Title : Decameron - Boccaccio - book Summary : If, once again, storytellers are in fashion, the time has come to rediscover the first of them, Giovanni Boccaccio, who perhaps owes to the year of his birth – 1313! – one of the most brilliant literary fortunes of all time. Composed around 1350, translated throughout Europe, imitated, even plundered, for centuries, his Decameron had a posterity as prestigious as it was innumerable, from Chaucer to La Fontaine, from Molière to Potocki. Fleeing the plague that decimated Florence in 1348, seven young women and three young men found refuge in a sumptuous Tuscan villa. For ten days, punctuated by concerts, parties, and banquets, each will strive to entertain the others daily by inventing a tale. Neither emotion nor tragedy are absent from these hundred stories, but the overall tone, as we know, is rather gallantry, a gallantry that is prompt, natural, expeditious, and in any case not given to long sighs. "Anyone who wanted to reduce Boccaccio to the same modesty as Virgil would certainly do nothing worthwhile and would be sinning against decorum by taking it upon himself to observe it," remarks La Fontaine. Complete, faithful, precise, this translation has conformed to this wise advice. EAN: 9782253907022 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : What Makes Jane Run? - Joy Fielding - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782253076278 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Monsoon - Louis Bromfield - book Summary : That year, in Ranchipur, a semi-independent state in British India, the monsoon had been delayed. Everyone anxiously awaited the arrival of the rains, those abundant, torrential, vital downpours. Finally, they arrived! But, in living memory, no one had seen such heavy, such extravagant rains in Ranchipur. And it was horrific: an earthquake, a burst dam, and the waters of the river, swollen by the monsoon rains, destroyed most of the houses and drowned half of those who had survived the earthquake. Cholera broke out. This catastrophe would be the touchstone by which the characters of the survivors of Ranchipur, whether from the English colony or Hindus, would be revealed and measured. EAN: 9782253005216 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Suspect - Michael Robotham - book Summary : Joseph O'Loughlin, a renowned clinical psychologist, was unaware that by trying to help the police, he would find himself caught in a downward spiral. While drawing the psychological portrait of a young woman who was mutilated and killed, suspicion began to fall on him, because he had known this woman years before in strange circumstances and she had almost ruined his career. As the days go by, the evidence against Joseph mounts… Will he manage to escape this dangerous labyrinth that seems to trap him and his family? EAN: 9782253116103 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Fortune of Alexandria - Gérald Messadié - book Summary : In the year 38 AD, Alexandria, as much and more than Rome, is the queen of the Mediterranean. All races, all gods, all thoughts rub shoulders in its palaces, its alleys, and its dives, where orgy and asceticism, science and magic, Roman administration, Levantine or Jewish trade, the cults of ancient Egypt, Greek philosophy... The disappearance of Delia, a prominent courtesan, after an attempt to poison her, will plunge the city into a whirlwind of rumors and violence. Should we blame Anaxo, the sorceress and spellcaster? Cornelia, the wife of her rich protector Alexianus? Or some religious sect, like the Essenes of Lake Mareotis, whom we know so little about and whom everyone distrusts? With the astonishing erudition and prodigious sense of storytelling that made The Man Who Became God a success, Gérarld Messadié takes us, through a true detective story, into the depths and secrets of this fascinating city, which prefigures the great megacities of today, and whose bustle, colors, scents, and figures he excels in bringing to life. Gérarld Messadié's novel is a mosaic that is both marvelous and frightening... A tidal bore, a violent surge, like the sensuality of the sublime Delia. Gilbert Sinoué, L'Express EAN: 9782253143345 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : I'm scared - Chimo - book Summary : Chimo is back. "Lila says that" has brought him a lot of money and his lawyer warns him about the dangers of the taxman. However, it is in the street that Chimo is fleeced by Mr. Dominique, a shark who beautifully conned him. Chimo loses a lot and at the same time meets a gang of small-time crooks. Led by Mona, the little whore with the nice butt, and her pimp Jean-René, Chimo enters the world of scams. Here again, his desire to write, to tell everything day by day, never leaves him. " ( ... ) An authentic, captivating fiction, fueled by extraordinary writing. " Brigitte Kernel - "Femme actuelle " EAN: 9782266083881 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Return to Cayro - Dorothy Allison - book Summary : In this unforgettable story, Dorothy Allison focuses on these existences, atrophied by not seeing the light. But isn't anger a much more powerful fertilizer than happiness for making beings grow to the sun? And her characters lack neither rage nor spite. "Return to Cayro" is a magnificent novel of breath and sand: we hear a kind of crunching of feelings that prevents us from sleeping. Ten years earlier, Delia Byrd abandoned her husband (Clint Windsor) and her two little girls (Dede and Amanda). Too many blows and too many screams. She fell in love with guitarist Randall Pritchard and joined his rock band as a singer. Settling in California, she gave birth to a third daughter named Cissy. But how many shovelfuls of dirt does it take to bury the past for good? Alcohol is a thin band-aid on the pain of her guilt. So, when she learns of Randall Pritchard's death in a motorcycle accident, her decision is made: to return to Cayro - with Cissy under her arm - and find her two other daughters." Marie-Laure Delorme, Le Journal du Dimanche. EAN: 9782264029706 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Testament of Judas - Daniel Easterman - book Summary : A prominent linguist specializing in the study of papyri and Aramaic manuscripts, Jack Gould is what one might call a man without a story until he meets Stefan Rosewicz—an enigmatic and extremely wealthy collector of ancient texts—who asks him for information about a fragment he was previously unaware of. After his brief stay with Rosewicz, Gould finds himself embroiled in strange events: the disappearance of the collector's daughter, suspicious deaths, threats... What is the connection between these dramas? Why are Scotland Yard and the Soviet secret services suddenly interested in Gould? Who is Stefan Rosewicz really? The discovery in the Russian archives of a manuscript which, if made public, would wipe out two thousand years of Christian history, could well provide Dr. Gould with the beginnings of an answer... A multiplicity of intrigues, twists and turns, a perfect knowledge of history, nervous and incisive writing... a brilliant and captivating thriller! EAN: 9782266071536 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Hidden Dimension - Edward Twitchell Hall - book Summary : The hidden dimension is that of the territory of every living being, animal or human, of the space necessary for its balance. But in humans, this dimension becomes cultural. Thus, each civilization has its own way of conceiving the movements of the body, the arrangement of houses, the conditions of conversation, the boundaries of intimacy. These comparative studies shed new light on the knowledge we can have of others and on the danger we run, in our modern cities, in ignoring this hidden dimension: perhaps it is less overpopulation that threatens us than the loss of our identity. EAN: 9782020047760 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Inca, volume 3 - The Light of Machu Picchu - Antoine B. Daniel - book Summary : They came from Spain across the seas to conquer a fabulous empire where gold adorned the temples and palaces. 170 conquistadors led by Captain Pizarro faced 80,000 astonished Incas who were unable to resist... So the Spanish took power, the gold, and settled down. But a conquistador, Gabriel, and an Inca princess with strange powers, Anamaya, have fallen in love, and the destiny of the Incas risks being changed. Anamaya wants to free her people, Gabriel is ready to leave his to see Anamaya alive. After three years of occupation, the Incas launch the offensive. This time, they are armed, while the Spanish still believe they are in conquered territory! The confrontation will be apocalyptic, with Anamaya on one side and Gabriel on the other... Which side will love fight on? EAN: 9782266116770 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The fabulous destiny of Champlain - From Brouage to Quebec - Suzanne Forisceti - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782845613317 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile - Guy Rachet - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782277223481 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Blue Scarf - Madeleine Chapsal - book Summary : A lost scarf, a man who brings it back... Love at first sight, love. And that's how Rose's life will change. In her thirties, she was happy with her two children and her husband. But Georges is no freer than she is. He has a wife, depressed, and a daughter, who needs him even more. How, for years, this man and this woman will choose a double loyalty, living between absence and furtive encounters a passion for which they do not want others to pay the price: this is what the novelist of La Maison de Jade and Une femme heureuse tells us here. "There aren't many romance novels in current literature," Rose laments in these pages. Madeleine Chapsal offers us one, clear and moving, illuminated by a tenderness stronger than time and life's obstacles. EAN: 9782253142607 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Blue of Bees - Laura Alcoba - book Summary : In front of the bathroom mirror, I practice pronouncing complicated words, with lots of r's, g's, and s's between two vowels that tickle the roof of my mouth. I also practice pronouncing words with u's at full speed, and even u's on their own, which I make last as long as possible." At ten years old, the heroine leaves Videla's Argentina to join her mother, who has taken refuge in France, while her father is imprisoned in La Plata. The harsh reality of exile is soon mixed with the enthusiasm of discovering a country and a language. A story told from a child's perspective, tangy, joyful, and deeply touching. EAN: 9782070465972 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Letters from London - Julian Barnes - book Summary : Asked by the American magazine The New Yorker to write a series of reports on current events in England between 1990 and 1994, Julian Barnes became, in his own words, a "foreign correspondent in his own country." The result is fourteen hilarious "Letters from London" that take on Mrs. Thatcher, one of her favorite whipping boys, the entire royal family, and the unfortunate John Major, who didn't have the slightest chance of escaping her claws from the start. Add to that the account of a few inglorious episodes in English political life and a joyful visit to a maze maker (there is only one in the world, and of course, it is English). All this makes for a bracing and ferociously funny book. EAN: 9782070403943 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : On the margins of the days - Jean-Bertrand Pontalis - book Summary : Do not date these fragments. For me, they are on the margins of passing time, of the chain of time. Even when they evoke a circumstance, an encounter, a reading from long ago, these circumstances, encounters, readings are my present. I take these fragments from the margins of my memory, itself fragmented, incomplete, to bring them not to the center—no one has a center within them, or at least this untraceable center never occupies the same place—but so that they come to light in the living today. EAN: 9782070302031 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Lazarillo de Tormes - Anonimo - book in Spanish Summary : When it was first published, the “Lazarillo” did not present itself as an imaginary object, otherwise it was the authentic story of a real Lázaro de Tormes (and therefore it did not appear other than the number of the protagonist). Con tal mistificación creaba un typeo de ficción hasta entonces desconocido y constituía en principio absoluto de la novela moderna. In addition to studying this fundamental historical and literary aspect, Francisco Rico's “new edition” reexamines the great problems of “Lazarillo” in the light of new materials and investigations; offer the text message more faithfully at the author's will; y, through an exhaustive anotación, situating the novel in the context of life and the literature of the era, resolving one by a todas las dudas that the reading can arouse. EAN: 9788437606606 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Feminine Genius, Volume 2 - Melanie Klein - Julia Kristeva - book Summary : Melanie Klein (1882-1960) appears to be the most original innovator in psychoanalysis. While Freud focused the subject's psychic life on the test of castration and the function of the father, Melanie Klein—without ignoring them—supported them with a maternal function, absent in the founder's theory. She was the first to consider matricide: capable from birth of a bond with the object (the breast, the mother), and inhabited by fantasies as violent as they were restorative, the child according to Melanie Klein opened new horizons in the clinical study of psychosis and autism. EAN: 9782070427390 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The New Love - Philippe Forest - book Summary : It seems that love is not the great affair in the existence of men, that they do not grow up thinking that there is before them this maddening thing, this worry of belonging to someone else where all the possible meaning of their life lies. It seems that such fables are the exclusive affair of women. That they alone calculate everything of their time in view of the love that will come. I do not know. It seems to me that I always thought that love was waiting for me, that I was going to meet it, and that if by misfortune I missed it, I would have missed everything with it. That there was basically nothing else to expect from life. Nothing else, yes, except love. And as a poet writes, all the rest is dead leaves to me." Philippe Forest recounts the strange effervescence of love that comes to those whose existence survives grief, and probes, with rare integrity and intelligence, the birth of a new love. EAN: 9782070361236 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Ashworth Hall - Anne Perry - book Summary : At the end of the 19th century, political and religious dissensions in Ireland continue to poison the British government; civil war threatens. A secret meeting is then organized between Irish Protestants and Catholics in the magnificent Ashworth Hall mansion, and Commissioner Pitt is forced to discreetly ensure the security of the place. Assisted by Inspector Tellman, disguised as a valet and more grumpy than ever, and his wife Charlotte, Pitt monitors the progress of this high-risk event while tensions rise among the guests. When one of the guests is murdered, the stormy atmosphere at Ashworth Hall could well turn into an explosion of violence and jeopardize the peace of the entire kingdom. EAN: 9782264040169 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Letter to Sister Bénédicte - Rose Tremain - book Summary : As Christmas approaches, in the streets of London filled with the joyful bustle of the festive eve, Ruby Constad is more alone than ever. At fifty, she has lived little more than her two children and her husband. But Paul and Alexandra have not followed the path imagined by their parents. And Léon, her once loving husband, who has become authoritarian and unfaithful, is dying in a hospital bed... In her dismay, Ruby turns to the memory of a nun she knew during her childhood in India. She begins to tell her, in a long imaginary letter, the disappointments of her life. And it is by retracing the past, randomly retracing her memories, her joys, her sorrows, that she will find within herself resources of hope, an appetite for life she never suspected. EAN: 9782253142669 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Children of the Dawn - Patrick Poivre d'Arvor - book Summary : Patrick Poivre d'Arvor's first novel is a romance. A story of the passionate love between two teenagers. Away from the adult comedy they reject. They throw themselves into the most beautiful and moving of adventures... like birds against a windowpane in the colors of dawn. Each of us has lived this tender and tragic love story, or dreamed it. EAN: 9782253032243 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Savage, followed by The Invitation to the Castle - Jean Anouilh - book Summary : "Why did you come in? I don't want to see you. I'm happy here, you hear. I'm happy and I love her. I don't want to have anything to do with your pain and misery anymore. I love her, you hear, Gosta; I love her... What did you come here to do, with your unhappiness at arm's length? And first of all, why do you allow yourself to smile when I tell you that I love her and that I'm happy? You're ugly, Gosta, you're old, you're lazy. You always said that you could have done better than the others, but you never did anything..." EAN: 9782070368747 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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