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37201) Conflit ambigu pour un paradis bleu: Un récit de vie passionnant sur fond de guerre d'Algérie
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Une famille de pieds-noirs se déchire dans une Algérie en guerre…
En parallèle du conflit qui gronde, dans une Algérie française réclamant son indépendance, le couple formé par Mélanie et Jean De la Fuente se délite peu à peu. Alors que le pays plonge dans la guerre, il entraîne le couple dans ses tourments. L'exode, la déchirure. Puis la renaissance et la reconstruction.
Fruits de leur amour, quatre filles naîtront, dont Marie,...
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Deliverance will come...But that is another story.What makes a legend but the stories told about him? Interviewing Gorias La Gaul, the biggest legend of them all, is a dream come true for young scribe Jessica. Where other girls her age would swoon beneath the steely gaze of the warrior, Jessica only has eyes for his mouth, and the tales that come from it...when he takes a break from cursing or drinking.Unfortunately for Jessica, Gorias doesn't really...
37203) The Wall: And Other Stories
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Jurek Becker was one of the giants of postwar German literature. The novel for which he is best-known, Jacob the Liar, won wide acclaim, was awarded the Heinrich-Mann and Charles Veillon Prizes, and was made into two movies. It has been called "a novel about the martyrdom of Europe's Jews that has never been surpassed" (Times Literary Supplement). The Wall is a new, brief collection of stories by Becker that have either never been translated into...
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Une tournée historique du sultan aux confins du grand désert d'Arabie.
En 1955, les vents du changement commençaient à souffler sur les montagnes et déserts du sultanat d'Oman. Les effluves troublants du pétrole promettaient de bouleverser cet État encore médiéval. Les rumeurs de révolte se mélaient aux intrigues de puissances étrangères. Pour le sultan, il était temps d'agir.
Appuyé par les Britanniques, à l'époque encore influents,...
37205) Manage Like Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln is known for his story telling.
According to his friends, Lincoln usually began all of his stories by saying, "That reminds me of a story..." And, once he started talking everyone would move in real close, so they could hear what "Old Abe" had to say.
While Lincoln's stories, more often than not, made people laugh, they almost always had a point to them.
The stories were Lincoln's way of making it easy for people to understand what...
37206) The Desert Quest
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Shifting desert sands have exposed the trail of a long-forgotten explorer. Can Jack and his crew unravel the secrets of a mystery lost to the ages?
Jack, Emma, and Albert couldn't be more excited to join their parents during the excavation of a newly found tomb in Cairo. But their trip takes an interesting turn while exploring a spectacular nearby oasis.
As they trek through an ancient land filled with unfamiliar creatures, tricky obstacles, and...
37207) May Wedding
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Sequel to Gentlemen's Agreement
Some of the gentlemen who meet weekly for supper at The Golden Lion in London's St. James' are preoccupied with the prospect of matrimony.
The Honourable Percy Havilland is at full organisational pelt for his sister's triumphant society marriage, ably backed by his friends. His frequent stress-induced outbursts are endured by his ever-patient lover, Nathan.
Percy has mixed feelings about the upcoming nuptials, the...
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Fans of C.J. Box's Joe Pickett and Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire will love Patrick Flint and family."Best book I've read in a long time!"An unputdownable 3-mystery box set of suspenseful thrillers set in 1970s Wyoming, from USA Today bestselling author Pamela Fagan Hutchins.SwitchbackTaken meets LongmireWhen Patrick Flint's daughter goes missing on a mountain vacation, the adventurous young doctor will have just one shot to get her back.Snake OilA...
37209) Guardian of the Temple
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Exiled from her home, Dana Sinead walks alone. Her friend and savior Dana Raelin is half a world away, leaving Sinead to find her own way. But the forces that nearly killed Sinead have spread their tentacles throughout the world to threaten not just Sinead's life but the survival of her new Clan.And Raelin's life.Having left Atalya, Sinead needs to establish herself in Bibine's capital Lior City. Its precarious platforms set over the ever-shifting...
37210) Destiny Reclaimed
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Preserving destiny is hard, reclaiming it is near impossible. Duty. Courage. Betrayal. Selflessness. Destiny. Jack Cornelis' life is planned. Complete his tour of duty in Vietnam, intact. Return home. Marry his sweetheart and have a family. But, the powers that be have other ideas for him. Like his ancestors, Jack is a Preserver. When duty calls, he's whisked back in time to preserve his family's decorated military record while his thieving relatives...
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Malgré les écarts de culture et d'âge, la fille d'un ambassadeur et un indien entretiennent une relation passionnelle, jalonnée de bien des obstacles malgré l'amour qu'ils se portent...
Vanessa, fille d'un ambassadeur français en fonction en Inde, rencontre un jour Jokpur. Elle tombe sous le charme de cet indien de 20 ans son aîné, qui lui donnera un enfant avant de l'épouser quelques années plus tard. Ce roman raconte la relation passionnelle...
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Juin 1653
Pierre Saratxaga, membre de la Confrérie de l'échelle, doit se rendre en urgence à Bayonne o son frère Xabi vient d'être emprisonné sous un motif obscur. Que feriez-vous si l'un de vos amis se trouvait dans la difficulté ? Alexandre d'Embrelat, lui, n'hésite pas une seconde, il faut dire que l'aventure lui manque. Il décide de l'y rejoindre sur le champ, accompagné de son fidèle compagnon Angélo. Dans ce si lointain Pays Basque,...
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Après avoir été libéré par les Blancs Manteaux, Enguerrand vole au secours de sa bien-aimée, la reine des Gnomes, et de la douce Hermione qui ont été arrêtées et torturées par les bannis de Aude de Mallemort, la fille du Seigneur Rouge. Durant la bataille navale, il reçoit un violent coup sur la tête qui lui fait recouvrer la mémoire. Ce qu'il découvre alors lui est insupportable. Il se voit projeter l'épée des Anciens dans le tronc...
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Former special agent and assistant director of the FBI, Ray Wannall, writes a comprehensive, insider's commentary regarding one of the most powerful, but enigmatic personalities of our time. Highly revealing and provocative, FOR THE RECORD sheds light on efforts to undermine Hoover's legacy and startling details as to events involving Martin Luther King, the Kennedy family, the Nixon administration, and much much more!
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August 1, 1875, Toronto: The naked body of a young woman is discovered in a pine box, half-buried in a ditch along Bloor Street. So begins Jeannie's Demise, a real-life Victorian melodrama that played out in the bustling streets and courtrooms of "Toronto the Good," cast with all the lurid stock characters of the genre. Historian Ian Radforth brings to life an era in which abortion was illegal, criminal proceedings were a spectator sport, and coded...
37217) Vows to Save Her Reputation
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His ring will rescue her
And she'll save him from his solitudeIt's best if Sir Robert Gascoyne remains alone. That way he protects others from the curse that has plagued his family for generations. But when an injury results in Emma Harris spending a scandalous stay at his manor, wedding bells are inevitable! After losing his first wife to childbirth, Robert won't risk exposing Emma to the same fate. Yet resisting his stunning new bride is much harder...
37218) Cupcakes with Sally Ride
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The Sweets Shop always gets special customers, but when Sally Ride comes to visit, Fiona and Finley go on a special trip-into outer space! Finley and Fiona have a blast, but there's more to learn on this epic journey than they expected. Includes extensive back matter with biography, further reading, and author interview.
37219) My Brother's Shadow
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As World War I draws to a close in 1918, German citizens are starving and suffering under a repressive regime. Sixteen-year-old Moritz is torn. His father died in the war and his older brother still risks his life in the trenches, but his mother does not support the patriotic cause and attends subversive socialist meetings. While his mother participates in the revolution to sweep away the monarchy, Moritz falls in love with a Jewish girl who also...
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Un roman d'aventures captivant dans le Paris du début du XXe siècle!
Un roman policier écrit au début du XXe siècle par Maurice Drack (1834-1897), auteur méconnu, pourtant précurseur de Maurice Leblanc ou de Gaston Leroux, et qui nous offre ici un roman d'aventure imaginatif et généreux qui ravira tous les amateurs du genre. Une belle comtesse aveugle menacée par une marâtre sans scrupules, de mystérieux enlèvements, de « jeunes égarées...
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