Title : The Wild Ponies - Michel Déon - book Summary : A year before the start of the Second World War, chance brought together four students in Cambridge, three British and one French. A fifth, also French, would become their historiographer, the witness and confidant of their chaotic lives during the worst episodes of the Cold War. The novel takes its title from a poetic vision, a brief respite from London pounded by the Germans. Death strikes blindly, and Georges Saval escapes for a weekend to an inn in the New Forest with a young woman whose fate is already sealed. Opening the window one morning, they see ponies wandering along the edge of the forest, a last glimpse of a world that will never know peace. The Wild Ponies is a multifaceted book where romance meets merciless history. For its revelations about the Katyn massacre and the Algerian War, it was violently attacked upon its publication. Crowned with the Prix Interallié, it remains one of Michel Déon's masterpieces. EAN: 9782070360710 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Seven Madmen - Roberto Arlt - book Summary : The hero of this novel plans with six other "madmen" to found a secret society financed by the profits of a network of brothels. Their goal: To bring about social revolution and free mankind from degradation and humiliation. But these demiurges of the underworld, these deviant messiahs, prove incapable of plotting anything other than improbable chimeras, dreams of a miserable humanity wanting to practice massacre on a large scale in order to finally "exist." In The Flamethrowers (which continues the epic of The Seven Madmen), they will plunge into the abyss of crime and madness. A legendary novel from Buenos Aires, The Seven Madmen, with its Dostoevskian overtones, its Célinean transgression, and its prophetic tone, remains the masterpiece of a literary genius. Preface by Julio Cortázar Translated from Spanish (Argentinian) by Isabelle and Antoine Berman. EAN: 9782020159463 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Club Dumas - Arturo Pérez-Reverte - book Summary : Has a handwritten chapter of The Three Musketeers really been discovered? And what connection does Dumas' masterpiece have with The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, a diabolical book whose author was burned at the stake the very year of D'Artagnan's death? These are the questions that Corso, a researcher of rare books for wealthy collectors, tries to answer by stumbling upon corpses, from Toledo to Cintra, then among the second-hand booksellers of Paris and on the banks of the Loire, followed by strange doubles of Milady or Rochefort... As he did with The Painting of the Flemish Master, winner of the Grand Prix for Crime Literature in 1993, Arturo Pérez-Reverte takes us here, with an erudition and brilliance that leave us speechless, into an adventure where reality seems to be only one of the possible versions of fiction. EAN: 9782253076568 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : 110 Legal Ways to Scam the State - Bertrand Deveaud - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782253062370 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Orchards of Osiris - Guy Rachet - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782277214236 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Bloody Waters, an investigation by Lupe Solano - Carolina Garcia-Aguilera - book Summary : Lupe Solano, a member of the Cuban bourgeoisie exiled in Miami, is an elegant young woman who has chosen to pursue a career as a private investigator. Among her latest cases: the case of a little girl, illegally adopted. To save the girl from a fatal illness, Lupe must find her biological mother, hiding in a Cuban convent. Unraveling the complicated intrigues of her fellow Cubans, she uncovers a child trafficking ring orchestrated by an unscrupulous lawyer. With Lupe Solano, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera has created a character worthy of the charismatic detectives of a crime novel. EAN: 9782020330244 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Slave of God - Roger Frison-Roche - book Summary : On June 17, 1816, René Caillié embarked for Africa. He was sixteen years old, and had only one ambition: to be the first to discover Timbuktu, the mysterious city at the heart of this Terra Incognita from which no white man had ever returned. He would succeed, for he understood that "the beggar's rag is less conspicuous than the king's tunic." To cross Islamized Africa, the Koranic rosary was the best passport. From then on, René Caillié was called Abdallahi, the slave of God, and it was as a pilgrim that he entered Timbuktu. Then, undermined by fevers, disfigured by scurvy, he would have to cross the desert to reach Tangier... A mind-blowing and authentic journey, but also a mystical quest, a powerful and rich book. EAN: 9782277222361 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Winter Suns - Notebooks 1998 - 2000 - Jean Daniel - book Summary : The winter sun has always been a promise for me, for some time now my preference has been for convalescences, for escapes from hell, for promises of light in the rain, for children laughing through their tears, for the looks of the seriously injured person who is suddenly miraculously cured, for the irreplaceable doctor who dies while signaling to you that nothing is wrong and to whom you close your eyes, feeling indeed reassured. Gide discovering late in life that his youth was covered with wrinkles assiduously traced by his parents and that at the very moment of his old age, it is his true youth that is about to begin. Winter suns, these beatitudes in fresh water caressed wave after wave, as if it were to be the last. The unbeliever capable of giving thanks and, in the midst of this ocean of distress and tears, the euphoria of the researcher who discovers in the reality of the universe the planet that his calculations had only deduced. As a young man, I sang of summer's splendor, from the bays of Carthage to the magic of the Tuscan archipelago. Today, only the winter suns restore to me the intensity of fleeting dawns. EAN: 9782253152606 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Ancient Orient and Us - J. Bottero - book Summary : This book focuses on the Mesopotamian heritage, more precisely on the major inventions of the society born, in the 4th millennium BC, from the encounter between Sumerians and Akkadians on the soil of present-day Iraq. The myth of the two ultimate origins of the West, the Bible and Greece, has long since been definitively shaken by Assyriology. The investigation carried out in this book by Jean Bottéro, a great specialist in Mesopotamia, Clarisse Herrenschmidt, whose work focuses on the history of writing, and Jean-Pierre Vernant, historian of ancient Greece, reveals the multiple currents stemming from the civilizations of the Tigris and the Euphrates. From Sumer and Akkad comes the writing that gives birth to deductive reason, opens new economic horizons and makes possible a universal religion. Elamites, Achaemenids, Jews, and Greeks forged unprecedented links between the here and the invisible world through the alphabet and language. The Greeks, inspired in part by Babylon, invented the world of politics and civic religion. Thus, Aramaic, Jewish, Persian, and Greek cultures have continually intersected over the centuries, up to and including Islam. From these numerous exchanges and encounters emerges a legacy from before the rupture between East and West. Without casually ignoring this separation, the fruit of a more recent history, the increasingly keen awareness of this common space of civilization should be the promise of another future. EAN: 9782012788558 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Colonel Chabert - Honoré de Balzac - book Summary : "Sir," said Derville, "to whom do I have the honor of speaking? To Colonel Chabert. Which ? "The one who died in Eylau," replied the old man. Edition presented and commented by Jeannine Guichardet, professor of French literature at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris III). Read with the full text and the preface presenting the work and its author. Understanding with "The Keys to the Work." 16 pages to get to the heart of the content and analysis of the work. 48 pages to deepen the study of the work. EAN: 9782266083300 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Jean-Marie Vianney, priest of Ars - Marc Joulin - book Summary : Around 1830, in the village of Ars, a pilgrimage was formed, attracting crowds of visitors every day. Why this influx? There were no apparitions of the Virgin there—as there would be at La Salette in 1846, or at Lourdes in 1858. No, there was only one priest, and the pilgrims had no other goal than to meet him and, above all, to confess to him. For this, they waited for hours, sometimes all night! This priest was called Jean-Marie Vianney. He lived in extreme austerity. He had made his village a fervent and exemplary community. In a few years, he would become the most famous priest in France, and a model for all priests throughout the world. Pius Xi canonized him in 1925. EAN: 9782220054926 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : So that the world may bloom again - Irène Frain - book Summary : Two women talk. The "little mother of Tibet" meets the author of The Nabob! A bond is born between the Eastern and Western women. What view does the former have of the latter's civilization? What is the Buddhist vision of education and femininity? In an era of globalized behavior and lifestyles, this dialogue between Jetsun Pema, the Dalai Lama's sister, and the French writer Irène Frain is particularly dense and captivating. From these words of women between tradition and modernity emerges a very concrete perspective, tinged with that good that has become so rare in the West: serenity. "From the confrontation of two cultures, words spring forth that are both vigorous and full of tenderness." Ouest-France EAN: 9782266129305 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Horse Paradise - Jane Smiley - book Summary : With her usual verve and humor, Jane Smiley plunges us into the heart of the equestrian world, where unforgettable characters live tumultuous stories... We meet Krista, owner of a small stud farm, who juggles the births of her fillies, her bills and her baby's bottles; Joy, more at ease in the company of horses than in that of men; two star trainers and competitors, the friendly Farley, constantly racked by doubt, and the awful Buddy, dishonest but irresistibly funny, who tries to redeem his sins by negotiating with Jesus. However, the real heroes of this book are the horses: the author allows us to discover their personalities, their desires, their philosophy of life. We follow with amusement or emotion their setbacks and their successes, their loves and their sorrows. A rich and exhilarating novel, but also funny and tender, which will bring the reader as much satisfaction as a winning combination at the PMU. EAN: 9782743611132 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Manifesto for the Earth and Humanism - Pierre Rabhi - book Summary : Beyond categories, nationalisms, ideologies, political divisions and everything that fragments our common reality, the time seems to have come to call for insurrection and the federation of consciences to pool the best of humanity and avoid the worst. EAN: 9782742793082 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Wild Variations - Hélène Grimaud - book Summary : I have no nostalgia for childhood." From the very first words, Hélène Grimaud sets the tone for her astonishing story. The journey of this internationally renowned French pianist takes a thousand twists and turns; we follow her from her teenage prodigy to the night when her gaze meets that of Alawa, the she-wolf from whom rebirth will come. In praise of hands, unexpected profiles of artists and musicians draw the common thread of this book whose brilliant facets form the unique portrait of an absolute rebel. Wild Variations is a vibrant hymn to music and freedom, a plea for the recognition of wolves and the preservation of nature. "A fascinating autobiography, much more romantic than most of the year's novels." Bernard Pivot – The JDD EAN: 9782266145480 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Summer That Never Ends - Peter Robinson - book Summary : A teenager disappears in strange circumstances and Alan Banks, his best friend, blames himself for not having been able to prevent his death. Thirty years later, having become a senior inspector in the Yorkshire police, Banks believes he has drawn a line under the past. Until a macabre discovery reopens the wound, plunging him into a particularly sensitive investigation, facing his own demons. Years and miles apart, these two murders could well be linked and their elucidation proves as formidable for the living as for the memory of the dead. After Dry Season (Grand Prix de littérature policière) and Beau monstre , this new investigation by Inspector Banks establishes Peter Robinson among the best authors in the Special Suspense collection. EAN: 9782253116530 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Sultana - Catherine Clément - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782253032298 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Men at Arms - Evelyn Waugh - book Summary : Guy Crouchback's trilogy, inaugurated by this novel, dominates the entire oeuvre of the great English novelist. The satirist of A Handful of Ashes and The Vanished Cher is succeeded in this mature work by a humanist novelist who deals with his usual virtuosity and brilliance with the emergence of new values ​​in a world - that of the Second World War - which is seeing the collapse of the traditional canons of morality and honor. Carrying a disillusioned message, this book constitutes a tour de force where, in the words of Olivier Todd, "his joy of laughter hides Manichean pessimism" EAN: 9782264028006 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : What if the human adventure were to fail - Théodore Monod - book Summary : Human history is that of a species that gradually takes precedence over others. Man invents tools, masters fire, explores, conquers, and understands. In a few millennia of dazzling progress, he becomes the king of creation. Yet this story can end. By unbalancing his relationship with nature, by embarking on the criminal and mad adventure of nuclear power, man also demonstrates his inability to overcome the impulse toward violence and death within himself. Yes: today, we know, the human adventure can fail. Geologist, botanist, archaeologist, man of commitment and faith, Théodore Monod addresses this question in all its dimensions. The scientist illuminates the profound and complex relationships between man and the biosphere. The believer encourages us to become truly human; the non-violence activist, to rebel against the madness of governments, and also against our own passivity... At the beginning of this millennium, this rigorous essay, written for a wide audience, provides some essential pointers. And while it sounds the alarm, it also reminds us that there is still room for hope. EAN: 9782253152156 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : No Kid - Forty reasons not to have children - Corinne Maier - book Summary : Convinced that he is suffering from a serious illness, Argan cannot do without doctors. He therefore dreams of seeing his daughter Angélique marry a doctor, Thomas Diafoirus. Except that Angélique loves Cléante and refuses her father's choice. The latter, incensed, then decides to disinherit her in favor of Béline, a hypocritical wife and odious stepmother. But this is without counting on the providential help of Toinette and Béralde, who strive to make the lovers' cause triumph! Molière's last work, this comedy-ballet in three acts was a great success during the author's lifetime and remains one of the playwright's most famous plays today. - Subjects of study: Theater from the 17th century to the 21st century - Special teaching file for the Baccalaureate - Extension: Spectacle and comedy (corpus of texts. EAN: 9782290007532 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Life of P'ou Yi - The Last Emperor of China - Brian Power - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782266022064 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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