Nick Hornby's first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and readers alike as a classic, helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So it's hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough is enough.

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'How cool was Will Freeman?'Too cool! At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available (and grateful) mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy.Which is how Will meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart, looks after his mum and has never owned a pair of trainers. But Marcus latches on to Will - and won't let go. Can Will teach Marcus how to grow up cool? And can Marcus help Will just to grow up?

A propos d'un gamin

How to be good

The complete polysyllabic spree

Chaque semaine, Tom et Louise se retrouvent dans un pub londonien dix minutes avant leur session de thérapie de couple. Le choix du pub n'a rien d'anodin : il offre une vue imprenable sur la porte de la thérapeute et leur permet d'observer et de commenter allègrement les allées et venues des autres patients. Quarantenaires, mariés depuis des années, Tom et Louise pensaient leur couple stable et leur vie familiale sans vague... jusqu'à ce qu'un léger incident de parcours précipite le couple au bord de l'implosion. D'où leur décision de consulter, mais était-ce vraiment une bonne idée ? Autour d'un verre - ou deux - Tom et Louise n'esquivent aucun sujet (le mariage, le sexe, les enfants, la politique, le Brexit, le politiquement correct...) et rejouent en dix actes leur vie conjugale, faisant apparaître, avec humour et vivacité, les fissures de leur relation.

Un mariage en dix actes

Des bancs du lycée aux responsabilités.

Sam a quinze ans. Ses passions : le skate et les filles. Son mentor, Tony Hawk, le champion du monde de la discipline, avec lequel il communique via un poster géant punaisé au mur de sa chambre. Si ce n'était les angoisses chroniques de sa mère, son petit monde serait parfait. Mais l'amour, c'est comme le skate : un accident est vite arrivé. Sa petite amie, la très belle et intimidante Alicia, lui annonce qu'elle est enceinte et bien décidée à garder le bébé... Pour Sam, c'est la gamelle du siècle, le fameux "slam" que redoutent tant les skateboarders ! Entre fous rires et émotions, récit de la traversée forcée d'un adolescent dans l'âge adulte...

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From the bestselling author of Funny Girl, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll.Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Rob seeks refuge in the company of the offbeat clerks at his store, who endlessly review their top five films; top five Elvis Costello songs; top five episodes of Cheers. Rob tries dating a singer, but maybe it’s just that he’s always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract. Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think that life with kids, marriage, barbecues, and soft rock CDs might not be so bad.

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