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Stephen Clarke

    15 octobre 1958

    Stephen Clarke est l'auteur de sept livres à succès qui satirisent les particularités de la culture française. Ses œuvres explorent avec humour la vie quotidienne, les coutumes et la mentalité des Français, utilisant souvent l'exagération et l'ironie pour révéler les absurdités du mode de vie français. Les observations perspicaces et le style plein d'esprit de Clarke en font un commentateur apprécié de la société française.

    Stephen Clarke
    Dirty Bertie
    The French Revolution and What Went Wrong
    God save le Brexit?
    God Save La France
    Talk to the snail. Ten Commandments for Understanding the French
    1000 years of annoying the French
    • The Cradle of Loving-Kindness

      Transforming Destructive Emotions Into the Path of Bodhi

      The Cradle of Loving-Kindness addresses how to transform destructive emotions, befriend our minds, increase happiness, and wake up to our life. Joining mindfulness and loving-kindness, we learn to hold destructive emotions and mind states and transform them into constructive emotions and wakeful states. When we can do this, we develop new and healthier relationships to the mind and it's content, each other, and our world.

      The Cradle of Loving-Kindness2021
    • An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks back at the French Revolution and how it's surrounded in a myth. In 1789, almost no one in France wanted to oust the king, let alone guillotine him. But things quickly escalated until there was no turning back. The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks at what went wrong and why France would be better off if they had kept their monarchy.

      The French Revolution and What Went Wrong2018
      4,4
    • Europäisch für Anfänger

      • 352pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Der Engländer Paul West wird nach Brüssel gerufen: Seine launische ehemalige Geliebte, Élodie, arbeitet für die EU. Sie braucht seine Hilfe – angeblich soll er verhindern, dass Großbritannien sich für den Brexit entscheidet. Paul weiß zwar nicht so recht, wie er zur EU steht, aber die Stelle ist gut bezahlt, und er braucht das Geld. Also nimmt er den Job begeistert an, doch schnell wird klar, dass Élodie etwas verheimlicht. Verfolgt sie womöglich ganz andere Ziele? Gemeinsam mit seiner klugen und attraktiven Kollegin Manon versucht Paul herauszufinden, welche Rolle er und sein Land wirklich in Brüssel spielen ...

      Europäisch für Anfänger2017
      2,0
    • 150 tys. sprzedanych książek Stephena Clarke’a w Polsce!nStephen Clarke tym razem bezczelnie rozprawia się z mitem Napoleona.nPełne uszczypliwego angielskiego humoru spojrzenie na kult Napoleona. Mnóstwo tu barwnych anegdot, pozwalających poznać nastroje epoki, ekstrawaganckich przykładów manipulowania historią, zarówno przez zwycięzców, jaki przegranych, sensacyjnych lub zabawnych momentów, groteskowych portretów postaci historycznych.

      Jak Francuzi wygrali pod Waterloo (a przynajmniej tak im się wydaje)2016
      3,5
    • God save le Brexit?

      • 361pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Que faire quand le Brexit est à l'horizon... To be or not to be un Européen ? Et devons-nous nous réjouir que la Perfide Albion veuille s'extraire de l'Europe ? Telles sont les interrogations au cœur de la nouvelle comédie de Stephen Clarke, auteur du bestseller mondial God save la France.La presse britannique raconte que les billets de banque en euros rendent les hommes impuissants. Que Bruxelles veut renommer le sud-est de l'Angleterre la "zone trans-Manche" et redéfinir le kilt écossais comme une jupe féminine. Pire encore, les journalistes anglais prétendent que les saucisses anglaises et les chips au bacon seraient bientôt interdites par l'administration européenne.Face à toutes ces folles rumeurs, Stephen Clarke envoie son héros, l'Anglais gaffeur Paul West, à Bruxelles pour essayer de rétablir la vérité.Installé dans la capitale belge, Paul découvre les vraies absurdités de ce microcosme de fonctionnaires privilégiés, tout en travaillant pour une députée européenne française qui, soi-disant, veut convaincre les Anglais de rester dans l'Europe.Multipliant les maladresses linguistiques et diplomatiques, Paul s'interroge : les Anglais sont-ils capables de devenir d'authentiques Européens ? Ou vaut-il mieux pour tout le monde que les Britanniques restent retranchés sur leurs petites îles ?

      God save le Brexit?2016
    • Merde in Europe

      • 352pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      One Brit in Brussels. Two French Women. And a whole lot of merde. The hilarious new novel from Stephen Clarke, bestselling author of A Year in the Merde and A Thousand Years of Annoying the French. Does Brussels really want to outlaw bingo, bagpipes and smoky bacon crisps? Are eurocrats trying to rename the English Channel? And can the ink in euro notes really make men impotent? No. Well, not exactly. But it is true that the EU is a seriously flawed institution. And it's about to become even more so as Englishman Paul West goes to Brussels to work for a French MEP, and gets an insider's view of what really goes on in the massive madhouse that is the EU Parliament. As Britain prepares to vote whether it stays in or exits the EU, Paul gets the chance to influence the result of the referendum. He has to decide: better the devil you know? Or bring on the Brexit? It's a decision that could cost him a lot more than his euro paypacket . . .

      Merde in Europe2016
      3,4
    • Published in the 200th Anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo a witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the French are still in denial. If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that's a big 'if'), then whoever rules the universe got it wrong. As soon as the cannons stopped firing, French historians began re-writing history. The Duke of Wellington was beaten, they say, and then the Prussians jumped into the boxing ring, breaking all the rules of battle. In essence, the French cannot bear the idea that Napoleon, their greatest-ever national hero, was in any way a loser. Especially not against the traditional enemy âe" les Anglais. Stephen Clarke has studied the French version of Waterloo, as told by battle veterans, novelists, historians âe" right up to today's politicians, and he has uncovered a story of pain, patriotism and sheer perversion ...

      How the French won Waterloo (or think they did)2015
      4,0
    • Dirty Bertie

      An English King Made in France

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      The entertaining biography of Edward VII and his playboy lifestyle, by the author of A Year in the Merde Despite fierce opposition from his mother, Queen Victoria, Edward VII was always passionately in love with France. He had affairs with the most famous Parisian actresses, courtesans, and can-can dancers. He spoke French more elegantly than English. He was the first ever guest to climb the Eiffel Tower with Gustave Eiffel, in defiance of an official English ban on his visit. He turned his French seduction skills into the diplomatic prowess that sealed the Entente Cordiale. A quintessentially English king? Pas du tout! Stephen Clarke argues that as "Dirty Bertie," Edward learned all the essentials in life from the French.

      Dirty Bertie2014
      4,3
    • Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to annoy the French.Threatened with eviction, unemployment and bankrupcy, Paul realises that his personal merde factor is about to hit the fan...

      The Merde Factor2012
      3,5
    • A brief history of the future

      • 428pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      What if teleportation was really possible? Englishman Richie Fisher is about to find out ...Richie and his wife Clara have won a weekend in New York in a newspaper competition. While Clara is off blowing their spending money, Richie wanders aimlessly, chewing on a veggie-burger, ending up in a gift-shop where he finds himself standing in front of an instant transporter machine. It looks nothing like the open-plan teleporter on Captain Kirk's Starship Enterprise; in fact, it seems more like a glorified microwave oven. Richie places his burger inside, hits the return key on the linked-up computer - and the burger disappears. But if he can teleport a half-eaten veggie-burger, what else could you do with the machine?For criminals, the possibilities are endless. Who could catch you if you beamed drugs into nostrils a hundred miles away? And how much would illegal immigrants pay to be teleported into the rich host country of their choice? Richie buys a teleporter and takes it back to England, where the chaos begins ...

      A brief history of the future2011
      3,0
    • Paris Revealed

      The secret life of a city

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Paris is one of the most visited cities in the world. But do you know ...Which is the most romantic spot to say 'je't'aime'? And the sexiest? Where to see fantastic art, away from all the crowds? Why do Parisian men feel compelled to pee in the street? How to choose a hotel room where you might actually get a good night's sleep? Stephen Clarke goes behind the scenes to reveal everything Parisians know about their city - but don't want to tell you.

      Paris Revealed2011
      3,7
    • 1000 years of annoying the French

      • 766pages
      • 27 heures de lecture

      NEW UPDATED EDITION Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc? Non! The French sentenced her to death for wearing trousers. Did the French write "God Save the Queen"? Non! But that's what they claim. Ten centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dust as Stephen Clarke looks at what has really been going on since 1066 ... Featuring new annoyances - both historical and recent - inflicted on the French, including Napoleon's "banned" chamber pot, Louis XIV's painful operation, Anglo-French jibes during the 2012 London Olympics, French niggles about William and Kate's royal wedding, and much more ...

      1000 years of annoying the French2010
      4,0
    • Dial M for Merde

      • 317pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Englishman Paul West has just received an offer he can't refuse: two weeks in the sun, all expenses paid, with a beautiful blonde called Gloria Monday. M, as Gloria likes to be known, is down south to report on caviar trafficking but it soon becomes obvious that she's interested in something a lot more fishy than caviar.

      Dial M for Merde2008
      3,5
    • Merde!

      w rzeczy samej

      • 419pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Pierwsza książka Stephena Clarke’a, Merde! Rok w Paryżu, błyskawicznie stała się bestsellerem na całym świecie, również w Polsce osiągając ogromny sukces. Teraz do rąk polskich czytelników trafia druga część przygód Brytyjczyka we Francji. Jaka jest najlepsza metoda, by przestraszyć żandarma? Dlaczego Francuzi wpisują choroby przenoszone drogą płciową do swoich CV? Dlaczego na publicznych plażach nudystów nie istnieją znaki ostrzegawcze przed kłopotami, na jakie narażony jest plażowicz? I jak poradzić sobie z plagą cukinii? Na te i inne pytania odpowiedzi szuka Paul West, wciąż zmagający się z fundamentalnymi problemami, na jakie skazany jest cudzoziemiec w obcym kraju. Książka Stephena Clarke'a to niezwykle zabawna powieść przygodowa, a zarazem doskonały przewodnik po współczesnej Francji. Tym razem Paul postanawia rozkręcić w Paryżu własny biznes. W wolnych chwilach poszukuje dla siebie idealnej francuskiej mademoiselle. Czy znajdzie wymarzoną l’amour éternel, czy też jego starania okażą się... merde warte?

      Merde!2007
      3,5
    • Paul West is in deep financial merde. His only way out of debt is to accept a decidedly dodgy job that involves him touring America in a Mini, while pretending to be typically British. Also in the car is Paul's French girlfriend, Alexa, and his American poet friend, Jake, whose main aim in life is to sleep with a woman from every country in the world. Preferably in the back of Paul's Mini. But as the little car battles from New York to Miami, and then heads west, leg-room turns out to be the least of Paul's troubles. His work is being sabotaged, his tour plans are in tatters, and his love life becomes a Franco-American war zone. And as Paul knows better than anyone, when you mix love and war - merde happens ...

      Merde happens2007
      3,5
    • Have You Ever Walked Into A Half-Empty Restaurant In France, Only To Be Told That It S Complet? Attempted To Say Merci Beaucoup And Accidentally Complimented Someone On Their Cute Backside? Been Taken To What You Ve Been Assured Is The Perfect House Deep In The Countryside, Only To Find There S No Electricity Or Running Water? If The Answer To Any Of The Above Is Oui , Talk To The Snail Is The Book For You.Find Out How To Get Served In A Restaurant; Learn To Be Exquisitely Polite And Brutally Rude At The Same Time; Discover The Language Of Love, Sex And Suppositories (Not Necessarily In That Order). It S All Here In This Funny, Informative, Seriously Useful Guide On How To Get What You Really Want From The French.With Advice On Essential Phrases And Bons Mots To Cover All Eventualities, And Illustrated With Witty Real-Life Anecdotes, Talk To The Snail Is A Book That No Self-Respecting Francophile Or Francophobe - Can Afford To Be Without.

      Talk to the snail. Ten Commandments for Understanding the French2006
      3,8
    • Nom : Paul West. Age : 27 ans. Langue française : niveau très moyen. Fonction : jeune cadre dynamique promis à un grand avenir. Occupation : déjouer les pièges potentiellement désastreux du quotidien français. Hobbie : lingerie féminine. Signe particulier : Paul West serait le fruit d'un croisement génétique entre Hugh Grant et David Beckham. Jeune Britannique fraîchement débarqué à Paris, créateur, en Angleterre, de la fameuse enseigne Voulez-Vous Café Avec Moi, Paul a bien du mal à s'adapter au pays des suppositoires, des grèves improvisées et des déjections canines. Et il n'est pas au bout de ses surprises...

      God Save La France2004
      3,6