Originally released in 2006 on Body & Soul, Look at Me Now was French singer La�ka Fatien's first solo album. It's the work of an artist on the rise, and the record was hailed by both the public and Jazz critics on both sides of the Atlantic. Produced by jazz specialist Gilles P�tard, the album features instrumentalists David El-Malek and Pierre de Bethmann providing wonderful accompaniment to sublimate the raw freshness of her singing. Fatien's recent albums include 2010's Nebula, produced by Me'Shell Ndeg�ocello, and 2012's Come a Little Closer, arranged by Gil Goldstein and featuring trumpeter Roy Hargrove.

Tcha Limberger is a violinist who can't be ignored. After recording in World and Traditional genres, here he returns to Swing with special guest Mozes Rosenberg (the young brother of Stochelo.) The album also features an elegant, impeccable rhythm section, both masters of swing and both from the band "Django � la Creole", namely Dave Kelbie (who also produces, having put this release together) and Sebastien Girardot. The warmth of this live recording brings out all the talent and generosity shown by Tcha and Mozes through some of the great standards... and when you hear their virtuoso playing, exceptional in this new generation of Gypsy jazz, you have to agree that the album, like Limberger and Rosenberg, just can't be ignored.

For several weeks, Philippe Dubreuil has been desperately searching for his two abducted children at the Louvre Museum. On a winter's day, an unknown mail sends it in the middle of the night to the end of the Breton heath. Clinging to this track, Philippe finds himself a spectator of a ritual murder. Called to testify by the police, he will gradually find himself at the center of a conspiracy that will explode his certainties. Philippe Dubreuil will travel Paris, Brittany, Martinique, the Alps to defeat the terrible plot in action and find his children mysteriously involved in these dramatic events. A mix of muscular action, fantasy and legends - don't they say they all carry a seed of truth in them? -this dark novel with multiple twists will take you to the heart of a merciless battle between good and evil... sometimes border tenuous. A fan of Jean-Christophe Grang�'s novels, Jacques Vandroux has written a thriller that will immerse the listener in an occult world with demonic ramifications and keep him in suspense as his hero's adventures progress.

They say the flowers of the ilang-ilang tree (ilan-ilan in Haitian Creole) have a very soothing fragrance. They used to grow in abundance in the Port-au-Prince region and have a positive influence on one's emotions... This album is the outcome of a project that began in the early Eighties, the fruit of the wonderful association between the musician Ren�l (Reynold Henrys) and the late anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot, who died in 2012. Ren�l here gives new life to popular rhythms that lie at the heart of Haiti's incredibly rich folk heritage (Kokoda, Kontredans, Petwo, Igbo etc.), in songs that Michel-Rolph Trouillot revisited with his pen. The warm, twilight voice of Ren�l is sustained by the sumptuous guitar of Serge Tamas and contributions from two tambouy�s (the percussionists Fran�ois Domergue and Ren� Dambury. This marvelous music is a gem of rare precision, and it mingles poetry and the music of the Creoles with a very contemporary sense of tradition.

Les Presses Universitaires de France and Fr�meaux & Associ�s offer this philosophical history of ecological thought, analyzed and explained by Gr�gory Quenet, professor of environmental history at the Universit� Paris Saclay UVSQ, honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France and holder of the Laudato Si' Chair at the Coll�ge des Bernardins. Humanity's relationship with nature is the object of immemorial dynamics of conquest and frugality, but the awareness of the fragility of the living world to which humanity belongs, and which accompanies the appearance of ecology as an object of reflection and study, is very recent. Understanding the stakes underlying the approaches to ecology and environmentalism in different cultures and eras allows us to respond to the new paradigms and challenges that the world must now face.

The life of young Jim Hawkins is turned upside down when an old sailor seamed with scars moves into the inn run by his parents. Who really is the one nicknamed the "captain"? Why is he hiding? When the pirates attack the inn one night, Jim only has time to flee, and he takes with him the secret of the old forban: the map of an island housing a fabulous treasure... This masterpiece The undisputed work of an adventure master gives life to the mythical figures of merciless pirates, desperate to appropriate the coveted loot that the discovery of Treasure Island promises. "Treasure Islands" is a Pirates adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It's influence is huge on the popular perception of pirates.

A handsome, robust dog, Buck leads a peaceful existence with his master in California. His life is turned upside down the day he is kidnapped and sold to a sled dog dealer. Arrived in the Far North, he discovers the cold, the violence and the suffering. In this world of ice and blood, Buck gradually rediscovers his primitive instincts... This great classic of American literature was written by Jack London after his experience of a gold rush in Canada's Far North. Repatriated after suffering from scurvy, the author for several generations forges an unforgettable picture of a wild, brutal and indomitable nature.

Les Presses Universitaires de France and Fr�meaux & Associ�s offer this biography of Catherine de Medici by C�line Borello, professor of modern history at the University of Le Mans and specialist in Protestantism. While tensions are very strong everywhere - we are in the 16th century, that of the Wars of Religion - Catherine de Medici is pursuing a policy of appeasement between Catholics and Protestants. Queen of France, regent and mother of monarchs, her place in the kingdom's political spectrum is unprecedented. He is also one of the most prolific patrons of his time. Accused of the worst atrocities by her contemporaries, the "filthy Jezebel" (Michelet) drags behind her a stubborn black legend. C�line Borello is leading the investigation and here sheds new light on a statesman, passionate about the arts, an attentive mother, who has marked her time through the breadth of her political and cultural action.

Raised upon the death of his parents by the fearsome domestic dragon whom Heaven gave him for a sister, Pip (Philip Pirrip) seems destined for the obscure existence of a young villager without fortune. This is to count without the benevolence of the tutelary deities who watch over his childhood. Because Pip has the privilege of living in the midst of singular creatures whose very existence gives credence to the belief in miracles: first of all, there is the good-natured smile, the protective and accomplice friendship of his brother-in-law, the blacksmith Joe Gargery, then the terrifying but soon miraculous meeting of Abel Magwitch, a convict with a big heart, emulated by Jean Valjean, who will know how to return his modest benefit a hundredfold. But above all there is the picturesque Miss Havisham and her dazzling protege, Estella. Estella with the predestined name, whose cold and fascinating beauty both exalts and despairs young Pip: "I looked at the stars and thought that it would be awful for a man dying of thirst to turn his head. Face to them and find neither help nor pity in this scintillating multitude. For the "great hopes" which bring young Pip are not the prosaic aspirations of Victorian England, it's search for comfort or respectability, but rather the powers of dreams which make us seek happiness beyond Wisdom.

Les Presses Universitaires de France and Fr�meaux & Associ�s offer this biography of Diogenes, analyzed and explained by Jean-Manuel Roubineau, lecturer in ancient history and specialist in social history and the history of ancient sport. An atypical philosopher, Diogenes did not forbid any extravagance, did not submit to any of the social conventions in force in the Greece of his time, the 4th century BC. But if Diogenes has remained, until today, a familiar figure in Western culture, it is first and foremost because of his role in the birth of a major philosophical current: the cynicism. Passed successively through all conditions - citizen, foreigner, slave, freed - Diogenes displays his detachment with regard to social and political affiliations, until he declares himself a citizen of the world and, at the same time, inventing cosmopolitanism. Jean-Manuel Roubineau retraces Diogenes' journey in a clear and lively way and allows us to grasp the complexity of the philosopher.

30 years ago I published an album for the Gallery Fr�meaux & Associ�s, and it included six great lithographies that Daniel Humair created under the title Scratch Bop and Paper". The brush-strokes of the narrative abstracts in Daniel's paintings always reminded me of the fundamental traits in his sticks hitting a drum skin, and in the flat tints of his painted works I could almost see the sometimes long harmonies that came from his cymbals. Daniel can detach himself from the instrument that provides a supporting frame to become a humble conductor who arranges the most creative configurations, carrying musicians who are "blowers" into a state of trance. Our Humair, a master of the drums, illustrates Charles Cros' famous words, "A record means three minutes of silence to be decorated." Because Daniel is quite uninhibited in decorating this "Drum Thing" where his partners, the wonderful soloists Vincent L� Quang and Yoann Loustalot (the trio's guests) can contribute to the rhythm setting provided by St�phane Kerecki, another masterful player, and one of the greatest jazz drummers in the world." (Patrick Fremeaux)

“There was something kind of inevitable about the way Bird played, and it was very direct and very melodic and it transcended the limitations of the horn.” Gerry MULLIGAN The aim of 'The Complete Charlie Parker', compiled for Fremeaux & Associes by Alain Tercinet, is to present (as far as possible) every studio-recording by Parker, together with titles featured in radio-broadcasts. Private recordings have been deliberately omitted from this selection to preserve a consistency of sound and aesthetic quality equal to the genius of this artist.

“The pen-worker tracing his drab, black letters to paper eventually forgets that words have a sensual beauty. The voice of Greco comes as if to remind him of this. In a soft, warm light she brushes against them, setting them ablaze.” Jean-Paul Sartre “From Francois Mauriac and Jacques Prevert to Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel, Leo Ferre and many, many others, this Great Lady, in the course of an exceptional career spanning some six decades, has invariably supplied us with proof that the French Chanson genre is indeed an “Art with a capital A”. There’s no doubt about it: the 36 titles carefully selected for this set by the knowledgeable Dany Lallemand, all recorded between 1950 and 1957, are the most emblematic songs in Juliette Greco’s repertoire. Claude Colombini-Fremeaux

Claire Elzi�re, the greatest ambassador for songs that belong to France's national heritage, here sings a vibrant tribute to Juliette Greco with a set of emblematic titles by the songstress they called "The Muse of Saint-Germain-des-Pr�s". Produced by Dominique Cravic (of the Ukul�l� Club de Paris, Les Primitifs du Futur etc.) and Gr�gory Veux (T�tes de Chien, Pierre Louki...), and by Kenichi Takahashi for the Respect Record label in Tokyo, this album stands out in it's magnificent approach to the great 'songbook' that Greco rendered sublime throughout her career. There is an astounding precision in Claire Elzi�re's tone and the subtlety of the music's arrangements: both Greco and this recording from Elzi�re are unforgettable.

Les Presses Universitaires de France et Fremeaux & Associes proposent cette histoire du sport antique, analysee et expliquee par Jean-Manuel Roubineau, ma�tre de conferences a l'Universite de Rennes, specialiste d'histoire sociale de la Grece ancienne et d'histoire du sport. Pratique du quotidien, spectacle offrant des prouesses, le sport fait partie integrante de nos vies. Pourtant il est rare de s'interroger sur ses origines. Cette pratique, qui tire ses racines de l'Antiquite, a ete inventee deux fois. Jean- Manuel Roubineau revient sur cette curieuse naissance. Il etudie ici l'ensemble de l'univers sportif, soucieux de restituer la signification antique des pratiques sportives. Tout en mettant en lumiere les differences qui separent notre conception moderne du sport de celle de l'Antiquite, l'historien souligne les similitudes avec nos pratiques actuelles, comme l'apparition de la figure sociale de l'athlete et la gloire qui entoure le vainqueur et celle d'un fervent public et meme la dietetique athletique. Une histoire incontournable pour saisir les fondements du sport contemporain. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX Presses Universitaires de France and Fremeaux & Associes are offering this history of ancient sport, analysed and explained by Jean-Manuel Roubineau, lecturer at the University of Rennes and a specialist in the social history of ancient Greece and the history of sport. Whether it's an everyday practice or a show of prowess, sport is an integral part of our lives. Yet we rarely ask questions about it's origins. This practice, which has it's roots in antiquity, has been invented twice. Jean- Manuel Roubineau looks back at this curious birth. He examines the whole world of sport, with a view to restoring the ancient significance of sporting practices. While highlighting the differences that separate our modern conception of sport from that of Antiquity, the historian underlines the similarities with our current practices, such as the emergence of the social figure of the athlete, the glory that surrounds the victor and that of a fervent public, and even athletic dietetics. This is an essential history for understanding the foundations of contemporary sport. Audiobook. In French