Résultats pour "Benjamin" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Les Contes ne sont jamais ce qu’ils semblent être au premier abord…. Lorsque Warren s'est retrouvé projeté contre son gré dans l'univers des Contes, il ne pensait pas rencontrer Blanche-Neige et encore moins que cette dernière mettrait sa tête à prix après qu'il a découvert la vérité sur la Méchante Reine. Notre Héros en formation, accompagné d’Ariane et de ses fidèles acolytes, est désormais pourchassé par les troupes de Blanche par-delà les frontières du royaume de Schneefall, à la recherche d'une Héroïne dont il ignore tout, pour tenter de sauver le monde.

"Distrait, inattentif, ennuyé", Adolphe, à 22 ans, trouve "qu'aucun but ne vaut la peine d'aucun effort". Un beau jour, pourtant, il a envie d'être aimé et décide de conquérir Ellénore. Bien vite, "le charme de l'amour" lui pèse comme une chaîne. Ellénore, lui sacrifiant "fortune, enfants, réputation", empoisonne de remords sa belle indifférence. La souffrance d'Ellénore n'est pour Adolphe qu'un moyen de se connaître et d'éprouver sa propre lucidité.

Le deuxième tome d'une trilogie préquel qui se situe un an avant Dune, la saga phénomène de la science-fiction. Un an avant Dune... Dame Jessica, concubine du Duc Leto Atréides et mère de Paul, voit ses vieux démons se réveiller. Elle qui a déjà rompu un serment envers le Bene Gesserit se retrouve confrontée à un dilemme cornélien : doit-elle à nouveau trahir la communauté à laquelle elle appartient et qui l'a formée, ou abandonner sa propre famille ?

"Encore une histoire" est le podcast numéro 1 des familles. Il est dédié aux enfants (et à tous ceux qui gardent une âme d'enfant) qui aiment se laisser emporter par de belles histoires.Chaque semaine, découvrez une nouvelle histoire adaptée d’un grand livre de littérature jeunesse ou une création originale. Ce podcast, produit par Benjamin Muller, interprété par Céline Kallmann et réalisé par Alexandre Ferreira, célèbre l’art de raconter des histoires.Retrouvez des personnages emblématiques comme la Nat’, Eliott le dinosaure, ou Tomy le mouton. ...

On July 6, 1963, human history was forever altered. From the depths of space, a golden wave of light bathed everyone on Earth in rays that rendered them unconscious. Six days later, five billion people awakened with superpowers. For thirty-seven years now, superhumanity has managed to keep the peace. With some exceptions....

In the city of fear, money holds dominion over all. With a new designer drug numbing the population, a rash of mysterious disappearances, and a murder rate rising higher than the tallest skyscraper, the only people with the means to distance themselves from the corruption are the ones fostering it. Enter Benjamin—a lone hundred-dollar bill caught in the middle. In a storm of pills, bullets, and bloodshed, Benjamin passes through the hands of several desperate criminals.

F. Scott Fitzgerald makes antebellum Baltimore his setting for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a fantastical tale with some Poe-like overtones about a baby born at age 70 who then lives life in reverse, his hair turning "in the dozen years of his life from white to iron-gray, the network of wrinkles on his face becoming less pronounced". What ramifications that creates for Benjamin's relationship with his father first and then later with his wife and his own son makes for some fantastical situations.

This lush and haunting novel tells of a city steeped in decadent pleasures and of a man, proud and defiant, caught in a web of murder and betrayal. It is 1833. In the midst of Mardi Gras, Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher, is playing piano at the Salle d'Orleans when the evening's festivities are interrupted - by murder. The ravishing Angelique Crozat, a notorious octoroon who travels in the city's finest company, has been strangled to death.

A companion volume to Illuminations, the first collection of Walter Benjamin’s writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, reminisces about Berlin in the 1920s, recalls conversations with Bertolt Brecht, and provides travelogues of various cities, including Moscow under Stalin.

Vous avez grandi avec « Les malheurs de Sophie » ou « Les aventures de Tom Sawyer » ? Vous rêvez de faire découvrir ces récits cultes aux enfants d’aujourd’hui ?Dans ce podcast, Céline Kallmann, la voix du célèbre Encore une histoire, vous fait revivre ces chefs-d’œuvre qui ont traversé les générations.Et ce n’est que le début… D’autres grandes histoires arrivent très bientôt !Une idée d’histoire culte que vous aimeriez entendre ? Écrivez-nous sur le compte Instagram d’Encore une histoire.👉 Abonnez-vous dès maintenant pour ne manquer aucun...

Montréal, 13 février 1940. Jeanne Vinais rend l'âme à la suite de son dur accouchement. Le gros poupon a eu raison de la chétive maman. Se retrouvant seul avec ses quatre filles, Marcelle, Régine, Estelle et la petite dernière prénommée Benjamine, le père, éploré, n'a d'autrechoix que de retirer sa plus vieille de l'école pour qu'elle s'occupe de la maison et du bébé. Au seuil de l'adolescence, Marcelle s'incline devant cette décision et Benjamine devient à ses yeux l'autre, celle qui a tué leur mère. Un surnom qui lui restera.

Uttered politely by a young malnourished boy who never had anything, and the ensuing consequences set us up for Dickens' classic tale of an orphan boy. Oliver's treatment and experience from every side of society from Mr. Bumble to Fagin, to benevolent Rose. How can a boy with no connections to anyone hope to survive in Victorian England?

The New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists returns with an intimate yet epic love story—and a sweeping odyssey of scientific discovery. Under Story invites us to consider the promise of this life, what might lie beyond it, and how far we would go for more time with the people we...

In Vengeance, a bizarre suicide leads to a scandal and then still more blood, as Benjamin Black reveals a world where money and sex trump everything. It's a fine day for a sail, and Victor Delahaye, one of Ireland's most successful businessmen, takes his boat far out to sea. With him is his...

Accidentally murdered by a cleric in another universe during a botched resurrection, Arnold, a semi-pro gamer, wakes upon an altar to find himself incarnated into the overweight body of a farmer who could have been his fatter twin. He’s not the hero. He’s not the villain. He’s certainly not the chosen one who is there to save the world. He’s a clerical error. It could be a bad joke, but apparently, it happens so often that they have a standard procedure for returning you.

From the internationally best-selling author of You Should Have Left, Measuring the World, and F, a transfixing retelling of the German myth of Tyll Ulenspiegel: a story about the devastation of war and a beguiling artist’s decision never to die Daniel Kehlmann masterfully weaves the fates...

Life is simple in Ben's small town until an attack brings the arrival of exciting strangers straight out of a story. Before Ben understands what is happening, he embarks on a dangerous journey to help his friends. A mage, demons, thieves, and assassins are just a few of the perils he will face while trying to make it to safety. But things aren't always what they seem, and safety is a fragile concept when the destructive behaviors of the powerful are exercised unchecked.

Benjamin enjoys his easy friendship with Georgina. So when she announces she is selling her café and leaving town, his world is suddenly turned upside down. He can’t imagine life without Georgina, even though she deserves far more than what he has to offer. Georgina refuses to stay in Bullet, taken for granted by the bachelor cowboy she has secretly loved forever. No longer content to be Benjamin’s confidante, his support, his best friend, she elects to carve a new life for herself in another part of the country.

Talented in magic, the young elven woman Ruethwyn didn't fit in in her hometown but was scheduled to attend the most renowned academy of magic in the kingdom and was even building up the courage to confess her love in the hope it might be returned. That all ended in a dragon's fire. Resvarygrath the Gilded destroyed Ruethwyn's village, killed her parents and teacher, and stole away the young women of the village. Maimed by the dragon's flames, Ruethwyn was spared by a curious dark elf who gave her a chance; she had two years to rescue her beloved or risk losing her forever.

After surviving the depths of Castra's dungeon, Talyn has returned to the surface and caused a seismic change in the city, drawing the attention of those of great power. Now she has to deal with the consequences, for good and ill. As she attempts to find her place in Castra, Talyn's ability to maintain her independence is at risk, yet her previous life has taught her one thing for certain. She will not bow to anyone.