Title : Dictionary of the New Testament - Xavier-Léon Dufour - book Summary : In this dictionary, the characters, places, customs, institutions, words and ideas of the New Testament , or having a relationship with the New Testament , are the subject of more than a thousand articles, introduced in alphabetical order. Everything we know about the culture, the society of the time, etymology, history, anthropology and of course the exegesis of the New Testament is systematically used to clarify each term. Numerous references - to passages in the New Testament itself, to other terms in the dictionary as well as to the important general introduction - make it possible to complete the information on each word and to situate it within a broader set of meanings. EAN: 9782020048842 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Excluded - Elfriede Jelinek - book Summary : They attack passersby, beat them until they are breathless, and rage like wolves. They unleash their arrogant hatred, shame, and disgust on fallen bodies. For these four teenagers, the crime is gratuitous and liberating; it will lead to carnage. Inspired by a news story, Elfriede Jelinek describes a Vienna haunted by the demons of Nazism, which passes on monstrosity as a legacy. Born in Austria in 1946, Elfriede Jelinek is the author of The Pianist , available in Points and adapted for the cinema with Isabelle Huppert. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004. “An extremely invigorating exercise in mental hygiene, the exact opposite of a sitz bath in lukewarm water.” EAN: 9782020555340 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Wounds and Bumps - Charles Exbrayat - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782702414934 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : On the idea of ​​a community of solitary people - Pascal Quignard - book Summary : What makes Port Royal special to me is the exciting invention - even if it is difficult to imagine - of a community of solitary people. The word "solitary," in the sense given to it by the Jansenists, is ultimately as beautiful as it is enigmatic. "Solitaires" designated men of civil society, aristocrats or wealthy bourgeois, who opted for the ways of the convent (its abstinence, its silence, its austerities, its vigils, its tasks, its reading) but who refused to bind themselves to it by vows. [...] They left the court to travel twenty kilometers and find themselves in a wood. They were guided by no external rules, obeyed no one, jealous only of their withdrawal from the world. [.] They studied. They did not address anyone informally. Neither God, nor children, nor the poor, nor animals. They greeted the crows, admired their hard, black beaks, and stroked the cats. In 1678 the last solitary people were forced to leave the Granges farm under penalty of imprisonment or burning at the stake. In 1711 Port Royal was razed on the orders of King Louis XIV so that "not one stone would remain upon another." Then, at the end of autumn, when the cold was very bitter and the ground was covered with snow, the graves were opened. Hungry dogs, crows, rooks, and field mice devoured what remained of flesh on the bones of the saints who had died. They devoured Racine. They devoured Monsieur Hamon, who had been his master. In this intimate and tender text, Pascal Quignard writes—like a score—the mystery and commitment of the life of a solitary scholar. He sings the melodic line of The Last Kingdom, the uncrowned kings, and the ruins of Le Havre where he was born. EAN: 9782363080769 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Flee - Jean-Philippe Toussaint - book Summary : Why was I given a cell phone the very day I arrived in China? To locate me permanently, monitor my movements, and keep an eye on me? I had always known subconsciously that my fear of the phone was linked to death—perhaps to sex and death—but never before that night on the train between Shanghai and Beijing would I have such implacable confirmation. “There is a Toussaint ‘style’: quivering, icy, distinguished, raw, offbeat, with a charm all the more painful because it seeps into pages of subtle beauty. There is a Toussaint shimmer, with views of streets, rooms, corridors, shop windows, tiles, silhouettes, water; lots of water, calm, rippled, salty, sweet, a whole undulation of sensations; the author reveals a floating world of illusion that forms a trap. This world hides, under its luminous layers, pain, love at first sight, panic, expectations, feverishness. A narrow, austere, inhabited book, set in a simplicity that surprises in the face of the heavy hardware of the novels of the new season. We say to ourselves that all great novels have their light, and this one shimmers, intelligent and fraternal, disillusioned and aristocratic. Form, style, rigor, punctuation, psychology: it is perfect. " (Jacques-Pierre Amette, Le Point) Prix Médicis 2005, Fuir is the second part of the novel collection Marie Madeleine Marguerite de Montalte, which traces four seasons in the life of Marie, haute couture designer and companion of the narrator: Faire l'amour, hiver (2002); Fuir, été (2005); La Vérité sur Marie, printemps-été (2009, prix Décembre); Nue, automne-hiver (2013). EAN: 9782707320957 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Man on the Lookout - Julio Cortázar - book Summary : A writer accompanies the slow decline of a genius saxophonist, Johnny Carter, destroyed by alcohol and drugs. From Baltimore recording studios with Miles Davis to Saint-Germain-des-Près in the 1950s, from seedy hotels to nights in jazz clubs, from paranoid delusions to creative flashes, Julio Cortázar offers us a moving text in homage to one of the greatest jazz musicians, Charlie Parker. EAN: 9782070423149 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Manhattan Transfer - John Dos Passos - book Summary : They had to change trains at Manhattan Transfer. Ellen had a new kid glove on, the thumb of which had cracked, and she kept rubbing it nervously with her forefinger. John wore a martingale raincoat and a pinkish-gray fedora. When he turned to her, smiling, she couldn't help looking away and staring at the rain glistening on the tracks. "There, dear Elaine. Oh, daughter of a prince, see, we're taking the train from Penn Station... It's funny waiting like this in the New Jersey bush." EAN: 9782070368259 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Tuner of Silences - Mia Couto - book Summary : The first time I saw a woman, I was eleven years old, and I suddenly found myself so helpless that I burst into tears. I lived in a desert inhabited only by five men. My father had given this remote corner a name: Jesusalem. This was the land where Jesus would be decrucified. And that was that. My old man, Silvestre Vitalício, had explained to us that the world was over and that we were the last survivors. Beyond the horizon, there were only lifeless territories that he vaguely called "the Other Side." In the isolated game reserve, in the heart of a war-torn Mozambique, the world of Mwanito, the tuner of silences, born to be silent, will shatter with the arrival of an unknown woman who will force Silvestre, the master of this desolate world, face to face with his guilt. Mia Couto, an admirer of the Brazilian Guimarães Rosa, draws from the beautiful, tragic, funny, enigmatic language of Mozambique all its power to create a literary universe full of invention, poetry and irony. EAN: 9782864248996 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Heart of the Tiger - Huy-Thiêp Nguyên - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782815900515 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Vivement Demain - Ariel Ricaud - book Summary : Juliette, 40, considers herself fulfilled, between her professional success in Paris and her beloved son, Benjamin, 14, whom she has been raising alone since she was abandoned by his father before his birth. An earthquake will upset this beautiful balance: the intrusion into her life of an unknown paternal grandfather, a wealthy, authoritarian, and manipulative wine-growing owner in Burgundy. He wants to assert his rights over Benjamin following the death of his only son. How will Juliette be able to cope with this man whose influence she fears over the teenager? And above all, how can she resist a family friend, an inveterate seducer, with whom, for the first time, she discovers the intensity of passionate love? Where will this treacherous path lead Juliette? Will she choose love at the risk of sacrificing her career? EAN: 9782266185394 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Unusual dictionary of Tahiti and the islands of French Polynesia - Rosanne Aries - book Summary : Tahiti, a paradise? Or a desert of boredom on stilts? Queens of all fantasies, the islands of French Polynesia make us dream and fear the worst: a sun that strikes a pose and time that flows smoothly... If there are a thousand opportunities to take to the water, the fenua is also the best place to reach summits. On its old volcanoes bordered by sand, full of fruits and spirits, dances tell stories, fish is eaten raw, fragrances crown, and old horses hum Gauguin. The risk is not to languish there, it's to end up loving the fafaru, fearing the tupapa'u, and daring the tamure! EAN: 9782846301329 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Why I Hate Christmas - Robert Benchley - book Summary : A healthy book to give as a gift and to read yourself before Christmas (to prepare for it), during Christmas (to cope with it) or after Christmas (to recover from it). “To brighten our evenings with a garland of bursts of laughter.” Helena Villovitch, She “A jubilant little book” Anne-Cécile Juillet, The Parisian “To be offered to those who are waiting for the end of the festivities by soaking their bad spirit in champagne.” Christine Ferniot, Télérama A master of offbeat and absurd humor, Robert Benchley (1889-1945) is one of the funniest writers America has ever produced. EAN: 9782757874400 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Don't Drown in a Glass of Water... as a Family! - Richard Carlson - book Summary : There are days when nothing is going right at home: the kitchen is flooded, your dog broke the Ming vase in the living room, the kids are bickering, and your spouse forgot to pay the phone bill. Is that a reason to make things worse by overreacting? Stop being a martyr! After teaching us how to simplify our social and professional lives in his best-selling book, Don't Drown in a Teacup, Richard Carlson now applies his book to families. He offers us one hundred practical "strategies" to ensure harmony in our homes as effectively as our personal balance. A gem of wisdom and humor that will simplify your life and help you weather real storms. EAN: 9782290310052 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Lake - Yasunari Kawabata - book Summary : Happiness, for young Gimpei, was following the path along the shore, their two silhouettes reflected in the lake. He walked, looked at the water, and thought that the two reflections would go to the ends of the earth, embraced for eternity. But this happiness was brief. EAN: 9782253036883 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Volcano Lover - Susan Sontag - book Summary : The Horseman , a British aristocrat, is ambassador to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. An inveterate collector, he loves the frivolity of his adopted city, the opera, the lava-paved streets. After the death of his wife, he meets the beautiful Emma and for the first time his heart is set ablaze. To the great scandal of all Naples, he will make the young commoner a woman of the world. But, under the volcano, nothing is ever meant to last... A leader of the feminist movement and close to Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag (1933-2004) published numerous essays and novels. Translated into 32 languages, she received the Jerusalem Prize for her body of work. “A turbulent and fascinating book where period paintings and colorful scenes are enriched with ferocious considerations on the vanity of power or the bitter condition of women.” EAN: 9782020901338 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : It's Not in My Line - James Hadley Chase - book Summary : Sherman Jamison, an unscrupulous billionaire, insists on a divorce because his wife cannot bear him an heir. But, as a practicing Catholic, she refuses to consider this separation. Jamison, enraged, finds it inconceivable, given his wealth and power, not to get what he wants. Determined to get rid of his wife, he hires a professional killer. But in this kind of scheme, it is necessary to use intermediaries. But they have to be up to the task... EAN: 9782070498574 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : It's the Bouquet! - James Hadley Chase - book Summary : Whatever the obstacle, we overcome it." This is the proud motto of the "Universal Services" agency. But for the two cases finally assigned to it, the obstacle to overcome is considerable. The daughter of Justin Wingrove, one of Orchid City's most prominent citizens, has run away. As for Dedrick, he's been kidnapped. All he had to do was pay up... apparently. Well, they were finally found, but in what a state! EAN: 9782070430109 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : That Moment - Douglas Kennedy - book Summary : New York writer Thomas Neesbitt receives two letters within a few days of each other that take him back to his past: his divorce papers after twenty years of marriage, then the diary of his first love. 1984. Having left for Berlin to write, Thomas supplements his income by working for Radio Liberty. There, he meets Petra, his translator. A burning passion blossoms between them. Little by little, Petra confides her story to him and the tale of her passage to the West. Thomas is overwhelmed. Nothing now seems able to separate the two lovers... "What a devil of a writer! Douglas Kennedy has long known how to keep his readers in suspense. With That Moment , he takes another step towards the Olympus of novelists." François Busnel – The Express EAN: 9782266227384 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Ripley and the Shadows - Patricia Highsmith - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782266016599 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Ostend Beach - Jacqueline Harpman - book Summary : As soon as I saw him, I knew that Leopold Wiesbek would belong to me. I was eleven, he was twenty-five… Thus overcome by a passion that nothing will extinguish, Émilienne will have to bide her time. Talented, handsome, and beloved by women, Léopold makes a marriage of fortune so he can devote himself to painting. The young woman will slowly weave her canvas, stopping at nothing, sacrificing a few lives along the way. Years later, after the death of her lover, Émilienne, desperate but without remorse, will remain certain that this was the price to pay to live her passion. EAN: 9782253062691 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Part of the Whole - Steve Toltz - book Summary : All his life, Jasper Dean has hesitated between hating, pitying, adoring, and killing Martin, his father. Now that Martin is dead, Jasper can return to the case of this self-taught philosopher, unrecognized genius and fierce misanthrope, who raised him as a recluse, under high intellectual surveillance... From temporary depressions to lightning illuminations, from strip clubs to clandestine liners, father and son will find themselves embarked on an adventure beyond their control. But faced with the blows of fate, it is in Jasper that Martin will find the best companion in misfortune for his vain efforts to leave his mark on this world he despises... EAN: 9782264050465 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Narmada Sutra - Gita Mehta - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782253136903 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Time in Short Pants - Zoran Savic - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782919739103 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Meetings of the Days - 1992-1993 - Claude Roy - book Summary : Every two or three years I pour the contents of the accumulated files onto the large table: journal pages, travel journals, portraits, nascent poems, unpublished texts, edited articles, notes and jot-downs, clippings, etc. I sort, I sniff, I smell, I cut, I eliminate, throw into the fire. This time, I pinned down a few ideas caught on the fly, eight or ten memories worth remembering, and a few sketches I want to finish. I still kept a few hypotheses about the world as it is not, a few observations about my cat who goes where he wants, a few reading notes on books I love and would like others to love, the smells of the forest in autumn, dives into my inner space, and a few passages on the agitated surface of this planet. I sprinkled the whole thing with a few white pebbles taken from my notebooks, those minimals that I would find pretentious to call maxims. And here is the "logbook" 1992-1993: an old Persian from the 1300s gave me the title." Claude Roy. EAN: 9782070400737 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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