Title : The Crystal Radish - Yan Mo - Book Summary : It was for the publication of The Crystal Radish that Guan Moye signed for the first time with his pen name Mo Yan, "He who does not speak." In the harsh world of the Chinese countryside, a vagabond child who never communicates through words is moved by a caress, a crackle, brief, furtive emotions: through his gaze, sounds, smells, materials and colors take on a poignant poetic intensity. In a world of down-to-earth adults, Mo Yan's descriptions are even more carnal and moving, and the relationships between humans are described in their greatest tenderness as well as their greatest cruelty." EAN: 9782809715354 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Without a Goodbye - Harlan Coben - Book Summary : The master of your sleepless nights: origins. Masterful suspense, a truly Machiavellian plot, and psychological tension at its peak. From the Australian coast to the parks of Boston and the suburbs of New York, this is the first major breakthrough from the man who would revolutionize the world of thrillers. Laura Ayars and David Baskin, the former supermodel turned businesswoman and Celtics basketball superstar: a couple blessed by the gods! But, in the middle of their honeymoon, tragedy strikes. David goes swimming and disappears. Without a goodbye... Accident? Murder? Suicide? Laura launches an investigation and soon discovers thirty-year-old secrets that her loved ones have done everything they can to bury... Lies, betrayals, jealousies, murders... When the past threatens to resurface, a killer lurking in the shadows is ready to do anything to prevent the truth from coming out. EAN: 9782714447197 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Little secrets of our favorite expressions - Fr D Rick Gersal - Book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782360755424 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Give Me the World - Lloyd Jones - Book Summary : This is the story of a woman. Black, alone, on a beach in Sicily. She crossed the Mediterranean to find her son. With nothing more than her maid's uniform and a knife in a plastic bag, she walks to Berlin. She walks to her son, whom she only knew for a few days before he was taken from her. Along the way, she attracts the attention of strangers. A truck driver, who mistakes her for a prostitute. An old man, whose money she steals. A woman, whose identity she borrows. A smuggler, who offers to share his meal... It's the story of a mother ready to do anything to see her child again. It is a novel that no one can forget. EAN: 9782749913537 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Last Game - John Grisham - Book Summary : Eddie Rake is dying. For thirty years, he coached the high school football team in Messina, a small town in the southern United States. In the empty stadium where they rose to fame, the players he coached throughout his long career gather to await their coach's death and reminisce about their best years. Among them is Neely Crenshaw. At seventeen, Neely thought he would become a great professional player; but a knee injury sent him back to the obscurity he had emerged from too young in a matter of minutes. He can't forgive Eddie Rake for a certain 1987 match, where violence turned tragic. The scene brings others to light... and little by little it becomes clear that football, in Messina, has ceased to be a sport and has become a game that ties and unties destinies, on the verge of tragedy. As the hours pass, the question rises in the hearts of the former players: should we love or hate Eddie Rake? EAN: 9782221103265 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Great Way of St. James - Jean-Claude Bourlès - Book Summary : Hat and felt coat, satchel at side, staff in hand: for more than a millennium, pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela have fueled the Western imagination. A path of faith, a path of knowledge and exchange, a path of initiation: Compostela was all of this, and more. Jean-Claude Bourlès followed the Camino Francés from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, the route opened in the 9th century by pilgrims from France. EAN: 9782228891639 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Origin of Our Loves - Erik Orsenna - Book Summary : “One day I remarried. The next day, my father left home. No one in the family made the connection between the two events. And yet, my brother is a psychiatrist. I had my own idea, but I preferred to keep it to myself. I knew my father better than anyone. For one simple reason: we had divorced together. He from my mother, me from my first wife. He on Monday, me on Wednesday, at the same time at the end of June 1975. And nothing brings us closer than a shared divorce. So I knew that impulsive actions weren't his style. He followed plans, always generous in their objective, but most often unreasonable. That summer, my father and I began to talk about love. We never stopped. EAN: 9782234078925 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Street of Dark Shops - Modiano Patrick - Book Summary : Who has forgotten? The 2014 Nobel Prize winner in Literature was first awarded the Prix Goncourt. In Rue des Boutiques Obscures , Guy Roland, a detective from a Parisian agency run by a Baltic baron, takes advantage of its closure to investigate the most fascinating and perilous subject: himself. Was he not struck by amnesia after an accident? He traces his story in post-war Paris, questions, consults photos and used directories. Reading this novel, which borrows from the detective genre, we once again experience the experience that the young writer, revealed ten years earlier with La Place de l'Etoile continues to explore themes that shape his inner world. The quest for identity plays a central role. Announcing the winner, Goncourt jury member Armand Lanoux said of Modiano's unsuccessful competitor: "We would have honored a book. With Patrick Modiano, we honored a writer." A writer: who would dispute the word today? Etienne de Montety director of the Literary Figaro EAN: 9782810509508 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Under Protection - Viveca Sten - Book Summary : A dense and captivating thriller, perhaps the best in the series. Skanska Dagbladet Andreis Kovac is a powerful man. A child refugee from the Bosnian War, he became a drug lord in Stockholm. Unable to bring him down for drug trafficking, the justice system is trying to catch him for tax evasion. But Kovac can afford the best lawyers: he knows he'll get away with it, once again. However, one woman is making the opposite bet: prosecutor Nora Linde. To get to him, she's counting on the trafficker's young wife, Mina, who is on the run after being beaten by her husband. She's a key witness who could turn the tide of the trial. Placed under protective custody with her baby in a villa on the archipelago, Mina becomes the subject of a merciless war. Andreis Kovac will stop at nothing to get her and her son back. Will Inspector Thomas Andreasson be able to protect Nora Linde from his boundless brutality? A gripping thriller about childhood pain and wounds from Viveca Sten, one of the genre's stars. EAN: 9782226438256 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Lover from North China - Marguerite Duras - Book Summary : I learned that he had been dead for years. It was in May 1990 (...). I had never thought about his death. I was also told that he was buried in Sadec, that the blue house was still there, inhabited by his family and children. That he had been loved in Sadec for his kindness, his simplicity, and that he had also become very religious at the end of his life. I abandoned the work I was doing. I wrote the story of the lover from North China and the child: it was not yet there in The Lover, time was lacking around them. I wrote this book in the mad joy of writing it. I remained a year in this novel, locked in that year of love between the Chinese man and the child. I did not go beyond the departure of the ocean liner, that is to say, the departure of the child." Marguerite Duras. EAN: 9782070723799 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Diary of a Happy Man - Philippe Delerm - Book Summary : I woke up this morning thinking it was going to be a good day. I think I'll go to bed tonight thinking I'm the happiest man alive. How can I not shudder a little at that thought? I am rich, immeasurably rich in what almost everyone lacks: time." This newspaper is from a golden age. Choosing to live in the countryside far from literary and Parisian circles. Watching the flowers in your garden grow through the window, following the rhythm of the seasons. Take the time to live your life, to admire your partner, to love your child. Write thinking that one day you will perhaps be recognized. Philippe Delerm only kept a diary for one year of his life. He was 37 years old. Long before the hurricane of success of The First Sip of Beer . "I have probably never been happier than that year. EAN: 9782021333756 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : AOC: Controlled Origin Assassinations - Eric Le Boloc'h - Book Summary : Famous for its medieval remains and the diversity of its terroirs, the peaceful little town of Saint-Émilion descends into horror as the green harvest approaches. In this wine-growing city with its rich ecclesiastical heritage, the priest's murder is sure to inflame tempers. Is the victim's membership in the local wine brotherhood the motive for the crime? That's what Bordeaux SRPJ captain Thierry Cuche seems to think, for whom the members of this notorious order are all suspects. Flimsy alibis, old grudges: everyone seems to have something to hide. The investigation intensifies with the appearance of a crow and the proliferation of corpses. The nightmare is about to begin. Soon, Saint-Émilion will be known more for its murders than for its wines. With a focus on realistic storytelling, balancing suspense and humor, Le Boloc'h and Marchesseau create a new genre: the onological thriller! EAN: 9782749907499 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Paler Shadow - Andrea H. Japp - Book Summary : FBI profiler Diane Silver relentlessly pursues her pursuit of serial killers. Hoping he'll help her eliminate these predators, Diane makes a deal with the devil by partnering with Rupert Teelaney, aka Nathan Hunter... himself a serial killer. But what she's really after is finding the "hunter" who led her eleven-year-old daughter Leonor to her torturer, thus sentencing her to death. While in Paris, Yves Guéguen, a French police officer, is keeping tabs on Sara Heurtel, whose Satanist daughter was shot dead by Nathan, Diane must confront a triple crime. As lab results pile up, the monstrous charade becomes increasingly incomprehensible... Andrea H. Japp has created a thriller that is as effective as it is original. Pascale Frey, Elle. EAN: 9782253158271 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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