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Raymond Williams
Culture and Society – 1780-1950
En Anglais – Acknowledged as perhaps the masterpiece of materialist criticism in the English language, this omnibus ranges over British literary history from George Eliot to George Orwell to inquire about the complex ways economic reality shapes the imagination.
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The black country
En Anglais – When members of a prominent family disappear from a coal-mining village—and a human eyeball is discovered in a bird’s nest—the local constable sends for help from Scotland Yard’s new Murder Squad. Fresh off the grisly 1889 murders of The Yard, Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith respond, but they have no idea what they’re about to get into. The villagers have intense, intertwined histories. Everybody bears a secret. Superstitions abound. And the village itself is slowly sinking into the mines beneath it. Not even the arrival of forensics pioneer Dr. Bernard Kingsley seems to help. In fact, the more the three of them investigate, the more they realize they may never be allowed to leave . . . .
La cote sauvage
Après deux ans de service militaire, Olivier revient passer ses vacances dans la maison de famille bretonne, où l’attendent sa mère et ses deux sœurs. La plus jeune, Anne, à laquelle il est tendrement attaché depuis l’enfance, lui apprend qu’elle va épouser Pierre, le meilleur ami d’Olivier. Quand Pierre les rejoint en Bretagne, Olivier, sacrifiant leur amitié, va tenter d’empêcher le mariage ; il décourage sa sœur, inquiète et humilie Pierre. Pourquoi veut-il que sa sœur Anne reste auprès de lui ? Est-ce un amour qui n’ose pas dire son nom ? Olivier arrivera-t-il à changer comme la saison et à redécouvrir l’autre versant de sa vie ? Il est capable de tout, silencieusement, même de se tuer, et le paysage doux, de brume et de soleil voilé, ne sera peut-être plus que le cadre ultime de sa vie.
Il poeta
En italien – Jack McEvoy fa il reporter di nera. La morte è il suo mestiere. Ma questa volta la morte gli porta una storia che non avrebbe mai voluto scrivere e un mistero che vuole risolvere a tutti i costi. Là fuori, in agguato, c'è un serial killer astuto e feroce, un perverso assassino, un meticoloso discepolo del male. Le sue vittime sono tutte poliziotti, agenti della omicidi. E il suo biglietto da visita è un verso di Edgar Allan Poe. La sua vittima è stata il fratello di McEvoy e la sua prossima… potrebbe essere lui stesso.