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Originaire de la ville de Pittsburgh (Pennsylvanie) où il habite toujours, Frank Santoro tente avec ce nouveau livre de comprendre comment ses parents, divorcés depuis près de 30 ans, en sont arrivés à ne plus s’adresser la parole alors qu’ils travaillent dans le même endroit. Il retrace...

Movie "Colette" coming in September starring Keira Knightley! From her marriage at the age of 20, until her divorce, this snapshot of Colette's life focuses on her formative years. Incredibly complex, powerfully determined, truly gifted, Colette challenged herself to reinvent her...

As the Great War dragged on and its catastrophic death toll mounted, a new artistic movement found its feet in the United Kingdom. The Trench Poets, as they came to be called, were soldier-poets dispatching their verse from the front lines. Known for its rejection of war as a romantic or noble enterprise,...

Andrew Rostan is excellent at remembering facts and recalling the memories he associates with those facts—memories of deaths in the family and extraordinary people. At the age of twenty-two and suddenly a contestant on the very game show he associates with the happiest moments in his life, Rostan’s...

This book includes representative stories from not only China, the traditional bastion of filial piety, but also other cultures around the world. In this way, readers will appreciate filial behaviour as a universal value.

KENK is an award-winning 300-page journalistic comic book surrounding Igor Kenk, the worlds most prolific bicyclethief (The New York Times, The Guardian). In the summer of 2008, Kenk was arrested and nearly 3,000 bicycles were seized in what became one of the biggest news stories of the year. Built from...

Mathilde a 27 ans, sur-diplômée elle vit à Paris où elle enchaine les petits boulots. Lorsqu’elle perd son job de serveuse, Paul, son petit ami lui propose de l’accompagner pour couvrir en tant qu’observatrice pour l’OSCE (l’organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe)...

An emotional journey through one man's desire for freedom and the discovery of a new life he could never have expected. PUBLICATION IN 1 VOLUME - COMPLETED WORK. With his son grown and his marriage dissolving, Xavier, a 48-year old writer, finds himself deep in the heart of a mid-life crisis. Setting...

When she was a little girl, passing her summers in the heat of coastal Australia, Evie Wyld was captivated by sharks—by their innate ruthlessness, stealth, and immeasurable power—and they have never released their hold on her imagination. From the award-winning author of All the Birds, Singing,...

The first book to appear in English by the acclaimed Belgian artist Dominique Goblet, Pretending is Lying is a memoir unlike any other. WINNER OF THE 2018 SCOTT MONCRIEFF PRIZE FOR TRANSLATION FROM FRENCH In a series of dazzling fragments—skipping through time, and from raw, slashing color...

Six mois d’enquête sur le projet de reconversion du Bâtiment 7, à Pointe-Saint- Charles (Montréal).

Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball is the world’s most recognized anime and manga series, having entertained millions of fans across the globe. The legendary rivalry of the last two full blooded Saiya-jins, Goku and Vegeta, is the iconic example of a lifelong conflict that inspires fans to burst through...

Andre Roussimoff is known as both the lovable giant in The Princess Bride and a heroic pro-wrestling figure. He was a normal guy who'd been dealt an extraordinary hand in life. At his peak, he weighed 500 pounds and stood nearly seven and a half feet tall. But the huge stature that made his fame also...

A mother's advice to her daughter--a guide to daily living, both practical and sublime--with full-color illustrations throughout. One sleepless night while she was in her early twenties, illustrator/writer Hallie Bateman had a painful realization: her mom would die, and after she died she would...