Un voyage de plus de deux millénaires pour découvrir l'évolution des bateaux à voiles, des premiers navires égyptiens aux voiliers de course. Des reconstitutions en couleurs sont accompagnées de textes simples mêlant anecdotes et explications techniques.

Dans les années 1920, le jeune lecteur doit identifier le meurtrier de Big Tulio, un gangster de Chicago tué par balle alors qu'il célébrait son anniversaire en grande pompe au sous-sol d'un club secret. Il est assisté dans son enquête par une jeune écrivaine.

Twelve-year-old Joe Warden isn't happy. Sure, he's rich, but his parents don't care about him. His grandmother should make everything better, except that Joe's granny is a nightmare. She's not just physically repulsive, she's horribly mean. Everyone thinks she's just a dotty old woman, but Joe knows the truth. He's seen behind her mask and glimpsed the wicked glimmer in her eyes - she is pure evil. And now she's...

Another hilarious and moving novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children''s author in the country. A story of prejudice and acceptance, funny lists and silly words, this new book has all the hallmarks of David''s previous bestsellers. Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma''s house. She''s the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn''t know about his grandma. 1) She was once an international jewel thief. 2) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the Crown Jewels, and now she needs Ben''s help...

White Bird reveals a new side to Julian's story, as Julian discovers the moving and powerful tale of his grandmother, who was hidden from the Nazis as a young Jewish girl in occupied France during the Second World War. An unforgettable story about strength, courage and the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges and even save lives.

As we grow, our dreams grow bigger too! When I Am Bigger is a counting book with numbers from nine to one hundred that skip ahead in non-sequential order, so readers are challenged to count all the objects to get the right numberãnd discover all the silly details in each scene along the way. This book builds on the whimsical scenarios in When I Am Big, like creating 31 incredible contraptions for traveling around the world, while also incorporating lessons on self-awareness, independence, and a spirit of giving back.

Once a month, Dad takes his son to the barbers, come rain or shine. But when Dad disappears, this little boy's hair grows big, ginormous, out of control à and so do his feelings. A touching and melodic story of family separation from a child's perspective.

Greg's dad, Frank, is on a mission - a mission to make this wimpy kid, well, less wimpy. All manner of 'manly' physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them. That is until military academy is mentioned and Greg realizes that he's going to have to come up with something very special to get out of this one.

Laissez-vous enchanter par le chant des oiseaux que l’on peut trouver à travers l’Europe. Avec 24 cris d’oiseaux différents et huit habitats à explorer, il y a tellement à apprendre sur ces animaux brillants.

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita, who he'll do anything to possess. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster?! Or is he all of these?

David et Cheryl Burroughs vivent le rêve - mariés, une belle maison en banlieue, un fils de trois ans nommé Matthew - quand la tragédie frappe une nuit de la pire façon possible. David se réveille couvert de sang, mais pas le sien, celui de son fils. Bien qu'il sache qu'il n'a pas tué son fils, les preuves accablantes qui pèsent sur lui le conduisent derrière les barreaux pour une durée indéterminée. Cinq ans après son incarcération, la soeur de Cheryl arrive - et lâche une bombe. Elle est venue avec une photo qu'un ami a prise lors de vacances dans un parc d'attractions. Le garçon à l'arrière-plan lui semble familier - et même si David réalise que ce n'est pas possible, il sait que c'est bien lui. C'est Matthew, et il est toujours en vie. David planifie une évasion éprouvante de la prison, déterminé à faire ce qui semble impossible - sauver son fils, laver son propre nom et découvrir la véritable histoire de ce qui s'est passé lors de cette nuit dévastatrice.

Seize poèmes consacrés à Tom Bombadil, personnage issu de la trilogie de romans Le seigneur des anneaux. Ils évoquent ses excursions dans la Vieille Forêt ainsi que les légendes et les chansons folkloriques de la Terre du Milieu. @Electre 2022

From legendary storyteller and No. 1 bestseller Stephen King, whose ''restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained'' (The New York Times Book Review), comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job. Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He''s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he''ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong? How about everything, This spectacular can''t-put-it-down novel is part war story, part love letter to small town America and the people who live there, and it features one of the most compelling and surprising duos in King fiction, who set out to avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. It''s about love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption. You won''t put this story down, and you won''t forget Billy.