Tilde Arcelli Riva Ordre des livres (chronologique)

The year is 1973. As a freak winter storm bears down on an exclusive, affluent suburb in Connecticut, cars skid out of control, men and women swap partners, and their children experiment with sex, drugs, and even suicide. Here two families, the Hoods and the Williamses, come face-to-face with the seething emotions behind the well-clipped lawns of their lives - in a novel widely hailed as a funny, acerbic, and moving hymn to a dazed and confused era of American life.

'Sappho's Leap' is a journey back 2,600 years to inhabit the mind of the greatest love poet the world has ever known.

The story of this steamy novel centers on an amoral young Italian aristocrat with a penchant for violence who owes his extravagant lifestyle to the favors of a mafia overlord. So when he is asked to silence four witnesses due to testify against the mob, the aristocrat is more than happy to comply in a most brutal manner. Only he did not figure on a special agent -- one who helped build the mountain of evidence against the organization -- entering into a lethal game of cat-and-mouse with him. And the special agent is the only one who realizes that it is not loyalty, or honor, or debt that drive the young man to murder -- but the thrill of the kill!

With her characteristic wit and her refreshing refusal to bow down before political correctness, Erica Jong tackles these and other issues.

A humorous novel about the sensual education of a young journalist in Havana. The novel is set in pre-Castro Havana and includes a huge cast of colourful characters. The author's previous books include Three Trapped Tigers and Holy Smoke.

" Des amis viennent tout exprès me presser de renoncer à cet homme ; ils m'abreuvent d'arguments avec lesquels je suis d'accord, sans exception. Mais à quoi bon ? Ce que je ressens n'a rien à voir avec la raison... " Belle, riche, mère comblée et peintre en vogue du New York des années 80, Leila est prisonnière d'une passion charnelle dont son jeune amant profite au point de l'humilier, de la tromper, de la torturer. S'arracher à cet esclavage amoureux qui la jette dans l'alcool, la drogue et l'autodestruction, sera pour Leila une lutte implacable, une véritable odyssée sentimentale. Libération féminine, recherche sans complexe du plaisir, quête inassouvie de l'amour : on retrouve ici les thèmes favoris de l'auteur du Complexe d'Icare, ainsi que son humour et son étincelante liberté d'esprit.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and it's all small stuff is a book that shows you how to keep from letting the little things in life drive you crazy. In thoughtful and insightful language, author Richard Carlson reveals ways to calm down in the midst of your incredibly hurried, stress-filled life. You can learn to put things in perspective by making the small daily changes he suggests,including advice such as "Think of your problems as potential teachers"; "Remember that when you die, your 'In' box won't be empty"; and "Do one thing at a time." You should also try to live in the present moment, let others have the glory at times, and lower your tolerance to stress. You can write down your most stubborn positions and see if you can soften them, learn to trust your intuitions, and live each day as if it might be your last. With gentle, supportive suggestions, Dr.Carlson reveals ways to make your actions more peaceful and caring, with the added benefit of making your life more calm and stress-free.

Avec le même dynamisme qui a fait le succès de son livre Pouvoir illimité et de ses séminaires, Anthony Robbins propose des techniques et des stratégies qui vous donneront le pouvoir de maîtriser vos émotions, votre corps, vos relations avec les autres, vos finances et votre vie entière. Il vous entraîne dans l'univers fascinant de votre vie intérieure et vous apprend à réveiller le géant qui sommeille en vous, celui- là même qui peut tenir les commandes à votre place. Vous saurez enfin comment votre inconscient contrôle votre vie et ce que vous pouvez faire pour modifier instantanément vos habitudes.

Christ versus Arizona turns on the events in 1881 that surrounded the shootout at the OK Corral, where Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Virgil and Morgan Earp fought the Clantons and the McLaurys. Set against a backdrop of an Arizona influenced by the Mexican Revolution and the westward expansion of the United States, the story is a bravura performance by the 1989 Nobel Prize-winning author. A monologue by the naive, unreliable, and uneducated Wendell L. Espana, the book weaves together hundreds of characters and a torrent of interconnected anecdotes, some true, some fabricated. Wendell s story is a document of the vast array of ills that welcomed the dawning of the twentieth century, ills that continue to shape our world in the new millennium."

A LONELY MAN. Toby Temple is a super star and a super bastard, a man adored by his fans and plagued by suspicion and distrust. A DISILLUSIONED WOMAN. Jill Castle came to Hollywood to be a star -- and discovered she had to buy her way with her body. A WORLD OF PREDATORS. Here they are bound to each other by a love so ruthless, so strong, it is more than human -- and less...