Un ouvrage à part, une œuvre à part, un auteur à part. Daniel Fabre, ethnologue et anthropologue, était un homme d’une activité débordante, de curiosités sans frontières et d’une érudition insatiable. Il a laissé, en disparaissant brutalement en 2016, à soixante-huit ans, une œuvre dispersée en une quantité d’articles et d’essais que sa soif d’enrichissement et de perfectionnement perpétuels condamnait à un éternel inachèvement. De cet ensemble foisonnant se détachent deux axes principaux....

Bestselling author Deepak Chopra states that within each of us is a book of mysteries waiting to be opened - and when it is, the secrets of the universe will be revealed to us. The secret of love is to be found nowhere but within us, along with the secrets of healing, compassion and faith, and the most elusive secret of all: who we truly are. We all want to know whom to choose as a partner, what job to take, how to teach our children well. This audiobook, a crystalline distillation of insi...

**With this publication in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. This remarkable novel of youth and New York remains one of the most beloved, imitated, and iconic novels in America."A brilliant and moving work—unique, refreshing, imaginatively powerful and authentically conceived."—The New York Times**The novel follows a young man, living in Manhattan as if he owned it, through nightclubs, fashion shows, editorial o...

Harry Shearer’s parody of a presidential election. In this fantasy, Bob Dole Jr. faces off against a wrestler named Greenberg as they fight for one family’s votes by camping out in their living room.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Fran Adams, Ed Begley Jr., Judyann Elder, Arye Gross, Daniel Passer, Richard Masur, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard and Kenny Williams.Directed by Harry Shearer. Recorded before a live audience.

From the imagination of radio pioneer Norman Corwin comes one of the strangest trials in the history of jurisprudence. A molecule refuses to be assigned to any particular substance and insists on choosing for itself.Starring Edward Asner, Carl Reiner, Charlie Robinson, and Erika Schickel.Written and directed by Norman Corwin.

Fifteen-year-old Bobby thinks he knows what it's like to be invisible-he's used to being ignored by the popular kids at school (especially the girls). Even his parents hardly seem to notice whether he's home or not. Then one morning, Bobby wakes up to find that he IS invisible. For real. He can't stop wondering if he'll ever reappear-especially when his parents wreck their car and wind up in the hospital. Now Bobby is all alone. How can he survive in a world where he can't be seen? One thi...

"This is a powerful tale of family, forgiveness, and acceptance of what life throws in our paths - but ultimately, with its almost painful realism, this is the finest depiction of war we've yet seen for young readers." — KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)AMARYLLIS. It was the name of the ship that ran aground on Singer Island, Florida, during a hurricane in 1965. It became a battle cry for Jimmy Staples and his older brother, Frank, and a code word for going surfing t...

With her eagerly awaited second novel, Tawni O'Dell takes readers back to the coal-mining country of western Pennsylvania. Set in a town ravaged and haunted by a mine explosion that took the lives of 96 men, Coal Run explores the life of local deputy and erstwhile football legend, "The Great Ivan Z.," as he prepares for a former teammate's imminent release from prison. As the week unfolds and Ivan struggles to confront his demons, he reveals himself to be a man whose conscience is burdened...

Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary novel, has come to the end of a very long and unusual journey, and for the second time in his life he has the time to think about all the things that have and have not come to pass.The truth is, a lot of remarkable things have happened in Sam’s life. He spent ten years in prison for accidentally burning down poet Emily Dickinson’s house–and unwittingly killing two people in the process. He emerged at age twenty-eight and set about c...