John Lawrence Livres

In this compelling collection of tales Roald Dahl's urbane and sophisticated wit is directed at the unfathomable mysteries and eccentricities of rural life.

Lorsqu'en 1850 il publie David Copperfield Charles Dickens offre à ses lecteurs le premier roman qu'il ait écrit à la première personne, et derrière l'histoire de son jeune héros, c'est aussi parfois la sienne qu'on peut lire. Mais ce que dessinent surtout les douloureuses premières années, le dur apprentissage de la vie dans une fabrique, puis la fuite et l'errance picaresque du jeune Copperfield, c'est un roman de formation où le personnage se fait son propre biographe. Il arrive alors qu'on ne sache pas si le réel évoqué est celui que l'enfant vécut au présent ou celui que l'adulte revisite au passé. Car, d'épreuve en épreuve, c'est une nouvelle image de soi que le narrateur peu à peu reconstruit, avant de devenir lui-même à la fin du livre un écrivain semblable à celui qui, dès le début, a pris la plume pour raconter sa vie - et nous offrir ce qui est encore aujourd'hui le plus grand roman anglais du XIXe siècle. Cette édition du texte intégral, dans la traduction établie sous la direction de P. Lorain et revue par Laurent Bury et Jean-Pierre Naugrette, comprend également : une préface de Jean-Pierre Naugrette, des notes de Laurent Bury, une chronologie, une bibliographie.

This is the story of Robert Lawrence of the Scots Guards who was severely wounded as he led his platoon in an attack against an Argentinian machine-gun position during the battle for Tumbledown Mountain in 1982. The injury to Lawrence's head was so severe that it was assumed that he would die and he had to wait for four hours before medical staff could help him, but he did eventually make a recovery, coming to terms with his paralysis.

The memoir offers a humorous and candid glimpse into the trials of medical school, chronicling John's evolution from a hesitant liberal-arts student to a confident medical doctor. Through entertaining anecdotes, he shares the challenges of gaining admission, mastering anatomy with quirky mnemonic devices, and the realities of delivering babies. His self-deprecating humor and unique storytelling style keep readers engaged as he reveals the often unseen experiences within the medical profession.

Another mesmerising episode from the universe of His Dark Materials including the very first meeting of those two legends and friends, Lee Scoresby, the Texan balloonist, and Iorek Byrnison, the armoured bear.Set in the far frozen Arctic, Once Upon a Time in the North contains other teasingly authentic memorabilia and clues, together with a thrilling board game, Peril of the Pole – complete with spinner, game board, and pieces.Cover illustration and engravings by John Lawrence

Arthur Kipps did not believe in ghosts. Few attend Mrs. Alice Drablow's funeral, and not one blood relative amongst them. There are undertakers with shovels, of course, a local official who would rather be anywhere else, and one Mr. Arthur Kipps, solicitor from London. He is to spend the night in Eel Marsh House, the place where the old recluse died amidst a sinking swamp, a blinding fog and a baleful mystery about which the townsfolk refuse to speak. Young Mr. Kipps expects a boring evening alone sorting out paperwork and searching for Mrs. Drablow's will. But when the high tide pens him in, what he finds -- or rather what finds him -- is something else entirely.

Unwelcome ghosts are joined by uninvited dragons, gryphons, Martians, and magicians, in eight twisty stories with everyday English settings

Two young sisters living in the Cornish countryside find a strange boy in the woods who doesn't seem to speak, eat, or sleep