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Et si votre propre fils partait faire le Djihad en Syrie ? Pour Cécile, mère célibataire, ce devait être un matin comme les autres. Sauf que la chambre de son fils, Benoît, est vide. Sur son ordinateur, un message vidéo dans lequel il annonce être parti faire le Djihad en Syrie auprès...

U-Boat the Happy Times: Shortly after America’s entry into World War 2, German U-Boats were roaming almost at their leisure up and down the East Coast sinking ships, just about entirely unopposed. The Pacific War was drawing all of the assets of the US Navy and none could be spared for the Atlantic...

Un jeune homme amputé se réveille à l'hôpital et entame un dialogue fantasmé avec Ambroise Paré, le père de la chirurgie moderne. Ils abordent ensemble l'histoire de la médecine par le biais de l'amputation. Un postulat joliment absurde qui met en scène, sans pathos ni pédagogie outrancière,...

Du doc qui se lit comme une histoire, en BD ! Dans "Apollo 11", on vit l'aventure du point de vue d'un garçon et d'une fille de 8 ans qui campaient en face de Cap Kennedy avec leur famille, parmi les milliers d'autres Américains venus voir le décollage sur place. À côté du récit de...

The Great Turkey Shoot: After their defeat at the Battle of Midway the Japanese lost the elite of their carrier forces, and were facing a new threat... the loss of the Philippines. When Admiral Spruance laid siege to the islands of Guam, Rota and Saipan, the Japanese high command had to commit its...

In Chinese culture, the underwould is seen as a horrendous place where the evil are severely punished for their misdeeds.  This graphical presentation, with bizarre and gory depictions of the ten Courts of Hell, will be one hell of a ride for you!

Kitaplarımı, okumayı sevdiğim biçimde yazıyorum. Kelimeleri özenle seçiyor ve anlatmak istediklerimi net biçimde anlatıyorum. Okuyucuya vermek istediğim duyguyu geçirmek için etkileyici ve kısa cümlelerle anlatmaktan keyif alıyorum. “Hap” tabir ettiğim şekilde yazıyorum; Kısa,...

Engagés, volontaires, face à l’horreur. Afrique centrale. Près de 2 millions de personnes survivent dans des camps de réfugiés, dépendant de l’aide humanitaire internationale. Les territoires alentour subissent les actions de rebelles qui sèment la mort et la destruction sur leur...

Ein älterer Rechtsanwalt berichtet als Icherzähler von einem seiner Schreiber namens Bartleby, den er eines Tages in sein von Hochhäusern umstelltes lichtloses Büro in der Wall Street aufnimmt. Bartleby beginnt seine Tätigkeit mit stillem Fleiß und einsiedlerischer Ausdauer. Er kopiert unermüdlich...

The Amazing Spider-Man. The Incredible Hulk. The Invincible Iron Man. Black Panther. These are just a few of the iconic superheroes to emerge from the mind of Stan Lee. From the mean streets of Depression-era New York City to recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Lee’s life has been almost...

What is time? How did it begin, and where will it end? Is time travel possible? How does the universe expand, and where do black holes come from? Junior Chicken and Alexis, the Quantum Cat, examine these and other extraordinary concepts, explaining the substance of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History...

July 2006. Gabriel El Chawadi says goodbye to his family at the Paris airport as they leave for their summer vacation in southern Lebanon. But a conflict at the Israel-Lebanon border escalates into a full-blown aerial attack, and for the next few harrowing weeks, the family hides for cover with friends...

Lors de l'occupation américaine d'Haïti, de 1915 à 1934, les Américains ont découvert le culte des zombies et l'ont propagé dans le monde occidental. Aujourd'hui incontournables, les zombies inspirent tous les domaines de la fiction, du cinéma aux romans en passant par les séries télévisées....

A Dor é, por definição, algo pessoal e intransferível, uma manifestação de um certo acúmulo de tempo e de vida que, em um dado momento, decide se revelar. Este livro é a história da dor e da sua performance profunda, sutil, tal qual uma caminhada em ponta de pé que, embora discreta, segue...