A recently retired Israeli Air Force general and its second-highest-scoring fighter ace, Iftach Spector is one of Israel’s living legends. He was the leader of the flight that attacked the USS Liberty in 1967. After the 1967 and 1973 wars, in which he commanded a squadron of fighter-bombers, he rose to head the IAF’s Training and War Lessons Section and later became its the Chief of Operations. He was one of the eight Israeli pilots who attacked Saddam Hussein’s nuclear reactor at Osirik in 1981. In 2003, his career took an even more dramatic turn: he was the senior signatory of the famous “Pilots’ Letter,” in which Spector and 27 other Israeli pilots stated their refusal to bomb targets in Palestine where collateral damage would likely be severe. His maverick conscience is well on display in this artfully written memoir, which is currently a 10-week-and-counting bestseller in Israel and has been licensed in Brazil as well. The son of a family that immigrated to Palestine at the turn of the 20th century, whose father and mother served in the Palmach, Israel’s early clandestine commando force, Spector has written a rich and reflective meditation on loyalty, on what is right and wrong in war, and on his dedication to the idea and reality of the state of Israel. The Pilots’ Letter ended Spector’s military career, but also made him one of the most compelling and celebrated defenders of the conscience of the Jewish state. In that battle, as in his previous battles against Nasser’s MiGs, his mother’s constant lesson to him sustained him: “All from within.” General Spector’s first book, A DREAM IN BLACK AND AZURE (1992; never translated into English), won the Sade Literary Award, given to him personally by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He has a B.A. in history and Middle East Studies from Tel Aviv University and a masters in political science from UCLA, both with honors

À l'occasion du centenaire de sa naissance, célébré en 2014, la première biographie complète de Louis de Funès, où l'on découvre non seulement l'acteur, côté cour, mais aussi, côté jardin, l'homme secret méconnu. Tout, tout, tout sur Louis de Funès… La première biographie complète d'un des acteurs préférés des Français, toutes générations confondues. Né à Courbevoie quelques heures avant la déclaration de la Grande Guerre, Louis de Funès aurait eu cent ans en 2014. Le Corniaud, La Grande Vadrouille, Fantômas, La Folie des grandeurs, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, L'Aile ou la cuisse, la saga du Gendarme de Saint-Tropez… chacun connaît ses films, synonymes de l'âge d'or de la comédie à la française. Mais que sait-on vraiment de cet homme au génie comique inimitable, que sait-on de son quotidien, de ses galères, lui qui fit mille petits boulots avant de brûler les planches et rencontra tardivement le succès ? Extrêmement fouillé et documenté, le livre de Jean-Marc Loubier nous fait découvrir un comédien intransigeant, boulimique de travail et qui choisissait ses rôles avec une minutie maniaque afin qu'ils amusent parents et enfants, mais aussi l'homme secret qui protégeait farouchement sa vie privée. À l'appui des témoignages de ses partenaires, de ses réalisateurs, des membres de sa famille qui ont pour la première fois accepté de se confier, cette bio « à l'américaine » revisite un demi-siècle d'histoire du cinéma et du théâtre en compagnie de merveilleux monstres sacrés (Bourvil, Gabin, Montand, Carmet, Coluche…), et notamment les joyeuses décennies 1960–1970. Écrivain et journaliste spécialisé dans le cinéma, Jean-Marc Loubier est l'auteur de nombreuses biographies — Louis Jouvet, Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur, Patrick Dewaere, Marilyn Monroe… — , couronné en 1997 par le prix Saint-Simon pour son livre d'entretiens avec Simone Valère et Jean Desailly, Un destin pour deux. En 1991, il publia sous le titre Le Berger des roses la première biographie consacrée à Louis de Funès. Devenu proche de la famille, il a au fil des ans pu reconstituer toute la matière de la vie de l'acteur pour nous proposer aujourd'hui sa biographie « définitive »

France eagerly awaits the day the young King, Louis XV, comes of age and breaks free from the rule of his ministers. The country hopes Louis will bring back glory and prosperity to France. However, he is too preoccupied with the thrills of hunting and gambling to notice the power struggle going on in his own court. Soon, the King is introduced to the pleasures of mistresses and a succession of lovers follows. From the gentle persuasions of Madame de Mailley to her overtly ambitious sister, Madame Vintimille, France stands by and watches a King ruled by his women…

Louise de la Valliere is the middle section of The Vicomte de Bragelonne or, Ten Years After. Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The Vicomte de Bragelonne and will end with The Man in the Iron Mask. It is early summer, 1661, and the royal court of France is in turmoil. Can it be true that the King is in love with the Duchess D’Orleans? Or has his eye been caught by the sweet and gentle Louise de la Valliere? No one is more anxious to know the answer than Raoul, son of Athos, who loves Louise more than life itself. Behind the scenes, dark intrigues are afoot. Louis XIV is intent on making himself absolute master of France. Imminent crisis shakes the now ageing Musketeers and d’Artagnan out of their complacent retirement, but is the cause just?