Title : The Last Cato - Matilde Asensi - book Summary : There is said to have been an order that predates the Templars and that has survived them. Its members have been the guardians for centuries of the greatest sacred mysteries of our civilization. Dante himself is said to have risked his life with them, and The Divine Comedy is said to contain within its pages one of the keys to their sanctuary. Ottavia Salina, although employed in the unofficial Vatican archives and therefore informed of the Church's most deeply buried secrets, knows nothing about them. So, when she is suddenly asked to leave her miles of armored underground passages to study strange scarifications on the corpse of an Ethiopian, she takes off her blouse without asking any questions. Ottavia still doesn't know that with the discovery of the scars chiseled like silk threads on this man's body, she will soon never see the world as before... EAN : 9782298000146 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Cult Products - 80 Sweet and Savory Recipes - Book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782298052183 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Tchaikovsky - Vladimir Volkoff - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782260003380 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Unicorn and the Three Crowns. - Valérie Alma Marie - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782286076245 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : In the Sun of the Wolves - Dominique Rebourg - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782857044505 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Mahabharata - Jean-Claude Carrière - book Summary : An immense epic poem in the crucible of which the imagination and culture of India were forged, the Mahabharata is the outsize of the subcontinent. For many Westerners, it is an unassimilable work because it is too complex, too abundant, too strange. This is why the play produced by Peter Brook for the 1985 Avignon Festival was immediately perceived as a major event in the contemporary history of theater. The phenomenal success of this creation owed much to Jean-Claude Carrière's text. With exemplary clarity, it brings to life the cosmic struggle between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, involving the worlds of demons and gods, and takes us to the heart of Indian mythology. Long out of print, this contemporary classic of the stage is finally being returned to its audience. EAN : 9782714424129 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Dubious Morality - Mcdouglas Bonnie - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782744141744 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Splendor of the Vaneycks - Annie Degroote - book Summary : In the 19th century, under the Second Empire, the "redemption" of a large family of spinners from Lille, shaken by passions and prohibitions. In the 19th century, during the Second Empire, a wave of madness swept through the Vaneyck family, a family of spinners from Lille. They had everything: fortune, renown, and an honor they were determined to preserve at all costs. Yet the beautiful balance is about to be upset. The Vaneycks have an ancestral enmity for their distant cousins, the Maes. And when a certain Julien Maes falls in love with the rebellious Alex Vaneyck, when the ravishing Isla oversteps the boundaries to dance in St. Petersburg, and Raphaël returns from exile, everything collapses for the Vaneycks... Annie Degroote has written a fascinating saga, set against the backdrop of the golden age of textiles in the North and its founders. EAN : 9782702897171 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Myth and Epic I. II. III. - Georges Dumézil - book Summary : Towards the end of the 3rd millennium BC, migrating horsemen, perhaps from southern Russia, swept through most of the European continent in successive waves and pushed as far as the borders of India. These conquerors, who spoke roughly the same language, have conventionally been called Indo-Europeans. They shared a tripartite worldview—the system of three functions—in which the following were articulated, in a hierarchical order: magical and legal sovereignty (the first function); physical, and primarily warlike, strength (the second function); and tranquil and fertile wealth (the third function). Thus, these very distant ancestors were based on a conception of society that distinguished priests, warriors, and pastoralist-farmers in a hierarchical manner. Myth and Epic is devoted to the literary, not theological or religious, uses that the principal Indo-European peoples made of their common heritage. For if the structure of the three functions presents itself first as a machine for making gods, it also reveals itself to be a formidable instrument for the creation of stories. Not only myths, but secular tales, legends, epics, tales where gods and men go off in threes. EAN : 9782070736560 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Red Tent - Anita Diamant - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782744125584 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Wind - Dorothy Scarborough - book Summary : Published in the United States in 1925, this novel sparked fierce controversy at the time, probably because the pioneer life described by Scarborough has little in common with classic Westerns or with the clichés about the American dream. It was nevertheless so successful that it was adapted for the screen in 1928 by Metro Goldwyn Mayer, with Lillian Gish as the lead actress and Victor Sjöström as director. EAN : 9782909589091 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Celtic Princess - Philippe Favre, Olivier May - book Summary : This collectively written historical novel, supported by numerous archaeological sources, restores this astonishing moment of our past which returns like an echo of what we consider today to be a pinnacle of modernity: power in the hands of women. In 499 BC, Aruna, daughter of a Celtic chieftain from the Iron Age Valais, loses her freedom following a sinister crime. The young girl is then forced to join a convoy transporting an extraordinary gift from an Etruscan king to the Magala, princess of the distant city of Sekuadunon (Vix) in present-day Burgundy. As the convoy approaches the Sekuana (Seine) via Lake Geneva and the Jura passes, Aruna is unaware that a tragedy is unfolding in the city of their destination. Once the precious cargo is delivered, she finds herself embroiled in a bitter struggle for life and power between the magala, supported by an incredible pair of loyal warriors and a druidess, and the prince of a rival city aided by two brothers who challenge his authority. Will she manage to find her own way and regain her freedom? EAN : 9782828921125 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Madman of Printzberg - Stéphane Héaume - book Summary : A novelist full of passion and imagination, the bare minimum one can ask of a fan of the romance genre, Stéphane Héaume, a young man of 34, has written a very successful third novel that will transport us to the confines of the cold and ice of the Arctic. This fiction, in reality a disturbing love story tinged with fantasy, is set in a distressing abandoned spa resort. There the fire of passion will be rekindled between the beautiful and romantic sculptor Altaléna and Julien Leutrey. Why rekindle? Because these two find each other again after having loved each other twenty years earlier. Because these two find each other again after Altaléna's husband, the famous architect Cristo-Caron, mysteriously died on the resort's construction site. But why was Julien, his best friend, asked to repatriate his wife to Europe in the event of an accident? EAN : 9782843373435 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Contemplator - Stéphane Héaume - book Summary : Revelation or apocalypse? In the room, dazed, an old man looks at the child. His gray suit, too short, strangles his neck. Flabby and tanned neck, cracked with wrinkles he would like to erase. Like this tragedy. Too late. He lives. The other is dead, in his bookstore. At three o'clock in the afternoon. Just dig, Combes. And whoever digs buries, and covers, without haste, the stiff little body. Just dig, Combes: a shovel. A good shovel. A man. A dead child, in his arms. Fear. Shame. Love. A crime? EAN : 9782843374562 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Sanctus - Toyne Simon - book Summary : Revelation or apocalypse? Since the dawn of humanity, the Citadel, a fort in northern Turkey, has been home to communities of monks, including the Sancti order, the "green cassocks." After being initiated into their mysterious sacraments, a young monk escapes from the monastery and throws himself from the top of the mountain. The scene is filmed by a tourist and broadcast on television channels around the world. It is the beginning of a life-and-death struggle between the Sancti community and the Mala, for whom the hour of prophecy has come. Liv Adamsen, the monk's sister, goes there to identify him and try to understand his actions. She finds herself caught in the middle of this merciless war. What is this mysterious Sacrament that the Sancti have protected since the dawn of time? EAN : 9782298045291 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Tonight I'll Watch Over You - Mary Higgins Clark - book Summary : The gates of heaven will open for Sterling Brooks only on one condition: return to earth and save someone in danger. His mission: to help Marissa, a six-year-old girl. Her parents are divorced, and she feels sad and alone on the eve of December 25th. A terrible threat hangs over her father... Sterling will do everything in his power to make Christmas the most unforgettable holiday for Marissa and not a horrible nightmare. A Christmas novel full of charm, humor, and whimsy, but also a wonderful message of hope from Mary and Carol Higgins Clark. EAN : 9782226130990 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Power of the Guignols - Yves Derai, Laurent Guez - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782738212276 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Two Little Girls in Blue - Mary Higgins Clark - book Summary : Birthday party at the Frawleys: twins Kelly and Kathy are celebrating their third birthday. But that same evening, returning from dinner, the parents are greeted by the police: the little girls have been kidnapped. After collecting the eight million dollar ransom, Steve and Margaret contact the kidnapper. On the day of the exchange, however, only Kelly is there. What happened to Kathy? When all hope seems lost, Kelly claims that her sister is alive and well, as if children communicate telepathically... Never since A Cry in the Dark has Mary Higgins Clark plunged the reader into such a nightmare: that of child abductions. EAN : 9782744198441 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Seal of Satan - Guy Rachet - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782221051511 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Scissors' Edge - Jean Delisle - book Summary : The story is gripping, but human, between derision and emotion a touch of poetry accompanies this novel, which is nevertheless full of twists and turns that are woven through a quest, that of finding a place in the world of art. From figurative expression to abstraction, from color to form, where creation flirts with counterfeiting. From affirmation to doubt, from his heavy family heritage or secrets and slander interfere in his artistic ambitions. From Ussat to Pessac, from artistic passion to the reality of everyday life, the necessary detours will not allow Serge to preserve the essential; his friendship with the sculptor Philéas, the love rediscovered with Lucille and more simply his idealized commitment to artistic expression. Mastery of know-how or amateurism of make-believe, in itself an artist's life...? EAN : 9782953812084 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Purple and the Jasmine - Michèle Kahn - book Summary : 5th century BC. Babylon radiates a thousand splendors, and Jerusalem lies in ruins. In Susa, capital of the Persian Empire, the court of Ahasuerus is sumptuous. Esther, a young Jewish teenager, was raised by her cousin Mordecai, a thinker and a sage. She dreams of marriage and children, and has no shortage of suitors. But fate decides otherwise. She becomes the favorite and then the wife of King Ahasuerus. This privileged position will allow her to save her people from the extermination planned by the treacherous Haman, the sovereign's minister. The Purple and the Jasmine depicts the splendor of the court of the King of Persia, its customs, the harem, the costumes, the perfumes... A historical-biblical novel, it mixes exoticism, love, hatred, jealousy in a grand fresco with tragic impulses. EAN : 9782268036199 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Dragon's Kiss - Lacamp Ysabelle - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782738200150 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Medici Saga. Volume 1. Contessina. - Frydman Sarah - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782286040352 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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