The Dig

Ce film, trouvé sur Netflix, est l'histoire vraie d'une découverte extraordinaire d'un navire funéraire anglo-saxon découvert juste au moment du début de la Deuxième guerre mondiale, en Angleterre. C'est un film non seulement fascinant historiquement, mais aussi très bien conçu et tourné, très British dans sa délicatesse, et avec des acteurs excellents dont Ralph Fiennes.... Lire la Suite →

Never Split the Difference

I decided to read this book because I am often frustrated when I have to defend myself or argue with someone. This book offers many strategies on how to negotiate a better salary, a lower price on a car, a better rental fee, and the release of hostages (which is less useful to you and... Lire la Suite →

The Cost of Living

This is the second book in Deborah Levy's trilogy. It is, like the first one, a collection of thoughts, observations, and memories. She mostly talks about her life after her divorce, and how her life, her perception of the world, and her identity had to change radically. Even the way other people saw her changed... Lire la Suite →

The Man Who Died

J'ai mentionné ce bouquin sur mon ancien blog, mais il faut que j'en parle ici, parce qu'à chaque fois que je regarde ma liste de bouquins lus et que je tombe sur ce titre, je me dis que c'était vraiment l'un des meilleurs bouquins de cette liste (qui est extrêmement longue)! J'ai très souvent beaucoup... Lire la Suite →

Girls of Flight City

This book was recommended by my aunt and I really enjoyed listening to it (a bit more than 9 hours). It was inspired by the true story of a small town in Texas becoming the first training school for Royal Air Force (RAF) cadets during WWII. The British needed empty spaces for large training schools,... Lire la Suite →

The Wedding People

This book was recommended by an old friend of mine from graduate school (goodness, that was 20 years ago!!!). And I must say it was a really cool story to listen to. Phoebe was a university professor with a crappy contract who wrote a normal doctoral dissertation and who was not respected by her colleagues... Lire la Suite →

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