Foreign Rights Univers Poche - Page 44 - 36 > NARRATIVE NON-FICTION / TESTIMONY Jean-Pierre RENOUARD Jean-Pierre Renouard was born in 1922. He received the Legion of Honour, the Medal of the Resistance and the Cross of War 39-45. My Stripes Were Earned in Hell 6 November 2008 English translation available Rights sold: US (Rowman & Littlefield) A powerful testimony of undeniable greatness May 1944. As the Landing approaches, Jean-Pierre Renouard enters into the unimaginable hell of Nazi concentration camps. “With vivid prose and striking details, Renouard renders scenes like a master storyteller.” Publishers Weekly “Renouard writes in a curiously detached, almost passionless manner, when one might expect a scream of rage. Yet, the sheer power of his experiences makes for a moving chronicle.” Booklist 37 > XAVIER & BÉNÉDICTE’S PICK / quirky docs Julien GOSSELIN, Pierre MARTIN & Johann TRÜMMEL Julien and Pierrediscovered that all the Sandies of this world have a dolphin tattoo on the shoulder and that Bernards tell iffy jokes between main cours and dessert. In 2011, they create their blog. Enthusiastic about Johann’s humour, they ask him to join the team. They have their own column in a trendy cultural magazine and they now also have a book thanks to Bénédicte & Xavier. The List 8 November 2012 THE perfect antidictionary of First Names. Who has never imagined the life of passers-by while sitting on the terrace of a café? Incisive, hilarious and sometimes cruel, the authors of The List turned this pastime into a literary project. “The ultimate politically incorrect book.” Avantages “A dictionary that is badly funny.” Métro Editors at large Lila CHEN & Muriel BOURET Muriel Bouret was destined to become a trapeze artist until she discovers drawing. Encouraged by her friends, who are convinced that spending an hour with her saves them a years’ worth of therapy, Lila Chen began writing essential guides. How Should I pack? In Order to Be Among Those Who Travel With a Tiny Suitcase Why Does It Only Happen To Me? How To Get Out of Really Embarrassing Situations He Dumped Me, What Am I Going to Do Now? 50 Tips for Surviving a Break-Up For the Love of Football See how football could fit into the world of women… 38 > QUIRKY DOCS Virginie DUMONT Psychologist and author, Virginie Dumont is currently head teacher in a prevention association. How Do You Fail At Raising Your Children? 10 February 2011 A survival guide for parents who are imperfect and proud to be! The new trend is to have a TV on every floor, to argue in front of the children and, most of all, not to hesitate to give a good spanking from time to time. Because in any case, no matter what we do, they will end up on the psychoanalyst’s couch anyway! “The author, who is also a psychologist, incites parents to stop putting pressure on themselves. Less individualism and more humour: we can do it!” Madame Figaro Smile, You Are Parenting a Teenager! 12 April 2012 How do you define the parent of a teenager? 39 > QUIRKY DOCS Jean-Michel ESPITALLIER Jean-Michel Espitallier is a writer, poet and musician. Fame 2 February 2012 Caustic or moving, we laugh – forced sometimes – at this new spectacle of the “show biz” society, in which we have become actors (accomplices), more or less voluntarily. “A little book that is both pop and incisive which illustrates the paradoxes of celebrity at any cost.” Les Inrockuptibles “Aphorisms and questions, lists, analysis and miscellany all nicely fit in this work that refuses didacticism and stimulates the thought process.” Télérama Stéphane LOIGNON, Anne de MALERAY, Fabien BENOIT, Cécile COILETTE The authors are all contributors to the trendy magazine Usbek & Rica, a publication that aims to explore the future, which is to say to better understand the things in our present day that contain the seeds of tomorrow. The World Explained to Old Folks 4 October 2012 We are all “old” to someone A collection of small books that address various subjects in order to describe, explain and play down the importance of phenomena that some have difficulty understanding, or that they distrust a priori. “The series aims at bridging the generation gap." Elle “A good way to explain that the term “old” does not mean anything anymore.” Télérama 40 >NON-FICTION / POPULARISATION Thierry MAILLET Thierry Maillet is a Marketing Consultant, a columnist at the Nouvel Économiste and a teacher. He also leads a seminar at the Science-Po University in Paris. As early as 2001, he invented the terminology “consum’actor”, which is now commonly used. Marketing and its History 2 september 2010 The book’s objective is to describe the advances in marketing by demonstrating how the frontrunners in the field have always attempted to adapt to society’s expectations. Alexandra MIDAL Alexandra Midal is a design historian and theoretician. She has diplomas from both the Sorbonne and Princeton University School of Architecture. She used to be an assistant to Dan Graham. She is now a professor at the Geneva University of Art and Design. Design 5 November 2009 An Introduction to the History of a Discipline Based on an absolute belief in an object’s power to permanently transform and improve the world we live in, the author demonstrates the ways in which design has proposed to reform political, social and artistic circles and how it has, in certain cases, become a genuine political tool. 41 NON-FICTION / POPULARISATION Tests Express 11 August 2011 A specialist for each subject. The authors who collaborate on this series are mainly qualified teachers. 100 questions and 400 answers, this is the best way to improve one’s general knowledge! Each title includes 100 Multiple-Choice questionnaires with the right answer and explanations about the wrong answers. The series is targeting students and every one who loves general knowledge or wants to improve his/hers. 42 > NON-FICTION / SELF-HELP Jacques SALOMÉ Jacques Salomé is a psycho-sociologist and a human relations trainer who is especially well known for his reference books on communication within the couple, with children, at school and in the business world and his ESPERE® method. Life at Every Moment 19 January 2012 This calendar offers 366 thoughts regarding the rules of caring for personal relationships in both our personal and professional relations. Françoise SIMPÈRE Françoise Simpère is a journalist and a writer. She has published 13 books, among which the bestseller Des désirs et des hommes. The Art and Etiquette of Polyamory 20 May 2009 Rights sold: US (Skyhorse Publishing) This book is not a pamphlet about libertinage or the open couple like in the 70’s, but the testimony of a complete change in our vision of love. 43 Eryck de RUBERCY Eryck de Rubercy was born in 1951. He is an essayist, literary critic and translator of German writers and poets. The Wagner Controversy 1st June 2011 On 13 March 1861 the composer presented a French version of Tannhäuser called “The Paris Version”. Wagner himself cancelled the performance after only the third representation. In addition to laudatory and incendiary reviews we can find in this book a review that Wagner himself wrote about Tannhäuser in Paris. > NON-FICTION / ART Jean-Philippe DOMECQ Jean-Philippe Domecq is a novelist and an essayist. A New Introduction to the Art of the 20th Century 1st June 2011 A key reflection on the history of art, its criteria and its wanderings If you liked this author, you will like Comprendre l’art moderne by Fabrice Midal 44 > NON-FICTION / PHILOSOPHY François FÉDIER Student of Jean Beaufret as early as 1955, François Fédier translated Martin Heidegger’s texts. He was a philosophy professor and has also translated the poetry of Friedrich Holderlin. Time and the World From Heidegger to Aristotle 2 September 2010 Loosely supported by the unedited texts of Martin Heidegger, the classes regrouped in this book offer a gateway to several major philosophical texts. Reading Plato Four lessons on Meno 1st December 2011 A remarkable gateway into Plato’s thinking Dominique SAATDJIAN Philosophy professor in France and abroad and author of articles and essays, Dominique Saatdjian lives and works between Paris and Rome. Essential Texts of Charles Péguy 6 October 2011 Selected excerpts that introduce the essential subject matters of Charles Péguy. Juliette GRANGE Juliette Grange, Ph.D, is a Professor at the University of Nancy. For a Philosophy of Ecology 2 september 2010 This book offers to integrate the ecological dimension into modern political philosophy and into the political regulation of the economy. 45 Aliocha WALD LASOWSKI Lecturer at the University of Lille-III, board member on the Research Team for Plurality and Aesthetics at the University of Paris VIII, Aliocha Wald Lasowski co-directs a seminar at the Ecole Normale Supérieure on the rue d’Ulm and teaches philosophy in the preparatory school for Science-Po. Philippe Sollers or the Art of Subtility 5 January 2012 An introduction to Philippe Sollers’ works followed by three exclusive interviews about painting, music and literature > NON-FICTION / GREAT THINKERS Introduction to Great Thinkers These titles have been written by a new generation of specialists. A very clear overall picture of key concepts by great thinkers from the second half of the 20th century These guides mainly target students willing to adapt, thanks to one single volume, to the essential points of authors that may be difficult to grasp.
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