Extrait : "- Permettez-moi, monsieur, de vous demander... Le passant tressaillit et, quelque peu effrayé, considéra le personnage à grande pelisse qui lui adressait ainsi la parole à brûle-pourpoint, vers huit heures du soir, au milieu de la rue (lieu et heure, - on le sait assez! - o un individu abordé à l'improviste par un Pétersbourgeois a tout droit de s'effrayer). À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions...

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Africa. It is no ordinary juggernaut. Longer than a football pitch, weighing 550 tons, and moving at just five miles per hour, its job - and that of troubleshooter Neil Mannix - is to move a giant transformer across an oil-rich African state. But when Nyala erupts in civil war, Mannix's juggernaut is at the centre of the conflict - a target of ambush and threat, with no way to run and nowhere...

A funny, wise and heartwarming story of a young man's first forays into love during a long, hot summer in New York City. Henry likes to think of himself as a promising jazz musician. The truth, however, is slightly less glamorous. At 18, he's dropped out of university, lives at home with his bickering parents, and spends most of his time with the family dog. The outlook, it seems, is bleak. So when his brother offers to put him up for the summer in...

Extrait : "- Oh, la vie débordante de Montmartre, la vie nocturne de Montmartre, la vie nocturne de Montmartre surtout, tous ces cris, tous ces refrains, toute cette gaieté qui s'émanent des concerts, des bals, des music-hall et des cabarets plus ou moins artistiques, courent les rues, animent les femmes et les hommes et donnent à toutes et à tous ces visages rieurs et ces bouches épanouies ; on s'amuse peut-être à Paris ; on ne rit qu'à...

Tagore's treatment of caste culture, bureaucracy and poverty paint a vivid portrait of nineteenth century India and all are, interwoven with Tagore's perceptive eye for detail, strong sense of humanity and deep affinity for the natural world. Tagore's stories continue to rise above geographic and cultural boundaries to capture the imaginations of readers around the world. This collection contains some of the best stories of Tagore who put India on...

Step on to a stage full of stories with this beautiful anthology of 12 stories from Shakespeare, re told to be accessible for children. Get lost in Shakespeare's most loved stories with this beautiful anthology of some of the most popular stories in the world. Introduce the children in your life to a collection of the most important stories every written, collected and retold by the much-loved author Angela McAllister. Featuring classics such...

There's a new witch in the broken castle of the Wicked Witch of the West. She calls herself The Sorceress Lady Mumps, and she wants to make Oz marvelous again. All she needs is three clever cronies and a powerful weapon. Meanwhile, at Reed Elementary, Mildred finds an old magnet stuck to the buckle of her old boot. Louise recognizes it immediately. But this charm has more magic than anyone ever knew. When Mildred and Louise and their friend Thaddeus...

When the prompter falls dead during the second act of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre during a matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera, as one can imagine, it causes quite a stir, especially when it is discovered that the deceased, a one-time world-famous Heldentenor has been poisoned. The detective assigned to the case, Lt. Quentin, finds himself immersed in the backstage drama of professional opera. His task is made more difficult when he decides...

Dubbed the 'father of science fiction', H.G. Wells forged the path down which many have followed. This beautiful hardback compendium assembles four of his most iconic science fiction works: War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Time Machine. Whether concerning alien invasion, time travel or the risks of scientific development, these tales examine the potential futures of humanity which are at once thrilling and terrifying. ABOUT...

A Nebula Award winner presents tales that shaped modern science fiction and fantasy-five complete novels by Mark Twain, H.G. Wells, and more. In this handpicked collection, New York Times–bestselling author Greg Bear travels back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when novelists let their imaginations soar beyond conventional boundaries of time and space and contributed to the emergence of imaginative new literary genres. In 1889,...