Stefano Viviani Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Terreur sur la bourse. En étudiant les effets de la peur sur les marchés, le scientifique et financier Alex Hoffmann a découvert la brèche. Le gros lot. Son algorithme pourrait rapporter des millions de dollars... Au prix du chaos et de la destruction. Échappant bientôt à son maître, la créature à faire de l'argent s'emballe. Paranoïa, spéculation folle et intelligence artificielle : l'espèce humaine, désormais, se joue à la baisse...

Winner of the David J. Langum, Sr., Prize in American Historical Fiction Named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and “Required Reading” by the New York Post Edward Rutherfurd celebrates America’s greatest city in a rich, engrossing saga, weaving together tales of families rich and poor, native-born and immigrant—a cast of fictional and true characters whose fates rise and fall and rise again with the city’s fortunes. From this intimate perspective we see New York’s humble beginnings as a tiny Indian fishing village, the arrival of Dutch and British merchants, the Revolutionary War, the emergence of the city as a great trading and financial center, the convulsions of the Civil War, the excesses of the Gilded Age, the explosion of immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the trials of World War II, the near demise of New York in the 1970s and its roaring rebirth in the 1990s, and the attack on the World Trade Center. A stirring mix of battle, romance, family struggles, and personal triumphs, New York: The Novel gloriously captures the search for freedom and opportunity at the heart of our nation’s history.

Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy.

The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools—especially for girls—that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson’s quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit.

La quarantaine passée, fatiguée par son métier harassant de médecin et un mariage qui a perdu toute saveur, Kate décide de demander le divorce. Dans l'espoir de la retenir, David, son mari, va alors changer radicalement : renouant avec ses idéaux de jeunesse, l'homme irascible devient un modèle de bonté, prêchant la redistribution des richesses et recueillant des SDF. Déstabilisée par ce changement soudain et ces initiatives aussi généreuses que maladroites, Kate se retrouve face à une situation inédite et explosive... A partir de quand est-on quelqu'un de bon et jusqu'où peut-on aller pour le rester ? Dans cette comédie aux mille facettes, Nick Hornby tacle le politiquement correct et interroge ce qui fait la solidité d'un couple.