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Brought to you by Penguin. When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history? Abroad in...

Jean Maillet connaît ses classiques ! Il part à la recherche des origines parfois surprenantes des expressions préférées de nos grands-mères. Celles qui ont bercé notre enfance et qui nous charment encore aujourd'hui par leur désuétude et leur originalité. Ethnologue de la langue française, il mène l'enquête au fil des pages pour nous révéler ce qu'était un patachon, un as de pique ou de la gnognotte. Malicieuses, imagées, ces expressions sans âge font encore notre bonheur quotidien et témoignent de la richesse de notre langue.

THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER ** NOW INCLUDING AN EXCLUSIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENES INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW LOWNIE** ‘This isn’t a book; it’s a case for revolution’ CAMILLA LONG, SUNDAY TIMES ‘A damning cannonball of truth through the York ramparts’ MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Surely has a claim to...

L'homme se tient sur une brèche, dans l'intervalle entre le passé révolu et l'avenir infigurable. Il ne peut s'y tenir que dans la mesure où il pense, brisant ainsi, par sa résistance aux forces du passé infini et du futur infini, le flux du temps indifférent. Chaque génération nouvelle, chaque homme nouveau doit redécouvrir laborieusement l'activité de pensée. Longtemps, pour ce faire, on put recourir à la tradition. Or nous vivons, à l'âge moderne, l'usure de la tradition, la crise de la culture.

Vous êtes persuadé que Jésus est né un. 25 décembre, que l’eau bout à 100 °C, que les baleines crachent de l’eau, que les chats retombent systématiquement sur leurs pattes, que Cléopâtre était Égyptienne, que le soleil se. lève à l’est ?... Tout cela est parfaitement FAUX ! Ce livre vous offre un tour d’horizon complet des idées reçues les plus ancrées dans nos esprits. Attendez-vous à être surpris par ces multiples révélations et démentis qui dépoussièrent allègrement notre grenier des fausses vérités. Lydia Mammar nous ouvre les yeux avec précision et conviction.

Journaliste et auteur de best-sellers, Johann Hari a mené l'enquête auprès d'experts et scientifiques pour comprendre ce qui nous arrive. A l'encontre des théories courantes, il montre que nous ne sommes pas responsables personnellement. Il adopte ainsi une approche déculpabilisante, en pointant du doigt les "forces extérieures" qui pèsent sur les individus. Parmi elles, la technologie et les réseaux sociaux, la surcharge d'informations, la culture de l'instantanéité, la montée du stress, la détérioration de notre alimentation, etc.

Read by Audiofile Golden Voice Narrator January LaVoy. A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy. All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the...

Le banquet du savoir est ouvert ! Il est temps pour vous de fréquenter les plus grands : Socrate, De Vinci, Louis XIV, Einstein, Marilyn ou Pelé ! " La culture, disait Edouard Herriot, homme d'Etat et fin lettré, c'est ce qui reste quand on a tout oublié. " Exemples et chiffres à l'appui, ce livre vous permettra d'assouvir votre appétit de connaissance et d'assimiler des milliers de faits sur les sujets les plus divers : Histoire et géographie, Arts et littérature, Sciences, techniques et vie quotidienne, Sports loisirs et divertissements, Religion, Philosophie et société...

In this provocative investigation into OnlyFans—the adult platform where subscribers around the world spent more than $7 billion in 2024—journalist Leon Neyfakh teams up with comedian and OnlyFans creator Gracie Canaan for a one-of-a-kind exploration into the current state of human connection. Throughout, they discover that the site originally built for spicy adult content has quietly and surprisingly become something more complicated—an emotional marketplace where desire, performance, care, fantasy, and vulnerability seemingly blur together.

The legendary bestseller that encouraged millions of readers to look at the hidden side of everything | Read by author Stephen J. Dubner! Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? What do real estate agents and the KKK have in common?...

Winner of Audiobook of the Year at The Specsavers National Book Awards 2018 Penguin presents the audio edition of The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli, read by Benedict Cumberbatch. The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an enchanting journey to discover the meaning...

This program is read by the author. "An elegant hybrid of memoir and social science that traces the motif of the double throughout history, literature and Klein's personal life."—The New York Times “If ever a book was necessary, it’s this one.” —Bill McKibben “Thoughtful and honest...

In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, to write a “bible” for success in life and work based on a single principle: fear nothing. With stories from 50 Cent's life on the streets...

Tell Me About Myself, a new HarperCollins book, full description to follow when available...

Bloomsbury presents The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh, read by Lexie McDougall. The brainy book by the bestselling author of Fermat’s Enigma—a must for anyone interested in numbers and mathematics, as well as for the millions of Simpsons fans worldwide. “Simon...

THE MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER We are a wired generation. In these fast-paced times we are constantly bombarded by high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli. From texting to social media, food to drugs, gambling to shopping, we have become addicted to fleeting and distracting pleasures that...

Brought to you by Penguin. If you met an alien, what might it be like? Ever since childhood, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has wanted to be abducted by aliens. Here, he draws upon a lifetime’s fascination to explore the science of alien life – and to offer a practical guide to your...

For half a century, Michael Jackson’s music has been an indelible part of our cultural consciousness. Landmark albums such as Off the Wall and Thriller shattered records, broke racial barriers, amassed awards, and set a new standard for popular music. While his songs continue to be played in...

Nem Te Conto é uma áudio série original da Audible em 6 episódios que traz um olhar íntimo e aprofundado sobre a fofoca do ponto de vista da atriz, apresentadora e vítima de fofocas desde o início da carreira: Luana Piovani. A cada episódio, traremos um convidado para conversar com ela um subtema relativo à fofoca, abordado por um viés psicológico, sociológico, filosófico e opinativo. Com tom descontraído, a conversa é basicamente uma grande fofoca sobre a fofoca e, até por isso, ela escolheu a dedo as pessoas que gostaria de ter na mesa durante essa temporada.