Jean Rouch is known to many worldwide as a French anthropologist and innovative filmmaker. Much of his work is linked to the birth of cinéma vérité. However, Rouch's fifty-year involvement with a particular group of people in Niger shines a more personal light on his work - one of friendship and collaboration. Together with this group, Rouch made numerous ethnographic films and developed their own cinematographic style. These films have been termed...

Quand Jacob, quinze ans, doit suivre sa mère qui emménage à la campagne avec son nouveau conjoint, son monde s'écroule. Révolté, il refuse de vider ses boîtes et mijote un plan pour retourner vers ses amis et sa blonde à Montréal. Mais pourquoi ceux-ci répondent-ils si peu à ses textos ? La constance d'Henri, grand amateur de VTT, la bonne humeur d'Emma, lectrice enthousiaste, et la gentillesse de Fred, Étienne et Émile,...

Caillou trouve ça injuste qu'Emma soit la seule à pouvoir prendre une collation. Puis, il apprend qu'Emma est atteinte du diabète de type 1. Inquiet, Caillouprend soin de son amie. Mais lorsqu' Emma dépasse Caillou dans une course, il comprend que la maladie d'Emma n'est pas comme un rhume. C'est unemaladie avec laquelle Emma vit au quotidien. Caillou est rassuré de connaîtreles moyens que prend Emma pour prendre soin d'elle et rester...

Avec ce roman, Christiane Dupont-Champagne transmet son amour pour l'Afrique et son peuple ; elle y décrit d'une façon remarquable les émotions d'une jeune fille qui doit suivre sa famille dans un pays qui lui est totalement inconnu. Un séjour inopiné présente une année dans la vie d'une jeune fille au regard parfois ironique, mais le plus souvent aigu et acéré. La jeune Rachel part à la découverte d'elle-même, de l'amour et...

"Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the creator of a bestselling book trilogy that struck box office gold as a film series, she's one of the most successful authors of her generation. The thing is, Cate Kay doesn't really exist. She's never attended author events or granted any interviews. Her real identity had been a closely guarded secret, until now. As a young adult, she and her best friend Amanda dreamed of escaping their difficult homes...

When every person, all over the globe, receives a small wooden box bearing the same inscription and a single piece of string inside, the world is thrown into a collective frenzy, in this novel told through multiple perspectives that introduces an unforgettable cast of characters. It seems like any other day: You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds...

Tanger, 1956. Alice Shipley n'y arrive pas. Cette violence palpable, ces rues surpeuplées, cette chaleur constante : à croire que la ville la rejette, lui veut du mal.L'arrivée de son ancienne colocataire, Lucy, transforme son quotidien mortifère. Ses journées ne se résument plus à attendre le retour de son mari, John. Son amie lui donne la force d'affronter la ville, de sortir de son isolement.Puis advient ce glissement, lent, insidieux....

Jackie, Nia, and Cheryl are three individuals whose lives are interwoven together in a story about family, tragedy, hate, love, inspiration, and a higher power. Each of them is forced to call on God to help with their individually issue. Jackie and Nia are also challenged through therapeutic intervention to look inward and unlock the hurt that has caused their lives to become stuck, full of hate, and grief. Cheryl is challenged to take on another...

Once upon a time, there was a very kind, loving, generous, and caring man who did good works. Unfortunately, the ungodly hypocrites in authority did not like his radical ways of counseling and made it very difficult for him to hold on to his livelihood. All he wanted in this unprecedented, unheard of, crazy cruel spiritual journey is for someone to give him a break! The tumultuous pharmacy career finally catches up with Louie, and no one is willing...

For readers of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse comes a beautifully illustrated philosophical book on the value of friendship and life, told from the perspective of a fly, and a gift book for all ages. What if you were thrown into existence in the middle of your life, with numbered days left ahead of you? Would you see the world in the same way? In his inimitable style, Jaap Robben answers these questions through the unexpectedly witty...