Francois: 336 books

Stunning and intelligent Medieval detective adventure that infuses The Name of The Rose with The X-Files. PUBLICATION IN 5 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. As the first Millennium approaches, Middle Ages Europe is torn apart by violence and unrest. Ghoulish creatures prowl the land, strange lights are seen...

Growing up in Miami, Florida, Jerrell Pierre's life takes a terrible turn when the last of a string of robberies he takes part in doesn't go so well. When he is sent away for a while, Jerrell is faced with many obstacles and challenges. In order to survive, he must learn Patience, Timing, Discipline,...

First published in four volumes between 1532 and 1552, Rabelais' comic masterpiece chronicles the adventures of a giant, Gargantua, and his son, Pantagruel. More than four centuries later, the terms "gargantuan" and "Rabelaisian" are synonymous with earthy humor, a surfeit of...

Winner of the Prix France Culture/Télérama prize, The Class explores timely issues of race, class, identity, colonial history, immigration, and education, "suspend[ing] judgment and liberat[ing] the raw words of kids in a deconsecrated classroom" (Le Monde). The novel's eponymous film...

**Now a major motion picture starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer   The international bestseller with more than two million copies sold  ** “Once upon a time there was a young psychiatrist called Hector who was not very satisfied with himself. . . . And so...

The irresistible second installment in the beloved series that has sold millions of copies worldwide. Since his first captivating adventure in Hector and the Search for Happiness, Hector the young French psychiatrist has continued to explore the mysteries of the human soul. Having found that...

The delightful third book in the multimillion-copy internationally bestselling series Being up against the clock was a real problem for so many people, thought Hector. What could he possibly do to help them? First he tackled happiness. Then he took on love. And now Hector, our endearing...

À la recherche du partenaire idéal, une jeune femme de Gatineau use habilement de ses charmes afin d'envoûter ceux qu'elle considère comme les plus beaux spécimens. Mais, à la suite de la disparition de plusieurs hommes, l'inspecteur Lucien Grenier et la biologiste Gisèle Tremblay sont appelés...

In 1789, as the French Revolution shook Europe to the core, the new United States was struggling for survival in the face of financial insolvency and bitter political and regional divisions. When the United States Spoke French explores the republic’s formative years from the viewpoint of a distinguished...

This book analyzes the methods, effects, and mechanisms by which international relations reach the US citizen. Deftly dissecting the interrelationships of national identity formation, corporate ‘news and opinion’ dissemination, and the quasi-academic apparatus of war justification - focusing...

Iconic, groundbreaking interviews of Alfred Hitchcock by film critic François Truffaut—providing insight into the cinematic method, the history of film, and one of the greatest directors of all time. In Hitchcock, film critic François Truffaut presents fifty hours of interviews with Alfred...

Written by an immensely important musicologist, this rare 1860 monograph analyzes Nicolo Paganini's compositions and provides a fascinating history of the violin. Author François-Joseph Fétis was Paganini's close friend and well acquainted with many other Romantic composers and artists. Students...

Je vous devais, Messieurs, ce compte abrégé de l’ensemble d’idées qui m’a conduit à vous présenter un tableau détaillé de la vie et des travaux d’un membre de l’ancienne Académie des sciences. Des biographies qui suivront bientôt...

François ARAGO a choisi parmi huit associés étrangers de l’Académie des Sciences, de rendre hommage à trois d'entre eux: Alexandre Volta, James Watt, Thomas Young. Nous y avons ajouté l'Histoire de ma jeunesse par l'Auteur. Ce sont toutes des vies riches...