Title: Paranoia - Joseph Finder - book Summary : Adam Cassidy is 26 years old. A junior employee at a high-tech company, he hates his job. The day he very recklessly plays with the computer system to help a friend, he finds himself accused of theft. His bosses give him no choice: prison or becoming their spy at their main competitor, Trion Systems. He's trained, coached. He's given secret information. Arriving at Trion, he's greeted like a star with a spectacular future, and therefore eyed with suspicion by jealous colleagues. Adam discovers talents he'd always thought he was incapable of. His new boss praises him to the skies and calls him "up to the top floor" to work alongside him. This is when the nightmare begins... EAN : 9782253119142 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Misadventure in Paradise - Cuban Melody - Bernard Matussière, Erik Orsenna - book Summary : Accompanied by photographer Bernard Matussière, Erik Orsenna travels to Cuba in search of his ancestors... "Her name was Villademoros, a papermaker. His name was Augustino, a merchant. My great-grandparents. They lived in Havana, where they were born. One hundred and twenty years later, Cuba is breathtaking because the people and places are so beautiful, and heartbreaking because the failure is so glaring. A great Fidel passed through here. He wanted to build paradise on earth... You can build schools, hospitals. You can't force happiness on a people. Especially when they possess it within themselves. You guessed it: along with the family tree, we visited the ruins of the dream. Erik Orsenna Photographs by Bernard Matussière EAN : 9782020799065 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Prey - Irène Némirovsky - book Summary : Nothing is more bitter than seeing superhuman efforts yield so little happiness. There remains only one possible consolation: to tell oneself that there is no happiness. First published in 1938, this novel, with its Stendhalian undertones, tells the story of the social rise and fall of an ambitious young man, Jean-Luc Daguerne, whose love for his beloved will lead him to his downfall. Against this tried-and-true backdrop, Irène Némirovsky makes the words dance with humor and brilliantly plays with human passions and the cruelties of fate. But this Prey owes much to the 1930s, to their tragic energy, to all their shattered hopes. It is this mad dash toward the abyss that makes it so modern. We have been rediscovering the work of Irène Némirovsky with pleasure since the posthumous publication of Suite française in 2004. A very prominent novelist in Paris in the 1930s, Irène Némirovsky, born in Kiev in 1903, died in Auschwitz, was arrested on July 13, 1942 by the French police. EAN : 9782253117544 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Turbulence - Michael Crichton - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782266085151 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: She walked on a wire - Philippe Delerm - book Summary : At fifty, Marie finds herself alone. Like the rising tide, life has erased the traces of her steps. Another path remains to be invented. Meeting a group of young actors opens new horizons for her: she will put on the show she had imagined for her son. But the line between dream and tragedy is thinner than it seems. Philippe Delerm, born in 1950, devotes his writing to the restitution of fleeting moments. We owe him in particular The First Sip of Beer And I'm going to look like an old fool . “The challenge of this ode to art is to suspend time, to retain happiness.” She EAN : 9782757851944 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Religion - Tim Willocks - book Summary : The siege of Malta has begun. "Religion" is the name given to the Order of the Hospitallers, but it is also the banner under which the madness of men sometimes rallies. In 1565, cloistered on their small archipelago south of Sicily, the Knights of Malta prepare to receive the furious assaults of the Ottoman army. Outnumbered five to one, the Christians hold the siege at the cost of terrible fighting. An unleashing of violence that draws Mattias Tannhauser, a former janissary who has known both sides, into his wake. For the beautiful eyes of Countess Carla La Penautier, the arms and opium trafficker embarks for hell... "Hypnotic power of the plot, poetry of evocation, cruel and smiling imagination." Daniel Rondeau – The World EAN : 9782266189576 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Sepulchre - Kate Mosse - book Summary : October 1891: Young Léonie Vernier and her brother Anatole leave Paris for the Domaine de la Cade, a few kilometers from Carcassonne. In the woods surrounding the isolated house, Léonie stumbles upon the remains of a Visigothic tomb. During her research, she discovers the existence of a tarot deck that is said to hold the powers of life and death. October 2007: Meredith Martin treks through the foothills of the Pyrenees to write a biography of Claude Debussy. But she also investigates her own origins. Armed with a piano score and an old photograph, she finds herself plunged, despite herself, into the heart of a tragedy dating back more than a century, where the fate of a young girl, who disappeared one fateful night, is inextricably intertwined with a dramatic love story. EAN : 9782253126973 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Blood of Angels - Michael Marshall - book Summary : Ward Hopkins, a former CIA agent, like Nina Baynam, on leave from the FBI, had no illusions: any victory against the Straw Men, a criminal organization with global ramifications, could only be temporary. The facts soon prove them right: mutilated corpses are found in Virginia, and disturbing threats are circulating on the Internet. It's impossible not to connect them to the sinister organization. Especially since Ward's brother, who is its mastermind, has escaped from prison where he was serving a life sentence. Nina's sudden disappearance sweeps away any remaining doubts: the Straw Men have taken up arms again... EAN : 9782290352809 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Hour of the Elves - Jean-Louis Fetjaine - book Summary : The world, divided between dwarves, monsters, elves, and men, has lost its balance since the latter appropriated the legendary sword Excalibur. Torn between his wife, the Christian Ygraine, and Lliane, the queen of the elves, King Uter decided to return the sacred sword and thus restore the old order. Then the monsters invaded the kingdom of Logres and annihilated their disunited opponents. Weakened and terrified, men turned once again to the elves, hoping that the tree people would come to their aid. Exiled on the island of Avalon with her daughter Morgane and accompanied by the mysterious Merlin, will Queen Lliane agree, once again, to risk everything for the love of Uter? EAN : 9782266115391 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Cantos of Hyperion - The Fall of Hyperion II - Dan Simmons - book Summary : Johnny Keats is an Artificial Intelligence modeled after an old poet from Old Earth. He wants to escape the TechnoCenter, invest his entire consciousness in his body, become a full-fledged human, and leave for Hyperion. It's enough to get him assassinated. But someone must want him well at the TechnoCenter: he receives a spare body. This time, he asks Lamia to ensure his protection; and for added security, he wires her before being killed. When he revives, Schrön's disk, implanted in the young woman, puts him in contact with her: all he has to do is sleep and dream. Unfortunately, his protector finds herself in great danger on Hyperion; all they can hope for is to meet in the infosphere. However, someone seems ready to help them—as if Johnny were some essential cog in a grand design conceived on the scale of eternity. EAN : 9782266064798 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Mediator - Volume 1 - Shadowland - Meg Cabot - book Summary : Susannah Simon is a medium. She connects the dead and the living. There's no rest for her: the ghosts demand that she complete what they didn't have time to accomplish on Earth. But when you've just moved to sunny California, you're a girl, and you're sixteen, you'd rather wander around malls than cemeteries. Alas, as soon as she arrives at her new high school, Susannah realizes that her life isn't going to be that simple. The ghost of a young high school girl has decided to take revenge. Susannah is standing in her way. EAN : 9782013223515 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Strawberry Picker - Monika Feth - book Summary : When her best friend, Caro, is found murdered, Jette publicly vows to avenge her, drawing the murderer's attention to herself. Every day, Jette tries to rebuild her life and forget. She soon meets a boy who seems to be able to give her back her will to live and falls madly in love. An encounter that could help her overcome her friend's death. Maybe... EAN : 9782013229524 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Shirobamba - Yasushi Inoué - book Summary : It was during the fourth or fifth year of the Taishô era, about forty years ago. The children used to run here and there on the village road in the evening, shouting "The shirobamba! The shirobamba!" They were chasing these little white creatures that floated like flakes of cotton wool in the sky, beginning to take on the colors of twilight." All Japanese know this novel by heart. In the abundant work of Yasushi Inoué, it is undoubtedly the freshest, the most charming. Very largely autobiographical, it tells the story of the childhood at the beginning of the century of a little boy named Kôsaku. Like Inoué himself, he grew up not with his parents, but with his great-grandfather's mistress, a former geisha. Between the little boy and the old woman a tender relationship is woven, a somewhat magical complicity, presented in the form of a series of exquisite little naive paintings in bright colors... EAN : 9782070388011 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Lone Warrior - Henning Mankell - book Summary : Summer 1994, the small town of Ystad is slumbering in the heat. Glued to their television sets, all the Swedes are watching the football World Cup. But as Inspector Wallander prepares to go on vacation, a young girl sets herself on fire in a rapeseed field. The next day, a former minister is hacked to death. A series of terrifyingly brutal murders begins. The Ystad police, led by Kurt Wallander, begin a breathless race against time to stop the killer before he strikes again. But what is the connection between a retired former minister, a wealthy art dealer, and a low-life crook? Why are the victims being scalped? And who is the young girl who committed suicide? Does she have anything to do with the murders? EAN : 9782020419529 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Muzzle - Minette Walters - book Summary : Mathilda Gillespie talked too much, drank too much, and terrorized those around her. She was extremely rich, greedy, and a liar. Her daughter took drugs, her granddaughter stole from her. Her will, ignored by all, disinherited them. She was found drowned in her bathtub, garlanded with asters and white nettles, like Ophelia, and wearing a rusty iron muzzle, like a medieval witch. This suicide, or more likely this murder, was a kind of masterpiece, an enigma resulting from a lifetime of lies, strange loves, hatreds, and violence. Perhaps only Mathilda's diary could reveal all its secrets. But this diary has disappeared. EAN : 9782266148887 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Fifty Shades Darker - EL James - book Summary : Overwhelmed by Christian Grey's dark secrets, Anastasia Steele ended their relationship to focus on her publishing career. But Grey still occupies all her thoughts, and when he offers her a new deal, she can't resist him. Little by little, she uncovers the painful past of her shady Mr. Fifty Shades. While Christian struggles with his inner demons, Ana must make the most important decision of her life... Romantic, liberating, and utterly addictive, the Fifty Shades trilogy will obsess, possess, and mark you forever. EAN : 9782253176510 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Cold as Blood - Alex Barclay - book Summary : Jean Transom, 35, lives alone with her cat. She has no friends, no lover, and even fewer enemies, and works for the FBI. In short, she leads a well-ordered life... until the day her body is found in the Colorado mountains. Ren Bryce, an FBI agent as gifted as she is uncontrollable, excessive, and anxious, is put in charge of the investigation. She doesn't have a single lead, but to ensure justice, she will vanquish the demons that haunt her day and night. EAN : 9782290021323 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: I Gave You My Heart - Mary Higgins Clark - book Summary : Chance does things badly. Actress Natalie Raines, one of the queens of Broadway, is murdered just as she was preparing to divorce Gregg Aldrich, who was also her agent. An ideal suspect for the police and the prospect of a sensational trial for the press. Emily Wallace, the assistant district attorney, has never experienced a case of this magnitude: this is the first time in her life that she has been exposed to the media spotlight. Warned that they will not hesitate to delve into her private life, perhaps to reveal that she has undergone a heart transplant, the young woman nevertheless plunges passionately into the case. Emily is overwhelmed by inexplicable feelings of déjà vu throughout the trial, without her being aware that her own life is now in danger... When she explores the secret twists and turns of the human soul and heart, the queen of suspense always reaches the heights of anguish: her new novel is simply captivating! EAN : 9782226192219 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: When the Doves Disappeared - Sofi Oksanen - book Summary : Occupation, resistance, and collaboration are the driving forces of this powerful novel, set in an Estonia trapped by both the communists and the Germans. To respond to the vagaries of history, each must choose a side, a path. Roland, the righteous man, relentlessly fights the invader; his cousin Edgar, a true chameleon, successively embraces the ideology of power; finally, Juudit, his wife, is torn between her sincere love for a German officer and the suffocating hypocrisy of a failed marriage. But who will be the winner of this bitter struggle? EAN : 9782234074101 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: A Cry on the Dune - Maryse Lartigau - book Summary : As far back as she can remember in her past, Michèle doesn't understand. How can she explain this curse that haunts her, preventing her from being happy? With the sudden disappearance of Daniel, her companion, in a terrible road accident, and the loss of the Bleuets, this nest of so many reunions, she has been little spared by life. But one day, on the way to the dune, she meets a painter with whom she falls madly in love. This promise of renewed happiness is enough to make the forces of darkness manifest once again. Who is this man who, under a brand new identity, prowls around the young woman, seeming ready to do anything, even kill, to achieve his ends? Will Michèle manage to thwart the terrible traps of revenge? Will she be able to discover the truth and finally start another life? EAN : 9782848861630 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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