Un beau jour d'été

Un papa raconte à son jeune fils l'origine de chacun de ses tatouages. Les âges et les souvenirs se mêlent. Dragon sorti du livre chéri de son enfance, grande roue où il a rencontré l'amour, paysage douloureux quand il était soldat... Son corps est comme un grand livre ouvert sur l'histoire de sa vie, qu'il transmet à son garçon. Jusqu'à ce dernier tatouage, le plus récent : une date de naissance, celle de son fils, bien sûr. Une conversation simple et forte autour des tatouages, décomplexés et bien loin des clichés, vécus comme la trace d'une histoire en train de s'écrire.

A modern classic on exploring and understanding the Antarctic, the most uncharted place on our planet.Terra Incognita is a meditation on the landscape, myths and history of one of the remotest parts of the globe, as well as an encounter with the international temporary residents of the region - living in close confinement despite the surrounding acres of white space - and the mechanics of day-to-day life in extraordinary conditions. Through Sara Wheeler, the Antarctic is revealed, in all its seductive mystery.'Antarctica could hope for no better chronicler: spirited, humorous and highly intelligent, she is also a writer of rare talent' Observer

You guys really are the axis of evil', our guide splutters over his stein of beer in the Pyongyang duck restaurant. 'You're always leaning out of the windows and taking photographs when I tell you not to.' In an age of plastic knives on planes, Tony Wheeler can make the extraordinary daim of having visited all the rogue countries currently on newsreaders' Iips. Bad Lands is a witty first-hand account of his travels through some of the most repressive and dangerous regimes in the world: Afghanistan, Albania, Burina (Myanmar), Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea and Saudi Arabia. Taking into account each country's attitude to human rights, terrorism and foreign policy, he asks 'what makes a country truly evil?' and 'how bad is really bad?', all the while engaging with a colourful cast of locals and hapless tour guides, ruminating on history and debunking popular myths. Written by the founder of Lonely Planet, this fascinuting account of life in these closed-off countries will appeal to anyone with an interest in the state of the world today.

Travelling along the infamous "Axis of Evil" led to Tony Wheeler's Bad Lands now he's going deeper into the world's darkest corners to explore a rogue's gallery of troubled nations. Every country has its problems, but some problems seem so vexed, so intractable, so absurd, you can only shake your head. Tony Wheeler trains his well-travelled eyes on some of these places and attempts to understand how things got so messed up. Along the way he gets stoned (with the thrown variety) in Palestine, scores a speeding ticket in Zimbabwe, gets arrested for photographing a bar in the Congo, and visits Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad in Pakistan. Join Tony and find out if there's a happily-ever-after in these tales from the dark side.