Title : Twilight - Michael Cunningham - book Summary : When a young man of ambiguous beauty comes to sow trouble in the life of a disenchanted gallery owner. In the tradition of Hours, a dazzling novel about art, desire, relationships, and death, set in the heart of a twilight and poetic New York. Michael Cunningham returns with a work of aching beauty. Set in the heart of a sleepless New York, a dazzling novel about art, desire, relationships, and death. Michael Cunningham returns with a work of aching beauty. Peter and Rebecca Harris, or the quintessential New York couple: he's a gallery owner, she's an editor, they're in their dashing forties, have a superb loft in Soho, a daughter on her way to university, and brilliant friends. In a word, the epitome of success and happiness. Until the arrival of Mizzy, Rebecca's brother, a young androgynous beauty of twenty-three with ambiguous charm. Fascinated, envious of Mizzy's freedom, troubled by this graceful and decadent prince who reminds him so much of his late brother, Peter will question everything: his artists, his career, his marriage, the world he had taken so much care to build... EAN: 9782714448354 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Symphony of Chance Book 3 - Douglas Kennedy - book Summary : A breathtaking epic. Combining small and large stories, autobiography and fiction, Douglas Kennedy creates a successful social and family epic full of betrayals, lies, and guilt. Christine Ferniot, Télérama We can never truly predict the future or know what awaits us. We can make plans, entertain hopes. But the symphony of chance always plays its notes, and its incessant variations remind us that everything interesting, good, and wonderful in life will be eternally counterbalanced by the bad, the tragic, and the terrifying. This is the price we pay for this extraordinary gift: the absence of certainties... Other than the absolute certainty that the presence of each of us in this wide-open space will one day come to an end. But for those of us still here, on the path, what can we say about what lies ahead? What words would suffice to sum up what lies before us? "Douglas Kennedy paints a remarkable portrait of a woman, acutely exploring 1970s America, where the forces of freedom and protest collide with those of racism, sexism, homophobia, and corruption." Minh Tran Huy, Madame Figaro EAN: 9782714474049 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Geronimo Stilton, volume 1 - The Smile of Mona Sourisa - Matt Wolf - book Summary : Mona Sourisa is hiding a secret! Ratonard de Minci had filled her board with mysterious clues... And my mousey nose tells me that a treasure is hidden underneath. Yes, yes, a treasure, you read that right! Does that make you want to follow the investigation? I'd better warn you: it's going to be an eventful adventure! EAN: 9782226140418 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Littlest Petshop Volume 2 - Basile Is Complexed - Bibliothèque rose - Katherine Quénot - book Summary : Basil the penguin may be a great sculptor, but he's still not comfortable with his look. Diana the monkey, on the other hand, really likes hers... But when Michelle copies her, she doesn't agree! Finally, Lou the little mouse may be a great dancer, but she's really bothered when her friends ask her to come and sing with them! EAN: 9782012021914 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Madame Coquette - Roger Hargreaves - book Summary : I match my shoes, my handbag, my gloves, my bedroom curtains and my entire house to the little bow in my hair! EAN: 9782012248205 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Third Twin - Ken Follett - book Summary : How can two identical twins, with the same DNA code, be born to different parents on different dates? Yet this is exactly what happens to Steve, a brilliant law student, and Dennis, who is serving a life sentence. For having taken too close an interest in this biological impossibility, Jeannie Ferrami, a young geneticist from Baltimore, will unleash the University and the press against her, while Steve, with whom she has fallen in love, is accused of rape, his victim having formally admitted it... There's only one hypothesis: the existence of a third twin. By following this strange lead, Jeannie has no idea that she's touching on formidable secrets that implicate America at the highest levels. EAN: 9782253145059 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Diamonds of the Past - Nora Roberts - book Summary : In Angel Gap, everyone knows Laine Tavish and her antique shop, but no one knows that she's the daughter of a famous burglar. One day, a friend of his shows up unexpectedly and whispers mysterious words to her before suddenly being hit by a car. Accident or murder? Soon, the young woman's house is ransacked. Then a handsome stranger bursts into her life. And finally, she learns that her father has stolen more than twenty million dollars! The young woman must face the facts: the trouble is only just beginning... EAN: 9782290348932 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Season of Passion - Danielle Steel - book Summary : For seven years, Kate Harper has led a solitary life in her California home, dividing her time between writing, her son, and her best friend. A peaceful existence that suddenly shatters after a call from her publisher: her latest book is a bestseller! She's wanted in Los Angeles... It's during a talk show that she crosses paths with Nick Waterman, a famous television producer. This encounter is a new beginning for Kate. But if she wants to truly taste happiness, she'll have to face the demons of the past... EAN: 9782277212669 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Ladders of the Levant - Amin Maalouf - book Summary : "Ladders of the Levant" is the name once given to this string of trading cities through which European travelers reached the Orient. From Constantinople to Alexandria, via Smyrna, Adana, and Beirut, these cities have long been melting pots where languages, customs, and beliefs coexisted. Precarious worlds that History had slowly shaped, before demolishing them. Shattering, in the process, countless lives. The hero of this novel, Ossyane, is one of those men whose destiny was twisted. From the agony of the Ottoman Empire to the two world wars and the tragedies that still tear the Middle East apart today, his life will weigh little more than a straw in the turmoil. Patiently, he remembers, he recounts his princely childhood, his demented grandmother, his rebellious father, his fallen brother, his stay in France under the Occupation, his meeting with Clara, their moments of fervor, heroism, and dreams; then the descent into hell. Stripped of his future, of his dignity, deprived of the simplest joys, what remains for him? A love on hold. A quiet, but powerful love. Perhaps, in the end, more powerful than history. There are characters in novels who stand out through the universality of their story. Their particular destiny bears witness to millions of others; through their loves, their dramas, their hopes, people recognize themselves... Ossyane is one of those romantic heroes who have the presence of mythical characters. Pierre-Robert Leclercq, Le Monde . EAN: 9782253144243 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : In Praise of Friendship, Shadow of Betrayal - Tahar Ben Jelloun - book Summary : Friendship is a religion. Whether faithful or casual, it is the source of the greatest joys. Silent or demonstrative, it tolerates no failure and sometimes finds itself the target of betrayals and wounds that never heal. From Koranic school to the Goncourt Prize, Tahar Ben Jelloun's life is punctuated by encounters of a lifetime or one night. A world-renowned writer of Moroccan origin, Tahar Ben Jelloun was born in Fez in 1944. Author of novels, essays and poetry collections, he won the Prix Goncourt in 1987 for The Sacred Night and the prestigious international Impac award in 2004 for This blinding absence of light His books are available in Points. “Edited by the legendary Maurice Nadeau, it found admirers in Roland Barthes and Samuel Becket.” The Independent EAN: 9782020585491 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Everything on Earth Must Perish The Last Unicorn - Michel Bussi - book Summary : A devilishly seductive historical intrigue that takes the reader on a wild ride, from Bordeaux to Yerevan via the Vatican and Hong Kong, in pursuit of a secret that is nothing less than that of all humanity... A dark, unexplained mass, trapped in the ancient ice of Mount Ararat... A forbidden book, kept under lock and key in the hell of the Vatican... An enigmatic wooden animal, bearing a single horn on its forehead... The clues are there, scattered. A gigantic puzzle to piece together to trace the origins of all the world's religions. From Bordeaux to Hong Kong, via Armenia, Zak Ikabi has only one obsession: to bring all the pieces together. And finally find Noah's Ark. Embarked against her will on her quest, glaciologist Cécile Serval, as erudite as she is volcanic, soon finds herself confronted with a veritable deluge of questions. And Kalashnikov bullets... Because to keep this secret, some are ready to make any sacrifice... “A really well-crafted esoteric thriller.” The Voice of the North This work was previously published under the title The Last Unicorn , behind the pseudonym of Tobby Rolland Unpublished preface by the author EAN: 9782266285490 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : What? Eternity - Marguerite Yourcenar - book Summary : Once again, in this third part of The Labyrinth of the World, the center of the story is the character of the father, Michel. Michel and his mother, the dreadful lady of the castle of Mont-Noir; Michel and his loves: Fernande, Jeanne, whose disturbing husband will serve as a model for Alexis, Liane, and so many others... "Confused by the problem of childhood dates, alone in an empty landscape where everything seems sometimes very close and sometimes far away," Marguerite Yourcenar, who speaks little of herself, only lets us guess, behind the portrait of the father, her silhouette as a little girl, then as an adolescent. And, behind the swarm of passions, the chaos of impressions, behind the private and historical disasters, what will constitute her world, as if she were offering us some keys to her novelistic work. EAN: 9782070714513 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Sunset in Saint Tropez - Danielle Steel - book Summary : As Diana Morrison sets the table in her elegant Central Park apartment in New York City, she has no idea what's about to happen. For years, she's spent New Year's Eve with her husband Eric and their best friends, Pascale and John Donnally, and Anne and Robert Smith. As they plan to rent a villa in the south of France together the following summer, a glass of champagne in hand, the future seems bright. But fate will have other plans... Two weeks after New Year's, tragedy strikes their small circle, leaving Robert alone after the sudden death of his wife. Diana and Eric, Pascale, and John immediately rally around him, surrounding him with their affection and sharing his grief. Convinced that a change would do their friend the world of good, they urge him to leave New York and join them on the French Riviera in August. But when they arrive in Saint-Tropez, the dilapidated old house they discover bears little resemblance to the marvelous villa with its sun-drenched garden they rented from a catalog. Cobwebs hang from the ceiling, beds collapse beneath them. Yet they're not yet at the end of their surprises. The one Robert has in store for them is a big one: he's invited a young woman, a ravishing actress much younger than him, with endless legs and a dazzling smile. Diana and Pascale immediately hate her, but the men are seduced. And amidst the rickety furniture and sumptuous sunsets, strained relationships and moments of respite, more surprises await the villa's occupants. As the last days of summer approach, each couple will embark on an unexpected path. Old wounds will heal, love will be reborn, and miracles will happen... under the brilliant sun of Saint-Tropez. For them, it will be a summer of changes, revelations, secrets, and surprises... a summer of renewal. EAN: 9782258062726 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Letters From My Windmill - Alphonse Daudet - book Summary : The Sub-Prefect in the Fields, The Priest of Cucugnan, Mr. Seguin's Goat: like La Fontaine, Grimm, or Perrault, Daudet possessed the supreme gift of the storyteller, which is to please everyone and never grow old. Letters from My Windmill are an integral part of our national folklore, just like Pagnol's Trilogy or Mother Goose Tales, with, as a bonus and on the horizon, the Provence of pines, cicadas, lavender, sheep that return in the autumn "to graze bourgeoisly on the small gray hills perfumed with rosemary," keeping in their wool, "with a scent of wild Alps, a little of that lively mountain air that intoxicates and makes you dance." EAN: 9782070375332 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Never Two Without You - Josie Lloyd - book Summary : Deirdre Hunt threw herself off a cliff into Dublin Bay. Suicide, according to her husband; morphine overdose, according to coroner Quirke. Delving into her past, he discovers that the young woman was leading a double life... On the trail of a strange "doctor," Quirke will have to reveal her true colors and protect her daughter Phoebe, who is also implicated in the case. In this captivating sequel to The Lost in Dublin , John Banville, under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, establishes himself as a master of atmospheric thrillers. EAN: 9782744142147 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Monsieur Jadis or Evening School - Antoine Blondin - book Summary : Monsieur Jadis, like Cadet Rousselle, had three houses: one where his children slept with their mother; another where his partner slept with her husband; the third where his mother slept with her accordion. But he most often lived in a fourth where everyone slept with everyone else, because this one, the only one where he had a key, generally hanging from the board, was a hotel on the Quai Voltaire, where he sometimes locked himself in the better to gaze upon the landscapes of his childhood with the gaze of a free man. EAN: 9782070360291 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Blood Mixtures - Roger Smith - book Summary : Jack Burn, his pregnant wife, and their little Matt are attacked one evening by two members of the Americans gang. A former Marine who took refuge in South Africa, Jack kills them... both of them. The old night watchman Benny Mongrel saw it all. A former member of the 28 gang, he lives in the hell of the Flats and, afraid of falling back into it, keeps quiet. Until the day cop Gatsby Barnard interrogates him. War is then declared and all blows are allowed, especially since Barnard himself is under the surveillance of Disaster Zondi, a Zulu investigator who wants his head. This novel, awarded the Deutsche Krimi Preis, will be adapted for the screen with Samuel L. Jackson in the role of Disaster Zondi. An essential author who has established himself alongside Deon Meyer as the other great writer from South Africa. Brigitte Hernandez, Le Point. EAN: 9782253161592 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : History of Education in France - Antoine Léon - book Summary : Student, former student, parent, teacher—we are all concerned about education in one way or another. There are many reports of educational failures, as well as proposals for educational reform. By examining the history of education in France, tracing the history of school structures, teaching methods, curricula, and even certain teaching methods from the Middle Ages to the present day, this book sheds light on current debates about our schools. EAN: 9782130432043 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Education Policies - Louis Legrand - book Summary : Education policies directly affect nearly 15 million pupils and students, more than 800,000 teachers, and approximately 260,000 administrative, technical, educational, and supervisory staff, from kindergarten to university, and apply to a wide variety of areas, from teacher training to the assessment of student learning. The missions assigned to the school system are multiplying at the same time as the criticisms against it. Reforms follow one another, yet leave the feeling of profound inertia in structures and practices. How then can we understand public action in the so familiar yet so complex field of education? By analyzing the ideas and values ​​that guide educational choices, the bodies involved in their development, as well as the various actors who drive and implement them, this book offers a rigorous and relevant framework for interpreting intentions and achievements. EAN: 9782130431749 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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