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  • Balzac: Oeuvres complètes

    Édition mise à jour et corrigée avec sommaire interne actif

    par Honoré de Balzac ...
    Ce livre numérique comprend des oeuvres complètes de Balzac. L'édition est méticuleusement éditée et formatée. Honoré de Balzac est un des maîtres incontestés du roman français dont il a abordé plusieurs genres : le roman historique et politique, avec Les Chouans, le roman philosophique avec Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, le roman fantastique avec La Peau de chagrin ou encore le roman poétique avec Le ... En savoir plus

    CHF 2.00 ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Manufacturing Consent

    The classic analysis of how power shapes the news

    par Edward S Herman, Noam Chomsky ...
    A foundational text on media, propaganda and democracy.First published in 1988 and still startlingly relevant, Manufacturing Consent lays bare the economic and political forces that influence mass media. In this seminal work, linguist Noam Chomsky and economist Edward Herman argue that the press serves powerful interests, not public truth - subtly filtering stories through ownership, advertising ... En savoir plus

    CHF 12.00

  • Ways of Seeing

    par John Berger ...
    Collection series Penguin Modern Classics
    How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we ... En savoir plus

    CHF 9.00

  • Understanding Power

    The Indispensable Chomsky

    par Noam Chomsky ...
    'Arguably the most important intellectual alive' New York TimesAn indispensable collection of Noam Chomsky’s talks on the past, present and future of the politics of powerNoam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the world’s leading intellectuals of the modern era. Now, for the first time, Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky's talks on the politics of power ... En savoir plus

    CHF 14.00

  • Giving up the Ghost

    A memoir

    par Hilary Mantel ...
    ‘Like Lorna Sage's Bad Blood … A masterpiece’ RACHEL CUSKAt no. 58 the top of my head comes to the outermost curve of my great-aunt, Annie Connor. Her shape is like the full moon, her smile is beaming; the outer rim of her is covered by her pinny, woven with tiny flowers. It is soft from washing; her hands are hard and chapped; it is barely ten o'clock and she is getting the cabbage on. 'Hello, ... En savoir plus

    CHF 13.84

  • A Year With Aslan

    Words of Wisdom and Reflection from the Chronicles of Narnia

    par C. S. Lewis ...
    This long-awaited daily reader brings 365 selections from The Chronicles of Narnia to provide daily inspiration, solace and guidance, as well as a memorable reminder of the power of C.S. Lewis’s enchanting stories and insightful themes.The Chronicles of Narnia have long been mainstays of children’s literature, but when re-read as an adult can deliver an entirely new experience. In the midst of ... En savoir plus

    CHF 13.54

  • Manon Lescaut de L'Abbé Prévost (Analyse de l'oeuvre)

    Comprendre la littérature avec lePetitLittéraire.fr

    par Noémi Pineau, Lucile Lhoste, lePetitLittéraire ...
    Collection series Fiche de lecture
    Décryptez Manon Lescaut de l'Abbé Prévost avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de Manon Lescaut, le roman au parfum de scandale de la littérature française ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé complet• Une présentation des personnages principaux tels que le ... En savoir plus

    CHF 15.00 ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Derrida: Philosophy in an Hour

    par Paul Strathern ...
    Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Derrida in just one hour.Jacques Derrida’s ‘deconstructionism’ is nothing less than an effort to destroy all ‘writing’ by demonstrating its inevitable falsehood. The writer writes but does not know what he is writing. Derrida argues that all texts have their own hidden agenda and contain their own metaphysical assumptions – ... En savoir plus

    CHF 1.28

  • Écrivains et Style: La Langue et les Mots, La Lecture et les Livres, Les Belles-lettres et les Lettrés, Penseurs personnels

    par Arthur Schopenhauer ...
    Traduit par Auguste Dietrich ...
    Ce livre numérique présente "Écrivains et Style: La Langue et les Mots, La Lecture et les Livres, Les Belles-lettres et les Lettrés, Penseurs personnels" avec une table des matières dynamique et détaillée. Notre édition a été spécialement conçue pour votre tablette/liseuse et le texte a été relu et corrigé soigneusement.Extrait:« Avant tout, il y a deux sortes d’écrivains : ceux qui écrivent pour ... En savoir plus

    CHF 1.00

  • Come stare soli

    Lo scrittore, il lettore e la cultura di massa

    par Jonathan Franzen ...
    Traduit par Silvia Pareschi ...
    Il lettore che si addentra nel variegato insieme di generi e argomenti affrontati in questo volume non si sente mai solo: l'autore, con il suo stile inconfondibile e il suo appassionato spirito critico, è infatti una presenza viva e costante. Il linguaggio brillante e raffinato di Franzen ritorna nelle sue molteplici sfaccettature, adattandosi docilmente alle esigenze del saggio letterario, del ... En savoir plus

    CHF 8.00

  • Against Progress

    par Slavoj Žižek ...
    Collection series Žižek's Essays
    To define 'progress' is to lay claim to the future. Seminal thinker Slavoj Žižek turns essayist to interrogate the competing visions which form the horizons of human possibility and ask: Can things, which have never seemed worse, get better? What would a better world be? And how, when we are constantly besieged by doomers, degrowthers and disorienting relativisms can we make any headway at all in ... En savoir plus

    CHF 10.15

  • The Art of Fiction

    par David Lodge ...
    In this entertaining and enlightening collection David Lodge considers the art of fiction under a wide range of headings, drawing on writers as diverse as Henry James, Martin Amis, Jane Austen and James Joyce. Looking at ideas such as the Intrusive Author, Suspense, the Epistolary Novel, Magic Realism and Symbolism, and illustrating each topic with a passage taken from a classic or modern novel, ... En savoir plus

    CHF 10.00

  • Le Souper de Beaucaire

    par Napoléon Bonaparte ...
    Je me trouvais à Beaucaire le dernier jour de la foire ; le hasard me fit avoir pour convives à souper, deux négociants marseillais, un Nîmois et un fabricant de Montpellier. Après plusieurs moments employés à nous reconnaître, l'on sut que je venais d'Avignon et que j'étais militaire. Les esprits de mes convives qui avaient été toute la semaine fixés sur le cours du négoce qui accroît les ... En savoir plus

    CHF 1.69

  • Cruel Optimism

    par Lauren Berlant ...
    A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. Offering bold new ways of conceiving the present, Lauren Berlant describes the cruel optimism that has prevailed since the 1980s, as the social-democratic promise of the postwar period in the United States and Europe has retracted. People have remained attached to unachievable fantasies of ... En savoir plus

    CHF 15.38

  • The Bestseller Code

    par Matthew Jockers, Jodie Archer ...
    What if an algorithm could predict which manuscripts would become mega-bestsellers?Girl on the Train. Fifty Shades. The Goldfinch. Why do some books capture the whole world's attention? What secret DNA do they share? In The Bestseller Code, Archer and Jockers boldly claim that blockbuster hits are highly predictable, and they have created the algorithm to prove it. Using cutting-edge text mining ... En savoir plus

    CHF 10.00

  • 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know

    par John Sutherland ...
    Collection series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and popular works.From postmodernism to postcolonialism, William Shakespeare to Jane Austen , 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important literary concepts ... En savoir plus

    CHF 1.95

  • The Illusions of Postmodernism

    par Terry Eagleton ...
    In this brilliant critique, Terry Eagleton explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. Above all he speaks to a particular kind of student, or consumer, of popular "brands" of postmodern thought. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 30.00

  • How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read

    par Pierre Bayard ...
    How and why do we spend so much time talking about forgotten books, books we've skimmed or books we've only heard about? In this mischievous and provocative book, Pierre Bayard contends that the truly cultivated person does not need to read books: understanding their place in our culture is enough. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 9.84

  • Postprint

    Books and Becoming Computational

    par N. Katherine Hayles ...
    Collection series The Wellek Library Lectures
    Since Gutenberg’s time, every aspect of print has gradually changed. But the advent of computational media has exponentially increased the pace, transforming how books are composed, designed, edited, typeset, distributed, sold, and read. N. Katherine Hayles traces the emergence of what she identifies as the postprint condition, exploring how the interweaving of print and digital technologies has ... En savoir plus

    CHF 17.12

  • An Analysis of Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein's Nudge

    Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness

    par Mark Egan ...
    Collection series The Macat Library
    When it was published in 2008, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein’s Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness quickly became one of the most influential books in modern economics and politics. Within a short time, it had inspired whole government departments in the US and UK, and others as far afield as Singapore. One of the keys to Nudge’s success is Thaler and Sunstein’s ... En savoir plus

    CHF 7.07

  • The World Is Made of Stories

    par David R. Loy ...
    In this dynamic and utterly novel presentation, David Loy explores the fascinating proposition that the stories we tell—about what is and is not possible, about ourselves, about right and wrong, life and death, about the world and everything in it—become the very building blocks of our experience and of reality itself. Loy uses an intriguing mixture of quotations from familiar and less-familiar ... En savoir plus

    CHF 16.45

  • Coincidance

    A Head Test

    par Robert Anton Wilson ...
    This, for my money, is the most spectacular non-fiction work that Wilson ever penned, breathtakingly adventurous in both its content and its strikingly experimental form. Uncertain and demonstrably uncaring whether it's a piece of literary criticism, metaphysical discussion or anthology of diverse esoteric writings, this remarkable compendium is best seen, in the spirit of its title, as a glorious ... En savoir plus

    CHF 7.89 ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Jonathan Culler ...
    Collection series Very Short Introductions
    What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter?These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this Very Short Introduction to literary theory. Often a controversial subject, said to have transformed the study of culture and society in the past two decades, literary theory is accused of undermining ... En savoir plus

    CHF 6.31

  • The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation

    par Trevor Owens ...
    A guide to managing data in the digital age.Winner of the ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, Winner of the Waldo Gifford Leland Award by the Society of American ArchivistsMany people believe that what is on the Internet will be around forever. At the same time, warnings of an impending "digital dark age"—where records of the recent ... En savoir plus

    CHF 24.61