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July 2021AT DUSK AND AFTERWARDS
Flavien discovers a magical world under a hospital bed. A disturbing mist ravages the kingdom and a sleeping princess could be the key to saving his sister.
by Raphaël Panarisi
After the accident that put his sister in a deep coma, Flavien discovers a magical world under a hospital bed. A disturbing mist ravages the kingdom of this mysterious land, and a sleeping princess somewhere off in this distant universe could be the key to saving his sister.The young boy, accompanied by a strange creature, embarks on an epic and dreamlike quest full of adventures and riddles to defeat Scarified, an evil being whose scars reflect the darkest nightmares, and to liberate the Kingdom of the Underworld, whose territories are divided between light, shadow, and twilight. Many trials await them, such as a visit to a haunted forest and a face-to-face encounter with two gigantic monsters who, like a Sphinx, impose riddles to guard the entrance of a sacred mausoleum.Without knowing it, he will travel through some literary classics like Alice in Wonderland, The Neverending Story, and The Wizard of Oz.For all these references are not accidental, and Flavien will discover at the end of his journey, during the final confrontation, that everything is linked to the books he has always loved.
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FictionJanuary 2020Grand Cafe Martinique
by Raphaël Confiant
1702, the young Gabriel-Mathieu d'Erchigny de Clieu, from Normandy, is barely fifteen years old. Once he obtains his ship's ensign stripes, he finds himself immediately sent to Martinique. Following Christopher Columbus’s footsteps, his dream of America becomes a reality. He grows sugar cane, which quickly provides him with a nice fortune, a wife, and a prosperous plantation. In 1720, he returns to France with a new idea in mind: to grow coffee in the West Indies. This new beverage is terribly fashionable in all European courts, but the French buy it from producing countries at a very high price. However, the Jardin Royal des Plantes keeps some coffee plants under close surveillance. Luck brings Clieu into contact with the niece of Louis XV's personal doctor (Mr. de Chirac has unlimited access to the garden), and who, for her beautiful eyes, steals two precious plants! The adventure has only just begun....
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August 2020Dangerous Animals
by Raphaël Martin, Maxime Derouen
A formidable inventory of the most dangerous animals in the world! Here is a captivating reference book to know everything about these animals, whose dangerous nature sometimes hides in small details: the way they live, hunt or defend themselves, shocking or surprising information and of course the type of pain caused by the animal. Science and shivers guaranteed!
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Les vacances de Monsieur Rhino / Mr Rhino Holidays
by Raphaël Baud, Aurélie Neyret
The animals in the zoo, you know, it’s their job. And sometimes, they take a few holiday. And here we are on the tracks of impassive Mister Rhino, ready to rest two weeks in Africa. A discreet and moderate text quite makes way for Aurélie Neyret’s magnificent illustrations, sensational in it very large size. A kind of serenity springs out of these improbable holidays: mister Rhino’s lazyness is communicative. An ode in the slowness, in the poetry, in the beauty of the big landscapes, in the trail of a silent and charming rhinoceros.
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October 2023The Flavour Atlas
1,500 Creative Pairings and Innovative Recipes
by Raphaël Haumont, Thierry Marx
A practical, easy to use, mouth-watering book on the science of food pairing written by renowned Michelin star chef, Thierry Marx and physicist, chemist, and researcher, Raphael Haumont. Packed with 4-colour drawings of 80 fruits and vegetables and 1,500 creative pairings with at a glance aromatic wheels and recipes proposed by the Chef. Discover how a duo or a trio of aroma components can wake up your tastebuds and smell. A book to bring out your culinary creativeness while learning the role of chemistry behind different ingredient pairings.
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Biography: arts & entertainmentJuly 202050 Women Sculptors
by Cheryl Robson, Joanna Sperryn-Jones & Melissa Hamnett
With an overview of women making sculpture from the 1880s to today, this book explores the work of 50 extraordinary women artists who have forged a name for themselves in a male arena, as well as breaking rules, pushing boundaries and inspiring us with their visionary creations. The pioneers and legends: Ruth Asawa, Phyllida Barlow, Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Camille Claudel, Niki de Saint Phalle, Elisabeth Frink, Katharina Fritsch, Anya Gallaccio, Mona Hatoum, Barbara Hepworth, Eva Hesse, Rebecca Horn, Harriet Hosmer, Yayoi Kusama, Edmonia Lewis, Frances Loring, Sarah Lucas, Annette Messager, Senga Nengudi, Cornelia Parker, Sophie Ryder ◉ Doris Salcedo, Alina Szapocznikow, Rachel Whiteread, Florence Wyle Contemporary women sculptors in their own words featured: Tabatha Andrews, Rachel Ara, Annie Attridge, Helaine Blumenfeld, Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Silke Dettmers, Laury Dizengremel, Jane McAdam Freud, Lucy Glendinning, Maggi Hambling, Kendra Haste, Holly Hendry, Christine Kowal Post, Sophie Marsham, Nnenna Okore, Arundhata Patel, Maya Ramsay, Marianne Reim, Frances Richardson, Raphaele Shirley, Susan Stockwel, Sinta Tantra, Almuth Tebbenhoff, Patricia Volk, Zhang Yaxi
