Jean: 14802 books

An inspiring sports memoir from the family who captured America?s heart at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Lopez family set new records at the Beijing Olympics with three siblings on the same U.S. taekwondo team?and a fourth sibling as their coach. Mark took the silver medal, and Steven and...

La réhabilitation d'un très grand roi. La réhabilitation d'un très grand roi. Au regard de l'Histoire, Louis XIII est un roi oublié. Eclipsé par le panache de son père Henri IV, occulté par l'éblouissante renommée de son fils Louis XIV, il laisse l'impression d'un monarque mélancolique...

Jean Shepherd was one of America’s favorite humorists, his most notable achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic A Christmas Story. But he was so much more, a comic Garrison Keillor–like figure whose unique voice transcended...

Jean-Claude Camus, règne sur le monde du spectacle depuis plus de cinquante ans. Il n'était peut-être pas né pour ça, mais il y est arrivé : aussi bien à faire descendre un million de spectateurs sur le Champ de Mars pour un concert de Johnny qu'à motiver Michel Bouquet pour jouer à nouveau...

Et si le rock'n'roll, et ses variantes, étaient choses trop sérieuses pour n'être confiées qu'à des garçons? Jean-Eric Perrin a souvent défendu cet adage et s'est fait la réputation d'être le confident favori des chanteuses, rockeuses, rappeuses etc. Revenant sur ses interviews réalisées...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau writes, "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." This statement exemplifies the main idea behind "The Social Contract", in other words that man is essentially free if it weren't for the oppression of political organizations such as government. Rousseau goes on to lay...

The Second Mystery Megapack selects 25 more tantalizing mystery tales, by modern and classic authors. Included are: FUNNY STUFF, by Ron Goulart PIT ON THE ROAD TO HELL, by John Gregory Betancourt WHAT IS COURAGE? by Mack Reynolds JUST THE FACTS, by Meg Opperman TEN GRAINS OF SAND, by Christopher B. Booth...

Businessman Georges Gerfaut witnesses a murder—and is pursued by the killers. His conventional life knocked off the rails, Gerfaut turns the tables and sets out to track down his pursuers. Along the way, he learns a thing or two about himself. . . . Manchette—masterful stylist, ironist, and social...

None of Jean Lorrain’s biographers has contrived to discover exactly when or why he began taking ether, or how much of it he took before realising (too late) that it was an extremely bad idea. The drug certainly helped provide the feverish, nightmarish atmosphere of these wonderfully decadent and...

In 2011, D. Jean Quarles set out to learn how to balance her life with writing, work and family. She invited authors to contribute their own stories. The information was so inspiring, she asked and received permission to compile all of them into this book for others to learn from. Inspiring and motivational, The Write Balance will show you how to find balance in your life too.

" Il n'est ni tout à fait la droite, dont il est sociétaire à part entière, encore moins la gauche, dont il est parfois un évêque in partibus ; il n'est définitivement ni de Neuilly ni de Saint-Fargeau ; il n'est ni Sarkozy ni Mitterrand ; ni l'Ancien Régime ni la Révolution, il est...

A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind Jean-Jacques Rousseau, genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century (1712-1778) This ebook presents «A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind»,...

Keith goes for a morning walk, and before long finds himself in a tree house having a bizarre conversation with someone he's never met. A short story by Jean Paul Zermelo.

Cet ouvrage, optimisé pour la lecture sur la gamme Kobo, regroupe les 7 oeuvres majeures de Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU. Un soin tout particulier a été apporté à la mise en page et à la correction des oeuvres. Pour améliorer votre plaisir de lecture:...