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La planète des singes
LES GRANDS TEXTES DU XXe SIÈCLEY a-t-il des êtres humains ailleurs que dans notre galaxie ? C'est la question que se posent le professeur Antelle, Arthur Levain, son second, et le journaliste Ulysse Mérou, lorsque, de leur vaisseau spatial, ils observent le paysage d'une planète proche de Bételgeuse : on aperçoit des villes, des routes curieusement semblables à celles de notre Terre. Après s'y être posés, les trois hommes découvrent que la planète est habitée par des singes. Ceux-ci s'emparent d'Ulysse Mérou et se livrent sur lui à des expériences. Il faudra que le journaliste fasse, devant les singes, la preuve de son humanité.
Un certain Paul Darrigrand
" Cette année-là, j'avais vingt-deux ans et j'allais, au même moment, rencontrer l'insaisissable Paul Darrigrand et flirter dangereusement avec la mort, sans que ces deux événements aient de rapport entre eux.D'un côté, le plaisir et l'insouciance : de l'autre, la souffrance et l'inquiétude. Le corps qui exulte et le corps meurtri.Aujourd'hui, je me demande si, au fond, tout n'était pas lié. "Après " Arrête avec tes mensonges ", Philippe Besson poursuit son dialogue avec les fantômes de sa jeunesse et approfondit son souci d'exprimer sa vérité intime." Même dans le drame qui sait, comme Besson, manier la délicatesse ? " Pierre Vavasseur – Le Parisien" Voici la clé de tous ses livres, peut-être même la clé de toute histoire d'amour. " François Busnel – " La Grande Librairie ", France 5
Le dernier Enfant
C'est le dernier matin, du dernier dimanche. Le dernier petit déjeuner.Dans l'entrée du pavillon, les cartons sont prêts. Aujourd'hui Théo s'apprête à prendre son envol. Pour Anne-Marie, c'est plus qu'un choc, c'est un bouleversement. Rien ne sera plus jamais pareil. Son petit dernier quitte le nid et déjà elle se sent prise d'un vertige. Que va-t-elle faire, désormais, dans cette maison trop grande ? Bien sûr, c'est naturel, il veut " vivre sa vie ". Mais est-on encore une " mère ", quand tous ses enfants sont partis?
Un invincible été
Depuis son retour à Sosúa, en République dominicaine, Ruth se bat aux côtés d'Almah pour les siens et pour la mémoire de sa communauté, alors que les touristes commencent à déferler sur l'île. Passionnée, sa fille Gaya affirme son indépendance et part étudier aux États-Unis, où Arturo et Nathan mènent leurs vies d'artistes.La tribu Rosenheck-Soteras a fait sienne la maxime de la poétesse Salomé Ureña : " C'est en continuant à nous battre pour créer le pays dont nous rêvons que nous ferons une patrie de la terre qui est sous nos pieds. "Mais l' Histoire, comme toujours, les rattrape : de l'attentat du World Trade Center au terrible séisme de 2010 en Haïti, en passant par les émeutes en République dominicaine... chacun devra tracer son chemin, malgré les obstacles et la folie du monde.
L’Américaine
Septembre 1961. Depuis le pont du bateau sur lequel elle a embarqué, Ruth tourne le dos à son île natale, la République dominicaine. En ligne de mire : New York. Elle en est sûre, bientôt elle sera journaliste comme l'était son père, Wilhelm. Très vite, elle devient une véritable New-Yorkaise et vit au rythme du rock, de l'amitié, des amours et des bouleversements du temps : l'assassinat de Kennedy, la marche pour les droits civiques, les frémissements de la contre-culture...Mais Ruth se cherche. Qui est-elle vraiment ? Dominicaine, née de parents juifs autrichiens ? Américaine d'adoption ? Dans cette période de doute, elle est entourée par trois femmes fortes et inspirantes : sa mère Almah en République dominicaine, sa tante Myriam à New York et sa marraine Svenja en Israël symbolisent son déchirement entre ses racines multiples." Une fresque historique haletante. " LiRE" Un portrait incroyablement juste. " Judy Manuzzi – Page des Libraires
Et la vie reprit son cours
Après Les Déracinés, et L'Américaine, découvrez la suite de la saga de Catherine Bardon.Chaque jour, Ruth se félicite d'avoir écouté sa petite voix intérieure : c'est bien en République dominicaine qu'il lui fallait poser ses valises. Chez elle. Il suffit de regarder sa fille Gaya pour en être sûre. À la voir faire ses premiers pas et grandir aux côtés de ses cousines, elle se sent sereine, apaisée. En retrouvant la terre de son enfance, elle retrouve aussi Almah, sa mère. Petit à petit, la vie reprend son cours et Ruth – tout comme Arturo et Nathan – sème les graines de sa nouvelle vie, loin des bouleversements de son époque : Guerre des Six-Jours, assassinat de Martin Luther King, chute de Salvador Allende... Jusqu'au jour où Lizzie, son amie d'enfance, revient à Sosúa dans des conditions douloureuses..." Attention, gros coup de cœur en trois tomes ! De longues heures de lecture instructive avec des personnages passionnants et émouvants. " Flair" A lire absolument. Vous ne le lâcherez pas ! " Librairie des Grands Chemins, Lisieux
Le Sourire contagieux des croissants au beurre
En apparence, Pierre Boulanger a une vie parfaite. Français installé à New York, il est l'un des plus grands chefs pâtissiers du monde, et les croissants qui ont fait son succès régalent le pays entier. Sans compter que le couple qu'il forme avec sa femme Kate affiche une perfection de magazine. Pierre a tout réussi. C'est du moins ce dont il est fermement convaincu jusqu'à ce matin d'hiver où sa trajectoire croise celle d'un marchand ambulant qui lui propose un gobelet de café à un million de dollars. Un café qui va bouleverser sa vie, ébranler ses certitudes jusqu'aux plus évidentes et dont l'arôme pourrait bien lui rappeler ce qu'il a oublié... L'essentiel.
Twisted Lies: the TikTok sensation! Fall into a world of addictive romance…: 4
Discover the addictive world of the Twisted series from TikTok sensation, Ana Huang!He'll do anything to have her . . . including lie.Charming, deadly and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman.He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can't deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him.She's the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can't solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can't refuse.Every monster has their weakness. She's his.His obsession. His addiction. His only exception.***Sweet, shy and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage.Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship. But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms - and house - of the most dangerous man she's ever met, she's tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time.Because despite Christian's cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she's with him.Passionate. Protected. Truly wanted.Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies . . . and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything.Twisted Lies is a steamy fake dating romance. It's the fourth and final book in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.Warning: The story contains explicit content, violence, profanity, and topics that may be sensitive to some readers. Please see inside the book for a detailed list.
Twisted Hate: TikTok made me buy it! Fall into a world of addictive romance…
Discover the addictive world of the Twisted series from TikTok sensation, Ana Huang!Read Twisted Hate now for a steamy enemies to lovers romance.He hates her . . . almost as much as he wants her.Gorgeous, cocky, and fast on his way to becoming a hotshot doctor, Josh Chen has never met a woman he couldn't charm - except for Jules f**king Ambrose.The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has.When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution that'll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules.No jealousy.No strings attached.And absolutely no falling in love.***Outgoing and ambitious, Jules Ambrose is a former party girl who's focused on one thing: passing the attorney's bar exam.The last thing she needs is to get involved with a doctor who puts the SUFFER in insufferable . . . no matter how good-looking he is.But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes there's more than meets the eye to the man she's hated for so long.Her best friend's brother.Her nemesis.And her only salvation.Theirs is a match made in hell, and when the demons from their past catch up with them, they're faced with truths that could either save them . . . or destroy everything they've worked for.Twisted Hate is a steamy enemies with benefits/enemies to lovers romance. It's book three in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.Warning: It contains explicit content and profanity. Recommended for 18+
The Last Devil To Die
Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club.An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing.As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close to home.With the body count rising, the package still missing and trouble firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out? And who will be the last devil to die?
Modern Classics Moon Tiger (Penguin Modern Classics)
Winner of the Booker Prize, Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger is the tale of a historian confronting her own, personal history, unearthing the passions and pains that have defined her life. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Anthony Thwaite. Claudia Hampton, a beautiful, famous writer, lies dying in hospital. But, as the nurses tend to her with quiet condescension, she is plotting her greatest work: 'a history of the world ... and in the process, my own'. Gradually she re-creates the rich mosaic of her life and times, conjuring up those she has known. There is Gordon, her adored brother: Jasper, the charming, untrustworthy lover and father of Lisa, her cool, conventional daughter: and Tom, her one great love, both found and lost in wartime Egypt. Penelope Lively's Booker Prize-winning novel weaves an exquisite mesh of memories, flashbacks and shifting voices, in a haunting story of loss and desire. Penelope Lively (b. 1933) was born in Cairo. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: once in 1977 for her first novel, The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 for According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. Her novels include Passing On, City of the Mind, Cleopatra's Sister and Heat Wave, and many are published by Penguin. If you enjoyed Moon Tiger, you might like L.P. Hartley's The Go-Between, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'It's a fine, intelligent piece of work, the kind that Leaves its traces in the air long after you've put it away' Anne Tyler 'Funny, thoughtful ... a perfect example of the Lively art' Mark Lawson, Independent
The Ghost Road (Regeneration)
The Ghost Road is the final instalment in Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy. WINNER OF THE 1995 BOOKER PRIZE. 1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his care - particularly Billy Prior, who is about to return to combat in France with young poet Wilfred Owen. As Rivers tries to make sense of what, if anything, he has done to help these injured men, Prior and Owen await the final battles in a war that has decimated a generation ... The Ghost Road is the Booker Prize-winning account of the devastating final months of the First World War. 'An extraordinary tour de force. I'm convinced that the trilogy will win recognition as one of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century British fiction' Jonathan Coe 'Powerful, deeply moving' Barry Unsworth, Sunday Times 'Harrowing, original, unforgettable' Independent 'A triumph' Sunday Times Other titles in the trilogy: Regeneration The Eye in the Door
A Spy in the House of Love
Beautiful, bored and bourgeoise, Sabina leads a double life inspired by her relentless desire for brief encounters with near-strangers. Fired into faithlessness by a desperate longing for sexual fulfilment, she weaves a sensual web of deceit across New York. But when the secrecy of her affairs becomes too much to bear, Sabina makes a late night phone-call to a stranger from a bar, and begins a confession that captivates the unknown man and soon inspires him to seek her out
A Grain of Wheat
Originally published in 1967, Ngugi's third novel is his best known and most ambitious work. "A Grain of Wheat" portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. As the action follows the village's arrangements for Uhuru (independence) Day. This is a novel of stories within stories, a narrative interwoven with myth as well as allusions to real-life leaders of the nationalist struggle, including Jomo Kenyatta. At the centre of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As events unfold, compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed and loves are tested.
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in his Labyrinth is the compelling tale of Simón Bolívar, a hero who has been forgotten and whose power is fading, retracing his steps down the Magdalena River by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.'It was the fourth time he had travelled along the Magdalena, and he could not escape the impression that he was retracing the steps of his life'At the age of forty-six General Simón Bolívar, who drove the Spanish from his lands and became the Liberator of South America, takes himself into exile. He makes a final journey down the Magdalene River, revisiting the cities along its shores, reliving the triumphs, passions and betrayals of his youth. Consumed by the memories of what he has done and what he failed to do, Bolívar hopes to see a way out of the labyrinth in which he has lived all his life. . ..'An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny' Sunday Telegraph'An imaginative writer of genius' Guardian'The most important writer of fiction in any language' Bill Clinton
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One of the world's most famous novels, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, blends the natural with the supernatural in one of the most magical reading experiences on earth.'Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice'Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and its miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book, and only Aureliano Buendía can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy and comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century.'Dazzling' The New York Times
Love In The Time Of Cholera
Pub Date: 2014-03-06 Pages: 368 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books UK Nobel prize winner and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garca Mrquez tells a tale of an unrequited love that outlasts all rivals in his masterpiece Love in the Time of Cholera It was inevitable:. the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited loveFifty-one years. nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Arizas impassioned advances and married Dr Juvenal Urbino instead. During that half-century. Flornetino has fallen into the arms of many delighted women. but has loved none but Fermina. Having sworn his eternal love to her. he lives for the day when he can court her again.When Ferminas husband is killed trying to retrieve his pet parrot from a mango tree. Florentino seizes his chance to declare his enduri...
TheInheritance of Loss by Desai, Kiran ( Author ) ON Jun-07-2007, Paperback
In the foothills of the Himalayas sits a once grand, now crumbling house - home to three people and a dog. There is the retired judge dreaming of colonial yesterdays: his orphaned granddaughter Sai who has fallen for her clever maths tutor: the cook, whose son Biju writes untruthful letters home from New York City: and Mutt, the judge's beloved dog. Around the house swirls mountain mist - but also the forces of revolution and change. For a new world is clashing with the old, and the future offers both hope and betrayal ...
Black Leopard, Red Wolf: Dark Star Trilogy Book 1
In the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child.Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard.Drawing from African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written an adventure that's also an ambitious, involving read. Defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters, Black Leopard, Red Wolf explores the fundamentals of truths, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.
Man & Superman (52) by Shaw, George Bernard [Paperback (2001)]
Exclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of Shaw’s volume of “unpleasant” plays, Widowers’ Houses, The Philanderer, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession—part of the official Bernard Shaw LibraryA Penguin ClassicWith Plays Unpleasant, Shaw issued a radical challenge to his audiences’ complacency and exposed social evils through his dramatization of the moral conflicts between youthful idealism and economic reality, promiscuity and marriage, and the duties of women to others and to themselves. His first play, Widowers’ Houses, depicts Harry Trench’s dilemma on learning that the inheritance of his fiancée comes from her father’s income as a slum landlord. In The Philanderer, charismatic Leonard Charteris proposes marriage to Grace, while he is still involved with the beautiful Julia Craven—who is not inclined to give him up so easily. And in Mrs. Warren's Profession, Vivie Warren is forced to reconsider her own future when she discovers that her mother's immoral earnings funded her genteel upbringing.This is the definitive text under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. This volume includes Shaw’s prefaces, cast lists from the first productions of the plays, and a list of his principal works.
