Title : They Live by Night - Dennis Lehane - Book Summary : Boston, 1926. In the midst of Prohibition, alcohol flows freely in the speakeasies and Joe, the youngest son of Deputy Commissioner Thomas Coughlin, is determined to make a place for himself in the underworld. He begins by robbing a speakeasy belonging to a local boss and, more importantly, makes the mistake of seducing his mistress. Revenge is swift and Joe finds himself behind bars. It is there that an old godfather, Maso Pescatore, takes charge of his education and Joe's career takes off. From Florida to Cuba, Joe makes his way, paved with pitfalls, struggles, and betrayals, among those who live by night. But around the bend in the road, a great love story also awaits him... They live by night, it's The Godfather for those who know how to think. (Stephen King) EAN: 9782743624613 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Source - Anne-marie Garat - Book Summary : In an unexpected, extravagant baroque mansion nestled below a village in Franche-Comté, Lottie, a sturdy nonagenarian, lives alone. Lottie will unravel the story of this house, the estate, and its ghosts for the narrator, a sociology professor passing through under the guise of a university investigation. But should we take her word for it? Anne-Marie Garat brings memory and lies into the most fascinating of dialogues—giving birth to the uninterrupted tale whose powerful spells literature nourishes to the point of recomposing the very material of time. EAN: 9782330053185 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Crime of Innocence - Brad Meltzer - Book Summary : Insider trading doesn't look good on a judicial resume. When Ben Addison, an ambitious young lawyer newly appointed to clerk for one of the nine Supreme Court justices, realizes he's walked right into an imposter's trap, he's already in serious trouble. Cornered, desperate at the thought of seeing his brilliant professional future jeopardized, Ben turns to Lisa, his colleague, and his three best friends, young, intelligent but inexperienced golden boys like him. Their objective: to find the con man who vanished with millions of dollars. The problem is, they've vastly underestimated their adversary, and by the time they realize the extent of the danger, it's too late. Their friendship, their career, and perhaps their lives are also on the edge. But there's no turning back. Combining its formidable suspense with an uncompromising and humorous portrayal of the yuppies' appetite for social advancement, this thriller, as original as it is eventful, was a bestseller in the United States upon its publication. EAN: 9782714435910 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : In every way like love - Simona Vinci - Book Summary : First collection of short stories after the novel Where Are the Children? for which Simona Vinci won the Elsa Morante Prize for a First Work. What is first striking when reading the thirteen short stories that make up Dans tous les sens comme l'amour is the sobriety and acuity of the gaze, the short, dense sentences, of a serious and resolute silence. Like razor blades, the words cut into the translucent bubbles with thick walls in which the various characters are imprisoned, curled up on their physical envelope, in an isolation without return. Dans tous les sens comme l'amour is a collection of disturbing intensity, of rare stylistic quality. The themes are treated with astonishing mastery by a young writer whose writing is deeply, intimately feminine, and whose exploration of the mysteries of the body joins the questions and research of contemporary art in recent years. It has been a long time since Italy, often too quick to promote "promising young writers", has presented us with genuine literary talent. EAN: 9782070760619 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : 99 Francs - Frédéric Beigbeder - Book Summary : Octave is the master of the world. Octave practices the lucrative profession of advertising copywriter: he decides today what you'll want tomorrow. Octave is a living dead, covered in money, girls, and cocaine. One day, he rebels. The gifted Octave goes crazy. The ideal client? "A Mongolian woman under fifty." "The advertising moguls?" "They're waging World War III." From the Île de la Jatte where agency bosses negotiate to Miami where a spot is shot on amphetamines, from a seminar in Africa to Saint-Germain-des-Prés, from the hell of sex to lost purity, Frédéric Beigbeder, somewhere between fiction and pamphlet, writes the confession of a child of the millennium. Laughing, he denounces universal commercialism. In a way, a moral book. For only 99 francs. EAN: 9782246567615 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Great Emperor and his automatons - Jean Lévi - Book Summary : Here is the novel of absolute order, as desired by Ts'in Che-houang ti, First August Emperor, over the entire Chinese Empire, in the 3rd century BC. After stopping History by establishing the reign of pure necessity and enclosing space within a great wall, the August Emperor wants to abolish time. He ends his reign surrounded by hydraulic automatons and believes he thus has control over beings. Already, he dreams of directing men as one directs machines. But he himself is perhaps only a puppet in the hands of his prime minister. He dies while traveling and, preserved in ice, people continue to serve him meals and take his orders as if he were alive... Playing with the multiple mirrors of Chinese civilization, cruel and refined, voluptuous and conquering, this novel reveals the astonishing figure of this First Emperor and thus paints the portrait of a China that is both ancestral and modern. EAN: 9782226021038 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Ramuntcho - Pierre Loti - Book Summary : Pierre Loti, in his novel Ramuntcho, published in 1892, describes a traditional and almost caricatured Basque Country, much to the chagrin of some defenders of Basque identity. Yet, Pierre Loti skillfully depicts the Basque soul and country, and this book has become an emblematic work. Ramuntcho, a smuggler, loves Gracieuse. Gracieuse loves Ramuntcho and promises to marry him when he returns from military service. However, the separation lasts three years, during which Gracieuse's mother goes on a rampage: rather than give her to Franchita's son, she prefers to lock her up in a convent. Can't one escape from a convent? A sacrilegious but very tempting project for a lover, a kidnapping that will be botched... Here we find Pierre Loti's literary vein. It's a slightly sad love story, but also one of adventure, in a unique setting: the Basque Country, the adopted home of the author who lived in Sare and died in Hendaye. A special region where young people dance, play pelota, and occasionally do some smuggling. The description of the Basque Country is largely responsible for the immense success of Ramuntcho. Today's reader will take great pleasure in reading this powerful story of the conquest and loss of a lost paradise. The author: Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud by his real name, was a naval officer, a great traveler, and above all a novelist. He was born on January 14, 1850, to Nadine Texier and Jean-Théodore Viaud, a Protestant family dominated by women - the mother and aunts - and of which Julien was the youngest son. Accepted into the Naval Academy in Paris, he went to sea in 1870 as a first-class midshipman, following the example of his beloved Gustave. He never stopped traveling the world by boat. His work, often autobiographical, takes us to Turkey (Aziyadé), Senegal (The Novel of a Spahi) or Japan (Madame Chrysanthemum, which was a huge success and inspired Puccini's Madame Butterfly). But the setting of his novels was not always so distant: with Pêcheurs d'Islande, he describes the life of Breton fishermen. Ramuntcho is set in this Basque land that Loti loved so much and where he ended his life. He was elected to the Académie française against Émile Zola. EAN: 9782365750257 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Blue Bicycle - Volume 4 - Black Tango - 1945-1947 - Régine Deforges - Book Summary : November 1945: In Nuremberg, in defeated Germany, the Allies try former Nazi criminals. Léa Delmas, sent by the Red Cross, meets François Tavernier there, whom she saw again a few months earlier in a Montillac undergoing reconstruction. Léa, shaken by the atrocities of war, collapses when Sarah Mulstein recounts the horror of her ordeal in the Ravensbrück camp. Suffering and humiliation have transformed this sensitive woman into a being driven by hatred and a desire for revenge. Sarah convinces François Tavernier to embrace her cause and join the network of Avengers she has formed. Their mission is simple: to hunt down and execute Nazis wherever they are found. This "hunt" leads them to Argentina, where Peronist circles facilitate the integration of war criminals into society. In Noir Tango , Régine Deforges brings back to life, to our great delight, the characters who won us over in her trilogy La Bicyclette Bleue . EAN: 9782213031170 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Codex - Douglas Preston - Book Summary : Hello from the land of the dead! This is how a wealthy collector begins the video left by his three sons. They soon learn that their father has buried himself alive with his treasures in a lost city somewhere in Central America. Whoever discovers his retreat will inherit his fortune. But the three brothers aren't the only ones coveting these priceless pieces... In particular, a 9th-century Mayan manuscript, the Codex, which could revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry. The sums at stake are colossal. The treasure hunt is on. But not everyone can become an adventurer... Especially since the Honduran jungle has never seemed so hostile. And some are willing to kill to get their hands on the secrets of the Codex. EAN: 9782841878826 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Storm over the Basin - Patrice Vergès - Book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782848861791 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Dwarves, Volume 2 - Blade of Fire - Markus Heitz - Book Summary : The Orc army advances, and the Humans join forces to stem its progress, still led by the ruthless Albes. Only the Dwarves can save them. The latter, divided by internal conflicts, attempt to choose their new king, and, despite himself, Tungdil is among the contenders for the throne. To decide between them, the young Dwarf and his rival—who wants only one thing: war against the Elves—are assigned a mission. They must travel to the Dragonbreath forge in the heart of the Grey Mountains to forge the Fireblade. This mythical weapon is the only one that can defeat the mage Nôd'onn and prevent him from handing over the Safe Country to the creatures of Tion. Will Tungdil and his companions complete their quest? The fate of the world depends on their success. EAN: 9782811200305 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Subito presto - Gérard Mordillat - Book Summary : In Subito presto , monsters who resemble us call out to each other and respond to each other. Whether it's the tragedy of a ridiculous man who joins the far right, the delusions of a president ready to reinstate slavery to combat unemployment, a truck driver selling his soul to the devil to become a boss, the ghost of a jester, or the man with a child's brain who travels the world without seeing it... they all say what we are, here and now. So many texts, so many stories snatched by the handful from current events, so many stones thrown into the mirror of everyday life to shatter it; to discover the reality of the world we live in - violent, grotesque, and sometimes terribly funny. After Ces femmes-là , visionary and disturbing, Gérard Mordillat , winner of the Resistance Humor Prize for La Brigade du rire , remains faithful to his convictions in this surprising, provocative and playful collection. EAN: 9782226448262 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : History of Sexual Rites - Jacques Marcireau - Book Summary : Sexual rites of prehistoric origin had never been the subject of a comprehensive study or any attempt at interpretation. People did not dare to look them in the face. This book finally dares to do so and provides the most extraordinary documentation ever gathered on this subject. Sacred prostitution, the right of the first night, the cult of the lingam and the yoni, and circumcision are the best-known vestiges of these mysterious practices, the spread of which was universal and whose role in the formation of religions and societies was crucial. A careful examination of the oldest of these rites, bestial coupling (Eve and the serpent), reveals a surprising hypothesis on the origins of humanity. Ritual coupling, no longer between an animal and a woman, but between a priest and a priestess (as well as between the faithful) was such a widespread practice that, in the time of Herodotus, “except the Greeks and the Egyptians, all peoples made love in the temples.” In 1877, the Orthodox clergy still tolerated – once a year – couplings of the faithful in a Christian church… Sexual rites are inseparable from the rites of Death and the rites of Emasculation. By explaining them, we finally understand a host of beliefs, superstitions, social or religious customs, the nature of religious and other ceremonies, the origin of festivals, etc. EAN: Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Sulfuric Acid - Amélie Nothomb - Book Summary : "The time came when the suffering of others was no longer enough for them: they needed the spectacle of it." EAN: 9782226167224 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Henderson's Boys, Volume 6 - Sharpshooters - Robert Muchamore - Book Summary : May 1943. It all begins with the parachute drop of Rosie, 17, and Eugène, 21, near Lorient. The two young men are tasked with reactivating the local resistance network, but nothing goes as planned and they are soon hunted by German soldiers... What chance do such young fighters, even determined and seasoned, have against the resources of their terrible enemies? EAN: 9782203060814 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Blue Bicycle Volume 7 - Free Cuba - 1955-1959 - Régine Deforges - Book Summary : Léa and François Tavernier embark for Cuba with their children. They seek to forget the Indochinese disaster into which they have been so tragically plunged. But adventure catches up with them again on this island, where Fulgencio Batista, the dictator supported by the American mafia, reigns. Very quickly, Charles, Léa's adopted son, finds himself mixed up in the revolutionary movement. Ardently sought by Batista's police, he manages to join Fidel Castro and the rebellion, who are waiting for their moment in the Sierra Maestra. Mad with worry, Léa sets out to find him and finds him in the company of Ernesto Guevara, who loved her in Argentina (see Black Tango ), and Camilo Cienfuegos, who becomes her lover. Together, they take part in the hard fighting in Santa Clara, then return to Havana as victors. Meanwhile, François Tavernier, who was first called upon by General Salan and then by General de Gaulle, went to Algiers on a mission with Léon Delbecque, Lucien Neuwirth, and Captain Jean Pouget, whom he had met during the siege of Dien Bien Phu. There, he witnessed the events of May 13, 1958, became concerned about the rise of fascism in Algeria, and learned to distrust General de Gaulle's close entourage, whom he suspected of having wanted to foment a coup d'état to ensure his return to power. Léa and François finally meet again in Paris in 1959 EAN: 9782213603032 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Blue Bicycle Volume 8 - Algiers, White City - 1959-1960 - Régine Deforges - Book Summary : Fifteen years after the end of World War II, Léa, the intrepid heroine of The Blue Bicycle, returns to France. In the meantime, the turbulent post-war world had taken her from Argentina to revolutionary Havana, via a chaotic Indochina. However, at the end of the 1950s, France was not at peace; the war raging in Algeria was shaking the entire country. General de Gaulle then tasked François Tavernier with sounding out, across the Mediterranean, a worried population and an army tempted by a putsch. Remaining in Paris, Léa and Charles, her adopted son, gradually took the side of independence and engaged, alongside the "suitcase carriers," in dangerous operations to support Algerian militants. As the January 1960 rebellion pushes Algiers to the brink of collapse, Léa must join François to escape the suspicions of the DST. Here they are thrown into the heart of dramatic events which, once again, will put them to the test, testing their convictions as much as their love. EAN: 9782213609577 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Blue Bicycle - Volume 10 - And When Will the End of the Journey Come - 1964-1967 - Régine Deforges - Book Summary : In 1966, General de Gaulle, the French head of state, entrusted François Tavernier with a mission as secret as it was delicate: to travel to Bolivia, where Klaus Barbie, the Nazi war criminal, had taken refuge. There, with the support of Dominique Ponchardier, the French ambassador to La Paz, he would have to secure the extradition of Jean Moulin's torturer. Failing that, he would still have the option of kidnapping him; or even eliminating him... Barely having disembarked, Tavernier finds himself facing the open hostility of the German exiles: attempts on his life are multiplying. Fortunately, Léa, who has joined him in La Paz, courageously supports him in this merciless struggle. Launched on the trail of Barbie and his family, François and Léa take us through a magnificent country, shaken as it is by the guerrilla war then being waged there by Ernesto Guevara. After the Frenchman Régis Debray, it is also to the cause of Che that Charles, Léa's adopted son, secretly rallies; he throws himself into it with all the energy of his youth, mixing the Tavernier saga with the upheavals of South American history in the sixties: Che's great revolutionary dream, his desperate fight and his tragic end then parade before us. After having gone through so many trials, survived the German Occupation, the turmoil of French Indochina and then Algeria, Léa and François find themselves once again caught up in the whirlwind of History. This time, however, it will be adorned with dire colors for them... Thus ends the cycle of novels begun by The Blue Bicycle . EAN: 9782213633480 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Papa's Rugby - Walter Spanghero - Book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782298002836 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Don't hang around in the rain - Richard Bohringer - Book Summary : "I arrived in front of the hospital, docked like a cargo ship at night. Its lights motionless in the rain. Planted there under the neon, dripping from the downpour. The wind shivers on the puddles. Someone is walking quickly. A taxi turns off its light. I'm there. I asked the doctor, lost among the IVs, the trolleys, the solitary people without a sound, and then others who are fed up. We don't know if this is life anymore. I asked the doctor if he would keep me tonight. He said yes." Richard Bohringer EAN: 9782081222922 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : My First Wife - Yann Queffélec - Book Summary : A man returns to his childhood – he is perhaps my double, my most secret agent. Perhaps I tried, by exploring a memory disfigured by the years, but also regenerated by the novel, to draw for the first time the face of my mother, to whom I owe my love of life so much. Love and do what you want: this was her credo towards the end. And day after day, I draw a certain comfort from the thought of being her son and having known her so well. So well?... EAN: 9782253116899 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Don't cry - Lydie Salvayre - Book Summary : Goncourt Prize 2014 "My mother's name is Montserrat Monclus Arjona, a name I am happy to bring to life and divert for a time from the nothingness to which it was promised. This evening, I listen to her stir the ashes of her lost youth and I see her face come alive, as if all her joy of life had been gathered in those few days in the summer of 1936, and as if, for her, the course of time had stopped on August 13, 1936." Lydie Salvayre is the author of a dozen novels, including The Company of Specters (November price) and BW (François-Billetdoux Prize). His books have been translated into around twenty languages. Don't cry was awarded the 2014 Goncourt Prize. "Lydie Salvayre masterfully interweaves two lyrical voices [that of her mother and that of Georges Bernanos]. A filial loyalty brimming with emotion." The Obs “A playful, virtuoso, impertinent language.” She EAN: 9782757854723 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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