samedi 3 août 2013

Jane Green's last novel, The Beach House, was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured her largest audience yet. From the sunny green lawns of Connecticut to the cafés of London to the sandy beaches of Nantucket, Green draws from her own life to craft each delicious story and the resulting tales resonate with women everywhere.

Dune Road is another fun and fearless adventure that will take Green's many fans from laughter to tears and back again. The novel is set in the beach community of a tony Connecticut town. Our heroine is a single mom who works for a famous-and famously reclusive-novelist. When she stumbles on a secret that the great man has kept hidden for years, she knows that there are plenty of women in town who would love to get their hands on it-including some who fancy the writer for themselves. Dune Road is the story of life in an exclusive beach town after the tourists have left for the summer and the eccentric (and moneyed) community sticks around. Dune Road will surely be the book to pack in beach bags next summer.

jeudi 1 août 2013

 
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EXPO 67 / États-Unis-d'Amérique

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/expo/0533020215_f.html
Situé à l'extrémité ouest de l'île Sainte-Hélène, à côté du pavillon de l'URSS dont il est séparé par le chenal Le Moyne, le pavillon des États-Unis d'Amérique, d'une apparence étonnamment belle, est sans contredit l'une des structures ayant le plus marqué Expo 67. Même s'il suscite d'abord la controverse, certaines personnes le jugeant trop audacieux, le dôme géodésique de l'architecte Richard Buckminster Fuller s'avère rapidement l'un des symboles les plus forts de l'Expo. La couleur des parois extérieures se transforme sous l'effet des rayons du soleil grâce à un revêtement en acrylique et, le soir venu, le dôme s'illumine.Les visiteurs sont ébahis lorsqu'ils entrent dans ce chef-d'œuvre d'architecture de 80 mètres de diamètre et d'une hauteur de 20 étages. Lorsqu'ils empruntent le minirail, l'expérience est d'autant plus saisissante.

À l'intérieur du pavillon, diverses expositions sont présentées. Le cinéma américain et plusieurs aspects du monde du spectacle y occupent une place importante. Les beaux-arts sont représentés notamment par des œuvres du mouvement pop art et op art (arts visuels). On y relate également l'arrivée et la vie des premiers colons européens en terre américaine. De plus, les visiteurs peuvent en apprendre davantage sur les réalisations et les projets des astronautes, tout comme sur leurs outils de travail. Ces expositions illustrent bien le thème du pavillon : l'Amérique créatrice.
Le dôme géodésique, offert à la ville de Montréal par le président Lyndon B. Johnson, abrite aujourd'hui la Biosphère, un centre d'observation environnementale.
 
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Faut pas être claustrophobe!

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dimanche 28 juillet 2013


Behind the well-known U.S. security organizations-- the FBI and CIA among them--lies a heavily guarded, anonymous government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and to a highly specialized brand of citizen protection. Shock waves of alarm ripple through the clandestine agency when Washington, D.C., police detective Ryan Kessler inexplicably becomes the target of Henry Loving, a seasoned, ruthless "lifter" hired to obtain information using whatever means necessary. While Loving is deft at torture, his expertise lies in getting an "edge" on his victim--leverage--usually by kidnapping or threatening family until the "primary" caves under pressure.
The job of keeping the Kessler family alive falls to a man named Corte, a senior federal protection officer known as a "shepherd." Uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a passionate board game aficionado, he applies brilliant gaming strategy to his work. For Corte, the reappearance of Loving--the man who, six years earlier, had tortured and killed someone close to him--is also an opportunity to avenge his friend's death. The assignment soon escalates into a fast-paced duel between Corte and Loving, a dangerous volley of wits and calculated risks.
As he shepherds the Kesslers to a concealed safe house, Corte must anticipate Loving's every step as the lifter moves in on his prey, and with the help of razor-sharp investigator Claire DuBois and his longtime ally, FBI agent Paul Fredericks, pinpoint which of Kessler's seemingly insignificant cases has triggered Loving's return. As the team digs deeper, each of the Kesslers comes under close scrutiny, and in captivity their family bonds are stretched to the breaking point--as the lifter draws near, Corte must ultimately choose between protecting his charges and exposing them to a killer in the name of long-awaited revenge.

samedi 27 juillet 2013

 
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Délicieux avec des spaghettis, + + du Parmigiano-Reggiano+ du poivre. Posted by Picasa
 
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