Title : Light - Eva Figes - book Summary : Lumière is an invitation to experience a day in the life of Claude Monet at the beginning of the century. From dawn to dusk, we see the painter's world come into being, followed by the awakening of the familiar and intimate characters who inhabit Monet's house: Alice, his second wife; Germaine, who would like to marry Pierre Sisley; Marthe, the daughter who agrees to an unexpected marriage with her American brother-in-law to raise Monet's motherless grandchildren, Jimmy and Lily; and Michel Monet, one of the painter's sons, strangely melancholic. Their appearance, in a novel where moments of consciousness alternate with superb descriptive passages, is reminiscent of the art of Virginia Woolf. For it is indeed art—executed in nature in this unique garden—and the ephemeral aspect of things that constitute the themes of Eva Figes's novel, hailed in England as a masterpiece. EAN: 9782869302686 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Chained - Philippa Gregory - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782266075954 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : In the hell of gang rape - Samira Bellil - book Summary : Samira Bellil is a survivor. As a teenager, she was the victim of several gang rapes, now known as "gang rapes." Consumed by guilt and disgust, destroyed by ostracism from her family and rumors in her neighborhood, she took refuge in drugs and alcohol. Her powerful testimony reveals the sexual violence that has become established and commonplace in housing projects and suburbs where everything is reduced to power struggles and domination. In such an environment, the torture the girls endure is not only physical but also mental: shattered reputations, shame, and humiliation are their daily lot. This book, which comes at the end of a long therapy period, is for her a way to leave a trace of her story and to help her "sisters," victims, like her, of the worst of crimes. To break the code of silence. EAN: 9782070429905 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Request - Michèle Desbordes - book Summary : He is an Italian master, painter, sculptor, architect and anatomist, a bit Michelangelo, a lot Leonardo da Vinci. She is a servant, the only servant, whose only duty, her only wealth and all her dignity are to serve, to grow old by serving. At the beginning of the 16th century, on the banks of the Loire where the old master has come to take refuge with his favorite students to carry out a royal commission, these two beings, who are complete opposites, observe each other surreptitiously, tame each other, learn to understand each other's silences. But at the very end of this beautiful tale in halftones, the servant will speak, formulate her request... EAN: 9782070411375 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Two Sisters - Barbara Garlaschelli - book Summary : Two sisters approaching forty. Still single and attractive, they have always lived together in the house left by their grandparents. Amelia, the brunette, is a schoolteacher and manages daily life. The blonde Virginia dreams through the television soap operas she watches endlessly. The peaceful rhythm of the days hides the flaws and pains of their lives, haunted by heavy secrets. When the all-too-attractive Dario, a sales representative and unrepentant gambler, arrives in this closed room, the precarious balance of the two sisters collapses and tips into horror. Constructed in short sequences, this incisive psychological thriller keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end. With its tormented characters and its darkness, it evokes Stephen King's "Misery." EAN: 9782743616335 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Midnight Exam - Bruno Gay-Lussac - book Summary : A man writes, in the room where he lived as a child, the story of his life. Listening to the rain fall in the first autumn. The chattering maid. Then it's winter. A second autumn, finally. In the meantime, the present will have slipped by, imperceptible, punctuated by trips between his suburban house and his office, by visits to his three sons' boarding school. He is alone. Separated from his children, from his wife Claire, whom he loved, for whom he desperately awaits. The haunting of a mediocre life has led him to establish, in his little world, the tyranny of disorder and unhappiness, to live a strange, dazzling passion with a young Englishwoman, to break everything. Thus the past returns, in nostalgic gusts, triggered by nothing: the smell of rotten apples in the fog, a noise in the house. He now knows what he has experienced and made his family experience. But why he adores, destroys and mourns what he owns, he will always ignore. EAN: 9782070378708 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Coplan and the Red Crabs - Paul Keeny - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782265037939 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Let the Idiots In - An Autistic Person's Story - Kamran Nazeer - book Summary : Born autistic, Karman Nazeer entered a special school in New York at a young age. Years later, he reunited with four classmates who had become a computer scientist, a courier, a virtuoso pianist, and a political speechwriter: four lives, four unique journeys. With simplicity and depth, Let the Idiots In takes us into their world, as disconcerting as it is fascinating. Kamran Nasser was born autistic in 1978. He studied law and philosophy and is now a senior civil servant in the British government. Let the idiots in is his first book. “A stunning story.” Pilgrim Magazine EAN: 9782757802083 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : All Ruined in Ten Years? - Public Debt - The Last Chance - Jacques Attali - book Summary : Will we soon be ruined? Are we ruining our children? Never, except in times of total war, has the public debt of the world's most powerful countries been so high. Never have the dangers it posed to their standard of living and their political system been so threatening. In France, in particular, if the rise in public debt is not stopped as quickly as possible, the next President of the Republic will be unable to do anything other than pursue a policy of austerity throughout his term; and the next decade will make every citizen suffer the consequences of the follies of the one that is ending every day. How can we prevent future generations from having to pay dearly for the cynicism of our contemporaries? EAN: 9782253158103 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Tomb of Saqqara - Pauline Gedge - book Summary : Finding the "Scroll of Thoth," a papyrus written by the god's own hand and granting power over death and resurrection, is the dream of Prince Kâemouaset, son of Ramses II, scholar, physician, and magician. He tirelessly searches the necropolis of Saqqara, violating the tombs and disturbing the rest of the mummies. But one does not seek to rise to the rank of the gods with impunity, and Thoth's vengeance will be terrible... A historical fresco and a magical tale, this boundless quest plunges the reader into the heart of the mysterious and fascinating Egypt of the pharaohs, where everyone, Nile peasant, scribe or king, lives on a level with the sacred and the supernatural. EAN: 9782253062660 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Beautiful Chocolatier - Bernadette Pécassou-Camebrac - book Summary : The Beautiful Chocolatier In the middle of the 19th century, in Lourdes, among the wealthy, science has taken precedence over faith. The bourgeoisie swears only by "scientists," even if they show up at church every Sunday. At the Café Français, Louis Pailhé, pharmacist and chocolatier, readily discusses the merits of Pasteur. But he has no idea that Sophie, his wife, is living a great passion with a dark hussar—nor does he imagine that the appearance of the white lady to the young Bernadette Soubirous could upset the future of the town. EAN: 9782290318447 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : I would have preferred to live - Thierry Cohen - book Summary : On May 8, 2001, Jeremy's twentieth birthday, he committed suicide. Victoria, the woman he loved, had rejected him. On May 8, 2002, he woke up next to Victoria, who was madly in love with him. Is he really dead? Jeremy then becomes the spectator of a life that escapes him. A strange life, in which his personality is different, changes, evolves, and worries him. As the days and awakenings pass, Jeremy will unravel the thread of a destiny he did not choose... his own. EAN: 9782266178211 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Black City White City - Richard Price - book Summary : When a haggard and injured white woman arrives at an emergency room to report the assault she suffered and the kidnapping of her child by a black stranger, the investigation is entrusted to Inspector Council, himself black. A novel of shock between two communities - black and white, in a predominantly black New York suburb, this book is only superficially a "thriller." It is, as has been said, a novel of social and psychological scope, interweaving elements of the investigation and daily life with impressive intensity. The author's view of interracial relations is relentless and, while it does not inspire optimism, nevertheless makes this book impossible to put down before the last page. EAN: 9782264031600 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Woman Under Control - David Baldacci - book Summary : The day her husband Jason, a computer whiz at Triton Global, disappears in a plane crash, Sidney's world—a brilliant business lawyer—falls apart. Soon after, Triton executives and authorities claim that Jason stole "important" documents, that the plane explosion was not an accident, and that he may even have been the perpetrator of the terrible attack. Sidney cannot accept that the memory of her beloved husband is being tarnished in this way. Driven by a mad hope - perhaps Jason is alive - and by the certainty that he is innocent, Sidney decides to conduct her own investigation. From then on, the jaws of a formidable trap close around her... EAN: 9782266090087 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Tlacuilo - Michel Rio - book Summary : I feel I come from both worlds, a hybrid tlacuilo, a mixture of Chimalpahin obsessed with origins and a jester obsessed with death. Will I seek the only foundation through the multiplicity of stories? The truth in the profusion and disorder of invention? Knowledge in illusion? No longer knowing clearly where I come from, and not at all where I am going, and therefore basically ignorant of who I am, what reference points will I give to my wisdom? The only one left to me is that I must die. I will speak of death and the desire to live. And I will die, while this desire will survive me and keep, perhaps, some trace of me. EAN: 9782020215398 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories - Carson McCullers - book Summary : In his life as in his work, we find the same unbridled need for love, the same obsession with this music through which people believe they can reconcile themselves. And we are struck above all by the tenacious search for human contact, reduced to chance encounters in small bars where alcohol warms the body and soul, erases the pain of the world and makes God superfluous... A brief relief since solitude returns. This solitude that Carson McCullers and each of his creatures seek to escape but which they all end up choosing, as a privilege or a lesser evil. Because, as we know, there will always be solitude for those who are worthy of it. Hector Bianciotti. EAN: 9782253035893 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Snow Citadel - Matthieu Ricard - book Summary : Born in a small village in Bhutan, at the foot of the Himalayas, Dechen feels more drawn to the spiritual life of the monks than to the hard work of the fields. So, when his uncle offers to accompany him to the mysterious Snow Citadel, he doesn't hesitate for a single moment. There, in this place out of this world, he could follow the teachings of a spiritual master, and develop both wisdom and method with him. But before arriving there, a long journey awaits Dechen, a path that will in itself carry many lessons... "A gentle introduction to Buddhism for the uninitiated, a little gem for others to ponder." Isabelle Francq – The life Matthieu RICARD studied cellular genetics before turning to Buddhism. Ordained a monk in 1978, he is one of the world's leading experts on Tibetan Buddhism. He lives in the Himalayas with great spiritual masters. He is the French interpreter for the Dalai Lama. EAN: 9782266165778 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Suspicions River - Laura Kasischke - book Summary : Leila is twenty-four years old. She's a receptionist at the Swan Motel in Suspicious River, a quiet little town in Michigan. And for a few dollars more, she can be included in the room rate. She sells her body without passion, without sadness, or greed for money either. Saint and martyr, Leila is beyond her own body, more sensitive to the matter of the world than to men. The key to her descent into hell lies in childhood, and Leila undoubtedly knows that she is replaying her mother's tragic destiny, the parable of Eros and Thanatos at the end of which, perhaps, she will discover who she is... Laura Kasischke delivers here a first novel where hyperrealism, violence, and crudeness are transfigured by a poetic and lyrical universe of exceptional force. EAN: 9782020396080 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Sinuhe the Egyptian volume 1 - Mika Waltari - book Summary : For the love of a courtesan, the Egyptian physician Sinuhe sold himself into slavery. He will experience an odyssey halfway between myth and reality. A physician, but also a spy for Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, he will travel from Thebes to Babylon, and also to the mysterious Hittites and the Cretans subject to the Minotaur. A prodigious adventure novel that introduces us to the politics, religion, and science of the fourteenth century BC, the masterpiece of the great Filipino writer Mika Wlatari also invites us to reflect on the man of today, pleasure, freedom, power, violence, injustice, and everything that makes up our destiny. EAN: 9782070372973 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Preacher's Wife - Joanna Trollope - book Summary : Because she is suffocating in this sad English village where her husband, with his five parishes to serve, vegetates waiting for a promotion that will never come. Anna, the pastor's wife, finds a job in the neighboring supermarket. A first step towards freedom, to the scandal of her mediocre and boring entourage. Aged forty-two, with a strong appetite for life and ambition for her three children, Anna is in no way resigned to a life of habits and frustrations. The arrival of a rich and charming London intellectual precipitates the metamorphosis of this simple and attractive woman. A woman breaks the moorings and rediscovers the power to live and love. In the tradition of the great British novelists, Joanna Trollope possesses this inimitable gift of the poetry of the everyday and the art of making ordinary existences extraordinary, those where nothing happens in appearance. Nothing, that is to say, everything. EAN: 9782266065719 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Machine - René Belletto - book Summary : Leonardo would wait until his mother was in bed to kill her. He would kill her in her bed. Soon... The fatal mechanism is wound up. On the edge of fantasy and scientific anticipation, an unprecedented human drama, a relentless suspense that leads us to the height of horror. A formidable literary machine. EAN: 9782277230809 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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