Lionel: 449 books

La vie rêvée doit se révéler plus belle, plus exaltante que la vraie vie... Est-ce si sûr? Luc Esline est romancier et son projet est simple: faire des habitants de l'immeuble où il vient d'emménager les héros de son nouveau roman.Luc pense que, dans nos sociétés nanties, la plupart...

Détruit moralement, Luc, le narrateur tente de comprendre pourquoi la femme qu'il aimait l'a quitté sur ces mots : "Tu n'aimes pas la vie." La faute à qui ? A son père, le roi de la combine foireuse, des impayés et des huissiers. A sa mère, une mégère, une éternelle insatisfaite qui se plaisait à simuler la folie devant ses neuf gosses effarés.

Que fait un homme en découvrant que la femme de sa vie en aime un autre ? Que fait un homme en découvrant que la femme de sa vie en aime un autre ? L'intelligence et la raison voudraient qu'il s'efface avec élégance. Paul, lui, ne peut s'y résoudre : Il pourrait se lever et lui planter...

" –; Oh mon chéri, murmure-t-elle, tu me combles parfaitement. Pourquoi a-t-elle dit cela au moment justement où il allait s'effondrer ? " " S'il parvient à combler une femme dans l'état pitoyable où il était un instant plus tôt, c'est que le succès est à sa portée....

Je n’écoute pas l’officier. Je me souviens du chien de Gospić, de notre peur, du hurlement de Vladimir. Le chien avait voulu nous mordre. Plus tard, la dame de l’ancien restaurant nous avait offert du riz. « Mangez, avait-elle dit, ça va être froid. » Nous ne mangions pas, nous la regardions...

What follows are the intimate revelations made by alcoholics and drug addicts, who are currently ‘in recovery’, as defined by themselves, from decades of cognitive use and abuse of, licit and illicit, substances. The individuals were from every socio economic, educational, professional, and racial...

What is the significance of theatre and performance within Irish culture and history? How do we understand the impact and political potential of Irish theatre? This innovative survey of theatre in Ireland covers a range of drama and performance, from the 17th century to the present. Expanding...

Born into a prominent German Jewish banking family, Baron Max von Oppenheim (1860-1946) was a keen amateur archaeologist and ethnologist. His discovery and excavation of Tell Halaf in Syria marked an important contribution to knowledge of the ancient Middle East, while his massive study of the Bedouins...

Next to Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, no other place on Earth holds as much esoteric symbolism as France's Rennes le Ch'teau. Its location and design are the subjects of countless rumors, myths, and legends. Mysteries of Templar Treasure and the Holy Grail, formerly published as The Secrets of Rennes...

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

From Brokenness to Wholeness is the authors true life story of her journey from the depths of brokenness as a victim of abandonment, sexual abuse, adultery, and divorce to a new life of wholeness through the mercy and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Treasures of many kinds still lie hidden below crumbling castles and ruined monasteries; in macabre tombs; in subterranean labyrinths and sinister caverns. Many sunken treasures lie beneath the seas, oceans and lakes of the world. Vast stores of pirate gold are still hidden on many a real life treasure...

Elephants, terrorists, head-hunters, fireworks, food and liquor … you’ll find them all within these pages. This book consists of the collected memories and ramblings of a group of people who, as young men, left their homeland and ventured off to the exotic East. They may have been underpaid; they...

The global spread of English both reproduces and reinforces oppressive structures of inequality. But such structures can no longer be seen as imposed from an imperial center, as English is now actively adopted and appropriated in local contexts around the world. This book argues that such conditions...