Title : The Sap and the Ashes - Alain Dubos - book Summary : The Haute Lande, in the 1920s. On this damp, flat land, licked by the salty ocean winds, nothing has changed since the 19th century. Wealthy distillers continue to make their fortunes prosper from the resin and the misery of sharecroppers. Far from Paris and the noisy Roaring Twenties, two women from the Landes will shake off the yoke of the established order. Heiress to endless pine forests where the sap flows like gold, Maylis decides to run the estate herself, much to the scandal of her family. Madeleine is a peasant woman thirsting for justice and knowledge, who takes the lead of a nascent union movement. The fight between them reveals them to be sisters in rebellion and courage. EAN : 9782266097574 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Last Coyote - Michael Connelly - book Summary : Following a serious altercation with his superior, Detective Inspector Harry Bosch is placed on compulsory leave and ordered to consult a psychologist to control his aggression: his reinstatement within the Los Angeles police force depends on it. Harry Bosch initially refuses treatment, then reveals to Dr. Hinojos the secret that haunts him: his mother, Marjorie Lowe, a prostitute, was killed as she was about to finally extract him from the center where, as a small child, he was placed after being separated from her. And, the crux of the problem, the police investigation that could have helped him accept the reality of this murder never came to fruition. Freed by this confession, Harry Bosch then understands that, despite the ban on investigating that affects him, he must find the one who stole his mother's love from him, and he reopens the case. EAN : 9782020438131 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Blood of Betrayal - Hervé Jourdain - book Summary : Quai des Orfèvres Prize 2014 "Serial killers from generation to generation, it's still a strange vocation! But always in the service of the State. I shouldn't have touched the honor of my ancestors... I like seeing the cops get agitated because of me, seeing their flashing lights turn blue on the facades of the Palais de Justice. Who will eliminate the traitors to its memory?" These threats dramatically haunt the "36", at the moment when a young policewoman joins the "lords" of the Crime, at the risk of assuming a singular lineage and finding herself confronted with a massacre in the ranks of the judicial world. EAN : 9782213677286 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Monk and the Venerable - Christian Jacq - book Summary : In early 1944, two men were arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in a German fortress. One was a doctor and a member of a very old Masonic lodge. The other was an eminent Benedictine monk. Under Himmler's orders, a secret service was tracking down religious orders and secret societies in an attempt to strip them of their powers. How would the Freemason and the Christian listen to each other and reach an agreement when faced with Nazi torturers determined to enslave them? EAN : 9782266072427 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Storm in the Air - Carl Hiaasen - book Summary : Hurricane in Florida! Gone are the beautiful creatures and the fine sand. Houses are flying away, destinies are imploding, and lunatics of all stripes are celebrating. Some even get ideas. Ideas for scams, ideas for kidnappings, ideas for murder... A hermit worthy of Don Quixote, a skull collector, a killer with a sinister face, a young bride who lost her dear and tender husband in the turmoil. One by one, they emerge from the shadows, from their lives, from their hinges. Let the party begin! EAN : 9782266090131 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Petersburg News - Nikolai Gogol - book Summary : Attached, like a visionary devil, to the faltering steps of his characters, puppets as grotesque as they are pathetic, Gogol travels through Petersburg, transfigured under his pen into a disturbing shadow theater. From The Overcoat to The Portrait, by way of The Diary of a Madman, The Nose and Nevsky Prospect, these fantastic and comical stories, beyond the satire of Russian society, reveal an unpredictable universe, governed by nonsense. As Nabokov wrote, "the essence of humanity is derived in an irrational manner from the chaos of pretenses that composes Gogol's world." EAN : 9782080710185 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : My Mortal Enemy - Willa Cather - book Summary : I first met Myra Henshawe when I was fifteen, but as far back as I can remember, I had always heard of her. Thus Nellie tells the story of the dazzling Myra Henshawe. Naturally elegant, astonishingly gifted, comfortably raised in a small Missouri town, Myra had been charmed by Oswald Henshawe and followed him to New York. She reigned there. Her refinement, her beauty, her taste for the arts attracted, her strangeness seduced. Years later, Nellie found her sick, poor, battling invisible demons, in a mediocre West Coast hotel. What mortal enemy was she struggling with? "My Mortal Enemy," written in 1926, testifies to Willa Cather's interest in European literature EAN : 9782869305533 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Perfume of the Lady in Black - Gaston Leroux - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782277508960 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Less well - Arnaud Le Guilcher - book Summary : He never thought his honeymoon could get any worse... "This eccentric author is full of very colorful expressions in the service of lively writing." Sébastien Chabal "We turn the pages with the simple desire to snigger and gloat, to follow this splendid loser." Frédéric Beigbeder “It’s funny, tenderly fierce and courageous.” Mathias Malzieu "If Ionesco and Desproges had had a son together, he would have called him Arnaud Le Guilcher!" Gerard Collard EAN : 9782266207010 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Heart-Ripper - Boris Vian - book Summary : Here's a corner of the countryside where people have strange ways... The old people's fair, for example. A curious institution! We also know that all children can fly like birds as soon as they stretch out their arms - but is that a sufficient reason to lock them up behind ever higher, ever more closed walls? The psychiatrist Jacquemort wonders - then no longer wonders, because he has too much to do with the shame of others, which flows into a very dirty stream. But we, who remain on the shore, see that Boris Vian is simply describing our world. By taking each of our usual words literally, he reveals to us the monstrous country that surrounds us, that of our most implacable desires, where every love hides a hatred, where men dream of ships, and women of walls. EAN : 9782253006626 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Louis XIV Volume 2 - The Winter of the Great King - Max Gallo - book Summary : This winter of 1683 seems to mark the twilight of a unique reign. The ailing king wages a courageous struggle. For Louis the Great never capitulates. All of Europe resounds with the sound of his victories. As death takes his advisors and family members, the king must dictate the pace of life at court... A comedy that this anxious, aging man struggles to play. Until the end, Louis governs, deciding the fate of France as well as his own salvation. "The storyteller's talent is expressed in the lively rhythm with its bursts and emotions. A successful historical narrative, somewhere between the controlled lyricism of a Michelet and the bubbling verve of a Dumas. EAN : 9782266185653 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Two of Us - Mhairi McFarlane - book Summary : Get out your tissues, this romantic comedy will make you cry... with laughter Some men have principles. Personally, I've never met one, but I saw one once, in a movie. Delia isn't sure she understands how far she's gone wrong: she's been with Paul for ten years when she proposes... and discovers he's cheating on her. She hadn't seen it coming. If it's all her fault, as her ex suggests, why is he moving heaven and earth to get her back? What if she put the old adage: one lost, ten found to good use? Delia leaves behind her uneventful little life, and from Newcastle to London, suitors abound: between messages from an anonymous admirer, eccentric bosses, and journalists so seductive it's indecent, a new version of Delia is born. Love is dead, long live love! “Witty, lively, guaranteed laughs… A modern romance novel in its most accomplished form.” Heat “Highly recommended for those who like it funny.” Glamour “Wonderfully hilarious.” Fabulous Editor's note: Don't some relationships prevent us from being our true selves? How long does it take to realize this? Delia couldn't imagine her future without Paul, and yet this breakup pushes her toward a better tomorrow. Mhairi McFarlane is unparalleled in exploring the inner workings of romantic relationships, and she does so with delightful lightness. Her twirling pen and sharp dialogue will make you die laughing. EAN : 9782811218638 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Love Lasts Three Years - Frede Beigbeder - book Summary : "In the third year, there's good news and bad news. The good news: your disgusted wife leaves you. The bad news: you start a new book." EAN : 9782070414574 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The ideal man exists. He is from Quebec - Diane Ducret - book Summary : A young woman leaves Paris to join her new partner who lives in Canada. Overcoming her fear of commitment and her phobia of flying, she makes the trip but quickly finds herself confronted with a series of trials: the arrival of her 5-year-old son, a walk with sled dogs that turns into a nightmare, an old partner who is too present... EAN : 9782290130667 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Deep Winter - Samuel W. Gailey - book Summary : Danny doesn't know what to do with the corpse he just discovered on the evening of his fortieth birthday. This body is that of Mindy, his only friend in the small town of Wyalusing, Pennsylvania. Despite the childhood tragedy that left him orphaned and simple-minded, everyone in town despises the giant Danny and worries about the havoc his superhuman strength could wreak. So when the sheriff's deputy, a thick, corrupt brute, names him as Mindy's murderer, everyone is convinced that good Danny has finally hurt someone weaker than himself. But this first murder upsets the precarious balance that had reigned until then in the town, while the sheriff, his deputy, and reinforcements launch, deep into the surrounding woods, into a manhunt from which no one will emerge unscathed. With breathtaking evocative power and a thrilling plot, this debut novel takes us to the heart of America's underdogs and exposes the violence that lies beneath the still waters. EAN : 9782351780787 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : What strange effect do you have on my heart - Christine Orban - book Summary : "After he repudiated me, I wanted to write to Bonaparte. The idea came to me one night, alone at Malmaison while he was away on the island of Elba. I, Josephine, repudiated, he exiled, how did we get here?" With disturbing empathy, the author of the Silence of men, of Don't Forget to Be Happy takes on the character of Josephine and shares her passionate love life with us. This story offers the analysis of feelings and depth that have made the novelist so successful. EAN : 9782226258250 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Baton Rouge - Patricia Cornwell - book Summary : Baton Rouge, Louisiana, population 230,000, former French trading post on the Mississippi... A hub of all kinds of trafficking, it's the city in the United States with the highest number of crimes per capita. It's also where Kay Scarpetta has a date with her destiny, because the Chandonne brothers haven't forgotten her. Death lurks deep in the bayou and strikes in series. Will Scarpetta's friends arrive in time to foil the trap? EAN : 9782702134153 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Garden of Badalpour - Kenizé Mourad - book Summary : In India, within the walls of the decrepit palace of the late Rajah of Badalpur, there is a small garden where a young Western woman regularly comes to recharge her batteries, because Zahr, daughter of a sultana and descendant of one of the last sovereigns of Constantinople, is also the daughter of a Rajah, and therefore of this Indian land. Her story is that of a woman who, upon coming into the world, lost everything: her name, her first name, her age, her country, her parents - her mother, having fled India, entrusted her to an adoptive family before dying. As an adult, Zahr embarks on a desperate search for her true identity, without which she feels she cannot begin to live. At twenty-one, after many years of searching, she will find her father and her country. She will discover a family that has been torn apart since India's independence, a minority and persecuted Muslim community. Her Western habits shock her and earn her many rebuffs. Furthermore, she is only a woman and, as such, has few rights. But she has finally found the happiness of having a family and a father she adores. Until her world collapses again and she is forced to leave everything behind. Twenty years later she returns and, after many struggles, ends up understanding that these "belongings" to which everyone clings are in fact only crutches that help one to stand, barriers that limit, often even blinders that blind. Now, freed from her ghosts, will Zahr be able to move on to other horizons, light, finally ready to dance her life? Kénizé Mourad was a journalist and worked for twelve years as a senior reporter specializing in Middle Eastern and Indian subcontinent affairs. Ten years ago, she dedicated a famous novel to her family's history: From the Dead Princess (Laffont), which sold several million copies. The Garden of Badalpour is the second installment of this family saga. EAN : 9782213601267 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Two Schools - Yves Viollier - book Summary : Against the backdrop of the debate between public and private schools, the great novel of friendship. 984. Demonstrations are breaking out all over France in defense of free schools. For Chrysostome Lhermite, these events echo unbearably a distant and painful past, from his youth, when clans were already clashing. With his neighbor, his friend, Louis Malidin, they were then as close as fingers on a hand. That was before the war between the schools reached them in the flesh, before it led them to build a wall between their two houses. Has nothing changed, fifty years later? Or will 1984 finally be the occasion to sign the armistice and for their friendship to be reborn? With In The Two Schools, Yves Viollier delivers a wonderful lesson in hope in the power of forgiveness. EAN : 9782221140307 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : In the Secret of the Reeds - Jean Anglade - book Summary : In present-day Auvergne, the tranquility of a small village of a dozen inhabitants is about to be put to the test by the massive arrival of people of all kinds. Humor and relevance are at the heart of this novel, marked by the inimitable pen of Jean Anglade. Chaumont-sur-Dorette, in Auvergne, surrounded by woods and pastures, at an altitude of a thousand meters, leads a life in winter with its dozen inhabitants hardly more agitated than that of its cemetery. Summer changes everything. Many Southerners occupy its Rapans inn, fill the Auvergne hamlet with their volubility, their laughter, their games of pétanque, and for two months make it "Marseille-sur-Dorette". At the same time, the Vie et Foi colony brings eighty young thugs, both male and female, supervised by educators who strive to put these misguided children back on the path of virtue. Everything becomes complicated... Luce Rodary, twelve years old, daughter of the innkeepers, falls in love with Mr. Jo, director of the colony. When she is told that, despite his American cap and his guitar, Mr. Jo is a Catholic priest, she refuses to believe it... EAN : 9782258057678 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Voyage A Pitchipoi - Jean-Claude Moscovici - book Summary : Journey to Pitchipoï tells the story of the tragedy of a Jewish family in France during the war, a tragedy that millions of other families shared. In 1942, the author of this book was six years old. His family was arrested by German and French gendarmes and dispersed. The narrator and his little sister were initially entrusted to neighbors until the village mayor enforced the decision of the SS captain, Commander of the region and responsible for anti-Semitic repression: "The reception of Jewish children in French families is undesirable and will not be authorized under any circumstances." The two children were then locked up in a prison, then transferred to the Drancy camp, where the little girl fell ill from malnutrition. Throughout this period, they had no news of their mother, who had miraculously managed to escape and had not been recaptured, despite the doors often closing when she asked for help. After months of living in hiding, they returned home after the Liberation. They were never to see their father again. EAN : 9782211035965 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Transatlantic - Colum McCann - book Summary : After the immense success of And as the wide world continues its mad dash, McCann returns with his most ambitious, most masterful, most accomplished novel. Drawing on an impressive construction of ingenuity and mastery, the author builds a bridge across the Atlantic, between America and Ireland, from the 19th century to the present day. Blending history and fiction, this is a dazzling work about uprooting, loss, and self-improvement. After And let the wide world continue its mad dash, the great return of Colum McCann. Drawing on an impressive construction of ingenuity and mastery, the author builds a bridge across the Atlantic, between America and Ireland, from the 19th century to the present day. Blending history and fiction, a dizzying fresco of haunting beauty. In Dublin in 1845, seventeen-year-old servant Lily Duggan meets the gaze of Frederick Douglass, the Dark Dandy, the runaway slave, the first to bear witness to the absolute horror in his memoirs. That day, Lily understands that she must change her life and embarks for the New World, thus changing her destiny and that of her descendants, over four generations. In Dublin, 150 years later, Hannah, his great-granddaughter, tries to draw from the story of her ancestors the strength to survive loss and loneliness. "This is what interests Colum McCann: at the heart of violence, lives lived in spite of everything; these invisible skeins that intertwine places, times and characters; this way the past has of resurfacing in the strangest way possible." Publishers Weekly EAN : 9782714450074 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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