Title: The End Is Only the Beginning - Katarina Mazetti - book Summary : Linnea is a year older, and a few less delusional, when she meets her long-lost best friend's brother. Per plays it macho, but Linnea knocks him out in no time. Thanks self-defense classes! In short, two people are falling in love! EAN: 9782330001315 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: A slice of heaven - Claudie Gallay - book Summary : As Christmas approaches, Carole returns to the village of her adolescence where Philippe, her brother, a forest ranger, and Gaby, her sister, live. They are reunited, waiting for Curtil, the father who is always absent but who sometimes summons them by sending them a glass snow globe. It's not easy for someone who has long since become a city dweller to reconnect with her family, to move beyond the tragedy that marked their childhood. But tenderness surfaces in this place cut off from the world. EAN: 9782290099797 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Under the Sky of Eagle Bay - Sophie Jomain - book Summary : Through the seaplane window, Abigail Lompré admires her native Alaska. It's been seventeen years since she last laid eyes on these windswept green expanses, these silvery lakes, these snow-capped peaks... Isolated from the world, Prince of Wales Island is enchanting, raw, and wild. But she can also be hostile and ruthless. If Abby returns today, it's for her mother, Emma. Now a widow, she can no longer live there alone. After all these years of absence, the two women will have to learn to live together again. Will mother and daughter be able to forgive each other for lost time? “Touching and moving.” 20 Minutes A key figure in the French-speaking literary scene, Sophie Jomain has written more than twenty novels ranging from fantasy to comedy to contemporary novels. After The Stars Shine Brighter in Winter and Turtles Don't Celebrate Christmas in the Snow , she offers us a new magical and heartwarming Christmas comedy. EAN: 9782385290771 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Professor - Charlotte Brontë - book Summary : Orphaned since childhood, William Crimsworth studied at the prestigious Eton school, thanks to financial support from his family. Upon completing his studies, he joined his older brother Edward, who was pursuing a career in industry. But the two brothers did not get along: a victim of Edward's irascible temper, William chose to go into exile in Belgium. A new life opened up to him at a boys' boarding school in Brussels, where he became an English teacher. Honest and pragmatic, William quickly attracted attention. He was also offered a teaching position at the "boarding school for young ladies." Under the spell of its headmistress, Miss Reuter, he opened his heart to her... and learned that she was about to get married. But when he later fell in love with Frances Henri, the dressmaking teacher, it was Miss Reuter who took offense. And one morning, without warning, William learned that Mrs. Henri had changed schools... EAN: 9782352877165 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Candy Thief - Gilbert Bordes - book Summary : Matthew is twelve years old and doesn't do anything at school. Occasionally, he steals. "We'll never do anything with him," his grandmother laments. The whole village agrees. Manon arrives. They're the same age. He's radiantly healthy; she's gravely ill. To bring a smile to her pale lips, he needed gifts: candy, a necklace, a lighter—all stolen, of course. And because Marion tells him she feels better after taking communion, one day he goes too far. The ciborium and the hosts disappear. Scandal in the Corrèze hamlet! Five years in a reformatory, and Matthieu is free. He hasn't stopped thinking about Marion... EAN: 9782266126854 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Garden of Eden - Ernest Hemingway - book Summary : Upon learning of the success of his second novel, David Bourne, a young American writer spending his honeymoon on the Mediterranean coast, is eager to get back to writing. Jealous of his work, his wife, Catherine, introduces him to a stranger, Marita, and sets about creating a strange erotic relationship that traps them in the triangle of an unbearable closed door. How far can love for another go, the desire to know and assimilate to them? Does art have everything to lose or everything to gain from this excessive passion? EAN: 9782072730009 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Kites - Romain Gary - book Summary : For Ludo the narrator, the only love of his life began at the age of ten, in 1930, when he saw little Lila Bronicka, a Polish aristocrat spending her holidays with her parents, in the forest of his native Normandy. Since the death of his family, the young boy has been tutored by his uncle Ambroise Fleury, known as "the crazy postman" because he makes wonderful kites known throughout the world. Gifted with the exceptional "historical" memory of all his family, faithful to the values ​​of "compulsory public education," the little Norman will never forget Lila. He tries to make himself worthy of her, studies, suffers from jealousy because of the handsome German Hans von Schwede, becomes the secretary of Count Bronicki before the family leaves for Poland, where he joins them in June 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War which forces him to return to France. So the separation begins for the very young lovers... To get through the trials, to defend his country and human values, to find his love again, Ludo will always be supported by the image of the great kites, their symbol of audacity, poetry and freedom inscribed in the sky. EAN: 9782070374670 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Children of Winter - Gilbert Bordes - book Summary : Their names are Matthieu, Joachim, Marie-Hélène, Christophe, Jeanne, and Séverine. They are Jewish or Christian, middle-class, sons of workers... Nothing unites them, neither origin nor age - except the war. Children of resistance fighters, they are fleeing the SS charged with their capture. Beyond the Pyrenees, they will surely find refuge... Only their smugglers have been shot. The only passage connecting them to the valley is destroyed. They will have to face the mountains and the winter alone. And despite the cold, the hunger, the differences, win their freedom... "Beautiful! Gilbert Bordes' latest novel is simply beautiful. It is touching, convincing. (...) Very well written." EAN: 9782266204514 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: A Shower of Sparks - Tamara McKinley - book Summary : Morgan's Reach, Australia, is tense: a firestorm threatens the small town. The atmosphere among the residents is electric... and some secrets could well resurface. By Tamara McKinley, author of Matilda's Last Waltz (300,000 copies sold). The Rainy Season... and Jealousy Australia, 1946. Becky Jackson has returned to her home village with her son Danny after her husband was declared dead in action. For two generations, her family has run the hospital in Morgan's Reach, a town founded by her grandfather. Becky knows everyone there and reunites with her best friend, also a war widow. Becky also meets Ben Freeman, the chief firefighter who is secretly in love with her. A love she refuses because Danny still hasn't mourned his father... Morgan's Reach is tense. It hasn't rained for three years. When suddenly, a storm threatens to set the region ablaze. The atmosphere is electric, which could awaken resentment and jealousy within the small community. Especially since a man is lurking... The sumptuous landscapes of wild Australia, a strong and determined female character... So many ingredients that have made the success of Tamara McKinley's great sagas. EAN: 9782377352739 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: A Simple and Honest Woman - Robert Goolrick - book Summary : In the early 20th century, a woman responds to a marriage announcement. A captivating story begins in the heart of a harsh and less-than-ideal Wisconsin. Wisconsin, autumn 1907. Ralph Truitt, a feared and respected local tycoon, waits feverishly on a snowy train platform. This late train holds his last hope. After 20 years of widowhood, the man has finally decided to remarry and placed a classified ad in a Chicago newspaper several months earlier. And Catherine Land answered. Describing herself as "a simple, honest woman," she is the one he has been dreaming of. But appearances can be very deceptive. And the perfect wife hides many secrets... Robert Goolrick's stunning debut novel, A simple and honest woman has been compared in the United States to Jane Eyre or to the Wuthering Heights , of the Brontë sisters. EAN: 9782264068279 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Italian Shoes - Henning Mankell - book Summary : Fredrik Welin lives as a recluse on a Baltic island. At sixty-six, without a wife or friends, his only activity is a daily swim in an ice hole. The intrusion of Harriet, the love of his youth abandoned forty years earlier, disrupts his routine. Dying, she demands that he keep a promise: to show her a forest lake. Fredrik doesn't know it, but his life has just begun again. EAN: 9782757837337 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: L'Auberge des Charmilles - Olivier Deck - book Summary : Peyregave somewhere in Béarn. "Six thousand five hundred inhabitants and as many bistros," as they say in the spring of 1939. At the Auberge des Charmilles, Marthe reigns over a circle of regulars. EAN: 9782226182333 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: When the Lion is Hungry - Wilbur Smith - book Summary : 1876. South Africa. Sean and Garrrick, the Courtney twins, love nothing more than roaming the savannah, its game, its tall grass. Freedom intoxicates them. The blood of Hal Courtney, the Queen's privateer, boils in their veins. They have inherited his recklessness. Alas, a hunting accident will break the siblings: Sean runs away. From then on, he will never stop seeking fortune and adventure. Risking his life, that of his family, unwittingly sowing misfortune wherever he goes, the lion continues a long wandering, never satisfied... EAN: 9782266204439 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Birds of Prey - Wilbur Smith - book Summary : In 1667, the war between England and Holland rages as far as the South Seas. There, off the coast of Africa, the king's privateers relentlessly harass the rich ships of the Republic, returning from the Indies. Sir Francis Courteney is one of these ocean mercenaries and the capture of the galleon La Résolution , after an epic boarding, is undoubtedly one of his greatest victories. But he will pay dearly for it... The gold, spices and the sensual Katinka Van de Velde who were on board arouse much covetousness. And it is driven by the lure of gain, the desire or the thirst for revenge, that traitors and enemies will pursue Sir Francis and his son on sea and on land, to the heart of the mysterious black continent... EAN: 9782266162630 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Monsoon - Wilbur Smith - book Summary : At the end of the 17th century, between India and Africa, on the most distant seas of the known world, Jangiri, a merciless pirate, inflicts enormous losses on the wealthy English East India Company. She decides to respond by enlisting the services of Hal Courtney, knighted by Her Britannic Majesty. Accompanied by his three youngest sons and his faithful Aboli, a black giant, Sir Henry agrees to leave his retirement to prepare for the most perilous expedition of his career. He knows there will be only one outcome: glory... or death. EAN: 9782266162623 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: West of the Horizon - Wilbur Smith - book Summary : Cape of Good Hope, early 18th century. When it comes to courage, Jim and Mansour have nothing to envy their august elders, Tom and Dorian Courtney. If their two families have managed to establish themselves firmly in this Dutch trading post, they owe it as much to their undeniable business sense as to unfailing solidarity. So when Jim, following only his heart, steals a young and pretty Dutch convict from a slave ship, the entire clan doesn't hesitate to come to his aid. But in making waves, the storm soon rages over the Courtneys... This new affront does not fail to awaken old grudges. Thrown into the midst of conflict, on the borders of Africa and Arabia, the Courtneys have little choice: they must write, again and again, the destiny of an extraordinary family... EAN: 9782266181631 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Debt of Honor, Volume 2 - Tom Clancy - book Summary : At the heart of the new world order, yesterday's vanquished have not given up on revenge. And economic warfare is no less deadly than the other. Jack Ryan continues the fight against a formidable adversary, all the more devastating for being invisible: a computer virus, infiltrated into the heart of the banking and stock market systems on which the United States economy depends. However, foreign naval vessels are cruising near American islands, and there are fears of a chain reaction that could lead to a confrontation not only economic, but also military. A political fiction scenario? In a sense, yes. But one whose starting points are indeed located in today's economic, financial, and technological realities, described here with a precision that in no way detracts from the suspense. And which brilliantly confirms the supremacy of the author of Red October and The Sum of All Fears . EAN: 9782253170167 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Cardinal of the Kremlin - Tom Clancy - book Summary : The author of the best-selling Red October takes us into the mysteries of military research, focusing on a laser weapon that could upset the balance of global power. Jack Ryan's mission is to uncover the secret of this invention. His accomplice is Colonel Filitov, aka the Cardinal, a high-ranking Russian official committed to collaboration with the West. In this novel, Tom Clancy displays a profound understanding of the military, strategic, and technical challenges of the contemporary world, a skill that has stunned even the most seasoned experts at the Pentagon. It also showcases the breathtaking artistry of a master of suspense. EAN: 9782253060338 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Navigator - Clive Cussler - book Summary : Many years after the theft of a Phoenician statue—nicknamed The Sailor or The Navigator—from a Baghdad museum, men desperate to find it seem to be behind a series of murders. Their first victim: a crooked art dealer, killed in cold blood. Then they target a United Nations investigator tasked with tracking down the missing work… What secret does this statue hold? This question will lead Austin and his team on an odyssey through time, which will lead them to discover the forgotten treasures of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, mysterious documents hidden by Thomas Jefferson and still protected today by a secret society, and a scientific project that could change the face of the world. Yet this is only the beginning of a series of revelations… EAN: 9782253158509 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Vixen 03 - Clive Cussler - book Summary : Vixen 03: This is the name of a large US military Boeing that disappeared in January 1954 during a mission to the Pacific. On board were stainless steel barrels. Their contents? Military secrets. Some thirty years later, wreck hunter Dirk Pitt, the man who salvaged the Titanic , locates the ship in a Colorado lake where it had crashed in a storm following damage. He soon learns what deadly cargo the Vixen 03 was carrying: a particularly virulent culture of plague bacteria. But he's not the only one with the information. African terrorists know what the barrels contain and seize two of them. Target: Washington! And one of the best thrillers the author of Cyclops and The West Wing has ever given us . EAN: 9782253171591 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Young Girl - Anne Wiazemsky - book Summary : As the ferry drew closer to La Rochelle, I forgot about Mom and the week I spent with her: it was already in the past, it no longer mattered. A new existence awaited me, about which I knew nothing, but which would profoundly change the course of my life, I knew it, I wanted it. Around me, carefree vacationers talked about beaches, the weather, and trips to the sea. Looking at them, listening to their words, I now felt like I belonged to another world. In my bag, there was a card from Robert Bresson dated July 10: "I'm waiting for you. I'm sure everything will go wonderfully well. See you Thursday." Anne Wiazemsky. EAN: 9782070356539 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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