Title : The Elegance of Widows - Alice Ferney - Book Summary : Following the rhythm of birth and death announcements, here is the chronicle of women's destinies in bourgeois society at the beginning of the century. Engagements, marriages, childbirth, deaths... the cycle never ends, because the fertile wombs of women know how to fill the loss of loved ones. It is with the elegance of renunciation that the secrets of flesh and blood are transmitted here, from mother to daughter, as if death could dissolve into a new beginning. EAN: 9782742713707 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Iacobus - Matilde Asensi - Book Summary : It's one of Christianity's best-kept secrets; a fabulous treasure that disappeared with the dissolution of the most fascinating order of soldier-monks: the Templars. The wildest stories surround this secret society, keeper of humanity's greatest mysteries. For them, the King of France, Philip the Fair, and Pope Clement V are already dead. For them, the powerful are tearing each other apart. The man who will cross Europe from Galicia to Paris to try to discover them is called Galcerán de Born. He is a doctor and a knight. The year is 1319. EAN: 9782070300884 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Nicolas Le Floch Affair - Volume 4 - Jean-François Parot - Book Summary : In January 1774, Nicolas Le Floch, the famous commissioner at the Châtelet, is in a dark mood. His mistress, the beautiful and capricious Julie de Lastérieux, is found poisoned and all the clues point to him as the culprit. Who is trying to compromise the protégé of the king and Lieutenant General Sartine? To prove his innocence and unravel the tangles of this affair which directly jeopardizes the security of the State, Nicolas must go into hiding. In the service of the King's Secret, he will discover the cruel subtleties of court plots. With the help of the faithful inspector Bourdeau, while rival factions clash between London, Versailles and Paris, he will have to foil many traps. After The Phantom of the Rue Royale , it is with the same pleasure that we find the intrepid and talented Nicolas Le Floch in an adventure set against the backdrop of the end of the reign, as the anger of the people begins to rumble. EAN: 9782264036896 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Children of the Earth, Volume 2 - The Valley of Horses - Jean M. Auel - Book Summary : After the surprise and wonder aroused by Ayla, the young blond-haired stranger they took in, the men of the "bear clan" became afraid of her extraordinary gifts. Because she claimed to hunt like men, because she experienced feelings unknown to them, because she wanted to keep her child for herself, Ayla would be cursed and exiled. "Go in search of your people," Iza the healer told her. "Go north, find your clan and a companion." A long, solitary journey begins, at the end of which Ayla meets two young men. One of them is Jondalar. Like her, he is blond and has blue eyes. EAN: 9782266122139 Used book The book matches the photo

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Title : Children of the Earth, Volume 1 - The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel - Book Summary : 35,000 years ago, a long ice age ended and the Earth began to warm. Man gradually freed himself from the beast and appeared much as he does today. He knew tools, fire, and clothing. He made weapons for hunting and built caves for shelter. In the chaos of nature, he managed to create a little harmony. In these early days of the world, Ayla, a 5-year-old girl, escapes an earthquake and escapes from the clutches of a lion to seek refuge with a foreign clan. She is adopted. Very quickly, Ayla's actions and words arouse astonishment and concern. EAN: 9782266122122 Used book The book matches the photo

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Title : The Summer of Our Twenties - Christian Signol - Book Summary : Every summer, Charles invites Antoine to his grandparents' house in the Dordogne. Despite everything separating them, the two teenagers share an uncompromising friendship, one that helps them surpass themselves. It's the long-awaited moment of vacation, those warm days when the boys help in the fields when they're not cycling to the cool waters of the river. On its banks, they meet Séverine, a student like them. Between these three, a bond of love and friendship is formed. But this happiness is shattered at the end of the summer of 1939: like thousands of young people who only wanted to live happily, Charles, Antoine, and Séverine will have to fight to regain the lost harmony and peace of the seasons. It is these ardent hours, those of a youth overwhelmed by the madness of an era, confident in friendship, courage and the beauty of the world, that Christian Signol brings to life in this poignant novel which celebrates the authenticity of souls and the strength of memories. A moving novel. LeFigaro.fr. Christian Signol takes us into the whirlwind of mad love in times of war. The Parisian. EAN: 9782253101680 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Village - Dan Smith - Book Summary : On the trail of a serial killer in Stalin's Russia. Winter 1930. Vyriv, a small, isolated village in western Ukraine. In the snowy steppe, Luka, a Crimean War veteran, rescues an unconscious man. In his sled, two horribly mutilated children's bodies. When Luka returns to the village, the inhabitants panic. With Stalin's rise to power, paranoia reigns. In this small, hitherto unspoiled community, everyone fears the arrival of the Red Army and the militants. Doesn't the arrival of this stranger herald an even greater peril? Has Luka brought a monster into the village, a child murderer, the embodiment of evil? When a young girl from the village disappears, Luka solemnly promises to find her. Across the frozen expanses of this hostile region torn apart by war and brutality, where survival is a constant concern, he sets out in pursuit of a particularly devious predator. EAN: 9782264064509 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Wardrobe of Forgotten Dresses - Riikka Pulkkinen - Book Summary : Anna's grandmother, Elsa, is struck down by devastating cancer. Surrounded by her loved ones, she intends to enjoy every moment, every pleasure, to the very end: the rays of the sun, the sea bathing, or the body of Martti, her husband of over fifty years, against her own. But Anna discovers that behind this happy marriage lies a tragedy that has forever marked all the members of her family. It is an old dress forgotten in a wardrobe, found by chance, that will awaken the past... Praised by Finnish critics, this moving novel gracefully combines freshness and power, lightness and depth. Corinne Renou-Nativel, La Croix. In a simple but unfussy style, Riika Pulkkinen knows how to describe with precision the different ages of happiness and suffering. Certain scenes, certain pages of this novel, border on perfection. Nils C. Ahl, Le Monde des livres. EAN: 9782253175568 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Funny Girl - Nick Hornby - Book Summary : England, 1964. With the Miss Blackpool title in her pocket, Sophie Straw leaves her province for London where she dreams of becoming an actress. She then lands a role in the new BBC comedy series: Barbara and Jim. Success is there and she becomes a television star. Soon, reality meets fiction: Sophie and Clive, a couple on screen, become a couple in the city. Meanwhile, the two writers are hiding a secret and the producer suffers from marital problems. A funny and touching illustration of 1960s pop culture. EAN: 9782264066503 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Icarus Complex - Erica Jong - Book Summary : Sadora Wing, a seductive and insolent young New Yorker, finds herself in an embarrassing situation: while she is afraid of flying, she is taken to an altitude of 10,000 meters with 117 psychoanalysts, seven of whom have had her as an analysand. Sitting next to her, the seventh has become her second husband. Although he bores her terribly, she accompanies him to Vienna where she is preparing to spend a week of tedious seminars. But her encounter with Adrian Goodlove, an Englishman with irresistible charm, will turn her trip, her marriage, and her life upside down. Erotic and literary, sensual and intelligent, this captivating novel sparked a heated debate when it was published in the United States in 1973, at the height of the women's liberation movement, and brought Erica Jong international success at just twenty-nine years old. The Icarus Complex is a comic masterpiece that remains monumentally insolent. EAN: 9782221198964 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Purgatory of the Innocents - Karine Giebel - Book Summary : The hunter becomes the hunter... My name is Raphaël, I spent fourteen years of my life behind bars. My brother, William, and I have just stolen thirty million euros worth of jewelry. It should have been the heist of the century, but it was a bloodbath. Two dead, one seriously injured. The injured man is my brother. So, I have to find a safe place where he can regain his strength. My name is Sandra. I died a long time ago, in a squalid room. Or rather, something was born that day... I thought I had found the perfect refuge. I have just set foot in hell. Something that walks and talks for me. And its smile is the most abominable ever... " Fascinating. " Southwest EAN: 9782266246248 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Red Tricycle - Vincent Hauuy - Book Summary : Noah Wallace is a worn-out man, a shadow of the brilliant profiler he once was until an accident robbed him of both his wife and his career. But a phone call will force him back into action. His friend and former teammate Steve Raymond needs him. A postcard found at the scene of a gruesome crime in Canada directly implicates him and leads him back to a string of murders five years earlier. It seems a presumed-dead serial killer, the Vermont Demon, is at work again. Meanwhile, in New York, journalist-blogger Sophie Lavallée investigates a reporter who disappeared in the 1970s. What if the two cases were linked by the same dark secret? EAN: 9782253014454 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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