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Quelques-unes des plus grandes réussites de la poésie et de la littérature française. Il ne s'agit pas d'une approche exhaustive mais bien d'une approche sensible de ces grands textes et de leur mise en abîme. Au-delà des mots, il y a l'amour, la solitude, le bonheur et parfois, l'humour.

Toby never meant to be a highway robber, but needs must. He didn’t plan to impersonate a top London valet either, but when the chance comes to present himself as the earl of Arvon’s new gentleman's gentleman, he grabs it. Unfortunately, the earl is the man he seduced and robbed on the road to get here. Oops.

"The dull ones would never understand Cass. To the men she was simply a sex machine and they didn't care whether she was crazy or not." Bukowski's alter ego finds himself in a slow dance with the most beautiful girl in town, who also happens to be its saddest; a tale of loss and what might have been.

"De tout ce que j'ai écrit, les textes qui figurent dans ce livre audio me sont les plus chers. Ils ont trait à ma mère inconnue. Je les ai écrits pour lui parler, pour lui dire ma tendresse, tenter de la faire revivre quelque peu, elle qui n'a pas eu la vie qu'elle méritait. Je sais maintenant que je lui dois mon besoin d'écrire. J'aimerais que, portés par ma voix, ces pages et ces poèmes la tirent de la tombe, la fassent apparaître, lui procurent des amis qui prolongeront sa mémoire."

Les Aventures du pilote Pirx doivent se lire comme un véritable roman de formation, celui de l’homme à l’ère cosmique, écrit par un des meilleurs exposants mondiaux de la science-fiction, Stanislas Lem.

An enchanting collection of some of the greatest short stories ever written by notable French authors.

The 19th Century Classics Collection steps into the vibrant world of 19th century Europe, America, and Russia with this rich collection of literary masterpieces that continue to captivate listeners. From the dark allure of Dracula and the tragic romance of Anna Karenina to the moral complexities of Tess of the D'Urbervilles and the thrilling suspense of Wuthering Heights, this collection invites listeners to experience the enduring power of 19th-century storytelling.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators and “master of the life hack” (GQ) explores the fascinating science of productivity and offers real-world takeaways to apply your life, whether you’re chasing peak productivity or simply trying to...

In the minds of most people today, Gaul equates to modern France. However, the vast geographical area that Caesar named Gaul, in fact, was made up of a number of very distinct regions and covered, in addition to modern-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, parts of the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Northern Italy. The Romans called the northern area of the Italian peninsula, which is now part of modern Italy, Cisalpine Gaul, or Gaul on this side of the Alps.

What would Jesus do? When several members of an ordinary American church are challenged to not take a single action without fist asking that crucial question, they discover the power of God to transform their own lives—and their world. Charles M. Sheldon’s provocative novel, originally published in 1896 and enthusiastically rediscovered by today’s believers, testifies dramatically to the value of Christian witness in all of life.

Innocent civilians are caught in the crossfire and although the THIRDS round up more and more members of the Order in the hopes of keeping the volatile group from reorganizing, the members of the Coalition continue to escape and wreak havoc in the name of vigilante justice.

Le texte qui suit fut rédigé en 1913, dans un contexte social et culturel marqué notamment par l'industrialisation de la France, l'émergence du modèle capitaliste en Occident et les changements profonds qu'implique le basculement d'un modèle de société vers un autre. Et c'est justement de la critique d'un système de représentation dont il est ici question, de la remise en cause d'une idéologie naissante qui place désormais l'argent au sommet des valeurs.

"Peau d'âne", un conte de Charles Perrault. Mourante, une reine se fait promettre par le roi de ne prendre pour nouvelle épouse qu'une femme plus belle qu'elle. Mais la seule personne capable de rivaliser avec sa beauté n'est autre que sa propre fille, et le roi lui fait sa demande. Pour échapper à cette union, la princesse demande à son père, pour sa dot, des robes irréalisables, mais il parvient toujours à les lui offrir.

Victorian London, 1897: Sherlock Holmes has been asked by South African mogul Cecil Rhodes to stop an international ring of diamond smugglers. An alluring woman wants Watson to help raise funds for her charity. Lucy and Jack are looking forward to their wedding and moving into a new home. But then a new series of murders take place in Whitechapel, and Lucy is targeted by a notorious killer. The Baker Street team will need more than their usual deductive brilliance to defeat their latest adversary, or else the case of the Ripper could be their last.

Le podcast sur l’intelligence relationnelle… qui fait tomber les masques. Ce podcast n’est pas fait pour tout le monde. Il s’adresse à ceux qui ne veulent plus faire semblant. À ceux qui veulent performer sans se travestir. À ceux qui savent que leur posture professionnelle est parfois un costume trop bien taillé. 🎙 Je suis Charlie Perut, la consultante qu'on sollicite pour reconnecter l'humain à la performance en entreprise. Conférencière et coach experte en communication relationnelle. Pendant 19 ans dans l'immobilier, j’ai observé ce que peu de gens voient : les ...

The Lean Tech Manifesto is a major step toward solving your greatest challenge: getting ahead of the competition without the need for massive investments in staff and resources, which always result in higher levels of organizational confusion and waste.

Partez à la découverte de l'imaginaire oriental avec les trois plus belles histoires arabes. Ces contes ont été choisis pour accompagner les enfants dans le développement de leur imaginaire, leur fournir de belles histoires pour s'endormir ou leur permettre de rêver aux splendeurs des mille et une nuits. "Aladin" et "Ali-Baba", ces héros incontournables de l'Orient, y côtoient "le Vieux Sultan", conte classique des frères Grimm ; ces trois histoires sont lues par Fabienne Prost.

Lying in the middle of a plain in modern-day Iran is a forgotten ancient city, Persepolis. Built two and a half thousand years ago, it was known in its day as the richest city under the sun. Persepolis was the capital of Persia, the largest empire the world had ever seen, but after its destruction, it was largely forgotten for nearly 2,000 years, and the lives and achievements of those who built it were almost entirely erased from history.

In this audiobook, I read 33 classical French poems. The majority are read twice: once slowly - so you can repeat after me - and once faster, with my personal interpretation of the poem. I will also sometimes tell you about the author, or explain the vocabulary or the meaning of the poem, all in easy everyday French. Musset, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, La Fontaine, Labbé, Valéry... A collection of 33 of the most famous French poems.

It is winter 1863, and Richard Shenstone, aged 17, has been sent down - "rusticated" - from Cambridge under a cloud of suspicion. Addicted to opium and tormented by sexual desire, he finds temporary refuge in a dilapidated old mansion on the southern English coast inhabited by his newly impoverished mother and his sister, Effie. Soon, graphic and threatening letters begin to circulate among his neighbors, and Richard finds himself the leading suspect in a series of crimes and misdemeanors ranging from vivisection to murder.