Romans Et Bandes-Dessinées En Langues Étrangères

Romans et bandes-dessinées en langues étrangères

Extrait du Médiathèque Jacques BAUMEL http://www.mediatheque-rueilmalmaison.fr/Romans-et-bandes-dessinees-en

Espace Langues sans frontière Romans et bandes-dessinées en langues étrangères

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Date de mise en ligne : mardi 25 janvier 2005

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Acquisitions 2004 en Allemand, Anglais, Espagnol, Italien, Portugais et Russe

Médiathèque Jacques BAUMEL

A journey into the meaning of Arcadia

Ben OKRI In Arcadia Vintage ANG R OKR A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey. Inspired by a painting and financed by a mysterious benefactor, they set off to discover the real Arcadia. Or what remains of it. Winner of the Booker Prize

Romans en Anglais

Three vampire tales New Riverside ANG SF THR This collection of classic vampire tales not only features three of the most important works in the genre, but also a historical analysis of vampire stories.

Scott ADAMS I'm not anti-business, I'm anti-idiot Boxtree ANG BD ADA This book revisits the cubicles of Dilbert for more fun with characters old and new.

Scott ADAMS Random acts of management Boxtree ANG BD ADA The more Adams mines the vein of office humour the richer it gets. Here is another collection of cartoons from the man who feels our pain like no other. Learn the latest in inept management techniques, moronic mission statements and the best way to avoid meetings from Dilbert and his merry mates.

Catherine ALLIOTT Olivia's luck Headline ANG R ALL

Olivia (Livvy) recounts the sudden breakdown of her 10-year marriage and the swings and roundabouts that follow. Although—or maybe because—the novel is damning about the fate of marriages and the bad behaviour of men, the story will strike a chord with many thirtysomething women.

David ALMOND The Fire eaters Hodder Children ANG R ALM McNulty's existence shakes young protagonist Bobby Burns to the core as he contemplates the end of the world (the year is 1962 and the US and Soviet Union seem to be heading toward nuclear war), power, pain, class and death, as well as friendship. The menace and sweetness in Bobby's life parallels the worlds, big and small, he inhabits... Whitbread Children Book Award 2003

Paul AUSTER The Book of illusions Faber and Faber ANG R AUS This novel plunges the reader into a universe in which the comic and the tragic and the real and the imagined dissolve into one another. One man's obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a journey into a shadow world of lies, illusions and unexpected love.

Stephen BOOTH Blood on the tongue Harper Collins ANG RP BOO Guilt, sacrifice and redemption in a freezing Peak District winter in this tense psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Black Dog.

T.Coraghessan BOYLE Drop city Bloomsbury ANG R BOY Star has travelled to Drop City - 47 acres of commune in California - to be free from her home, from society's constraints and to feel part of something important. But underneath the drugs, music and transcendent bliss, she discovers tensions and rivalries that threaten to split the community.

Theresa BRESLIN Whispers in the graveyard Mammoth ANG SF BRE Solomon is full of anger with the teachers and his father, with his mother who has left him and with himself. He cannot bear to be at home or at school. His refuge is one corner of the kirkyard, where nothing lives but a rowan tree.

Anita BROOKNER The Best big thing Penguin ANG R BRO Herz wondered if the people he passed on the street ruminated on lost causes, as he did. Try as he might to divert himself, he could never escape the suspicion that he should be elsewhere. Herz is seventy-three and he must do

Copyright ï¿½ Médiathèque Jacques BAUMEL Page 3/29 Romans et bandes-dessinées en langues étrangères something with the time left , but what ? Anita Brookner's masterpiece - the ultimate comedy about what it really means to be old.

Dan BROWN The Da Vinci code Corgi ANG RP BRO Robert Langdon, Harvard Professor of symbology, receives an urgent late-night call while in Paris : the curator of the Louvre has been murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and further.

Dan BROWN Angels and demons Corgi ANG RP BRO Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary secret society, the Illuminati—dedicated since the time of Galileo to promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind faith of Catholicism—is alive, well, and murderously active.

Dan BROWN Digital Forteress Corgi ANG RP BRO When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power.

Melvin BURGESS Bloodtide Penguin ANG RP BUR Set in the not-so-distant future, two rival gangs, the Volsons and the Connors, struggle for control of London, which is now surounded by the halfman lands - a desolate place populated by creatures, halfmen, who were the result of genetic experiments to create living killing machines.

James Lee BURKE Jolie Blon's Bounce Orion ANG RP BUR Three men are present when Amanda Boudreau is raped and murdered, and small-time hustler Tee Bobby Hulin's prints are found at the crime scene. Dave Robicheaux reckons he's innocent, and Tee Bobby pleads so, then attempts suicide in his holding cell. Why ?

Gennifer CHOLDENKO Al Capone does my shirts Bloomsbury ANG R CHO When Moose Flanagan and his family move to Alcatraz Island, home to the prison and some well-known criminals, he is not hoping for much. But, with some ingenious plans and the help of his new friends, things get quite exciting for

Moose - particularly when his sister Natalie gets involved.

Tom CLANCY Red Rabbit Penguin ANG R CLA Jack Ryan is a novice CIA Analyst. One of his first assignments is to debrief a high-level Soviet defector who tells an amazing tale of officials planning to assassinate Pope John Paul II. In the end, however, it will not just be the Pope's life, but the stability of the Western world that is at stake.

Harlan COBEN Gone for good Orion ANG RP COB Will Klein lost the love of his life and his brother in the same moment ...

Michael COLLINS The Resurrectionists Phoenix ANG R COL Brilliant and unsettling, a story of the unquiet dead set in a frozen North American town.

Michael CONNELY The Black Ice Orion ANG RP CON The corpse in the hotel room appears to be that of a missing LAPD narcotics officer. Rumours abound that he had crossed - selling a new drug called Black Ice from Mexico - and the LAPD brass are quick to declare his death aside. But Harry Bosch isn't so sure and begins his own investigation.

Michael CONNELY Lost Light Orion ANG RP CON Taut, pacy and with an agreeably dark atmosphere, this is a welcome return for the grizzled but all-to-human Harry Bosch.

Sharon CREECH Ruby Holler Bloomsbury ANG R CRE Tiller and Sairy live a quiet life in Ruby Holler, their children have long since left home and they are happy with their routines. Until one day they each decide they want to undertake a big adventure and they need companions to accompany them.

Michael CRICHTON Prey Harper Collins ANG R CRI

In Prey, Michael Crichton introduces bad guys that are too small to be seen with the naked eye but who are no less deadly or intriguing than the runaway dinosaurs that made 1990's Jurassic Park such a blockbuster success.

Clive CUSSLER White death Penguin ANG R CUS When a confrontation between a radical environmentalist group and a Danish cruiser erupts, Kurt Austin, leader of NUMA's Special Assignment Team is forced to rescue a shipful of trapped men. However, after investigation, he discovers that something far more sinister is at work.

Edwidge DANTICAT Krik ? Krak ! Vintage (Contemporaries) ANG R DAN Nine stories describe life under dictatorship in Haiti and the experiences of families who fled to the United States to start new lives.

Adam DAVIES The Frog king Riverhead ANG R DAV

Charles DICKENS Hard Times Penguin ANG R DIC

James ELLROY Clandestine Arrow ANG RP ELL Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, this is the story of Frederick Underhill's dream to become the most celebrated detective of all time. The death of a lonely woman soon gives him his chance but instead of finding his career on the way up, Underhill finds his life about to collapse.

James ELLROY Brown's Requiem Arrow ANG RP ELL This is the story of Fritz Brown's nightmare, played out in the underworld of golf caddies, arson and incest, against a backdrop of Los Angeles - surreal by night and bad by day. Brown, the ex-alcoholic private eye, is driven back to the bottle and the gun.

Janet EVANOVICH Full Tilt Headline

ANG RP EVA Jamie Swift is running her family's newspaper in Beaumont, ready to marry the town's most eligible bachelor, and getting her future locked in. Then mysterious, high-tech wonder boy Max Holt comes to town. Sexy, wisecracking Max has turned from computers to crime-stopping. She calls him infuriating. They're a perfect couple...except for her fiance and the arrival of two hitmen.

Pauline FISK Sabrina Fludde Bloomsbury ANG R FIS When Abren becomes conscious of her surroundings she is struggling to get out of the flooded river Severn with her only possession, a beautifully embroidered cloth, clutched in her arms. What is she doing in the water, who is she, and where can she go ? And so begins the unfolding of a story, like the river itself, that snakes and turns and surprises the reader on every level.

Francis Scott FITZGERALD The Crack-up and other short stories Folio (Folio bilingue) ANG R FIT BIL

Michael FRAYN Spies Faber & Faber ANG R FRA An old man returns to the scene of his seemingly ordinary suburban childhood. Stephen Wheatley is unsure of what he is seeking but, as he walks once-familiar streets he hasn't seen in 50 years, he unfolds a story of childish games colliding cruelly with adult realities.

Nicci FRENCH Secret smile Penguin ANG RP FRE Miranda Cotton thinks she's put boyfriend Brendan out of her life for good. But two weeks later, he's intimately involved with her sister. Soon what began as an embarrassment becomes threatening - then even more terrifying than a girl's worst nightmare. Because this time Brendan will stop at nothing to be part of Miranda's life - even if it means taking it from her ...

Stephen FRY MOAB is my washpot Arrow ANG R FRY Stephen Fry is one of the great originals... This autobiography of his first twenty years is a pleasure to read, mixing outrageous acts with sensible opinions in bewildering confusion...

Neil GAIMAN Coraline Bloomsbury ANG R GAI

Just as the mice did not get Coraline's name wrong their warning message was also not wrong. She finds a secret corridor behind a locked door, a corridor that takes her into a house very similar to her own, but with counterfeit parents and a terrible quest on which her survival, and more, depends.

Lisa GARDNER The Other daughter Orion ANG RP GAR A man who has been executed for multiple murder, a girl who knows nothing of her past, and the horrifying connection between them.

Elizabeth GEORGE A Suitable vengeance Bantam ANG RP GEO Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his ancestral home, the woman he wishes to marry. But the savage murder of a local journalist soon becomes the catalyst for a lethal series of events which shatters the calm of the picturesque Cornish community.

John GILSTRAP Scott Free Penguin ANG RP GIL When Scott O'Toole accepts a lift in a Cessna to a late-night concert, the plane crashes in a storm, the pilot is killed and Scott finds himself lost and alone in a frozen wilderness. Miles from anywhere and anyone, at the mercy of the brutal elements, he must dig deep to survive.

Sue GRAFTON Q is for quarry Pan ANG RP GRA She was a "Jane Doe", an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on, and after months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case...

Jane GREEN Babyville Penguin ANG R GRE To have a baby or not to have a baby, that is the question that's facing Jane Green's heroines in her fifth novel, Babyville. Julia, Maeve and Sam are pondering the pros and cons of procreation ; the effect that it could have on their lives.

Roberta GREGORY Bitchy's College daze Fantagraphics Books ANG BD GRE B2

Neil GRIFFITHS Betrayal in Naples Penguin ANG RP GRI Jim Wolf thought that we was going for a short break in southern Italy before starting a new job. but things never go as planned and when he meets Lousia, an ex-girlfriend from London, his life takes a thrilling but dangerous turn for the worst.

John GRISHAM The Last juror

ANG R GRI In 1970, one of Mississippi's weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college drop-out, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family...

Joanne HARRIS Coastliners Black Swan ANG R HAR When Mado, a spirited local girl, returns to Les Salants after a ten-year absence, she finds her home threatened, both by the tides and the machinations of a local entrepreneur.

Lian HEARN Across the nightingale floor Picador ANG R HEA T1 Brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people, Takeo has learned only the ways of peace. Why, then, does he possess the deadly skills that make him so valuable to the sinister Tribe ? These supernatural powers will lead him to his violent destiny within the walls of Inuyama.

Patricia HIGHSMITH A Game for the living Penguin ANG RP HIG Ramon and Theodore, friends and both lovers of Lelia, become prime suspects when she is found murdered and must find the real killer in order to prove their innocence.

Graham HURLEY Angels passing Orion ANG RP HUR DI Joe Faraday is on the case, but his investigation is hampered when resources are switched to a murder enquiry prompted by the discovery of the body of a small time crook on wasteland north of the city.

Siri HUSTVEDT What I loved Sceptre

ANG R HUS What I Loved is a deeply touching elegiac novel that mourns for the New York artistic life, which was of a time but now has gone—by extension, it is about all losses swept away by mischance and time. Half-blind and alone, Leo tells us of marriage and friendship, and makes the sheer fragility of what seemed forever not only his subject, but perhaps the only subject worth considering.

Greg ILES Sleep no more Coronet ANG R ILE John Waters is a successful petroleum geologist with the perfect family. Then one day his world is turned inside out by a single word spoken from the lips of the stunning Eve Sumner. One solitary word that takes him back a decade to another woman and the most passionate of affairs.

P.D. JAMES A Taste for death Penguin ANG RP JAM Two bodies, their throats cut with brutal precision, lie in a waste of blood in the dingy vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington. One is an alcoholic tramp ; the other, Sir Paul Berowne, a recently resigned Minister of the Crown. Dalgliesh arrives to begin his investigations.

Cathy KELLY Someone like you Harper & Collins ANG R KEL Cathy Kelly's Someone Like You is the uplifting tale of three thirtysomething women who meet on holiday in Egypt and become close friends. Emma, Leonie and Hannah are all at different stages in their lives but have one thing in common—each one is waiting for that final jigsaw piece to slot into place, the elusive thing that will make them truly happy.

Sue Monk KIDD The Secret life of bees Penguin ANG R KID Lily has grown up believing she acciden-tally killed her mother when she was four. She not only has her own memory of holding the gun, but her father's account of the event. Now fourteen, she yeams for her mother. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her father, she has only one friend : Rosaleen, a black servant whose sharp exterior hides a tender heart. When racial tension explodes one summer afternoon, and Rosaleen is arrested and beaten, Lily is compelled to act.

Jamaica KINCAID Mr Potter Vintage ANG R KIN In this luminous new novel, Jamaica Kincaid tells the story of an ordinary man. The island of Antigua comes vibrantly to life under the gaze of Mr Potter, an illiterate taxi chauffer who makes his living driving a navy blue Hillman along the wide-open roads that pass the only towns he has ever seen and the graveyard where he will be buried.

Stephen KING Dreamcatcher Nel ANG SF KIN Four childhood friends, united by secrets, are caught in the quarantine zone when something crashes into the remote forests of Maine ; and the question becomes who will avoid being eaten alive by alien fungi, torn from the inside by alien ferrets, possessed by alien minds or menaced by a psychotic military commander ?

Barbara KINGSOLVER The Poisonwood Bible Faber and Faber ANG R KIN Nathan Price, a fierce evangelical Baptist takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. Nathan's wife and four daughters tell their story in alternating chapters.

Hari KUNZRU The Impressionist Penguin ANG R KUN Set in the early 1900's in India, it follows the life of a boy who finds his identity is not all he thinks...

David LAWRENCE The Dead sit round in a ring Penguin ANG RP LAW Jimmy Stone died of a broken heart. Literally - someone put a sharp object between his ribs and pushed, hard. He was found sitting in a circle with three other corpses in the living room of a Notting Hill flat. Notting Hill is DS Stella Mooney's patch, so it's up to her to discover who broke this heart of Stone's. The begining the DS Stella Mooney series.

John LE CARRE The Constant gardener Coronet ANG R LEC Tessa Quayle has been horribly murdered on the shores of Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya, the birthplace of mankind. Her putative African lover, a doctor with one of the aid agencies, has disappeared. Her husband, Justin, a career diplomat and amateur gardener at the British High Commission in Nairobi, sets out on a personal odyssey in pursuit of the killers and their motive.

Elmore LEONARD Tishomingo Blues Penguin ANG RP LEO A high diver, turned pro in 79, who's fetched up at the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino, diving from an eighty-foot-high platform into a tank with nine feet of water. Dennis just loves his job. Too bad then that his pleasure is spoiled when one day he witnesses a killing from his position high up in the sky.

Doris LESSING The Diaries of Jane Somers

Flamingo (Flamingo modern classic) ANG R LES The diaries introduce us to Jane, an intelligent and beau-tiful magazine editor concerned with success, clothes and comfort. After her husband, then her mother, die from cancer she befriends ninety-something Maudie, whose poverty and squalor contrast with her own life.

Robert LUDLUM The Janson directive Orion ANG R LUD Retired US agent Paul Janson, is lured back to the old game. He sets up a near-impossible "exfiltration" opera-tion to pull Novak from his massively guarded prison, and against all the odds seems on the very brink of sucess when...

Catherine MACPHAIL Dark waters Bloomsbury ANG R MAC

Graham MARKS How it works Bloomsbury ANG R MAR Seb is convinced that he has a guardian angel and he is determined to find out who he is. But searching for a guardian angel is no easy task ! Vivid and atmospheric, this is a novel for all young adults who want to read books with bite.

Ed McBAIN Fat Ollie's Book Orion ANG RP MCB Another 87th precinct novel.

Mil MILLINGTON Things my girlfriend and I have argued about Flame ANG R MIL A rupturingly funny and sparklingly original first novel about love, fatherhood, librarians and Anglo-German relations. From the creator of the cult website, Things my Girlfriend and I have Argued About, who was named as one of The Guardian's top 5 debut novelists for 2002.

Alan MOORE Tom Strong America's best comics ANG BD MOO T1

Sheila O'FLANAGAN Too good to be true

Headline ANG R OFL Within days of arriving in New York for a shopping holiday, Carey Browne has met and married Ben Russell - but not everyone at home is convinced that this is more than a holiday romance. Carey and Ben are about to discover whether they've found the kind of love that can survive a blast of reality.

Joyce Carol OATES I'll Take you there 4th Estate ANG R OAT This book is an astonishingly intimate and unsparing self-portrait of a young woman who comes of age in the most turbulent of American decades. 'Anellia' — as she sometimes calls herself — is a student at Syracuse University, the first time she has lived away from her family. Through a triptych of events, the atoms of 'Anellia's' life come together as she begins her journey into adulthood.

Sara PARETSKY Blacklist Penguin ANG RP PAR When an old woman becomes suspicious of goings on in her old home, V.I. Warsharwski is called in. A dead journalist puts her on a trail that leads back to the McCarthy era and to the distinguished Calvin Bayard. There is more than a whiff of anti-Communism and anti-Islamic hysteria in the air.

Una-Mary PARKER Dark passions Headline ANG R PAR Antonia Murray, the successful owner of Murray Properties Ltd, wants a loving man and a family. Most of her time is spent in her office, so she advertises in the personal columns. When gorgeous Colin Holbrook responds she is certain she has found her man. But appearances can be deceptive.

Julie PARSONS The Guilty Heart Pan ANG R PAR Whilst Nick spent an afternoon in bed with his neighbour, his son Owen went missing and was never found. Now, ten years later, he has returned from the USA with a desire to assuage his guilt and face up to his past. Little does he realize that his investigations will unleash further violence.

Richard PRICE Clockers Bloomsbury ANG R PRI Rocco Klein, veteran homicide detective, has had enough of life on the edge. When a warm summer night brings yet another drug-related murder, he has no sense that the case is anything special.

Anne PROULX That old ace in the hole Fourth Estate

ANG R PRO A richly textured story of one man's struggle to make good in the inhospitable ranch country of the Texas panhandle, told with razor wit and a masterly sense of place.

Ian RANKIN A Question of blood Orion ANG RP RAN Two seventeen-year-olds are killed by an ex-Army loner who has gone off the rails. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, 'there's no mystery ... except the why'. But this question takes Rebus into the heart of a shattered community. Ex-Army himself, Rebus becomes fascinated by the killer, and finds he is not alone. Army investigators are on the scene, and won't be shaken off.

Kathy REICH Grave secrets Arrow ANG RP REI Dr. Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for the medical examiners in Montreal and North Carolina, departs from home turf to journey to Guatemala, where her skills will be tested to the limit. She'll work on one of the more heartbreaking cases of her career, searching the remains of mass graves for the bodies of women and children.

Arundhati ROY The God of small things Flamingo ANG R ROY Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family.

Hubert SELBY Waiting Period Marion Boyars ANG R SEL A man pulls back from the brink of suicide when his application to buy a gun with which to shoot himself is delayed. Instead of throwing his life away, he decides to spend all his time and effort disposing of those who he feels deserve to die.

Will SELF Dorian : an imitation Penguin ANG R SEL It is 1981 and the "Royal Broodmare", as Henry Wotton calls her, is about to be married. Wotton, an uneasy homosexual and an egregious drug-addict, and his friend Baz have found a remarkable young man Dorian Gray, the epitome of male beauty. 16 years later and the Princess is dead. As the stock market soars and their T-cell counts plummet, what has happened to Henry, Baz and Dorian ?

Danzy SENNA From Caucasia, with love Bloomsbury

ANG R SEN Birdie and her sister just want to be normal but it's difficult growing up with a black academic father and a white activist mother. Soon her parents' relation-ship becomes strained and they split, Cole going to Brazil with her father, while she goes on the road with her mother as they flee the FBI.

Robyn SISMAN Just friends Penguin ANG R SIS Freya and Jack are just friends - which is fine until she moves into his New York apartment. The strain of living together threatens their friendship...

Boston TERAN Count out the Dead Pan ANG RP TER When a Los Angeles construction scandal threatens to blow sky-high, suspicions soar, and an investigative reporter unco-vers enough material to bring prominent careers crashing to an end. Behind the scenes, one woman thinks she's pulling the strings : she plots the downfall of her enemies and the survival of the one person she trusts : herself.

William Makepeace THACKERAY Vanity fair Penguin (Penguin clasics) ANG R THA Vanity Fair follows the story of two women - the clever, beautiful yet poor Becky Sharp and her companion Amelia Sedley : amiable, rich and a real goody-two-shoes.

Adrian TOMINE Summer blonde Drawn and Quaterly Publications ANG BD TOM Summer blonde collects four stories, each exploring conflicts of urban detachment and misguided emotional gratification. Tomine explores nuance of character as revealed by life's more typical crises : losing a job, having an annoying neighbor or flirting with someone you shouldn't...

P.J. TRACY Want to play ? Penguin ANG RP TRA The slaying of an old couple in small town America looks like one-off act of brutal retribution. But at the same time, in Minneapolis, teams of detectives scramble to stop a sickeningly inventive serial killer striking again in a city paralysed by fear. When the two separate investigations converge on an isolated catholic boarding school, decades old secrets begin to fall away.

Joanna TROLLOPE Girl from the South Black Swan ANG R TRO Coming to London to escape her family, Gillon meets Tilly, whose boyfriend Henry is a wildlife photographer finding it

Copyright ï¿½ Médiathèque Jacques BAUMEL Page 15/29 Romans et bandes-dessinées en langues étrangères hard to commit. Gillon moves into their flat, replacing Henry's mate William, William's girlfriend Susie and lots of mess and disorganization.

Alisa VALDES-RODRIGUEZ The Dirty girls social club Arrow ANG R VAL The Dirty Girls Social Club was formed by six very different Latina women who met at college in Boston and swore they'd be friends for the rest of their lives.

Chris WARE Jimmy Corrigan : The Smartest kid on earth Panthéon ANG BD WAR Ware is the most versatile and innovative artist the medium has known, arguably the greatest achievement of the form ever Guardian Book Award 2001

Bill WATTERSON CALVIN AND HOBBS 1. Thereby hangs a tale 2. One day the wind will change 3. In the shadow of the night Warner Books ANG BD WAT C1 & C2 & C3

Benjamin ZEPHANIAH Face Bloomsbury ANG R ZEP Set in this East End of fish and chips and curry, rap clubs and racism, Face is the story of Martin Turner and his gang of three : their reactions when some-thing terrible happens to Martin's face.

Benjamin ZEPHANIAH Refugee Boy Bloomsbury ANG R ZEP Alem is on holiday with his father for a few days in London. He has never been out of Ethiopia before and is very excited. They have a great few days togther until one morning when Alem wakes up in the bed and breakfast they are staying at to find the unthinkable. His father has left him.

Romans en Allemand

Friedrich ANI Süden und der Luftgittarist KNAUR

ALL RP ANI Bei der ersten Stadtmeisterschaft im Luftgitarres-pielen ist Südens Kollege Martin Heuer nach der Vorrunde zweit-bester Teilnehmer - da ist plötzlich sein härtester Konkurrent unauffindbar. Gemeinsam mit Süden und dem Team vom Dezernat 11 macht sich Heuer auf die Suche : Sie finden einen Abschiedsbrief und eine Frau, die taub ist und alles versteht, aber nichts sagen will ...

Ingeborg BACHMANN Simultan Piper (Piper) ALL R BAC Ein Zyklus von fünf Erzählungen, die 1972 erstmals erschienen.

Hermann BROCH Der Tod des Vergil Suhrkamp ALL R BRO Der erste Teil (Wasser - Die Ankuft) beschreibt die Rückkehr des todkranken Dichters Vergilius Publius Maro mit der kaiserlichen Flotte des Augustus in Brundisium. In Kontrast zum sonst entrückten Dasein des Künstlers führt der Weg durch die Elendsviertel am Hafen und die sich in Massentiere verwandelnden Menschen hinauf in den Palast. Die Sänfte begleitet ein Knabe, der, später nur für Vergil sichtbar, als Lysanias eine messianische Botschaft veran-schaulicht

Carina BURMAN Die Zehnte Göttin des Gesangs Gustav KiepenHeuer ALL R BUR Uppsala 1909. Elisabet Gran - 25 Jahre alt, Dozentin der Literaturwissens-chaft und einzige Frau an der Fakultät - geht mit ihrem Professor eine Wette ein. Gelingt es ihr, Lebenszeugnisse der Poetin Sophia Elisabeth Brenner (1659-1730), genannt die schwedische Sappho, aufzuspüren, liegt ihr die wissenschaftliche Welt zu Fü ?en. Bleibt Elisabet der Erfolg versagt, mu ? sie die Universitätskarriere an den Nagel hängen...

Danae COULMAS Schliemann und Sophia : eine Liebesgeschichte Piper ALL 930.1 SCH

Assia DJEBAR Fantasia Unionverlag ALL R DJE

Jenny ERPENBECK Tand Btb ALL R ERP Als die junge Regis-seurin Jenny Erpen-beck 1999 mit "Geschichte vom alten Kind" ihren ersten Roman vor-legte, ging ein Raunen durch die Feuilletons. Wie schon in diesem furiosen Debüt, ausgezeichnet mit dem

Copyright ï¿½ Médiathèque Jacques BAUMEL Page 17/29 Romans et bandes-dessinées en langues étrangères aspekte-Literaturpreis, zeigt sich die Autorin auch in ihren Geschichten als Meisterin literarischer Verdichtung. Jenny Erpenbeck erschafft eine verblüffend vielschichtige Prosa, sprachlich präzise und von gro ?er Tiefenschärfe.

Wilhelm GENAZINO Ein Regenschirm für diesen Tag Dtv ALL R GEN Wilhelm Genazinos neuer Roman ist eine humoristische Etüde über die Peinlichkeit, ohne eigene Zustimmung auf dieser Erde zu sein, ein heiterer Balanceakt am Rande des Scheiterns. Schon der Job des Erzählers ist eines Flaneurs seiner Leichtgewichtsklasse würdig.

Noah GORDON Der Diamant des Salomon Knaur ALL R GOR Harry Hopeman lebt als Diamanten-händler und Gele-hrter in New York. Als ihm das Angebot gemacht wird, sich einen verschollen geglau-bten Diamanten anzusehen, fährt er nach Jerusalem. Auf seiner Reise wird er mit der aufregenden Geschichte seiner Familie konfrontiert. So wird die Suche nach dem Diamanten auch zur Suche nach sich selbst.

Batya GOUR Du sollst nicht begehren Goldmann ALL RP GOU Als die schöne Kibbuz - Sekretärin Osnat Harel in die Krankenstation eingeliefert wird, sieht alles nach einer schweren Lungenentzündung aus. Zwei Stunden später ist sie tot - Opfer eines Penicillin - Schocks, wie es scheint. Doch die Obduktion fördert Spuren eines tödlichen Pflanzenschutzmittels zutage. Das Unvorstellbare scheint Realität geworden zu sein : ein Mord im Kibbuz...

Batya GOUR Denn am Sabbat sollst du ruhen Goldmann ALL RP GOU An diesem Krimi ist vor allem das Innenleben des "Helden", Inspektor Ochajon interessant. Er hat eine "zerrissene" Identität und findet trotzdem oder gerade deshalb die Spur zum Mörder. Alle modernen Leiden plagen ihn - Schlaflosigkeit, Sinnsuche, Liebeskummer, Bindungsangst, schlechtes Gewissen als Elternteil - und trotzdem ist er äusserst anziehend. Ich wünsche mir, dass die Autorin noch weitere Fortsetzungen schreibt. Ihre Krimis sind mir eine echte Lebenshilfe !

HAGGI Der Hartmut in Gefar ! Carlsen Comicks ALL BD HAG

Christine LEHNER Studenten Kochbuch einfach, schnell und preiswert XXL ALL 641.5 LEH

Alle Rezepte sehr einfach beschrieben und super toll zum Nachkochen und das Beste, sie schmecken sogar. Also für Leute, die mit Kochen und Küche bis jetzt noch nichts am Hut hatten, ist diese Buch ideal.

Jason LUTES Berlin, steinerne Stadt Carlsen comics ALL BD LUT Ende der 20er Jahre zieht es die Kunststudentin Marthe Müller in die pulsierende Metropole Berlin. An der Seite des Journalisten Kurt Severing erlebt die junge Frau hier ?berschwang und Elend der Epoche und wird Zeugin der politischen Umbrüche in der niedergehenden Weimarer Republik.

Sándor MARAI Die Glut Piper (Piper) ALL R MAR

Lenka REINEROVA Alle Farben des Sonne und der Nacht Aufbau-Verlag ALL R REI Ein sehr schönes Buch mit leicht verständlichen Kur-zgeschichten, welche den-noch Tiefgang besitzen. Eine sehr gelungene Mischung aus Kindermärchen und Parabel !

Ingo SCHULZE 33 Augenblicke des Glücks Deutscher Taschenbuch (DTV) ALL R SCH

Thierry SMOLDEREN GIPSY 1. Der Stern des Zigeuners 2. Sibirische Feuer Carlsen comics ALL BD SMO G1 & G2 Die einzelnen Episoden dieses im besten Sinne elektischen Bandes erzählen von einer Stadt, die Generationen von Schriftstellern, Künstlern, Musikern - und Lesern - fasziniert hat. Einer Stadt, wo aus jedem Kanaldeckel die Geschichte hervorzuquellen und jede Mauer von einer frischen Patina überzogen scheint.

Feridun ZAIMOGLU Abschaum : Die whare Geschichte von Ertan Ongun Rotbuch ALL R ZAI

Juli ZEH Adler und Engel Btb

ALL R ZEH Juli Zehs Sprache fesselt, sie ist zu Recht eine der hoch gelobten "neuen" Schriftstellerinnen Deutschlands. Die Geschichte um Max und Jessie ist spannend bis zur letzten Seite und zugleich von einer Düsternis, wie man sie sonst nur bei Paul Auster findet.

Romans en Espagnol

Cuentos cubanos EditorialPopular (Letra grande) ESP R CUE

Relatos fantasticos latinoamericanos. 1 EditorialPopular (Letra grande) ESP R REL 1

Relatos fantasticos latinoamericanos. 2 EditorialPopular (Letra grande) ESP R REL 2

Roberto AMPUERO Boleros en la Habana Planeta ESP RP AMP Cayetano Brulé es el detective a cargo de solucionar la pes-quisa de este novela de detectives y mafia, calibrada por el prestidigitador, Roberto Ampuero.

Miguel DELIBES Diario de un jubilado Destino (Destino libro) ESP R DEL

Canales DIAZ BLACKSAD 1. Arctic-Nation 2. Un Lugar entre las ombras Norma Editorial ESP BD DIA B1 & B2 Blacksad presenta una historia "clásica" de género negro protagonizada por animales antropomórficos. La trama nos situa en una ciudad estadounidense de los años 50, donde el huraño detective privado, John Blacksad investiga el asesinato de una actriz con la que mantuvo una relación sentimental en el pasado.

Espido FREIRE Cuentos malvados

Suma de letras (Punto de lectura) ESP CA FRE

Carlos FUENTES Los Años con Laura Díaz Punto de Lectura ESP R FUE

Carlos FUENTES Instinto de Iñez Punto de Lectura (Narrativa) ESP R FUE Gabriel Atlan-Ferrara, director de orquesta, recuerda en su vejez los tres encuentros que tuvo a lo largo de su vida con la cantante mexicana Inez Rosenzweig. Premios Cervantes y Principe de Asturias.

Juan GARCIA HORTELANA Tormenta de verano Punto de Lectura (Narrativa) ESP R GAR

Gabriel GARCIA MARQUEZ El Amor en los tiempos del cólera Debolsillo (Contemporánea) ESP R GAR

Carlos GIMENEZ Paracuellos 4 Glénat ESP BD GIM 4

Hayden HERRERA Frida : una biografía de Frida Kahlo Booket (Booket. Biographías) ESP R HER BIO

Alejandro JODOROWSKY El Niño del jueves negro Siruela ESP R JOD Novelista, actor, director de teatro, Alejandro Jodorowsky ha creado dos técnicas terapéuticas que han revolucionado la psicoterapia en numerosos países. La primera de ellas, la psicogenealogía, sirve de base para su novela Donde mejor canta un pájaro (1994), y la segunda, la psicomagia (una técnica que devuelve los hechos cotidianos a modelos míticos), ha sido utilizada por Jodorowsky en El niño del jueves negro para adentrarnos en su

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Ray LORIGA Héroes Debolsillo ESP R LOR Heroes es un libro desconcertante. Destaca por la dureza de muchos de los pensamientos reflejados y por la belleza de la lírica empleada para narrarlos. Su protagonista es un chico joven que se encierra en su habitación.

Javier MARIAS Todas las almas Punto de Lectura (Narrativa) ESP R MAR El libro cuenta las vivencias de un profesor español en Oxford, con un estilo claro, conciso, y con una prosa brillante.

Javier MARIAS El Siglo Punto de Lectura (Narrativa) ESP R MAR

Carmen MARTIN GAITE El Cuarto de artrás Destino (Destino libro) ESP R MAR En una noche de insomnio y de tormenta, la escritora recibe la visita de un desconocido vestido de negro. La autora se sirve de este esquema argumental para romper el hilo de una serie de recuerdos de infancia y juventud, que se desgranan confundidos con sus reflexiones sobre los sueños, el amor y la memoria.

Rosa MONTERO El Corazón del tártaro Booket (Novela) ESP R MON Zarza, editora de libros de la Edad Media, recibe la llamada de un hombre que le dice : 'Te he encontrado'. Huye de su apartamento sabiéndose perseguida por alguien, o algo, que enlaza con un misterioso pasado que creía olvidado... Todo regresa ahora en un inquietante paralelismo con sombrías leyendas medievales, desentrañando la revelación final que cambiará la vida de la protagonista para siempre.

Rosa MONTERO La Loca de la casa Alfaguara ESP R MON Un libro sobre la fantasía y los sueños, sobre la locura y la pasión, sobre los miedos y las dudas de los escritores, pero también de los lectores. La loca de la casa es, sobre todo, la tórrida historia de amor y salvación que hay entre Rosa Montero y su imaginación.

Antonio MUNOZ MOLINA El Jinete polaco Booket (Biblioteca Premios Planeta)

ESP R MUN El protagonista evoca la vida en el pueblo andaluz donde nació, a lo largo de cuatro generaciones : su bisabuelo, que estuvo en Cuba ; su abuelo, guardia de asalto que acabó en un campo de concentración ; sus padres, campesinos que llevaban una vida resignada y oscura, y él mismo en su niñez y adolescencia. Premio Planeta 1991

Antonio MUNOZ Molina Plenilunio Punto de Lectura (Narrativa) ESP R MUN La primera novela larga que Antonio Muñoz Molina publica después de El jinete polaco. En esta narración, llena de tensión y ternura, un inspector de policía investiga el espeluznante asesinato de una niña. Pero no es sólo una novela de hechos, sino una obra de reconstrucción del tiempo y de las emociones.

Antonio MUNOZ Molina En ausencia de Blanca Punto de lectura (Narrativa) ESP R MUN Mario, un joven funcionario de provincias, vive dedicado a su trabajo y, sobre todo, a su mujer, Blanca, por quien siente una profunda fascinación. Juntos forman una pareja complementaria : él encarna la sencillez, la paz del hogar, la fortaleza ; ella, en cambio, representa el lado exquisito de la vida, pero también la inestabilidad.

Carmen POSADAS La Bella Otero Booket (Novela) ESP R POS A medio camino entre la autobiografía y la novela, Carmen Posadas nos cuenta la historia de uno de los personajes más fascinantes de su época, Carolina Otero, la Bella, que dilapidó su enorme fortuna calculada en unos 409 mil millones de euros al cambio actual. Un apasionante relato sobre el mito de la Belle ?poque.

Carmen POSADAS Nada es lo que parace Punto de Lectura (Narrativa) ESP R POS Catorce relatos a los que la propia autora encuentra tres puntos en común : el humor, la psicología humana, especialmente la masculina, y el desenlace imprevisto. Componentes a los que el lector, una vez haya disfrutado de este texto, añadirá los de solidez, gracia, calidad en la escritura y desarrollo de argumentos y personajes...rasgos, en fin, de una excelente escritora.

Miguelanxo PRADO Stratos Norma Editorial ESP BD PRA Con imagenes sombras y precisas, Prado dibuja una caricatura futurista de un sistema economica contemporaneo, empujando a extremo los acontecimentos ab-surdos.

Miguelanxo PRADO Fragmentos de la enciclopedia délfica Norma Editorial ESP BD PRA

Soledad PUERTOLAS La Rosa de Plata Booket (Novela) ESP R PUE Las justas del rey Arturo, el desdichado amor entre la reina Ginebra y Lanzarote del Lago y los sabios consejos del mago Merlín configuran el telón de fondo de las aventuras de siete caballeros que deberán rescatar a siete doncellas secuestradas en el castillo del hada Morgana.

Rosa REGAS La Canción de Dorotea Booket (Biblioteca Premios Planeta) ESP R REG Nada sospecha Aurelia de lo que sucede en su casa de campo mientras ella trabaja en la ciudad. Pero el extraño comportamiento de su guarda y una confusa e insistente llamada telefónica, le conducirán al vértigo de descubrir cúal cercanas pueden ser la repulsión y la atracción, lo bello y lo siniestro. Una perturbadora e intrigante novela que nos invita a penetrar en los misterios más recónditos de nuestros sentimientos y temores. Premio Planeta 2001

Rosa REGAS Pobre corazón Booket (Booket) ESP R REG Nueve relatos cuyo nexo de unión es el amor, o los sucedáneos del amor, con las distintas máscaras de las que se vale para asomar y permanecer en el corazón de los humanos.

Juana SALABERT Velódromo de invierno Booket (Novela) ESP R SAL Velódromo de Invierno transcurre en dos planos temporales : entre cuatro días del terrible julio de 1942 en el París hermoso y vencido, y los recuerdos de toda una vida de exilio, invocados en 1992. Premio Bilblioteca berve 2001.

Antonio SKARMETA La Chica del trombón Debolsillo (Contemporánea) ESP R SKA Un itinerario por la historia de Chile desde los años cuarenta hasta el triunfo de Allende en los setenta, de la mano de Alia Emar, una niña que crecerá al cuidado de su abuelo Esteban Coppeta y vivirá todas las peripecias y vicisitudes de un país sometido a vientos de cambio.

Carlos José SOMOZA Clara y la penumbra Booket (Novela) ESP R SOM En Viena, una poderosa fundación artística silencia la muerte de una modelo de catorce años que trabaja como 'lienzo'. En Madrid, Clara, otra modelo, acepta intervenir en una obra de arte enigmática. Premio de Novela Fernando Lara 2001.

Maruja TORRES Mientras vivimos

Booket (Biblioteca Premios Planeta) ESP R TOR Una gran novela que trata de la herencia que se transmiten las mujeres cuando se eligen unas a otras para tejer entre sí un vínculo más fuerte que la sangre. Una historia de admiración y celos, de mentira y verdad. Premio Planeta 2000.

Mario VARGAS LLOSA El Paraíso en la otra esquina Alfaguara ESP R VAR Dos vidas : la de Flora Tristán, que pone todos sus esfuerzos en la lucha por los derechos de la mujer y de los obreros, y la de Paul Gauguin, el hombre que descubre su pasión por la pintura y abandona su existencia burguesa para vivir en Taiti. Dos concepciones del sexo : la de Flora, que sólo ve en él un instrumento de dominio masculino y la de Gauguin, que lo considera una fuerza vital imprescindible puesta al servicio de su creatividad. ¿ Qué tienen en común esas dos vidas ? Esto es lo que Vargas Llosa pone de relieve en esta novela.

Mario VARGAS LLOSA La Fiesta del Chivo Punto de lectura (Narrativa) ESP R VAR Basado en los últimos días y en el asesinato de Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, uno de los más sanguinarios caudillos latino-americanos, el autor reconstruye la historia de Urania, una mujer que partió siendo casi una niña de Santo Domingo y regresa para ajustar cuentas con un misterioso pasado.

Manuel VAZQUEZ MONTALBAN Erec y Enide Debolsillo (Bestseller) ESP R VAZ Un intelectual observa su vida desde un ángulo inédito : su vida académica y su biografía sentimental son parte de una profunda reflexión sobre las constantes de la existencia humana. Inteligente y penetrante.

Jorge ZENTNER Tabú Glénat ESP BD ZEN

Jorge ZENTNER AROMM 1. Destino Nómada Glénat ESP BD ZEN A1 Un trabajo de rara originalidad con escasos referentes en el medio, más poesía gráfica que narrativa dibujada.

Romans en Italien

Niccolò AMMANITI

Io non ho paura Einaudi Tascabili (Stile Libero) ITA R AMM Nel silenzio della campagna pugliese, in un'estate caldissima, un gruppo di bambini gioca in mezzo ai campi di grano. E uno di loro, Michele, scopre che il male esiste, che è terribilmente reale e ha una faccia peggiore dell'incubo più brutto che un bambino possa immaginare.

Alessandro BARICCO Senza sangue Rizzoli ITA R BAR Manuel Roca e i suoi due figli vivono in una vecchia fattoria isolata nella campagna. Un giorno, quattro uomini dentro una vecchia Mercedes imboccano la strada polverosa che conduce alla loro casa. Come se stesse aspettando da sempre questo momento, Manuel Roca non perde un attimo e chiama a sé i due figli. Qualcosa di terribile e indescrivibile sta per accadere ; qualcosa che sconvolgerà irrimediabilmente la vita di tutti, soprattutto quella della piccola Nina.

Vitaliano BRANCATI Il Bell'Antonio Mondadori (Classici Moderni) ITA R BRA

Gesualdo BUFALINO Qui pro quo Bompiani ITA R BUF Il libro racconta un mistero : la morte di un editore, dovuta non si sa se a frode o a disgrazia, nella sua casa delle vacanze. Ne segue un indagine che chiama in causa tutti gli ospiti in prima persona. Finché la sua segretaria, una nubile di poche grazie e di molte virtù, risolve o crede di risolvere il caso.

Vincenzo CONSOLO Nottetempo, casa per casa Mondadori ITA R CON

Andrea DE CARLO Nel momento Mondadori (Bestsellers) ITA RP DEC A Luca, che ha alle spalle un matrimonio fallito e vive una relazione ormai ap-piattita nella consuetudine, succede dopo una caduta da cavallo. In quell'istante egli capisce con dolorosa consapevolezza di essere perfettamente infelice. E da quel momento, unico e irripetibile, niente sarà più come prima.

Erri DE LUCA Monteddio Feltrinelli (I Narratori) ITA R DEL

Erri DE LUCA Non ora, non qui Feltrinelli (Universale Economica) ITA R DEL I ricordi di una vita. Uno sguardo disincantato sul passato. Nella memoria. In quel che resta di ciò che è già stato dimenticato. Ricordi assenti, di una madre, di un padre, di un amico, di una serva. E più drammatico. Perchè tutto sarà già scomparso, tutto sarà già passato, tutto ci sarà maledettamente estraneo. L'eterno imprigionato tra la volontà e l'istinto. Di ricordare. E di dimenticare.

Giorgio FALETTI Io Uccido Baldini & Castoldi (Supernani) ITA RP FAL Un DJ di radio Monte Carlo riceve, durante la sua trasmissione notturna, una telefonata delirante. Uno sconosciuto rivela di essere un assassino. Il caso viene archiviato come uno scherzo di pessimo gusto. Il giorno dopo un pilota di Formula Uno e la sua compagna vengono trovati orrendamente mutilati. Da questo momento ha inizio una serie di delitti, preceduti ogni volta da una telefonata con un indizio sulla prossima vittima e sottolineati da una scritta tracciata con il sangue : « io uccido ».

Marcello FOIS Nulla Frassinelli (Il Maestrale) ITA R FOI

Marcello FOIS Sempre caro Frassinelli (Il Maestrale) ITA R FOI

Margaret MAZZANTINI Non ti muovere Mondadori ITA R MAZ Una giornata di pioggia, una ragazza di quindici anni che scivola e cade dal motorino. Una corsa in ambulanza verso l'ospedale. Lo stesso dove il padre lavora come chirurgo. ? lui che racconta l'accerchiamento terribile e minuzioso del destino.

PIA PERA L' Orto di un perdigiorno : confessioni di un apprendista Ortolano Ponte Alle Grazie ITA R PER Cosa si può imparare coltivando ortaggi e curando un giardino sulle pendici del Monte Pisano ? Molte cose, dice questo libro in cui Pia Pera racconta i suoi tentativi di padroneggiare l'arte di coltivare il proprio cibo e realizzare una condizione di felicità fondata sul rispetto della natura e la riduzione al minimo dello sfruttamento dell'ambiente.

Andrea G. PINKETTS Fuggevole Turchese

Mondadori ITA RP PIN Chi è quella ragazza che non abbiamo mai visto in volto, che sale su un tram proprio quando stiamo per raggiungerla ? Di lei ci resta soltanto la visione di un sedere ben tornito, inguainato in pantaloni turchesi. Che non sia per caso la morte ? Una morte estiva, turchese che, dopo avere abbandonato Milano, vive tra Alassio e Laigueglia, dove operano i Rimarginati, una confraternita di ex criminali, riabilitati da un ambiguo guru.

Romans en Portugais

António Lobo ANTUNES Os Cus de Judas Dom Quixote POR R ANT « A dolorosa aprendizagem da agonia », assim classifica Lobo Antunes a guerra de Angola, fracção da guerra colonial portu-guesa ; assim se resume o processo a que é submetido o leitor .

René GOSCINNY O 20° de cavalaria Meriberica/Liber POR BD GOS L 27

René GOSCINNY Asterix e os Bretoes Meriberica/Liber POR BD GOS A8

PEPETELA A Montanha da água lilás : Dom Quiote POR R PEP

Romans en Russe

ILF et PETROV 12 Stouliev Zolotoi Tilionok Ikmo press RUS R ILF

Aleksandra MARININA Kogda bogi smejutsja

Ikmo press RUS RP MAR

Aleksandra MARININA Siedmaia jeriva Ikmo press RUS RP MAR