Homme en colère, moraliste à l'esprit corrosif, Cioran place le désespoir au cœur de sa pensée. Dans un style incisif et décapant, il livre ses aphorismes et réflexions sur le temps, la mort, la religion et la condition humaine: « Le plus grand exploit de ma vie est d'être encore en vie ».Une vision d& ... plus
¡Abejas asesinas! perterence a la colección de lecturas Andar.es que nace a partir de trabajos originales de National Geographic. Las abejas autóctonas de América Central son muy importantes para los granjeros, los bosques tropicales y la producci&oac ... más
« Ah, George, quel amour ! jamais homme n'a aimé comme je t'aime. Je suis perdu, vois-tu, je suis noyé, inondé d'amour ; je ne sais plus si je vis, si je mange, si je marche, si je respire, si je parle ; je sais que j'aime, je meurs d'amour, d'un amour sans fin, sans ... plus
Des chansons de geste de Chrétien de Troyes au spleen de Baudelaire, en passant par les fables de La Fontaine, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor nous propose dans cette anthologie une sélection des plus beaux poèmes, incontournables ou oubliés, de la littérature française. ... plus
'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'The year is 1984 and war and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and The Thought Police are employed to ensure that no individual thinking is allowed. Winston Smith wo ... more
Ebenezer Scrooge is unimpressed by Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths about his choices.A Christmas Carol is Dickens' most influential book and a funny, clever and hugely enjoyable story. ... more
'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met...'Moonlight, sake, spring blossom, idle moments, a woman's hair - these exquisite reflections on life's fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the senses.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Pen ... more
Originally published in 1967, Ngugi's third novel is his best known and most ambitious work. A Grain of Wheat portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. As the action follows the village's arrangements for Uhuru (independence) Day, this is a novel of stories within stories, a nar ... more
'While engaged on this hunt I felt the earth quiver under my feet, and heard a soft big soughing sound, and looking round saw I had dropped in on a hippo banquet...'Told with verve and self-mocking wit, the adventures of doughty female Victorian explorer Mary Kingsley describe stumbling upon five hippos by night, dodging elephants and fighting off a leopard with a stool.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books fo ... more
« L’adolescence est le seul temps où l’on ait appris quelque chose. » ... plus
Plongez-vous dans plus de 300 pages étonnantes et passionnantes sur la France pour découvrir les plus beaux trésors du patrimoine, les savoir-faire à la française, les saveurs et spécialités de nos terroirs, ceux qui ont fait la France ou encore nos plus grands champions ! Un magnifique ouvrage à ... plus
He is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each a degree of acumen which appears to the ordinary apprehension praeternatural. ... more
'... a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food...'Swift's devastating short satire on how to solve a famineIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in ... more
"I did have hallucinations, but did they harm anyone? Who did they harm, that's what I'd like to know!' From the supreme artist of the short story, three disturbing tales of supernatural hallucinations, hysterical obsession and moral decay.One of 46 new books in the ... more
'At night, among the reeds on the bayou, Chicot could still hear the woman's wail, mingled now with the croaking of the frogs...'From one of the most daring writers of fin-de-siecle America, five stories of awakening that range from Louisiana's plantations and poverty-stricken bayous to its gilded cities.Introducing Little Black Classics: ... more
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