Tag: Books
The library sees the number of members, books borrowed and activities increasing again
Last year, 237,400 people were members of the library in the entire province of Utrecht. That is 17.3 percent of the inhabitants. This is an increase compared to the previous…
Books: Robert Seethaler, immense Austrian bistro owner
Although it is published in 40 countries, like a true savage, Robert Seethaler never goes abroad. The only, or almost, exception is Paris, in loyalty to its publisher, Sabine Wespieser…
Michael Connelly: “I have been writing about the flaws in the American justice system for thirty years”
On the other side of the screen, Michael Connelly raises his wrist so that we can see the tattoo surrounding it: stars, symbols of eternity, and two words half erased…
Best-selling books: Revenge of the Teachers
It’s back to school, and all is not well, as English teacher William Lafleur recounts in The most beautiful job in the world. Mr. Le Prof, for social networks, who…
“Data and sport, the revolution”, by Aurélie Jean and Yannick Nyanga
While the Rugby World Cup has just started, and less than a year before the Olympics, what big data has changed in sport and what issues does this raise? Data…
Why did Joe Dassin or Hervé Vilard mark the “France of yesterday” for so long?
As Indian summer approaches, this chesty voice returns to us which seemed to caption an improbable Lelouch film: “You know, I have never been as happy as that morning”, followed…
Karina Sainz Borgo and Nicolas Chemla: books not to be missed
The Third Country By Karina Sainz Borgo, trans. from Spanish (Venezuela) by Stéphanie Decante. Gallimard, 304 p., €23. L’Express rating: 4/5 The Third Country By Karina Sainz Borgo, trans. from…
Books: “blurbs”, a popular phenomenon from the United States
Sometimes, one wonders if there are not on average two or three masterpieces of literature published per week. From this perspective, the bookstore tour worries instead of reassures. Because if…
Investigation into the abuses of private crèches: They have “more eyes on the figures than on the well-being of the children”
Private nurseries singled out in France with two surveys and revelations concerning the very early childhood sector. Savings on diapers, under-provided meals and insufficient supervision despite public subsidies. Children in…
Emmanuel Favier author of “Le livre de Rose”: “I transmit a vision of the world, values”
The author Emmanuelle Favier publishes in this literary season a novel dedicated to the resistance fighter and museum curator, Rose Valland, who played a decisive role in the protection of…