09 Jan

La vie héroïque de Suzanne Spaak : Paris, 1940-1944 : l’audace d’une femme face à la barbarie nazie

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Product Description L'histoire bouleversante de Suzanne Spaak, héroïne méconnue de la Résistance et Juste parmi les nations.Voici une histoire de courage sans faille face au mal. Voici le drame haletant d'une femme qui a tout risqué pendant l'Occupation pour mettre à l'abri des centaines d'enfants juifs condamnés à la déportation. Suzanne Spaak, née en 1905 dans une famille de la haute bourgeoisie catholique belge, s'est installée à Paris en 1937 avec son mari, dramaturge à succès. Lorsque la guerre éclate, elle rejoint sans hésiter la Résistance et s'appuie sur sa fortune et son prestige social pour enrôler des complices dans la capitale occupée. Au nez et à la barbe des Allemands, Suzanne et d'autres femmes venues de plusieurs groupes de résistants juifs et chrétiens " kidnappent " des dizaines d'enfants pour les sauver des chambres à gaz. Suzanne paiera son immense volonté et son intrépidité : capturée par la Gestapo, elle sera exécutée peu avant la Libération. About the Author Anne Nelson enseigne à la Columbia School of International and Public Affairs. Elle est également l'auteure d'ouvrages historiques. Elle a reçu le Livingston Award du reportage international et une Bourse Guggenheim pour son travail sur la résistance allemande. La Vie héroïque de Suzanne Spaak a été finaliste du National Jewish Book Award.
12 Déc

The Last Man (Wordsworth Classics)

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The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Pamela Bickley, The Godolphin and Latymer School, formerly of Royal Holloway, University of London The Last Man is Mary Shelley's apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, the novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with her futuristic theme, Mary Shelley incorporates idealised portraits of Shelley and Byron, yet rejects Romanticism and its faith in art and nature. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was the only daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, author of Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and the radical philosopher William Godwin. Her mother died ten days after her birth and the young child was educated through contact with her father's intellectual circle and her own reading. She met Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1812: they eloped in July 1814. In the summer of 1816 she began her first and most famous novel, Frankenstein. Three of her children died in early infancy and in 1822 her husband was drowned. Mary returned to England with her surviving son and wrote novels, short stories and accounts of her travels: she was the first editor of P.B.Shelley's poetry and verse.
17 Déc

Interventions et thérapies brèves : 10 stratégies concrètes : crises et opportunités

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Si les thérapies brèves sont une méthode alternative aux approchestraditionnelles et permettent une solution rapide pour un certainnombre de troubles psychologiques, elles bouleversent toutefois larelation d'aide dans le domaine psychologique, médical etpsychiatrique mais aussi social. C'est pourquoi il est nécessaired'apporter au thérapeute un éclairage clinique approfondi luipermettant de mieux maîtriser toutes les dimensions de ces thérapies.Par leur approche très pragmatique de ces différentes situations, lesauteurs répondent ainsi aux questions que se posent les thérapeutessur des thèmes aussi variés que les troubles anxieux, la dépression,l'alcoolisme, l'utilisation de la thérapie brève sous contrainte dansun service fermé ou avec des patients psychotiques. Pour cettenouvelle édition, entièrement mise à jour et augmentée, l'accent estmis sur l'apport des thérapies brèves dans les troubles ducomportement alimentaires anorexie, boulimie, vomissements et dansl'arrêt du tabac. Un chapitre est par ailleurs consacré désormais à lathéorie du mimétisme et des neurones miroirs et son intérêt dans lamise en place des thérapies brèves.Au sommaire:Chapitre 1: Neurones miroirs, mimétisme et hypnose; Chapitre 2:Thérapies brèves et hypnose dans les troubles du comportementalimentaire; Chapitre 3: Un protocole hypnotique pour l'arrêt dutabac; Chapitre 4: Alcoologie: méthode et évaluation du modèlesolutionniste de Bruges; Chapitre 5: Les croyances qui angoissent etdépriment: comment les travailler...?; Chapitre 6: Schémasthérapeutiques des troubles anxieux: phobies, troubles obsessionnelscompulsifs,hypocondries, etc.; Chapitre 7: Hypnose et thérapiestratégique de la dépression majeure; Chapitre 8: Thérapies brèves enpsychiatrie de liaison et application au travail en réseau; Chapitre9: Thérapie systémique brève et psychose; Chapitre 10: Thérapiessystémiques brèves et contrainte psychiatrique, familiale, sociale,judiciaire...About the Authorest médecin thérapeute et formateur chargé de conférences à la Solvay Business School (SBS) de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) et à l'Université de Lille II.
12 Déc

Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain

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WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR NARRATIVE NONFICTION***THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY 'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND'***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'The real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced - accepting, not ignoring, the past' Gerard deGroot, The Times_____________________________________________________EMPIRE explains why there are millions of Britons living worldwide.EMPIRE explains Brexit and the feeling that we are exceptional.EMPIRE explains our distrust of cleverness.EMPIRE explains Britain's particular brand of racism.Strangely hidden from view, the British Empire remains a subject of both shame and glorification. In his bestselling book, Sathnam Sanghera shows how our imperial past is from how we live and think to the foundation of the NHS and even our response to the COVID-19 crisis.At a time of great division, when we are arguing about what it means to be British, Empireland is a groundbreaking revelation - a much-needed and enlightening portrait of contemporary British society, shining a light on everything that usually gets left unsaid._______________________________________________________' Empireland takes a perfectly-judged approach to its contentious but necessary subject' Jonathan Coe'I only wish this book has been around when I was at school' Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London'This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared history' James O'Brien
09 Jan

Girl, Forgotten

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The stunning new thriller from international No.1 bestseller Karin Slaughter, author of Pieces of Her , now a major Netflix series
A girl with a secret...
Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead.
A murder that remains a mystery...
Forty years later, Emily's murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that's about to change.
One final chance to uncover a killer...
Andrea Oliver arrives in town with a simple assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But her assignment is a cover. Because, in reality, Andrea is here to find justice for Emily - and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too...
A Sunday Times No.1 bestseller for w/c 20/05/2018, 23/06/2019, 28/06/2020, and 04/07/2021
'This thriller delivers. It's twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing' Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret
'This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read' Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal
'An effortlessly accomplished thriller' The Times
Karin Slaughter's book 'Girl, Forgotten' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 14-11-2022.
12 Déc

Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It

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Feel empowered with your finances and discover the route to economic equality in this astonishing dissection of the gender wealth gap'Uncovers the realities of money in the modern world' Stylist'This book will open your eyes' 5***** Reader Review'Goes beyond talks of glass ceilings and gender pay gaps' Dazed'Shocking and brilliant' 5***** Reader Review________Did you know?Nearly 70% of Britain's homeless are women.There are more men called Dave running the UK's top 100 companies than there are women altogether.Women outperform men educationally at every level from high school to PhD - but still get paid less.In this astonishing dissection of the gender wealth gap, financial journalist Annabelle Williams explains why so few women rank among the super-rich and why women are the majority of those in poverty.From the personal - feeling financially confident and liberated - to the political - demanding systemic support and representation - this ground-breaking exposé will empower your financial decisions and arm you with the knowledge needed to demand equality.________'It is refreshing to see Williams challenge well-worn sexist myths' i'Annabelle Williams uncovers the realities of money in the modern world, and what exactly we can do about the fact that women are poorer than men' Stylist'Goes beyond talks of glass ceilings and gender pay gaps to a more nuanced look at the institutional oppression faced by women on a daily basis' Dazed
09 Jan

Hera

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It’s all work and no play until the denizens of the underworld have had enough of the rain.

Goddess Hera Aarden lives in the underworld, enjoying her new life as the co-owner of the ButterNut Bakery. With her small side business of hand brewed potions, creams, and tinctures literally flying off the shelves, business is booming, which means Hera is too busy for much of a social life. But she’s lonely and the one-night stands she used to go for just aren’t scratching that annoying itch anymore.
The denizens of the underworld are fed up with the rainy season, so it’s time to shake things up, and the Goddess of Love and her toothy sidekick have just the thing to put the pep back in Hera’s step.
There should be nothing but clear skies and sunshine ahead now!

Augustine McKellen and his two brothers have been dreaming of their fated mates, yet none are brave enough to do anything about it until August gives in and ventures out, eventually stumbling across the new speed dating at the DeLux Cafe. Even if the term "speed dating" implies something fast and furious, which isn't really what he's after, August has to get his old school dragon booty out there or he will never find his mate.
Once he’s met the perfect woman for him, will she be able to accept his beastly side, scales and all?

Hera is book twenty in the Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld shared world series, filled with bold and beautiful goddesses, dashing gentleman dragon shifters, and more
09 Jan

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE

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In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.

In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his lime green Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed $8,000 his first year. Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion. In an age of startups, Nike is the ne plus ultra of all startups, and the swoosh has become a revolutionary, globe-spanning icon, one of the most ubiquitous and recognizable symbols in the world today.

But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, in a memoir that is candid, humble, gutsy, and wry, he tells his story, beginning with his crossroads moment. At 24, after backpacking around the world, he decided to take the unconventional path, to start his own business—a business that would be dynamic, different.

Knight details the many risks and daunting setbacks that stood between him and his dream—along with his early triumphs. Above all, he recalls the formative relationships with his first partners and employees, a ragtag group of misfits and seekers who became a tight-knit band of brothers. Together, harnessing the transcendent power of a shared mission, and a deep belief in the spirit of sport, they built a brand that changed everything.
12 Déc

Educated

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Tara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, watching for the sun to darken, for the moon to drip as if with blood. She spent her summers bottling peaches and her winters rotating emergency supplies, hoping that when the World of Men failed, her family would continue on, unaffected.She hadn’t been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she’d never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn’t believe in doctors or hospitals. According to the state and federal government, she didn’t exist.As she grew older, her father became more radical, and her brother, more violent. At sixteen Tara decided to educate herself. Her struggle for knowledge would take her far from her Idaho mountains, over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she’d travelled too far. If there was still a way home.EDUCATED is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty, and of the grief that comes with the severing of the closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, from her singular experience Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes, and the will to change it.
12 Déc

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius

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'No role is so well suited to philosophy as the one you happen to be in right now.' - Marcus AureliusThe Stoics' unique blend of practicality and wisdom has been inspiring the most successful among us for centuries, from Roman Emperors to Barack Obama, and most recently via Ryan Holiday's bestselling The Obstacle is the Way. If that book introduced readers to the idea that what is in the way is the way, The Daily Stoic widens our view on the Stoic philosophy and shows that it can be applied to any problem.From how to manage failure to getting what you want, the ideas of Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius and others continue to be vitally relevant to today's doers and thinkers. Here, in bold new translations of the ancient classics, language is stripped down to reveal powerful aphorisms that cut straight to the heart of our day-to-day challenges.Presented in a page-per-day format, this daily resource of Stoic inspiration combines quotations with calls to further reflection - and action. Arranged topically, this guide features twelve principles for overcoming obstacles and achieving greater satisfaction. It introduces readers to a new daily ritual and new orientation that will bring them balanced action, insight, effectiveness, and serenity.Author BiographyRyan Holiday is the bestselling author of Growth Hacker Marketing, The Obstacle is the Way and Ego is the Enemy. His books have been translated into 17 languages and his writing has appeared everywhere from the Columbia Journalism Review to Fast Company.Stephen Hanselman has worked for over three decades in publishing as a bookseller, publisher and literary agent. He received a Master's degree at Harvard Divinity School, while also studying at Harvard's philosophy department. - The Daily Stoic