Caitlin Thomas
Leftover life to kill
En anglais – One of the most daring and uninhibited confessions ever written – a candid self-searching story by the widow of the poet Dylan Thomas
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Man vs Beast
En Anglais – CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions to spy on terrorists and international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug entire houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous job. For their safety, these agents DO NOT EXIST. Mainstream animal protection groups have always stayed within the law, but a new band of radical liberationists argues that if humans and animals are equal, then it's right to kill or threaten one human in order to save the lives of many animals. In a new mission, James and the other CHERUB agents must go up against the most radical group yet in a daring and violent attempt to save hundreds of lives… including their own.
Le sortilège malais
Le Sortilège malais est un recueil de six nouvelles de William Somerset Maugham publié en 1926. « Faut-il laisser les bouquins de Somerset Maugham dans les bibliothèques de nos grand-mères entre Daphné Du Maurier et Agatha Christie ? Témoins de la défense : Graham Greene, tôt persuadé de son génie, Virginia Woolf et Cyril Connolly qui s'étonnait de l'accueil sévère de la critique compte tenu du plaisir sans mélange qu'on prend à le lire. Osons goûter les histoires surannées de ce disciple affiché de Maupassant et de Jules Renard, de ce conteur caustique qui avouait n'avoir jamais été patient à l'égard des écrivains qui exigent un effort pour percer leurs intentions. »
En anglais – Edward Kim raconte, grâce à de superbes photos, l'exceptionnelle croissance économique de la Corée du Sud.
Adam Runaway
En Anglais – « It is 1721 and young Adam Hanaway, devastated by his father’s sudden death, leaves England to seek his fortune in Lisbon, where his uncle is a successful merchant. But almost nothing turns out as Adam planned. His family’s welcome is cool, and Adam’s rise to the top is thwarted by Bartolomeu Gomes, his uncle’s treacherous clerk. » « As Adam attempts to overcome these obstacles he is handicapped by a certain personal trait. Not, he insists, that he is a coward exactly, but he is inclined to boldly put himself in dangerous situations and then at the last minute run away from them – hence the nickname given to him by friends who had observed this failing once too often. » « While Adam’s mother and sisters wait in England for him to rescue them from poverty, Adam is preoccupied with more compelling women: the beautiful, older half-Portuguese lady Maria Beatriz Hutchinson; the spoiled, rich Gabriella Lowther; and his charming young cousin Nancy. But Adam commits a social faux pas so severe he forever ruins his chances for making a good match – yet no one dares tell him what he has done wrong! » « Adam certainly has a lot to learn. …