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Bienvenue chez les artistes, by Éva Bensard and Sébastien Mourrain What if houses could tell the dreams held by the people who lived in them Open this book and step into 8 extraordinary homes where famous and daring artists once lived Through ...

Welcome to the Artists’ Homes

Le grand livre du cinéma, by Aloïs Marignane & Raphaële Botte Comedy or western Thriller or science fiction When it comes to films, viewers have their preferences But what makes these film genres so special Often highly codified, they adhere ...

The Big Book of Cinema

Le grand livre des musées, by Éva Bensard and Benjamin Chaud From Paris to Beijing, from Rome to Amsterdam, from Marseille to Mexico, discover 12 extraordinary museums You will be accompanied on your visit by the best guides: curators, ...

The Big Book of Museums

Le grand livre des records de l'art, by Éva Bensard and Charlotte Molas These artists are crazy! All around the world, back to Prehistoric times, they have been creating art that defies imagination Colossi carved into the mountains, towers ...

The Big Book of Art Records

Le grand atelier, by Les Canailles Have you ever dreamt of stepping into an artist’s studio Seeing what Leonardo da Vinci or Van Gogh’s workshops looked like This beautiful book offers a peek behind the scenes of 16 art studios, from Antiquity ...

The Big Book of Artists’s Studios

Le grand inventaire de l'art, by Louise Lockhart From the Lascaux cave to street art, passing through mummies, fortified castles, the Mona Lisa, impressionism or the invention of cinema: keep your eyes open, here is the great inventory of art! What ...

The Great Inventory of Art

J'ai rêvé de préhistoire, by Arthur Dreyfus and Jean-Jacques Hublin, illustrated by Léa Louis Published with the Collège de France A peppy, enthralling exploration of the prehistoric era, I’m Dreaming About Prehistory delves into a host of ...

I’m Dreaming About Prehistory

Martin et Rosa, ensemble pour l'égalité, by Raphaële Frier and Zaü ML King and R Parks: the overlapping stories of two key figures who spoke out against racial segregation Their shared battle begins with the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 The ...

Martin and Rosa, United for Equality

L'image à venir, mémoires d'un collectionneur, by Pierre Apraxine with Jean Poderos Pierre Apraxine was a visionary, a trailblazer who was among the first col- lectors to dedicate his life to unearthing long-forgotten masterpieces of ...

The Coming Image, A Collector’s Memoir

Blue et les grands jours maudits, by Nancy Guilbert At once an adventure tale, dystopian fiction and alternate history, Blue and the Days of Damnation follows Blue and her brother-in-arms Zian in their struggles to prevent oppressive ...

Blue And The Days Of Damnation

"Sèvres, a Ceramic History" series Each volume of the series Sèvres, a Ceramic History examines an era in the saga of the Manufacture de Sèvres, the world most prestigious porcelain factiry, beginning with its creation in 1740 With analyses, ...

Sèvres, a Ceramic History

Le Typographe, by Gaby Bazin Let’s put an apron on and visit the typographer’s workshop, where you’ll find printing presses, type cases and monkeys (the nickname was given to typographers because of their agile movements!) Young readers ...

At the Typographer’s

J'écris en hiéroglyphes, by Evelyne Faivre-Martin and Daniel Soulié Co-published with the Musée du Louvre, Writing in Hieroglyphs offers a captivating introduction to the writing system of ancient Egypt, one of the world’s most complex and ...

Writing in Hieroglyphs

Les erreurs dans les cartes, by Benjamin Furst Errors in Maps takes readers on an unexpected journey through myriad misunderstandings and miscalculations in the fascinating world of maps Thirty-three cartographic errors are explained ...

Errors In Maps

L'esclave qui parlait aux oiseaux, by Yves Pinguilly and Zaü Alexandre wants to know more about his friend Mariama’s African origins Mariama tells him about the rainy season, the savannah, and the long and terrible history She ...

The Slave Who Talked to the Birds

La lithographe, by Gaby Bazin Visit the workshop of the lithographer and discover how this printing technique is almost magical Mixing history of printing with technical explanations and plastic arts expriments, Gaby Bazin promotes the ...

At The Lithographer’s

Magies by various contributors Magic is a magnificent box set offering a variety of magic paraphernalia, a wealth of meticulously researched information about the history and practice of magic and rich, detailed iconography Magic is a ...

Magic?

Sauve-toi, Éli, by Élisabeth Brami and illustrated by Bernard Jeunet War is raging and Eli’s parents send him to stay with farmers to keep him safe The young Jew doesn’t understand why he can’t live with his parents or play ...

Save Yourself, Eli!

La guerre en mille morceaux, ou le petit musée du soldat Machin, by Alain Serres and Zaü This 100-page picture book tells us about the war of this hairy man who,one day in August 1914, had to leave his field, his family and his horses The story ...

The War in a Thousand Pieces

Mon dinosaure s'appelle Darwin, by Didier Lévy and Kotimi Darwin, a child’s cuddly dinosaur, tells him the most wonderful story, one that began millions of years ago on the ocean floor Then, gradually, over the millennia, some fish began to ...

My Dinosaur’s Called Darwin

Ta Race ! Moi et les autres, by Marie Desplechin and Betty Bone Who’s racist nowadays Me, you, the others Also, where does the idea of us belonging to different races come from Aren’t we all human beings A luminous book that sheds light on ...

Me And The Others

Papa, pourquoi t'as voté Hitler , by Didier Daeninckx, illustrated by Pef Germany, March 1933 Rudi’s father is about to vote for Adolf Hitler’s party, but his mother flatly refuses to Didier Daeninckx uses the daily life of one family to ...

Daddy, Why Did You Vote For Hitler?

De maman en maman et De papa en papa, by Emilie Vast A long story, from generation to generation, from mummy to mummy and from daddy to daddy, approaches us Russian dolls increasingly small unfold, each decorated with animals and flowers, each ...

From Mummy to Mummy & From Daddy to Daddy

France's First Black Clown Monsieur Chocolat, le premier clown noir, by Bénédicte Rivière, illustrated by Bruno Pilorget Monsieur Chocolat was the son of slaves who entertained Paris society in the 1900s His success was due to his huge ...

Monsieur Chocolat

ABC des peuples, by Liuna Virardi From a limited number of shapes, we can draw all the different peoples of the world This is what Liuna Virardi shows us in this ABC of Civilisation, representing 26 of them to begin with! Each letter of ...

The ABC of Civilisation

Tous les géants ont un jour été des enfants, by Annabelle Gugnon Confucius, Marco Polo, Sigmund Freud, Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Walt Disney, Marie Curie It is hard to believe that the fate of those giants of ...

All the Giants Were Once a Child