Two French schoolgirls discover obsessive pleasures in repressed secrets in this "masterpiece on the tyranny of love" ( Independent, UK)."Violette Leduc was Simone de Beauvoir's protege, an erotic writer to match Jean Genet and a feminist tour de force" (Rafia Zakaria, The Guardian). With this startling new translation of Leduc's hidden classic, the groundbreaking Thérèse and Isabelle proves an authentic and liberating exploration of quee...

Traduction de L'homme semence de Violette Ailhaud, en anglais, par Nancy Huston - The Seed Man translated from the French by Nancy Huston : In 1852, Violette Ailhaud was about to get married when the govenment’s repression of the republican uprising of December 1851 suddenly wiped out all the men of her village in the Lower Alps. For two years, the women lived in total isolation. They promised each other that if a man came along some day he would be husband to them all, s...

Not many people leave the Mercenary Brotherhood alive – either the training kills them, or the life does...Road of Bones and Other Stories follows the adventures of Dhulyn Wolfshead and her Partner Parno Lionsmane as they confront everything their own world – and a few others – can throw at them. No job is too big or small: from forgery, murder, kidnapping and slavery to battling disgruntled gods, trans-dimensional demons, mad mages and ghosts. And if they’re very luck...

Ruth, Beth and Caroline are triplets and thick as thieves. They lead a happy life with their mother, Isabelle, and their two older sisters Phyllis and Aggie. They know nothing of their father. Whenever the sisters ask all their mother ever says is he is gone. They are most definitely an odd family with deep dark hidden secrets. But like everyone they know of the mysterious heroes called The Defenders. The triplets live in a small village called Rosewater that can be found in the land of Bl...

An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La Bâtarde relates Violette Leduc’s long search for her own identity through a series of agonizing and passionate love affairs with both men and women.When first published, La Bâtarde earned Violette Leduc comparisons to Jean Genet for the frank depiction of her sexual escapades and immoral behavior. A confession that contains...

In a small French town, a young girl grows up under the hard blue gaze of a mother who will not hold her hand. Her only comfort lies in the warmth of an ill grandmother. Yet the world around her is full of curiosity. From the obsessive Madame Barbaroux and her endless spring cleaning, to the homeless Monsieur Dezaille and his beloved collection of saucepans, Leduc reveals the eccentricities of provincial life with unflinching candour and striking beauty.An extraordinary tale of a s...

Damien Reeves grudgingly agrees to host his ailing Uncle Lionel’s Christmas party at the Blackmoor Inn, a restored castle famous for absurd ghost lore. When he learns of petty thefts that have occurred among his uncle’s elderly friends, he hopes discovering the culprit might keep him from reliving his own tragic holiday memories. When a beautiful young woman arrives, a more enticing challenge appears. Tessia Bennington is relieved to spend the holidays at the reputed haunted inn with her a...

Avast, intrepid reader! Behold yon inky treasure!A beautiful airship corsair determined to reveal a government conspiracy. An interstellar outlaw bent on avenging the murders of her fellow crewmates. A pirate captain whose hatred of mer-people endangers his ship and crew. A ghost trapped in the wreckage of a privateering ship.From the early voyages of a young, ambitious Gaius Julius Caesar, to a sorceress hunting buccaneers along the post-Civil War Mississi...

ABOUT THE NOVEL: THE MONKEY'S EYEIn the aftermath of the war in 1945-46, many orphaned children were placed with relatives or foster families. Unfortunately, Paul, a frail 14-year-old boy already emotionally scarred by the horrors of war, was sent to live with an aunt, his only remaining relative, in the quiet village of Brignais. Despite the care and devoted friendship of his school teacher, Guillaume, he sank deeper and deeper into a dark neurosis and a fatal obsession, fueled by...

JUSTICE FOR ROSELINE introduces us to Roseline's dark fate, set in the turmoil of the Second World War. In the Two parts of the novel, we live with Roseline through the horrors of WWII. In the First Part, we see what happens to the sixteen years old parisien girl. Roseline, our young girl, and her loved ones will not be spared. In spite of everything, the beauty and gift of self, of sacrifice and morality will flourish in this great historical cemetery which will be World War II.Pa...

Every night, when the stars twinkle bright, a friendly dragon flies high in the sky, painting clouds and whispering to the moon. No one sees him, except little Milo, who spots his sparkling tail from his window. When the dragon swoops low one night, Milo takes a magical ride through the stars in his dreams. Together, they light up the night and show the world that wonder is never too far away, just look up!

With more than 50 years of current teaching experience between them, the authors of Secondary Languages in Action have created an accessible summary of research and thinking on approaches to MFL teaching, cutting through the noise of online debates and keeping the focus on application in the classroom.Each chapter guides you through different elements of MFL teaching, covering all the skills but also tips on how to increase engagement, make the case for languages and enric...