Les dessinateurs et les dessinatrices du New Yorker épinglent avec malice les tribulations de la vie à table : les repas en famille ou en amoureux, les pauses-café et les déjeuners sur le pouce, les dîners chics et les serveurs chocs, les hommes, les femmes, les enfants, les vegans ou les carnivores et même les animaux !
Pour ces 10 ans, la collection du New Yorker fait peau neuve. Cet album comportera également 8 cartes postales illustrées.

It will wither on the wine (ça va tourner en eau de boudin), C'est du lard ou du cochon? (Do you know where you are with it?). Décidément, depuis 3 ans que le Brexit a été voté, on n'a toujours pas compris ce que voulaient vraiment les Anglais! Jean-Loup Chiflet revient sur cette situation inextricable grâce à 150 expressions qui nous parlent d'indécision, d'échec, de farce, etc. Une bonne façon d'apprendre les expression idiomatiques anglaises les plus courantes !

La plus grande collection de dessins d'humour au monde !
Depuis 1925, le New Yorker est le magazine culte des intellectuels américains et la référence mondiale du dessin d'humour. D'Adam & Eve à Instagram, cette encyclopédie passe en revue plus de 300 thèmes : les enfants, Dieu, la technologie, l'amour, le cinéma, l'évolution...
Un seul mot d'ordre : l'élégance, le nonsense, le décalage.
Ce coffret rassemble une incroyable sélection de dessins, dont 2 500 jamais publiés en français.
Un monument d'humour et de métaphysique.

Depuis 1925, le New Yorker est " LA " référence du dessin d'humour.
Le trait léger, décalé, parfois ravageur, de ses dessinateurs est célèbre dans le monde entier. Jean-Loup Chiflet, pour qui " le nonsense a donné un sens à sa vie ", était le mieux placé pour sélectionner et commenter ces chefs-d'oeuvre qui raviront tous les amoureux des livres. Qu'y a-t-il de plus délicieux que de rire de soi-même ?

A comic about dinosaurs navigating the complexities of life, together including exclusive, never-seen-before, bonus comics a wistful, honest and highly relatable account of modern life.
Dinosaur therapy is a book of cartoons for grown-ups from the very successful web comic @dinosandcomics.
In each comic, dinosaur characters grapple with questions around the meaning of life and mental health, trying to make sense of the world and cope with their own place in it.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the writer and executive producer of the award-winning Netflix series The Good Place that made moral philosophy fun: a foolproof guide to making the correct moral decision in every situation you ever encounter, anywhere on earth, forever * ''An absolute breeze to read; funny and enlightening and revealing'' - Guardian ''Enormously enjoyable, useful and readable'' - The Times How can we live a more ethical life? This question has plagued people for thousands of years, but it''s never been tougher to answer than it is now, thanks to challenges great and small that flood our day-to-day lives and threaten to overwhelm us with impossible decisions and complicated results with unintended consequences. Plus, being anything close to an ''ethical person'' requires daily thought and introspection and hard work; we have to think about how we can be good not, you know, once a month, but literally all the time . To make it a little less overwhelming, this fascinating, accessible and funny book by one of our generation''s best writers and adept minds in television comedy, Michael Schur, boils down the whole confusing morass with real life dilemmas (from ''should I punch my friend in the face for no reason?'' to ''can I still enjoy great art if it was created by terrible people?''), so that we know how to deal with ethical dilemmas. Much as Chidi used humour and philosophy to make Eleanor a less selfish person, Schur takes us on a journey through the 2,500-year discussion of ethics, sketching a roadmap for how we ought to act along the way. By the time the book is done, we''ll know exactly how to act in every conceivable situation, so as to produce a verifiably maximal amount of moral good. We will be perfect, and all our friends will be jealous. OK, not quite. Instead, we''ll gain fresh, funny, inspiring wisdom on the toughest issues we face every day With contributions from Professor Todd May of Clemson University, who served as an advisor on The Good Place, this is a brilliant, clever and hugely entertaining book about one of the most important topics in the world. ''The problem is, if all you care about in the world is the velvet rope, you will always be unhappy, no matter which side you''re on.'' - Tahani Al-Jamil, The Good Place Lire la suite Fermer

Meilleure vente de la collection des New Yorker (15 000 exemplaires), cette nouvelle édition est enrichie de nouveaux croquis : 300 dessins pour rire des clichés sur notre pays et des américains qui viennent le visiter.

The surely soon-to-be million-copy bestselling sort-of inspirational parody..

Enter the world of me, Panda, plus my sometime-friends Cat and Teddy. You will find us living our best lives, trying (and occasionally succeeding) to be kind to each other. The cat is quite nice but can be a little bit selfish. Teddy can come across as very nice, with his squeaky voice and looking so tiny and helpless. But I must warn you, Teddy can be a vicious little backstabber, actually.
This is a book of nice illustrations and some words from which you will likely gain some sort of inspiration. Like:

''Just because you''re struggling, it doesn''t mean you''re failing... But it might do.'' ''Nothing beats kindness,'' said the cat. ''Gin does'', said Panda. ''If you don''t stop saying inspirational things to me, I''m going to punch you up the hooter.'' ''You OK, hun?'' asked Panda, but he was just taking the piss. ''We''re just so, so lucky to have each other as friends, and it''s going to make a marvellous book.''
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Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the author Tom Gauld returns with his wittiest and most trenchant collection of literary cartoons to date. Perfectly composed drawings are punctuated with the artist''s signature brand of humour, hitting high and low. After all, Gauld is just as comfortable taking jabs at Jane Eyre and Game of Thrones . Some particularly favoured targets include the pretentious procrastinating novelist, the commercial mercenary of the dispassionate editor, the wilful obscurantism of the vainglorious poet. Quake in the presence of the stack of bedside books as it grows taller! Gnash your teeth at the ever-moving deadline that the writer never meets! Quail before the critic''s incisive dissection of the manuscript! And most importantly, seethe with envy at the paragon of creative productivity! Revenge of the Librarians contains even more murders, drubbings and castigations than The Department of Mind-Blowing Theories, Baking For Kafka or any other collections of mordant scribblings by the inimitably excellent Gauld. Lire la suite Fermer

____________________________ We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how. Creativity is usually regarded as a mysterious, rare gift that only a few possess. John Cleese begs to differ, and in this short, immensely practical and often very amusing guide he shows it''s a skill that anyone can acquire. Drawing on his lifelong experience as a writer, he shares his insights into the nature of the creative process, and offers advice on how to get your own inventive juices flowing. ____________________________ ''Humorous and practical ... Whether you''re hoping to write a novel or paint a masterpiece, you''re sure to feel inspired'' OK Magazine '' His candor is endearing ... An upbeat guide to the creative process'' Kirkus ''A jovial romp ... Cleese fans will enjoy, and writers and other artists will breeze through, picking up a few nuggets of wisdom along the way'' The Festival Review ''A sincere and thoughtful guide to creativity, and a very useful book'' Graham Norton ''Wise words on the serious business of being silly'' Sunday Business Post
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A dog philosopher questions what it really means to be a 'good boy'. A virtual assistant and a robot-cleaner elope. The undiscovered species and the theoretical particle face existential despair. Just as he did with writers, poets and literary classics in Baking with Kafka , Gauld now does with hapless scientists, nanobots, and puzzling theorems - with comic strips funny enough to engage science boffins and novices alike.

In this eagerly awaited sequel, Nathan takes us back to his charming and instantly recognisable planet coloured in bright pinks, blues, greens, and purples, providing more escapades, jokes and p h r a s e s. Nathan mixes his most popular Instagram comics with more than thirty original works created exclusively for this second volume to explore four major topics: traditions, nature, emotions, and knowledge . He inducts new and longtime fans into a strangely familiar world and its culture, from "cohesion" (marriage) to "mild poison" (alcohol) to the full lyrics to "The Small Eight-Legged Creature" (sung to the tune of The Itsy Bitsy Spider ). Bright, colourful, and whimsical - yet charmingly familiar - Stranger Planet is out-of-this-world fun.
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AUTHOR SARAH ANDERSEN USES HILARIOUS (AND ADORABLE) COMICS TO ILLUSTRATE THE VERY SPECIFIC GROWING PAINS THAT OCCUR ON YOUR WAY TO BECOMING A MATURE, PUT-TOGETHER GROWNUP. ANDERSENS SPOT-ON ILLUSTRATIONS ALSO SHOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS NEWFOUND ADULTHOOD ONCE YOU ARRIVE, SINCE MATURITY IS EQUALLY AS HARD TO MAINTAIN AS IT IS TO FIND  "

2018 EISNER AWARD-WINNER - BEST HUMOUR PUBLICATION In Baking with Kafka , Tom Gauld asks the questions no one else dares ask about civilisation as we know it. - How do you get published during a skeleton apocalypse? - What was the secret of Kafka's lemon drizzle cake? - And what plot possibilities does the exploding e-cigarette offer modern mystery writers? A riotous collection of laugh-out-loud cartoons in his signature style, Baking with Kafka reaffirms Gauld's position as a first-rate cartoonist, creating work infused with a deep understanding of both literary and cartoon history.

Depuis 1925 aux E´tats-Unis, le New Yorker est « THE » référence du dessin d'humour. Le trait léger, décalé, parfois ravageur de ses dessinateurs est célèbre dans le monde entier.
Pour la première fois en français, voici 300 dessins qui épinglent avec malice les tribulations de la vie de famille : les enfants, les parents, les beaux-parents, les frères et soeurs. Les adolescents en crise, ceux qui veulent partir et ceux qui ne veulent pas quitter le nid, les repas, les fêtes et anniversaires, les cadeaux...
Jean-Loup Chiflet, pour qui « le nonsense a donné un sens à sa vie », a sélectionné et traduit ces chefs-d'oeuvre qui raviront tous les lecteurs.
A` lire absolument en famille !

100% UNOFFICIAL The newly discovered diary of Boris Alexander de Pfeffel Johnson, aged 13 Â provides a fascinating and glimpse into Johnson's innermost thoughts and feelings and will reveal a hitherto hidden side of the man best known to the country as BoJo ___ Tuesday, 20th September, 1977 During Latin this AM, our teacher Mr Beesley - he of the confetti dandruff and bodily odours - demanded that I give a brief talk on Catullus. Apparently I'd volunteered to do so last week, then forgotten about it entirely. Well, dearest D, I don't mind telling you that the Johnson brain was mightily flummoxed. Without the faintest clue what I was about to say, I rose to my feet. "Um, gosh, yes, Catullus," I began. "What can one say about Catullus? Well, I have always strived to keep my feelings on Catullus a secret. But now I shall have to let the Cat-ullus out of the bag." "Yes, yes, very good, Johnson," said Mr Beesley, "but you're meant to be telling us about his poetry". "Well, um, quite," I shot back. "Knowing, as I do, so much about Catullus - and, indeed, his poetry! - it's tough to know where to begin. Perhaps, then, I should start with the basics: Catullus was a Roman. As such, he had a roman head, roman shoulders and, of course, roman hands. Yes, that poet's hands would roam all over the place. He was the most notorious bottom-pincher in the whole republic!" Yet more laughter! Sometimes I wonder whether I should be a comedian when I grow up, rather than Prime Minister. Then again, why not BOTH? Ended the day by raiding the tuck shop, to replenish my dwindling supply of Curly Wurlies. Checked my mons pubis for hair again just now. Still nothing . . .
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Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees?

Or, that there's a Swedish word that means a traveller's particular sense of anticipation before a trip?

Lost in Translation, a New York Times bestseller, brings the nuanced beauty of language to life with over 50 beautiful ink illustrations.

The words and definitions range from the lovely, such as goya, the Urdu word to describe the transporting suspension of belief that can occur in good storytelling, to the funny, like the Malay word pisanzapra, which translates as 'the time needed to eat a banana' .

This is a collection full of surprises that will make you savour the wonderful, elusive, untranslatable words that make up a language.
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Delivering inspiration and "parenting comedy at its finest,"* here is one woman's story of ditching her fairytale dreams and falling in love with her unpredictable, chaotic, imperfect life Kristina Kuzmi has made herself a household name, speaking directly to mothers from the trenches of parenthood via her viral videos and social media presence. She is now bringing her message of self-acceptance, resilience, and joy to book readers. With a refreshingly unpretentious, funny, and galvanizing voice, Kuzmi goes behind the scenes to reveal how she went from broke and defeated to unshakably grounded and brimming with thankfulness. Illuminating the hard-won wisdom from a life always spent one step behind--whether it was as a high school student new to America, a suddenly single mother to two kids, a newlywed juggling two teens and a newborn, or the unexpected recipient of Oprah's attention and investment-- Hold On, But Don't Hold Still is the book every mother needs to reassure her that she's not only fine just as she is, but that she already has more tools and support than she can possibly imagine. Sparkling with wit, this heartfelt memoir is like a long coffee date with a best friend, or the eleventh-hour text message that gives you just the boost you need to get through the night. * The Huffington Post
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* From the writer and executive producer of the award-winning Netflix series The Good Place that made moral philosophy fun: a foolproof guide to making the correct moral decision in every situation you ever encounter, anywhere on earth, forever * How can we live a more ethical life? This question has plagued people for thousands of years, but it''s never been tougher to answer than it is now, thanks to challenges great and small that flood our day-to-day lives and threaten to overwhelm us with impossible decisions and complicated results with unintended consequences. Plus, being anything close to an ''ethical person'' requires daily thought and introspection and hard work; we have to think about how we can be good not, you know, once a month, but literally all the time . To make it a little less overwhelming, this fascinating, accessible and funny book by one of our generation''s best writers and adept minds in television comedy, Michael Schur, boils down the whole confusing morass with real life dilemmas (from ''should I punch my friend in the face for no reason?'' to ''can I still enjoy great art if it was created by terrible people?), so that we know how to deal with ethical dilemmas. Much as Chidi used humour and philosophy to make Eleanor a less selfish person, Schur takes us on a journey through the 2500-year discussion of ethics, explaining and poking fun at these grand ideas, and sketching a roadmap for how we ought to act. By the time the book is done, we''ll know exactly how to act in every conceivable situation, so as to produce a verifiably maximal amount of moral good. We will be perfect, and all our friends will be jealous. OK, not quite. Instead, we''ll gain fresh, funny, inspiring wisdom on the toughest issues we face every day With contributions from Professor Todd May of Clemson University, who served as an advisor on The Good Place, this is a brilliant, clever and hugely entertaining about one of the most important topics in the world. ''The problem is, if all you care about in the world is the velvet rope, you will always be unhappy, no matter which side you''re on.'' - Tahani Al-Jamil, The Good Place
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