«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 have a vested interest in […]
«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 lei, introverso e prigioniero del […]
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 connections between our neurons. We […]
«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 sa fille Lucie et son […]
«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 retold by Rosamund Young. Based […]
«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 ourlet.
Les ombres pénétrèrent le grand […]
«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 business.
Turn the hands and tell […]
«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 l’école ?
Patience, Mamie Poule va tout […]
«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 have young children in fits […]
«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 due ragazzine, tra due donne. […]
