Découvrez les plus grands textes de Bossuet, maître de l'éloquence sacrée et orateur inégalé du Grand Siècle.

Découvrez l’héritage exceptionnel d’Henri Marchal, architecte et archéologue passionné par l’art khmer.

In the tumultuous era of 17th-century England, Phineas Pett, a renowned shipwright, pens his extraordinary autobiography. From his humble beginnings as a ship's carpenter to his rise as Master Shipwright of the Royal Navy, Pett's firsthand account offers an unparalleled glimpse into the world of shipbuilding, naval warfare, and the intrigues of the Stuart court. Through his vivid prose, Pett recounts his triumphs and tribulations, shedding light on the technological advancements, political machinations, and personal struggles that shaped his life and the course of maritime history.

Phineas Pett was a Master Shipbuilder from one of England's greatest shipbuilding families of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and kept a journal of his experiences and thoughts at this important and turbulent time in the industry. Although some pages were damaged or lost, the diary was transcribed by Samuel Pepys and preserved in the British Library. It was edited and published in the form of an autobiography by William Gordon Perrin of The Council of the Navy Records Society in 1918.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In January 1889, Motilal Nehru, a lawyer from the north Indian city of Allahabad, traveled to Rishikesh, a town sacred to Hindus, up in the foothills of the Himalayas on the banks of the sacred river Ganga. There, he met a famous yogi who gave him a son, Jawaharlal Nehru, who would become one of the most remarkable men of the twentieth century. #2 The young Jawaharlal Nehru was shaped by two sets of parental influences: the traditional Hinduism of his mother and the modernist, secular cosmopolitanism of his father. The women in his family told him stories from Hindu mythology, and he was regularly immersed in the holy river Ganga. #3 The Nehrus were Kashmiri Pandits, who had made new lives for themselves in northern and central India since the eighteenth century. They were proud of their pan-Indian outlook. #4 Jawaharlal's father, Motilal, was a lawyer who acquired the trappings of a Victorian gentleman of means. He had electricity and running water in his house, and his son was given lavish birthday parties and holidays in Kashmir.

Secrets professionnels - Éloge du secret bancaire (Marc Bonnant) - Secret des sources (Antoine Perraud) - Médecin de famille (Bertrand Hamel) - Psychiatre (Irène François-Purssell) - Industrie : la lutte contre la montre (Pierre-Marc de Biasi) - Rien de nouveau ? (Régis Debray) Secrets littéraires - Un Sartre clandestin (Jacques Lecarme) - L'Agent secret, de Joseph Conrad (Robert Dumas) - Ontologie du secret, de Boutang (Jérôme Besnard) - « Avoir des secrets » (Daniel Bougnoux) - Petite anthologie (François-Bernard Huyghe) - Pense-Bête (Régis Debray)