Hier, les oiseaux
ISBN : 9782253083535
La planète est exsangue, ravagée par la pollution, la guerre, la maladie. Les Sumner, de riches propriétaires terriens, pressentent que l'effondrement du monde est proche. Ils décident de construire à Bear Creek, dans leur domaine de Virginie, un centre de recherches scientifiques et d'y organiser la vie en autarcie. Après le cataclysme, les hommes et les femmes se révèlent stériles et disparaissent en quasi-totalité. Créer des bébés par clonage semble pallier la reproduction sexuée. Mais, au fil des générations, les clones sont-ils encore des humains ? Le retour inflexible de la Nature va-t-il obliger une microsociété à bout de ressources à franchir les frontières pour explorer le monde ? Publié en 1976, Hier, les oiseaux, devenu un classique de la science-fiction, interroge avec une implacable acuité un avenir possible de l'humanité. Prix Nebula et prix Hugo du meilleur roman. Traduit de l'anglais (Etats-Unis) par Sylvie Audoly.
Le yoga
ISBN : 9782501128971
Un corps sain, plein de vitalité, de souplesse, de force, un corps pouvant être un merveilleux véhicule pour un travail mental et psychique : tel est le but de la pratique du yoga. Plus de 300 superbes photos réalisées par une photographe reconnue pour la qualité de ses portraits. Plus de 50 postures de yoga expliquées pas à pas en photos pour pouvoir les réaliser seul. Des exercices de respiration et de méditation. 1 DVD proposant un film d'une heure de cours de yoga par Kiran Vyas.
THE ILLUSTRATED BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
ISBN : 9780593077184
The illustrated edition of Stephen Hawking''s classic work - this edition includes an appendix with updates made by Professor Hawking in 2016. In this edition, Professor Hawking explains his complex theories through a fresh visual dimension. Over one hundred and fifty stunning colour illustrations have been specially commissioned for this purpose to help the reader understand what have become popular mythic images of our century, but which nonetheless remain difficult, abstract ideas to grasp.
French Women Don't Get Fat
ISBN : 9780099481324
Irresistible, chic, convincing, funny, wise, and very timely, this is the ultimate non-diet book, which nonetheless could radically change the way we think and live - showing us how to eat with balance, control and above all pleasure. Packed with wonderful recipes, this charming memoir teaches us how to enjoy our meals, like a French woman, without putting on weight.
Hard Times
ISBN : 9780141439679
Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and 'bully of humanity' Mr Bounderby, and his son Tom rebels ta become embroiled in gambling and robbery. And, as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced tO recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery. This edition of Hard Times is based on the text of the first volume publication of 1854. Kate Flint's introduction sheds light on the frequently overlooked character interplay in Dickens's great critique of Victorian industrial society.
Cat on a hot tin roof
ISBN : 9780141190280
'Big Daddy' Pollitt, the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi Delta, is about to celebrate his sixty-fifth birthday. His two sons have returned home for the occasion: Gooper, his wife and children, Brick, an ageing football hero who has turned to drink, and his feisty wife Maggie. This is a portrayal of family tensions.
Magnus Chase
ISBN : 9780141342603
My name is Magnus Chase. These days, I'm one of Odin's immortal warriors, but that doesn't stop people trying to kill me all the time. Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. He's put together a crew of giants and zombies to sail Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, in a battle against the Norse gods. If he succeeds, the final battle of Ragnarok will extinguish all the worlds. With help from Percy Jackson and my cousin Annabeth, I have to sail across the oceans to stop him. The only problems are the angry sea gods, hostile giants and evil fire-breathing dragon in the way. To stand any chance, I must find a magical elixir so deadly that it will either make me powerful enough to defeat Loki and put him back in chains for good ... or destroy me entirely.
