This title offers a detailed illustrated description of the German soldier's field tunic throughout the Second World War, showing all its changes, variants and evolutions from pre-war dress uniforms to the shabby utilitarian garment of 1945: History; Symbolism; Manufacturing; Evolution; and Insignia[...]

Lorsque jai commenc? ? passer mes apr?s-midi dans la salle de bain, je ne comptais pas my installer ; non, je coulais l? des heures agr?ables, m?ditant dans la baignoire avec le sentiment de pertinence miraculeuse que procure la pens?e quil nest nul besoin dexprimer.[...]

On 4th August 1906, the U1 submarine was delivered to the Imperial German Navy by the Germaniawerft shipyards in Kiel. Eight years later, on the eve of the outbreak of World War I, twenty-eight U-boats were ready to take to the sea and launch an offensive against the supremacy of the Royal Navy. Thi[...]

Benjamin och Mathieu går på gymnasiet. De spelar i samma band, är klasskompisar och vänner för livet - tills Clara börjar i bandet och båda blir förälskade i henne. Clara och Mathieu blir ihop. Benjamin bryter kontakten med dem och bandet splittras. När en känd rocklegend ska besöka skol[...]

In December 2008 some 350 Chinese intellectuals published a manifesto calling for reform of the Chinese constitution and an end to one-party rule. Known as "Charter 08", the manifesto has since been signed by more than 10,000 people. One of its authors, Liu Xiaobo, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize [...]

Simon-Largo's friend-has been cast as the lead in a new TV series, Golden Gate.A" It's produced in part by one of Group W's subsidiaries. When the investigator sent by Dwight Cochrane to examine irregularities in the funding of the series disappears, Largo takes matters into his own hands and heads[...]

Largo's best friend, Simon Ovronnaz, is being targeted by the secret services of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Simon and his girlfriend are wrongfully convicted of murder and imprisoned. After a very flawed trial, Simon is condemned to death and transferred to the infamous Fort Makiling. Blissfully igno[...]

Gauthier of Flanders hunts the Aa, a monster whose existence stains his family's honour and who is key to an alliance with the Jews of Samaria. Deep underground, the crusader and Osarias fight for their lives, while on the surface the Master of Machines plots to secure his own pacts and get rid of [...]

Largo is stuck on a boat with Silky. But this isn't the end of a James Bond story: the vessel's a container ship that belongs to Winch's enemy, a Georgian arms dealer who seems to be behind all the billionaire's current problems. And the crew are armed and trigger-happy - Not entirely surprising, si[...]

A richly illustrated retrospective of the critically acclaimed work of the master photographer honors the ninety-fifth birthday of Cartier-Bresson with a collection of some of his finest works, representing all periods of his life, along with a selection of drawings, paintings, film stills, and prev[...]