Francesco Saba Sardi Ordre des livres (chronologique)

La vicenda di Max e Helen è una toccante storia d'amore realmente accaduta, ambientata durante la guerra e segnata dalla deportazione nei campi di concentramento nazisti. Per Simon Wiesenthal, noto cacciatore di nazisti, rappresenta il simbolo delle conseguenze storiche su vite individuali travolte dalla morte e dalla distruzione. Wiesenthal è vicino a incastrare Schulze, un rispettabile dirigente d'azienda che ha commesso atrocità durante la guerra. Ha bisogno di un testimone per sostenere l'accusa e rintraccia Max, che ha visto le atrocità perpetrate da Schulze. Tuttavia, Max non può testimoniare contro di lui. La sua storia è legata a quella di Helen, la sua fidanzata al momento dell'arresto. Entrambi furono deportati nel lager di Zalesie, vicino a Lublino. Dopo la guerra, Max la cercò disperatamente al suo ritorno in Polonia nel '58, ma la ritrovò solo per perderla per sempre. L'emozionante racconto di Wiesenthal documenta la drammatica e commovente storia di Max e Helen, evidenziando uno dei casi più paradossali nella carriera di Wiesenthal, costretto a rinunciare a una cattura che sembrava certa per motivi insuperabili.

Les Premiers jours du Monde étaient à peine passés quand Fëanor, le plus doué des elfes, créa les trois Silmarils. Ces bijoux renfermaient la Lumière des Deux Arbres de Valinor. Morgoth, le premier Prince de la Nuit, était encore sur la Terre du Milieu, et il fut fâché d'apprendre que la Lumière allait se perpétuer. Alors il enleva les Silmarils, les fit sertir dans son diadème et garder dans la forteresse d'Angband. Les elfes prirent les armes pour reprendre les joyaux et ce fut la première de toutes les guerres. Longtemps, longtemps après, lors de la Guerre de l'Anneau, Elrond et Galadriel en parlaient encore.

Frank Serpico is not an ordinary police officer. His passion for opera and ballet, along with his unkempt appearance and unusual pets—a shepherd dog, a white mouse, and a Guatemalan parrot—set him apart from his colleagues in the New York Police Department. However, it is not these eccentricities that truly distinguish him. In an environment where a code of silence protects the corrupt at the expense of the honest, Serpico faces severe consequences for refusing to conform to this unwritten rule that allows many officers to engage in dealings with criminals. Based on a true story and famously portrayed by Al Pacino in the film adaptation, "Serpico" offers a raw and poignant depiction of a man standing alone against the tyranny of violence. He emerges as a modern hero, risking his life in the pursuit of justice and truth.

The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee during the Great Depression. Little Tree as his grandparents call him is shown how to hunt and survive in the mountains, to respect nature in the Cherokee Way, taking only what is needed, leaving the rest for nature to run its course. Little Tree also learns the often callous ways of white businessmen and tax collectors, and how Granpa, in hilarious vignettes, scares them away from his illegal attempts to enter the cash economy. Granma teaches Little Tree the joys of reading and education. But when Little Tree is taken away by whites for schooling, we learn of the cruelty meted out to Indian children in an attempt to assimilate them and of Little Tree's perception of the Anglo world and how it differs from the Cherokee Way. A classic of its era, and an enduring book for all ages, The Education of Little Tree has now been redesigned for this twenty-fifth anniversary edition.

If you're facing a dilemma -- whether it's handling a relationship, living ethically, dealing with a career change, or finding meaning in life -- the world's most important thinkers from centuries past will help guide you toward a solution compatible with your individual beliefs. From Kirkegaard's thoughts on coping with death to the I Ching's guidelines on adapting to change, Plato, Not Prozac! makes philosophy accessible and shows you how to use it to solve your everyday problems. Gone is the need for expensive therapists, medication, and lengthy analysis. Clearly organized by common problems to help you tailor Dr. Lou Marinoff's advice to your own needs, this is an intelligent, effective, and persuasive prescription for self-healing therapy that is giving psychotherapy a run for its money.

An unconventional woman trapped in a conventional marriage, Martha Quest struggles to maintain her dignity and her sanity through the misunderstandings, frustrations, infidelities, and degrading violence of a failing marriage. Finally, she must make the heartbreaking choice of whether to sacrifice her child as she turns her back on marriage and security. A Proper Marriage is the second novel in Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence series of novels, each a masterpiece on its own right, and, taken together, an incisive and all-encompassing vision of our world in the twentieth century.

Five centuries after Ramses the empire seems to be hurtling towards irretrievable ruin. Piankhy the Black Pharaoh governs his kingdom from the South with wisdom and kindness. He has only one desire: that the gods should once again dwell in a united Egypt. But the price to pay is a heavy one.

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils – which is the work of Sweden's greatest fiction writer – was first published in Stockholm, in December, 1906. Lagerlöf wrote it after a commission from the National Teachers' Association to write a reader for the public schools. She devoted three years to Nature study and to familiarizing herself with animal and bird life; she sought out unpublished folklore and legends of the different provinces, and wove them all into her story. With no small success; the book immediately became the most popular book of the year in Scandinavia.

Au début du siècle, un jeune pharaon inconnu repose depuis des millénaires, sous son masque d'or, dans les ténèbres d'un tombeau qui était resté inviolé. Il s'appelle Toutankhamon. Deux hommes vont l'arracher à l'oubli et tenter de résoudre son énigme.Trahisons, jalousies : l'affaire Toutankhamon commence, sur laquelle plane une étrange malédiction. Elle se poursuivra durant un demi-siècle de drames, de folies et d'épisodes hallucinants. Racontée par Christian Jacq, historien aussi rigoureux que visionnaire inspiré, elle atteint la dimension d'une légende épique."L'affaire Toutankhamon" a reçu le prix des Maisons de la presse 1992.

Les Indes. Quatre cents millions d'hommes fous de Dieu arrachant leur liberté un jour maudit par les astres. Gandhi, un prophète à demi-nu qui rassemble un continent et chasse l'Angleterre en refusant de s'alimenter et de parler. Les maharajas avec leurs troupeaux d'éléphants caparaçonnés d'or et leurs harems des Mille et Une Nuits. Louis Mounbatten, le superbe et glorieux amiral envoyé aux Indes pour liquider le joyau de la couronne de son arrière-grand-mère l'Impératrice Victoria. Son épouse Edwina, la vice-reine que des millions d'Indiens reconnaissants voudront empêcher de partir. Nehru, le séduisant leader à la rose, accablé par l'apocalypse de la Partition. Jinnah, l'inflexible musulman qui arrache « le rêve impossible du Pakistan ». Les Indes d'août 1947 : une grande, une formidable épopée.

Une encyclopédie en couleurs, très documentée, qui s'appuie sur une méthode essentiellement narrative. L'auteur conte des histoires en cherchant chaque fois à en découvrir la signification véritable. Contient en introduction un entretien avec Mircea Eliade.

First with your head and then with your heart . . . So says Hoppie Groenwald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world. For the young Peekay, it is a piece of advice that he will carry with him throughout his life. Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, this one small boy will come to lead all the tribes of Africa. Through enduring friendships with Hymie and Gideon, Peekay gains the strength he needs to win out. And in a final conflict with his childhood enemy, the Judge, Peekay will fight to the death for justice. Bryce Courtenay's classic bestseller is a story of the triumph of the human spirit – a spellbinding tale for all ages.

This extraordinary bestseller is still the most incisive, thought-provoking book ever written about the Middle East. Thomas L. Friedman, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, and now the Foreign Affairs columnist on the op-ed page of the New York Times, drew on his ten years in the Middle East to write a book that The Wall Street Journal called "a sparkling intellectual guidebook... an engrossing journey not to be missed." Now with a new chapter that brings the ever-changing history of the conflict in the Middle East up to date, this seminal historical work reaffirms both its timeliness and its timelessness. "If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it." -- Seymour Hersh

L'amour est omniprésent, dans nos vies. Et pourtant, d'après Erich Fromm, l'amour ne serait pas un sentiment à la portée de n'importe qui. Prenant le contrepied de la vision romantique, passionnelle et incontrôlable de l'amour dont nous avons hérités, ce philosophe et psychanalyste repense les amoureux comme les acteurs et les architectes d'un sentiment. Car pour aimer, comme pour exceller en musique, en médecine ou dans un art martial, il faut acquérir un ensemble de connaissances théoriques à mettre en pratique. Et selon Erich Fromm, il faut cesser d'être les marionnettes de l'amour et en devenir des artistes accomplis. En empruntant autant à la psychanalyse qu'à à la sagesse orientale cet essai critique le système capitaliste dans lequel l'amour est réduit à un bien de consommation. En dénonçant notre tendance à transformer l'humain en marchandise et la relation de couple en équipe qui doit viser la performance, Erich Fromm signe un texte aussi puissant et pertinent dans les années 60, qu'aujourd'hui. Loin des recettes toutes faites, le psychanalyste entend signaler les écueils à éviter et suggérer des voies pour accéder à une forme d'union épanouissante, harmonieuse et durable.

L'être humain, prostřednictvím průmyslového rozvoje, může vytvořit zcela nový svět, v němž příroda slouží pouze jako materiál pro nové stvoření. Analýza lidského charakteru však ukazuje, že průmyslový systém se opírá o maximalizaci slastného pocitu, egoismus a chtivost. Radikální hedonismus a neomezený egoismus mají své kořeny v triumfu módu "vlastnění". Člověk tento způsob existence chápe jako svou přirozenost. Fromm se snaží konfrontovat dva základní módy existence a definovat jejich vzájemné odlišnosti. Východisko z neuspokojivého stavu lidského jedince i společnosti nachází v hluboké subjektivní změně. Její základní rys zosobňuje ochotu opustit důraz na vlastnictví a pouze "plně být", tedy potlačit egoistické a hedonistické aspekty charakteru svobodným uvědoměním si sounáležitosti se vším vnějším světem. Na tomto základě může vzniknout nová společnost, jejíž existence přinese šanci na záchranu.