Title : From Gaul to France - TIM - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782855656151 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Five Weeks in a Balloon. Voyage of Discovery in Africa by Three EnglishmenFive Weeks in a Balloon. Voyage of Discovery in Africa by Three Englishmen - Jules Verne - book Summary : Attempting to cross Africa from east to west by air, claiming to fly over the dangerous black continent in its greatest breadth aboard a fragile gondola exposed to all the whims of the winds, was, in Jules Verne's time, an incredibly audacious undertaking. As one might expect, the five weeks it will take Dr. Fergusson and his two companions to achieve this will be full of unforeseen events and adventures. This novel will fascinate those interested in the early days of aeronautics and, in general, all those who enjoy the humor and verve of "Extraordinary Voyages," including Five Weeks. in a balloon opened the series. Published in December 1862, it was a resounding success first in France, then throughout the world. EAN : 9782859220716 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Voltaire - Text studied, "Candide" - Jean Maurice - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782070579273 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Portraits of Women - Pietro Citati - book Summary : An outstanding portraitist, Pietro Citati always tunes his "inner metronome" to the rhythm of the artist or writer whose life and work he recounts. The intrepid acuity of his gaze, the finesse of his analysis, the vivacity of his narrative, the elegance of his line, and the charm of his expression characterize his Portraits of Women. It is in all the fullness of their presence that Pietro Citati brings to life before us Saint Teresa of Avila, Jane Austen, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Marina Tsvetaeva, Karen Blixen, Simone Weil, Flannery O'Connor, Cristina Campo, Anna Maria Ortese, Ingeborg Bachmann... In many of these women's lives, in the books written by these women, literature has perhaps reached its extreme tragic possibilities. Spiritual concentration, courage of intelligence, firmness of mind, despair, fire, fury, the dream of the pure soul culminate in these female figures who lead us from the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. One has the impression that the fate and anguish they had to bear was of considerable weight. But as one of them declared: "I am firmly convinced that life is beautiful, rich, and great; yes, I would be convinced of it even if I had to die of the plague in a dung pit." EAN : 9782070428212 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Postcards - Annie Proulx - book Summary : In post-war New England America, Loyal Blood, the eldest son of a farming family, is forced to abandon his family after killing his fiancée. Thus begins a long wandering across the country, punctuated by sending postcards from the various places where he finds work. With intelligence and humor, Annie Proulx shares Loyal's solitary odyssey, his desire for success, and his need for love. EAN : 9782743607715 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Bella Italia - Frances Mayes - book Summary : "My initial desire to live in Italy was born, among other things, from the idea that I would never exhaust the resources of this endless land—its arts, its landscapes, its language, its gastronomy, its history. Changing the course of one's life by buying and restoring this abandoned house, devoting part of each year to another country, seemed an inconsiderate risk, if not an act of madness. I wanted at that time to accomplish something of which I knew nothing. I thought—now I know—that Italians take longer to live. After long years of marriage and a painful divorce, I thought that Italy would more than adequately replace the loss of that one man. I wanted a real change. I did not yet know to what extent luck would accompany my wishes." EAN : 9782070411696 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : To You Who Are Not Yet Born - Albert Jacquard - book Summary : Geneticist Albert Jacquard never stopped questioning what is passed down from one generation to the next. In the form of a letter to a teenage great-grandchild in 2025, the author of The Water Lily Equation offers us a synthesis of his questions, his convictions, his fears, and his hopes. Will eight billion human beings be able to coexist on the planet tomorrow? What consequences could frenetic consumption and uncontrolled manipulation of the human genome have on the environment and our collective destiny? What safeguards will we be able to invent to preserve both diversity and peace? A taste for knowledge, respect for others, the need for criticism and sometimes for insubordination: these are the values, anchored in his life and his struggles, that Albert Jacquard reaffirms here, and which ultimately make this book a lesson in optimism and hope. EAN : 9782253152132 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Paris-Brest - Tanguy Viel - book Summary : It is obvious that my grandmother's rather late fortune played an important role in this story. Without all that money, my parents would never have returned to settle in Finistère. And I myself, no doubt, would never have left Brest to live in Paris. But the real problem lies elsewhere, when it came to returning years later and making the journey in the other direction, from Paris to Brest. "Tanguy Viel is a rare novelist in his dual mastery of style and plot. We are captivated by his icy sentences, his suspense played out then foiled, his mismatched silhouettes. We take a thousand pointless detours and then suddenly find ourselves back at the scene of the crime, where vultures circle in the sky." (Marie-Laure Delorme, Le Journal du dimanche) "It was in Brest that the writer set up his theater, not in the invigorating ocean air but in the stale air of houses with thick granite walls. In other words, at the end of the world, in this Finistère where his characters are shaped by both the call of the open sea and the age-old shackles of provincial customs. And it is money that will be the sinews of war. » (Sabine Audrerie, La Croix) « By revisiting the crime novel with great rigor, this young novelist constructs a melancholic work, not without humor. His writing becomes more stripped down, always as effective, precise, visual, with a remarkable economy. » (Isabelle Rüf, Le Temps) EAN : 9782707322975 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Correspondence - Volume 1 - Paul Léautaud - book Summary : "To write is to live twice," said Paul Léautaud. But reading Léautaud is perhaps to live twice, too. What other literary work could claim such frenzied, obsessive egotism? "I am devilishly selfish," Léautaud confessed in his famous radio interviews with Robert Mallet. But beyond moral judgment, it is the word egotist that best suits this lifelong Stendhalian. Whether it is the Literary Journal, the Correspondence, the Dramatic Chronicles, whether it is The Little Friend, Loves, Passe-Temps, or In Memoriam, Léautaud is always at the center of his work. EAN : 9782264032263 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Acacia - Claude Simon - book Summary : Closing L'Acacia, the reader has the sensation of having personally ridden in the clearings of the East in 1940, eyes burning with insomnia; of having been shot in 1914 at the edge of a wood, like a perfect poilu from L'Illustration; but also of having served in the Colonies before 1914; of having haunted the spa towns of the Belle Époque; of having opened a telegram with a widow's sobs in her throat; of having viewed snatches of "Actualités" from before the other war, sepia, quivering and mute; of having stirred these reminiscences in a shabby claque; of having felt the madness of the last two wars rising from the depths of cattle trains all over Europe; and to try to pour all this into the immediate present of writing, in front of a branch of raw green acacia... » (Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, Le Monde) The Acacia was published in 1989. EAN : 9782707318510 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Tomorrow the Cats - Bernard Werber - book Summary : For us, only one story existed: that of humanity. But there was THE meeting. And they, the cats, changed our destiny forever. EAN : 9782226392053 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Very Rich Hours of Cannabis - Phix - book Summary : “The Very Rich Hours of Cannabis” is a comprehensive cannabis manual, designed as an almanac. With its botanical, historical and literary pages, its legal advice, its cooking recipes and practical sheets, its clear and precise diagrams, you will know everything about the cultivation (and agriculture) of cannabis. EAN : 9782910718060 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Autogenesis - autograph dedication signature - Erwan Larher - book Summary : He wakes up, naked, in an isolated house. He doesn't remember anything anymore. He sets out into the world, searching for his past and his identity. It is a destiny he will find, enhanced by a mysterious, trigger-happy guardian angel, a schizophrenic journalist, and an unscrupulous benefactor. In its turbulent wake, trajectories are deflected, not always smoothly. From an amnesiac outcast, a plaything of chance, codenamed Icarus, he becomes the master of the game. But some have no intention of letting him do it. A picaresque and political novel, Autogenèse questions the madness and grandeur of men, interweaving singular journeys and History in progress. Can we build ourselves by relying on common sense against passions and emotions? Can we build ourselves without memory? ...and who is this devil Icarus? EAN : 9782841865932 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Voltaire leads the investigation - Volume 3 - The devil wears Voltaire - Frédéric Lenormand - book Summary : Voltaire has finally found a worthy opponent: the devil himself! Beelzebub sows corpses throughout Paris, to the point that the Church, anxious to avoid any scandal, calls on the famous philosopher to conduct a discreet investigation behind the police's back. In a Paris of the Enlightenment still very much imbued with irrational beliefs, where vampires, demons and the living dead seem to wander at will, who else to send on their trail but a philosopher known for believing in nothing? In exchange, Cardinal Fleury, who governs France, will authorize the publication of the Philosophical Letters , this sulphurous firebrand. All that remains for Voltaire is to show what philosophy can do against superstition. And also to discover who is sowing pieces of human bodies into the writer's bath, to uncover the secret of a mysterious petticoat coveted by an assassin, without forgetting to have his new tragedy performed at the Comédie-Française, in order to revolutionize a dusty theatrical art! Both a historical detective novel and a Voltairean tale, The Devil Wears Voltaire is written in a jubilant style as finely crafted as the language of the Enlightenment. EAN : 9782709642903 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : I do not ask for forgiveness - France is not guilty - Alain Griotteray - book Summary : Alain Griotteray has always been an independent Gaullist: in November 1940 when he marched at the Arc de Triomphe, or when, as a younger leader of the Resistance network, he founded "his" network, Orion, with a few comrades. Later still, when he chose never to renounce the cause of an Algeria intertwined with the French destiny. This freedom, sometimes dearly paid for, he defended in the political commitment that led him to become a parliamentarian. The same freedom and the same commitment are found in his pen in his books and his editorials in Figaro Magazine. Today, Alain Griotteray takes up the torch of independent Gaullism for a new fight. A fight for History. Through "hemiplegic" visions of war or decolonization, he lays bare the mechanisms of French disdain. Hatred of our country's past has become the most common way to avoid thinking. Unless we react, we will not build the future on such rejection, but we will create a real decline. EAN : 9782268038476 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : From One World to Another - The Time of Consciences - Frédéric Lenoir, Nicolas Hulot - book Summary : We are not experiencing a trivial crisis; we are living through a decisive moment for the future of humanity. How can we escape a dynamic that is beyond our control and a system that is leading us into a dead end? We have each experienced how great the resistance to change is—within ourselves, as well as in the political and economic worlds. We have seen the beauty of our planet, the richness of humanity, and we have suffered from seeing them destroyed. Yet, like so many others, we refuse to resign ourselves. Another world is within our reach. A world founded on humility, sobriety, and sharing. A world where deep joys are more desired than fleeting pleasures. A world that is more equitable, more fraternal, more connected to the Earth. This world is not a utopia. We can all contribute to making it happen. But this will only be possible through a revolution of consciousness. It is to this conversion of our minds and our ways of life that this book, the fruit of sharing our thoughts and experiences, would like to modestly contribute. Nicolas Hulot and Frédéric Lenoir  Nicolas Hulot has spent part of his life traveling to the most remote areas of the world through his television show Ushuaïa . Committed to environmental protection for thirty years, he was Minister of State for Ecological and Inclusive Transition from May 2017 to August 2018. Author of numerous books, he created the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Mankind.  Frédéric Lenoir is a philosopher and sociologist, author of numerous essays and novels translated into some twenty languages. He is notably the author of the bestsellers: On Happiness, a Philosophical Journey ; The Power of Joy, or The Miracle of Spinoza , published by Fayard. He is co-founder of the SEVE foundation (Knowing How to Be and Live Together) which offers philosophy workshops for children. EAN : 9782213716527 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Demon Slayer - Volume 14 - Koyoharu Gotouge - 2025 - New Manga Book EAN: 9782809492491 New Book The book matches the photo

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Title: Demon Slayer - Volume 13 - Koyoharu Gotouge - 2025 - New Manga Book EAN: 9782809491616 New Book The book matches the photo

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Title : The River Child - Madeleine Changeux-Gilet - book Summary : Marked by a tragedy that left her orphaned in 1960, a few days after her birth, Hélène developed an extreme sensitivity. Her maternal grandfather, Germain, and her parents, Blanche and René, were killed in a car accident while bringing the baby home from the maternity ward. Raised in Sainte-Rosalie-sur-Loire by her grandmother, whom she affectionately calls Mamille and adores, the little girl found refuge in reading and writing at a very early age. We find her at different important moments in her life: as a teenager, a young girl and then a mother, through her great encounters with friendship and love, between the banks of the Loire and the Arcachon Basin... Who holds the key that will free her from her fears and the weight of her memories? The eternal game of destiny, chance, and perhaps, why not, the "beyond" through some very mysterious little hearts! Sainte-Rosalie-sur-Loire is an imaginary town, inspired by two communes in Loiret: Pithiviers and Chécy. EAN : 9782953732504 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Jules Verne - The Dream of Progress - Jean-Paul Dekiss - book Summary : Since the beginning of the 19th century, the bourgeoisie, through finance and industry, has been forging the weapons of a new power. Starting in 1851, a writer set out to immortalize this march of progress by revealing new myths. The discovery of the Earth, the recognition of other peoples, the role of science, education for all, and the moral education of children are the values ​​of the advancing republic. Supported by Hetzel, the greatest publisher of the century, Jules Verne calmly elevates the figure of a modern hero and draws the universe to the new measure of men. It is a lonely man, in the midst of a ferment of ideas, that Jean-Paul Dekiss brings to life here. EAN : 9782070531684 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Travel Companions - Hubert Reeves - book Summary : “This book was born from an encounter in the Sahara. Sitting in the sand, I was talking about the stars to a group of travelers. Above us, the splendid Milky Way stretched from horizon to horizon. It was there that I met Jelica Obrenovitch. A photographer, she travels the planet and hunts for its beauty. Inspired by her images, I tried, in this book, to give voice to our “travel companions,” the living beings who accompany us on our planet during our brief existence and share with us its unfathomable mystery. Talk about what? The sky, the Earth, the fragile power of life and the dark side of the world.” EAN : 9782020344173 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : So Far, So Close - Françoise Bourdin - book Summary : Since he was a child, Lorenzo has had a passion for wild animals. Having become a veterinarian, he transformed the few dozen hectares of wasteland he inherited into an animal park. Preserving, safeguarding, and bringing his estate to life: this is now the sole purpose of his existence, devouring everything else. Including his relationship with Julia, with whom he still collaborates but no longer lives. When Benoît, a friend working in a reserve in Kenya, invites Lorenzo to spend a month there, he accepts. In the heart of Africa, he will be able to observe animals moving freely in their natural habitat. Entrusting the park's reindeer to Julia, who remains his best veterinarian, Lorenzo leaves, without suspecting that this trip could well change their story... "A novel full of adventure and thrills to be savored slowly." Maxi "Bourdin transported to Africa: it's well worth reading and rereading. As always, our most prolific author knows how to captivate us." Le Courrier Indépendant EAN : 9782266307178 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Chang in the Land of the Blue Lotus - Zhang, Chongren - book Summary : Since The Blue Lotus, Tchang Tchong-Jen has been Tintin's best friend. But his readers were long unaware that the little Chinese boy was not just a fictional character. A student at the Beaux-Arts in Brussels in the early 1930s, he was Hergé's occult advisor. Then the two friends lost each other. A long separation that the great master of comics tried to exorcise with his imaginary quest for Tintin in Tibet. Their moving reunion in 1981 was a near-historic event. Today, Chang is 82 years old and lives in France. With an unfailing serenity, this great sculptor tells us about his life in the land of the blue lotus. His first steps as a creator, the upheavals of the Chinese Republic, Japanese aggression, the civil war, the advent of the People's Republic, the hustle and bustle of the Cultural Revolution... With him we travel through a century of history with the feeling, like Hergé, of "knowing China better today." EAN : 9782877361590 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : 2010 Two thousand and ten - Arthur-C Clarke - book Summary : What happened to the Discovery since its contact with the great black monolith? Why did the HAL 9000 computer eliminate the crew? What did Dave Bowman discover beyond the Stargate? Nine years later, the ship Alexei Leonov is carrying a crew of Russians and Americans to Jupiter to give Earth the answers it needs. But their cohabitation is difficult, especially since the affection of Dr. Chandra, HAL's creator, for his computer threatens to put them all in danger. And what's more, unbeknownst to them, someone is watching them: the child of the stars, the being who travels through time and space... EAN : 9782277217213 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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