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無理なく、自然体に「老い」を愉しみ方とは――。家計簿、重いフライパン、無理して入る風呂、法事、終活、世間体などなど。

ノスタルジーと、可笑しみと。池袋、飯能、日本橋、所沢、諏訪、田園調布、高知、恐山、湯河原……。自分の中の記憶を、街単位で遡る。そこから掘り起こされる、懐かしいだけでは片付かない、景色と感情。

Ian Fleming’s world travels and interests, as well as his journalism and wartime experiences, lent authority to everything he wrote. In 1959, the Sunday Times commissioned Fleming to write a series of dispatches from the world’s most beguiling locales. The result was Thrilling Cities, a masterpiece of well-observed travelogue that stands ably alongside the author’s Bond canon.

Le génie de Pascal s'est étendu à tous les domaines : mathématiques, physique, ingénierie, philosophie, littérature... Mais ce prodige, d'une grande précocité pour l'intelligence de la tête, avait tout à apprendre pour l'intelligence du cœur. Avec sa petite sœur Jacqueline, une enfant aussi géniale que lui, Pascal témoigne de ce qui fait sens dans l'existence humaine : non le pouvoir des rois, non la raison des savants, mais l'amour et la volonté qui grandissent dans une quête de sagesse.

Au-delà des ambitions littéraires et des rêves de reconnaissance, l'écriture est avant tout un appel. Entre réflexion philosophique et exploration pratique, découvrez comment l'acte d'écrire peut devenir un chemin de transformation, une quête de soi où chaque phrase trace la carte de notre paysage intérieur. Ce livre audio comprend également "La lettre", un conte philosophique d'Oscar Brenifier.

Transcendence for Beginners examines life writing and philosophy across certain European and Indian traditions, exploring questions of childhood and mortality, art and religion, beauty and loss. Informed by her experience as a biographer of Søren Kierkegaard and George Eliot as well as her own life, Clare Carlisle asks what one human existence can reveal, and how writing can transmit its truth.

This is a book about books, about the subversive power of reading and the strange, enduring magic of books as objects. Ever since childhood, books have been at the centre of Ian Patterson's life, as a poet, teacher, translator, bookseller and collector. As he constructs the last of many libraries, he makes an impassioned case for the radical importance of reading in our lives - from Proust to Jilly Cooper, from golden-age detective novels to avant-garde poetry.

Nicolas Krastev-Mckinnon propose dans cet ouvrage une lecture littéraire et philosophique de l'univers du rappeur. Sous une forme fragmentaire, l'écrivain décrit les lignes de force d'une discographie aussi complexe que brillante, qui a marqué le paysage musical français de son empreinte. Dans cette version enrichie, toutes les entrées du dictionnaire ont été revues et augmentées. Au fil de vingt nouvelles sections, Nicolas Krastev-Mckinnon intègre également les deux derniers albums de Damso - J'ai menti & BĒYĀH - à son analyse.

Inspired by Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith’s conversations in the wake of the 2024 election, this is a collection of poems, essays, and visual art on what we—individually and collectively—can hold onto, and what we can work towards. In times of difficulty, with a government working against its own people, we must turn to our friends and loved ones to provide context, language, energy, and hope. The People’s Project offers a range of perspectives, drawing wisdom from their communities and histories.

In this startlingly original, deeply irreverent cultural history, Ruby Tandoh traces that transformation, exposing how cult cookbooks, bad TV, visionary restaurants, and new social media have all wildly overhauled our appetites.

From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child’s first-ever autobiographical collection. From urgently scribbling out his debut Killing Floor in pencil (the stub of which he still owns), to taking a step back with Blue Moon, and everything in between, here are 24 honest, witty and wise personal reflections on his life and work, crafted across decades.

The essays in Does This Make Me Funny? introduce us to Zosia Mamet in all her glory—from her early days growing up in literary and dramatic circles, to her years as a young adult pining for acceptance and love, to her first attempts to make it as an actor, to where she and Shosh are now. A gripping, funny, and earnest look at what it means to be a girl in the world and how to define yourself amid the bustle of show business, Does This Make Me Funny? is a captivating debut from a natural-born storyteller.