Linguae blog

“Truly Wildly Deeply”: sometimes love makes you do wild things…
Annie is starting college. She can’t wait. No more school, no more uniform, and no one telling her what to do. It’s the start of a new adventure and Annie’s not going to let anyone or anything get in the way […]

“The art of being normal”: a life-changing and life-saving book.
Two Outsiders. Two secrets.

David longs to be a girl.

Leo wants to be invisible.

When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny […]

“Stories for Boys who Dare to be Different”: true tales of amazing boys who changed the world without killing dragons.
Prince charming, dragon slayer, mischievous prankster… More often than not, these are the role-models boys encounter in the books they read at home and school. As a boy, there is an […]

“The Rosie Project”: a witty, entertaining fairytale for our time!
Meet Don Tillman. Don is getting married. He just doesn’t know who to yet. But he has designed a very detailed questionnaire to help him find the perfect woman. One thing he already knows, though, is that it’s not Rosie. Absolutely, […]

“The Time Traveler’s Wife”: an old-fashioned love story, a terrific book, startingly original!
A funny, often poignant tale of boy meets girl with a twist. What if one of them couldn’t stop slipping in and out of time? Highly original and imaginative, this debut novel raises questions about life, love, and the […]

“Ne dites pas à ma mère que je suis handicapée, elle me croit trapéziste dans un cirque”. Un manifeste de courage et d’humour.
És la història d’una noia que volia ser cantant de musical, o ballarina, o trapezista. Si, trapezista: volar allà dalt, admirada per tothom, àgil, maca amb un maillot […]

“Murder on the Orient Express”:  A classic Hercule Poirot mystery, now a major motion picture!
A train. A murder. Multiple suspects. Nearly an alibi for everyone. But wait, there’s a motive for everyone. How did this seemingly impossible murder occur? Hercule Poirot knows.

This title finds the Orient Express stopped in its […]

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower”: Chbosky captures adolescent angst, confusion and joy!
Charlie’s not the biggest geek in high school, but he’s by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent, yet socially awkward, Charlie is a wallflower. Standing on the threshold of his life whilst watching everyone live theirs. As Charlie […]

Les Tribulations d’une Caissière: un petit livre où on rit beaucoup et où on se retrouve!
« Tu vois, si tu ne travailles pas bien à l’école, tu finiras caissière comme la dame. » C’est dit. C’est pesé, emballé, étiqueté. Et pourtant.

Elle s’appelle Anna. Elle a vingt-huit ans, un diplôme universitaire […]

“The Girl in the Woods”: the new book by Camilla Lackberg, a masterclass in Scandinavian crime writing.
A missing child
When a four-year-old girl disappears in the woods just outside Fjällbacka, the community is horror-struck. Thirty years ago, a young girl went missing from the exact same spot, and was later discovered, […]

“La Disparition de Stephanie Mailer”: Quatrième livraison pour l’auteur de “Harry Québert” qui tient le souffle et la forme.
30 juillet 1994. Orphea, petite station balnéaire tranquille des Hamptons dans l’État de New York, est bouleversée par un effroyable fait divers. Le maire de la ville et sa famille sont assassinés chez […]

“Minute, Papillon”: un roman optimiste et un condensé de bonne humeur, dans le style d’Aurélie Valognes.
C’est l’histoire de Rose, 36 ans, mère célibataire. Une femme dévouée qui a toujours fait passer les besoins des autres avant les siens. Après avoir perdu son père et son emploi, la jeune femme apprend […]

“Greeks Bearing Gifts”: A Bernie Gunther thriller by his creator Philip Kerr, one of the gratest master story-tellers in English.
1957, Munich. Bernie Gunther’s latest move in a long string of varied careers sees him working for an insurance company. It makes a kind of sense. Both cops and insurance companies […]

“Adesso”: molto più di un romanzo d’amore. Un romanzo sorprendente sull’amore, firmato Chiara Gamberale.
Esiste un momento nella vita di ognuno di noi dopo il quale niente sarà più come prima. Quel momento è adesso. Arriva quando ci innamoriamo, come si innamorano Lidia e Pietro. Sempre in cerca di emozioni forti […]

The Order of Time: an enlightening and consoling book by the bestselling author Carlo Rovelli.
The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an enchanting, consoling journey to discover the meaning of time.

‘We are time, we are this space, this clearing opened by the traces of memory inside the […]

“Et Soudain la Liberté”: Un roman vrai écrit avec son éditrice, Caroline Laurent, raconte sa vie flamboyante.
Mona Desforêt a pour elle la grâce et la jeunesse des fées. En Indochine, elle attire tous les regards. Mais entre les camps japonais, les infamies, la montée du Viet Minh, le pays brûle. Avec […]

“The Secret Life of Cows” : A lovely, thoughtful little book about the intelligence of cows.
Cows can love, play games, bond and form strong, life-long friendships. They can sulk, hold grudges, and they have preferences and can be vain. All these characteristics and more have been observed, documented, interpreted and […]

“L’ordre du jour”: vainqueur du Prix Goncourt 2017 par la plume de Éric Vuillard.
Ils étaient vingt-quatre, près des arbres morts de la rive. Vingt-quatre pardessus noirs, marron ou cognac, vingt-quatre paires d’épaules rembourrées de laine. Vingt-quatre costumes trois pièces, et le même nombre de pantalons à pinces avec un large […]

“What’s the Time Maisy?”: A Maisy Fun-to Learn Book.
Each of the pages in this large-format book has a die-cut window that reveals a clock with real hands and cogs that works just like a real one. Maisy and the reader can follow the time as she goes about her daily […]

“Le Zèbre qui ne voulait pas aller à l’école”. Super histoire courte avec un petit peu d’humour à raconter le soir.
Un petit zèbre qui n’aimait pas aller à l’école fait l’école buissonnière. Un jour, il tombe nez à nez avec une panthère. Croquera-t-elle le zèbre ou bien réussira-t-elle à l’envoyer à […]

“Oi Frog”: this bestselling rhyming story will have the youngest of readers in fits of laughter.
Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools and gofers sit on sofas, but Frog does not want to sit on a log! Jam-packed with animals and silliness, this original rhyming story will […]

“L’amica geniale”: Un romanzo appassionante e coinvolgente.
L’amica geniale comincia seguendo le due protagoniste bambine, e poi adolescenti, tra le quinte di un rione miserabile della periferia napoletana. Tra una folla di personaggi minori accompagnati lungo il loro percorso con attenta assiduità.

L’autrice scava intanto nella natura complessa dell’amicizia tra due bambine, tra […]

“Little Story of Barça”: the story of a great hope. Astory to read, flip through, enjoy and to tell over and over again.
The story of Barça is the story of a great hope. The hope and dreams of a young Swiss man and his foreign and Catalan friends that lived […]

“Girls who Rocked the World”. Be inspired and empowered by this fun collection that shows girls really can rock the world!
Get ready to meet some incredible young women who made their mark on the world before turning twenty. And prove that when it comes to having an impact, there’s no such thing as too […]

“Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2”: This amazing book shows girls they can be anything they want!
100 new bedtime stories, each inspired by the life and adventures of extraordinary women. Rrom Nefertiti to Beyonce. The unique narrative style of “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” transforms each biography in […]

“Celle que vous croyez”: Un roman dur, drôle et dérangeant, qui ne laisse personne indifférent, signé par Camille Laurens.
Maître de conférence, divorcée, Claire Millecam, proche de la cinquantaine, a un amant, Jo. Volage. Pour pouvoir le surveiller, elle se crée un faux profil Facebook. Elle devient Claire Antanès, une jeune femme […]

“The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down”: How to be Calm in a Busy World. The Over three million copies sold bestseller by Haemin Sunim.
Is it the world that’s busy, or my mind?

The world moves fast, but that doesn’t mean we have to. Haemin Sunim is a […]

“Ce Mexicain qui venait du Japon et me parlait de l’Auvergne”. Une réjouissante satire du tourisme à l’ère de la mondialisation.
Ce roman est une invitation aux voyages. La table des matières nous ouvre un vaste horizon !
Ce récit rapporte , en 27 chapitres, les tribulations de Benjamin Lechevalier, qui aspire à […]

“The Cows”: an amazing book about choices and being yourself by Dawn O’Porter
Three women. A whole world of judgement.

Tara, Cam and Stella are very different women. Yet in a society that sets the agenda, there’s something about being a woman that ties invisibles bonds between us. When one extraordinary event […]

“Danser au bord de l’abîme” : Que risque-t-on quand on risque tout? Le nouveau roman de Grégoire Delacourt
Dans cette vaste maison blanche sur le golf de Bondues, non loin de Lille, vit Emma. Presque la quarantaine, jolie. Un mariage sérieux avec Olivier depuis 18 ans et 3 beaux enfants. Elle […]

“Aphrodite et Vielles Dentelles”: l’histoire torride de deux petites vieilles.
Les dos germanes Tilda i Elida Svensson, 79 i 72 anys, solteres, fan una vida tranquil·la i rutinària. Fan melmelada, van a l’església i son les deesses del ganxet. La seva casa vetusta no es gens còmoda, els lavabos estan al fons […]

“Il resto della settimana”: il romanzo di una storia appassionata di Maurizio de Giovanni

Il bar Novecento, di fronte allo stadio San Paolo, è un’istituzione. Un punto di riferimento dove passare intere giornate. Non solo per commentare le partite, né per il caffè di Mario, né per la bellezza di Paola, […]