Linguae blog

«La Cerise sur le Gâteau»: un agréable roman plus souvent tendre que feelgood, plus souvent interrogateur que facile et léger.
La vie est mal faite : à 35 ans, on n’a le temps de rien, à 65, on a du temps, mais encore faut-il savoir quoi en faire.
Bernard et Brigitte, couple solide […]

«Playlist: The Rebels and Revolutionaries of Sound». Presented in a bold, artsy, contemporary fashion, this collection of classical musicians will never seem the same to you again.
In a stunning and innovative performance, piano maestro James Rhodes introduces today’s readers to seven of the greatest composers of all time.

Bach. Mozart. Beethoven. Old […]

«Little Women». Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy don’t have a lot of money, but they are rich in love. Will that be enough to see the sisters through?
BabyLit Storybooks are a great way to introduce young readers to the classics, with easy to read storylines and bright illustrations. They are […]

«Bygone Badass Broads». If someone ever tells you that you «fight like a girl», you better believe that’s a damn compliment. These ladies were fierce.
Based on Mackenzi Lee’s popular weekly Twitter series of the same name. Bygone Badass Broads features 52 remarkable and forgotten trailblazing women. From all over the world.

With tales of […]

«Feminism: a graphic novel». A small but packed book about the history and theories of feminism. Perfect place to start for anyone who wants to start learning about it.
The term «feminism» came into English usage around the 1890s. But women’s conscious struggle to resist discrimination and sexist oppression goes back much […]

«Educated»: A monumental memoir that should be required reading for all. Tara Westover tells her story straight in her own words.
Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned […]

«I sette peccati di Hollywood». Un libro di facile e accattivante lettura per chi vuole conoscere il ‘dietro le quinte’ degli attori famosi di Hollywood.
È il 9 gennaio 1956 quando Oriana Fallaci, inviata de «L’Europeo», giunge per la prima volta a Hollywood per comprenderne i meccanismi nascosti. E raccontare senza […]

«Tools and Weapons»: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age. With a foreword by Bill Gates.
From Microsoft’s President and one of the tech industry’s wisest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk as the digitization of everything accelerates.

Microsoft President Brad Smith […]

«Boussole»: Un roman hanté par les crispations indentitaires et la tragédie humaine qui ravage la Syrie. Un auteur hors norme.
Insomniaque. Sous le choc d’un diagnostic médical alarmant. Franz Ritter, musicologue viennois, fuit sa longue nuit solitaire dans les souvenirs d’une vie de voyages, d’étude et d’émerveillements. Inventaire amoureux de l’incroyable […]

«The Cockroach»: Brilliant. In the era of Trump, Johnson and Brexit, McEwan’s latest book is a little satirical parody for our times.
That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature.

Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous […]

«Hippie»: Uma viagem ao passado que alimenta o espírito, onde a revolução cultural hippie, é o telão de fundo para a história.
Paulo é um jovem que quer ser escritor. Deixa crescer o cabelo e parte numa viagem pelo mundo em busca da liberdade. E do significado mais profundo da existência. Uma jornada […]

«Postscript»: Sensitive, pensive, and emotionally heart wrenching. The second part of «P.S. I love you» by Cecelia Ahern.
It’s been seven years since Holly Kennedy’s husband died. Six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new life.

She’s proud of all the ways in which […]

«Knife»: The phenomenal twelfth instalment in Jo Nesbo’s internationally bestselling crime fiction series.
HARRY HOLE IS ABOUT TO FACE HIS DARKEST CASE YET.

Harry is in a bad place. Rakel has left him, he’s working cold cases and notorious rapist and murderer Svein Finne is back on the streets.

THE FIRST KILLER HARRY PUT […]

«L’humanité en péril»: En lanceuse d’alerte engagée, Fred Vargas traite de l’urgence climatique dans un style on ne peut plus direct.
« Mais bon sang, comment vais-je me sortir de cette tâche insensée ? De cette idée de m’entretenir avec vous de l’avenir du monde vivant ? Alors que je sais très […]

«Frankissstein»: what happens when homo sapiens is no longer the smartest bein on the planet? Intelligent, inventive and…very funny!
In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love – against their better judgement – with Victor Stein. A celebrated professor leading the public debate around AI.

Meanwhile, Ron […]

«Le Lambeau»: récit d’une douceur bouleversante, dont la grâce littéraire et l’universalité ne cessent d’emporter le cœur des lecteurs.
Philippe Lançon, parce qu’il l’a vécue dans son corps et à la vue de celui de ses amis, victimes des balles terroristes, qu’il y met des mots, beaucoup de mots qui ne peuvent […]

«An American Marriage»: a story told with realistic dialogue, littered with metaphors and sprinked with wisdom.
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career.

But as […]

«Where the crawdads sing»: a powerful novel with memorable characters and a memorable story.
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark. The […]

«Ask again, yes»: How much can a family forgive? By Mary Beth Keane
A profoundly moving novel about two neighboring families in a suburban town. The bond between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades. The daily intimacies of marriage. And the power of forgiveness.

Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, two […]

«Tous les hommes n’habitent pas le monde de la même façon». Histoire d’une vie, c’est un des plus beaux livres de Jean-Paul Dubois.
Cela fait deux ans que Paul Hansen purge sa peine dans la prison provinciale de Montréal. Où il partage une cellule avec Horton, un Hells Angel incarcéré pour […]

«Me»: A brilliant biography of someone we all kind of feel like we know. It is well written and it doesn’t pull any punches about what Elton John’s life has been like.
In his only official autobiography, music icon Elton John writes about his extraordinary life. Which is also the subject of […]

«Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa». Silence in not the absence of sound: there is a sound called silence.
A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and his close friend, the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Haruki Murakami’s passion for music runs […]

«The Complete Novels of Jane Austen»: Complete and unabridged, this hardcover volume is magnificent, and a must-have for any «Janeite.»
Jane Austen revolutionized the literary romance. She uses it as a platform from which to address issues of gender politics and class consciousness among the British middle-class of the late eighteenth century. […]

Celebra amb nosaltres que estem de festa! Fa 4 anys que som aquí, 4 intensos i meravellosos anys, en els que vam aprendre i gaudir tant! Esteu tots convidats a la festa d’aniversari de Linguae, on podreu trobar activitats per petits i grans i gaudir de descomptes especials durant tot […]

Christmas storytelling and Happy Cooking! Un matí únic i divertit a la Llibreria Linguae per al nostre quart aniversari.
No et perdis la nostra festa d’aniversari! Hem preparat aquesta activitat divertida i única per gaudir d’un matí diferent!

Durant una hora i mitja llegirem i explicarem un conte de Nadal i després… […]

«The Atlas Cookbook»: A food adventure that explores four seasons across twenty countries and eighty recipes by Charlie Carrington. Easy, vibrant, creative and inspiring.
Across the world, each established cuisine has an underlying backbone. Vietnamese food without fish sauce? Israeli cuisine without tahini? No chance. And yet so many dishes and ingredients cross […]

«Greta’s Story»: The Schoolgirl who went on strike to save the planet. A story about hope, courage and determination. You are never too young to make a difference.
It’s 20 August 2018, late summer in Stockholm, and it feels incredibly hot in the city. The TV news reports rising temperatures, and […]

«The Art of Tatto»: A Tattoo Artist’s Inspirations, Design and Hard-Won Advice by artist Megan Massacre. A celebration of the modern art and lifestyle of creative tattooing.
attoo artist Megan Massacre presents a beautiful collection of her best work. With instructive how-to and inspiration for both professional tattoo artists as well […]

«Doctor Sleep»: Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever. The Shining.
Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) must save a very special 12-year-old girl from a tribe of murderous paranormals.

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless – mostly old, lots of polyester. And married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky 12-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal. Living off the «steam» that children with the «shining» produce when they are slowly tortured to death.

Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades. Desperate to shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him. And a job at a nursing home where his remnant «shining» power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying.
Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes «Doctor Sleep.»
Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone. And it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan’s own demons. And summons him to a battle for Abra’s soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted fans of The Shining. And it wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.

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«Olive, Again». How do you write a sequel to a Pulitzer Prize winning novel? It may never have even happened before. But Elizabeth Strout takes on the challenge and is triumphant.
#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge. A character who […]