Manuel: 1971 books

Yoshi, a troubled teenager, is sent by his grandfather to Seijun, a highly renowned tattoo artist. Against all expectations, the boy masters the art of tattooing, including the complicated Tebori technique. Ten years later, Seijun reveals a great secret to his apprentice: his clients are from the...

This third album concludes the Machiavellian trilogy in which every character seems to have pretty good (or bad) reasons to hide the truth from those they love. This time, it's Anne we're focusing on. She talks us through her childhood, her relationship with the enigmatic but dangerous Louviers, the...

In order to escape his violent past as an ex-yakuza gang member, Yoshi becomes the apprentice of one of Japan's greatest tattoo artists. But rather than escaping the yakuza, he finds himself constantly surrounded by them in the tattoo parlor. He then discovers that the sexy young woman he's just met...

This prequel to the Ken Games series gives us a little more insight into the enigmatic Louviers, Anne's childhood sweetheart and partner-in-crime. Louviers is at the end of his tether. He blows up the apartment he shares with Anne and takes flight. After this incident, he accepts a contract in a war...

Rien n’est jamais sans conséquence... Alex Morsen a failli être un écrivain à succès. Son premier livre, Perte d’Auréole, a été un best-seller. Mais aujourd’hui Alex est un homme aigri et sans inspiration. Sa bonne étoile semble l'avoir quitté. À fleur de peau, il ne supporte...

Tanguy Brettin d'Arçonet est fils d'un héros de la grande guerre issu d'une longue lignée d'officiers français. Antidémocrate, antirépublicain et germanophobe, il est un monarchiste convaincu. Fidèle à sa devise familiale: « Mieux mort que vaincu », le jeune homme ne reculera devant rien...

Le panorama de la société française des années 40 que dresse la série invite à suivre 3 jeunes gens, deux garçons et une fille, que le destin a placé de façon violente face à des choix urgents et cruciaux pour leur futur. Alors qu'à Vichy on déplore le bellicisme des Anglais qui retarde...

A fantastic adventure.A princess from the pharaonic times asks for help to recover her treasure to be able to leave the Isfet (a kind of pugatory ) and enter the Elysean Fields. in This quest the british secret service ( SIdney Orebar,Sir Mortimer Hunter, Moira Hunter and Amelia Star) join forces...

Yoshi, jeune Japonais turbulent, est placé par son père chez Seijun, grand maître tatoueur. Contre toute attente, le garçon apprend avec assiduité cet art, y compris la technique complexe du tebori. Dix ans plus tard, Seijun confie ses secrets à son élève : ses clients sont de redoutables...

Ancien membre d'un gang japonais, Yoshi est placé chez un maître tatoueur qui lui apprend le métier. Mais, alors qu'il pensait ainsi échapper à la violence, il se trouve au contact de dangereux yakuza qui fréquentent le salon. Quant à la jeune femme si séduisante qu'il vient de rencontrer,...

Julio Llamazares, curioso pertinente, pintor de paisajes geopoéticos, viaja en persona desde unos tópicos lingüísticos hasta sus orígenes. Contrasta la lírica de la fantasía con la realidad prosaica. Desmitifica la toponimia mágica poniéndoles rostro a los vecinos de carne y hueso que habitan...

So, the film or television lesbian character dies. It seems to happen frequently. But does it really? If so, is it something new? Surveying the fates of numerous characters over decades, this study shows that killing off the lesbian is not a new trend. It is a form of symbolic annihilation and it...

For the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia each year, treatment in the early stages can make a significant difference to their quality of life. This book provides examples of psychosocial interventions: taking into consideration the individual, social and environmental aspects of...

Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of diaspora. Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping...