Yvan Pommaux

"Oedipus is born to a terrible fate. Can he escape it to save himself and his family? An oracle makes a ghastly prediction: the young prince will kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, King Laius decides to kill his infant son before he can ever grow up to fulfill that prophecy. But destiny can't be avoided so easily. That child is Oedipus, who lives to lead a country"--Publisher.

"All of Us is a collective history of the world, told from an uncommon point of view. Written in the first-person plural, All of Us is a book of our history, emphasizing our unity as a species, beginning with the birth of our planet and our common origins in Africa, and describing how we came to be who we are in all our numerous guises. As hunter-gatherers and nomads, inventors of tools, farmers and breeders, we evolved in various ways, influenced...

A muskrat who believes children are weak and cowardly because they sit around the house all day, gets a boy and girl into a dangerous situation. The children are stranded on an island inhabited by a monster, and, with the help of the now repentant muskrat and his friend, manage to survive and escape proving that they are resourceful and courageous.

Following in his father's footsteps, Jean becomes a pirate at the age of nine and goes to war on the high seas. However, in time a young girl wins his heart and changes his life.