Title : The Turning Point - Story of a Life - Klaus Mann - book Summary : THE TURNING POINT Story of a Life Born in 1906, Klaus Mann, the eldest son of Thomas Mann, was a precocious writer who, at eighteen, had already published a play and a collection of short stories. Alone or with his sister Erika, he began from that moment to travel the world - Europe, Asia, the United States... But, very quickly, this carefree and free life of a dandy of the Roaring Twenties - hard drugs, sex, open homosexuality - was interrupted by the rise of Nazism, which he resolutely opposed from the start. A promising writer encouraged by Cocteau and Gide, he founded in exile an anti-fascist magazine to which Einstein, Brecht, Trotsky, Pasternak, Roth and Hemingway notably contributed, and participated, in 1934, in the preparation of the International Congress for the Defense of Culture with René Crevel. After serving as a war correspondent in Spain on the Republican side, he settled in the United States in 1938, and it was in American uniform that he was to return to a ruined Germany. His novels - Flight to the North, The Volcano, Mephisto - already contained numerous autobiographical fragments. But it was not until The Turning Point, which he completed shortly before his suicide in Cannes in 1949, at the age of forty-two, that he masterfully painted the tragic fresco of his time. The beauty of the book lies in this strangeness: it is the unconfessed autobiography of a man more attentive to others and to his time than to himself. EAN : 9782742773589 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Romance of Bergen volume II - Gunnar Staalesen - book Summary : The curtain rises on Bergen ten years after the fire that devastated it. Sven and Per, the sons of Christian Moland, have become sworn enemies in the social strike that is shaking Norway. The conflict between unionists and the police rages, and the world is panicking, between the stock market crash and the rise of fascism. In Bergen, the icy wind is still blowing, and a certain "Miss Pedersen" resurfaces from the past... Gunnar Staalesen was born in 1947 in Bergen, Norway. He is famous for his series of crime novels featuring private eye Varg Veum. This is the second volume of his major social epic about his Norwegian hometown: The Bergen Novel. "Staalesen has the generosity of a Balzac and the power of a Thomas Mann." The Express Translated from Norwegian by Alexis Fouillet EAN : 9782757823712 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Sleeper of Naples - Adrien Goetz - book Summary : Three handwritten notebooks invite us to investigate: one is said to be a confession by Ingres, another was written by Corot, and the third by an unknown artist, a friend of Géricault, in the secrecy of the studios. The subject of this investigation: The Sleeper of Naples, an enigmatic painting by Ingres, which has disappeared and which aroused many desires... But it is not only the quality of the painting and its disappearance that make it such a myth. The model who inspired the painter is full of mysteries. Who was the beautiful young woman that Ingres considered "already painted" because she was so perfect in his eyes? And what became of the painting? A quest for beauty as much as a literary and artistic investigation, this story by Adrien Goetz brings to life the atmosphere of the mythical Italy of painters and the bohemian Paris of the Romantics. Prix des deux Magots, 2004. Prix Roger Nimier, 2004. EAN : 9782020684187 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Northern Kingdom Volume 1 - Harricana - Bernard Clavel - book Summary : There, in the Canadian Far North, there was only the infinity of space, snow as far as the eye could see, and intense cold. Everything seemed to reject man. And yet, at the beginning of the 20th century, men were beginning to enter this land, eager to conquer it, to hunt there, to find gold there... Thus, this family of pioneers whose astonishing epic story Bernard Clavel brings to life for us, woven with dramas and exploits. And, on this day, starting from scratch after four failures, the Robillards embark on a utopian adventure: to found a new village on the banks of the Harricana. Since childhood, Bernard Clavel dreamed of this "Kingdom" of the North. He finally discovered it, explored it, loved it in its reality and through it his romantic inspiration has been further expanded and renewed. EAN : 9782277221531 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Labors of Hercules - Camille Laurens - book Summary : The "private" mission resembles an all-expenses-paid vacation in the sun, even if the mysterious sponsor hides her features, even if the game is, in fact, to find a needle in a haystack. He sets out to find a Jacques, only to discover that it is in fact a Simon who disappeared without leaving an address, with his wife, child, and even dog. He discovers secrets, complicity, silences that speak volumes. But if the investigation seems to be progressing well, it also turns out that the search for the truth is similar to a path marked by obstacles that look like mirrors! At the end of an initiatory journey worthy of Hercules, our hero will find the answer he so longs for. But since, in the meantime, the question has changed, perhaps he will be nothing more, then, than the protagonist of one of those modern novels where demigods fail and lovers are not worthy of being loved... EAN : 9782070412587 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Letters to His Daughter - Calamity Jane - book Summary : Perhaps you will sometimes think of me, not as your mother, but as a lonely woman who once loved and lost a little girl like you." Twenty-seven tender letters from Calamity Jane to her daughter Janey Hickok, written between 1877 and 1902. EAN : 9782743602819 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Forgive our offenses - Romain Sardou - book Summary : Winter 1284. The "Devil's cold" is overwhelming Draguan, a small diocese in the county of Toulouse. The population has been gripped by the most irrational fears since the gruesome discovery of the remains of tortured bodies in the river... Henno Gui, a priest with strange manners, summoned to take charge of the parish of Heurteloup, presents himself at the bishopric. Buried in an inextricable forest, surrounded by nauseating marshes suspected of carrying the plague, Heurteloup has lived in oblivion for decades. The church is in ruins, many houses are abandoned. No one knows what has become of the inhabitants... This cursed parish, the thirteenth in a bishopric as poor as it is isolated, nevertheless interests the highest spheres of Rome: a terrible secret seems to have presided over the "disappearance" of the village EAN : 9782266133951 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Aral - Cécile Ladjali - book Summary : On the fringes of the Kazakh desert that stretches into the bed of the dried-up Aral Sea, a young cellist sinks into deafness as his country turns to sand, and tries to build his family, love and artistic life despite everything. EAN : 9782330017767 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Song of Love - Frederic Prokosch - book Summary : Aboard the ship of fools, which Prokosch's novel so closely resembles, the characters - the vulnerable Henry, the insatiable Stella and those they associate with in a world heading for disaster - find themselves seized in turn by the same anxiety of being from nowhere, of wandering in a kind of no man's land and of being forever exiled from their own identities. Thus, this novel, which stands at the pinnacle of a body of work praised by such notable writers as WB Yeats, Thomas Mann, Albert Camus, André Gide and Marguerite Yourcenar, is not only one of the most unforgettable love songs of our time but also one of the most poignant celebrations of solitude. EAN : 9782868697981 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Anthology of French Poetry - Georges Pompidou - book Summary : "What is poetry?... What is the soul?... When a poem, or simply a verse, provokes a sort of shock in the reader, pulls him out of himself, throwing him into a dream, or on the contrary forces him to descend deeper into himself until he is confronted with being and destiny, poetic success is recognized by these signs. Such, of course, is the secret and excessive ambition of every anthology author. If he begins it for himself, it is for others that he finishes and publishes it. To choose everything that seems worthy and capable of provoking in the reader the shock of beauty, that is the object of his effort. This is to say that he betrays himself since he reveals the secret of what moves him. My ambition is to give here the essence of our poetry, that is to say the most beautiful verses of the French language, those that I find such, without doubt, but with the hope that they really are. EAN : 9782253005438 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Bilingual Computer Dictionary - English-French - Wiard, Virgatchik - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782501006897 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Long March - Volume 3 The Wind of the Steppes - Bernard Ollivier - book Summary : From the snows of the Pamirs to the alleys of Kashgar, the only metropolis in Central Asia still living in the time of the Arabian Nights, from the endless deserts of the Taklamakan and Gobi to Han China, Bernard Ollivier continues to walk the Silk Road. Along the way, after following in the footsteps of the ancient followers of the Buddha's teachings, he comes to regret the generosity of Islam, so familiar to the traveler. If he draws some personal conclusions and struggles to find his bearings in a so-called modern world, it is always in the modest and reserved tone that gives his story the echo of the universal... EAN : 9782752907967 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Twentieth Wife - Indu Sundaresan - book Summary : Precocious intelligence, dazzling beauty, fierce will: Mehrunnisa, born in 1577, seems marked by Heaven for a happy life. Yet she was born in a dusty, threadbare tent; driven from her country, Persia, for political reasons, her father wondered if he should abandon her to another family. Luck, love, and courage will transform the girl's destiny. Luck is the chance to approach the court of Akbar, the Mughal monarch whose kingdom stretched from Kandahar to Bombay. Love, the love she felt at the age of eight when, for the first time, she saw Salim, the heir to the throne. Courage, the strength that will enable her to defy court intrigues, state betrayals, and conventions, to finally become the young monarch's twentieth wife—and his most beloved. Following in the footsteps of this fascinating heroine, Indu Sundaresan unfolds a sumptuous epic that brings the splendor of the Mughal Empire back to life. EAN : 9782253108726 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Little World of Krochmalna Street - Isaac Bashevis Singer - book Summary : That evening it rained, and the coachman had to pull up the droshky's hood. Max took Tsirele in his arms and kissed her. He felt her trembling against him like a little bird. Breathless, she pushed him away, her face flushed. It had been a long time since he had felt such desire for a woman, a clear and violent desire, like in his youth..." It is precisely to rediscover his youth that Max Barabander, a former crook who made his fortune in Argentina, returns to Krochmalna Street. Between Tsirele, the rabbi's daughter, Reyzl Kork, the matchmaker, Basha, the little servant, Theresa the witch, he hesitates... The housewives, the students, the tailors, the bakers, the thieves, the children, the rabbi, the whole little world of Jewish Warsaw of the past comes back to life here again, "these men, these women with a banal existence, almost mediocre at times, but suddenly illuminated from within by all the magic of the spirit." (Jean d'Ormesson) EAN : 9782070387335 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Derivative Baths - A Simple, Effective and Free Health Method - France Guillain - book Summary : Lose weight without diet or medication, by firming your muscles without exercising, for free, with a little fresh water for external use, impossible, you say? Try it! Let's try not to plug our ears, not to close our eyes, just long enough to feel, to understand. It's just as miraculous as breastfeeding. It dates back to the same era, the origins of humanity. It produces effects as varied and beneficial as breastfeeding. The derivative bath acts on your entire body, your sleep, the various functions necessary for life. A very simple means made available to us by nature to be in good shape and maintain or regain beautiful forms. Used in at least thirty-two countries, but which no one really dares to talk about, perhaps out of modesty... and which would be in our interest, for our physical and mental health, not to disappear. Medicine is interested in it. So follow the guide! "Like the animals around us, we must have known long ago how to relieve our bodies by wetting our genitals with cold water... intelligently. The best proof is that this is still practiced, even in Europe, but modesty often prevents us from talking about it." France Guillain EAN : 9782883532854 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Essential Oils - Collective - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782900739006 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Surfer's Journal No. 123 - 2017 2018 - book Summary : See photos EAN : 3781455819900 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Almost Being Shot - Céline Minard - book Summary : Inter Book Prize 2014 A breath of wind crosses the prairies of the Far West, on the outskirts of a nascent town where all trails converge. It is that of Water-running-on-the-plain, an Indian woman whose entire clan has been wiped out. She will meet brothers Brad and Jeff, crossing the wide open spaces with their dying mother. A wild fresco where the myth of the American West is revisited, a western of origins, "Faillir être flingué" is a vibrant celebration of the shifting frontiers of the imagination. Céline Minard is the author of several novels, including "Le Dernier Monde" (2007), "Bastard Battle" (2008), and "So Long, Luise" (2011). She is one of the most original voices in contemporary literature. "Faillir être flingué" received the 2014 Prix du Livre Inter. EAN : 9782743631741 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Art of Fugue - Stephen McCauley - book Summary : Patrick is in his thirties, has a job that bores him to tears, exhausting parents, and a terribly balanced lover, Arthur, with whom he has a routine relationship. When his brother Tony, about to get married, confides in him that he's in love with another woman and asks for his advice, it's an opportunity for him to question his own life. The time has come to make choices, but Patrick knows exactly how to escape the weight of responsibilities with elegance and humor... It's the art of running away! "A caustic look at the disillusioned antiheroes, a few sparks of tenderness and a corrosive humor that constantly keeps their heads above water: Stephen McCauley's second novel is a caustic and entertaining cocktail to be consumed without moderation." EAN : 9782264021755 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Antigone - Jean Anouilh - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782040160029 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Émile or On Education, Books I-II - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - book Summary : Today we see Émile as a revolutionary anticipation of new methods in education. But in 1762, its publication and success lit the fuse: the way in which Rousseau denied original sin earned him condemnation from the Church. Convinced of a form of natural goodness in children, which human society had not yet perverted, Rousseau came to the idea that childhood is an essential moment in existence and that its development obeys general laws on which any good teacher should rely. The first two books of Émile deal with the two initial stages of childhood (from birth to 2 years and from 2 to 12 years), during which pedagogy is, from the outset, a very serious issue. Staging a governor and his young pupil through a theoretical narrative of infinite richness, Rousseau makes us think about the most crucial questions raised by any reflection on childhood. Dossier 1. The sources of Rousseau's educational thought 2. Émile, a compendium of Rousseauist anthropology 3. Pedagogy and childhood in the age of Enlightenment 4. Rousseauist-inspired approaches to childhood. EAN : 9782080247452 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Water Ploughman - Hoda Barakat - book Summary : Like his father and grandfather, Nicolas is a well-to-do merchant in downtown Beirut, where he owns a renowned fabric store. During the civil war, the shop burned down, and he took refuge in the basement and decided to live there. Wrapped in his sumptuous silks, he remembers the two women in his life: his mother, capricious and unfaithful, and Chamsa, his Kurdish mistress, a worthy descendant of a rebellious people, a much-loved woman with whom he could have escaped his grim destiny... When it was published in Arabic in 2000, "The Water Plowman" won the prestigious Naguib Mahfouz Literary Prize. EAN : 9782742744657 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Quiet Days in Belleville - Thierry Jonquet - book Summary : Belleville has remained a popular, folkloric, multicultural Parisian neighborhood where life is good. Yet, poverty increases year after year, racism is gaining ground, and insecurity is becoming tangible. A no-holds-barred account of the degradation of the so-called "social fabric," far from politically correct, insolent, and necessary. Born in 1954, Thierry Jonquet has published a dozen crime novels, including Ad vitam aeternam And They Are Your Terror and You Are Their Fear, available in Points. He is also a screenwriter and author of children's texts. "A terrible portrait that has aroused the indignation of those who believe that not all truths are worth telling. EAN : 9782020591911 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Like the Shadow That Leaves - Antonio Muñoz Molina - book Summary : April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray shoots Martin Luther King. Then he flees to Lisbon, waiting for a visa to Angola. The wait drags on, as he wanders unfamiliar streets. Thirty years later, Antonio Muñoz Molina walks the city, the setting for his first novel, on the trail of the assassin. Reconstructing the past, the writer mixes his own memories with those of the world's most wanted man. Born in 1956, Antonio Muñoz Molina has received numerous literary awards including the National Prize for Literature in Spain, the Prix Femina étranger for Full moon and the Principe de Asturias Award for his lifetime achievement. He is a member of the Real Academia de Letras. “A novel of exceptional scope.” The Obs “Dizzying and unique.” The Literary Figaro EAN : 9782757868751 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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