Stephen Fry Livres

Indigne rejeton de la bonne société anglaise, Adrian Healey, quinze ans, a fait de sa vie une gigantesque fumisterie. Excentrique et cultivé, rebelle à toute autorité, il secoue par ses frasques le conformisme de sa public school, puis imagine les plus invraisemblables mensonges pour couvrir ses incartades. Coqueluche de ses condisciples, terreur de ses professeurs, et en particulier du ridicule Donald Trefusis, il sait moucher chacun par ses reparties bien senties. Mais trop, c'est trop. Lassés de ses extravagances et de son homosexualité tapageuse, les responsables du collège finissent par le renvoyer. Quelques années plus tard, à Cambridge, il retrouve Donald Trefusis. L'ancienne tête de turc, qui n'a pas oublié cet élève turbulent et plein de ressources, décide de lui donner une petite leçon... Entre humour caustique et blagues de potaches, Stephen Fry ne choisit pas et fait flèche de tout bois pour mieux pourfendre l'establishment. Avec ce roman brillant, scandaleux et hilarant, il se place dans la lignée des grands provocateurs anglais.

« Je maudissais cette fille de ne pas m'avoir dit ce que j'étais censé rechercher. Si au moins elle m'avait donné une vague indication, je me serais arrangé pour la conforter dans ses illusions. Mais quelles illusions Ma dernière visite à Swafford m'avait beaucoup distrait, certes, mais de là à parler de miracles... » Poète déchu, critique dramatique acariâtre, vieux libidineux aigri confit de misanthropie, Ted Wallace est un inébranlable rationaliste et ennemi tonitruant des bonnes manières. Alors qu'il vient de se faire mettre à la porte du journal pour lequel il écrit, il se voit investi d'une mission secrète par sa très charmante filleule Jane : soulever le mystère de Swafford Hall, demeure du richissime lord Logan. David, le fils de maison, détient-il réellement le pouvoir de guérir les gens ? Armé de flair, d'esprit critique aiguisé et de whisky, Ted Wallace arpenter le château à la recherche de la vérité. Un roman où humour et sarcasme bousculent l'intrigue.

A retelling of the Greek myth of the Trojan war

Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, funny, tragic and timeless tales. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera. Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best.

The Greek myths are amongst the best stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. You'll fall in love with Zeus, marvel at the birth of Athena, wince at Cronus and Gaia's revenge on Ouranos, weep with King Midas and hunt with the beautiful and ferocious Artemis. Spellbinding, informative and moving, Stephen Fry's Mythos perfectly captures these stories for the modern age - in all their rich and deeply human relevance.

From the day Paddington was discovered on a railway platform in London, he was seldom far from imminent disaster... but it always seemed to turn into hilarious fun

Known as the "four horsemen" of the New Atheism, four thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Their examination of ideas was wide-ranging. Everything that was said as they agreed and disagreed with one another, interrogated ideas and exchanged insights about religion and atheism, science and sense speaks to our present age. The dialogue was recorded, and is transcribed and presented in this book

Pre-order the final installment of Stephen Fry's bestselling Greek myths series, focusing on The Odyssey. Follow Odysseus as he faces monsters, divine temptations, and Poseidon's curse in his ten-year journey home to Penelope on Ithaca. Celebrated for its storytelling, Fry's work has garnered widespread acclaim.

Internationally renowned, award-winning theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author of A Universe from Nothing , and passionate advocate for reason, Lawrence Krauss tells the dramatic story of the discovery of the hidden world of reality—a grand poetic vision of nature—and how we find our place within it. In the beginning there was light. But more than this, there was gravity. After that, all hell broke loose… In A Universe from Nothing , Krauss revealed how our entire universe could arise from nothing. Now, he reveals what that something—reality—is. And, reality is not what we think or sense—it’s weird, wild, and counterintuitive; it’s hidden beneath everyday experience; and its inner workings seem even stranger than the idea that something can come from nothing. In a landmark, unprecedented work of scientific history, Krauss leads us to the furthest reaches of space and time, to scales so small they are invisible to microscopes, to the birth and rebirth of light, and into the natural forces that govern our existence. His unique blend of rigorous research and engaging storytelling invites us into the lives and minds of the remarkable, creative scientists who have helped to unravel the unexpected fabric of reality—with reason rather than superstition and dogma. Krauss has himself been an active participant in this effort, and he knows many of them well. The Greatest Story challenges us to re-envision ourselves and our place within the universe, as it appears that “God” does play dice with the universe. In the incisive style of his scintillating essays for The New Yorker , Krauss celebrates the greatest intellectual adventure ever undertaken—to understand why we are here in a universe where fact is stranger than fiction.

If you can speak and read English, you can write poetry. The trick is knowing where to start. Stephen Fry, who has long written poems, and indeed has written long poems, for his own private pleasure, invites you to discover the incomparable delights of metre, rhyme and verse forms. Whether you want to write a Petrarchan sonnet for your lover's birthday, an epithalamion for your sister's wedding or a villanelle excoriating the government's housing policy, The Ode Less Travelled will give you the tools and the confidence to do so. Brimful of enjoyable exercises, witty insights and simple step-by-step advice, The Ode Less Travelled guides the reader towards mastery and confidence in the Mother of the Arts.