Alain: 2045 books

Les mémoires d'un précurseur...Je ne recherche ni les dignités ni les honneurs, et, désirant n’être qu’un marin et rien de plus, j’ai pour seule ambition celle de mériter le surnom de Kim, ami de tout le monde.Cet ouvrage retrace la vie exceptionnelle d'Alain Gerbault et met en lumière son...

O escritor Marcel Proust (1871-1922), autor do monumental Em busca do tempo perdido, não parece o melhor conselheiro sobre a arte do bem viver. Asmático, dominado pela mãe, incapaz de manter um emprego, com frequência preso à cama graças às mais variadas moléstias, rejeitado pelos editores,...

The renowned French philosopher’s “ode to love’s power to unite in the face of eternity, and its optimism in the face of pain” (Publishers Weekly). In a world rife with consumerism, where online dating promises risk-free romance and love is all too often seen as a mere variant of desire...

What Is a People? seeks to reclaim "people" as an effective political concept by revisiting its uses and abuses over time. Alain Badiou surveys the idea of a people as a productive force of solidarity and emancipation and as a negative tool of categorization and suppression. Pierre Bourdieu...

THE SCHOOL OF LIFE IS DEDICATED TO EXPLORING LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS IN HIGHLY-PORTABLE PAPERBACKS, FEATURING FRENCH FLAPS AND DECKLE EDGES, THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS "DAMNABLY CUTE." WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT WE WILL DIRECT YOU TOWARDS A VARIETY OF USEFUL IDEAS THAT ARE GUARANTEED...

The secret to living... truly living and not just existing starts with us. We are what we eat....if we want optimum health, body and mind. It is a choice. Despite the steady growth of healthcare professions, we, as a society continue to become more ill due to over processed and bioengineered foods yet the answer is so simple. So basic. The answers are given in this book by Chef Alain Braux.

Alain F. Corcos was raised by a family of nonbelievers. When he grew up and pursued a career in science, he encountered nothing to challenge his lack of faith. In fact, he would have considered his atheism completely unremarkable if not for the reactions he confronted again and again:- How can...

What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton’s inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false—but...

Les survivants de l'espèce humaine, entre angoisse et espoir... Deyann, Gabriel, Ben et Léa font partie des jeunes humains qui doivent repeupler la Terre, la population ayant été entièrement décimée par les Drachs il y a 400 ans. Ils ont grandi sous terre, élevés dans une ruche par...

Vers la reconquête de la terre... Deyann, Gabriel, Ben et Léa font partie des jeunes humains qui doivent repeupler la planète, la population ayant été entièrement décimée par les Drachs il y a 400 ans. Ils ont grandi sous terre, élevés dans une ruche par une intelligence artificielle,...

All human beings, says an African legend, have an animal double. Some doubles are benign, others wicked. This legend comes to life in Alain Mabanckou’s outlandish, surreal, and charmingly nonchalant Memoirs of a Porcupine. When Kibandi, a boy living in a Congolese village, reaches the age of 11,...

Alain Peyrefitte a pu mener jusqu'au terme sa tâche de mémorialiste du général de Gaulle. Il y tenait d'autant plus qu'il fut, dans ces trois années 1966-1968, personnellement impliqué. De Gaulle et Peyrefitte ont trébuché ensemble sur Mai 68 - le ministre d'une Education nationale en folie,...

" Le Printemps de Pékin " de 1989 marque une brutale rupture: l'histoire de la Chine a paru alors aux Occidentaux prendre un tour odieux que peu d'entre eux imaginaient. Pourtant, comment ne pas repérer dans cette tragédie-là tous les ingrédients d'une constante tragédie chinoise?...

Ian Flix et ses amis pirates ont enfin mis le cap vers la légendaire île aux Treize Os, dans l'espoir d'y trouver son fameux trésor, mais leur quête est semée d'embûches. La ligue des pirates est une série de romans Fantasy-humour racontant les aventures insolites d’un groupe de pirates...