Title : The Great Illusion - Alain Minc - book Summary Europe? Everyone talks about it or dreams about it, but no one knows what Europe is. A reality? A perspective? A fantasy into which we project ourselves for fear of facing the real problems? In fact, as Alain Minc shows, the single market does not create an economic identity; economic identity itself does not induce a community of destiny. On the contrary, there is a great risk, from tomorrow, of discovering that this radiant future is encumbered with clouds and that Europe, far from fulfilling great hopes, could cause some surprises. At the heart of this book, a decisive reflection on "the new German question" and on the way in which, imperceptibly, the Federal Republic is sliding from Western Europe to Central Europe, the pivot and lung of a whole that will stretch from the Atlantic to the Urals. Indeed, an inexorable process? -transforms the communitarian Europe of the founding fathers into a continental Europe which, by crossing the Iron Curtain, risks leading to a gentle but fatal "Finlandization", despite the hope which is beginning to flicker from Moscow. Would lucidity now be Euro-pessimist? EAN : 9782253052111 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : I chose the earth - Claude Michelet - book Summary Claude Michelet was twelve years old when he announced to his father, a Corrèze parliamentarian living in Paris, that he wanted to be a farmer. First, he attended the Lancosme agricultural school, then moved to Marcillac, to his childhood estate, where he found only fallow land and a few animals... No matter! He set to work and, under the amused gaze of the "real farmers," modernized the farm he still runs today. He recounts his years of labor, lucidly analyzes the rural world, and speaks on behalf of all the small farmers who, like him, are fighting for the survival of a civilization with a human face. A book that will enchant farmers and city dwellers alike. The former will recognize themselves in it, and the latter will discover an ignored and forgotten world. EAN : 9782266033107 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Impossible Rival - Baxter Mary Lynn - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782280126168 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The 20th Century from 1914 to the Present Day - René Rémond - book Summary Understanding one's time is impossible for someone who knows nothing about the past; being a contemporary also means being aware of legacies, whether accepted or contested. Studying yesterday in relation to today - and even tomorrow - is precisely the purpose of this book, which is directly related to a course taught at the Institute of Political Studies (preparatory year). What is the importance of the war of 1914? What is fascism? What are the characteristic elements of the communist world? What are the origins of the Cold War? What happened to Europe in the 20th century? To these questions and a hundred others, this third volume provides clear and rigorous answers. Without any scholarly preoccupation, this work will allow everyone to revise notions that have remained imprecise and to acquire the historical bases essential to the understanding of our time. EAN : 9782020574266 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Mistress on the Stake - Jean Anglade - book Summary Dreamy, sensitive, and cultured, Frédérique teaches in a priority education zone. Destabilized by a passionate love affair, plagued by anxiety, and undermined by urban stress, she requests a transfer to the heart of Auvergne, near Issoire. There, she finds meaning in her life by helping the most deprived, from isolated elderly people to battered children. She then meets Vincent, a young worker thanks to whom she will be able to overcome the many challenges that await her. EAN : 9782266077989 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Our spoiled children - Madeleine Chapsal - book Summary They want everything and they want it now, and they have it! They are our children, our spoiled children! In this novel – so close to real life – there are four of them: twelve, fifteen, eighteen and twenty years old! Their parents take them or send them on holiday to the Île de Ré – to be left alone, they believe… Isn't this small territory off the continent called the "children's island"? What tribulations await them on these beautiful August days! From bicycle accidents to nighttime fights, to abuse of all kinds: cigarettes, drugs... Wherever they are, today's children encounter today's world. Because if parents and society spoil them, modern life does not spare them... This funny, powerful and accurate novel, about the new, tense but not loveless relationships between parents and children, is set in a sunny and enchanting setting that the author – who lives there – knows inside and out! EAN : 9782253111689 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : My Stupid Dog - John Fante - book Summary An enormous, obsessed, and very badly behaved dog with a bear's head arrives one evening in the life of Henry J. Molise, a failed and disillusioned fifty-something author who has only one desire: to drop everything and fly away from his family, who is driving him crazy. Despite Henry's affection for the beast, his wife Harriet and his four children remain wary of this untamable canine. In the charming Californian suburb of Point Dume, on the edge of the Pacific, this endearing monster is about to sow unspeakable chaos. A jewel of wacky humor and devastating provocation. "It's funny, ironic, tragic, moving, and wonderfully written. A must-read." Pierre Roudil, Le Figaro Magazine EAN : 9782264034502 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Truisms - Marie Darrieussecq - book Summary The director was very kind to me the day I was hired. I was allowed to run my perfume shop on my own. It was going well. Only, when the first symptoms appeared, I had to leave the perfume shop. It wasn't a matter of decency or anything; it was just that everything was getting too complicated. Luckily, I met Edgar, and Edgar, as you know, became President of the Republic. I was Edgar's muse. But no one recognized me. I had changed too much. Had I missed the chance of a lifetime? In any case, I still didn't really understand what was happening to me. It was especially this bruise under my right breast that worried me..." EAN : 9782070403073 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Space of a Life Volume 2 - Bradford Barbara Taylor - book Summary Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel is the story of a life that we will follow step by step, the life of Emma Harte. At fourteen, Emma is a servant in a castle near Leeds, England. But she refuses to accept the destiny that awaits her, that of her parents, her brothers, the poor and the hopeless. The Space of a Life is a very beautiful novel of passion, of all passions, those of loved ones, that of ambition. Published in Le Livre de Poche, Hold on to your dream , The Legacy of Emma Harte and The Secret of Emma Harte constitute a sequel to The Space of a Life EAN : 9782253028130 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Sentimental Education - Flaubert Gustave - book Summary Sentimental Education, The Story of a Young Man is a novel written by Gustave Flaubert and published in 1869. The heart of the story is taken from Sainte-Beuve's novel: Volupté, which Honoré de Balzac had already treated and in a way rewritten with The Lily of the Valley. Flaubert's novel takes up the same subject according to entirely new narrative rules, reinventing the coming-of-age novel to give it a depth and acuity never before achieved. Sentimental Education includes many autobiographical elements, such as the meeting of Madame Arnoux, inspired by Flaubert's meeting with Élisa Schlésinger, the love of his life. The main character is Frédéric Moreau, a young provincial of eighteen who comes to study in Paris. From 1840 to 1867, he experienced unwavering friendship and the power of stupidity, art, politics, and the revolutions of a world hesitating between monarchy, republic, and empire. Several women (Rosanette, Madame Dambreuse) crossed his life, but none could compare to Marie Arnoux, wife of a wealthy art dealer, with whom he was madly in love. It was through contact with this inactive passion and the contingencies of the world that he received his sentimental education, which essentially boiled down to gradually burning his illusions. Less well-known than Madame Bovary, Sentimental Education is, however, a complete novel with a fully mastered style, and where the meticulously constructed world is one he knew from experience. The fresco thus created is both a summary of Romanticism and a precise picture of an era, making Flaubert the spiritual initiator of naturalism. Maupassant and Émile Zola would consider him their master. EAN : 9782743400392 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Viou - Henri Troyat - book Summary Sylvie felt as if she would, with a kick of her hock, rise a few meters above the ground. Of the whole class, she was the one who ran the fastest. However, no one in the family seemed to pay attention to this exceptional talent. Inexplicably, the adults, when they took care of the children, only gave importance to their studies." Immediately after the war, Viou was entrusted to her paternal grandparents. Her mother left for Paris where she tried to rebuild her life, a separation even harder for Viou to bear than the death of her father. A coming-of-age novel that accurately and movingly describes the worries, hopes, and sorrows of a child discovering the adult world. EAN : 9782277213185 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Television - Jean-Philippe Toussaint - book Summary The book tells the story of an art historian's summer in Berlin as he prepares to write an essay on Titian Vecelli and, at the same time, decides to stop watching television. It is both a description of his daily work (studious breakfasts, Berlin swimming pools, walks in the parks), and a study of his state of mind since he stopped watching television. "Halfway between a pamphlet and a fable, all this is told with constant humor, a writing that is limpid but applied to the smallest detail. Everyone will find in it the echo of their own relationship with television, in all its ambiguity." (Françoise Giroud, Le Figaro) "A few essayists have gravely analyzed the crisis of representation - and therefore of civilization - opened by the continuous bombardment of virtual images that we undergo, in ecstasy and lack. Jean-Philippe Toussaint gives it a novelistic expression of exemplary comic and critical effectiveness. » (Pierre Lepape, Le Monde) Television was published in 1997. EAN : 9782707318022 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Singing Girls - Robert Sabatier - book Summary Olivier, the little boy in Swedish Matches , Three Mint Lollipops , and Wild Hazelnuts , has grown up. At the beginning of Singing Girls , he is sixteen years old and has become a printer's apprentice. He discovers love, Paris, and holidays in Touraine, where rosé wine is drunk in Singing Girls. We see him play the student in the Latin Quarter, the night owl in Montparnasse, the knight in shining armour at the Gare de l'Est, the stroller on the Île Saint-Louis, in the Jewish quarter of Rue des Rosiers, in Montmartre or on the Grands Boulevards. He cultivates himself without knowing it. His friend Samuel, a chemistry student, opens new horizons for him... This novel, which brings to life a difficult world situated at a turning point in history, is also a celebration of adolescence - with its worries, its contradictions, its exaltations, its joy. The Singing Girls : all the charm, gaiety, and tenderness of Robert Sabatier. EAN : 9782253036388 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Births - Danielle Steel - book Summary Three times that day, the "Wedding March" echoed across the hills of Santa Barbara. The brides are beautiful, desired, and variously promised happiness. Diane and Andrew are already one of California's most prominent couples: he, a lawyer to the stars, she, editor-in-chief of a major magazine. The world belongs to them, as it will belong to Charlie, who dreams of a home ruled by Barbara, a budding actress. As for Brad and Pilar, after fifteen years of professional rivalries, their intimate bickering has transformed into a deep tenderness. But what is a couple if a birth doesn't enrich them? Now, Diane can't have children, Barbara doesn't want one, and for Pilar, it's probably too late. In the whirlwind of modern life, infertility remains a major tragedy. Danielle Steel reveals all the nuances in a story bursting with life and emotion. EAN : 9782266066303 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The novel of Tristan and Isolde - Joseph Bédier - book Summary A Celtic legend at the origins of the novel, the story of Tristan and Isolde builds the myth of cursed lovers, triumphant beyond death. "Lords, do you like to hear a beautiful tale of love and death? It is of Tristan and Isolde the queen. Listen to how with great joy and great grief they loved each other, then died one day, he by her, she by him." A Celtic legend at the origins of the novel, the story of Tristan and Isolde builds the myth of cursed lovers, triumphant beyond death. EAN : 9782264003799 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Colored Ones - Alexandre Jardin - book Summary Is it possible to live without adults? To say no to the reasonable and serious world of grown-ups? Listen instead. Once upon a time, there was an island in the Pacific where a people lived that no map has ever catalogued: the Coloreds. Turbulent, sincere, and gluttons for moments, they lived in a world without adults where childhood and play had become a culture in their own right. In 2003, ethnologist Hippolyte Le Play met Dafna, a young and ravishing representative of the Colored people, in Paris. Unpredictable, governed by her emotions and whimsical desires, this "big little girl" immediately overwhelmed him. But the Coloreds are not birds that can be easily tamed. And so Hippolyte found himself embarking on an unexpected chase that would take him far from home. With these Coloriés and their tender and mischievous fantasy, the author of Zubial and Zebra offers us his most disconcerting and funniest novel. A true invitation to rise to the exotic heights of childhood. EAN : 9782070308057 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : When Destiny Changes - Barbara Taylor Bradford - book Summary After The Space of a Lifetime, The Voices of the Heart, and Hold On to Your Dream, Barbara Taylor Bradford offers us, in this novel, the story of Audra, Christina, and Kyle, three women who will assert themselves against adversity, over the course of three generations. Orphaned at fourteen, Audra is forced to work as a nurse's assistant in a hospital in the north of England. Despite poverty, hardship, and heartbreak, she will do everything to snatch her share of love and happiness from the opposing fate. Audra's energy, her courage, and her strength will be found in her daughter, Christina, who dreams of becoming a famous artist, and then in her granddaughter, Kyle, as beautiful as she is indomitable and who intends, like her grandmother and mother before her, to freely choose her life and bend destiny to her will. Whether Barbara Taylor Bradford is analyzing the secret motives of the female heart, describing the Yorkshire moors or the circles of New York high society, her gifts as a painter and psychologist, like her creative power, shine forth on every page. EAN : 9782253049937 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Skin of Sorrow - Honoré de Balzac - book Summary Turn around, said the merchant, suddenly grabbing the lamp... and look at this shagreen... Since you are an orientalist... perhaps you will read this sentence... "If you possess me, you will possess everything. But your life will belong to me. God wanted it that way. Desire, and your desires will be fulfilled. But set your wishes on your life. It is there. With each wish I will decrease like your days. Do you want me?" EAN : 9782070365555 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Boulevard Saint-Germain - Gabriel Matzneff - book Summary On this boulevard that crosses the fifth, sixth and seventh arrondissements of Paris, Gabriel Matzneff meets Saint Germain, Giacomo Casanova, the high school girls of Fénelon, the Emperor Julian, John Paul II, the three musketeers, Giorgio Armani and many others; he takes us to the restaurant, the church, the swimming pool, the hotel, the cinema, gardens, bookstores... This story, where the present mixes its waters with those of the past, where scenes sketched on the spot alternate with memories, where the author's private life blends with the history of the Latin Quarter, constitutes both a memoir and a guide for the tourist: a hybrid literary genre, but ultimately, extremely romantic. EAN : 9782710328957 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Go Player - Sa Shan - book Summary Since 1931, the last emperor of China has reigned powerless over Manchuria, occupied by the Japanese army. While the aristocracy tries to forget the war, a sixteen-year-old princess plays go in the Place des Mille Vents. On the board, she beats all her suitors. But she still doesn't know her future opponent: a young Japanese officer devoted to the imperialist utopia. They confront each other, without a move, until the end, while China reels under the blows of the invader. Disturbing and ardent, The Go Player is one of the major novels of recent decades. EAN : 9782070424191 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : North of the World - Marcel Theroux - book Summary "Here, ten months a year, the climate bites into the skin. Silence reigns now. The city is emptier than paradise." In the north of the world, the land stretches as far as the eye can see, destroyed by a cataclysm. Among the rubble, Sheriff Makepeace wanders. The road carries his steps, in search of a time that no longer exists and a humanity to rebuild. Reviving on the horizon the glimmer of redemption... A visionary and haunting novel about the beauty of the world and its fragility. EAN : 9782264052155 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : An Island - Tracey Garvis Graves - book Summary “Because that’s where it all begins…” Anna Emerson doesn't hesitate for a moment when the Callahans ask her to go to the Maldives to tutor their son TJ, who is in remission from cancer. But nothing goes as planned: the private jet they're on crashes in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Here they are, shipwrecked on a deserted island where they will have to learn to survive. If the teenager relapses, nothing will be able to save him. Anna nevertheless feels strangely drawn to her companion in misfortune. While each of them has only each other as their only horizon, their only chance of escape is this precious bond that continues to grow between them. EAN : 9782811212674 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Karpathia - Mathias Menegoz - book Summary 1833. Winner of a duel to defend the honor of Baroness Cara von Amprecht, whom he is about to marry, Count Alexander Korvanyi leaves the imperial army. The couple leaves for their estate on the edge of the Austrian Empire, in Transylvania, a powder keg where injustices and legends ferment. There, they will reach the uncertain frontiers of power and crime. EAN : 9782070468133 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Red and the Black - Stendhal - book Summary The Red and the Black is a novel about energy, that of an ardent, demanding, and poor young man in Restoration society. Julien is the delegate to provincial energy, the delegate of talent to career, of the poor classes to the conquest of the world. This painting, full, powerful, normal of the energy of a man, of a country, of an era, composes an immense work that his time did not understand but whose living influence is not yet exhausted. EAN : 9782253006206 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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