adélie �'s bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:37:45 -0800 60 adélie �'s bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Le monde nazi: 1919-1945 212205140
Le pouvoir leur fut donné, avec une inconséquence sidérante, par les élites en place qui pensaient que Hitler ne tiendrait que quelques semaines et que ses partisans seraient « domestiqués ». Or les nazis prirent immédiatement le contrôle du pays avant de le conduire à la destruction, réduisant finalement le continent tout entier à un immense charnier. Le monde intérieur nazi, cet imaginaire politique pétri de haine, d’angoisse et d’utopie, avait donné naissance en l’espace de douze années à un monde infernal ; un monde qui impliquait la mort de dizaines de millions de personnes, dont la majorité des Juifs du continent.

Dans cet ouvrage, trois historiens du nazisme proposent un récit inédit, une histoire totale du national-socialisme, de sa naissance en 1919 à son effondrement en 1945. En se fondant sur les renouvellements de l’historiographie internationale de ces trente dernières années ainsi que sur une pratique constante des sources, Johann Chapoutot, Christian Ingrao et Nicolas Patin analysent le nazisme de l’intérieur : le système de croyances, les émotions fanatiques et la culture militante des années 1920 ; la nature du « Troisième Reich » comme « dictature de la participation » fondée sur un consentement massif de la population ; enfin, la « guerre génocide » de 1939-1945, apocalypse raciale qui réalise les potentialités de l’eschatologie nazie.]]> 640 Johann Chapoutot adélie � 0 currently-reading 4.77 Le monde nazi: 1919-1945
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]]> <![CDATA[LA GUERRE ET LA PAIX (French Edition)]]> 92283300 328 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1103126210 adélie � 4 4.00 LA GUERRE ET LA PAIX (French Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)]]> 203578847 The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive―the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece that has sold more than 10 million copies, from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.

Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare―and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium’s place has thrown everything into disarray.

Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide―Adolin in Azimir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah at Thaylen City. The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade. He is accompanied by Kaladin, who faces a new battle helping Szeth fight his own demons . . . and who must do the same for the insane Herald of the Almighty, Ishar.

At the same time, Shallan, Renarin, and Rlain work to unravel the mystery behind the Unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram and her involvement in the enslavement of the singer race and in the ancient Knights Radiants killing their spren. And Dalinar and Navani seek an edge against Odium’s champion that can be found only in the Spiritual Realm, where memory and possibility combine in chaos. The fate of the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance.]]> 1344 Brandon Sanderson 1250319188 adélie � 0 currently-reading 4.36 2024 Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
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]]> Peau d’âne 48751851 Il était une fois, dans une chambre éblouissante de lumière, encerclé par les reflets que se renvoyaient les murs couverts de miroirs, un homme. Agenouillé auprès d’un immense lit, cet homme semblait prier. Il murmurait :
� Tu es si belle, ce matin encore. Comment pourrais-je y croire?
La femme la plus belle que l’on eût jamais vue était étendue là, sur des draps plus blancs qu’une aube enneigée. Elle souriait.
� Il le faudra pourtant, tu le sais. Ce soir, je ne serai plus de ce monde.
Les larmes de l’homme coulèrent sur ses joues, la femme serra sa main entre les siennes.
� Si tu te remaries, promets-moi�
Et comme l’homme protestait, elle resserra son étreinte.
� Promets-moi que tu n’épouseras qu’une femme plus belle que moi…]]> 64 Cécile Roumiguière adélie � 5 4.48 2019 Peau d’âne
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]]> <![CDATA[When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day]]> 199797834
D-Day is one of history’s greatest and most unbelievable military and human triumphs. Though the full campaign lasted just over a month, the surprise landing of over 150,000 Allied troops on the morning of June 6, 1944, is understood to be the moment that turned the tide for the Allied forces and ultimately led to the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II. Now, a new book from bestselling author and historian Garrett M. Graff explores the full impact of this world-changing event—from the secret creation of landing plans by top government and military officials and organization of troops, to the moment the boat doors opened to reveal the beach where men fought for their lives and the future of the free world.

Fascinating, action-packed, and filled with impressive detail, When the Sea Came Alive captures a human drama like no other, and offers a fitting tribute to the men and women of the Greatest Generation.]]> 608 Garrett M. Graff 166802781X adélie � 5 4.49 2024 When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day
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]]> <![CDATA[Autant en emporte le vent, volume 1]]> 53451092
Couronné par le prix Pulitzer, immortalisé à l’écran avec les inoubliables Vivien Leigh et Clark Gable, best-seller absolu, Autant en emporte le vent est une fresque intemporelle sur l’amour et la guerre.]]> 720 Margaret Mitchell 2351787102 adélie � 5 top-2023 4.44 1936 Autant en emporte le vent, volume 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Les Mouvements Fascistes: L'europe De 1919 À 1945]]> 3843089 361 Ernst Nolte 2010183401 adélie � 4 4.20 Les Mouvements Fascistes: L'europe De 1919 À 1945
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]]> <![CDATA[Red Rising - Livre 5 - Dark Age - partie 2 (French Edition)]]> 61901770 Acculé sur Mercure, Darrow tente de sauver les lambeaux de son armée. Dans le camp adverse, Lysandre veut redorer le blason des Ors. Capturée par un cauchemar de son passé, Mustang se débat pour protéger la République. En fuite avec des alliées incongrues, Lyria prend son avenir en main. Au service des Obsidiens, Éphraïm se bat contre lui-même et un ennemi redoutable. Dans le système solaire, cinq destins s’entrecroisent� Les alliances se font et se défont. De nouvelles menaces apparaissent. La République s’écroulera-t-elle devant le retour des Ors, Ou devant une invasion surgie des confins de l’espace  ?
ձ> 535 Pierce Brown adélie � 5 5.00 2019 Red Rising - Livre 5 - Dark Age - partie 2 (French Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2)]]> 17849112 Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world. When a group of people capture Penryn's sister Paige, thinking she's a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken.

Penryn drives through the streets of San Francisco looking for Paige. Why are the streets so empty? Where is everybody? Her search leads her into the heart of the angels' secret plans, where she catches a glimpse of their motivations, and learns the horrifying extent to which the angels are willing to go.

Meanwhile, Raffe hunts for his wings. Without them, he can't rejoin the angels, can't take his rightful place as one of their leaders. When faced with recapturing his wings or helping Penryn survive, which will he choose?

]]> 320 Susan Ee 1477867287 adélie � 4 4.09 2013 World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[La République populaire de Chine: Histoire générale de la Chine (1949 à nos jours) (French Edition)]]> 42442980 432 Gilles Guiheux 2251907874 adélie � 0 to-read 4.00 La République populaire de Chine: Histoire générale de la Chine (1949 à nos jours) (French Edition)
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]]> L'Année de la sauterelle 208031766
Mais dans certaines régions hostiles, aux confins du Pakistan, de l’Iran et de l’Afghanistan, la violence est la seule voie pour survivre.

Et lorsque l’exfiltration d’une source cruciale conduit cet agent à croiser la route d’un terroriste qu’on disait mort, c’est la sécurité de tout l’Occident qui est menacée.]]> 1152 Terry Hayes 2709672375 adélie � 2 3.54 2023 L'Année de la sauterelle
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]]> I Am Pilgrim 18144124 Pilgrim.']]> 612 Terry Hayes 1439177724 adélie � 5 4.25 2013 I Am Pilgrim
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]]> Correspondance (1944-1959) 36644205 1312 Albert Camus 2072746167 adélie � 0 currently-reading 4.26 2007 Correspondance (1944-1959)
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]]> LE TALON DE FER 61240676 464 Jack London 2918059943 adélie � 0 to-read 4.44 1908 LE TALON DE FER
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]]> Au revoir là-haut 203305653
Fresque d'une rare cruauté, remarquable par son architecture et sa puissance d'évocation, Au revoir là-haut est le grand roman de l'après-guerre de 14, de l'illusion de l'armistice, de l'État qui glorifie ses disparus et se débarrasse de vivants trop encombrants, de l'abomination érigée en vertu.

Dans l'atmosphère crépusculaire des lendemains qui déchantent, peuplée de misérables pantins et de lâches reçus en héros, Pierre Lemaitre compose la grande tragédie de cette génération perdue avec un talent et une maîtrise impressionnants.

Adapté au cinéma par Albert Dupontel (César de la meileure adaptation pour P.Lemaitre et A.Dupontel; César du meilleur réalisateur à A.Dupontel)]]> 567 Pierre Lemaitre 2226249672 adélie � 3 4.29 2013 Au revoir là-haut
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]]> <![CDATA[The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)]]> 8130423 In this fourth installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos's army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop the invasion, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth - a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn.]]> 361 Rick Riordan adélie � 4 4.44 2008 The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[La Diane française: En Étrange Pays dans mon pays lui-même]]> 2978516 204 Various 2232122824 adélie � 5 top-2023 3.52 1944 La Diane française: En Étrange Pays dans mon pays lui-même
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]]> Talking at Night 62583508
They’re opposites in every way. She overthinks everything; he is her twin brother’s wild and unpredictable friend. But over secret walks home and late-night phone calls, they become closer—destined to be one another’s great love story.

Until, one day, tragedy strikes, and their future together is shattered.

But as the years roll on, Will and Rosie can’t help but find their way back to each other. Time and again, they come close to rekindling what might have been.

What do you do when the one person you should forget is the one you just can’t let go?]]> 400 Claire Daverley 0593653483 adélie � 3 3.91 2023 Talking at Night
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]]> <![CDATA[Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)]]> 29227774 Darrow returns as Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age.

�The measure of a man is not the fear he sows in his enemies. It is the hope he gives his friends.”—Virginia au Augustus

The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains.

But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend.

The worlds once needed the Reaper. But now they need Darrow. Because after the dark age will come a new age: of light, of victory, of hope.]]> 682 Pierce Brown 1473646804 adélie � 5 top-2023 4.74 2023 Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)
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]]> La vie devant soi 635150 273 Romain Gary adélie � 3 4.26 1975 La vie devant soi
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]]> <![CDATA[بحثاً عن الزمن المفقود - جانب منازل سوان]]> 201497 623 Marcel Proust adélie � 5 top-2020 4.10 1913 بحثاً عن الزمن المفقود - جانب منازل سوان
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]]> Les Misérables 24280 1463 Victor Hugo 0451525264 adélie � 0 to-read 4.19 1862 Les Misérables
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]]> The Little Prince 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 adélie � 0 4.32 1943 The Little Prince
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]]> Animal Farm 170448 Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.

A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned –a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.
When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.]]> 141 George Orwell 0451526341 adélie � 0 to-read 4.07 1945 Animal Farm
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]]> L'Amant de la Chine du Nord 283 J'avais abandonné le travail que j'étais en train de faire. J'ai écrit l'histoire de l'amant de la Chine du Nord et de l'enfant : elle n'était pas encore là dans L'Amant, le temps manquait autour d'eux. J'ai écrit ce livre dans le bonheur fou de l'écrire. Je suis restée un an dans ce roman, enfermée dans cette année-là de l'amour entre le Chinois et l'enfant.
Je ne suis pas allée au-delà du départ du paquebot de ligne, c'est-à-dire le départ de l'enfant.» - Marguerite Duras.]]> 246 Marguerite Duras 2070388093 adélie � 3 3.74 1991 L'Amant de la Chine du Nord
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]]> Les Amnésiques 36284344 333 Géraldine Schwarz 2081418053 adélie � 3 4.48 2017 Les Amnésiques
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]]> éǾ 36883405 Serge et Beate Klarsfeld adélie � 0 to-read 4.38 éǾ
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]]> La Carte postale 58967170 Dans notre boîte aux lettres, au milieu des traditionnelles cartes de voeux, se trouvait une carte postale étrange.
Elle n’était pas signée, l’auteur avait voulu rester anonyme.
L’Opéra Garnier d’un côté, et de l’autre, les prénoms des grands-parents de ma mère, de sa tante et son oncle, morts à Auschwitz en 1942.
Vingt ans plus tard, j’ai décidé de savoir qui nous avait envoyé cette carte postale. J’ai mené l’enquête, avec l’aide de ma mère. En explorant toutes les hypothèses qui s’ouvraient à moi. Avec l’aide d’un détective privé, d’un criminologue, j’ai interrogé les habitants du village où ma famille a été arrêtée, j’ai remué ciel et terre. Et j’y suis arrivée.
Cette enquête m’a menée cent ans en arrière. J’ai retracé le destin romanesque des Rabinovitch, leur fuite de Russie, leur voyage en Lettonie puis en Palestine. Et enfin, leur arrivée à Paris, avec la guerre et son désastre.
J’ai essayé de comprendre comment ma grand-mère Myriam fut la seule qui échappa à la déportation. Et éclaircir les mystères qui entouraient ses deux mariages. J’ai dû m’imprégner de l’histoire de mes ancêtres, comme je l’avais fait avec ma sœur Claire pour mon livre précédent, Gabriële.
Ce livre est à la fois une enquête, le roman de mes ancêtres, et une quête initiatique sur la signification du mot « Juif » dans une vie laïque.]]> 494 Anne Berest 2246820502 adélie � 5 top-2023 4.49 2021 La Carte postale
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]]> Un bûcher sous la neige 60698792 475 Susan Fletcher 2290367311 adélie � 0 to-read 4.36 2010 Un bûcher sous la neige
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]]> L’été où tout a fondu 61227574
Porté par une écriture incandescente, L’Été où tout a fondu raconte la quête d’une innocence perdue et vient confirmer le talent exceptionnel d’une romancière à l’imaginaire flamboyant.]]> 480 Tiffany McDaniel 2351782518 adélie � 4 4.10 2016 L’été où tout a fondu
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]]> <![CDATA[Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)]]> 52397
Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.

When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.]]> 345 Octavia E. Butler 0446675504 adélie � 0 to-read 4.21 1993 Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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]]> La Mort immortelle 41965911 Un demi-siècle après l’Ultime Bataille, l’équilibre précaire dû à la dissuasion de la forêt sombre continue de maintenir les envahisseurs trisolariens à distance. La Terre jouit d’une prospérité sans précédent due au transfert des connaissances et des technologies trisolariennes. La science humaine connaît des progrès pour ainsi dire quotidiens, les Trisolariens découvrent avec fascination la culture humaine et l’espoir grandit que les deux civilisations puissent bientôt coexister pacifiquement sans la terrible menace d’une annihilation réciproque. Mais lorsqu’une ingénieure en aéronautique originaire du début du XXIe siècle sort de son hibernation, elle réveille avec elle le souvenir d’un programme qui menace cet équilibre. Bientôt, l’humanité aura à faire un choix : partir à la conquête d’autres univers ou mourir dans son berceau.

èLe Problème à trois corps et La Forêt sombre, Liu Cixin referme l’un des cycles de science-fiction les plus ambitieux de ce siècle.

]]> 836 Liu Cixin 2330113854 adélie � 4 4.36 2010 La Mort immortelle
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]]> <![CDATA[Red Rising: Sons of Ares Vol. 3: Forbidden Song]]> 63246650
FORBIDDEN SONG is one part Ocean's 11, one part Les Misérables, and sets the fuse for the Rising that Darrow will inherit.
]]> 120 Pierce Brown 152412351X adélie � 4 4.26 2023 Red Rising: Sons of Ares Vol. 3: Forbidden Song
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]]> <![CDATA[Red Rising: Sons of Ares, Vol. 2: Wrath]]> 44329108
Fitchner's quest for revenge continues as he and the other Sons of Ares seek out the Golds who have wronged his family. But actions come with repercussions and an elaborate game of cat and mouse is on. A battle of Gold versus Gold erupts further into more than acts of vengeance and becomes the seeds of a revolution.]]> 132 Pierce Brown 1524112070 adélie � 0 3.95 2020 Red Rising: Sons of Ares, Vol. 2: Wrath
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]]> La Forêt sombre 36365836 L'Humanité sait qu'il lui reste quatre siècles avant que la flotte trisolarienne n'envahisse le système solaire. Les sciences fondamentales se retrouvant verrouillées par les intellectrons, la Terre doit se préparer du mieux qu’elle peut. Le Conseil de Défense Planétaire lance un nouveau projet : le programme « Colmateur », qui consiste à faire appel à quatre individus chargés d'envisager des stratégies secrètes pour contrer l’invasion ennemie. Car s’ils peuvent espionner toutes les conversations et tous les ordinateurs humains grâce aux intellectrons, les Trisolariens sont en revanche incapables de lire dans leurs pensées. Après Le Problème à trois corps, Liu Cixin revient avec une suite magistrale et haletante.

]]> 710 Cixin Liu 2330091214 adélie � 5 top-2023 4.37 2008 La Forêt sombre
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]]> Atteindre l'aube 125532103 Atteindre l’aube est une lettre d’amour à ma grand-tante Georgie. Femme fantasque, femme adorée, inspiratrice, Georgie dont la présence et la voix me manquent tant depuis qu’elle n’est plus là.

C’est aussi un voyage qui m’a emmenée bien plus loin que je l’imaginais au départ, sur des rivages parfois dangereux, et m’a conduit à m’interroger sur la place des hommes, des pères et des amants dans ma vie, et sur l’amour, tout simplement.

Pour écrire cette lettre fictive, j’ai déployé tout l’arsenal obscur de la mémoire, recoupé des enregistrements, dépecé mes archives, interrogé les vivants. Entre elle et moi, mais aussi entre mes arrière-arrière-grand-mères et elle, entre elles-toutes et moi, se sont mis à exister des ponts. Ont émergé des motifs récurrents, des filiations tacites héritées de notre histoire familiale. Un tableau s’est alors dessiné, au centre duquel trônait l’astre destructeur de la passion. »]]> 208 Diglee 236012160X adélie � 0 to-read 4.41 Atteindre l'aube
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]]> L'Autre moitié du soleil 10222981 L'Autre Moitié du soleil est un bouleversant chant d'amour, de mort et d'espoir.]]> 672 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2070421430 adélie � 0 to-read 4.48 2006 L'Autre moitié du soleil
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]]> The War on Women 31422889 The War on Women brings to life the inconceivable and dangerous life Sue led, it tells the story of Mary Merritt who was imprisoned in a baby laundry in Dublin, and of Monica, who was trafficked and forced into the sex trade in Bosnia. She gives voice to Maimouna, the woman responsible for taking over her mother’s role as the village female circumciser in The Gambia and provides a platform for the 11-year-old Manemma, who was married off in Jaipur at the age of six. From the gender pay gap in Britain to forced marriage in Kashmir and from rape as a weapon of war to honour killings, Sue has examined humankind’s history and takes us on a journey to analyse the state of women’s lives today. Most importantly she acts as a mouthpiece for the brave ones; the ones who challenge wrongdoing; the ones who show courage no matter how afraid they are; the ones who are combatting violence across the globe; the ones who are fighting back.
Sue sadly died in 2015, shortly after writing this book, today she is widely recognised as one of the most acclaimed television journalists of her generation. This book is the small tribute to the full and incredible life she lived and through it these women’s voices are still being heard.]]> 308 Sue Lloyd-Roberts 1471153916 adélie � 0 to-read 4.74 2016 The War on Women
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]]> <![CDATA[Manesh (Les sentiers des astres, #1)]]> 22021978 464 Stefan Platteau 2361831422 adélie � 0 to-read 4.07 2014 Manesh (Les sentiers des astres, #1)
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]]> Silent Spring 27333
The book appeared in September 1962 and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson’s book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement.]]> 378 Rachel Carson 0618249060 adélie � 0 to-read 4.04 1962 Silent Spring
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ratline: Love, Lies, and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive]]> 45692429
In The Ratline Philippe Sands offers a unique account of the daily life of a senior Nazi and fugitive, and of his wife. Drawing on a remarkable archive of family letters and diaries, he unveils a fascinating insight into life before and during the war, on the run, in Rome, and into the Cold War. Eventually the door is unlocked to a mystery that haunts Wächter's youngest son, who continues to believe his father was a good man - what happened to Otto Wächter, and how did he die?]]> 411 Philippe Sands 1474608124 adélie � 0 to-read 4.17 2020 The Ratline: Love, Lies, and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive
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]]> <![CDATA[Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)]]> 5872 Regeneration, one in Pat Barker's series of novels confronting the psychological effects of World War I, focuses on treatment methods during the war and the story of a decorated English officer sent to a military hospital after publicly declaring he will no longer fight. Yet the novel is much more. Written in sparse prose that is shockingly clear—the descriptions of electronic treatments are particularly harrowing—it combines real-life characters and events with fictional ones in a work that examines the insanity of war like no other. Barker also weaves in issues of class and politics in this compactly powerful book. Other books in the series include The Eye in the Door and the Booker Award winner The Ghost Road.]]> 256 Pat Barker 0140236236 adélie � 0 to-read 4.04 1991 Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
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]]> One Hundred Years of Solitude 930693
Pipes and kettledrums herald the arrival of gypsies on their annual visit to Macondo, the newly founded village where José Arcadio Buendía and his strong-willed wife, Úrsula, have started their new life. As the mysterious Melquíades excites Aureliano Buendía and his father with new inventions and tales of adventure, neither can know the significance of the indecipherable manuscript that the old gypsy passes into their hands.

Through plagues of insomia, civil war, hauntings and vendettas, the many tribulations of the Buendía household push memories of the manuscript aside. Few remember its existence and only one will discover the hidden message that it holds...]]> 422 Gabriel García Márquez 014103243X adélie � 0 to-read 4.01 1967 One Hundred Years of Solitude
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]]> V13 61675059 368 Emmanuel Carrère 2818056063 adélie � 0 to-read 4.46 2022 V13
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]]> <![CDATA[Le bureau d'éclaircissement des destins]]> 109526794 A l'automne 2016, Irène se voit confier une mission inédite : restituer les milliers d’objets dont le centre a hérité à la libération des camps. Un Pierrot de tissu terni, un médaillon, un mouchoir brodé� Chaque objet, même modeste, renferme ses secrets. Il faut retrouver la trace de son propriétaire déporté, afin de remettre à ses descendants le souvenir de leur parent. Au fil de ses enquêtes, Irène se heurte aux mystères du Centre et à son propre passé. Cherchant les disparus, elle rencontre ses contemporains qui la bouleversent et la guident, de Varsovie à Paris et Berlin, en passant par Thessalonique ou l’Argentine. Au bout du chemin, comment les vivants recevront-ils ces objets hantés ?
Le bureau d’éclaircissement des destins , c’est le fil qui unit ces trajectoires individuelles à la mémoire collective de l’Europe. Une fresque brillamment composée, d’une grande intensité émotionnelle, où Gaëlle Nohant donne toute la puissance de son talent.ձ> 416 Gaëlle Nohant 2246828864 adélie � 5 top-2023 4.58 Le bureau d'éclaircissement des destins
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]]> Good Night, Irene 63023640 In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman's heroic frontline service in the Red Cross

In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in training with Dorothy Dunford, a towering Midwesterner with a ferocious wit. Together they are part of an elite group of women, nicknamed Donut Dollies, who command military buses called Clubmobiles at the front line, providing camaraderie and a taste of home that may be the only solace before troops head into battle.

After D-Day, these two intrepid friends join the Allied soldiers streaming into France. Their time in Europe will see them embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald. Through her friendship with Dorothy, and a love affair with a gallant American fighter pilot named Hans, Irene learns to trust again. Her most fervent hope, which becomes more precarious by the day, is for all three of them to survive the war intact.

Taking as inspiration his mother's own Red Cross service, Luis Alberto Urrea has delivered an overlooked story of women's heroism in World War II. With its affecting and uplifting portrait of friendship and valor in harrowing circumstances, Good Night, Irene powerfully demonstrates yet again that Urrea's "gifts as a storyteller are prodigious" (NPR).]]> 407 Luis Alberto Urrea 0316265853 adélie � 0 to-read 4.03 2023 Good Night, Irene
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]]> Le Problème à trois corps 32079662 Le Problème à trois corps signale l’arrivée d’un auteur majeur sur la scène de la hard SF.

(Spoiler removed)]]> 432 Liu Cixin 2330070748 adélie � 4 4.09 2006 Le Problème à trois corps
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]]> Les Dukay 1873878 816 Lajos Zilahy 2070414353 adélie � 4 4.19 1947 Les Dukay
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket n'est plus valable]]> 118974 256 Romain Gary 2070370488 adélie � 3 3.71 1975 Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket n'est plus valable
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average rating: 3.71
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rating: 3
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]]> Le deuxième sexe, I 21124 408 Simone de Beauvoir adélie � 4 4.21 1949 Le deuxième sexe, I
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book published: 1949
rating: 4
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]]> Happy Place 61718053
They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.

Which is how they find themselves sharing the largest bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends� hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week� in front of those who know you best?

A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.]]> 400 Emily Henry 0593441273 adélie � 2 3.95 2023 Happy Place
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]]> <![CDATA[The Letters of Vincent van Gogh]]> 395233 The Letters of Vincent van Gogh put a human face on one of the most haunting figures in modern Western culture. In this Penguin Classics edition, the letters are selected and edited by Ronald de Leeuw, and translated by Arnold Pomerans in Penguin Classics.

Few artists' letters are as self-revelatory as Vincent van Gogh's, and this selection, spanning his artistic career, sheds light on every facet of the life and work of this complex and tortured man. Engaging candidly and movingly with his religious struggles, his ill-fated search for love, his attacks of mental illness and his relation with his brother Theo, the letters contradict the popular myth of van Gogh as an anti-social madman and a martyr to art, showing instead a man of great emotional and spiritual depths. Above all, they stand as an intense personal narrative of artistic development and a unique account of the process of creation.

The letters are linked by explanatory biographical passages, revealing van Gogh's inner journey as well as the outer facts of his life. This edition also includes the drawings that originally illustrated the letters.

Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) was born in Holland. In 1885 he painted his first masterpiece, The Potato Eaters, a haunting scene of domestic poverty. A year later he began studying in Paris, where he met Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Seurat, who became very important influences on his work. In 1888 he left Paris for the Provencal landscape at Arles, the subject of many of his best works, including Sunflowers.

If you enjoyed The Letters of Vincent van Gogh, you might also like 100 Artists Manifestos, available in Penguin Modern Classics.

'If there was ever any doubt that Van Gogh's letters belong beside those great classics of artistic self-revelation, Cellini's autobiography and Delacroix's journal, this excellent new edition dispels it'
The Times]]> 528 Vincent van Gogh 0140446745 adélie � 0 to-read 4.09 1914 The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
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]]> A Girl Called Samson 58769584 From New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes the saga of a young woman who dares to chart her own destiny in life and love during the American Revolutionary War.

In 1760, Deborah Samson is born to Puritan parents in Plympton, Massachusetts. When her father abandons the family and her mother is unable to support them, Deborah is bound out as an indentured servant. From that moment on, she yearns for a life of liberation and adventure.

Twenty years later, as the American colonies begin to buckle in their battle for independence, Deborah, impassioned by the cause, disguises herself as a soldier and enlists in the Continental Army. Her impressive height and lanky build make her transformation a convincing one, and it isn’t long before she finds herself confronting the horrors of war head-on.

But as Deborah fights for her country’s freedom, she must contend with the secret of who she is—and, ultimately, a surprising love she can’t deny.]]> 405 Amy Harmon 1542039738 adélie � 2 4.48 2023 A Girl Called Samson
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]]> <![CDATA[American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century]]> 43231095
When journalist Maureen Callahan first heard about Israel Keyes in 2012, she was captivated by how a killer of this magnitude could go undetected by law enforcement for over a decade. And so began a project that consumed her for the next several years--uncovering the true story behind how the FBI ultimately caught Israel Keyes, and trying to understand what it means for a killer like Keyes to exist. A killer who left a path of monstrous, randomly committed crimes in his wake--many of which remain unsolved to this day.

American Predator is the ambitious culmination of years of interviews with key figures in law enforcement and in Keyes's life, and research uncovered from classified FBI files. Callahan takes us on a journey into the chilling, nightmarish mind of a relentless killer, and to the limitations of traditional law enforcement.]]> 285 Maureen Callahan 052542864X adélie � 4 4.07 2019 American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo]]> 32620332
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the �80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.]]> 389 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1501139231 adélie � 5 4.39 2017 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bridge Kingdom (The Bridge Kingdom, #1)]]> 53921926
The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom enriches itself and deprives its rivals, including Lara's homeland. So when she’s sent as a bride under the guise of peace, Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes to fracture its impenetrable defenses. And the defenses of its king.

Yet as she infiltrates her new home and gains a deeper understanding of the war to possess the bridge, Lara begins to question whether she’s the hero or the villain. And as her feelings for Aren transform from frosty hostility to fierce passion, Lara must choose which kingdom she’ll save� and which kingdom she’ll destroy.

Passionate and violent, The Bridge Kingdom is a seductive fantasy perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses.]]> 356 Danielle L. Jensen adélie � 0 4.02 2018 The Bridge Kingdom (The Bridge Kingdom, #1)
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]]> Notre part de nuit 58813740
Alternant les points de vue, les lieux et les époques, leur périple nous conduit de la dictature militaire argentine des années 1980 au Londres psychédélique des années 1970, d'une évocation du sida à David Bowie, de monstres effrayants en sacrifices humains. Authentique épopée à travers le temps et le monde, où l'Histoire et le fantastique se conjuguent dans une même poésie de l'horreur et du gothique, Notre part de nuit est un grand livre, d'une puissance, d'un souffle et d'une originalité renversants. Mariana Enriquez repousse les limites du roman et impose sa voix magistrale, quelque part entre Silvina Ocampo, Cormac McCarthy et Stephen King.]]> 768 Mariana Enríquez 2364684668 adélie � 0 to-read 4.14 2019 Notre part de nuit
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]]> Les Solitudes 7287122 0 Sully Prudhomme 1412175054 adélie � 3 3.75 1869 Les Solitudes
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]]> L'Enfant unique 29350612 Plusieurs histoires qui nous aident a comprendre la Chine actuelle est donc a comprendre l'avenir de ce pays.]]> 380 Xinran 2809711372 adélie � 2 3.48 2015 L'Enfant unique
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average rating: 3.48
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]]> Les Cercueils de zinc 6586895 295 Svetlana Alexievich 2264017147 adélie � 4 4.33 1989 Les Cercueils de zinc
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]]> Betty 48564330 A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians in which a young girl discovers stark truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life.

"A girl comes of age against the knife."

So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit is one of poverty and violence--both from outside the family, and also, devastatingly, from within. The lush landscape, rich with birdsong, wild fruit, and blazing stars, becomes a kind of refuge for Betty, but when her family's darkest secrets are brought to light, she has no choice but to reckon with the brutal history hiding in the hills, as well as the heart-wrenching cruelties and incredible characters she encounters in her rural town of Breathed, Ohio.

But despite the hardship she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters, and her father's brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all she bears witness to, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write. She recounts the horrors of her family's past and present with pen and paper and buries them deep in the dirt--moments that has stung her so deeply, she could not tell them, until now.

Inspired by the life of her own mother, Tiffany McDaniel sets out to free the past by telling this heartbreaking yet magical story--a remarkable novel that establishes her as one of the freshest and most important voices in American fiction.]]> 480 Tiffany McDaniel 052565707X adélie � 5 top-2023 4.41 2020 Betty
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]]> On the Savage Side 61153745 Six women--mothers, daughters, sisters--gone missing. When the first is found floating dead in the river, it reveals the disturbing truth of a small Ohio town. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing and haunting novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims, from the internationally-bestselling author of Betty.

Arcade and Daffodil are twin sisters born one minute apart. With their fiery red hair and thirst for an escape, they forge an unbreakable bond nurtured by both their grandmother's stories and their imaginations. Together, they create a world where a patch of grass reveals an archaeologist's dig, the smoke emerging from the local paper mill becomes the dust rising from wild horses galloping on the ground, and an abandoned 1950s convertible transforms into a time machine that can take them anywhere.

But the two sisters can't escape the generational chaos that grips their family. Growing up in the shadow of the town, the sisters cling tight to one another. As an adult, Arcade wrestles with these memories of her life, just as a local woman is discovered drowned in the river. Soon, more bodies are found. While her friends disappear around her, Arcade is forced to reckon with the past while the killer circles ever closer. Arcade's promise to keep herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate while the powerful riptide of the savage side becomes more difficult to resist.

Drawing from the true story of women killed in her native Ohio, acclaimed novelist and poet Tiffany McDaniel has written a powerful literary testament and fearless elegy for missing women everywhere.]]> 464 Tiffany McDaniel 0593320700 adélie � 0 to-read 3.98 2023 On the Savage Side
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]]> Le cheval rouge 35601456 972 Eugenio Corti 2825141836 adélie � 0 to-read 4.29 1983 Le cheval rouge
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]]> The Smallest Part 36989216
“Are you in love with Noah, Mercedes?� Cora asked. “I mean . . . I know you love him. You’ve been friends forever. We all have. But are you in love with him?�

If it had been anyone else—anyone—Mercedes would have stuck out her chest, folded her skinny arms, and let her feelings be known. She would have claimed him. But it was Cora. Brave, beautiful, broken Cora, and Cora loved Noah too.

So Mercedes lied.

And with that lie, she lost him. With that lie, she sealed her fate.

She was the best friend, the bridesmaid, the godmother, the glue. She was there for the good times and the bad, the ups and the downs, the biggest moments and the smallest parts. And she was there when it all came crashing down.

This is the tale of the girl who didn’t get the guy.]]> 338 Amy Harmon 1979819505 adélie � 4 4.00 2018 The Smallest Part
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]]> <![CDATA[Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein]]> 20422 Lol Stein se marie, quitte sa ville natale, S. Tahla, a des enfants, paraît confiante dans le déroulement de sa vie et se montre heureuse, gaie. Après la période de dix ans la séparant maintenant de la nuit du bal, Lol V. Stein revient habiter à S. Tahla où une situation est offerte à son mari. Elle y retrouve une amie d'enfance qu'elle avait oubliée, Tatiana Karl, celle qui tout au long de la nuit du bal de T. Beach était restée auprès d'elle, ce qu'elle avait également oublié. L'histoire de Lol V. Stein reprend alors pour durer quelques semaines.]]> 192 Marguerite Duras 2070368106 adélie � 3 3.42 1964 Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein
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average rating: 3.42
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]]> <![CDATA[The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)]]> 26032912 He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne.

Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.

Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril.

Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict’s bloody politics.

And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity�

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy.]]> 321 Holly Black 0316310409 adélie � 3 4.33 2019 The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)]]> 26032887 The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.

You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.

The first lesson is to make yourself strong.

After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.

When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.]]> 336 Holly Black 0316310336 adélie � 4 4.27 2019 The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)]]> 26032825 Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.

As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.]]> 370 Holly Black 0316310271 adélie � 3 4.01 2018 The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
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]]> Guerre 60757341 Voyage au bout de la nuit (1932), une pièce capitale de l’œuvre de l’écrivain est mise au jour. Car Céline, entre récit autobiographique et œuvre d’imagination, y lève le voile sur l’expérience centrale de son existence : le traumatisme physique et moral du front, dans l’� abattoir international en folie ». On y suit la convalescence du brigadier Ferdinand depuis le moment où, gravement blessé, il reprend conscience sur le champ de bataille jusqu’� son départ pour Londres. À l’hôpital de Peurdu-sur-la-lys, objet de toutes les attentions d’une infirmière entreprenante, Ferdinand, s’étant lié d’amitié au souteneur Bébert, trompe la mort et s’affranchit du destin qui lui était jusqu’alors promis. Ce temps brutal de la désillusion et de la prise de conscience, que l’auteur n’avait jamais abordé sous la forme d’un récit littéraire autonome, apparaît ici dans sa lumière la plus crue. Vingt ans après 14, le passé, « toujours saoul d'oubli », prend des « petites mélodies en route qu'on lui demandait pas ». Mais il reste vivant, à jamais inoubliable, et Guerre en témoigne tout autant que la suite de l'œuvre de Céline.]]> 192 Louis-Ferdinand Céline 2072983223 adélie � 4 3.74 2022 Guerre
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]]> Second First Impressions 45553600 Distraction (n): an extreme agitation of the mind or emotions.

Ruthie Midona has worked the front desk at the Providence Luxury Retirement Villa for six years, dedicating her entire adult life to caring for the Villa’s residents, maintaining the property (with an assist from DIY YouTube tutorials), and guarding the endangered tortoises that live in the Villa’s gardens. Somewhere along the way, she’s forgotten that she’s young and beautiful, and that there’s a world outside of work—until she meets the son of the property developer who just acquired the retirement center.

Teddy Prescott has spent the last few years partying, sleeping in late, tattooing himself when bored, and generally not taking life too seriously—something his father, who dreams of grooming Teddy into his successor, can’t understand. When Teddy needs a place to crash, his father seizes the chance to get him to grow up. He’ll let Teddy stay in one of the on-site cottages at the retirement home, but only if he works to earn his keep. Teddy agrees—he can change a few lightbulbs and clip some hedges, no sweat. But Ruthie has plans for Teddy too.

Her two wealthiest and most eccentric residents have just placed an ad (yet another!) seeking a new personal assistant to torment. The women are ninety-year-old, four-foot-tall menaces, and not one of their assistants has lasted a full week. Offering up Teddy seems like a surefire way to get rid of the tall, handsome, unnerving man who won’t stop getting under her skin.

Ruthie doesn’t count on the fact that in Teddy Prescott, the Biddies may have finally met their match. He’ll pick up Chanel gowns from the dry cleaner and cut Big Macs into bite-sized bits. He’ll do repairs around the property, make the residents laugh, and charm the entire villa. He might even remind Ruthie what it’s like to be young and fun again. But when she finds out Teddy’s father’s only fixing up the retirement home to sell it, putting everything she cares about in jeopardy, she’s left wondering if Teddy’s magic was all just a façade.

From the USA Today  bestselling author of The Hating Game and 99 Percent Mine comes the clever, funny, and unforgettable story of a muscular, tattooed man hired as an assistant to two old women—under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager.]]> 343 Sally Thorne 0063007134 adélie � 0 3.49 2021 Second First Impressions
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]]> Gone with the Wind 18405 1037 Margaret Mitchell 0446365386 adélie � 5 absolute-favorites 4.30 1936 Gone with the Wind
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]]> <![CDATA[Autant en emporte le vent, volume 2]]> 54189419


Couronné par le prix Pulitzer, immortalisé à l’écran avec les inoubliables Vivien Leigh et Clark Gable, best-seller absolu, Autant en emporte le vent est une fresque intemporelle sur l’amour et la guerre.]]> 720 Margaret Mitchell 2351787463 adélie � 5 top-2023 4.62 1936 Autant en emporte le vent, volume 2
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]]> Hamnet 43890641 Hamnet is a luminous portrait of a marriage, at its heart the loss of a beloved child.

Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called Hamlet.

Award-winning author Maggie O'Farrell's new novel breathes full-blooded life into the story of a loss usually consigned to literary footnotes, and provides an unforgettable vindication of Agnes, a woman intriguingly absent from history.

A New York Times Notable Book (2020), Best Book of 2020: Guardian, Financial Times, Literary Hub, and NPR.]]> 372 Maggie O'Farrell 1472223799 adélie � 5 top-2023 4.16 2020 Hamnet
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]]> Les Racines du ciel 118967 578 Romain Gary 2070362426 adélie � 5 top-2021, absolute-favorites 4.18 1956 Les Racines du ciel
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]]> Vivre ! 15788624 248 Yu Hua 2742773991 adélie � 4 4.34 1992 Vivre !
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]]> The Unknown Beloved 58769587
Chicago, 1923: Ten-year-old Dani Flanagan returns home to find police swarming the house, her parents dead. Michael Malone, the young patrolman assigned to the case, discovers there’s more to the situation—and to Dani Flanagan herself—than the authorities care to explore. Malone is told to shut his mouth, and Dani is sent away to live with her spinster aunts in Cleveland.

Fifteen years later, Michael Malone is summoned to Cleveland to investigate a series of murders that have everyone stumped, including his friend and famed Prohibition agent Eliot Ness, now Cleveland’s director of safety. There, in a city caught in the grip of a serial killer, Malone’s and Dani’s paths cross once again.

Malone is drawn to Dani and her affinity for the dead and compassion for the destitute. It doesn’t take long for him to realize that she could help him solve his case. As terror descends on the city and Malone and Dani confront the dark secrets that draw them together, it’s a race to find the killer or risk becoming his next victims.]]> 413 Amy Harmon 1542033829 adélie � 3 4.33 2022 The Unknown Beloved
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]]> <![CDATA[The Second Blind Son (The Chronicles of Saylok #2)]]> 56083451 A lost girl and a blind boy discover their greatest strength is their bond with each other in a beguiling fantasy by the New York Times bestselling author of The First Girl Child.

An insidious curse is weakening the Norse kingdom of Saylok, where no daughters have been born in years. Washing up on these plagued shores is Ghisla, an orphaned stowaway nursed back to health by a blind cave dweller. Named for a mysterious god, the boy, Hod, is surrounded by prophecy. To Ghisla, he’s a cherished new friend. To Hod, the girl is even more so. For when Ghisla sings, Hod can see.

Unable to offer safe shelter, Hod urges Ghisla onward to become a daughter of the temple, where all the kingdom’s girl children have been gathered. But because of a magical rune, the two cannot be separated, no matter the time or the distance.

Now, subject to a ruthless king, Ghisla enters a desperate world of warring clan chieftains and catastrophic power struggles. Who among them can be trusted is unknowable. So are the sacrifices Ghisla and Hod must make to defeat the cursed forces that could destroy a kingdom and the fated bond between two souls.]]> 447 Amy Harmon 1542026091 adélie � 4 4.36 2021 The Second Blind Son (The Chronicles of Saylok #2)
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]]> Le Mage du Kremlin 60882951 Ce récit nous plonge au cœur du pouvoir russe, où courtisans et oligarques se livrent une guerre de tous les instants. Et où Vadim, devenu le principal spin doctor du régime, transforme un pays entier en un théâtre politique, où il n’est d’autre réalité que l’accomplissement des souhaits du Tsar. Mais Vadim n’est pas un ambitieux comme les autres : entraîné dans les arcanes de plus en plus sombres du système qu’il a contribué à construire, ce poète égaré parmi les loups fera tout pour s’en sortir.
De la guerre en Tchétchénie à la crise ukrainienne, en passant par les Jeux olympiques de Sotchi, Le mage du Kremlin est le grand roman de la Russie contemporaine. Dévoilant les dessous de l’ère Poutine, il offre une sublime méditation sur le pouvoir.]]> 288 Giuliano da Empoli 2072958164 adélie � 4 4.11 2022 Le Mage du Kremlin
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]]> <![CDATA[Red Rising - Livre 5 - Dark Age - partie 1]]> 60763259 Pierce Brown, der mit Red Rising: Tag der Entscheidung auf Platz eins der Bestsellerlisten landete, kehrt mit dieser aufregenden Fortsetzung von Asche zu Asche in das Red Rising-Universum zurück.

Zehn Jahre lang war Darrow das Gesicht der Revolution gegen die farbenbasierte Weltengesellschaft. Nun ist er von der Republik, die er selbst gegründet hat, zum Gesetzlosen erklärt worden und führt auf eigene Faust Krieg auf dem Merkur, um Eos Traum doch noch zu verwirklichen. Doch ist er, der überall Tod und Verwüstung hinterlässt, wirklich noch der Held, der einst die Ketten sprengte? Oder wird sich eine neue Legende erheben und seinen Platz einnehmen?

Wegen des Umfangs wird das neue Red-Rising-Abenteuer in zwei Bänden veröffentlicht. Teil zwei erscheint im Juni 2020.]]> 480 Pierce Brown 2016270187 adélie � 5 4.41 2019 Red Rising - Livre 5 - Dark Age - partie 1
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]]> The Songbook of Benny Lament 54151677
Esther is a petite powerhouse with a gorgeous voice. And when Benny writes a hit song and performs it with her, their collaboration thrusts the duo onto the national stage� and stirs up old issues and new scrutiny that the mob—and Benny—would rather avoid.

It would be easier to walk away. But the music and the woman are too hard for the piano man to resist. Benny’s songs and Esther’s vocals are an explosive combination, a sound that fans can’t get enough of. But though America might love the music they make together, some people aren’t ready for Benny Lament and Esther Mine on—or off—the stage.

From the bestselling author of What the Wind Knows and From Sand and Ash comes a powerful love story about a musical duo who put everything on the line to be together.]]> 447 Amy Harmon 154202353X adélie � 3 4.37 2021 The Songbook of Benny Lament
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]]> <![CDATA[Rythme de guerre 2 (Les Archives de Roshar, #4.2)]]> 58912923
After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.

Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin's scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.

At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition's envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.

The story will continue . . .]]> 832 Brandon Sanderson 2253242233 adélie � 4 4.62 2021 Rythme de guerre 2 (Les Archives de Roshar, #4.2)
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]]> Mémoire de fille 29750989 Dans Mémoire de fille, Annie Ernaux replonge dans l’été 1958, celui de sa première nuit avec un homme, à la colonie de S. dans l’Orne. Nuit dont l’onde de choc s’est propagée violemment dans son corps et sur son existence durant deux années. S’appuyant sur des images indélébiles de sa mémoire, des photos et des lettres écrites à ses amies, elle interroge cette fille qu’elle a été dans un va-et-vient implacable entre hier et aujourd'hui.]]> 160 Annie Ernaux 2072549450 adélie � 5 top-2022 3.92 2016 Mémoire de fille
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]]> Mort à crédit 226957 Mort à crédit, publié en 1936, raconte l'enfance du Bardamu de Voyage au bout de la nuit, paru quatre ans auparavant. Après un prologue situant son présent, médecin dans les années trente, le héros narrateur, Ferdinand, se rappelle ses jeunes années, dans un milieu petit bourgeois, vers 1900. Il est fils unique, élevé dans un passage parisien entre une grand-mère éducatrice fine et intuitive, une mère sacrificielle propriétaire d'un petit magasin de dentelles et objets de curiosité et un père violent et acariâtre, employé dans une compagnie d'assurances. Il grandit maladroitement, sans cesse victime des reproches amers de ses parents, multiplie les apprentissages et les échecs sentimentaux et professionnels, séjourne dans un collège anglais avant de voir son destin basculer avec la rencontre d'un inventeur loufoque, Léonard de Vinci de la fumisterie scientifique, pour vivre des aventures toujours tragi-comiques...

Texte des origines, marqué par le sceau de l'image maternelle, Mort à crédit est un parcours initiatique, tout en violence et en émotion, où les souvenirs s'accompagnent des misères et des révoltes de l'enfance. C'est aussi une formidable évocation de Paris au tournant du siècle, drôle et riche de cocasseries irrésistibles, dans un style propre à Céline, fait d'exclamation, cassant la syntaxe traditionnelle, transposant le parler populaire dru et vert dans le langage écrit. --Céline Darner

]]> 623 Louis-Ferdinand Céline adélie � 5 top-2022 4.14 1936 Mort à crédit
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]]> À l'ouest rien de nouveau 397537
Témoignage d'un simple soldat allemand de la guerre de 1914-1918, À l'ouest rien de nouveau, roman pacifiste, réaliste et bouleversant, connut, dès sa parution en 1928, un succès mondial retentissant. Il reste l'un des ouvrages les plus forts dans la dénonciation de la monstruosité de la guerre.]]> 253 Erich Maria Remarque 225300670X adélie � 0 to-read 4.13 1928 À l'ouest rien de nouveau
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]]> La Bombe 52152665 472 Alcante 2344020632 adélie � 3 4.57 2020 La Bombe
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]]> <![CDATA[Les Naufragés et les rescapés: quarante ans après Auschwitz]]> 275729 Primo Levi (1919-1987) n'examine pas son expérience des camps nazis comme un accident de l'histoire, mais comme un événement exemplaire qui permet de comprendre jusqu'où peut aller l'homme dans le rôle du bourreau ou dans celui de la victime. Quelles sont les structures d'un système autoritaire et quelles sont les techniques pour anéantir la personnalité d'un individu ? Quel rapport sera créé entre les oppresseurs et les opprimés ? Comment se crée et se construit un monstre ? Est-il possible de comprendre de l'intérieur la logique de la machine de l'extermination ? Est-il possible de se révolter contre elle ? Primo Levi ne se borne pas à décrire les aspects des camps qui restaient obscurs jusqu'aujourd'hui, mais dresse un bilan pour lutter contre l'accoutumance à la dégradation de l'humain.]]> 210 Primo Levi 2070715116 adélie � 5 top-2022 4.36 1986 Les Naufragés et les rescapés: quarante ans après Auschwitz
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]]> To Paradise 57739876 From the author of the classic A Little Life, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.

In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him—and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances.

These three sections are joined in an enthralling and ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can’t exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness.

To Paradise is a fin de siècle novel of marvellous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love � partners, lovers, children, friends, family and even our fellow citizens � and the pain that ensues when we cannot.]]> 720 Hanya Yanagihara 0385547935 adélie � 2 3.74 2022 To Paradise
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]]> Les Raisins de la colère 1805693 640 John Steinbeck 2070360830 adélie � 0 to-read 4.38 1939 Les Raisins de la colère
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]]> Vigile 43444007
Comment raconter l'urgence et la peur ? la douleur ? une vie qui bascule dans le cauchemar d'une perte brutale ? Écrit cinq ans plus tard, Vigile bouleverse par la violence du drame vécu, mais aussi la déclaration d'amour qui irradie tout le texte. Récit bref et précis, ce livre restera à jamais dans la mémoire de ceux qui l'ont lu.


Comédienne, Hyam Zaytoun joue régulièrement pour le théâtre, le cinéma et la télévision. Elle collabore par ailleurs à l'écriture de scénarios. Elle est aussi l'auteur d'un feuilleton radiophonique - "J'apprends l'arabe" - diffusé sur France Culture en 2017. Vigile est son premier texte.]]> 128 Hyam Zaytoun 2370551852 adélie � 4 4.18 2019 Vigile
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]]> La Confusion des sentiments 1393713 Amok et du Joueur d'échecs restituait le trouble d'une passion et le malaise qu'elle engendre chez celui qui en est l'objet. Paru en 1926, ce récit bref et profond connut un succès fulgurant, en raison de la nouveauté audacieuse du sujet. Il demeure assurément l'un des chefs-d'œuvre du grand écrivain autrichien.]]> 124 Stefan Zweig 2253061433 adélie � 3 4.20 1926 La Confusion des sentiments
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]]> Daisy Jones & The Six 40597810 Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.

Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock ’n� roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.

Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.

Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.]]> 368 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1524798622 adélie � 4 4.20 2019 Daisy Jones & The Six
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]]> Beach Read 52867387 A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.

They’re polar opposites.

In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block.

Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no-one will fall in love. Really.]]> 371 Emily Henry 1984806734 adélie � 0 3.99 2020 Beach Read
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]]> Les Cerfs-volants 118991 Alors la séparation commence pour les très jeunes amants... Pour traverser les épreuves, défendre son pays et les valeurs humaines, pour retrouver son amour, Ludo sera toujours soutenu par l'image des grands cerfs-volants, leur symbole d'audace, de poésie et de liberté inscrit dans le ciel.]]> 384 Romain Gary 207037467X adélie � 5 top-2022 4.29 1980 Les Cerfs-volants
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]]> Les Années 3079197
Tout révèle le désir de poser comme les stars dans Cinémonde ou la publicité d'Ambre solaire, d'échapper à son corps humiliant et sans importance de petite fille. Les cuisses plus claires, ainsi que le haut des bras, dessinent la forme d'une robe et indiquent le caractère exceptionnel, pour cette enfant, d'un séjour ou d'une sortie à la mer. La plage est déserte. Au dos : août 1949, Sotte ville-sur-Mer".

Au travers de photos et de souvenirs laissés par les événements, les mots et les choses, Annie Ernaux donne à ressentir le passage des années, de l'après-guerre à aujourd'hui. En même temps, elle inscrit l'existence dans une forme nouvelle d'autobiographie, impersonnelle et collective.]]> 256 Annie Ernaux adélie � 4 4.17 2008 Les Années
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]]> Océan Mer 208653
Au bord de l'océan, à la pension Almayer, « posée sur la corniche ultime du monde », se croisent sept personnages au destin étrange et romanesque, sept naufragés de la vie qui tentent de recoller les morceaux de leur existence. Mais leur séjour est bouleversé par le souvenir d'un hallucinant naufrage d'un siècle passé et la sanglante dérive d'un radeau. Et toujours, la mer, capricieuse et fascinante...
Avec une époustouflante maîtrise, Alessandro Baricco nous offre à la fois un roman à suspense, un livre d'aventures, une méditation philosophique et un poème en prose.]]> 282 Alessandro Baricco 2070419584 adélie � 0 to-read 4.15 1993 Océan Mer
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]]> <![CDATA[Les petits chevaux de Tarquinia]]> 11963 220 Marguerite Duras 207036187X adélie � 3 3.70 1953 Les petits chevaux de Tarquinia
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]]> Confiteor 30043676
Φιλόδοξο, συναρπαστικό μυθιστόρημα, που καταπιάνεται με τα μεγάλα ζητήματα της ζωής -την εξουσία, τον πόνο, τη μεταμέλεια, το κακό και την εξιλέωση, την εκδίκηση, την αγάπη, την ενοχή και τη συγχώρεση-, με υπέροχη γλώσσα και μια εντυπωσιακή πλοκή.]]> 736 Jaume Cabré 9604355074 adélie � 3 4.48 2011 Confiteor
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]]> <![CDATA[Surveiller et punir. Naissance de la prison]]> 846634 Ceux qui volent, on les emprisonne ; ceux qui violent, on les emprisonne ; ceux qui tuent, également. D'où vient cette étrange pratique et le curieux projet d'enfermer pour redresser? Un vieil héritage des cachots du Moyen Âge? Plutôt une technologie nouvelle : la mise au point, du XVIe au XIXe siècle, de tout un ensemble de procédures pour quadriller, contrôler, mesurer, dresser les individus, les rendre à la fois «dociles et utiles». Surveillance, exercices, manœuvres, notations, rangs et places, classements, examens, enregistrements, toute une manière d'assujettir les corps, de maîtriser les multiplicités humaines et de manipuler leurs forces s'est développée au cours des siècles classiques, dans les hôpitaux, à l'armée, dans les écoles, les collèges ou les ateliers : la discipline.
Penser les relations de pouvoir aujourd’hui ne peut se faire sans prendre en compte l’ouvrage de Michel Foucault (1926-1984), devenu aussi indispensable à notre époque que le éٳ󲹲 de Hobbes le fut à l’époque moderne.]]> 400 Michel Foucault 2070729680 adélie � 0 to-read 4.26 1975 Surveiller et punir. Naissance de la prison
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]]> The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green adélie � 0 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
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]]> The Master and Margarita 117833 The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece.

An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech.

One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing literally to go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.]]> 372 Mikhail Bulgakov 0679760806 adélie � 0 to-read 4.31 1967 The Master and Margarita
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