Cet ouvrage d’une ambition exceptionnelle présente sous une forme accessible à un large public une histoire inédite de l’esclavage depuis la Préhistoire jusqu’au présent. Il paraît vingt ans après le vote de la loi Taubira, alors que la prise de conscience du passé esclavagiste est chaque jour plus aiguisée au sein de la société française. L’histoire de l’esclavage, trop longtemps tenue pour une forme de passé subalterne, est ici replacée au coeur de l’histoire mondiale. Le livre renouvell...

Best known as Ari Gold, the agent you love to hate on HBO’s “Entourage,” Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jeremy Piven has one of Hollywood’s most diverse resumes.Piven surprised audiences by taking on the title role in the British series “Mr. Selfridge,” about the real-life department stores mogul, which airs on "Masterpiece" on PBS. Go behind the scenes of the show as he talks with "Masterpiece" executive producer Rebecca Eaton and “Today”’s Matt Lauer about the making of Selfridge, ...

Spanning from "Vietnam and the Johnson Years" to "Clinton and Everyone Else," the editorial cartoons of Paul Szep showcase his biting wit and scathing social commentary. At the Boston Globe since 1966, Szep, as he is simply known to his thousands of loyal fans, has had more than three decades to hone the razor edge of his ironic, sarcastic humor. No one is immune from his criticism. Boston's beloved Red Sox, O. J. Simpson, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Bob Dole, and the British royal family ha...