lama - Claude Levenson - book Summary : The Lord of the White Lotus, Ocean of Wisdom, The Precious Victorious, The Incomparable Master, or simply, The Presence: these are some of the titles that Tibetans give to the most illustrious and venerated among them, the Dalai Lama, god-king, an exceptional being, long surrounded by legends and mysteries. Claude B. Levenson set out in search of this presence. This quest took her from one side of the Himalayas to the other, from Tibet inland to Tibet in exile, and led her, inexorably, to Tenzin Gyatso: the Dalai Lama, with whom long hours of interviews allowed her to restore the multiple facets of an extraordinary personality, to retrace the prodigious romance of a life - how a turbulent toddler born into a modest peasant family was recognized as the fourteenth incarnation of the Buddha of Infinite Compassion. But also to reveal the cardinal foundations of a great civilization threatened with annihilation by the Chinese invasion. This is not an edifying book on the life of the Living God but a true immersion into the interior of the world, that of Tibet on the borders of China. Irina de Chikoff, Le Figaro. EAN: 9782253053309 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt - book Summary : When I look back on my childhood, the mere fact of having survived amazes me. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: a happy childhood is rarely worth dwelling on. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable childhood in Ireland. And worse still is the miserable childhood in Catholic Ireland. " This is what Frank McCourt describes in this autobiographical account. The father, Malachy, is an irresponsible charmer. When, by chance, he finds work, he goes drinking his wages in pubs and comes home at night bawling patriotic songs. Angela, the mother, swallows her pride to beg. Frankie, the eldest of the siblings, watches the little ones, gets up to mischief with his friends. And, above all, observes the adult world. The magic of Frank McCourt is to have rediscovered his child's perspective, to revive the most miserable of pasts without any bitterness. EAN: 9782290305553 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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