Title : Summer of Machetes - James Patterson - book Summary : When the American mafia and the CIA agree on joint action, big guns still seem too small. The legislation of the small republic of San Domenica, a paradise island lost in the Pacific Ocean, refuses to allow the establishment of casinos? No problem... Damian and Carrie Rose, the most dangerous criminal couple since Bonnie and Clyde, are dispatched to the scene. Their task is to randomly execute tourists and locals (preferably with machetes), exacerbate local conflicts, and, in short, set the entire island ablaze. In this well-oiled plan, there's just one grain of sand: Peter MacDonald, an athletic former Marine, sees that morning what no one else was supposed to see. An eyewitness who doesn't help anyone. For the Roses, and their sponsors, the hunt is on... EAN : 9782266154949 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Woman in the Fifth - Douglas Kennedy - book Summary : Behind the city lights, where tourists never venture, lies the hidden Paris. Shadows are everywhere. Trouble is never far away. 10th arrondissement. In this sordid street, which is Paradise in name only, Harry Ricks has found refuge. Driven out by his wife, rejected by his daughter, the American academic lives a bitter exile. The only bright spot in this waking nightmare: a woman. An encounter that will haunt him... "This book, just as fascinating as the previous ones, is likely to surprise." Claire Julliard – The Obs "We don't read his books, we devour them." Valérie Robert – Femina version EAN : 9782266179768 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Me, Momo, 14 years old, Ivorian... and youngest graduate in France - Mohamed Diaby - book Summary : The youngest graduate in France in 2004 was a 14-year-old Ivorian who had arrived in Paris eight months earlier, after many adventures. Born in Abidjan, where he grew up surrounded by his brothers and sisters, Mohamed Diaby, known as Momo, had little choice: after skipping three grades, if he wanted to maximize his chances, he absolutely had to pass his baccalaureate in France and join a science preparatory class. But the obstacles were numerous: obtaining a visa and finding a place in a high school were only the beginning of a wonderful adventure... This story is a remarkable tale of integration and true academic success. A message of hope and a moving testimony at a time when schools and education in France are under attack. EAN : 9782266161206 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Incendiary - Chris Cleave - book Summary : Dear Osama, they want you dead or alive to end the terror. They're offering twenty-five million dollars for your head, but as far as I'm concerned, I don't want twenty-five million dollars. All I want is for you to drop it. DO YOU HEAR ME? I want to be the last mother in the world who has to write you a letter like that. Who has to write Osama to you about her dead kid. After the death of her husband and son in a terrorist attack in London, a young woman writes a long letter to Osama bin Laden. From spring to winter, in a city gripped by terror, she writes to survive. EAN : 9782253119609 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Bloody Kitchen - Minette Walters - book Summary : "Where did Olive Martin's fascination stem from? From the grotesque spectacle of her six foot five and some 220 kilos? From her sinister notoriety? From the repulsion she inspired? She had cut her mother and sister into pieces and assembled them on the kitchen floor in a bloody abstract composition. The enormity of the crime, combined with the terrifying impression her apocalyptic figure had made on the members of the court, had earned her a life sentence. The crime aside, what made her case exceptional was that she had pleaded guilty and even refused to answer." From her first meeting with Olive Martin, Rosalind Leigh, who has agreed, not without disgust, to write a book about her, has the feeling that the obese murderer is not guilty. But then why this confession? Who is she protecting? And why? EAN : 9782266066242 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Glory of the Vanquished - Henri Troyat - book Summary : The Silence of the Angels, Dinah McCall In St. Petersburg, in December 1825, Nicolas Ozareff and his friends, a group of generous aristocrats and military men, attempted to overthrow the autocratic regime and impose a liberal constitution. Gathered in Senate Square, the "Decembrists" were decimated by the cannons of the future Tsar Nicholas I. The survivors, thrown into the dungeons of the St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress, were hanged or deported to Siberia. How would Sophie, who had just learned of her husband's infidelity, react to the news of the danger threatening him? EAN : 9782277132769 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Silence of the Angels - Dinah Mccall - book Summary : The Silence of the Angels, Dinah McCall “Sleep, my angel, sleep”... The inscription engraved on the cross-shaped pendant is bloodcurdling. The child who was just found wearing the cross was murdered. Upon hearing the news, Olivia Sealy is shocked. The little girl died twenty-five years earlier, at the exact moment she herself, then two years old, was kidnapped and held captive, before finally being released for ransom. Even more disturbing: like all members of the Sealy family, the little girl had a slight deformity in her hand... Is it possible that, twenty-five years earlier, Olivia owed her life only to a mistake on the part of her kidnappers? With no memory of her abduction, during which her parents were killed, she is alone facing the questions that obsess her. Alone facing the silence of her memory, which seals the dark secrets of the Sealys' past. Secrets that Detective Trey Bonney, in charge of the investigation, would also like to access... EAN : 9782280219518 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Angel Baby - Richard Lange - book Summary : A great crime novel retracing the escape of a mother ready to do anything to find her daughter. Kidnapped in Tijuana by her husband, a powerful drug trafficker nicknamed "El Principe," Luz manages to escape. She wants to find her daughter Isabel at all costs, whom she has entrusted to an aunt who lives in Los Angeles. While on the run, her path crosses that of Malone, a young American who drowns the guilt of his little girl's death in all kinds of excesses. Every week, he hides illegal immigrants in the trunk of his car and smuggles them across the border into the United States in exchange for a few tickets. For his part, El Principe has sent his henchman Jeronimo, nicknamed "El Apache," a gangster recently released from prison, after his wife. If he fails to bring Luz back, it is her family who will pay the price. Hot on their heels: Agent Mike Thacker, a corrupt, debt-ridden, sex-obsessed border guard who doesn't hesitate to take advantage of the sidelines of border trafficking... The fates of these four characters quickly become intertwined, as a real chase begins between the Californian desert and Los Angeles. EAN : 9782264068316 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Africa Trek - Volume 1 - 14,000 Kilometers in the Footsteps of Man - Sonia Poussin, Alexandre Poussin - book Summary : Sonia and Alexandre Poussin set out to travel across Africa on foot, from the Cape of Good Hope to Lake Tiberias. A three-year trek along the Rift Valley in East Africa, symbolically retracing the journey of the first human being. In this volume, which retraces the initial 7,000 kilometers of their journey, from Cape Town to Kilimanjaro, they share with us an intimate continent. They faced the relentless bush sun, attacks by wild animals, and crossed countries in crisis. Alone, without sponsors or logistics, sharing the destitution of their hosts, they speak to us on every page of the generosity and enthusiasm of the people who populate this land. Day after day, Sonia and Alexandre have become a little more African. EAN : 9782266159654 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : For the Love of Massoud - Sediqa Massoud - book Summary : Massoud. This name evokes the man who resisted in the mountains of Afghanistan against the Soviets, then against the Taliban. A hero assassinated on September 9, 2001. This exceptional testimony is that of the woman Massoud loved, married in the greatest secrecy, and with whom he had six children. Throughout the pages, we discover a Massoud who sometimes returns home broken by the fighting, talking all night to relieve the tension. A man who dreams of seeing his country finally at peace, and also a lover of poetry and literature, adoring his family. An extraordinary love story. Sediqa Massoud reveals here the hidden side of a visionary warlord, a lover of freedom, respected by the whole world and whose personal life remained a mystery to this day. EAN : 9782266163323 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Letter to Stéphanie - Daniel Ducruet - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782290046487 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The African - Francesca Marciano - book Summary : Despairing over the death of her father, a famous Italian poet, Esmé flies to Kenya. Upon encountering this mysterious country, she decides not to return to Rome and falls in love with Adam, a safari organizer, who fascinates her. It is in Nairobi that Esmé learns the rules of African life. Not those of the natives but those of a caste of expatriate whites, in an atmosphere of alcohol, drugs, and sex. There is Nicole, the friend, with whom Esmé shares confidences and cocaine; Linda, a Midwestern beauty; Nena, the perfect mother and wife; and above all, Iris, the "tamer" of wild animals and men. Far from the slums of Nairobi, Esmé discovers wild 4x4 races, long walks, and the mystery of untamed nature. Until the day everything changes and all her hard-earned landmarks are swept away by a newcomer... "We think of 'Out of Africa,' but also 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro,' or even 'Gone with the Wind.'" Isabelle Nataf "Le Figaro" "Vertigo...Francesca Marciano [...] has Africa in her blood, and she proves it." Marie Tourres "L'Express" "'An English Patient' is updated and a one-sit-through read. Intense and lyrical." "She" EAN : 9782266100274 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Black Light - Minette Walters - book Summary : When Jane Kingley wakes up in a Salisbury clinic after her supposed suicide, she has forgotten everything about the events that led her there. Why do those around her and her family claim she couldn't bear the betrayal of Leo Wallader, that bastard who ran off with her best friend? In the chaos of her failing memory, assailed by horrible premonitions, Jane rejects this explanation. With the ambiguous help of Dr. Proterhoe, the young woman tries to understand, to explore her nightmares, to gather clues, to discover the improbable and bloody truth. EAN : 9782266077293 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Nothing's Going Right - Douglas Kennedy - book Summary : Hollywood, where destiny rhymes with decline. On the grand roulette wheel of success, it only takes one hit to reach the top. And one bad roll to plummet down. David Armitage's series project has just been picked up by a major cable network. Ten years of struggle, placing scripts here and there, will finally pay off. Recognition, fortune, and celebrity are on the horizon. But the machine is running wild. The movie city has a fall in store for it... Titanic. "This book on manipulation and plagiarism is terribly effective. It's suspense in relief." The Parisian EAN : 9782266133999 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Darwin's Sword - Dan Simmons - book Summary : Overnight, Thomas Fayette's life is turned upside down. Just after experiencing a wild passion with Gandhali, a young woman of Tibetan origin, his wife and daughters perish in a car accident. No coincidence, according to the secret services. Is Gandhali involved in the death of Thomas's family? Is she, in fact, part of a network of Tibetan nationalists sworn to drive out the Chinese by force of arms and free their country from the tutelage of religious leaders and the Dalai Lama? Thomas flies to Tibet in search of Gandhali, a prisoner on a last-ditch mission. Such is the great suspense of Patrick Hutin's new novel. The challenge of two heroic lovers at the heart of a battle for freedom. EAN : 9782070429684 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Prisoner of Tibet - Patrick Hutin - book Summary : Overnight, Thomas Fayette's life is turned upside down. Just after experiencing a wild passion with Gandhali, a young woman of Tibetan origin, his wife and daughters perish in a car accident. No coincidence, according to the secret services. Is Gandhali involved in the death of Thomas's family? Is she, in fact, part of a network of Tibetan nationalists sworn to drive out the Chinese by force of arms and free their country from the tutelage of religious leaders and the Dalai Lama? Thomas flies to Tibet in search of Gandhali, a prisoner on a last-ditch mission. Such is the great suspense of Patrick Hutin's new novel. The challenge of two heroic lovers at the heart of a battle for freedom. EAN : 9782290017371 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Camino 999 - Catherine Fradier - book Summary : For Carla Montalban, joining the police force was a way to turn her back on her family. By choosing the field and its share of turpitudes, she thought she would never again encounter the kind of businessmen her wealthy family frequented. At least, not alive... Wrongly so: two murders, one after the other, disrupt the tranquility of Lyon's high society. Between industrial espionage and embezzlement, there's no shortage of leads. For Carla, the investigation soon takes on a special dimension: at the heart of this case, over which the shadow of Opus Dei hovers, may lie the true identity of her missing mother and the unspeakable secret of the Montalban fortune... EAN : 9782266182966 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Little girls breathe the same air as us - Paul Fournel - book Summary : "We played blue-white-red. When big Josiane turned around to surprise us, Maline froze. She remained, arms outstretched, mouth open, and leg in the air, like a clumsy dancer. The others were motionless, at attention. You'd swear they hadn't moved. Madeleine abruptly left the game, for no reason; she shook herself, did one or two gymnastic moves, and went to go back to class. Brushing past Maline, she whispered: "If death comes, you'll stay like this, and we won't even be able to bury you." Ten worried little girls, in nineteen short stories, who play hide-and-seek with the desire to grow up and the fear of being grown up. Ten tender little girls in the painful, delightful, or magical moments of their lives. EAN : 9782070388202 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : It's not done - Isabelle Spaak - book Summary : "There is neither culprit nor victim in this story. There is no explanation for stories that end badly. I watched helplessly as a love that had served as a model for me, then as a foil. There is only the long absence, this difficulty in speaking and this inability to remain silent. What if my father or my mother had survived, had killed without taking their own life? I know, of course, that he would never have shot. He was loved too much and she not enough. She could no longer see the world without the eyes she had idolized. She raised her weapon, one beautiful July morning. A lazy Saturday when one prepares to do nothing." EAN : 9782266153263 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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