MICHAEL PYE

Le magasin de Lucia Müller-Rossi est un des plus beaux du quartier chic de Zurich. Ce que personne ne sait – ou ne veut vraiment savoir –, c''est que l''élégante antiquaire appréciée de tous fait en

Dans le car où Martin Arkenhout, lycéen hollandais de 18 ans, est monté pour rejoindre sa famille d'accueil en Floride, tous s'ennuient. Sur un coup de tête de jeune homme riche, son voisin, Seth Goodman qui se rend à New York, lui propose d'effectuer le trajet en voiture. Mais celle-ci tombe en panne et Seth est blessé par un chauffard qui s'enfuit. Que faire ? Au c?ur des marécages infestés de crocodiles qui l'entourent, Martin décide de vivre un autre destin que celui auquel il est promis. Il achève son compagnon et prend son identité. Mais le risque d'être reconnu le force bientôt à prendre d'autres vies. New York, les Bahamas, Singapour, l'horrible fuite en avant le conduit dans le monde entier jusqu'au jour où il commet une erreur: Christopher Hart, sa dernière victime, est recherché pour vol de tableaux, et John Costa, le conservateur du British Museum qui s'est lancé à ses trousses, n'a pas l'intention de lâcher prise.

"Skilful means" is the key principle of the great tradition of Mahayana Buddhism. First set out extensively in the Lotus Sutra, it originates in the Buddha's compassionate project for helping others to transcend the ceaseless round of birth and death. His strategies or interventions are "skilful means" - devices which lead into enlightenment and nirvana. Michael Pye's clear and engaging introductory guide presents the meaning of skilful means in the formative writings, traces its antecedents in the legends of early Buddhism and explores links both with the Theravada tradition and later Japanese Buddhism. First published in 1979, the book remains the best explanation of this dynamic philosophy, which is essential for any complete understanding of Buddhis.

Sarah Freeman sees a table in an antique shop in Zurich that she recognizes immediately as one she owned before the war--and, as a result, the shop's owner is forced to confront episodes in her own life that she had hoped to forget. The story is told from several points of view, including that of the antique dealer's son, whose memories conflict with hers in several important ways. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.

Martin Arkenhout found his true calling on a lonely Florida highway -- with a sharp rock to the skull of an injured friend. He didn''t just take the boy''s life; he went on to live it. When that life became too risky, he found another, and another, changing his name, papers and style at will, until he chose the wrong life -- a scholarly thief on the run from the determined and troubled John Costa. The two men will meet, and there will be murder. But there is something much worse: the sweet seduction of taking another''s life to be your own. Chillingly suspenseful, brilliantly executed and truly disturbing, Taking Lives is an entertainment to make you think and shiver.

Ser una persona diferente de quien somos y empezar una nueva vida con un insospechado abanico de posibilidades es una idea con la que más de uno ha soñado alguna vez. Y esto es lo que le ocurre a Martin Arkenhout, un estudiante holandes de visita en Norteamerica, que en un abrir y cerrar de ojos decide adoptar la identidad de un compañero de viaje muerto en accidente.