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2021
pring
Non-Fiction
About Leor Literary Agency
Table of contents A French based agency
Located in Vannes, Western France and in Lille, Northern France, Leor litera-
ry agency is a foreign and domestic rights agency. We work on a behalf of a
broad group of French publishers and promote their catalogues on the inter-
national literary scene.
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French excellence
By selling translation rights on behalf of their clients, our agents aim to pro-
Nature & Travel 14 mote French excellence across the world and always make sure to remain
sharp and frosty as they prospect new deals for publishers as well as writers.
French literature thrives far beyond the country’s borders especially when it
Food & Drinks 20
comes to children’s books, comics and fiction.
Essays 24
High quality indie publishers
True Stories 26 With very dynamic publishing houses, like Locus Solus, Apogée or la Pim-
pante, whose ambition and high standards are often welcomed warmly by
foreign publishers, independent French publishers are indeed very active and
Narrative non-fiction 27 allow Leor literary agency to promote French culture overseas.
History & Geography 28 The team
Philosophy & Social Science 36
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have access to each sher’s name to have Yannaelle Boucher Jean-Pierre Le Mat Jérome Delattre
publisher’s full rights list. access to its website. Co-Founder / Manager Co-Founder Manager
Literary Agent Marketing executive
Rights List Locus Solus Publishing yannaelle[@]leor.bzh contact[@]leor.bzh
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Libre 2 Lire Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Non-Fiction publishers
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Libre 2 Lire editions is a publishing house from Aragon, France, and is oriented
towards general literature, fantasy, thrillers and romance. It publishes all genres
with one thing in common: to make readers want to “turn the page”, with quality
Locus Solus Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List writings that leave the feeling of having had a good time dreaming, existing,
imagining …
Locus Solus is the perfect publishing house for any reader in search of ex-
cellent fiction and non-fiction books, created with a high sense of aesthetic. Published genres: Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Romance | Contemporary Fiction |
From their colourful youth literature to mesmerizing Nature books and thought- True Stories
ful essays, Locus Solus is a talented and ambitious company.
Published genres: Art | Graphic Novels | Non-Fiction | Illustrated Books
Children’s books | Juvenile Novels | Thrillers | Sci-Fi
Le Temps Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List
Le Temps publishing is a broad church for anyone who is looking for cheeky,
culturally diverse books. This company, founded by seasoned publishers
Thierry Jamet and Hélène Dupuis, aims to publish books that can connect
people, no matter their age, culture or social background. Leor literary Agency
manages the rights of their thriller collection “Noirs premiers” as well as of their
Urban Fantasy titles.
Published genres: Art & Cinema | Thrillers | Fantasy | Children’s Books
Yoran Embanner Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List
Yoran Embanner publishing is a house dedicated to the promotion and de-
fence of European national minorities. With high-quality dictionaries of rare
languages and historical books about cultural minorities in Europe, Yoran Em-
banner actively advocates for a more culturally sensitive Europe so that no
one, no matter where they come from, ever feels left out.
Published genres: Historical Novels | Non-Fiction | History | Archeology
Apogée Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List
This publishing house is open to the pleasure of meeting, with the ambition of
sharing beauty, creation, talent, ideas, visual artists in their universe of shapes
and colors, renowned academics, poets and writers have wanted to give to
read their imaginations, their experiences and their research. Apogée éditions
is mostly specialized in Non-Fiction.
Published genres: Non-Fiction | Philosophy | Social Science | Travel
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ART
ENGLISH PAINTING
Béatrice Laurent
Written by a specialist in English culture, this work in
full colour offers an analysis of forty-one paintings by
English artists from the 18th century to the present day.
FORMAT: 160 x 240 | PAGES: 256 | ILLUSTRATIONS: 41
WORDS: 64,000 | PRICE: 12.99 € | PUB DATE: 12/2006 1757-1827
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William Blake
Fils d’un bonnetier qui encourage sa précoce passion pour les arts,
William Blake apprend la gravure, ce qui lui permet, en 1784, d’ouvrir
une boutique d’estampes à Londres. En 1787, la mort de son jeune
frère marque irrémédiablement son esprit, déjà sujet aux apparitions.
S’inspirant de la Bible, de Dante, de la sculpture médiévale, de
Michel-Ange et de Fuseli, Blake refuse de copier la nature et préfère
The Work The Author
révéler ses visions intérieures. Il met au point un procédé original
permettant de graver simultanément le texte et l’illustration, qu’il
rehausse ensuite à l’aquarelle. Il écrit, produit et illustre ainsi ses pro-
pres ouvrages : Songs of Innocence (1789), Marriage of Heaven and
Hell (1791), Songs of Experience (1794). Il y affirme sa haine du
dogme religieux répressif et sa foi dans le pouvoir de l’imagination
Written by a specialist in English culture, this work in Béatrice Laurent is a lecturer at the University of the
poétique. Visionnaire, il développe une cosmogonie personnelle tein-
tée de swedenborgisme qui domine ses ouvrages prophétiques
(notamment The Book of Urizen et The Song of Los) « redécouverts »
au XXe siècle.
full colour offers an analysis of forty-one paintings by French West Indies and Guiana and a specialist in British Principaux musées
Grande-Bretagne : Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cambridge (Fitzwilliam
English artists from the 18th century to the present day. iconography. Her thesis concerns Pre-Raphaelite pain-
Museum), Londres (British Museum, Tate Gallery, V & A), Manchester,
Oxford (Ashmolean Museum).
Étranger : Boston, Cambridge Mass. (Fogg), Melbourne (National Gal-
lery of Victoria), New York (Met. Mus., Morgan Library), San Marino
ters and she has published widely on this and related
Cal. (Huntington).
Each work is presented as a full page and accompanied subjects. She was the editor of William Morris, News from
by an outline biography of the artist, as well as a Nowhere published by Editions du Temps (2004) and also
God as an Architect
Dieu comme Architecte
edits the collection Manuels d’études anglaises for the same
1794, estampe et aquarelle, 46 x 60
description and a detailed analysis that covers all Frontispice pour Europe: A Prophecy, British Museum, Londres
aspects of the painting. Supported by a solid technical publisher.
foundation, the text takes into account the approaches
developed in recent decades in the field of visual
culture, semiology, the sociology of reception etc. Key Sales Points The Magic Apple Tree
- Written by a renowned academic who specializes in
In this book, aimed at English-speaking students and
British culture.
Inspirée par les Songs of Innocence de William Blake,
cette petite aquarelle est typique de la production de Pal-
teachers as well as art lovers, readers will also find a
mer durant son séjour à Shoreham. La fécondité de la
terre, l’harmonie cosmique unissant les éléments, les
- An approach to English painting that is simultaneously
animaux et l’homme en sont les thèmes récurrents.
Ici, deux arbres de part et d’autre d’un chemin creux
critical bibliography of some sixty recent publications
se rejoignent dans la partie supérieure de la composition
créant un arceau qui, prolongé par les talus et le chemin,
technical, historical and cultural.
devient quasi-circulaire. Ce vaste cercle embrasse une
nature généreuse, peinte dans des coloris somptueux :
and a French-English glossary explaining almost one l’or du champ de blé mûr à l’arrière-plan est magnifié par
un pommier au second plan croulant sous ses fruits cou-
- A bilingual text for a thorough understanding of the
leur de rubis. Le liseré bleu-nuit du ciel rehausse ce chro-
matisme riche et profond, qui sublime la nature en lui
hundred and forty technical and historical terms. conférant l’éclat des joyaux. Dans le creux du chemin,
semblant faire corps avec la nature, et s’inscrivant dans
works presented. l’arc du cercle, une mère assise serre dans ses bras un
nourrisson. Près d’elle un troupeau, figuré par six brebis
toutes rondes, complète cette vision empreinte de séré-
nité.
- The high-resolution images in full-colour allow the L’aquarelle n’entend pas représenter un paysage spé-
cifique de la région de Brighton : le manque d’individua-
lisation, de précision identificatrice permet à la composi-
quality of the paintings to be better appreciated.
tion de toucher à l’universel, et d’atteindre un statut
allégorique. La femme n’a ni âge, ni traits, mais sa forme
toute en courbes, enserrant une petite tache couleur
chair, devient une icône de la maternité. Afin, peut-être,
de suggérer une lecture religieuse de son œuvre, Palmer
a revêtu cette mère des couleurs mariales : le bleu de la
pureté, le blanc de la virginité. Les autres éléments de la
composition ne sont pas plus spécifiques : les arbres
évoquent l’idée de nature protectrice mais ni la forme
des feuilles, ni la couleur des troncs ne permettent de
savoir à quelle essence ils appartiennent. Le pommier
lui-même échappe aux lois de la botanique : il semble
prendre racine dans le talus à droite et étendre son tronc
à l’horizontale. Les fruits, bizarrement disposés en guir-
lande, signalent la forme des branches qui partent en
gerbe du tronc. Dans un jaillissement spontané, l’éclat
des petites boules colorées semble figer pour l’éternité
la nature dans sa maturation la plus parfaite.
En dépit de son aspect irréel, cette aquarelle a sans
doute été exécutée en plein air. En effet, à une époque
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ART
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GARDENS ON SCREEN
Preface by Pierre Murat
Michel Berjon 5. Figures of the gardener
Foreword The gardener, sex symbol: All That Heaven Allows,
Gardens on screens Liberté-Oléron, Le Rôle de sa vie
Clearing a virgin domain Reintegration through gardening: Le Charme discret de
A walk through 120 years of cinema la bourgeoisie, Greenfingers
The initiator, the ferryman: Dialogue avec mon jardinier,
This book explores 120 years of the film industry’s Part One - Gardens Loin du paradis
representation of gardens, with more than 300 movies, The stubborn, the persevering: The Constant Gardener
by considersing the vision of the great filmmakers. 1. Preambles The Last of the Wise: Nouvelle Vague, Being There
Semantic details: courtyard, garden, park ... an
etymology
Garden and landscape: The New World 6. The gardener’s epigones
The garden, cultural and not natural in essence: The garden gnome, companion of the pensioner:
Broken Flowers Schultze Gets the Blues, The Straight Story, Le Fabuleux Destin
FORMAT: 160 x 205 | PAGES: 480 | ILLUSTRATIONS: 25 Garden and macho cultures d’Amélie Poulain, Inch’Allah dimanche, Gnomeo & Juliet, Wallace
WORDS: 145,000 | PRICE: 29.00 € | PUB DATE: 09/2016 From Antiquity to the Renaissance - the labyrinth & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE Beyond machismo, the gardener: Raja, Open Range,
2. Gardens of the Western tradition Shara
The 17th century: Versailles, The Draughtsman’s
Contract, The Serpent’s Kiss Part Three - Users
The Work The Author The 18th century: Barry Lyndon and England,
Aimed at garden lovers and cinema-goers alike, this Michel Berjon has been a writer for Les Fiches du Cinéma Marie-Antoinette 7. Gardens and social classes
exploration of 120 years of the film industry’s represen- since 1997. He has also been a socio-cultural lecturer for The 19th century: the “heritage films”, The Secret Bourgeois gardens
tation of gardens, takes in more than 300 movies. It landscape design students. Following the publication of Garden Popular gardens
invites us to understand those familiar spaces that are his article on cinema gardens in the journal Champs cultu- In search of luxury and distinction: Short Cuts, Fun
the yard, the garden and the park, and to see them rels, he developed the text into a resource for his 3. Gardens of our time with Dick and Jane
differently by considering the vision of the great film- teaching, while his daughter, Marie Berjon, helped turn Utopian gardens: Metropolis The garden, class marker: Match Point, La meglio
makers, from Stanley Kubrick to Alain Resnais. it into a reference work. Pierre Murat (preface) has Private gardens: Mon uncle, Juliet of the Spirits, Pingpong gioventù
worked with Télérama magazine since 1980 and has been America’s White Fences: Pleasantville
While being the object of a landscape gaze, the garden contributing to the programme Le Masque et la Plume on Exotic gardens, New World and Arab world 8. Love in the garden
is also a place that lives and dies with the characters the prominent radio station, France Inter since 1992. Japanese gardens: Stupeur et Tremblements 1914, Charlot in the parks of Los Angeles
who frequent it, a place of art, a place of love and the Other Asian gardens Hollywood, Golden Age: La vita è bella, Singin’ in the
site of quests for meaning. Constantly reinvented, it Artists’ gardens Rain, Peter Ibbetson
deploys, in the cinema, all its aesthetic and philosophi- Key Sales Points Romanticism versus “romantic comedy”: Bright Star,
cal potential. 4. City gardens Notting Hill, Amore, Pleasantville, Lila dit ça
- A desire to explore the garden in the cinema, to clear
From private garden to urban green space From Rohmer’s side: Le Genou de Claire, L’Ami de mon
virgin land where few historians, researchers or film
The public gardens, the squares, places of all the ami, Conte d’automne
critics have ventured.
meetings: Dolls, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Sue, Love intrigues: Molière, The Age of Innocence
Bancs publics The Blossoming of Love: Une partie de campagne, Les
Parisian gardens and parks: La Femme de l’Aviateur, Cléo Amants
de 5 à 7, Before Sunset Lovers jumble: I racconti di Canterbury, La Tigre e la neve,
Central Park in New York: Woody Allen and the Devdas, Cyrano de Bergerac
“romantic comedies”, Sing, Hair, Once upon a time
9. Death in the garden
Part Two - Gardeners The church garden, the cemetery: Midnight in the
Garden of Good and Evil
The Gardener, first fiction film Zombies and Ghosts: Ed Wood, The Innocents, Vertigo
The first studios The corpse in the garden: Blue Velvet, The Last Supper
[...]
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ART
HAIKU DAY
CAT SEASONS
Yves Cotten
The sparing grace of haiku poetry works wonders
when combined with Yves Cotten’s light and lively
feline characters, and heightened by soft, transparent
watercolour.
Au long de la rivière
je n’ai vu aucun pont —
ce jour est sans fin
Masaoka Shiki
FORMAT: 160 x 240 | PAGES: 96 | ILLUSTRATIONS: 40
WORDS: 1,500 | PRICE: 17.00 € | PUB DATE: 11/2018
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The sparing grace of haiku poetry, nourished by the As an avid reader of haikus by the Japanese masters,
philosophy of nature and everyday wisdom, works Yves Cotten often chooses to illustrate them, and has
wonders when combined with Yves Cotten’s light and thus swelled his library with more than two hundred
lively feline characters, seemingly created in one deft drawings. In response to their online popularity, he has
movement and heightened by soft, transparent decided to bring around forty of them together in this
watercolour. book.
A lively tribute to this poetic genre and an appropria-
tely skilful, sometimes gentle and humorous style
which makes this work accessible to the widest public. Key Sales Points
The book presents forty haikus, each illustrated by one
- The beautiful paper and carefully restrained layout and
of Yves Cotten’s watercolours.
form of this book make it a pleasant object, as well a
literary and artistic work.
- The gentle, pastel-hued illustrations are in perfect
harmony with these short Japanese poems.
- A relaxing, poetic book about life and love.
- Adorable characters filled with life.
Cette journée d’hiver
il fait chaud au soleil
— mais froid
Ueshima Onitsura
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ART
MILES HYMAN
IN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Collective
Miles Hyman
Miles Hyman reveals the richness of a fictional universe
heavily influenced by the cinema and crime fiction of
the 1940s and 50s. The warm colors that recall E.
Hopper’s work.
FORMAT: 280 x 210 | PAGES: 128 | ILLUSTRATIONS: 100
WORDS: 8000 | PRICE: 25.00 € | PUB DATE: 06/2018
ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE
The Work The Author
In this new book, Miles Hyman reveals the richness of Miles Hyman is an illustrator and cartoonist for news-
a fictional universe heavily influenced by the cinema papers (The New Yorker, Télérama, Le Monde …) and for
and crime fiction of the 1940s and 50s. From the publishers (Futuropolis, Glénat, Gallimard …). His book
strongly cinematographic framing and composition to covers include Le Poulpe (The Octopus) and his cult
the warm colors that recall certain aspects of Edward cartoon adaptations of crime novels include the French
Hopper. translation of James Ellory’s The Black Dahlia published by
Rivages-Casterman Noir.
His hallmark is the use of bold colours applied to black
and white drawings, a feature that is common to his
publications whether for adults or children, for the
press or for advertising (e.g. the covers of L’Histoire de la
Key Sales Points
mouette et du chat and Petit Poucet, the cartoon books for - An art book dedicated to an internationally reco-
adults Le Coup de Prague and La Loterie). gnized artist.
- A strange, captivating and brooding urban environ-
ment where time seems to stand still – locked between
two worlds.
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NATURE & TRAVEL
l’appellation « open-pollinated seed », à savoir « variétés à pollinisation
libre », plutôt que celle de « variétés anciennes » qui, pour lui, indique-
rait seulement des semences qui existaient avant l’entrée en vigueur de Le glossaire des banques
communautaires de semences
la législation par l’établissement de catalogues nationaux. Son public
appartient à trois types de réseaux (jardiniers, militants et personnes
en quête de reconnexion avec la nature).
L’approche de Dominique Guillet est basée sur l’idée de « co-évolution
entre l’homme et la Terre Mère22 », inspirée de la théorie Gaia (théorie de
la planète comprise comme un organisme vivant). Il refuse la division
ou Community Seed Banks
THE SEED ON MY PLATE
entre « société » et « nature ». Ce point est essentiel pour comprendre la
philosophie de Kokopelli. Pour Dominique Guillet, la semence a de nom-
breuses dimensions et son « combat » est politique, culturel et spirituel
avec la semence comme fer de lance23. Dominique Guillet refuse notam-
ment toute réglementation, ce qui lui a valu deux procès médiatiques
Il
avec la justice française et européenne. Cette posture est différente de convient de mentionner que les Bibliothèques
termes « banques de semences « Bibliothèque de semences » est une
celle du Réseau Semences Paysannes et de la Coordination européenne
Festival de la communautaires25 » sont ceux expression courante au Royaume-Uni mais
Let’s Liberate Diversity qui, eux, soutiennent une adaptation de la régle-
biodiversité cultivée, privilégiés dans le discours international l’équivalent allemand « Samenbibliothek »
Véronique Chable
mentation mais pas un vide réglementaire où les grandes compagnies Jodar, Espagne, et la littérature scientifique et grise. est également employé en Suisse. Une
pourraient faire leur loi24. 2018.
Cependant, de nombreuses organisations bibliothèque est une installation où un bien
en Europe elles-mêmes ne l’utilisent important — dans notre cas, des échantillons
pas dans leur communication interne et de semences et des connaissances associées
Gauthier Chapelle 186 externe. D’autres expressions, détaillées
ci-dessous, sont aussi largement employées.
Réseaux
— est pris en charge et mis à la disposition
d’une communauté, selon certaines règles.
La bibliothèque ne doit pas être
« consommée » : ce qui est emprunté doit
187
Les termes « Red de semillas » en Espagne, être remplacé par les utilisateurs afin de
« Rete Semi Rurali » en Italie, « Réseau la maintenir en état pour les suivants.
Semences Paysannes » en France parlent En France, le terme de « grainothèque »,
de réseaux de semences. Le mot « réseaux » mot formé sur le modèle de « bibliothèque »,
véhicule une approche basée sur les est un lieu où il est possible de déposer et
interactions sociales et la réciprocité dont d'échanger librement des graines. Il a fait
le centre est constitué par les échanges de son apparition en 2013 grâce à l’association
semences et de connaissances. Graines de troc26.
Maisons
« Maisons de semences paysannes » est
une formule largement utilisée en France
et choisie par les membres du Réseau
Semences Paysannes en France. La maison
est une métaphore des relations sociales,
de la reproduction et des soins. Elle semble
This book aims to connect each citizen to the seed
exprimer qu’ici les graines ne sont pas
« stockées » mais conservées au milieu
d’un lieu de vie.
that feeds them, to the people who grow, to the Partie IV Tous responsables du regain de la biodiversité Chapitre 16 Gestion collective des semences et sélection à la ferme
people who transform and to the people who cook.
FORMAT: 170 x 220 | PAGES: 240 | WORDS: 85,000
PRICE: 28.00 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 10/2020
ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE — Translations available in
English, Italian, and Spanish.
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At the source of all food coming from the earth, there Véronique Chable and Gauthier Chapelle are trained
is a seed. The grain of wheat is behind our bread, the biologists and agronomists. Véronique Chable has been
tomato seed is behind our salads, the alfalfa seed eaten a research scientist since 1983. She has been working on
by the cow is behind our cheese, and a grape seed is organic agriculture, collaborative research and on the
behind our grape varieties and our wine. revival of farmers’ seeds since 2000 at INRAE, the French
National Institute for Agricultural Research and Environ-
Our society is increasingly concerned about the quality mental Protection. Gauthier Chapelle is an independant
of our food and our environment. There is also growing researcher and author of several books on the living (Le
concern about the loss of biodiversity. We are increa- Vivant comme modèle, 2015; L’entraide, l’autre loi de la jungle,
singly turning to organic farming and its products. But 2017).
is this enough? Moreover, are organic farmers and
consumers still aware of the types of seeds that enter
their farms and that shape the quality of organic Selling Points
products? How can we become involved in the renewal
- From Neolithic plant domestication to the renewed
and rebirth of diversity?
interest in farmers’ seeds today, the seed is a reflection
of our vision of the world and what is on our plate. L’évolution
This book aims to connect each citizen to the seed
that feeds them, to the people who grow, to the
- A journey through time, discovering seeds in their et l’hérédité
historical, scientific, cultural, socio-economic and poli- Notions basiques de l’hérédité,
de l’évolution et de l’adaptation
people who transform and to the people who cook.
tical context, in the fields and in laboratories, to disco-
This book also calls for a collective awareness to help
ver the indivisible histories of agriculture and seeds.
restore biodiversity, starting with the biodiversity that 74 La deuxième partie de cet ouvrage porte sur l’évolution de l’agriculture 75
we eat and that shapes our landscapes.
et des semences depuis la fin du 19e siècle : recherche de l’homogénéité,
développement des outils modernes de sélection végétale, promotion
de l’industrialisation de l’agriculture, établissement de législations sur le
commerce des semences et émergence de traités et concepts relatifs aux
ressources génétiques au niveau international. Nous évoquons égale-
ment dans cette partie les stratégies alternatives de sélection des plantes
qui ont émergé pour répondre aux besoins des systèmes alimentaires
biologiques : en quoi ceux-ci questionnent-ils les hypothèses scienti-
fiques qui sous-tendent l’évolution des semences depuis un siècle ?
Le premier chapitre détaille l’hypothèse de la science génétique et de la
sélection végétale moderne. Cette hypothèse a connu son épanouisse-
ment au cours du 20e siècle et repose aussi bien sur les découvertes bio-
logiques que sur l’évolution industrielle de l’agriculture de cette période.
Les organisations de sélection des plantes et des systèmes semenciers
ont offert des moyens efficaces à l’industrialisation de l’agriculture.
Les termes de gènes et d’ADN sont devenus banals et sont mêmes
passés dans le vocabulaire courant. La science génétique semble un outil
incontournable mais est finalement très récente. Elle n’a pas été nécessaire
Courgette jaune pour accompagner la domestication de nos plantes cultivées. Elle a guidé
population, Brugnac,
Lot-et-Garonne, et justifié la création de variétés répondant aux exigences de stabilité et
d’homogénéité pour l’agriculture conventionnelle et l’agro-industrie.
Partie I Brève histoire de l’agriculture et des semences
France, 2018.
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Partie II Sélection des végétaux et production des semences Chapitre 6 L’évolution et l’hérédité
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et la nature NATURE & TRAVEL
’adapter au URBAN PLANNING AND BIODIVERSITY
ment climatique TOWARDS A LIVING LANDSCAPE
TO SHAPE URBAN PROJECTS
ed. Philippe Clergeau
cologue territorial
The greening of cites is of particular interest in the
fight against global warming and pollution. This book
presents methods for integrating nature into the urban
ropole de Lyon a à la mobilisation de plus de 120 acteurs
environment
on » de son Plan publics, privés et associatifs réunis au sein
d notamment des de la Charte de l’arbre. À horizon 2030,
s effets d’îlot de 300 000 arbres supplémentaires
FORMAT: 172 xdevraient
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À côté de ces facteurs dits « abiotiques »
que sont les conditions physico-chimiques
dans lesquelles vivent les espèces, il est
important de considérer les facteurs bio-
puisables tant les déchets générés par les
activités anthropiques sont énormes. Elles
alimentent à l’infini les populations de cer-
tains oiseaux (pigeons), rats, etc., réduisant
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rands outils pro- permettre de faire passer ALL
la part du territoire
les différentes espèces tissent entre elles : leur prolifération. De plus, de nombreuses Nombre
compétition, prédation, parasitisme… qui espèces sont nourries directement par les d'espèces
d'oiseaux
modèlent également la biodiversité urbaine. citadins (les oiseaux notamment, mais aussi
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Moyennes
les ragondins ou les écureuils). calculées
La compétition, par exemple, peut être d'après études Nombre d'oiseaux
ombragé de 27 à 30 %.
assez intense, voire plus intense, que La prédation entre organismes sauvages sur Rennes,
Québec, Nombre d'espèces
dans des zones plus naturelles puisque est peu intense car les grands carnivores Nantes de petits mamifères
les espaces sur lesquels se concentrent ont à peu près disparu de nos villes. Loups,
les espèces sont souvent réduits en taille. lynx… n’y existent pas. Renards, belettes, Nombre d'espèces
Néanmoins, les ressources apportées par petits serpents, putois, ou fouines sont à de carabes
les humains sont pour certains animaux iné- l’œuvre mais ils sont souvent les victimes
: désimperméa-
intentionnelles ou non des humains et de
leurs véhicules. Les plus importants pré-
Gradient d'urbanisation
dateurs de la biodiversité urbaine sont les
animaux domestiques et notamment les
chats qui sont de redoutables chasseurs
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ne public
The et privé Mais les arbres ont une autre qualité
d’oiseaux, de chauves-souris, de reptiles et
de petits rongeurs. Leur nombre considé-
Work The Author
rable imprime une très lourde charge à la Centre Péricentre Suburbain Périurbain rural
biodiversité urbaine sauvage.
Nombre
Suivant le cas, le parasitisme affecterait de d'espèces
et l’évapotranspi-
This well-documentedessentielle face àisla chaleur : l’évapotranspi-
façon plus ou moins intense les organismes d'oiseaux
urbains. Certaines études montrent qu’en Résultats
book on urban planning a new Philippe Clergeau is a professor at the National Museum ville ce phénomène est plus fréquent qu’à la
campagne grâce à la concentration des indi-
vidus sur des surfaces restreintes. D’autres
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sur Rennes
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ambiant in Paris and is a pioneer of urban
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affectés est moins forte en ville sachant que
from the premise that greening cities is a way to biodiversity in France. He is also a consultant in urban
les parasites subissent également le pro-
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Deux des principaux prédateurs en milieu urbain (méthode des écoutes), de micromammifères (piégeages non létaux), et de carabes (pièges Barber) le long
sont le chat, en haut, qui atteint plus de 12 millions Finalement, la ville peut être vue comme la de gradient d’urbanisation. À gauche, les espaces verts sont moins nombreux en centre-ville et la plupart des
d’individus ayant propriétaire (la fraction de chats espèces déclinent (sauf quelques espèces d’oiseaux comme les pigeons et les martinets). À droite, un même type
juxtaposition de différents filtres, biotiques
at, le Plan cano- d’eau dans le sol. La métropole travaille
global warming, care for the surrounding environment councils such as the “Plan Urbain” and “Construction et
redevenus sauvages est inconnue mais est sans doute d’espace vert accueille des oiseaux même en centre-ville. Les oiseaux s’installent plus en fonction de la qualité
aussi importante !) et la fouine, en bas, très nocturne et abiotiques, qui « tamisent » une partie des habitats, les micromammifères et les carabes qui sont moins mobiles s’installent plus en fonction de
et plus discrète que le renard. Photos P. Clergeau. de l’ensemble des espèces vivant dans une l’accessibilité des habitats. Source : P. Clergeau.
and finally control pollution. Architecture” (PUCA-MEDD).
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NATURE & TRAVEL
DRIVE YOUR ADVENTURE
PORTUGAL IN A VAN
Thomas Corbet
Clémence Polge
A guide that promotes a form of travel that is gathe-
ring more and more followers – taking the road to
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Portugal, with its varied landscapes and cultures, is an Clémence Polge, 35, is an off-road designer with a crea-
ideal playground for van travellers. tive soul who loves art in all its forms.
The authors, Clémence and Thomas, set off on a Thomas Corbet, 34, is a sports journalist, web editor
two-month, 13,000-kilometre journey to Portugal. and translator (French – English).
During this adventure, they gathered the contents of
this book, including preparation for the trip, practical
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about nightlife, places to eat and drink and sites to visit,
- The first volume Drive Your Adventure, A road trip through
sports and cultural activities, as well as images of breath-
Europe in a van by La Martinière Publishing has been an
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOOD AND WINE PAIRING
FOR EVERYONE
Preface - What to eat with rosé wines (dry and sparkling)?
- What to eat with dry white wines?
Laurie Matheson Chapter I. Introduction - Historical overview of food - What to eat with sparkling dry white wines?
Luc Dabadie and wine - What to eat with sweet white wines?
- What we eat and drink according to the times
- The Renaissance and the 17th century Chapter VII. Pairings with cheeses and desserts
- It was at this time that the word "taster" was born - What to drink with cheese?
- French service and Russian service - Pairings with desserts
- Observation of the menu profile in the 19th and 20th
An ideal tool which is accessible to all without having centuries Chapter VIII. Pairing with the favorite starters and
to consult databases of wines we cannot get our hands dishes of the French
on and dishes we never make. Chapter II. French tableware and gastronomic meals, a - Pairings with five favorite starters of the French
world intangible cultural heritage - The ten favorite dishes of the French
- Unesco World Heritage
- The cultural importance of gastronomy in wine Chapter IX. Pairing for evenings with friends
producing countries - Pizza evening
- Sushi evening
Chapter III. How food and wine pairings work - Burgers evening
- The tongue and the nose, our allies - Asian cuisine evening
FORMAT: 140 x 210 | PAGES: 156 | WORDS: 36,000 - The typology of wines - Dinner aperitifs
PRICE: 12.00 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 10/2019 - The principles of a successful agreement
ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE - What to eat and drink according to the seasons? Chapter X. Testimonials and interviews with persona-
lities in wine and gastronomy
Chapter IV. Deconstruct received ideas
The Work The Author - Some received ideas on our plates Chapter XI. Pairing with other drinks
- Are strong, tannic cheeses and red wines made for - A few words about tea and sake
Although UNESCO designated the French gastronomic Laurie Matheson is a wine expert, specializing in
each other? - Pairings with spirits
meal as a feature of humanity’s "intangible cultural heri- auctions, and has worked with Artcurial since its begin- - At dessert time, should we open a bottle of - Food and beer pairings
tage" in 2010, the art of pairing food and wine has only nings. She is a member of various tasting committees, champagne?
recently been recognized in social and cultural including that of the Revue du Vin de France. - Do fish match only with white wines? Chapter XII. Small test to find out if you have
constructions of taste. To get started you simply need Luc Dabadie comes from a family of Madiran wine - For the holidays, should we start with a foie gras and a understood correctly
to understand how the association between flavours producers and is a wine broker and expert for Artcurial. Sauternes?
works physiologically. He has been a member of the Compagnie des Courtiers
Jurors Piqueurs de Vins de Paris since 2008, a professional Chapter V. Taste and characteristics of the main
This book allows readers to understand these "workings" body that can trace its origins back to 1322. French red and white grape varieties
and offers them the keys to achieve their own associa- - Red grape varieties allowing the production of red,
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- Pairings between food and wine are the cornerstones mellow and sparkling white wines
The authors finally suggest a list of simple combina-
of French gastronomy.
tions, based on France’s favourite dishes in a celebra- Chapter VI. What dishes to eat with the different
- An ideal tool which is accessible to all without having
tion of everyday life. types of wines
to consult databases of wines we cannot get our hands
on and dishes we never make. - What to eat with young, light red wines with little
tannin?
- What to eat with young tannic red wines?
- What to eat with old tannic red wines?
- What to eat with powerful and fleshy red wines?
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EVERYBODY CAN TASTE
WINE FLAVOURS AND ITS SECRETS
Tasting seen by a cook Chapter VI - Brief introduction to the pleasure of wine
Sophie Brissaud - Equipment
Pierre Guigui Foreword - By Pierre Guigui - The three phases of tasting: the eye, the nose, the
- Find your senses mouth
- Memo
Chapter I - What is to taste? - First session
- The evolution of aromatic profiles - Second session
- The style of the wines - Third session
In this book, the practice of wine tasting is explained - Geosensory tasting - Fourth session
and developed, from the study of our physical senses - Fifth session for the reds
to the notion of taste in various cultures. Chapter II - What does “good” mean? - Aromatic table of grape varieties
- Taste as a lost paradise - Seventh session for the reds
- Eighth session for white
Chapter III - How to love wine - Ninth session
- The opposition between astringency and a feeling of - Tenth session
fat - Eleventh session
- The touch of wine - Twelfth session
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Chapter IV - Talking about taste Conclusion
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- Taste classification systems
- Non-wine tasting. An example: tea.
- Tasting in ancient Greece
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Is wine tasting an art, a talent reserved for a few Sophie Brissaud is a writer and journalist who specia- - The concept of “minerality” of wine from a neuros-
experts? A code, held by an enlightened elite? No, lizes in cooking and wine. In 2009, she received the cience perspective
nothing of the sort. It is about using our senses and is Edmond-de-Rothschild Award for Grands Crus classés,
accessible to everyone, because we all know how to Grands Chefs Étoilés (La Martinière) and she is the author Chapter V - Talking about wine
taste. of the first season of the food documentary series Le - Filmed tasting and wine vocabulary
Bonheur est dans l’assiette (Arte/Petit Dragon 2012). - The language of wine in ancient Greece
Tasting not only involves taste, but also the senses of Pierre Guigui is the founder of the Amphore competi-
smell, touch and sight, as well as our feeling for a wine’s tion for organic wines and has been its organizer since
energy, things which are accessible to all wine lovers, 1996. He is also a co-founder of the Breton wine revival.
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Here, the practice of wine tasting is explained and
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- A practical, refreshing book that brings tasting back to
sessions that approach the tasting of all types of wine,
the basics: the love of wine and sensory experience.
step-by-step, in the form of clear and simple lessons.
- Written by food and wine experts.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ALBERT CAMUS, JOURNALIST
REPORTER IN ALGIERS, EDITORIALIST IN PARIS Foreword by Edwy Plenel Chapter 4. - A Skillful Polemicist
- Sartre and Mauriac: cross controversies
Maria Santos-Sainz Introduction - The moral and political authority of two honest
- Intentional journalism intellectuals
- Admiration and sympathy towards Camus and Combat
Chapter 1. - Biographical references - Reunion at L’Express
- A childhood in Belcourt
- Orphan of the Republic Chapter 5. - Reflections on Journalism
Albert Camus practiced a committed journalism that - A House in front of the world - A theory of critical journalism
condemned the injustices experienced by the most - Editorial secretary at Paris-Soir - Press reviews
disadvantaged and downtrodden. - A passionate story with Maria Casarès - The role of the journalist
- In the Resistance with Combat - Press reforms
- A renowned columnist - An unpublished article: " Manifeste du journaliste
- Spain, his second homeland libre" (Manifesto of the free journalist)
- Columnist for L’Express - An aborted project
- Nobel Prize at 46 years old
Chapter 6. - L’Express Columnist
Chapter 2. - Reporter in Algiers - Actuelles, a platform to his measure
- A journalistic baptism in Alger républicain - Against racism and xenophobia
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- Open letter to the Governor General Chapter 7. - Journalism and engagement
- The al-Okbi case - A committed journalist
- Auribeau's arsonists - The sources of the commitment
The Work The Author - Misery of Kabylia - At a distance from ideologies and political parties
This book allows us to put the importance of Albert María Santos-Sainz has a PhD in Information Science - The fight against the censors
Camus’ journalistic work in context, from his first and is a lecturer at the Institute of Journalism at - The final farewell to Algiers journalism: Le Soir Chronology of his life
professional steps as a reporter in Algiers until his Bordeaux Montaigne University, where she was director Républicain
memorable editorials, published in the columns of from 2006 to 2012. Between 2010 and 2015, she was
Combat during the Second World War, not forgetting president of the CEJER which brings together resear- Chapter 3. - The Journalistic Adventure of Combat
his chronicles at L’Express. chers in journalism from prominent institutions, and she - The growing prestige of the clandestine Combat
is a member of the Société des Etudes Camusiennes - Editor-in-chief and columnist
From the outset, Albert Camus practiced a committed (Camusian Studies Society). She has written several - The best job in the world
journalism that condemned the injustices experienced books, including L’Élite journalistique et son pouvoir (Apogée, - Teaching editorials
by the most disadvantaged and downtrodden. His jour- 2006) and Espagnols à Bordeaux et en Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest). - Combat’s Flag Bearer
nalistic life is marked by the correspondence between - In Combat, an investigative journalism
his work and his existence, a legacy of his relationship - Against the Roots of Evil
with the world, rooted in his childhood, and a duty to - The condemnation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s
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bear witness.
- In the current context of mistrust of the media, - The comrade of typographers
rethinking and drawing inspiration from Albert Camus,
journalist seems more than necessary.
- No previous book has gathered and analyzed the
whole of the famous author’s journalistic writing, a
body of work in which his talent, social conscience and
moral commitment are already obvious.
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THE PREDATOR ALEJO CARPENTIER’S DREAM
Yvan Tetelbom VOL. 1: COABANA
—2 volumes series—
Jean-Louis Coatrieux
Yvan is a carefree 12-year-old Jewish Pied-Noir* child,
full of wonder for everything. He is suddenly frozen in
his tracks by the Algerian war, the explosion of which Alejo Carpentier, a famous Cuban journalist, and
thrusts him into a world that is too hard to cope with. writer was just as much a witness of his time: from
Cuban dictators to the War of Spain then the rise of
Nazism.
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do the “reverse exodus”. There, he finds his roots, but
Orléansville, Algeria, 1962. Yvan is a carefree 12-year-old also the fears and demons of his childhood.
Jewish Pied-Noir* child, full of wonder for everything. He The Work the Belleville district, while history threatens : rise to
Suddenly, a voice will revive his trauma and bring back power of Batista in Cuba, advance of Franco’s troops
is suddenly frozen in his tracks by the Algerian war, the to him the 12-year-old child he was… "Coabana" is the first in a series of novels dedicated to
explosion of which thrusts him into a world that is too towards Madrid and growing influence of Mussolini and
Alejo Carpentier, an extraordinary character who was, Hitler.
hard to cope with. at various times, a journalist, writer and musicologist,
Victim of a rape, persecuted by separatists who Then it is the voluntary return to Cuba while the chaos
also working in radio and film.
massacre Algerians of French origin, he is forced with The Author Alejo Carpentier was just as much a witness of his time:
of the war years looms in Europe...
his family to abandon everything and to flee to go to Yvan Tetelbom was born in the Atlas Mountains of from Cuban dictators to the War of Spain then the rise
France, like millions of French people with him. Consi- Kabylia and writes poems, performing in France and of Nazism and all the horrors that flow from these
dered as colonists by the Algerians, considered as Alge- abroad. He is a specialist in the poetry of language, periods of history. The Author
rians by the French, herded into refugee centers, they regularly going into schools and universities, as well as From his escape from Cuba to escape the police of Jean-Louis Coatrieux is an author of essays, novels,
face the segregation, anti-Semitism and racism of the places where people suffer, such as prisons, psychiatric dictator Machado, he forges an important friendship short stories and collections of poetry (published by
French administration. hospitals, reception centres and deprived with Robert Desnos — the latter does no less than Apogée, La Part Commune and Riveneuve). He has
This traumatized and uprooted child will have to learn neighbourhoods. help him to illegally leave the territory, an act which notably written Xiaoling. Nouvelles de Chine (Apogée, 2016)
to rebuild himself in a hostile world. In denial of his should have cost them dearly if they had been reported. and Alejo Carpentier, de la Bretagne à Cuba (Apogée, 2017).
12-year-old aggression, his first love stories will be a It was the same Robert Desnos who will help him
disaster and he will struggle to build stable Sales Points discover and survive in the Paris of the years 1920, the
relationships. Montparnasse of writers, painters and poets of that
Constantly a victim of segregation and anti-Semitism,
- The point of view of a 12 year-old child on the Algerian Key Sales Points
war and the forced exodus of the Pieds-Noirs. time. We will meet Hemingway, Federico Garcia Lorca,
he will be attracted to the prison world, will seek to - A fascinating excursion into the life of the Cuban
- A powerful testimony on paedophilia and its long- Picasso, etc. Men who have combined their arts and
understand what drives people of immigrant origin into writer, Alejo Carpentier.
term consequences, which recalls the recent #MeToo their political commitments to give birth to the culture
delinquency and crime. He will face the dangers of illu- - An extraordinary journey from the Caribbean to the
movement. of the 20th century.
sion and the harshness of politics, as well as death, sex, Europe of the Roaring Twenties.
- A book full of hardness and beauty. Under this exquisite description of Paris and its cultural
love and feelings of guilt. - A myriad of references to legendary artists.
turmoil, the mystery of Alejo’s ancestry unfolds little
by little when he meets his grandmother who lives in
*Algerians of French origins, decedents of settelers.
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