<b>Le grand frisson d’espérance des années soixante aimanta vers l’orient des jeunes par milliers. Mais que sont devenus aujourd’hui leurs rêves de paix, d’amour et de justice ?</b> <br> <br>Issus de pays et de milieux différents mais réunis par les péripéties d’une même quête, Juan José le Mexicain, Jennifer l’Américaine et Antoine le Français, trois authentiques super-routards, nous font revivre à travers ce superbe récit d’aventures ce que furent les grandes années de la Route et nous montrent ce qui, de cette forte et belle expérience, subsiste dans leur vie quotidienne. <br> <br>Ce récit oublié fut édité une première fois en 1990 (Séguier). André Brugiroux a été à la fois acteur et témoin de l’épopée dont il raconte ici les temps forts. Auteur de plusieurs ouvrages, dont le best-seller <i>La terre n’est qu’un seul pays</i>, il nous livre dans ce récit quelques-unes des plus belles et des plus significatives histoires de la Route pour laquelle il a consacré l’essentiel de sa vie. Il est aujourd’hui l’une des très rares personnes à avoir pu pénétrer tous les pays et territoires du monde et ainsi réaliser son rêve de jeunesse : faire le tour de la Terre et des hommes. <br> <br> <b>Un récit  unique, qui nous fait voyager tant à travers le monde qu'à travers le temps.</b> <br> <br>EXTRAIT <br> <br>Piqué au vif par la remarque de son père : « Tu te crois malin », Antoine s’était juré de ne pas rentrer avant au moins un an. Il l’avait tant désiré, ce voyage, et voilà que maintenant il se trouvait au pied du mur. Il fallait se débrouiller. <br>Ses débuts à Leeds ne furent pas très brillants. Il ne se sentait pas fier du tout face à son premier breakfast. Timidement, il s’était assis à la grande table du personnel devant un invraisemblable fouillis de produits bizarres et de fioles. Y avait-il des malades parmi le personnel ? Comment pouvait-on avaler, dès le matin, œufs, saucisses, tomates, poisson fumé, rognons, bouillie de gruau, le tout assaisonné d’une sauce appelée HP, Worcestershire, chutney ou ketchup ? Le nouvel arrivé fixait une boîte où était inscrit un drôle de mot : corn-flakes. Tiens donc, les gens avalaient même des petits bouts de carton dans ce pays ? Il rougit de son ignorance lorsqu’on lui expliqua ce que c’était. Il était le nouveau, l’étranger. Il avait tout à découvrir. Tous le regardaient. Lorsqu’il trempa tout naturellement sa tartine dans son café au lait, il remarqua leur air dégoûté. Ils avalèrent leur thé, leurs toasts, leur pharmacie à grande vitesse et quittèrent la table. L’un d’eux haussa même les épaules puis se retourna, méprisant : « Maudit Français qui ne sait même pas qu’en Angleterre on ne “trempe” pas son pain dans le café. <i>Shocking</i> ! » <br> <br>À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR <br> <br>Né en 1937, <i>le globe-trotter</i> André Brugiroux a parcouru tous les pays et territoires du monde en l'espace de 50 ans, de 1955 à 2005. Il est l'auteur de plusieurs livres, parmi lesquels <i>L...
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<p> „Ursula” novel is one of the pillars of the „Scenes of Provincial Life” section of Honoré de Balzac’s story cycle „The Human Comedy”. Through a series of tragedies and coincidences, a kind and pious teenager named Ursula has been taken in by an octogenarian wealthy doctor, Denis Minoret. Inspired by Ursula’s goodness, Minoret decides to make her his chief heir. This incites the ire of his other relatives, and a ruthless war for Minoret’s estate breaks out. In this book Balzac examines the manners and morals in the French provinces and penetratingly depicts the small-mindedness, avarice, and envy of the provincial lower middle classes. In „Ursula”, no limitations based on morality or decency will hold these people back in their effort to acquire wealth and influence.</p>
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<p>This is the comedy of the ancient Greek comedian Aristophanes, the earliest of his plays that have survived to this day. Together with „Mir” and „Lysistrata” refers to the „anti-war” comedies of the author. It refers to a citizen who was so tormented by the constant wars waged by his state that he made peace on his own behalf with all his neighbors, and while the rest fought and endured hardships and poverty, he lived calmly, profitably traded – in general, everything to envy.</p>
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<b>Brussels fascinates and intrigues. How is it that this city — a hodgepodge where the worst atrocities of urban planning sit side by side with architectural jewels — can be so charming and seductive, to the point of being the envy of other large European cities?</b> <br> <br>Although Brussels is landlocked within Flanders, French is by far the dominant language. The Kingdom of Belgium’s multicultural capital, whose 19 ‘communes’ range from working-class Molenbeek to upscale Uccle, has become the country’s artistic centre, an extraordinarily creative centrifugal force. Crossing Brussels today is as much to travel through time as it is to take tour of diverse dialects and world foods. <br> <br>This little book is not a guide, but rather a key. It allows the reader to understand the slow transformation of an ancient bourgeois town which many thought had drifted into a deep sleep. Until it became the capital of Europe. In order to be understood, Brussels must be decoded. This is not your ordinary city. Brussels is much more than a city. <br> <br>This book comprises a short travel account followed by interviews with three prominent local thinkers: historian Roel Jacobs ( <i>No one has ever been able to finish what he started here</i>) social activist Fatima Zibouh ( <i>Molenbeek is no Wild West !</i>) and philosopher Philippe Van Parijs ( <i>Brussels should aim for a trilingual future</i>). <br> <br> <b>This insightful book will walk you through Brussels' history and cultural heritage and help you understand the wonderful kaleidoscope it is today.</b> <br> <br>EXCERPT <br> <br>Is there such a thing as the Brussels spirit? Indeed there is, in the sense that it summarizes the sometimes surreal country that produced René Magritte. If there were no Brussels, Belgium would surely not exist, for Brussels is the keystone to the country’s structure. However, the capital of Belgium is weakened by institutional complexity, wedged as it is between the Flemish and Walloon regions. Furthermore the Brussels spirit is inseparable from the Brussels accent, which is indispensable for uttering expressions such as ‘Arrête une fois de zieverer, dikkenek!’1 Not to be confused with the Belgian accent, which doesn’t really exist anyway. <br>And then there is the city’s international status. How many cities can boast that they have an airline named after them? ‘It’s because Brussels is a strong brand name’, we are told, even stronger than Belgium’s. If that is true, it is thanks to Europe and its 12 stars, which brought the city out of provincial obscurity and placed it squarely on the world stage. The economic benefits from the presence of the European Union are obvious, even though the average Bruxellois loves to criticize Eurocrat salaries, considered outrageous by many. <br> <br>ABOUT THE AUTHOR <br> <br>A Belgian journalist who covers international affairs for the news weekly <i>Le Vif-L’Express</i>, <b>François Janne d’Othée</b> ha...
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While searching for a stolen Rolls Royce, Sarah and Max find a dead gardener at a Renaissance fair. Sarah Kelling and her husband, Max Bittersohn, have made names for themselves tracking down stolen paintings, sculptures, and, when necessary, the occasional murderer. But this is the first time they have been asked to find a missing Rolls Royce. When Bill Billingsgate's prize 1927 New Phantom disappears, they head for his estate on the Massachusetts coast, arriving - to their horror - just in time for Billingsgate's annual Renaissance fair. Donning period dress, they grab pints of mead and start searching the crowd for the thief. Instead they find a corpse. When the local police bungle the investigation, Max and Sarah take it upon themselves to find the killer. In the course of their search, they confront a car thief, corruption at a radio station, and a horde of murderous bees. If this is the Renaissance, Max and Sarah can't wait to return to the present. Review quotes. "Another appearance by Sarah Kelling Bittersohn and her husband Max will please their many fans." - Publishers Weekly. "If this is your first meeting with Sarah Kelling, oh how I envy you!" - Margaret Maron, author of The Buzzard Table. "Charm, wit, and Holmesian logic." - Audiofile. Biographical note. Charlotte MacLeod (1922-2005) was an internationally bestselling author of cozy mysteries. Born in Canada, she moved to Boston as a child, and lived in New England most of her life. After graduating from college, she made a career in advertising, writing copy for the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company before moving on to Boston firm N. H. Miller & Co., where she rose to the rank of vice president. In her spare time, MacLeod wrote short stories, and in 1964 published her first novel, a children's book called "Mystery of the White Knight." In "Rest You Merry" (1978), MacLeod introduced Professor Peter Shandy, a horticulturist and amateur sleuth whose adventures she would chronicle for two decades. "The Family Vault" (1979) marked the first appearance of her other best-known characters: the husband and wife sleuthing team Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn, whom she followed until her last novel, "The Balloon Man," in 1998.
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This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer. Mr. Kirk's little book was written in 1691 and was probably not printed until 1815, when an edition of only one hundred copies appeared at Edinburgh from the press of James Ballantyne & Company for Longman & Company of London. Mr. Kirk's book is the most curious imaginable. Written in 1691 by a Scotch divine, it is nothing less than a calm assumption of the existence at that time of a commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies, whose government, habits, etc., are minutely described upon the authority of "Men of Second Sight" (it is not clear whether the author himself was one of these by virtue of bis being a seventh son), the method of obtaining which gift is also carefully explained. These fairies are of a middle nature between man and angel; they inhabit subterranean abodes, which they change at each quarter of the year. "They are distributed in tribes and orders, and have children, nurses, marriages, deaths, and burials; their apparel and speech is like that of the people and country under which they live; they are said to have aristocratical rulers and laws, but no discernible religion, love, or devotion towards God," their weapons are most what solid earthly bodies, nothing of iron, but much of stone, like to yellow soft flint spa, shaped liked a barbed arrow-head, but flung like a dart, with great force." The moral character of these "subterraneans" is minutely described and the conclusion is, "But for swearing and intemperance, they are not observed so subject to those irregularities, as to envy, spite, hypocrisy, lying, and dissimulation." The author adds to the evidence given by his friends, etc., a letter from Lord Tarbott to the Hon. Robert Boyle, in which many additional instances of second sight are narrated.
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"The Sacred Writings Of ..." provides you with the essential works among the Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until medieval times. Contents: The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians Chapter I.-The Salutation. Praise of the Corinthians Before the Breaking Forth of Schism Among Them. Chapter II.-Praise of the Corinthians Continued. Chapter III.-The Sad State of the Corinthian Church After Sedition Arose in It from Envy and Emulation. Chapter IV.-Many Evils Have Already Flowed from This Source in Ancient Times. Chapter V.-No Less Evils Have Arisen from the Same Source in the Most Recent Times. The Martyrdom of Peter and Paul. Chapter VI.-Continuation. Several Other Martyrs. Chapter VII.-An Exhortation to Repentance. Chapter VIII.-Continuation Respecting Repentance. Chapter IX.-Examples of the Saints. Chapter X.-Continuation of the Above. Chapter XI.-Continuation. Lot. Chapter XII.-The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. Rahab. Chapter XIII.-An Exhortation to Humility. Chapter XIV.-We Should Obey God Rather Than the Authors of Sedition. Chapter XV.-We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So. Chapter XVI.-Christ as an Example of Humility. Chapter XVII.-The Saints as Examples of Humility. Chapter XVIII.-David as an Example of Humility. Chapter XIX.-Imitating These Examples, Let Us Seek After Peace. Chapter XX.-The Peace and Harmony of the Universe. Chapter XXI.-Let Us Obey God, and Not the Authors of Sedition. Chapter XXII.-These Exhortations are Confirmed by the Christian Faith, Which Proclaims the Misery of Sinful Conduct. Chapter XXIII.-Be Humble, and Believe that Christ Will Come Again. Chapter XXIV.-God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a Resurrection. Chapter XXV.-The Phoenix an Emblem of Our Resurrection. Chapter XXVI.
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"The Sacred Writings Of ..." provides you with the essential works among the Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until medieval times. Contents: Patriarch and Patriarchate I.-The Testament of Reuben Concerning Thoughts II.-The Testament of Simeon Concerning Envy. III.-The Testament of Levi Concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance. IV.-The Testament of Judah Concerning Fortitude, and Love of Money, and Fornication. V.-The Testament of Issachar Concerning Simplicity. VI.-The Testament of Zebulun Concerning Compassion and Mercy. VII.-The Testament of Dan Concerning Anger and Lying. VIII.-The Testament of Naphtali Concerning Natural Goodness. IX.-The Testament of Gad Concerning Hatred. X.-The Testament of Asher Concerning Two Faces of Vice and Virtue. XI.-The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety. XII.-The Testament of Benjamin Concerning a Pure Mind.
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