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ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Cult Toys for Boys
Pascal Pinteau
October 2008 (galleys available)
Whether you are a big fan of GI Joe or Big
Jim, Meccano or Lego, vintage
Viewmaster or Corgi toys, you’ll need to
own this Bible covering 60 years of Cult
Toys for big and little Boys! Detailed
history for each toy with practical advices
for collectors, stars interviews…
560 pages – 2300 pictures
World rights available
History of the Crusades
Thierry Delcourt
October 2007
Superbly illustrated with medieval
paintings, maps and pictures, this book
synthesizes the most recent historical
findings to describe all aspects of the
Crusades (religious, political, military,
economic, cultural…)
Thierry DELCOURT, medievalist, is head of the
manuscripts department at the Bibliothèque
nationale de France.
192 pages – 19 X 26 cm – 220 pictures
B-movies Encyclopaedia
Laurent Aknin
Epic film, Erotic Thriller, Sexy Comedy and
Low Budget Science-Fiction are some of the
genres covered by this informed, funny and
richly illustrated guide to “low-culture”
movies.
250 articles – 384 pages -
CINEMA
Marlene Dietrich, the Last Secrets
Norma Bosquet with Michel Rachline
Norma Bosquet was Marlene Dietrich’s
secretary for the last 15 years of her life.
She remembers Marlene at her best and at
her worst, her struggle with alcohol and
age, her difficult relationship with her
daughter Maria Riva, as well as Marlene’s
intimate recollections of Jean Gabin, the
“Love of her life”. Finally, Norma Bosquet
shares the terrible secret that she has kept
for so long about Marlene’s death.
170 pages
George Clooney
Karine Cohen-Dicker
On of the most intimate and well-informed
biographies of an actor, a seducer and a
political activist, who seems to have no
real flaw…
The author had unprecedented access to
Clooney’s relatives and family.
300 pages
A WORLD HISTORY OF
PROPAGANDA MOVIES
Directed by Jean-Pierre Bertin-Maghit
A comprehensive study of propaganda
movies from 1895 to the end of the Cold
War, by a team of 18 renowned scholars
from all continents.
A companion DVD offers 4 hours of rare
movies.
760 pages
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INTELLIGENCE HISTORY
Secret History of Chinese Spies
From Mao to the Olympic Games
Roger Faligot
A unique and comprehensive coverage of
Chinese spying in western countries,
alliances with other intelligence services
and the Chinese mafia, cyber-war, etc.
Chinese secret services are becoming a
leading power in the intelligence world,
preparing for a major conflict with the US.
A gripping story that reads like a novel, by
a leading expert of Chinese intelligence
services, fluent in English, Japanese,
Chinese, etc.
Already a best-seller in France
Spies and Terrorists : Dangerous
liaisons
Jean-Jacques Cécile
Terrorist techniques and procedures are the
same as secret services’. How is this very
specialized and confidential knowledge
passed from ‘regular’ spies to soldiers of
fortune and then to terrorists? Is it possible
to anticipate Al Qaeda’s next operations?
Welcome to the hidden world of
dirty wars, where terrorists and
spies have so much in common.
CIA’s Black Book
Gordon Thomas/ Yvonnick Denoël
An overview of the Agency’s dirtiest
secrets and black operations, covered
through CIA’s archives, excerpts from
Senate reports and former agents
testimonies.
A necessary and useful history of the CIA
breaking its own charter.
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SPY NOVEL
CHINESE GAMES
Daniel Hervouet
A terrorist attack occurs during the
opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic
games. Beijing is now under siege,
controlled by the army. 50.000 western
tourists are held in their hotels. Western
secret services must unite their forces to
prevent a war and free their citizens.
A carefully documented and fast-paced spy
thriller. France may have found its Robert
Ludlum at last!
March 2008.
HISTORY
Deception
Jean Deuve
The first global history of the many uses of
Deception during WWII, by Axis forces as
well as Allies. By a French veteran of
British special forces, who ran the Laotian
anti-communist guerilla from 1944 until
the 1960s.
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YOUNG ADULT HISTORICAL
FICTION
Azalaïs de Camargue
Gérard Morel
On her wedding’s day, Azalaïs discovers
her future husband : not the duke Corrado
di Ferragosto who was announced, but his
courtier, sent to represent him at the
marriage ceremony, as often used in the
middle ages. But the young lady falls in
love with the young courtier. Against her
father, she decides to meet Queen Jeanne,
to obtain cancellation of the arranged
marriage.
An original and moving story and an
introduction to life in the middle ages.
En Égypte avec Bonaparte
Bertrand Solet
Young François Laplume becomes a
famous archeologist’s assistant. Together,
they sail to Egypt with other researchers
and Napoléon’s soldiers. They witness the
Malte storming by the french soldiers, the
siege of Cairo and the battle of Syria. In
spite of bedouines attacks, thirst and
hunger, they go after the Egyptian Queen
Nitakrit’s treasure.
An adventure story full of twists.
Suzie la rebelle – Les années de guerre
Sophie Marvaud
Suzie is 16 years old at the beginning of
the First World War. She wants to be a free
woman : to read the newspapers, give her
opinions, stay single…. She meets a young
rebel boy, and she falls in love with this
mysterious guy who disappears. Will she
be able to find him?
An original narrative on women life
during the First World War
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Demain la liberté
Guillemette Resplandy
1943. Albert is 23 years old, lives in Paris
but decides to flee from the STO (Service
du travail obligatoire) imposed by the
German occupant. He goes to live in
Catalunyia with relatives. But he is
arrested by Franco’s police and sent in a
camp. There, he meets Jordi, his Catalan
friend turned resistant…
A touching novel based on a true story
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