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By Elisabeth De Fontenay. 2018
Cinquante textes brefs de la philosophe sur son frère, autiste. Elle tente de mettre des mots sur ce qu'a été…
sa vie et partage les réflexions que son handicap a suscitées chez elleBy Lee Child. 2020
Inspired by the ongoing international success of the city-based Akashic Noir Series ( Brooklyn Noir, Boston Noir, Paris Noir ,…
etc.), Akashic created the Drug Chronicles Series in 2011. Following The Speed Chronicles (William T. Vollmann, Megan Abbott), The Cocaine Chronicles (Lee Child, Laura Lippman), The Heroin Chronicles (Jerry Stahl, Eric Bogosian, Lydia Lunch), and The Marijuana Chronicles (Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates) comes The Nicotine Chronicles , masterfully curated by blockbuster hit maker Lee Child. In recent years, nicotine has become as verboten as many hard drugs. The literary styles in this volume are as varied as the moral quandaries herein, and the authors have successfully unleashed their incandescent imaginations on the subject matter, fashioning an immensely addictive collection. Featuring brand-new stories by: Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Eric Bogosian, Achy Obejas, Michael Imperioli, Hannah Tinti, Ariel Gore, Bernice L. McFadden, Cara Black, Christopher Sorrentino, David L. Ulin, Jerry Stahl, Lauren Sanders, Peter Kimani, and Robert ArellanoBy Charlie Mackesy. 2020
Discover the universal tale of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse brought to life in audio by…
its author and illustrator Charlie Mackesy, with a beautiful music score and the real wildlife sounds of rural England. "A surprise bestseller about kindness and vulnerability is bringing people together." – Washington Post "What do you want to be when you grow up?" asked the mole. "Kind," said the boy. Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful audiobook, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their greatest fears and biggest discoveries about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love. The shared adventures and important conversations between the four friends are full of life lessons that have connected with readers of all ages. "Charlie Mackesy's mesmerizing debut combines the simplicity of "The Giving Tree", magic of "The Velveteen Rabbit" and the curiosity of "Paddington" – Elisabeth Egan, New York TimesBy Kim Ventrella. 2020
Eleven-year-old June is a problem-solver. Some people might call her a busybody, but that's okay. Just look at all the…
couples she helped find love! (Grateful newlyweds Marlene and Big Vic have even promised June free hot chocolate for life at their café.)However, when June learns that her parents are getting divorced, she has to face the fact that there are some problems too big even for her. At least, that's what the adults in her life keep saying.But June's convinced there's a way to make her parents fall back in love. While brainstorming ideas on her new secondhand laptop-purchased from a mysterious store in town called The Shop of Last Resort-June gets a strange IM from someone named JuniePie28…someone who claims to be an older version of June messaging her from the future.At first, she assumes it's a prank. But JuniePie28 knows too much about June's life to be a fraud, and future June warns her against interfering with her parents' marriage. But June can't just sit around and watch her parents' marriage dissolve, not when there's a magical shop in town that could be the answer to all her problems! Will June prove her older self wrong and stop the divorce? Or will she have to accept that there are some things she can't control?By Rafael López, Sonia Sotomayor. 2019
By Jaime Bayly. 2016
En esta novela, el protagonista Jaime Baylys, periodista peruano y personalidad de televisión incomprendido, reflexiona sobre su tumultuosa relación con…
una amante, Lucía, en anécdotas y a través de su periodismo. Lenguaje injurioso y descripciones de índole sexualBy Marina Keegan. 2014
Collection of essays and short stories by Keegan (1989-2012), who was killed in a car accident five days after her…
college graduation. In the title essay--which appeared in the graduation issue of the Yale Daily News--she reflects on the bright future awaiting the graduates. Bestseller. 2014By Anita Shreve. 2010
Young EMT Webster's strong attraction to drunken car-crash victim Sheila quickly leads to dating, pregnancy, marriage, and the birth of…
Rowan. When Sheila's drinking becomes dangerous, Webster sends her away and raises Rowan alone. Now seventeen-year-old Rowan is drinking and Sheila reappears. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2010By Curtiss Anderson. 2008
In this classic story of a midwestern boyhood, Curtiss Anderson takes readers into the colorful lives of his robust Norwegian…
family and their wonderfully familiar summerscape in northern Minnesota: the lake place. Sweet childhood reminiscences comprise this coming-of-age memoir set in the poignant summers of the 1930s and '40sBy Susan Kathleen Hartung, Maria Fasal Faulconer, Maria Faulconer. 2014
Because his own mother is too young to take care of him, Umande, a newborn gorilla, is fed and cuddled…
by human zookeepers until a surrogate mother is found. For grades K-3By Nathan Clement. 2008
By Michael Tyler, David Lee Csicsko. 2005
By Jana Bommersbach, Jeff Yesh. 2013
A squirrel moves into a birdhouse to keep her babies safe from the neighborhood cat. However, she worries that her…
son is becoming overly afraid of the world that awaits him outside. For grades K-3By Jean Marzollo, Laura Regan. 2010
Pierre the penguin lost his feathers and was too cold to swim in the water until aquatic biologist Pam came…
up with an idea to get Pierre to swim again. For grades K-3By Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen. 2009
A lamb, rejected by its mother, and an injured fawn are cared for by the caretakers of Hazel Ridge Farm;…
but as they recovered and grew older, it was time for the deer to go back into the wild. For grades 3-6By Matthew B Crawford. 2020
Matthew B. Crawford était un brillant universitaire, bien payé pour travailler dans un think tank à Washington. Au bout de…
quelques mois, déprimé, il démissionne pour ouvrir... un atelier de réparation de motos. À partir du récit de son étonnante reconversion, il livre dans cet ouvrage intelligent et drôle une réflexion particulièrement fine sur le sens et la valeur du travail dans les sociétés occidentales. Mêlant anecdotes, récit, et réflexions philosophiques et sociologiques, il montre que ce « travail intellectuel », dont on nous rebat les oreilles, se révèle pauvre et déresponsabilisant. À l'inverse, il restitue l'expérience de ceux qui, comme lui, s'emploient à fabriquer ou réparer des objets dans un monde où l'on ne sait plus qu'acheter, jeter et remplacer. Le travail manuel peut même se révéler beaucoup plus captivant d'un point de vue intellectuel que tous les nouveaux emplois de l'« économie du savoir »By Laurent Gounelle. 2020
Imaginez : un homme vous sauve la vie, en échange de votre engagement de faire tout ce qu'il vous demande...…
pour votre bien. Le dos au mur, vous acceptez et vous vous retrouvez embarqué dans une incroyable situation où tout semble vous échapper. Vous n'êtes plus le maître de votre vie et pourtant... à bien des égards, elle est plus excitante qu'auparavant ! Mais, peu à peu, le doute s'installe en vous : quelles sont les intentions réelles de cet homme ? Qui est-il vraiment ? Et qui sont les personnages énigmatiques de son entourage ? Les découvertes que vous faites n'ont rien pour vous rassurer. Cette histoire, qui nous plonge dans l'atmosphère envoûtante d'un été parisien, ouvre la voie de la plus belle des réflexions sur nous-mêmes : qu'est-ce qui peut nous permettre de dépasser nos inhibitions, nos peurs et nos conditionnements, pour sortir du chemin tout tracé de notre vie lorsque celle-ci ne nous apporte pas pleinement satisfaction ?By Alejandro Guillermo Roemmers. 2020
« Aime tes rêves et grâce à eux tu pourras construire un monde plein de sourires et de tendresse... »…
Un jeune homme errant sur une route de Patagonie est recueilli par un automobiliste. L'adolescent est le prince d'une contrée lointaine qui explore l'univers. Dans les paysages désertiques et sauvages, les deux voyageurs, si différents, engagent un dialogue abordant avec simplicité les grandes questions de l'existence. Au fil de leurs aventures, chacun apprend à écouter le cœur de l'autre et à tenter de trouver le vrai sens de la vie. Ce voyage se transforme peu à peu en une véritable quête spirituelle. Et, au bout de ce chemin, il y a le secret d'un mystère que nous passons parfois une vie entière à chercher : le bonheur... Un délicieux conte philosophique moderne sur le sens de la vieBy Larry Tye. 2012
An award-winning journalist and lifelong Superman fan looks beyond the legend of the man of steel and explores the awkward…
Ohio teenager whose Depression-era yearnings gave birth to America's mightiest mythical character, now more than 70 years old. Contains some strong language. For high school and adult readersBy Roland Merullo. 2015
Years after the skeptic Otto Ringling and world renown spiritual master Volya Rinpoche became friends, they traveled to the center…
of America seeking the answer to "What does the future hold?" Otto has experienced major change, the death of his wife, his children leaving and the end of his job. Rinpoche's challenge has been dealing with modern life and the possibility his daughter may be the next Dalai Lama. Unrated