Biographical noteVictor Hugo (1802-85) was the most forceful, prolific and versatile of French nineteenth-century writers. He wrote Romantic costume dramas, many volumes of lyrical and satirical verse, political and other journalism, criticism and several novels, the best known of which are Les Misérables (1862) and the youthful Notre-Dame de Paris (1831). A royalist and conservative as a young man, Hugo later became a committed social democrat and during the Second Empire of Napoleon III was exiled from France, living in the Channel Islands. He returned to Paris in 1870 and remained a great public figure until his death: his body lay in state under the Arc de Triomphe before being buried in the Panthéon. Main descriptionNow a major musical film from Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech), starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway, and also featuring Amanda Seyfreid, Helena Bonham-Carter and Sacha Baron-Cohen, Victor Hugo's Les Misérables is one of the great works of western literature.Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe). It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine (Anne Hathaway), driven to prostitution by poverty. Victor Hugo (1802-85) wrote volumes of criticism, Romantic costume dramas, satirical verse and political journalism but is best remembered for his novels, especially Notre-Dame de Paris (1831), also known as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables (1862) which was adapted into one of the most successful musicals of all time. 'All human life is here'Cameron Mackintosh, producer of the musical Les Misérables'One of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world'Upton Sinclair'A great writer - inventive, witty, sly, innovatory' A. S. Byatt, author of Possession
Madeline Whittier is allergic to the outside world. So allergic, in fact, that she has never left the house in all of her seventeen years. But when Olly moves in next door, and wants to talk to Maddie, tiny holes start to appear in the protective bubble her mother has built around her. Olly writes his IM address on a piece of paper, shows it at her window, and suddenly, a door opens. But does Maddie dare to step outside her comfort zone?
The second novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, author of Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper - now a major Netflix series.
What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?
Frances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret - not even the person she is on the inside.
But when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, unafraid to be herself. Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken.
Caught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances'' dreams come crashing down. Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past...
She has to confess why Carys disappeared...
Meanwhile at uni, Aled is alone, fighting even darker secrets.
It''s only by facing up to your fears that you can overcome them. And it''s only by being your true self that you can find happiness.
Frances is going to need every bit of courage she has.
A YA coming of age read that tackles issues of identity, the pressure to succeed, diversity and freedom to choose, Radio Silence is a tour de force by the most exciting writer of her generation.
Reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love, but what it's like to be young and in love with a book' John Green, author of The Fault in our Stars
This edition of New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman's modern classic, Coraline --also an Academy Award-nominated film--is enriched with a foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more. When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
*Now a major film starring Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton* The New York Times bestselling love story from Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything. I'm definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Falling in love with him won't be my story.
-?Les " Premiers romans " bilingues : une série illustrée en couleurs ponctuée de termes, d'expressions et de questions en anglais (niveau A1), avec un mémento contenant la traduction pour accompagner l'enfant dans sa lecture.
- Trois enquêtes à résoudre avec Kate et son frère Tom en plein coeur de l'Australie.
Périple à Kangaroo Island Alors qu'ils s'apprêtent à visiter Kangaroo Island, Tom et Kate entendent parler d'un cambriolage qui a eu lieu non de loin de là. Méfiance, les voleurs seraient encore dans les environs...Tom et Kate sauront-ils les démasquer ?
Sauvons les koalas !
Un feu s'est déclaré dans une forêt, mettant en danger les animaux qui l'occupent. Tom et Kate n'hésitent pas à donner un coup de main au refuge qui accueille les blessés. Les enfants parviendront-ils à faire la lumière sur l'origine de l'incendie ?
La fantômette de l'opéra Lors d'une répétition du Fantôme de l'opéra, de mauvais tours sont joués à la cantatrice vedette. Tom et Kate découvriront-ils qui en veut à la diva avant le début du spectacle ?
Grâce à cette célèbre enquête de Sherlock Holmes, les élèves de collège pourront lire en VO, une histoire aussi mystérieuse que passionnante. Pour une meilleure compréhension, tous les textes ont été adaptés et des traductions des mots les plus difficiles figurent dans les marges.
Une histoire d'amour par e-mails entre Juliette, collégienne toulousaine, et Mark, son correspondant anglais, qui joue le rôle de Roméo au théâtre. Une tragédie moderne. Le premier chapitre en français, le deuxième en anglais, etc. De sorte que, pour connaître la suite de l'histoire, il faut passer... de l'une à l'autre langue.
Un chevalier énigmatique, surgi d'une forêt profonde, en quête d'une reine enlevée par un être de l'autre monde ; un auteur qui, tout soucieux qu'il est de complaire à sa mécène, délègue à un autre clerc le soin d'achever son récit ; un titre provocant qui, rattaché à l'univers arthurien,
annonce le bouleversement des valeurs établies au nom de l'amour ; un roman déconcertant qui multiplie à loisir les jeux de pistes, brouille à plaisir les repères convenus, ménage des silences. Avec le Chevalier de la Charrette, Chrétien invente une formule et une figure romanesques
inédites, celle d'un roman qui cherche à définir la place du fin'amant dans le monde arthurien et, dans l'ombre de Tristan, celle du chevalier amoureux fou de la reine qui lui donne son identité - et pas seulement son nom - et dicte sa conduite, en soumettant sa carrière héroïque aux exigences de la passion. Le romancier champenois réunit tous les ingrédients pour créer un couple mythique, dont le Lancelot en prose s'attachera à relater le parcours en plongeant dans les arcanes du désir et de la jouissance. Mais cette " lecture " rétroactive qui, sans nul doute, trahit notre approche en comblant systématiquement les blancs laissés en suspens dans le texte en vers ne saurait masquer ni la profonde originalité, ni la part irréductible de mystère d'où naît peut-être le roman.
De la production littéraire du Moyen Âge français, le lecteur moderne ne connaît guère que quelques noms et quelques oeuvres, la plupart justement célèbres. Le pari de cette nouvelle collection est de leur donner une plus large diffusion en proposant des éditions remises à jour, assorties de traductions originales et de tout ce qui peut en faciliter la compréhension. Mais il a paru tout aussi important d'associer à ces valeurs établies des oeuvres moins connues, souvent peu accessibles, capables cependant de susciter à leur tour le plaisir de la découverte.
Grâce aux enquêtes de Jordan, jeune français aux prises avec de mystérieux malfrats sévissant sur le sol anglais, les lecteurs de 9 ans pourront s'initier à la langue anglaise et mémoriser les mots essentiels et les expressions les plus courantes. Un lexique en fin d'ouvrage rassemble le vocabulaire anglais utilisé dans le récit.
Cath and Wren are identical twins, and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they're off to university and Wren's decided she doesn't want to be one half of a pair any more - she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It's not so easy for Cath. She's horribly shy and has always buried herself in the fan fiction she writes, where she always knows exactly what to say and can write a romance far more intense than anything she's experienced in real life. Without Wren Cath is completely on her own and totally outside her comfort zone. She's got a surly room-mate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone. Now Cath has to decide whether she's ready to open her heart to new people and new experiences, and she's realizing that there's more to learn about love than she ever thought possible . . .
Based on the characters Simon and Baz who featured in Rainbow Rowell''s bestselling Fangirl, Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you''d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.
Simon Snow just wants to relax and savour his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up with him, his best friend is a pest and his mentor keeps trying to hide him away in the mountains where maybe he''ll be safe. Simon can''t even enjoy the fact that his room-mate and longtime nemesis is missing, because he can''t stop worrying about the evil git. Plus there are ghosts. And vampires. And actual evil things trying to shut Simon down. When you''re the most powerful magician the world has ever known, you never get to relax and savour anything.
''Come for the make-outs and stay for the magic'' - The Atlantic
Un meurtrier sévit dans un pensionnat chic... Qui sera sa prochaine victime ? This Book Kills est, dans la catégorie littérature jeunesse, le polar-évènement de l'année 2023. Il séduira les amateurs de Holly Jackson et Karen McManus.
"Soyons clairs dès le départ : je n'ai pas tué Hugh Henry Van Boren. Je n'ai même pas été complice... du moins pas sciemment".
Hugh Henry Van Boren, l'un des élèves les plus populaires et les plus riches du lycée de Jess Choudhary, a été retrouvé mort. Ses condisciples sont sous le choc et s'interrogent sur l'identité du coupable. Jess, sommée d'adopter un profil bas sous peine de retrait de sa bourse d'étude, se retrouve au centre de l'enquête, celle-ci ayant révélé que Hugh est mort exactement de la même façon que l'un des personnages d'une nouvelle écrite par l'adolescente.
C'est alors que Jess reçoit un texto la remerciant d'avoir inspiré l'assassin.
Le temps presse, et Jess sait que si elle ne parvient pas à résoudre ce mystère, elle aura enfin un point commun avec Hugh Henry : elle sera morte elle aussi.
Crazy Rich Asians meets Gossip Girl by way of Jenny Han in this knock-out sequel, about a Korean American teen who is thrust into the competitive, technicolor world of K-pop, from Jessica Jung, K-pop legend and former lead singer of one of the most influential K-pop girl groups of all time, Girls Generation.
Couture gowns, press parties, international travel. Rachel Kim is at the top of her game. Girls Forever is now the number-one K-pop group in the world, and her fame skyrockets after her viral airport styling attracts the attention of fashion's biggest names. Her life's a swirl of technicolour glamour and adoring fans. Rachel can't imagine shining any brighter.
The only thing that's missing is love-but Rachel's determined to follow the rules. In her world, falling in love can cost you everything.
Enter Alex. When Rachel literally falls head over designer heels into his lap on a crowded metro, she's tempted to give up her anti-love vows. Alex is more than just heart-stopping dimples and adorably quirky banter. He believes in Rachel's future-both in music and in fashion.
But the higher you rise, the harder you fall. And when a shocking act of betrayal shatters her world, Rachel must finally listen to her heart.
Anax is about to face her examination for the Academy, the institution which safeguards her society. The subject is close to her heart: Adam, a man whose struggle transformed the course of her country. But the examination will reveal new twists to Adam's history. Twists that will undermine Anax's assumptions about her country and who she is.
You can't tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It's not easy being a half-blood these days. You mortals can't even see the monsters we have to fight all the time. The Camp Half Blood is under attack, and unless I get my hands on the Golden Fleece, the whole camp will be invaded by monsters. Can Percy survive?
A new cover look for the number one bestselling CHERUB series! In the first title, James hits rock bottom before he's offered a new start in an intriguing organisation ...
He stood up and walked slowly to the couch by the window. He picked up his violin on his drawn-up knees. He plucked a string or two and tuned it.«I will tell you a story,» he began. «After it is over you will need to ask me no more questions. Someone once told me that all secrets are lies. The time has come, I think, not to lie anymore.»
"One minute, Oliver "Boo" Dalrymple is next to his locker at school reciting the periodic table from heart; the next he finds himself in "Town," an afterlife exclusively for thirteen year-olds. As Boo works to acclimate himself to his new home, another boy from his hometown--Johnny--appears, seemingly a victim of the same school shooter. A social outcast back in America, Boo quickly finds the friendship and joy that he never knew in life, but as he and Johnny search for the identity of their mysterious murderer, possibly now a fellow resident of Town, they uncover a truth that will have profound repercussions for them both. Beautifully drawn and filled with colorful characters, Boo is a story about finding your place in the world, be it this one or the next"--
Etats-Unis, 1917 : Tandis que la Grande guerre fait rage en Europe et que les Etats-Unis s'apprêtent eux aussi à entrer dans le combat, Edwin, jeune franco-américain, fait face à un autre genre de conflit dans le lycée militaire américain qu'il vient d'intégrer. Quel secret y a-t-il dans le village indien englouti ? Pourquoi est-il gardé si farouchement par une société mystérieuse ? Et quel rapport The Guardians ont-ils avec la Grande guerre ? Un roman en français avec des passages en anglais.
