Accédez à une sélection d'ouvrages choisis en coup de cœur par les collaborateurs de la Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg.
Découvrez mensuellement les sélections de la Médiathèque et du fonds non luxembourgeois. Les sélections de Luxemburgensia et de la Réserve précieuse sont régulièrement mises à jour en fonction des coups de cœur de leurs collaborateurs.
-
WikiSecrets [Film] : Julian Assange, Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks
dir. Marcela Gaviria«It's the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history: the leaking of more than half-a-million classified documents on the Wikileaks website in the spring of 2010. Behind it all stand two very different men: Julian Assange, the Internet activist and hacker who published the documents and an Army intelligence analyst named Bradley E. Manning, who's currently charged with handing them over. Assange's mission is to force the U.S. and other governments into transparency with his whistle-blowing website.»
-
Guillermo del Toro : des hommes, des dieux et des monstres
Charlotte Largeron« Dès Cronos, son premier long-métrage, Del Toro impose un univers original, mêlant mythologie, spiritualité et épouvante. La suite de son oeuvre va s'enrichir de mondes sous le monde, d'univers emboîtés, de monstres humains et surhumains (Le Labyrinthe de Pan, Mimic, les créatures de Bilbo le Hobbit, Pacific Rim), de super héros (Blade, Hellboy), de fantômes (L'Echine du diable), de vampires (sa trilogie romanesque coécrite avec Chuck Hogan : La Lignée). Il devient également le producteur inspiré de L'Orphelinat, Les Yeux de Julia, Biutiful, Mama... Richement illustré, complété d'entretiens inédits avec le réalisateur et préfacé par Joann Sfar, le livre revient sur l'ensemble de l'oeuvre et du parcours de l'artiste. »
-
Manifeste pour sortir du mal-être au travail
Vincent de Gaulejac, Antoine Mercier« Ce manifeste fait le point sur le mal-être au travail tout en proposant des pistes de réflexion et des actions concrètes pour prévenir la dépression, les suicides, le burn-out et réagir contre les pressions ou le harcèlement. »
-
The revenge of geography: what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate
Robert D. Kaplan« In The Revenge of Geography, Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the near and distant past to look back at critical pivots in history and then to look forward at the evolving global scene. Kaplan traces the history of the world's hot spots by examining their climates, topographies, and proximities to other embattled lands. The Russian steppe's pitiless climate and limited vegetation bred hard and cruel men bent on destruction, for example, while Nazi geopoliticians distorted geopolitics entirely, calculating that space on the globe used by the British Empire and the Soviet Union could be swallowed by a greater German homeland. Kaplan then applies the lessons learned to the present crises in Europe, Russia, China, the Indian subcontinent, Turkey, Iran, and the Arab Middle East. The result is a holistic interpretation of the next cycle of conflict throughout Eurasia. Remarkably, the future can be understood in the context of temperature, land allotment, and other physical certainties: China, able to feed only 23 percent of its people from land that is only 7 percent arable, has sought energy, minerals, and metals from such brutal regimes as Burma, Iran, and Zimbabwe, putting it in moral conflict with the United States. Afghanistan's porous borders will keep it the principal invasion route into India, and a vital rear base for Pakistan, India's main enemy. Iran will exploit the advantage of being the only country that straddles both energy-producing areas of the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. Finally, Kaplan posits that the United States might rue engaging in far-flung conflicts with Iraq and Afghanistan rather than tending to its direct neighbor Mexico, which is on the verge of becoming a semifailed state due to drug cartel carnage. A brilliant rebuttal to thinkers who suggest that globalism will trump geography, this indispensable work shows how timeless truths and natural facts can help prevent this century's looming cataclysms. »
-
Who owns the future?
Jaron Lanier« Shows how the new power paradigm operates, how it is conceived and controlled, and why it is leading to a collapse in living standards. Arguing that the 'information economy' ruins markets, this title reminds us that markets should reward more people, not fewer. »
-
Theory and practice [Film] : conversations with Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn
«Two of the most venerable figures on the American Left, Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, converse with Sasha Lilley about their lives and political philosophies, looking back at eight decades of struggle and theoretical debate. Howard Zinn, interviewed shortly before his death, reflects on the genesis of his politics, from the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam war movements to opposing empire today; as well as history, art and activism. Noam Chomsky discusses the evolution of his libertarian socialist ideals since childhood, his vision for a post-capitalist society, and his views on the state, science, the Enlightenment, and the future of the planet.»
-
Mark Lombardi [Film] : death defying acts of art and conspiracy = Kunst und Konspiration!
Buch und Regie Mareike Wegener«Brooklyn based artist Mark Lombardi created graphic artwork portraying the opaque global network of financial and political elites, including their ties to international terrorism. His masterpiece - "BCCI" - was investigated by the FBI after the attacks of September 11th, 2001. By that time, however, the artist was dead from an apparent suicide one year earlier, just as his career was reaching new heights. This documentary investigates an artist whose works transformed contemporary power structures into visual art and whose death left many questions regarding this system's intentions and breadth.»
-
Die Wand [Film]
Regie Julian Roman Pölsler«Eine Frau (Martina Gedeck) schreibt in einer Jagdhütte ihre Geschichte auf, um sich nicht in Einsamkeit zu verlieren: Mit einem befreundeten Ehepaar und deren Hund ist sie vor über zwei Jahren in die Berge Österreichs gefahren. Ein Wochenendausflug. Als das Ehepaar am ersten Abend von einem Besuch im Dorf nicht zurückkehrt, macht die Frau sich auf die Suche. Mitten in der Natur stößt sie gegen eine unsichtbare Wand, eine unerklärliche Grenze, die sie vom Rest der Welt trennt. Die Frau ist auf sich selbst gestellt. Irgendwie muss sie überleben und sich mit ihren Ängsten aussöhnen, die sie immer wieder zu überwältigen drohen. Abgeschnitten vom Rest der Welt wird sie vor die unausweichlichen Grundfragen des Lebens gestellt... Welches innere und äußere Abenteuer muss eine Frau bestehen, die von der Welt abgeschnitten alleine in den Bergen überlebt? Die vielfach ausgezeichnete deutsche Schauspielerin Martina Gedeck brilliert in einer außergewöhnlich intensiven Rolle inmitten einer unbeugsamen Natur. Die Wand beruht auf dem gleichnamigen literarischen Meisterwerk von Marlen Haushofer, das in 19 Sprachen übersetzt wurde und lange Zeit als unverfilmbar galt.»
-
American teacher [Film]
dir. by Vanessa Roth, Brian McGinn«As the debate over the state of America's public school system rages on, one thing everyone agrees on is the need for great teachers. Yet, while research proves that teachers are the most important school-based factor in a child's future success, America's teachers are so woefully underpaid that almost two thirds must divide their time between a second job in order to make a living. Chronicling the stories of five teachers in different areas of the country, American Teacher reveals the frustrating realities of today's educators, the difficulty of attracting talented new teachers, and why so many of our best teachers feel forced to leave the profession altogether. Bonus: extra scenes ; more interviews.»
-
Weddings and movie stars
« A movie lover’s encyclopedia of weddings, Weddings and Movie Stars is exhaustively compiled over 288 pages and features many previously unreleased images. It is a tribute to the most iconic Hollywood stars from the 1920s onwards in ceremonies from the low key to the lavish.With weddings to rival epic studio productions, gowns by designers from Givenchy and Balmain, to Dior and Vivienne Westwood, Weddings and Movie Stars is an unprecedented opportunity to peek behind the scenes and witness many of the secret ceremonies that to this point have remained under wraps. Of an age shrouded in myth, here are our greatest movie stars at their most candid: Shirley Temple, marrying at age 17, Elizabeth Taylor’s 700 wedding guests, unseen footage of Mia Farrow at home with Frank Sinatra, Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn and Arthur Miller, the incredible pairing of Ava Gardner and Mickey Rooney, Bardot, Jagger, John and Yoko, to modern day power couples including Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. Also featured are on-screen stills from classic movie weddings. »
-
Les empires de la question
sous la dir. de Gilles Magniont« La partie théorique, méthodologique, intitulée Forces de la question, qui traite le sujet dans une perspective linguistique, lexicographique et littéraire est suivie de plusieurs études consacrées à Du Bartas, Saint-Simon, Diderot, la littérature de jeunesse, etc., regroupées sous le titre Domaines de la question. »
-
Art and copy [Film]
dir. by Doug Pray«Art & Copy reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time — people who've profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising's "creative revolution" of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work and led the way in the creation and constant redefinition of the ad business. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them. Visually interwoven with their stories, TV satellites are launched, billboards are erected, and the social and cultural impact of their ads is brought to light in this exploration of art, commerce, and human emotion. Bonus: footage "More copy... less art.»
-
Outsiders : six Italian stories
Roberto Saviano« These stories are linked by common themes of belonging, dislocation and identity, and together they take the pulse of a country in turmoil. Contains stories by Roberto Saviano, Carlo Lucarelli, Valeria Parrella, Piero Colaprico, Wu Ming, and Simona Vinci. »
-
Here and now : letters (2008-2011)
Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee«The high-spirited correspondence between New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster and Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee. Although Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee had been reading each other’s books for years, the two writers did not meet until February 2008. Not long after, Auster received a letter from Coetzee, suggesting they begin exchanging letters on a regular basis and, God willing, strike sparks off each other. Here and Now is the result of that proposal: the epistolary dialogue between two great writers who became great friends. Over three years their letters touched on nearly every subject, from sports to fatherhood, film festivals to incest, philosophy to politics, from the financial crisis to art, death, family, marriage, friendship, and love. Their correspondence offers an intimate and often amusing portrait of these two men as they explore the complexities of the here and now and is a reflection of two sharp intellects whose pleasure in each other’s friendship is apparent on every page.»
-
Country girl
Edna O’Brien«They may have been 'agony' to write, but Edna O'Brien's memoirs reveal a brave, beautiful and sometimes helpless woman on her journey from repression to creative freedom. I'm sure Country Girl was difficult to write – a book this plangent could not have been anything other than painful to live with – and there are certainly moments of infuriating coyness: a politician lover (her passion for this ambitious man, it's said, was so great that while she stayed with him she could hardly write a word) is named only as Lochinvar, and she tells us almost nothing about him, save for a broad hint that he was extremely vain. But if it's starry names you're after, she gives you a sky-full. Among those with walk on parts are Paul McCartney, Gore Vidal, Sean Connery, Princess Margaret and, most astonishingly of all, Jackie Onassis, who once told O'Brien she was "one of the three people on the planet whom she loved most. O'Brien is one of the last writers we have whose prose contains deep within it the cadences of the Bible and the liturgy and this gives the book a certain weight.»
-
50 Jahre TEXT+KRITIK – Zeitschrift für Literatur
«Seit ihrer Gründung von Heinz Ludwig Arnold im Jahr 1963 widmet sich die Literaturzeitschrift TEXT+KRITIK deutschsprachigen Autoren und literarischen Themen. In mittlerweile über 200 Bänden hat sie dokumentiert, analysiert und mitentschieden, wer und was in der Gegenwartsliteratur Rang und Namen besitzt. Würde man die Hefte in einer Fotogalerie präsentieren, würden sie ein Who’s Who der deutschen Nachkriegs- und Gegenwartsliteratur ergeben.»
-
L'histoire de Bruno Matei : roman
Lucian Dan Teodorovici« Dans la Roumanie de la fin des années 1950, le marionnettiste Bruno Matei souffre d'amnésie et a tout oublié des dix ans passés en prison et en camp de travail. Personnage tragique et candide, il tente de se construire une existence et vit avec Eliza une histoire d'amour étrange. »
-
Les poissons ne ferment pas les yeux
Erri De Luca« Le narrateur, un enfant de 10 ans, passe ses vacances au bord de la mer et fait la rencontre d'une fillette. Cette irruption dans sa vie bouleverse son quotidien. Mais trois garçons jaloux s'en prennent à lui et le passent à tabac. Un récit d'initiation, sur la mue de l'enfance. »
-
Rimbaud l'indésirable
scénario, dessin et couleurs: Xavier Coste« Portrait d'Arthur Rimbaud, poète inconnu de son vivant mais aujourd'hui l'un des plus connus au monde, parfois romantique parfois manipulateur et grossier, qui a vécu une relation passionnée avec Paul Verlaine et meurt à Marseille à l'âge de 37 ans. »
-
Abgeschaltet : was mit der Energiewende auf uns zukommt
Johannes Winterhagen« Die Energiewende ist mehr als der Ausstieg aus der Kernkraft. Sie bedeutet den Umstieg auf eine völlig klimaneutrale Energiewirtschaft. Ein Mammutprojekt, das erst ganz am Anfang steht. Johannes Winterhagen nimmt seine Leser mit auf eine Reise in die Energiewelt der Zukunft. Er besucht Offshore-Windparks, Geo- und Solarthermiewerke und trifft Forscher, die an der Speicherung von Kohlendioxid, dem Elektroauto oder der Kernfusion arbeiten. Dabei beleuchtet er sämtliche Chancen und Hürden der neuen Technologien, die beim Aus- und Umstieg zu beachten sind. Ein faszinierender Blick hinter die Kulissen der Energiewende. Und ein starkes Plädoyer für eine Zukunft, in der Ökonomie und Ökologie keine Gegensätze mehr sind. »
- Page 1
- Page 2
- Page suivante