George Orwell 1903-50 is known around the world for his satirical novella Animal Farm and his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four but he was arguably at his best in the essay form. Below we ve selected and introduced ten of Orwell s best essays for the interested... Lees meer.

L un des romans les plus noirs de Simenon. Un soir dans une bourgade de la banlieue new-yorkaise alors que sa femme Christine est all e faire un bridge chez des amis Spencer Ashby reste chez lui. Apr s avoir corrig les copies de ses l ves il s adonne son passe-t... Lees meer.

Des notables peu recommandables... A Concarneau des faits troublants mettent la ville en moi. On tente d assassiner M. Mostaguen au sortir de sa partie de cartes quotidienne l H tel de l Amiral. Le sort s acharne sur ses partenaires car deux jours apr s l arriv... Lees meer.

Un f cheux manque de discernement Emile Maugin apprend du m decin qui l examine qu il n a plus une longue esp rance de vie devant lui. Il fait alors un retour sur lui-m me . acteur combl il r gne de mani re tyrannique sur son entourage qui vit ses d pens. Parvenu... Lees meer.

George Soros is unquestionably the most powerful and profitable investor in the world today. Dubbed by BusinessWeek as The Man Who Moves the Markets Soros has made a billion dollars going up against the British pound. Now in The Alchemy of Finance he shares the inve... Lees meer.

Tired of suffering abuse the animals on Jones s farm decide to rebel against their masters. After driving out the owner they establish a new order based on equality. However a new class of bureaucrats soon emerges among them the pigs who with cunning greed and arr... Lees meer.

HBO s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. Summers span decades. Winter can last a life... Lees meer.

In 1936 ging George Orwell naar Spanje om te berichten over de burgeroorlog. Maar in plaats daarvan sloot hij zich aan bij het republikeinse rebellenleger om te vechten tegen de fascisten. In Saluut aan Cataloni doet hij met nietsontziende eerlijkheid verslag van de oo... Lees meer.

Finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction and the 2023 PEN E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Winner of the Acoustical Society of America s 2023 Science Communication Award A glorious guide to the miracle of life s sound. The New York... Lees meer.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Richard Goulding best known for Me Before You The Iron Lady and The Windsors. Epictetus a Greek stoic and freed slave ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicropolis in the early second century AD. His a... Lees meer.

Classical Evergreens is een album van Various uit 1999 en is uitgebracht onder het label Berlin Classics... Lees meer.

Tom Clancy s Op-Center is back with this new thriller written by the New York Times bestselling authors of Tom Clancy s ACT OF VALOR and featuring a chilling ripped-from-the-headlines scenario. Before 9 11 America was protected by a covert force known as the Nationa... Lees meer.

This history is a stunning introduction to House Targaryen the iconic family at the heart of HBO and Sky s Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon. For hundreds of years the Targaryens sat the Iron Throne of Westeros while their dragons ruled the skies. The... Lees meer.

HBO s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A CLASH OF KINGS is the second volume in the series. Throughout Westeros the cold winds are risi... Lees meer.

De la Chine la Gr ce des Balkans au Japon les dix r cits du recueil Nouvelles orientales sont inspir s de l gendes venues d ailleurs et t moignent du d sir de montrer l intime emm lement du mythe et de la vie. Marguerite Yourcenar nous prom ne entre le r ve et la r... Lees meer.