Title: The Lost Word - Frédéric Lenoir Violette Cabesos - book Summary : The Basilica of Vézelay: one of the oldest churches dedicated to Mary Magdalene, the sinner of the Gospels. Johanna, a medieval archaeologist, attempts to establish the truth about the controversial origins of the saint's cult. But the young woman's serenity is quickly disturbed by a series of murders on the construction site of one of her colleagues in Pompeii and the strange illness of her little girl, which seems inexplicably linked to these crimes. Johanna then embarks on a perilous investigation, the key to which could well be one of humanity's greatest secrets: the mysterious sentence traced by Jesus in the sand at the feet of the adulterous woman, the only one he ever wrote. A breathtaking thriller, of formidable erudition, which achieves the feat of combining, in form, the impact of a detective story and, in substance, the power of a spiritual guide. Jérôme Cordelier, Le Point. EAN : 9782253168867 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Kites of Kabul - Khaled Hosseini - book RESUME : Elle Roman Readers' Prize 2006 In the early 1970s, foster brothers Amir and Hassan embrace the Kabul sky with their kites. Until that terrible day, when Amir abandons Hassan to a tragic fate and takes refuge in the United States. Twenty years later, in search of redemption, he will have to confront Afghanistan ravaged by the Taliban... and the weight of his own past."A portrait of a man gripped by his past, this first novel by Khaled Hosseini also tells the story of a people. [...] The picture he paints [of his country], full of contrasts between an idealized past and the turmoil of the present, offers a beautiful testimony to the visceral bond that a man maintains with his native land." Pauline Perrignon - Télérama EAN: 9782264043573 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Wind of Dawn - Françoise Bourdon - book Summary : Marked by the tragedy that wiped out her people and her family, Nevart, a young seventeen-year-old Armenian, arrived in Marseille in 1915. Recruited into a silk mill in the Drôme region, she discovered lavender and began cultivating it. Through tenacity and courage, she finally realized her dream. In 1935, Erich Schwabele, a German-Jewish writer, arrived in the village. Between him and Nevart, there was a mad and irresistible love. A love cruelly threatened by the approach of war... EAN : 9782266168823 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The River of Hope - Volume 02 The Kingdom of the River - Christian Signol - book Summary : The Donatieu family, boatmen from father to son, still enjoys prosperous years. Until politics gets involved... In 1851, the Republican uprising against Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's coup d'état provokes violent repression. Benjamin, who is one of the insurgents, is arrested and then deported to Algeria! Refusing to give in to despair, Marie, his wife, fights to save the family fleet. Jeers, contempt, suspicion, nothing will be spared her when she takes command of the barges. Her stubbornness, her courage, her mastery of navigation on the tumultuous river earn her the nickname "Beauty of the Périgord." A beauty who dreams only of a pardon that could be granted to Benjamin... EAN : 9782266107785 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: This life or the one after - Christian Signol - book Summary : It was in the solitudes of Vercors, her native land, that Blanche decided to retire. Forty years earlier, she had sworn never to return there... Blanche was a schoolteacher. A fine profession, chosen from childhood and hard-won by a little girl orphaned at fourteen. Shortly before the war, she had met Julien, an illiterate coal miner. Day after day, she had taught him to write and given him a taste for books. He had taught her to love. When the war broke out, they joined the Resistance and their destinies were sealed forever. But Blanche's heart never ceased to hope: what could not be accomplished in this life could not be realized in the next? The story of a life, an unforgettable portrait of a woman, this nostalgic and serious book, to which the strong and true language of Christian Signol gives all its tragic beauty, is also the most moving of love stories. EAN : 9782253114505 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: My Cousin Rachel - Daphne Du Maurier - book Summary : Philip, without knowing her, hates this woman whom his cousin Ambrose, with whom he has always lived closely in their beautiful Cornish estate, suddenly married during a stay in Italy. When Ambrose writes to him that he suspects his wife of wanting to poison him, Philip immediately believes him. With Ambrose dead, he swears to avenge him. His cousin, however, is nothing like the woman Philip imagines. He soon falls in love with her, madly planning for the future, only to stumble upon a nightmarish reality. This gift for psychological suspense, which the numerous audiences of the famous English novelist recognize in each of her works, is particularly present in My Cousin Rachel . EAN : 9782253006213 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The House with Stairs - Rendell Ruth - book Summary : Suffering from an incurable illness, Elizabeth has taken refuge with her cousin Cosette, a wealthy widow surrounded by a swarm of sympathetic profiteers. It is there that she meets Bell, a disturbing young woman whose husband committed suicide long ago under unclear circumstances. Then Bell introduces into the house a certain Mark, supposedly her brother, to whom Cosette will feel an immediate attraction... And we will enter, in the footsteps of an undisputed "queen of crime", into a dark intrigue, combining in a captivating and powerfully original way the legacy of Patricia Highsmith and that of Henry James. A suspense of a beautiful scope, which mixes with a confounding virtuosity Victorian imagination and acquired psychoanalysis, anguish and psychological violence. Never the author of Vera is going to die and of The Summer of Trapellune had not gone so far among the cold monsters. EAN : 9782876285682 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Return to the Trade Winds - Martine Delomme - book Summary : The story of Juliette, owner of a wine estate, and her struggles within the small Blayais vineyard society whose centuries-old traditions attempt to stand up to the onslaught of the contemporary world. Anchored in the landscapes of the Gironde estuary, The Return to the Trade Winds is the novel of a generation of women who believed they had won their freedom but must, at the age of maturity, come to terms with the torments of the heart and the imperatives of duty. Juliette Leroux, an expatriate in Canada for three years, returns to Les Alizés, the family winery, to attend her ex-husband's funeral. Her daughter, Isabelle, expertly manages the vineyard she entrusted to her before her departure. But Isabelle welcomes her with mixed feelings, while Juliette finds more comfort with her childhood friend, Nicolas Frémont, mayor of the town of Saint-Louis and an entrepreneur and partner of her ex-husband. He confides in her that the company is in catastrophic financial straits, as the deceased had committed significant funds to acquire land. But to what end? While sorting through her papers, Juliette makes an extraordinary discovery that forces her to delay her return to Montreal, where the man she loves awaits. The land actually contains a treasure: thermal springs from the Roman era. Nicolas and Juliette decide to take on the project of creating a thermal spa, a project that could well revive the economy of a region hit by the crisis. Very quickly, the enterprise arouses fierce opposition from some locals who defend the promotion of their vineyard. From then on, the lives of Juliette and her loved ones risk being turned upside down... Anchored in the sumptuous landscapes of the Gironde estuary, in the heart of Blayais, The Return to the Trade Winds is the novel of a generation of women who believed they had won their freedom but must, at the age of maturity, come to terms with the torments of the heart and the imperatives of duty. EAN : 9782714450753 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Cavalcade - Bruno de Stabenrath - book Summary : A romantic revelation as much as a human adventure, "Cavalcade" is a text on a knife edge, bringing together laughter and tragedy, accurately evoking a universe where the only measure is nevertheless excess. "Cavalcade" is the story of Poisson Chat, a young man blessed by fate until the day when an unfortunate turn of the wheel sends him more dead than alive to the hospital in Garches. He spends fourteen months there being resurrected and learning to accept the idea that, barring a miracle, he is a quadriplegic for life. Bruno de Stabenrath does not offer here the edifying tale of a quadriplegic who manages to live with his disability, but the moving journey of a young man who becomes himself again and gradually rediscovers the soul and spirit of the man he was before his accident. "Cavalcade" is also a season in hell within the walls of a hospital for the severely disabled, powerfully rendered, rich in hallucinatory scenes: nightmares under morphine; gang of "scissors", these thugs in wheelchairs who slash the numb ankles of the sick; but also an impromptu visit, in the middle of a medically assisted ejaculation session, from a bourgeois girlfriend to her fingertips, friendly enough to end up in Poisson Chat's bed. Bruno de Stabenrath rightly refuses to be confined to what he calls "Tetra-Literature". Certainly there are common points between the hero of "Cavalcade" and its author, but by taking liberties with a story that sticks to his skin, Bruno de Stabenrath does not act differently from most novelists. Author of songs, screenplays and even two (unpublished) novels, he is not a novice in writing and likes to say that his accident simply provided him with an obvious subject. EAN : 9782221095010 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: La Garenne - Jeanne Bourin - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782260012054 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Australian Lady - Wood Barbara - book Summary : Throughout her life, Lady Emily suffered from nightmares and inexplicable fears. When she died in 1871, her daughter Joanna left England for Australia. It was in this land, where ancestral traditions and British modernism violently collide, that her mother was born, in a mysterious place called Karra-Karra. Here, Joanna believes, lies the source of the strange curse that threatens to destroy her in turn... EAN : 9782286003869 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Pearl of the South - Linda Holeman - book Summary : The initiatory journey of a young woman in pursuit of love in the heart of the Orient, by the author of The Kashmir Bird, a worldwide bestseller. Sidonie O'Shea is not afraid of anything. This young American woman from the 1930s has just announced to her lover that she is pregnant. Since then, there has been no news of Etienne. Launched in search of her, she crosses the Atlantic to the enigmatic "pearl of the South": Marrakech. The encounter with this fascinating and exotic unknown city is a shock. There, the trails become blurred: Etienne's disappearance seems to hide a family secret... On the road to Sidonie, Aszulay, a Tuareg with a captivating gaze, also appears. Having set out in search of her lover, she will embark on a completely different journey as she discovers herself. EAN : 9782259212014 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Firm - John Grisham - book Summary : Briefcase in hand, a young man runs breathlessly through the streets of Memphis. His name is Mitch McDeere: third in his Harvard law class, he surprised everyone by choosing the firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke. This highly confidential Memphis firm was able to secure his collaboration with irresistible arguments. So what fantastic contract is our brilliant lawyer rushing towards, to the point of forgetting the seriousness necessary to the profession? Mitch has a very good reason for running like this: to save his life. EAN: 9782298036374 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: A Summer of Shadow and Light - Delomme Martine - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782298036374 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: ADA Or Ardor - Vladimir Nabokov - book Summary : Lucette's tragic destiny is one of the highlights of this delightful book. The rest of Van's story is about—delivered frankly and colorfully—his long love affair with Ada. Their romance is interrupted by his marriage in Arizona to a cattle rancher whose fabulous ancestor discovered North America. The husband dies, the lovers are reunited. They spend their old age traveling together and staying in the many villas, each more beautiful than the last, that Van has erected all over the Western Hemisphere. The delicacy of picturesque detail is not the least of the ornaments of this chronicle: a trellised gallery; a painted ceiling; a pretty toy stranded among the forget-me-nots of a stream; butterflies and papilionaceous orchids on the margins of the novel; a distant veil seen from a marble staircase; a heraldic doe turning her head towards us in the ancestral park; and many other things. " Ada is probably the work I would like to be remembered for." Vladimir Nabokov "With five hundred pages, a pen and a narrative genius that has never faltered and today reaches the grandiose in this whimsical novel, Nabokov organizes a formidable poetic hubbub, relaying Rimbaud and his "started peninsulas" " Pierre Ajame, The New Observer "One of the most complete and risky artistic adventures since Proust and Joyce, one of the major challenges of writing in the crumbling world of memories and syllables that it draws from the night." Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, Le Monde " Ada, this sumptuous celebration of language dedicated to Time." Sophie Lannes, L'Express " Ada or Ardor, a sumptuous book where the subtle scents of the Russian cherry orchard blend with the fragrances of the vast American prairies." Edgar Reichmann, Le Monde "Nabokov is one of those rare writers who have always been mad about language, one of those whose only homeland is words." Frédéric Vitoux "One of the great writers of the century, alongside Proust, Joyce, and Borges." Michel Braudeau, L'Express "Nabokov did not choose to take literature seriously; he goes much further; he catches it red-handed in the act of magic, spells, and invention." André Brincourt, Le Figaro "This is yet another masterpiece. Further proof that Vladimir Nabokov is one of the two or three most important writers of this century and of other centuries." Jean-Marc Roberts, The Morning of Paris Vladimir Nabokov was born in 1899 in St. Petersburg into an aristocratic and liberal family. Exiled in 1919, he lived first in Cambridge, where he completed his studies, then in Germany and France, which he left in 1940 to settle in the United States. He taught there for nearly twenty years, at Wellesley College (1941-1948) and Cornell University (1948-1958). After the immense success of Lolita, he retired to Montreux, Switzerland, where he died in 1977. EAN: 9782298036374 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Time of Forgiveness - Donna Milner - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782298025378 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Sleeve and Lace Hélène de Champlain Volume 1 - Nicole Fyfe-Martel - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782744191688 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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