«Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight. His ability to see underneath the surface of the seemingly mundane taps into a fundamental human impulse: curiosity. From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising new ways of looking at them, and the world around us. Are smart people overrated? What can pit bulls teach us about crime? Why are problems like homelessness easier to solve than to manage? How do we hire when we can't tell who's right for the job? Gladwell explores the minor geniuses, the underdogs and the overlooked, and reveals how everyone and everything contains an intriguing story. «What the Dog Saw» is Gladwell at his very best — asking questions and seeking answers in his inimitable style.»

Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillating between omnivore and vegetarian. But on the brink of fatherhood-facing the prospect of having to make dietary choices on a child's behalf-his casual questioning took on an urgency His quest for answers ultimately required him to visit factory farms in the middle of the night, dissect the emotional ingredients of meals from his childhood, and probe some of his most primal instincts about right and wrong. Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, Eating Animals explores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habits-from folklore to pop culture to family traditions and national myth-and how such tales can lull us into a brutal forgetting. Marked by Foer's profound moral ferocity and unvarying generosity, as well as the vibrant style and creativity that made his previous books, Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, widely loved, Eating Animals is a celebration and a reckoning, a story about the stories we've told-and the stories we now need to tell.

From its earliest days Metropolitan Home magazine grew into the standard bearer for contemporary home design in the US and became an active participant in reshaping the way Americans live. Always on the forefront of new trends, yet never elevating fashion over substantive style, Met Home championed creative re-use of old buildings, the opening up of homes to light, the reinvention of mid-century modernism, the green revolution in architecture, and the new big mix in interior decoration. Many of the designers and architects featured in its pages went on to become household names and leaders of the design profession. A favorite annual issue known as the Design 100 honored superlative invention and creativity in international design. Metropolitan Home Design 100 will focus on the best homes and the best rooms ever to have appeared in Met Home — as well as scores of new locations and never-before-published photographs. Each of the 100 houses, apartments, lofts, rooms, or design details included in the book is the greatest of something, and each has been created by one of the top designers or architects of our time. The 100 taken as a whole have been curated in the spirit of Met Home: lively, beautiful, accessible, aspirational, real. Metropolitan Home ceased publication with its December 2009 issue, but the spirit, the vision, and the legacy of the magazine lives on, in this book, in the hearts of thousands of loyal followers and in the way we live now. Metropolitan Home Design 100 is a celebration, a valediction, and a gift to anyone who loves modern design.

This book is a celebration. Yes, undeniably, there is some sadness in these pages. Why in the world was Kennedy killed? Why couldn't Marilyn have found happiness? Why did Michael leave the stage so early? But also, we revisit the dynamism of JFK, the beauty of Marilyn Monroe and the pure excitement that was Michael Jackson. In these pages, we lament the premature exits, but thrillingly celebrate the lives that were lived lived, often, to the very fullest. This special LIFE book is brimful with the stories of people we loved. The fans of Judy Garland, Elvis Presley and John Lennon were legion, and so were those of Tim Russert and John Ritter. These are people who, when we learned they had passed, made us sit up, take notice and focus on why they mattered-deeply-to all of us. IFE always takes the long view, and so this book salutes historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as well as contemporary celebrities including Christopher Reeve and Farrah Fawcett. What might the world have been like had Lincoln not been shot, or with four score more compositions by Mozart? How richer might we all be with further F. Scott Fitzgerald stories to read, or more James Dean movies to watch? These many people-more than 100 in all-are commemorated not only in prose but also in the fine, often surprising and sometimes rare pictures for which LIFE is famous. In these pages, those we lost come vibrantly alive once more. We remember these people precisely, and celebrate their important, if too short, lives.

The Great LIFE Photographers is the most comprehensive anthology of LIFE photography ever published, featuring the best work of every staff photographer who worked for the famous magazine, and that of a handful of others who shot for LIFE. It was always the photographers who made LIFE great, and this is the most vivid and exciting portrait of those men and women that has ever been produced. The book offers more than 100 portfolios including those of Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Carl Mydans, Gordon Parks, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Capa, Ralph Morse, Nina Leen, Harry Benson, Philippe Halsman, and Joe McNally, whose work for LIFE in the aftermath of September 11 was in the finest tradition of the magazine. Each portfolio includes a short biography, offering an intimate look at the people behind the lens. Here are the defining moments of the 20th century, including MacArthur wading ashore by Mydans, Capa's D-Day landing at Omaha Beach and, of course, Eisenstaedt's sailor kissing the nurse. Here are the first pictures taken from inside the womb and the first taken from outer space. Here are powerful scenes from Tiananmen Square and from the American South during the Civil Rights movement. LIFE helped make icons of Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe, the Beatles and Michael Jackson, and those indelible photographs are here too. This attractive new paperback edition is an affordable way to own some of the most memorable photographs ever made, stunningly reproduced in black and white and full color.

Jack and Molly Campbell are right where they want to be, enjoying an idyllic life with their four-year-old son Joey, and the close family and friends who live in their small hometown just outside Atlanta. Then the phone call comes from the social worker the Campbells never expected to hear from again. Three states away in Ohio, Joey's biological father has just been released from prison. He is ready to start life over, but not without his son. A judge's quick decision deals a devastating blow to the Campbell family: Joey must be returned to his biological parents. The day after the ruling, in the silent haze of grief and utter disbelief, they watch their son pick a dandelion and blow the feathery seeds into the wind. In the days that follow the ruling, Jack Campbell has a desperate and dangerous thought. What if they can devise a way out? Then they could take Joey and simply disappear...

Between the pages of this book lies the secret to the best-tasting chocolate in all the world. I promise, your taste buds will tingle. Your palette will sing! Oh no, have I accidentally tempted you to read this book? I will warn you, however, the most delicious things are never good for you... and this story is particularly scrumptious! In this tooth-rotting adventure, Cass's mom has been kidnapped by the evil dessert chef and chocolatier, Senor Hugo! The ransom...the legendary tuning fork. Can Cass and Max-Ernest find the magical instrument before it's too late? Will they discover the evil secret ingredient to Senor Hugo's chocolate success? If you're tempted, take a taste, but just remember... this book is not good for you.

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters (Us and Them); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French (Jesus Shaves); what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm (Let It Snow); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations (Six to Eight Black Men); what Halloween at the medical examiner's looks like (The Monster Mash); and a barnyard secret Santa scheme gone awry (Cow and Turkey). No matter what your favorite holiday, you won't want to miss celebrating it with the author who has been called one of the funniest writers alive (Economist).

Facing down mercenaries in Africa, Jason Bourne witnesses the death of an art dealer named Tracy Atherton. Her killing dredges up snatches of Bourne's impaired memory, in particular the murder of a young woman on Bali who entrusted him with a strangely engraved ring? An artifact of such powerful significance that people have killed to obtain it. Now he's determined to find the ring's owner and purpose. But Bourne never knows what terrible acts he'll discover he committed when he digs into the past. The trail will lead him through layers of conspiracy to a vicious Russian mercenary, Leonid Arkadin, who was also a graduate of the Central Intelligence training program Treadstone. A covert course designed to create ruthless assassins for C.I., it was shuttered by Congress for corruption. Yet before it was dismantled, it produced Bourne and Arkadin, giving them equal skills, equal force, and equal cunning. As Bourne's destiny circles closer to Arkadin's, it becomes clear that the eventual collision of these men is not of their own making. Someone else has been watching and manipulating them. Someone who wants to know, Who is the more deadly agent?

THE #1 BESTSELLING BLOCKBUSTER Can Alex Cross survive his most chilling — and personal — case ever? Pulled out of a family celebration, Detective Alex Cross gets awful news: A beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Vowing to catch the killer, he quickly learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington, D.C.'s wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim... The hunt for the murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Soon they confront some very important, very protected, and very dangerous people who will do anything to keep their secrets safe. As Alex closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable — a revelation that could rock the entire world.

Nous sommes en 50 avant Jésus-Christ, toute la Gaule est occupée par les Romains... Toute? Non! Un village peuplé d'irréductibles Gaulois résiste encore et toujours à l'envahisseur romain. Idéfix aime la liberté et il arrive qu'Obélix et Astérix le perdent de vue. A travers 12 scènes, amuse-toi à le retrouver ainsi que plein d'autres personnages. Mais attention! Il en manque toujours un à l'appel. Il faut avoir du flair pour trouver de qui il s'agit! Relève le défi qui t'est lancé en gagnant, au fur et à mesure des pages, les os d'or décernés au champion. Bonne chance à toi!

Le Nouveau Taxi!, c’est… — une méthode efficace et pragmatique; — une structure très claire (une leçon = une double page); — une progression adaptée aux vrais débutants; Le guide pédagogique propose: — de nombreux conseils d'exploitation actualisés et tous les corrigés — un dispositif d'évaluation renforcé avec des ressources photocopiables: corrigés des bilans actionnels et ds évaluations de type DELF du livre de l'élève corrigés du nouveau cahier d'exercices 9 tests avec corrigés 9 fiches Révisions avec corrigés 9 fiches Approndissement avec corrigés

Le Nouveau Taxi! est une méthode efficace et pragmatique, qui propose une progression adaptée aux vrais débutants. Le cahier d'exercices du Nouveau Taxi! 2 suit l'organisation et la progression lexicale et grammaticale du livre de l'élève. Il complète et renforce le travail linguistique, grâce à de nombreuses activités de systématisation en: — grammaire — conjugaison — vocabulaire — phonie-graphie Il propose en outre des activités de compréhension et de production écrites ainsi que des activités de type DELF.

Le Nouveau Taxi! est une méthode efficace et pragmatique, dont la progression est adaptée aux besoins des apprenants. Le Nouveau Taxi! 2 couvre le niveau A2 du CECR et permet de se préparer au Delf A2. Le guide pédagogique du Nouveau Taxi! 2 fournit aux enseignants un accompagnement pédagogique complet. Il comprend: — une présentation des principes pédagogiques qui fondent la méthode; — des suggestions pour l'exploitation des documents et pour le déroulement de chaque leçon; — les corrigés de toutes les activités du livre de l'élève; — des informations culturelles et des suggestions d'activités complémentaires; — les corrigés du cahier d'exercices.

- une méthode efficace et pragmatique; — une structure très claire (une leçon = une double page); — une progression adaptée aux vrais débutants; … qui propose: — un travail très riche sur la langue (tableaux de grammaire synthétiques, mémento grammatical, nombreuses activités de systématisation dans le cahier d’exercices et le DVD-Rom); — une approche actionnelle avec un travail par compétences et des tâches à réaliser; — une évaluation complète (évaluations type DILF/DELF, portfolio, fiches Révision et Approfondissement); — un parcours d'apprentissage solide qui permet d'atteindre le niveau A2 du CECR; — de nombreux documents authentiques. Et, pour accompagner la méthode, un DVD-Rom encarté contenant: — l’audio élève; — une vidéo qui suit la progression du livre de l’élève (fictions et reportages); — de nombreuses activités interactives.

Sa finalité est de rendre l'apprenant capable d'agir et de réagir en français, par la réalisation de tâches concrètes, dans des situations liées à une activité professionnelle. Le Cahier d'Activités d' Objectif Express 2 est un complément efficace pour s'exercer en classe ou en autonomie. Il propose un entraînement diversifié, reprenant les bases de chaque point de langue étudié dans le livre, en les approfondissant grâce à une progression en spirale. Il permet de renforcer et valider les connaissances acquises, à travers une grande variété d'activités, en compréhension comme en production. Ce cahier comprend toutes les DEUX unités un entrainement aux épreuves du DELF A2 et B1. A la fin du cahier sont proposés: — les corrigés de toutes les activités — un lexique présenté par leçon, avec la transcription phonétique pour permettre aux étudiants d'ajouter la traduction — un portfolio — une page de sigles et d' abréviations.

Ce guide pédagogique accompagne le niveau 2 d’Objectif Express, cours intensif pour étudiants et adultes en situation professionnelle ou en préparation à la vie active (niveaux A2 / B1 du CECR). Ce guide pédagogique propose: • une introduction avec la présentation de la méthode, de ses composants et de sa démarche pédagogique; • un accompagnement pédagogique complet de chaque séquence d’enseignement-apprentissage (modalités de travail, animation de classe, activités complémentaires et corrigés des activités de réception, de production et de grammaire); • des indications pour la conceptualisation des actes de parole et des points de langue; • des prolongements pédagogiques et des adresses de site Internet pour aller plus loin; • des informations supplémentaires sur la culture française et le monde du travail afin d’alimenter le cours. Et en fin d’ouvrage: • 10 fiches-bilans photocopiables pour une évaluation complémentaire des quatre compétences; • Les corrigés et les transcriptions des fiches-bilans.