New Acquisitions
December 2011

View full list here! Highlights below.

Novels: a wide selection of historical novels; the latest Inspector Adamsberg mystery by the popular Fred Vargas (L'armée furieuse); bestselling novels L’insomnie des étoiles by Marc Dugain and Nagasaki by Eric Faye

Learners of French take note! The newest edition of the ever-popular and very useful text by Saul Rosenthal (French words you use without knowing it) is now available.

Literature/Non-Fiction: A glimpse into the lives and thoughts of some French personalities of the cultural world: Yves Saint Laurent, Michel Drucker and Bernard Pivot; the ever-prolific Jean d’Ormesson shares his thoughts on the existence of God and the destiny of man in the afterlife (C'est une chose étrange à la fin que le monde); Olivier Poivre d'Arvor questions the artistic future of Europe in the face of the overwhelming cultural presence of the US (Bug made in France ou L'histoire d'une capitulation culturelle); Mathieu Lindon pays homage to Michel Foucault and his father Jérôme Lindon, in this years Prix Médicis winner (Ce qu'aimer veut dire)

Kids: Lots of new Tintin and Lucky Luke comic books for kids, and songs and comptines on CD!

New Periodical Title!
Think French

Think French is an online magazine that brings a language and cultural learning experience directly to your computer! An engaging and non-intimidating approach to language learning, Think French is designed to improve your French while teaching you about life and culture in French-speaking country. It is full of engaging and colorful articles, authentic audio clips, practical French vocabulary and grammar, lessons and information that are useful and effective to continually improve your French skills. Suitable for levels B1 and above. The magazine and the accompanying materials are available on CD. Just pop the CD in your computer and follow the instructions to access the text, MP3 files, links or video clips. The full text of the magazine is included on the CD, which you may print out from your computer at home.

Apprendre le français avec TV5MONDE est disponible sur Facebook 
Apprenants du français: prenez note ! Créée il y a quelques semaines, la page « Le français avec TV5MONDE » vous propose 1 idée par jour pour perfectionner votre français : exercices interactifs, jeux, actualités du français et de la francophonie, concours, ressources sur les cultures francophones, etc. Parlez-en autour de vous et...rejoignez TV5MONDE sur FACEBOOK!

Nouvelle application iPhone app « 7 jours sur la planète »
Apprenants du français: prenez note ! Maitrisez le français de l’actualité internationale avec la nouvelle version de l’application « 7 jours sur la planète pour iPhone, iPod touch et iPad.
Apprendre le français avec « 7 jours sur la planète »

NEW! Quebec Collection

The Haskell Library announces its newest collection: Quebec. This selection of materials has been made possible by a generous donation from the Quebec Government Office in New York.

Learn about this francophone province of Canada, its history and culture and what makes it truly unique in the world. Discover Quebec's best-loved authors, artists and film makers through a diverse array of novels, music CDs, and DVDs.

The Quebec collection is located on the upper level (La Ruche)
of the Haskell Library.

For a list of all the titles available in this collection, search the following term in the online catalog: ser=Quebec.

Prix littéraires 2011

Grand Prix du Roman de l’Académie française
Retour à Killybegs, Sorj Chalandon (Grasset)

Prix Goncourt
L’art français de la guerre, Alexis Jenni (Gallimard)

Prix Femina
Jayne Mansfield 1967, Simon Liberati (Grasset)

Prix Médicis
Ce qu’aimer veut dire, Mathieu Lindon (POL)

Prix Renaudot
Limonov, Emmanuel Carrère (POL)

Prix Interallié
Tout, tout de suite, Morgan Sportès (Fayard)

New! French Periodicals digitally via Europresse!

Read French periodicals at the Library, in classrooms and on your personal laptop or tablet FIAF with Europresse!

With Europresse, the new electronic resource offered through FIAF’s Haskell Library, you can…

• Consult over 1,500 periodical titles in French and English along with their archives
• Read the press on the Library’s computers or on your laptop or tablet anywhere in the FIAF building via WiFi
• Conduct unlimited searches on any topic of your choosing
• Print or save articles to your own computer

With Europresse, you have access to 240 French sources, including: Courrier International, L’Equipe, Express, Le Figaro, Historia, Libération, Lire, Magazine littéraire, Le Monde (+ le Monde de l’Education, le Monde diplomatique, Le Point, Recherche et Télérama among others.

Plango!
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This new phone APP allows you to purchase (@$5.99) and store on your portable phone the extremely popular "Essentials" programs produced by the Bien-Dire team of Lyon, France, such as "the Good Pronunciation Guide" "Se présenter" and "Authentically French expressions" (Levels A1-A2). You can also download the Champs-Elysees audio programs (Level B1-B2). Learning French is now truly "à la portée de main!"

Faux Amis wheel
Make friends with French: but the right kind!

Following the success of our popular verb wheels, the FIAF Library is now offering a "Faux Amis" wheel to help you avoid making blunders with seemingly similar verbs in French and English. Gives both French and English search options. Amusing and instructive, these wheels will speed you on your way down the highway of French fluency!

FIAF French Verb Wheel

Keep rolling along the road to French fluency with our new verb wheels!

The FIAF Library now offers language students a handy reference tool for conjugating verbs. The FIAF Verb Wheel shows 40 irregular French verbs. The wheel shows all six "persons" for six verb tenses: Présent, Imparfait, Futur, Conditionnel, Passé Composé et le Subjonctif présent. Irregular conjugations are indicated by a bold font. The verb wheels may be purchased at the Library for $5.

New Language Learning Resource : Little Pim
www.littlepim.com

Venez apprivoiser notre petit Panda Pim! Nous vous proposons de découvrir une nouvelle méthode de langue, destinée à l’origine aux jeunes enfants, mais qui pourrait séduire les petits comme les grands ! Il s’agit d’un nouveau concept d'apprentissage du français, basée sur le principe d'association des sons, des animations et de la répétition. Chaque DVD permet d'apprendre 60 nouveaux mots ou  phrases du quotidien au travers de courtes séquences animées par un professeur inhabituel... un petit panda ! Little Pim est une méthode de langue très originale, conçue à l'origine pour les enfants de moins de 7 ans. Mais tous les vrais débutants dans une langue, quelque soit leur âge, pourront apprécier ce type de pédagogie intuitive.