Title: Clear and Present Danger - Tom Clancy - book Summary : The FBI director and the US ambassador assassinated in Colombia... The day this information is released, there is no longer any doubt: total war has begun against the drug lords. Advanced weaponry, clandestine networks, elite agents, nothing will be neglected to eradicate the evil. But the scourge has infected the world, the stakes are enormous, the ramifications global... How can this war be waged without triggering the third world conflict? A meticulous investigator, a visionary novelist, the author of Red October and The Cardinal of the Kremlin , a master of the techno-thriller, brings the mechanisms of the implacable spiral into play one by one. With only one certainty now: Immediate danger ... EAN: 9782253062462 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Cardinal of the Kremlin - Tom Clancy - book Summary : The author of the best-selling Red October takes us into the mysteries of military research, focusing on a laser weapon that could upset the balance of global power. Jack Ryan's mission is to uncover the secret of this invention. His accomplice is Colonel Filitov, aka the Cardinal, a high-ranking Russian official committed to collaboration with the West. In this novel, Tom Clancy displays a profound understanding of the military, strategic, and technical challenges of the contemporary world, a skill that has stunned even the most seasoned experts at the Pentagon. It also showcases the breathtaking artistry of a master of suspense. EAN: 9782253060338 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: On Order, Volume 1 - Tom Clancy - book Summary : A Boeing 747 crashes into the Capitol, killing the President, members of the Senate, and members of the Supreme Court. This is a declaration of war by a God-mad Islamist dictator against America's "Great Satan." More than ever, Jack Ryan is the man for the job, the only one capable of stopping the war and expansion machine conceived by a megalomaniac mastermind, determined to unify the entire Muslim world and unleash total war against the free West. Outstanding documentation, perfect geopolitical verisimilitude, absolute mastery of narrative and suspense: the author of Red October and The Sum of All Fears offers us a global anticipation of a breathtaking truth. EAN: 9782253170662 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Red Rabbit Volume 1 - Tom Clancy - book Summary : Long before he became President of the United States, Jack Ryan was a young CIA analyst. One of his first assignments was to uncover the astonishing claims of a Soviet defector that high-ranking officials in the USSR were planning to assassinate the Pope. Ryan was tasked with verifying the plot's veracity and then fighting to thwart the attack. For it was not only the life of the Pope that was at stake, but the entire balance of the Western world. EAN: 9782253114048 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Red Rabbit Volume 2 - Tom Clancy - book Summary : Long before he became President of the United States, Jack Ryan was a young CIA analyst. One of his first assignments was to uncover the astonishing claims of a Soviet defector that high-ranking officials in the USSR were planning to assassinate the Pope. Ryan was tasked with verifying the plot's veracity and then fighting to thwart the attack. For it was not only the life of the Pope that was at stake, but the entire balance of the Western world. EAN: 9782253114055 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Devil's Pit - Clive Cussler - book Summary : Off the coast of the Azores, a Japanese freighter is attacked by pirates. When the NUMA team arrives, the gang escapes by scuttling the ship, and their dinghy explodes en route. Who were these men, and why did they attack the ship and massacre the crew? Previously, in Geneva, a brilliant scientist working on the particle accelerator was kidnapped to serve the dark plans of a power-hungry African dictator. Kurt Austin and his acolytes will have to do everything they can to thwart a terrible plot that threatens the balance of the world, without losing sight of the scientists who have come to study a mysterious magnetic phenomenon on the island, and a seductive Russian woman on a mission for her country... EAN: 9782253086185 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: History of French Cinema - Jean-Pierre Jeancolas - book Summary : The cinematic spectacle was born one evening in December 1895. Then the film industry quickly developed, long before it was established as an art form. The history of French cinema is therefore that of popular entertainment, an industry, and an art form. In an attempt to account for this, this book traces the broad outlines of the adventure of the "seventh art," evoking the creation of production studios and major directors, from Méliès to Pialat or Garrel, from L'Herbier to Bresson or Godard, via Vigo, Clair or Renoir. It is in this profusion of works that a possible history of French cinema is written. Enriched with illustrations and updated, this paperback edition also offers a new chapter devoted to the dynamism of a young French cinema with multiple awards, from the 2010s to the 2023 Palme d'Or awarded to director Justine Triet. EAN: 9782100861866 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Conversation - Jean d'Ormesson - book Summary : One evening in the winter of 1803-1804, at the Tuileries. An imaginary conversation between Bonaparte and his second consul, friend and confidant, Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès. At the height of the tension between the revolutionary spirit and the greed for power, the victor of Arcole attempts to rally his accomplice to his convictions. A single desire drives the republican hero: to build his legend. The empire, he will demonstrate eloquently, is the republic ascending the throne. "This moment of imagined history is truer than many scrupulous accounts." Laurent Joffrin – The Obs "Jean d'Ormesson captures this fragile moment when one man's ambition changes the course of the world." François Busnel – The Express EAN: 9782266226011 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Inspector Wexford - Ruth Rendell - book Summary : Neither curare, nor strychnine, nor Anglican minister, nor retired colonel, Inspector Wexford investigates on a daily basis: a depressed wife throws herself out of a window after a botched poisoning, a nonagenarian is taken by a stroke and leaves behind a much-anticipated loot... In short, these cases are not sensational. And yet, if you look closely, Inspector Wexford discovers some pretty machinations, clever and well-crafted. To hell with decorum; when you want to kill, you can... Five adventures of the most famous inspector in contemporary detective fiction. EAN: 9782702422632 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: It happened like that - Gérard Depardieu - book Summary : My grandmother lived at the end of the runway at Orly, she was a toilet attendant at Orly where I spent my holidays when I was a kid. In the toilets at Orly – I loved that: "Departure for Rio de Janeiro…" Fuck, they're going to Rio! And I'd run to see. I saw all the cities in the world go by: Saigon, Addis Ababa, Buenos Aires… I was in the toilets. She cleaned the toilets, she worked for a company called L'Alsacienne. My grandmother shaved, I was always fascinated. She had a double-blade Gillette and she shaved. When I kissed her, I'd say to her: "You're still stinging, Granny! — I'll shave tomorrow, don't worry…" A life of a tightrope walker running above his intimate precipices. The portrait of a player who doesn't cheat. Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot, Le Point . A book of memories so raw it's heartbreaking. Catherine Schwaab , Paris Match. EAN: 9782253185833 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: A Thousand Lives Are Better Than One - Jean-Paul Belmondo - book Summary : Jean-Paul Belmondo opens up. His childhood marked by war, his courageous mother, his sculptor father's workshop, his first loves. He takes us on a journey through the dilettante footsteps of his military service in Algeria. He invites us to the bars on Rue Saint-Benoît to get up to mischief with his lifelong friends: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Rochefort, Michel Beaune, Pierre Vernier, Charles Gérard. He shares with us his greatest joys and sorrows. So yes, a thousand lives are better than one. Jean-Paul Belmondo shares his story for the first time and reveals the man behind the legend. Magnificent. Danielle Attali, The Sunday Journal . Memories of family, friends and cinema, of stupidities and dramas are interspersed between laughter and tears to retrace this tumultuous existence. Ghislain Loustalot, Paris Match. A pleasant read, which is also a reflection on the uncertain notion of talent. Michel Guerrin, Le Monde . EAN: 9782253180081 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Suicide Shop - Jean Teulé - book Summary : Have you missed your life? With us, you will succeed in your death! Imagine a store that has sold every possible ingredient for suicide for ten generations. This small family business thrives on sadness and gloom until one gruesome day when a ruthless adversary emerges: the joy of living... "A disconcerting, scathing and disrespectful fable, worthy of Monty Python at their best, for all those who would like to die... of laughter!" Valérie Gans McGarry – Madame Figaro “Fans of dark humor will be delighted. A farce as absurd as it is funny.” Agathe Fourgnaud – The Point EAN: 9782266179270 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Tragedy of the President - Scenes from Political Life 1986-2006 - Franz-Olivier Giesbert - book Summary : One can never be wary enough of journalists. To avoid having to chase after a memory that has never ceased to elude me, I take notes. This is how, for more than fifteen years, I have recorded most of my conversations with Jacques Chirac in spiral notebooks. As his reign draws to a close, it seemed to me that it was time to empty my notebooks. I had not written them so that they would remain stale at the bottom of a drawer, but because the profession that guides my steps consists of shedding light on everything. Such is its grandeur, and its misery. If one wants to keep one's dark side, one must not associate with journalists. This is therefore not a biography in the proper sense but rather the story of a personal tragedy, which became, in the end, a national tragedy. This is the story I wanted to tell. A very French story. » FO.G., February 2006 EAN: 9782290000281 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Survivors - Jane Harper - book Summary : Kieran Elliott, a thirty-something living in Sydney, returns to his hometown of Evelyn Bay, a small seaside resort in Tasmania. This short family vacation brings back painful memories: twelve years earlier, due to a reckless adventure at sea with his friend Olivia, her brother and another man disappeared into the water while coming to their rescue. Since this tragedy, many locals have grown suspicious of Kieran. No sooner has he returned than the body of a young woman is found on the beach: Olivia's roommate. All eyes are on Kieran. Is he a good family man who has the misfortune of being the target of gossip from a small, reclusive community? Or is he really a bad guy? Soon, the truth will come to light... Jane Harper moves with finesse in the stormy waters of the human soul. The Express. EAN: 9782253195436 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Little Nicolas's Vacation - Renaud Dély - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782842194932 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Close-ups - Guy Bedos - book Summary : How to choose the best moments of one's life, the sweetest and the hardest, the happiest and the most serious? The challenge was worthy of the character: Guy Bedos. Tender or vehement, he proves here, by drawing the portrait of twenty-five people, expected or unexpected, that his choices are not due to chance. He reveals to us not only who his friends and his enemies are, his loves and his anger, but above all who he is, unclassifiable and irresistibly funny. From Aragon to Signoret, from Sagan to Coluche, from Isabelle Adjani to Michel Rocard, from Jean-Loup Dabadie to his dear Sophie Daumier, we say to ourselves as we close this group portrait that only the absent are truly wrong not to be included. EAN: 9782290040072 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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