Title : Paper Tiger - Olivier Rolin - book Summary : Martin tells the daughter of his long-dead best friend about their youth in the late 1960s, a time when everyone believed in the Revolution. In Vietnam, the "People's War" was defeating the mighty America, China was forever red, Che was greater dead than alive, and the imperialists were paper tigers. It was in the mists of time... GOLD Olivier Rolin was born in 1947. Publisher and author of novels, travel journals, and stories, he was also a journalist. He is notably the author of Port Sudan (Femina Prize 1993) and Original landscapes, available in Points. “Tears and laughter: this is the most beautiful novel I have read in a long time, the strongest, the most desperate, the most tender.” Bernard Kouchner, The New Observer France Culture Prize 2003 EAN : 9782020611923 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Certain Mr. Piekielny - François-Henri Désérable - book Summary : "When you meet great people, important men, promise me you'll tell them: at No. 16 Grande-Pohulanka Street, in Wilno, lived Mr. Piekielny..." When he made this promise to this Mr. Piekielny, his neighbor, Roman Kacew was a child. As an adult, a member of the Resistance, a diplomat, a writer under the name of Romain Gary, he always kept it. One day in May, chance threw me in front of No. 16 Grande-Pohulanka Street. I decided, that day, to go in search of a certain Mr. Piekielny." In this sparkling investigation, full of twists and turns, François-Henri Désérable pays homage to the humble and to the power of literature. EAN : 9782072824272 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Return to Montechiarro - Vincent Engel - book Summary : 1855. Adriano Lungo, a young orphan, arrives at the magnificent estate of Count Della Rocca, above the village of Montechiarro, in Tuscany. Under the benevolent protection of this man, broken by a heartbreak, Adriano will study and, having become a schoolmaster, become involved in the collective destiny of an Italy in the midst of unification. 1919. In Italy, in the grip of economic crisis, Agnese, the granddaughter of Count Della Rocca, is forced to marry the wealthy Salvatore Coniglio, a declared fascist, to save the family estate. Her encounter with photographer Sébastien Morgan will turn her life upside down. 1978. Laetitia returns to Montechiarro. She is the direct descendant of the other Laetitia, the one whose escape brought despair to Count Della Rocca 130 years earlier. In the Italy of the "Years of Lead," she knows nothing of the hopes, struggles, and heartbreaks that shaped the destiny of the small town. Three parts, three eras: this is how the entire history of modern Italy comes to life, in a powerful saga where individual destinies, on each page, intertwine with the challenges and upheavals of History. EAN : 9782253154624 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Seasons and Days - Caroline Miller - book Summary : Nature is hostile in the American South at the beginning of the 19th century. The seasons dictate their laws and the days are punctuated by the harsh work of the land. Yet this is where the Carvers, who came from Carolina, decided to settle. Here, young Cean would establish her home with Lonzo Smith. Their only wealth is their hands, their stubbornness, and their love. And neither life nor the crash of history will spare them... "The greatest book about the South and its people." Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the wind the wind "In this poignant novel, which has become a classic, Caroline Miller gracefully and poetically transcends the story of the lives of these pioneers." Françoise Dargent – The Literary Figaro 1934 Pulitzer Prize EAN : 9782266242363 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Love Yourself, Life Will Love You - Catherine Bensaid - book Summary : Catherine BENSAID is a psychiatrist-psychoanalyst. His books are informed by his long professional practice and his own life experience. Catherine Bensaid helps us escape the prison of negative thoughts that complicate our lives. Recognizing our difficulties and overcoming them are the first steps toward reconciliation with ourselves. This is why Catherine Bensaid invites us to put an end to behaviors that hinder us, to no longer follow the paths traced by others and, simply, to listen to our desires and grant ourselves the right to live our dreams rather than spending our lives dreaming about them. EAN : 9782266056571 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Beautiful and slim after baby - Jean-Pierre Clémenceau - book Summary : A sports and diet program, all the beauty tips Being pregnant is a life-changing experience for a woman. A change in habits, a change in relationship, and a change in way of being... But above all, throughout the nine months, the body transforms to give birth. And the fear of never being able to regain "your" figure can arise. Here is some tailored exercise guidance, simple exercises to practice gently and safely. This program comes with weight-loss menus and beauty tips. Everything you need to regain your well-being! JEAN-PIERRE CLEMENCEAU A sports coach, he coaches many celebrities such as Zazie, Lou Doillon, and Séverine Ferrer. He is also the author of The Clemenceau Method and Belle en attendant bébé, two huge bestsellers. EAN : 9782290357149 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Lady F. - Nancy Cato - book Summary : A pretty face, a beautiful intelligence, extraordinary energy... When you find all these qualities combined in one person: you marry her! This is how Jane Griffin became Jane Franklin or "Lady F". Appointed governor of Tasmania in 1836, John Franklin and his wife will find themselves immersed in a world both terrifying and fascinating. Together they will have to face all adversities, until the dazzling dream of this ice sarcophagus lost on the polar ice floe where the ultimate fight of death awaited them... After the Australian, Nancy Cato invites us today to discover this famous Van Diemen's Land where, in the last century, pioneers, convicts and aborigines participated in the tumultuous creation of a new nation: Australia. EAN : 9782277226031 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Buenos Aires Quintet - Manuel Vasquez Montalban - book Summary : Pepe Carvalho leaves Barcelona to delve into a completely different world, that of today's Buenos Aires. He goes there to investigate the disappearance, linked to obscure political reasons, of his cousin Raul. Throughout his research, his discovery of the city and the country's gastronomy will be punctuated by numerous encounters, among others with Alma, a beautiful green-eyed activist, a man who pretends to be Borges's natural son, a former torturer, a few corpses too... and many other characters who are all faces of contemporary Argentina. More than ever true to his reputation as a gourmet and disillusioned philosopher, detective Pepe Carvalho draws us, not without humor, into a plot full of twists and turns. EAN : 9782020386661 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Last Day of a Condemned Man, preceded by Bug-Jargal - Victor Hugo, Roger Borderie - book Summary : "Suddenly, one of the servants took off my jacket, and the other took my two dangling hands, brought them behind my back, and I felt the knots of a rope slowly winding around my close wrists. At the same time, the other was untying my tie. My cambric shirt, the only shred left of my former self, made him hesitate for a moment; then he began to cut the collar. At this horrible precaution, at the grip of the steel touching my neck, my elbows trembled, and I let out a stifled roar. The executioner's hand trembled. "Sir," he said to me, "pardon me! Did I hurt you? These executioners are very gentle men." EAN : 9782070369195 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus - John Gray - book Summary : Men and women don't speak the same language! Hence the frustrations, misunderstandings, and heartbreaks... Mars, god of War, Venus, goddess of Love: the two sexes have little in common in the way they act and express their feelings. Years of marital experience have allowed John Gray to analyze these differences and turn them into a source of mutual enrichment rather than conflict. A worldwide bestseller, this guide is essential for communicating and living in harmony with the opposite sex. EAN : 9782290336724 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Punishments - Victor Hugo - book Summary : History does not move backward. A bourgeois empire is not founded on the ruins of a republic. For having proclaimed this, Victor Hugo was exiled by the man he called Napoleon the Little, a caricature of the other, the one from Austerlitz. The Republic, he believed, was moral progress, individual virtue, legitimacy, the people justly represented. "Ten million, one hundred million votes voting en masse do not count before this atom, before this particle of God, the soul of the just." Victor Hugo would be the just man who stood up to Prince Louis-Napoleon's coup d'état. "Sound, sound always, trumpets of thought." They still resonate in these grandiose and passionate verses, full of a dream of justice and equality. EAN : 9782253016861 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Scent of Farigoulette - Alysa Morgon - book Summary : Upon the death of their father, santon maker Alix Aglietti, a life choice presents itself to Paul and Marinette. The latter, against all odds, decides to take over the family workshop, thus giving her brother the opportunity to fulfill his dream: to enroll in the Beaux-Arts in Paris and become a painter. But not just anyone can become a santon maker! The first attempts at modeling are disappointing. She will have to use her father's molds. Alas, one is missing, and not just any mold: the key figure in the nativity scene! A young woman of character, Marinette is not discouraged. She secretly embarks on a gigantic and highly original creation and ends up accepting the help of her childhood friend, Denis Cadenel, to complete what will be her great work. For Denis and the brave priest, the result is a true marvel! It's a very promising first step on the long road that, via the Marseille Santon Fair, leads to fame. But will Marinette be able to avoid pitfalls and pitfalls, and recognize in her traveling companion the man to whom her heart yearns? With this vibrant novel, Alysa Morgon draws the reader into the fascinating and engaging world of Provençal santons. She immerses the reader in the fabulous story of this family nativity scene that has delighted young and old alike for generations. EAN : 9782848864877 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Carmen and Thirteen Other Stories - Prosper Mérimée - book Summary : Carmen, a gypsy, a girl of no means... What does she possess but her name? For many, that's already too much. Hoping to seize the six letters of this first name, Don José abandons his career. She will shamelessly use the passion she inspires to unleash the brutality that lies dormant within Don José. The simplicity of her attire conceals the soul of a queen: lacking a throne, she will exercise a loving tyranny that spares nothing for her slaves. In collusion with death, Carmen will accomplish her work at the risk of paying the price herself. Carmen: beneath these two syllables, traced by Mérimée, sung in Bizet's opera, a world of images and melodies surfaces, which resonate in the thirteen other stories in this collection. Surly hidalgos and bullfighting scenes in Spain, ancient ghosts in Rome... In the heat of the South, the same sun broods over the marriage of madness and grace. EAN : 9782070365609 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Always by my side - Kazuo Ishiguro - book Summary : Kath, Ruth, and Tommy attended Hailsham in the 1990s; an idyllic school in the English countryside, where children were raised to believe that their personal well-being was essential to society. But why were they brought together there? Years later, Kath tries to make sense of their shared past. With Ruth and Tommy, she realizes that their seemingly happy childhood has continued to haunt them, to the point of adulterating their adult lives. Kazuo Ishiguro deals with subjects that touch us deeply: the loss of innocence, the importance of memory, the value we each place on others. This futuristic masterpiece tells a story of humanity and love in contemporary England. It is destined to become a classic of our fragile lives. EAN : 9782070464791 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby - book Summary : On December 8, 1995, a sudden stroke plunged Jean-Dominique Bauby into a deep coma. When he emerged, all his motor functions had deteriorated. Suffering from what medicine calls "locked-in syndrome" - literally: locked inside himself - he could no longer move, eat, speak, or even simply breathe without assistance. In this inert body, only one eye moves. This eye - the left one - is his connection to the world, to others, to life. With his eye, he blinks once to say "yes," twice to say "no." With his eye, he focuses his visitor's attention on the letters of the alphabet dictated to him and forms words, sentences, entire pages... With his eye, he wrote this book: every morning for weeks, he memorized the pages before dictating them, then correcting them. Beneath the glass bubble of his diving suit, where butterflies flutter, he sends us these postcards from a world we can only imagine—a world where nothing remains but a mind at work. The mind is by turns sarcastic and disenchanted, with an intensity that grips the heart. When all you have left are words, no words are too many. EAN : 9782221081723 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Confidence for confidence - Paule Constant - book Summary : France Télévisions Novel Prize 1998 - Prix Goncourt 1998 We are in Middleway, Kansas—called the little American Oxford—in the home of Gloria Patter, an influential Black academic, the day after the Witches of Middleway feminist conference. A closed-door meeting is established between Gloria and three of her guests: Aurore Amer, a French novelist; Lola Dhol, a Norwegian actress, once famous and scandalous; and Babette Cohen, a professor of Pied-Noir origin who has seamlessly integrated into the United States. They are at the age of taking stock. Their cohabitation will reveal their hopes and disillusionments, their ambitions and failures. Between the moment of awakening and the moment of departure, which will perhaps disperse them forever, a game of mirrors is established, revealing their antagonisms. EAN : 9782070752317 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Rye Bread and Thrush Wine - Georgette Laporte-Castède - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782911844065 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : In May, do what you please - Christian Carion and Laure Irrmann - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782298105919 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Trees Don't Grow to the Sky - Marianne Rubinstein - book Summary : “What does quarantine mean to you?” she stubbornly asks her friends. For her, the "mid-life" began with a breakup and shared custody of her little boy. After the collapse, however, comes the time for reconstruction, for foundational friendships, for fleeting loves, and for a certain sweetness of life. In Trees don't grow to the sky, Marianne Rubinstein subtly evokes this intimate upheaval of forty. In a precise and luminous tone, the author of Not everyone is lucky enough to be an orphan. and the Yaël Koppman's journal analyzes the discoveries, the fears, the joys and the freedom that can result from it. The press “Gentlemen, if women are an eternal enigma for you, read this book without delay. It will prove to you, if need be, that one can be intelligent, cultured, funny and that forty is not the end of seduction or desire. Ladies, you will love it!” Page “A novel full of humility and fluidity.” Metro EAN : 9782226242983 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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