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 : Liberty & Co. - When employee freedom makes companies happy - Brian M. Carney, Isaac Getz - book Summary : Our society has elevated freedom to one of its cardinal values, supposedly governing our political system as well as our private lives. Bosses are often the first to extol its virtues, making it a pillar of capitalism. But these fine words stop short at the corporate gates: in the workplace, hierarchy, control, and constant surveillance seem to remain the rule. However, the investigation by Brian M. Carney and Isaac Getz shows that there is another way of acting and invites us into companies where freedom has become the management principle. Employees are allowed to take initiatives instead of being told how to do things. They are treated as responsible adults instead of limiting the information available to them and having their every move controlled by a bloated hierarchy. Risk-taking is encouraged. Located in France, the United States, Japan, and Finland, these companies have been "liberated" by visionary leaders who have completely revolutionized their firm's culture. And at the same time, their profitability has exploded. We are at the dawn of a new era of management. EAN: 9782081290983 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Letters - Madame de Sévigné - book Summary : In 1671, the departure for Provence of her daughter - the Countess of Grignan - drove Madame de Sévigné to despair. So, to fill the absence, she entered into correspondence with her as one enters into religion. She told her everything, the most significant events as well as the most trivial, the most serious as well as the most trivial: the war in Holland, the trial of Foucquet, the suicide of Vatel, the fire at a neighbor's house, and even the latest hairstyle in vogue in Paris. Chronicles of an era of which the Marquise was a privileged witness, the letters are also, and above all, a writing of the intimate, the journal of a conscience that is told day by day. Posterity has not been mistaken, which has established this correspondence as a model of its genre. EAN: 9782080721662 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Lily the Tiger - Alona Kimhi - book Summary : Young Lily, "112 kilograms of a woman," has been living alone since her fiancé—frightened by her weight—called off their wedding at the last minute. She combats her loneliness and anxiety with bubble baths and sips of port, and especially by spending her evenings with Ninouch, her only friend. Since they met in the clinic where Lily works as a dental hygienist, the two women have been inseparable. At least, as much as Léon, Ninouch's violent and jealous partner, allows. Because Léon, who became rich thanks to the invention of an electric anti-cellulite panty, protects and coddles the fragile Ninouch, whom he rescued from prostitution, using sometimes heavy-handed methods. But one evening, when Léon once again refuses to let Ninouch out, Lily decides to go to the circus alone by taxi. Stuck in a traffic jam, she arrives after the show has ended, all the more disappointed when she discovers on the program that the lion tamer was none other than Taro, her first lover, the young Japanese man who made her lose her virginity in the toilets of a Boeing 737 over the Atlantic! Helped by the ineffable Mikhaëla, the taxi driver, Lily finds Taro who gives her a baby tiger before returning to Japan. A gift that then gives her life an unexpected turn... Dazzlingly funny and imaginative, this second novel definitively establishes Alona Kimhi on the international literary scene as one of the most original writers of her generation. EAN: 9782070772858 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Lilith the Untamed - Cathy Gallardo-Leday - book EAN: 9782355194771 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Lure of Truth and Other Stories - Didier Daeninckx - 2004 - book EAN: 9782070422135 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Letters from Women - Select Collection No. 105 - Marcel Prévost - 1936 - book EAN: Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Lieutenant - Being a woman in the French army - Marine Baron - 2009 - book EAN: 9782207260234 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Lila - Marilynne Robinson - 2017 - book EAN: 9782330078874 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Lila says that - Chimo - 1996 - book EAN: 9782286115432 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Freedom for the Bears! - Irving John - 1993 - book EAN: 9782020197298 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Fault Lines - Nancy Huston - 2007 - book EAN: 9782742769360 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Persian Letters - Montesquieu - 1999 - book EAN: 9782080720955 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Get up and walk - Hervé Bazin - 1971 - book EAN: Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Lily the Tiger - Alona Kimhi - 2007 - book EAN: 9782070346059 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Sunday Letters - Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry - 2001 - book EAN: 9782259194457 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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