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      • Trusted Partner
        February 2008

        Der Arzt von Hartheim

        Wie ich die Wahrheit über die Nazi-Vergangenheit meines Onkels herausfand

        by Horsinga-Renno, Mireille

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      • April 2018

        Grand traité des fleurs comestibles

        Histoire et cuisine

        by Mireille Gayet

        Great Treatise on Edible Flowers History and Cuisine The idea of eating flowers is far from being new but it is unquestioningly spreading and still surprises a good number of us.  Whether rated or not, all chefs understandably succumb to their charm in the kitchen.  Gastronomically speaking, aesthetics is as important as taste and colourful flowers raise the flair of a dish, delighting our view and exciting our taste buds.  What child doesn’t know that clover flowers are sweet and can be delightfully savoured like candy? And which of us, in childhood, was not drawn to tasting these beautifully coloured flowers?  Wearily, all that is lovely-to-look-at is not necessarily good to eat and our ancestors had to learn the hard way.  Like mushrooms, toxic flowers also exist, and are carefully listed in this book. Among the 250 edible flowers, this Grand Treatise lingers on those flowers one is most likely to have in a backyard garden or growing on a terrace, and which are easily recognisable and found in nature.  More and more flowers are being sold in in specialised stores, even in markets, both dry and now even fresh.  Flavoured butter, flowery ice-cubes, candied, served in colourful salads, condiments, deliciously flavoured creamed doughnuts, stuffed, distinctly flavoured sauces and soups, tasty, out-of-the-ordinary buffets; anything and everything goes as many of the recipes here demonstrate.  Guests are sure to be delighted!  And since conversation will  unquestionably gravitate toward flowers, which can’t help but to draw attention, their history (origins, discovery, use in by-gone days) is also related here.  Mireille Gayet, author of numerous cook books, and recipient of several awards, gives us all the means to tackle and develop this magnificent aspect of gastronomy that is the art of cooking with flowers.

      • Food & Drink
        September 2021

        Le Grand Traité du Thé

        by Mireille Gayet

        The Great Treatise of Tea Tea, a word rich in meaning that whets imaginations! The story of the little leaves, the first infusion of which has been lost somewhere between history and legend, and is presented here according to its travels from original China and neighboring countries journeying all the way to the West and beyond, with the arrival of settlers, clergymen and merchants who have forever transformed its future, sometimes with blood and tears, making tea the most consumed beverage in the world after water.  Appreciated or defamed according to the period, pure, blended or flavored, tea can be white, yellow, black, red, fermented or not, and its infusion can be sweet or salty, milky, lemony, spiced, or iced; so many different ways to be appreciated by tea-drinkers. Linked, from its origins to Taoism, Confucianism and especially Buddhism, tea remains associated with Nature, calm, serenity and has become the vehicle of ceremony, the most  famous of which is the Japanese Tea Ceremony or the  cha no yu , but also daily rites such as English Tea time.  More importantly, tea is present on all tables around the world, from the wealthiest to the more modest.  Tea is accompanied by an entire array of simple or sophisticated wares that sometimes take on national identities like the Russian samovar of the Moroccan Berrad.  Tea truly offers us a vast program and endless subject matter! Mireille Gayet, author of numerous scientific and culinary works has won several awards for her writings.  Here, in this new treatise, she takes on the fascinating history of tea — and covers, at the same time, botanical, medicinal, writing, art, religious, trade, and colonial aspects, etc. related to tea — a very complete, rigorously-researched and illuminating approach that includes the growing use of tea in cooking.

      • March 2015

        Grand traité du café

        by Mireille Gayet

        Great Treatise on Coffee The history of coffee is not simply the story of the small grain that originated in the Middle East and was used in cooking, like a spice.  As a drink, coffee offers infinite combinations depending on the rites and customs of social, medical, cultural, economic and political trends. This book offers the reader a wonderful journey through time and space between Ethiopia and America, Europe and Asia, of initiation to various forms of coffee-drinking that differ from country to country and era.  The book is a rich discovery of the numerous botanic varieties, diverse methods of preparation, and also evokes famous writers and artists in coffee shops and the influence and importance these had for them. In reality, an entire world hides behind coffee.  And that is what this treatise sets out to do: Reveal the countless facets and varied ways of savoring its magic. This book can be placed almost anywhere in the house: In the kitchen, along with cookbooks; in the library, next to dictionaries; next to the coffee machine; and especially on the bedside table of coffee-lovers, whether occasional or unconditional, aroma experts, or converted coffee-lovers... or in the process of becoming!

      • Children's & YA
        May 2020

        This point you have to reach

        by Mireille Disdero

        Violette and Arnaud, 17-year-old high school students inseparable since the 7th grade, have a relationship that is constantly intensifying. They love each other. Life is beautiful... Violette, very active on the web, runs a literary forum and a blog where she expresses her passion for writing. But, after a party in Paris organized by the members of the forum, she is not the same anymore. Arnaud, who was not present at the party, is worried and wants to understand. What happened that night? And why can't she remember it?

      • Lemonade: 50 Non-Alcoholic Drinks to Make Your Own

        by Mireille van Elst, Arno Arno

        On a hot summer day, a fresh seasoned chilly water drink is the answer to (almost) everything. In this book we give you 50 delicious and easy recipes for popsicles and drinks based on water. Healthy and refreshing, fun to make and delicious to eat and drink, this book helps you through a hot summer or, gives you a at least a wonderful summery feeling. From detox waters for a healthy weekday to festive non-alcoholic cocktails for the weekend. White wine? Sooo last year. With recipes for: lemonade syrups, non-alcoholic cocktails, special ice cubes, infused waters and different kinds of ice tea. Snor's titles

      • 2019

        Nutcracker Night

        by Mireille Messier Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

        Discover the sights, sounds, and magic of a night at the ballet that will prepare even the youngest of children for their first theatrical experience. Nutcracker Night is a celebration of a holiday classic that is often a child's first experience of the ballet. An author's note enriches the text with further information and a brief summary of the famous ballet.To learn more about this publisher, click here: http://bit.ly/2JZOQbB

      • Science & Mathematics

        The Story of CO2

        Big Ideas for a Small Molecule

        by Geoffrey A. Ozin, Mireille F. Ghoussoub

        The climate crisis requires that we drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions across all sectors of society. The Story of CO2 contributes to this vital conversation by highlighting the cutting-edge science and emerging technologies – a number of which are already commercially available – that can transform carbon dioxide into a myriad of products such as feedstock chemicals, polymers, pharmaceuticals, and fuels. This approach allows us to reconsider CO2 as a resource, and to add "carbon capture and use" to our other tools in the fight against catastrophic climate change. The Story of CO2 explores all aspects of carbon dioxide, from the atomic to the universal perspective, and takes the reader on an epic journey into our physical world, starting from the moment of the Big Bang, all the way to the present world in which atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to grow. This story seeks to inspire readers with the latest carbon utilization technologies and explain how they fit within the broader context of carbon mitigation strategies in the shift towards a sustainable energy economy.

      • Children's & YA
        February 2020

        Row row row your boat

        by Claire Mazard

        Marie-Bénédicte is 12 years old. For her birthday, her parents gave her a computer. To this computer, she will confide her terrible secret: for the past five months, every Wednesday afternoon, her uncle Laurent – her mother's younger brother, with whom she spent such a wonderful vacation as a child – has been sexually abusing her. She writes about her unhappiness, her suffering, her feelings of guilt, her discouragement in front of those around her who can't or won't see anything. But how to break the silence?

      • Children's & YA
        May 2020

        Perfect body

        by Vinciane Moeschler

        Anton loves Audrey and would like to save her from the anorexia that awaits her. They live in the same area of Belleville, but in two different worlds. Anton's father drives the subway. Audrey's mother is a reporter for the television news. The haikus written by the young girl weave together the unlikely story of a 16-year-old boy struggling at school and a brilliant student with an identity problem. Will they overcome their differences? Two voices. Two characters. Each with his or her own vision of the world.

      • Children's & YA
        May 2019

        I just wanted to be free

        by Claire Gratias

        Why did 16-year-old Manon, who has a reputation for exemplary behavior, run away from her house one June evening? Why did her mother wait so long before reporting her missing? Why hasn't her best friend Salome heard from her? And why doesn't Valentin want to reveal how far he has agreed to go in the name of love for Manon? If everyone shared what they knew, perhaps we would finally unravel the mystery of this strange disappearance and a young girl who just dreamed of being completely free to be herself.

      • Diaries, letters & journals
        2018

        Les platanes d'Istanbul

        by Tassia Trifiatis-Tezgel illustrated by Caroline Lavergne

        À mi-chemin entre la chronique de voyage et le journal intime, ce livre, né d’un ensemble d’amitiés, offre une vision émouvante et insolite de la cinquième ville du monde, hors des sentiers battus et à l’écart des seuls lieux touristiques. Résultat d’une création à quatre yeux et à quatre mains, c’est aussi une ode aux femmes et à l’amitié féminine, en particulier. Pour en apprendre davantage : https://bit.ly/30IcXF9

      • Children's & YA
        October 2018

        I can hear them coming for us

        by Florence Cadier

        When Leo meets Leonore at his boxing class, it’s love at first sight. The day he turns 15, he makes up his mind to kiss her. Then a boy named Robin shows up at his party. Fine features, golden eyes... Bewitching Robin. Leo falls head over heels for him. But why, when an hour earlier, he only had eyes for Leonore? How can you get a boy’s attention when you’re afraid of what his family and friends think of you? How do accept your own powerful feelings? Then one day, Robin and Leo are victims of a homophobic assault...

      • Children's & YA
        July 2020

        The flaw

        by Laëtitia Casado

        Mairead is 12 years old and has a lot of questions on his mind. Through the window, she observes the large factory at the end of the dike and the seagulls on the masts of the boats. Summer starts off rather well... until a stranger comes to question her about her family, a mysterious man-with-a-hat starts following her for no apparent reason, and she ventures onto a condemned industrial site. The young girl finds herself at the heart of a secret that plunges her into the most unspeakable meanders of nuclear energy...

      • Children's & YA
        February 2020

        (Dis)connections

        Help, I’m a screen addict!

        by Christine Deroin,Alain Dervaux

        Meet Manon, champing at the bit to become a game designer. Enzo, addicted to network games and puzzle games, whose social discomfort causes him to identify with his avatars. And Clement, whose childhood dog has just died, prompting him to seek sympathy on social networks. Three very different teenagers whose different experiences illustrate the complexity and diversity of what is commonly known as screen addiction.

      • Fiction

        La Princesse au visage de nuit

        by David Bry

        An intense and harrowing modern tale   Hugo, molested by his parents as a child, ran away with his friends in the forest to find the Nightfaced Princess who, as the legend goes, grants the wishes of wretched children, sometimes at the cost of their lives. After a whole night, Hugo came back alone and amnesic. Twenty years later, Hugo learns of his parents’ death. Once back to his land, strange events are occurring. Mysterious lights shine in the woods and the storms are whispering names in the wind. Between investigation and legends, Hugo will retrace his child steps in order to understand how his parents died, how his former friends got lost, and finally find what awaits him in the woods of the Nightfaced Princess. The Nightfaced Princess is the tale of broken childhoods, of adults that had to grow with their wounds. Because we, sometimes, finally succeed to live. And eventually, maybe, to be happy?

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