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Con inesorabile precisione e passione di verità, Améry registrò in questa sua vertiginosa discesa nell'abisso concentrazionario le disfatte dello spirito, a cominciare dalla peculiare inferiorità nella quale venne a trovarsi nel Lager. L'inadeguatezza alla dimensione meramente fisica cui a Auschwitz era ridotta la vita lo rese paria tra i paria.

Following the success of Paris Noir, the Akashic Noir Series has expanded to include the famously diverse and sometimes controversial suburbs of this legendary city.

 In the first book, What Once Was True, two families, one of grandeur and one of the working class, navigate the conflicts associated with the looming war ahead. Despite delusions of grandeur, Lord and Lady Kenefick and their adult children live a life of decayed opulence as the money needed to keep such a house and grounds ever dwindles.  

Mai come oggi è stato facile comunicare e dare voce ai nostri pensieri attraverso l'uso delle parole. Twitter, sms, e-mail, post si moltiplicano e rimbalzano, circolano a una velocità tale da diventare irrecuperabili già pochi minuti dopo averli pubblicati - quelli aggressivi e tossici, trasmessi con la stessa impulsiva facilità di quelli amichevoli. La semplicità e la rapidità con cui possiamo esprimerci, insieme all'idea che esistiamo solamente se comunichiamo, ci hanno fatto dimenticare le virtù del silenzio e il potere delle parole.

Un seul livre ne pouvait contenir toutes les anecdotes et réflexions tirées de la longue et prestigieuse carrière politique de Jean Chrétien. Voilà pourquoi l’ex-premier ministre du Canada a repris la plume, au grand plaisir de ses lecteurs, peu importe leurs allégeances politiques.

Driven by a mother's sacrifice to save her daughter from abuse and a lifetime of poverty, deprivation, and neglect, Footprints on the Heart unwinds an epic tale of love, loss, and exile in the lives of unforgettable characters, as they navigate the turbulence of six decades against a backdrop of powerful world events.

The sequel to Daddy-Long-Legs finds Judy Abbott's best friend, Sallie McBride, taking total control over the John Grier Home, the orphanage where Judy grew up. Chronicling her hilarious yet heartfelt day-to-day interactions with the permanent residents of the John Grier Home, Sallie spills her heart out in letter after letter to multiple recipients, including the doctor of the JGH - one Robin MacRae, whom she has deemed her enemy and refers to him as such in her letters.

Richard Cottar is a respected independent film writer and director; his wife, Joanna, is his increasingly successful and wealthy producer. Together they are about to embark on a film about the life of Walter Benjamin, the German Jewish intellectual who killed himself in northern Spain while on the run from the Nazis in 1940. In what looks set to be the last year of Britain’s membership of the European Union, Benjamin’s story of exile and statelessness is more relevant than ever. But Richard and Joanna’s symbiotic life takes a sudden turn.

Have you ever entered a room and it just didn't feel right, yet you couldn't explain why? Do you sense a natural comfort with some people but are immediately stressed by others? The truth is that we're all influenced far more than we realize by the invisible energy of the people and places...

Le cholestérol fait peur. On dit de lui qu'il cause la maladie cardiaque. Pourtant, le cholestérol est une substance vitale. Sans cholestérol, pas d'hormone, pas de membrane cellulaire fonctionnelle, pas de vitamine D, pas de fabrication de bile. Bref, pas de cholestérol, pas de vie. Alors pourquoi a-t-on peur du cholestérol ? Dans ce livre audio, nous verrons d'où vient cette peur du "mauvais cholestérol" et ce qu'on devrait faire à son sujet.

Being partnered with a narcissist or borderline personality can be hard enough, but learning how to shield children from the fallout is paramount. Here, the authors tell listeners how to manage parenting when a narcissistic or borderline partner is part of the equation.

S’aimer pour semer se veut un moment pour soi, une expérience de reconnexion à votre essence afin de pouvoir ÊTRE. Laissez-vous porter par la douceur de deux voix qui racontent la même histoire: l’une par les mots, l’autre par la musique. Ces méditations guidées vous feront voyager pour vous aider à surfer sur le tourbillon de la vie tout en gardant l’équilibre.

Puff is a lovely character who lives in every child’s pillow. Children can turn to Puff when they are scared or worried about something. In this story, Puff helps a little girl confront her fear and dislike of broccoli! Many children have fears which parents need to manage. Puff in the Pillow: The Broccoli is a great "just before bed" story which allows parents to introduce the character of Puff and helps them to help their child manage their fears regarding broccoli and eating new things.

Puff is a lovely character who lives in every child’s pillow and who children can turn to when scared and worried about something. In these stories Puff helps children confront a range of fears, such as being left with a baby sitter, going to the doctor, seeing shadows at night, eating food (such as broccoli), and fireworks.

En 12 légumes, Marie-Claude Lortie et Jean-Martin Fortier nous proposent de faire le tour des grands enjeux de notre agriculture, comme la culture et l'élevage industriels, les produits locaux, l'utilisation des pesticides et des engrais, et nous démontrent qu'il est possible de transformer le modèle agricole actuel en faisant de meilleurs choix et pourquoi pas en jardinant soi-même.

When they get an offer to join a national tour, the musicians of Luminescent Juliet finally find their ticket to fame. But for Sam, the band’s dazzling but troubled bassist, making sure his past stays locked away feels more important than winning the spotlight.

If only Weezie could find her daddy, she’s sure her life would be happier. Tired of making up stories about a parent she knows nothing about, Weezie teams up with her bike-riding buddy, Calvin, and new friend, Louella, to find her mysterious father. Does he drive a truck? Sing country and western songs? Why, her real daddy might even be better than the made-up father she’s been telling lies about at school! Now, all she has to do is find him.

The hot indie rockers introduced by In the Band return in this compelling second installment of the Luminescent Juliet series. This time the focus is on Justin, the band’s gorgeous lead singer - and a notorious womanizer - who sails through life without a second thought. His only problems stem from the power struggles he has with his band mates, some of whom are living with dark troubles that he wants no part of. Then one night Justin stumbles into a tattoo parlor and meets Allie.

Being popular in the college music scene doesn’t solve all your problems; at least that’s what the hot musicians of indie band Luminescent Juliet discover. In this compelling novel, trouble begins when 18-year-old Riley, trying to regain her rhythm after throwing away her percussion scholarship to a top school, wins an audition to become the band’s new drummer. This sets her on a collision course with Romeo, the band’s sexy dark-haired guitarist, whose ambitions do not include performing with a girl.

Mathieu, l’enfant trop sage, celui qui a toujours fait ce que l’on attendait de lui à l’école, à l’armée, dans son cabinet puis à la tête du grand magasin, se découvre une âme délinquante. Pour une fois, avant que l’âge ne le rattrape, il a envie d’agir sans placer les attentes des autres au-dessus de ses propres désirs. D’autant plus qu’Odette, une jolie employée, se montre très intéressée par lui.