Rien n'est impossible a celui qui croit. Quelles que soient vos circonstances actuelles, ce que vous allez apprendre va radicalement changer le cours de votre scolarite. Vous allez decouvrir que les secrets de la reussite scolaire sont a votre portee. Votre reussite scolaire ne depend ni de votre origine culturelle, ni de la couleur de votre peau, ni de votre contexte social, ni de la richesse de vos parents, ni de votre quartier. Je vous souhaite une bonne lecture et surtout la reussite dans votre scolarite."

An autobiographical novel of growing up in the multicultural environment of contemporary France tells the story of Azouz Begag, the son of an illiterate Algerian immigrant in Lyon and his coming of age in a world of ethnic and racial tensions.

Master the words and phrases necessary for handling everyday situations Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary helps you develop your vocabulary by providing practice in word-building and encouraging you to analyze new words for an ever-increasing vocabulary. Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for an increasing vocabulary, you are able to perfect your new words with plenty of exercises and gain the confidence to communicate well in French. Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary offers you: More than 120 exercises Concise grammatical explanations A new chapter on contemporary vocabulary An answer key to gauge your comprehension With help from this book, you can easily speak or write in French about: Different occupations and jobs * French holidays and traditions * Taking the train * Growing your own garden * Where it hurts on your body * Your house * Your family and friends * What you studied in school * Your favorite TV show * Your family's background . . . and much more!

A young writer has his heart set on his aunt's large apartment. With this seemingly simple conceit, the characters of The Planetarium are set in orbit and a galaxy of argument, resentment, and bitterness erupts. Telling the story from various points of view, Sarraute focuses below the surface, on the emotional lives of the characters in a way that surpasses even Virginia Woolf. Always deeply engaging, The Planetarium reveals the deep disparity between the way we see ourselves and the way others see us.

"They padded their way into adulthood; growing up, they learned to line what they felt." Dedicated to all the kids inside grown bodies who have a lot to say, but don't always know how. Tongues Tied, Lauren Ducrey's first chapbook, is a collection of thinking, often philosophizing, poems. It enacts the belief poetry has a unique ability to reconcile the analytical mind with a sense of playfulness, intuition and authentic expression. Full of contemplation of the relational, we find a speaker looking to understand the different selves within her, within others, and the world. The poems find diverse subject areas and conceits-from theoretical physics to grammar to psychology-to base this exploration of reconciliation upon. The book further bridges the worlds of thought and sensation by bringing vivid artwork by French artist Erwan de Beauchaine into conversation with the poems, under the art direction of David Cocciante. As suchTongues Tied offers multiple doors to access poetry for those less familiar with the art form: the falsely naive drawing of two embracing faces might bring your attention to a few verses about two lovers' first encounter. Or you might pause on a bold lettered quote in one of the two page inserts that punctuate the book.Tongues Tied makes a bid to those who do not instinctively feel at home in the poetry section to take a moment and explore what it would feel like for all of us to belong here.