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Witty and deeply poignant, My Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah is a breathtaking account of one man being confronted by his past and, ultimately, how his daughter proved to be the key in understanding his own father. Recreating 1960s Johannesburg through his adolescent eyes, bestselling South African author Denis Hirson gradually reveals the details of his extraordinary thirteenth birthday as he explores the familial and political divisions in Apartheid South Africa that weighed on him and his developing consciousness of his Jewish heritage.

The way of the cross is not confined to a lonely road in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago:it is a busy highway winding through every village, town and city in our modern world. Fr Denis McBride C.Ss.R. reflectively guides us along the way of the cross. He contrasts the beauty and solemn simplicity of the more traditional Stations by artist Curd Lessig with modern images that challenge us to link Jesus’ story to the struggle of our everyday life.

La littérature française du XVIIIe siècle évolue selon deux orientations majeures : le mouvement des Lumières et ses remises en cause des fondamentaux de la société, et l'émergence d'une sensibilité qui donnera par la suite naissance au mouvement romantique. Cette collection de citations présente la pensée de six figures incontournables du XVIIIe siècle sous forme concise, accessible et pratique.

Who are we, and where did we come from? When we turn to the information provided to us, we find a mud pool of possibilities. Is this intended to subvert our built-in guidance systems? We also discover that people who are adept at researching big-picture science are offered special jobs conditional on being sworn to secrecy. What is behind this strategy? Sometimes, the reality prescribed to us doesn’t fit with or explain what we experience.

Un précis de mythologie aussi savant que souriant. Un livre passionnant, drôle et instructif qui permet de découvrir les plus belles histoires du monde : les amours de Jupiter, les travaux d'Hercule, les colères d'Achille, les ruses d'Ulysse... L'humour et l'énergie de Jean-Paul Bordes nous entraînent dans l'univers extraordinaire de ces drôles de héros. Une lecture érudite et savoureuse, qui éclaire d'un regard malicieux ces récits intemporels.

Winner of the 2005 Gival Press Novel Award. A teenage girl from Greece discovers that her father isn't who she thought he was. A tale of passion, hypocrisy, and betrayal.

Baron Healey of Riddlesden, formerly and better known as Denis Healey, was once described as ‘Great Britain’s most popular politician’. It is his affable nature, his decency, and his belief that there is more to life than politics that make this biography so engaging.In addition he possesses one of the most instantly recognisable voices in the country.

Émouvants, cocasses, ironiques, drôles, mélancoliques, intimes, professionnels, amoureux… Éclats de vie, les souvenirs de Denis Podalydès sont multiples et composent, mis bout à bout, un portrait étonnant.

In this program Denis Waitley offers a total, synergistic approach to building a fat-burning, disease-fighting, age-defying body and mind based upon research and experience during his years as chairman of psychology on the United States Olympic Committee's Sports Medicine Council. He compares science-based truths with popular myths concerning nutrition and exercise as well as providing concepts for healthy behavior modification employed by high-performance achievers.

Tirren, heir to the ruler of Thiery, has raised his half-Elven son in a land that hates and fears the Elves, but his son’s struggle for acceptance is only one source of Tirren’s pain. The other is his unfading desire for Yslaaran, the Elven woman who 18 years ago captured him in a spell, seduced him, and vanished. She returned only once more - to hand him his infant son.

"Est-il, pour moi, lieu plus épargné, abri plus sûr, retraite plus paisible, qu'un studio d'enregistrement ? Enfermé de toutes parts, en capitonné, assis devant le seul micro, à voix haute - sans effort de projection, dans le médium -, deux ou trois heures durant, je lis les pages d'un livre. Le monde est alors celui de ce livre. Le monde est dans le livre. Le monde est le livre. Je confie à la voix le soin de me représenter tout entier. Les mots écrits et lus me tiennent lieu de parfaite existence. Alors d'autres voix encore se font entendre, dans la mienne."

Growing up in rural British Columbia, Deni Ellis Béchard believes his charismatic father is infallible. Wild, unpredictable, even dangerous, André is worshipped by his young son, who believes that his father can do no wrong. But when Deni’s mother leaves his father and decamps with her three children to Virginia, the boy learns of his father’s true identity. André Béchard was once a bank robber—and so Deni’s imagination is set on fire.

Authors Chuck Palahniuk ( Fight Club), Victor LaValle ( The Devil in Silver), Michael Cunningham ( The Hours), and Jenny Offill ( Dept. of Speculation) celebrate the 25th anniversary of Denis Johnson's contemporary classic short story collection. Jesus' Son chronicles the grief and transcendence of dreamers, addicts, and lost souls, and inspired the film starring Billy Crudup, Holly Hunter, Denis Leary, and Jack Black.

After the Force is a unique and intriguing book where stories are told from the perspective of first contact at crime scenes as observed by police officers who have served in municipal, provincial, and federal police services.

Dove comincia questa storia? In Amazzonia, quando un cercatore d'oro, che ha deciso di raccogliere (con mezzi non sempre leciti) tutte le opere matematiche più importanti del mondo, scompare misteriosamente? In un capannone del mercato delle pulci di Clignancourt, a Parigi, dove un ragazzino strappa un pappagallo dalle mani di due loschi individui e se lo porta a casa, battezzandolo poi con il singolare nome di Nofutur? Oppure nell'antico Egitto, quando Talete, grazie alla collaborazione di uno sconosciuto fellah, riesce a misurare l'altezza della piramide di Cheope?

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Zagreb. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination, Zagreb.

Als ein unfassbar niedlicher junger Hund beim Ehepaar Schenk/Scheck einzieht, bekommt die Liebe einen neuen Namen: Stubbs, ein im Ruhrpott geborener Jack Russell Terrier. Das neue Familienmitglied verändert nicht nur die Beziehungsdynamik der beiden, sondern auch ihren Blick auf die Welt: Sie wird reicher, kurioser, überraschender. Sogar ihre Sicht auf die Literatur verändert sich. Höchst amüsant und originell erzählt "Der undogmatische Hund" von einer wunderbaren Ménage-à-trois und macht uns bekannt mit den berühmtesten Hunden der Weltliteratur.

Gdy w 1998 roku powieść „Cząstki elementarne” podbiła listy bestsellerów, jej autor, Michel Houellebecq, uzyskał rzadki w świecie literatury status supergwiazdy. Od tego czasu w ślad za sukcesem przyszły skandale, nagrody i miano najchętniej czytanego współczesnego francuskiego pisarza. Houellebecq na oczach świata upadał, podnosił się i dojrzewał, chociaż niektórzy skłonni byliby powiedzieć, że miało to więcej wspólnego ze starzeniem się sera niż z dochodzeniem do pozycji nobliwego mistrza.

Le roman inédit de Françoise Sagan. Comme bien des femmes de sa génération, Fanny voyait des protecteurs dans ses amants, idée disparue depuis belle lurette. Châteaux, cours, collines, ciel bleu pâle, fin d'été, la Touraine déroulait ses charmes. "Que la France est belle, pensait Fanny, et que mon amour est beau..." Ludovic était derrière elle, l'avion sentait la bruyère, et le seringa, survolé d'assez près pour qu'on le respire.

A disgraced Hong Kong pop star wavers between acceptance and revenge after a sex tape scandal. An OKCupid hookup becomes a missed connection even while it's happening. A couple's quest for ever-safer sex leads to a near-fatal love triangle.