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CULTURETHÈQUE ONLINE LIBRARY

A collaborative website by Institut Français & Fondation Alliance Française aux Etats-Unis. Browse online magazines, ebooks, newspapers, films, comics, podcasts, music, children’s content, and language learning resources for all levels and ages.

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Astérix et la transitalique

By:
Jean-Yves Ferri
Thierry Mébarki
Type:
Book
Year:
2017
Language:
French (France)
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Les personnages créés par les deux génies du 9e art Albert Uderzo et René Goscinny sont de retour ! Après Astérix chez les Pictes et Le Papyrus de César, Astérix et Obélix reviennent dans Astérix et la Transitalique, le nouvel album signé par les talentueux Jean-Yves Ferri et Didier Conrad. N'en déplaise à Obélix, les Italiques, les habitants de l'Italie, ne sont pas tous des Romains, au contraire ! Les Italiques tiennent à préserver leur autonomie et voient d'un mauvais oeil les velléités de domination de Jules César et ses légions. Dans Astérix et la Transitalique, nos héros favoris s'engagent dans une aventure palpitante à la découverte de cette surprenante Italie antique !

General - Comic & Graphic Novels

Ne rêvons pas!

By:
Greg,
Type:
Book
Year:
1994
Language:
French (France)
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General - Comic & Graphic Novels

Achille Talon et l'esprit d'Éloi

By:
Greg
Type:
Book
Year:
1980
Language:
French (France)
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General - Comic & Graphic Novels

La fiancée de Lucky Luke

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Vidal
Type:
Book
Year:
2001
Language:
French (France)
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General - Comic & Graphic Novels

Les agresseurs

By:
Charlier
Type:
Book
Year:
1988
Language:
French (France)
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General - Comic & Graphic Novels

Vert cruel

By:
Yann Queffélec
Type:
Book
Year:
2003
Language:
French (France)
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General - Literature

Le festin fou de Noel

Type:
Periodical
Year:
Dec 1 2023
Language:
French (France)
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Children&Youth - Children
Magazines & Periodicals

Tamata et l'Alliance

Mémoires

By:
Bernard Moitessier
Type:
Book
Year:
1993
Language:
French (France)
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General - Literature

Les dernieres nuits de Paris

By:
Philippe Soupault
Type:
Book
Year:
1997
Language:
French (France)
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General - Literature

Pas si fous, ces Francais!

By:
Jean-Benoit Nadeau
Julie Barlow
Type:
Book
Year:
2005
Language:
French (France)
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General - Literature

Boumkoeur

By:
Rachid Djaïdani
Type:
Book
Year:
1999
Language:
French (France)
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" Mon âge est de 21 hivers, je porte un jean 501, un pull bleu, sur mon poignet droit une gourmette en argent avec le prénom d'Hamel, mon défunt petit frangin, j'habite au 12e étage d'une des tours de la cité, je suis au chômage. J'aime bien la vie en général, mais j'aime pas le rap de variétés, qui me parle de bouger de là et qui me dit de me balancer les bras en l'air parce que ma vie est funkie. Je suis un requin assassin grâce à la morsure de mon phrasé. Je me planque avec mon pote Grézi qui a commis une bêtise à la sortie d'une école... " R.D. Ce premier roman de Rachid Djaïdani, comédien, boxeur, écrivain, jaillit dans une magnifique sauvagerie libératrice. Un regard cru et juste sur une jeunesse qui invente ses propres repères, sa propre culture, au risque de rompre avec le reste de la société.

General - Literature

Le dernier ami

By:
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Type:
Book
Year:
2004
Language:
French (France)
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General - Literature

L'ile du crane

By:
Anthony Horowitz
Type:
Book
Year:
1990
Language:
French (France)
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Children&Youth - Teen

La lucarne

By:
Jacqueline Harpman
Type:
Book
Year:
2003
Language:
French (France)
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General - Literature

L'amour fou

By:
André Breton
Type:
Book
Year:
1937
Language:
French (France)
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Pierre Joseph Landry

Patriot, Planter, Sculptor

By:
Katherine H. Burlison
Richard A. Lewis
William A. Fagaly
Type:
Book
Language:
French (France)
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Louisianian

A blacksmith's son goes to war

The story of William Smith

By:
Thomas M. Brennan
Type:
Book
Year:
2015
Language:
English (United States)
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Louisianian
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Cane River

Documenting the cane river creole legacy

By:
Janet Colson
Rhonda Gauthier
Type:
Book
Language:
French (France)
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Louisianian

Courir

By:
David Simpson
Type:
Book
Year:
2023
Language:
French (France)
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Louisianian

Notre ami venu de loin

Type:
Periodical
Year:
Oct 1 2023
Language:
French (France)
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Children&Youth - Children
Magazines & Periodicals

Bon voyage Pere Noel!

Type:
Periodical
Year:
Dec 1 2023
Language:
French (France)
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Children&Youth - Children
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La cantoche

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Periodical
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French (France)
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Children&Youth - Children
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Qui a peur du loup?

Type:
Periodical
Year:
Nov 1 2023
Language:
French (France)
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Children&Youth - Children
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Toupie les Jeux de l'ecole

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Periodical
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French (France)
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Toupie Eliot et Zoe les apprentis cuisiners

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Periodical
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French (France)
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Les Filmes des Caravanes Des Dix Mots (24 Courts-Metrages)

Type:
DVD
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French (France)
Subtitles:
French (France)
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Media - Films (DVDs)
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Les Filmes des Caravanes Des Dix Mots (La Parole)

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DVD
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French (France)
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French (France)
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La Caravane de Dix Mots (Detonnant)

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DVD
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French (France)
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French (France)
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Media - European Films (DVDs)

Lettres à un jeune romancier senegalais

By:
Alain Mabanckou
Type:
Book
Language:
French (France)
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General
General - Literature
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Celeste sauve la ville

By:
Courtney Kelly P.E.
Type:
Book
Language:
French (France)
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Children&Youth - Early Readers
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Le Commerce Des Allonges

By:
Alain Mabanckou
Type:
Book
Language:
French (France)
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General
General - Literature
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Les cigognes sont immortelles

By:
Alain Mabanckou
Type:
Book
Year:
2019
Language:
French (France)
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General
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Black Bazar

By:
Alain Mabanckou
Type:
Book
Language:
French (France)
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General
General - Literature
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Les Annees

By:
Annie Ernaux
Type:
Book
Language:
French (France)
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General - Literature
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Lulu Femme Nue

By:
Etienne Davodeau
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Book
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French (France)
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General - Literature
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Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours

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Jules Verne
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Book
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French (France)
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Germinal

By:
Émile Zola
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Book
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French (France)
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General - Literature
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Cinq Contes

By:
Guy de Maupassant
Type:
Book
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French (France)
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General - Literature
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l'elephant n 43

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Periodical
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French (France)
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Magazines & Periodicals
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L'enquete Deuxieme Partie

By:
P. Xavier and W. Vance and J. Van Hamme
Type:
Book
Language:
French (France)
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General - Comic & Graphic Novels

Le hoquet du perroquet

Type:
Periodical
Language:
French (France)
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Children&Youth - Early Readers
Magazines & Periodicals
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Bonjour coccinelle, bonjour printemps !

Type:
Periodical
Year:
Apr 1 2024
Language:
French (France)
Estimated availability:
Today

Children&Youth - Children
Magazines & Periodicals
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La maison Tellier et autres histoires de femmes galantes

By:
Guy de Maupassant
Pascaline Mourier-Casile
Type:
Book
Year:
1991
Language:
French (France)
Estimated availability:
Today

Lire et voir les classiques : la collection de référence qui allie le texte et l'image. Dans chaque volume, le texte intégral, une préface, un dossier historique et littéraire, un cahier iconographique en couleurs. A travers ces quatorze histoires, Maupassant se révèle vraiment le peintre des " filles ", dont il décrit l'univers avec une franche exactitude. Il est vrai, comme on le constatera dans le dossier, que la prostituée est un des grands thèmes littéraires du XIXe siècle, de Balzac à Zola, en passant par Baudelaire, Dumas fils, les Goncourt Huysmans.

General - Classics
New Acquisitions

La Chartreuse de Parme

By:
Pierre-Louis Rey
Stendhal
Type:
Book
Year:
1989
Language:
French (France)
Estimated availability:
Today

Fasciné par Napoléon qu'il rêve de rejoindre, Fabrice del Dongo arrive à Waterloo quand commence la bataille. Abandonnant la carrière des armes à laquelle il aspirait, il consent à devenir prélat. Une comédie humaine dont le héros trouve son paradis en pr

General - Classics
New Acquisitions

Un amour de Swann

suivi d'un "parcours proustien"

By:
Marcel Proust
Type:
Book
Year:
1993
Language:
French (France)
Estimated availability:
Today

General - Classics
New Acquisitions

La Digue

L'épique saga de la famille Caskey

By:
Michael McDowell
Type:
Book
Year:
2022
Language:
French (France)
Estimated availability:
Today

General - Literature
New Acquisitions

Dans L'ombre Du Soleil : Réflexions Sur La Race Et Les Récits

By:
Esi Edugyan
Type:
Book
Year:
2024
Language:
French (France)
Estimated availability:
Today

General - Literature
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Histoires merveilleuses pour attendre le pere Noel

Type:
Periodical
Language:
French (France)
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Children&Youth - Children
Magazines & Periodicals
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Des dauphins dans le fleuve

Type:
Periodical
Language:
French (France)
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Children&Youth - Children
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Pilier de barre

By:
Christophe Cazenove
Stédo,
Type:
Book
Year:
2012
Language:
French (France)
Estimated availability:
Today

Interventions, gardes, manœuvres... Comme si nos pompiers ne croulaient pas déjà sous le travail. Et voilà qu’ils se mettent en tête de tester l’un des leurs, Horace ! Ce jeune pompier qui n’a jusque-là jamais vraiment brillé ferait-il un bon chef d’équipe ? Pourrait-il donner des ordres, analyser une situation, prendre des initiatives, gérer une intervention de A à Z ? La réponse est évidemment non ! Mais c’est bien de vouloir vérifier...

General - Comic & Graphic Novels
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