Nicolas: 1685 books

’He plays the piano well,’ wrote the society hostess Mme de Saint-Marceaux in her diary on 18 March 1927. ’His compositions are not devoid of talent but he’s not a genius, and I’m afraid he thinks he is.’ Intelligent though the lady was, she got this one spectacularly wrong. Poulenc has...

Hundreds of thousands of people from all continents visit Dachau Memorial Site each year. Any visitor to the Memorial Site will find that the Memorial Site bookshop stocks two publications worthy of particular mention, both deal at length with the history of the former concentration camp; Stanislav...

Ted Bundy. Un nom qui évoque l’horreur la plus absolue dans l’Amérique des années 70. Depuis Jack l’Éventreur, aucun autre tueur n’a autant suscité l’engouement de la presse et du public. Ses rocambolesques évasions et ses procès sensationnels firent la une des journaux pendant de longues...

« L'enfer, c'est les autres… » Et si l'enfer, c'était vous ? Vous qui souhaitez passer un pacte avec le diable… ou apprendre les litanies blasphématoires récitées lors de la messe noire… Vous qui voulez invoquer les esprits des morts et proférer de sinistres malédictions contre vos ennemis…...

Depuis plusieurs années, un nombre croissant de fictions occidentales se focalisent sur la figure archétypale du serial killer. Incarnation du mal absolu à la psyché malade, monstre d’intelligence perverse et incontrôlable, être tout à la fois en prise à un sadisme hors norme et à un masochisme...

« Mayhem et Burzum. Quand on pense “Black Metal”, ils sont toujours dans les trois premières positions. Groupe parmi les plus influents du genre, Mayhem a redéfini le “Death Metal” de la fin des années 80 et du début des années 90. J’ai correspondu avec Euronymous en 1991-92, peu avant...

'Two women had committed suicide, and a third had had to be led gently away by men in white coats. There had been an outbreak of anonymous letters. . .That was not so very much. But there was something more, intangible but perceptible.' Inspector Van der Valk changes his mind about the routine...

Van der Valk is intrigued. It isn't everyday that a quiet housewife is machine gunned down at lunchtime in a block of flats. But the body isn't discovered until hours later, and by that time, the killer's trail is already getting cold. Van der Valk is left with more than one problem posed by the death...

Everyone deserves to treat themselves to a beautiful meal...especially you! I’ve included some of the most delicious meat and fish recipes for breakfast and brunch, lunch and dinner, including recipes for soups, salads, pastas, casseroles and roasts so you can indulge yourself and all the gods and...

The number of intervention options available for children with autism can be overwhelming for parents. This book provides brief, user-friendly descriptions of the most commonly publicized treatments for autism, summarizing the available information in an objective and accessible way. Each short...

Since setting up shop in Strasbourg with her new husband, Arlette, widow to the notorious Van der Valk, has garnered something of a name for herself. Getting shot at, kidnapped and blackmailed seem to have simply become a part of daily life. Being taken under the wing of the local police commissioner...

Dr. Laos takes a stark and realistic look at the interplay between culture and politics and makes an intellectually challenging contribution to normative international relations theory. He proposes a new way of defining ‘critical’ political theory (substantially different from the Frankfurt School’s...

Always the focal point in modern times for momentous political, social and cultural upheaval, Berlin has continued, since the fall of the Wall in 1989, to be a city in transition. As the new capital of a reunified Germany it has embarked on a journey of rapid reconfiguration, involving issues of memory,...

Une personne très respectable, et digne de foi, s’il en fut jamais, m’ayant assuré que par le commerce qu’il  avait eu avec les Chinois lettrés, il avait appris que leurs sentiments sur la divinité étaient tels que je  vais les exposer ; et m’ayant...