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The three christs of Ypsilanti / Milton Rokeach / New York Review Books (2011)
Titre : The three christs of Ypsilanti Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Milton Rokeach, Auteur Editeur : New York Review Books, 2011 ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-59017-384-8 Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) Résumé : On July 1, 1959, at Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, the social psychologist Milton Rokeach brought together three paranoid schizophrenics: Clyde Benson, an elderly farmer and alcoholic; Joseph Cassel, a failed writer who was institutionalized after increasingly violent behavior toward his family; and Leon Gabor, a college dropout and veteran of World War II.
The men had one thing in common: each believed himself to be Jesus Christ. Their extraordinary meeting and the two years they spent in one another’s company serves as the basis for an investigation into the nature of human identity, belief, and delusion that is poignant, amusing, and at times disturbing. Displaying the sympathy and subtlety of a gifted novelist, Rokeach draws us into the lives of three troubled and profoundly different men who find themselves “confronted with the ultimate contradiction conceivable for human beings: more than one person claiming the same identity.”The three christs of Ypsilanti [texte imprimé] / Milton Rokeach, Auteur . - New York Review Books, 2011.
ISBN : 978-1-59017-384-8
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : On July 1, 1959, at Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, the social psychologist Milton Rokeach brought together three paranoid schizophrenics: Clyde Benson, an elderly farmer and alcoholic; Joseph Cassel, a failed writer who was institutionalized after increasingly violent behavior toward his family; and Leon Gabor, a college dropout and veteran of World War II.
The men had one thing in common: each believed himself to be Jesus Christ. Their extraordinary meeting and the two years they spent in one another’s company serves as the basis for an investigation into the nature of human identity, belief, and delusion that is poignant, amusing, and at times disturbing. Displaying the sympathy and subtlety of a gifted novelist, Rokeach draws us into the lives of three troubled and profoundly different men who find themselves “confronted with the ultimate contradiction conceivable for human beings: more than one person claiming the same identity.”Réservation
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 010400 ANG ROK Livre CDI Fictions Langue étrangère Disponible Tides of war / Stella Tillyard / Chatto & Windus (2011)
Titre : Tides of war : A novel of the peninsular war Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Stella Tillyard, Auteur Editeur : Chatto & Windus, 2011 Importance : 375 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-7011-8318-9 Note générale : Don : librairie Galignani Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : Newly-wed Harriet stands poised on the threshold of the adult world. Her husband, James, is setting off to join the Duke of Wellington's troops in Spain and left alone in London, Harriet is taken under the wing of Lady Wellington. While Harriet plunges into a new life of freedom at home, James faces the bloody reality of the battlefield.
As war rages abroad and England stands on the brink of change, Harriet and James face hope and heartache in equal measure. From the mantillas and palms of Seville to the gas lamps of foggy London, Tides of War returns us to the vivid, lost world of the past.Tides of war : A novel of the peninsular war [texte imprimé] / Stella Tillyard, Auteur . - Chatto & Windus, 2011 . - 375 p.
ISBN : 978-0-7011-8318-9
Don : librairie Galignani
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : Newly-wed Harriet stands poised on the threshold of the adult world. Her husband, James, is setting off to join the Duke of Wellington's troops in Spain and left alone in London, Harriet is taken under the wing of Lady Wellington. While Harriet plunges into a new life of freedom at home, James faces the bloody reality of the battlefield.
As war rages abroad and England stands on the brink of change, Harriet and James face hope and heartache in equal measure. From the mantillas and palms of Seville to the gas lamps of foggy London, Tides of War returns us to the vivid, lost world of the past.Réservation
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 010013 AN TIL Livre CDI Fictions Langue étrangère Disponible Untold story / Monica Ali / Doubleday (2011)
Titre : Untold story Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Monica Ali, Auteur Editeur : Doubleday, 2011 Importance : 345 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-385-61459-7 Note générale : Don : librairie Galignani Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : When Princess Diana died in Paris's Alma tunnel, she was 37 years old. Had she lived, she would turn 50 on July 1, 2011. Who would the beloved icon be if she were alive today? What would she be doing? And where? One of the most versatile and bold writers of our time, Monica Ali has imagined a different fate for Diana in her spectacular new novel, Untold Story.
Diana's life and marriage were both fairytale and nightmare rolled into one. Adored by millions, she suffered rejection, heartbreak, and betrayal. Surrounded by glamour and glitz and the constant attention of the press, she fought to carve a meaningful role for herself in helping the needy and dispossessed. The contradictions and pressures of her situation fueled her increasingly reckless behavior, but her stature and her connection with her public never ceased to grow. If Diana had lived, would she ever have found peace and happiness, or would the curse of fame always have been too great?
Fast forward a decade after the (averted) Paris tragedy, and an Englishwoman named Lydia is living in a small, nondescript town somewhere in the American Midwest. She has a circle of friends: one owns a dress shop; one is a Realtor; another is a frenzied stay-at-home mom. Lydia volunteers at an animal shelter, and swims a lot. Her lover, who adores her, feels she won't let him know her. Who is she?
Untold Story is about the cost of celebrity, the meaning of identity, and the possibility - or impossibility - of reinventing a life. Ali's fictional princess is beautiful, intrepid, and resourceful, and has established a fragile peace. And then the past threatens to destroy her new life. Ali has created a riveting novel inspired by the cultural icon she calls "a gorgeous bundle of trouble."Untold story [texte imprimé] / Monica Ali, Auteur . - Doubleday, 2011 . - 345 p.
ISBN : 978-0-385-61459-7
Don : librairie Galignani
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : When Princess Diana died in Paris's Alma tunnel, she was 37 years old. Had she lived, she would turn 50 on July 1, 2011. Who would the beloved icon be if she were alive today? What would she be doing? And where? One of the most versatile and bold writers of our time, Monica Ali has imagined a different fate for Diana in her spectacular new novel, Untold Story.
Diana's life and marriage were both fairytale and nightmare rolled into one. Adored by millions, she suffered rejection, heartbreak, and betrayal. Surrounded by glamour and glitz and the constant attention of the press, she fought to carve a meaningful role for herself in helping the needy and dispossessed. The contradictions and pressures of her situation fueled her increasingly reckless behavior, but her stature and her connection with her public never ceased to grow. If Diana had lived, would she ever have found peace and happiness, or would the curse of fame always have been too great?
Fast forward a decade after the (averted) Paris tragedy, and an Englishwoman named Lydia is living in a small, nondescript town somewhere in the American Midwest. She has a circle of friends: one owns a dress shop; one is a Realtor; another is a frenzied stay-at-home mom. Lydia volunteers at an animal shelter, and swims a lot. Her lover, who adores her, feels she won't let him know her. Who is she?
Untold Story is about the cost of celebrity, the meaning of identity, and the possibility - or impossibility - of reinventing a life. Ali's fictional princess is beautiful, intrepid, and resourceful, and has established a fragile peace. And then the past threatens to destroy her new life. Ali has created a riveting novel inspired by the cultural icon she calls "a gorgeous bundle of trouble."Réservation
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 010017 AN ALI Livre CDI Fictions Langue étrangère Disponible Un viejo que leia novelas de amor / Luis Sepulveda / Barcelona : Tusquets (DL 2010)
Titre : Un viejo que leia novelas de amor Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Luis Sepulveda, Auteur Editeur : Barcelona : Tusquets, DL 2010 Collection : Maxi num. 013/1 Importance : 1 vol. (135 p.) Présentation : couv. ill. en coul Format : 19 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-84-8383-530-2 Prix : 6,95 [xe2][x82][xac] Langues : Espagnol (spa) Mots-clés : NL-02.2014 Résumé : La 4e de couv. indique : "Antonio José Bolivar ProaÄno vive en El Idilio, un pueblo remoto en la region amazonica de los indios shuar; con ellos aprendio a conocer la selva y a respetar a los animales y los indigenas que la pueblan, pero también a cazar el temible tigrillo. Un dia decidio leer con pasion las novelas de amor que dos veces al aÄno le lleva el dentista Rubicundo Loachamin. Con ellas se aleja de la estupidez de sos forasteros que creen dominar la selva porque van armados pero que no saben como enfrentarse a una fiera enloquecida: de eso se ocupara el Bolivar ProaÄno." Un viejo que leia novelas de amor [texte imprimé] / Luis Sepulveda, Auteur . - Barcelona : Tusquets, DL 2010 . - 1 vol. (135 p.) : couv. ill. en coul ; 19 cm. - (Maxi; 013/1) .
ISBN : 978-84-8383-530-2 : 6,95 [xe2][x82][xac]
Langues : Espagnol (spa)
Mots-clés : NL-02.2014 Résumé : La 4e de couv. indique : "Antonio José Bolivar ProaÄno vive en El Idilio, un pueblo remoto en la region amazonica de los indios shuar; con ellos aprendio a conocer la selva y a respetar a los animales y los indigenas que la pueblan, pero también a cazar el temible tigrillo. Un dia decidio leer con pasion las novelas de amor que dos veces al aÄno le lleva el dentista Rubicundo Loachamin. Con ellas se aleja de la estupidez de sos forasteros que creen dominar la selva porque van armados pero que no saben como enfrentarse a una fiera enloquecida: de eso se ocupara el Bolivar ProaÄno." Réservation
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 010225 ESP SEP Livre CDI Fictions Langue étrangère Disponible A winter on the Nile / Anthony Sattin / Hutchinson (2010)
Titre : A winter on the Nile Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Anthony Sattin, Auteur Editeur : Hutchinson, 2010 Importance : 291 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-09-192606-9 Note générale : Don : librairie Galignani Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : In the winter of 1849, Florence Nightingale was an unknown 29-year-old - beautiful, well-born and deeply unhappy. After clashing with her parents over her refusal to marry, she had been offered a lifeline by family friends who suggested a trip to Egypt, a country which she had always longed to visit.
By an extraordinary coincidence, taking the same boat from Alexandria was an unpublished French writer, Gustave Flaubert. Like Nightingale, he was at the crossroads in his life that was to lead to future
acclaim and literary triumph. Egypt for him represented escape and freedom as well as inspiration.
But as a wealthy young man travelling with male friends, he had access to an altogether different Egpyt: where Nightingale sought out temples and dispensaries, Flaubert visited brothels and harems.
In this beguiling book, Anthony Sattin takes a key moment in the lives of two extraordinary figures on the brink of international fame, and provides a fascinating insight into the early days of travel to one of
the greatest tourist destinations on the planet.A winter on the Nile [texte imprimé] / Anthony Sattin, Auteur . - Hutchinson, 2010 . - 291 p.
ISBN : 978-0-09-192606-9
Don : librairie Galignani
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : In the winter of 1849, Florence Nightingale was an unknown 29-year-old - beautiful, well-born and deeply unhappy. After clashing with her parents over her refusal to marry, she had been offered a lifeline by family friends who suggested a trip to Egypt, a country which she had always longed to visit.
By an extraordinary coincidence, taking the same boat from Alexandria was an unpublished French writer, Gustave Flaubert. Like Nightingale, he was at the crossroads in his life that was to lead to future
acclaim and literary triumph. Egypt for him represented escape and freedom as well as inspiration.
But as a wealthy young man travelling with male friends, he had access to an altogether different Egpyt: where Nightingale sought out temples and dispensaries, Flaubert visited brothels and harems.
In this beguiling book, Anthony Sattin takes a key moment in the lives of two extraordinary figures on the brink of international fame, and provides a fascinating insight into the early days of travel to one of
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 010014 AN SAT Livre CDI Fictions Langue étrangère Disponible Wish you were here / Graham Swift / PICADOR (2011)
Titre : Wish you were here Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Graham Swift, Auteur Editeur : PICADOR, 2011 Importance : 353 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-330-53583-0 Note générale : Don : librairie Galignani Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : On an autumn day in 2006, on the Isle of Wight, Jack Luxton – former Devon farmer, now proprietor of a seaside caravan park – receives the news that his brother Tom, not seen for years, has been killed in Iraq.
For Jack and his wife Ellie this will have a potentially catastrophic impact and compel Jack to make a crucial journey: to receive his brother’s remains, but also to return to the land of his past and confront his most secret, troubling memories.Wish you were here [texte imprimé] / Graham Swift, Auteur . - PICADOR, 2011 . - 353 p.
ISBN : 978-0-330-53583-0
Don : librairie Galignani
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : On an autumn day in 2006, on the Isle of Wight, Jack Luxton – former Devon farmer, now proprietor of a seaside caravan park – receives the news that his brother Tom, not seen for years, has been killed in Iraq.
For Jack and his wife Ellie this will have a potentially catastrophic impact and compel Jack to make a crucial journey: to receive his brother’s remains, but also to return to the land of his past and confront his most secret, troubling memories.Réservation
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 010015 AN SWI Livre CDI Fictions Langue étrangère Disponible 010407 ANG SWI Livre CDI Fictions Langue étrangère Disponible Young Henry / Robert Hutchinson / Weidenfeld & Nicolson (2011)
Titre : Young Henry : The rise to power of Hennry VIII Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Robert Hutchinson, Auteur Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2011 Importance : 356 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-297-85952-9 Note générale : Don : librairie Galignani Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : Henry became the unexpected heir to the precarious Tudor throne in 1502, after his elder brother Arthur died. He also inherited both his brother's wardrobe and his wife, the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon. He became king in April 1509 with many personality traits inherited from his father - the love of magnificence, the rituals of kingship, the excitement of hunting and gambling and the construction of grand new palaces.
After those early glory days of feasting, fun and frolic, the continuing lack of a male Tudor heir runs like a thin line of poison through Henry's reign. After he fell in love with Anne Boleyn, he gambled everything on her providing him with a son and heir. From that day forward everything changed.
Based on contemporary accounts, Young Henry provides a compelling vision of the splendours, intrigues and tragedies of the royal court, presided over by the ruthless and insecure Henry VIII. With his customary scholarship and narrative verve, Robert Hutchinson provides fresh insights into what drove England's most famous monarch, and how this happy, playful Renaissance prince was transformed into the tyrant of his later years.Young Henry : The rise to power of Hennry VIII [texte imprimé] / Robert Hutchinson, Auteur . - Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2011 . - 356 p.
ISBN : 978-0-297-85952-9
Don : librairie Galignani
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : Henry became the unexpected heir to the precarious Tudor throne in 1502, after his elder brother Arthur died. He also inherited both his brother's wardrobe and his wife, the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon. He became king in April 1509 with many personality traits inherited from his father - the love of magnificence, the rituals of kingship, the excitement of hunting and gambling and the construction of grand new palaces.
After those early glory days of feasting, fun and frolic, the continuing lack of a male Tudor heir runs like a thin line of poison through Henry's reign. After he fell in love with Anne Boleyn, he gambled everything on her providing him with a son and heir. From that day forward everything changed.
Based on contemporary accounts, Young Henry provides a compelling vision of the splendours, intrigues and tragedies of the royal court, presided over by the ruthless and insecure Henry VIII. With his customary scholarship and narrative verve, Robert Hutchinson provides fresh insights into what drove England's most famous monarch, and how this happy, playful Renaissance prince was transformed into the tyrant of his later years.Réservation
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 010020 AN HUT Livre CDI Fictions Langue étrangère Disponible Zeitoun / Dave Eggers / Cologne : Kiepenheuer & Witsch (2011)
Titre : Zeitoun Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Dave Eggers, Auteur Editeur : Cologne : Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2011 Importance : 366 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-3-462-04419-5 Langues : Allemand (ger) Résumé : ›Zeitoun‹ gehört zum Interessan testen, Packendsten und Aufregendsten, das man gerade lesen kann.« FAZ
Dave Eggers erzählt in seiner vielfach ausgezeichneten literarischen Reportage die Geschichte der amerikanisch-syrischen FamilieZeitoun, die nach dem Hurrikan Katrina unschuldig ins Visier der amerikanischen Terrorismusfahnder gerät. Nachdem Hurrikan Katrina im August 2005 New Orleans verwüstet hat, schickt der Familienvater Abdulrahman Zeitoun seine Frau und die vier Kinder nach Arizona und bleibt selbst in der Stadt. Mit seinem Kanu fährt er durch die überfluteten Straßen und hilft, wo er kann – bis er am 6. September ohne Angabe von Gründen verhaftet und unter unmenschlichen Bedingungen festgehalten wird. Erst nach langen Wochen erreicht die Familie ein Lebenszeichen, und sie beginnt, um Zeitouns Freilassung zu kämpfen.Zeitoun [texte imprimé] / Dave Eggers, Auteur . - Cologne : Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2011 . - 366 p.
ISBN : 978-3-462-04419-5
Langues : Allemand (ger)
Résumé : ›Zeitoun‹ gehört zum Interessan testen, Packendsten und Aufregendsten, das man gerade lesen kann.« FAZ
Dave Eggers erzählt in seiner vielfach ausgezeichneten literarischen Reportage die Geschichte der amerikanisch-syrischen FamilieZeitoun, die nach dem Hurrikan Katrina unschuldig ins Visier der amerikanischen Terrorismusfahnder gerät. Nachdem Hurrikan Katrina im August 2005 New Orleans verwüstet hat, schickt der Familienvater Abdulrahman Zeitoun seine Frau und die vier Kinder nach Arizona und bleibt selbst in der Stadt. Mit seinem Kanu fährt er durch die überfluteten Straßen und hilft, wo er kann – bis er am 6. September ohne Angabe von Gründen verhaftet und unter unmenschlichen Bedingungen festgehalten wird. Erst nach langen Wochen erreicht die Familie ein Lebenszeichen, und sie beginnt, um Zeitouns Freilassung zu kämpfen.Réservation
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 010035 AL EGG Livre CDI Fictions Langue étrangère Disponible Rise of the Empress, 1. Forest of a thousand lanterns / Julie C. DAO / New York [Etats-Unis] : Speak (2017)
Titre de série : Rise of the Empress, 1 Titre : Forest of a thousand lanterns Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Julie C. DAO, Auteur Editeur : New York [Etats-Unis] : Speak, 2017 ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-5247-3831-0 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Asie pouvoir mal obscurité reine réécriture Résumé : An East Asian fantasy reimagining of The Evil Queen legend about one peasant girl's quest to become Empress--and the darkness she must unleash to achieve her destiny.
Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is beautiful. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. But only if she embraces the darkness within her. Growing up as a peasant in a forgotten village on the edge of the map, Xifeng longs to fulfill the destiny promised to her by her cruel aunt, the witch Guma, who has read the cards and seen glimmers of Xifeng's majestic future. But is the price of the throne too high?
Because in order to achieve greatness, she must spurn the young man who loves her and exploit the callous magic that runs through her veins--sorcery fueled by eating the hearts of the recently killed. For the god who has sent her on this journey will not be satisfied until his power is absolute.Nature du document : fiction Thème de fiction : Heroic fantasy Genre : fantasy Rise of the Empress, 1. Forest of a thousand lanterns [texte imprimé] / Julie C. DAO, Auteur . - New York [Etats-Unis] : Speak, 2017.
ISBN : 978-1-5247-3831-0
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Asie pouvoir mal obscurité reine réécriture Résumé : An East Asian fantasy reimagining of The Evil Queen legend about one peasant girl's quest to become Empress--and the darkness she must unleash to achieve her destiny.
Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is beautiful. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. But only if she embraces the darkness within her. Growing up as a peasant in a forgotten village on the edge of the map, Xifeng longs to fulfill the destiny promised to her by her cruel aunt, the witch Guma, who has read the cards and seen glimmers of Xifeng's majestic future. But is the price of the throne too high?
Because in order to achieve greatness, she must spurn the young man who loves her and exploit the callous magic that runs through her veins--sorcery fueled by eating the hearts of the recently killed. For the god who has sent her on this journey will not be satisfied until his power is absolute.Nature du document : fiction Thème de fiction : Heroic fantasy Genre : fantasy Réservation
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