Title : Pre-war - Jean-Marie Rouart - book Summary : A small group of ambitious and passionate young people spend a vacation on the Basque coast in 1933. A summer atmosphere, carefree in the face of peril. Couples form and tear each other apart. These wounds will never be forgotten. When, over the years, the storm rises, love, jealousy, and hatred are reawakened: passions of the heart and political choices intertwine and weave the inextricable web of destinies. These men and women who love, deceive, and are deceived will face war and occupation. Far from uniting them, these dark years will blow on them like embers. Vichy, London, or Algiers, they will have to choose: they will encounter tragedy. Through the characters of this great novel, Jean-Marie Rouart attempts to answer the question that haunts him: "What would I have done if I had been twenty in 1933?" EAN: 9782253035473 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Lancelot or The Knight of the Cart - Chrétien de Troyes - book Summary : Between 1176 and 1181, Chrétien wrote a novel about Lancelot du Lac. The Knight of the Cart burdens the most magnificent knight in Arthur's court with a contemptuous nickname, associating him with the cart of infamy reserved for assassins and thieves, which the hero nevertheless rides in order to find his beloved. What crime has he committed, what destiny is he heading towards, wonder the crowds encountered on the road to his humiliation? Like an ill omen, all these questions thus weigh, from his entry into our literature, on the heroic career of Lancelot du Lac, whom a mad and guilty love unites with Queen Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur, the one forbidden of all. EAN: 9782070400638 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Vanity art - Salvatore Walker - book Summary : Susan Kramer, heiress to a long dynasty of American antique dealers, is a shrewd dealer, an expert in 17th- and 18th-century furniture. One of her friends, an antique dealer like her, with a hectic love life and business, is murdered. Soon, within the same circle of art dealers, a series of murders, acts of violence, and disappearances occur. Susan herself feels threatened. A seductive FBI agent takes the young woman under his wing. His investigation takes him from New York to Rome, from the suburbs of New Orleans to Boulevard Saint-Germain, into the parallel universe of the art world: the fabrication of fakes, the laundering of easy money, and influence peddling. A fascinating thriller, where the brutality of business contrasts violently with the sophistication of a vain world. EAN: 9782253172222 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Jenny Marx or the Devil's Wife - Françoise Giroud - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782266052245 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Suspicion of Malevolence - Barbara Parker - book Summary : Against all odds, the Creswell clan, builders of the eponymous yachts, strives to stay the course: the patriarch's illness stirs up covetousness, and the sudden death of the hated son, Roger, shines a spotlight on the family. Too many motives, too many alibis: jealousies, sibling rivalries, and sordid financial affairs gradually resurface, while justice prefers to fall on Bobby Gonzalez, a Latin dancer with a long criminal record. Gonzalez is the perfect culprit, the perfect cover for a dynasty with too much to hide? And too much to lose. Only lawyer Gail Connor persists in believing he's innocent. On the other side of the ring, Cuban lawyer Anthony Quintana, her former lover, ensures the Creswells' protection. At the risk of reawakening old loves and immortal hatreds... EAN: 9782266166089 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Tibet my story - Jetsun Pema - book Summary : In 1996, millions of Europeans were able to discover, on the occasion of her visit to Paris and Brussels, the radiant personality of Jetsun Pema, the one all Tibetans call Amala: the Mother. Younger sister of the Dalai Lama, founder more than thirty years ago of the Tibetan Children's Village, which takes in ten thousand orphaned Tibetan children, Jetsun Pema has been linked to the history of this country since the day when religious leaders recognized in her three-year-old brother Tenzin Gyatso the reincarnation of the thirteenth Dalai Lama. From her native village to the palaces of Lhasa, then on the roads of exile in India and Switzerland, the entire Tibetan tragedy is brought to life here, from the invasion by the Chinese army in 1951, to this official trip in 1980 during which Jetsun Pema was able to discover with her own eyes the suffering endured by a people stubbornly faithful to their traditions and their faith. It is also the tireless struggle of a woman driven by an ideal of tolerance and peace, deeply confident, despite all setbacks, in the future of her country. EAN: 9782253143390 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Little Infamies - Carmen Posadas - book Summary : Things are going badly. Néstor Chaffino, a famous caterer, has frozen to death in a cold room. Accident or murder? The six people present at the time of the tragedy are relieved to see the disappearance of the man who, through secrets and indiscretions, had become the guardian of their petty infamies. A Czech bodybuilder, a homosexual widower, or a former smuggler—they all had excellent motives for taking action... Born in 1953 in Uruguay, Carmen Posadas lives in Madrid. She received the Planeta Prize in 1998. Her novels Five Blue Flies And The Queen of Hearts , international bestsellers, are available in Points. "Carmen Posadas is situated exactly between Agatha Christie and the Pedro Almodóvar of the early films. She was able to integrate several influences and offer a work whose master The word remains black humor. The Literary Figaro Translated from Spanish by François Maspero Planeta Prize 1998 EAN: 9782020499927 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Last ball at Crotoy: a disturbing police officer - Philippe Sturbelle - book Summary : My name is Walter Binet. I'm a police officer. I led an investigation. which bothers and I was sent to get some fresh air for a while Crotoy, to make me forget. I was well received, but here too My presence is disturbing. I feel like I'm being watched and spied on. I am the center of everyone's concerns. The local people are convinced that I suspect them. Fortunately they have a another topic of conversation: the big ball that is going to take place in the old casino and which will reveal some unspeakable secrets... EAN: 9782492738074 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : May our joy remain - Kev Lambert - book Summary : An explosive social and moral fresco. Prix ​​Médicis 2023 & December 2023 Prize Millionaire architect who started from nothing, Céline Wachowski has her own Netflix series, a Hollywood address book, and contracts all over the world. A muse of modernity, she believes she's bringing beauty to the world. But her most ambitious project is brought to a sudden halt by controversy: accused of promoting gentrification through her projects, she sees her entire strategy, as well as her working methods, called into question. She is fired from her own company within days. When the elite loses its footing, how does it reinvent itself to justify its privileges and establish its place in a world whose rules it itself has established? Kev Lambert grew up in Chicoutimi, Canada. Holder of a doctorate in creative writing, very involved in the Quebec artistic scene, he was a bookseller and contributes to magazines Freedom And Spirale, as well as several Radio-Canada programs. Querelle, who revealed him to the public in 2019, received the Sade Prize. May our joy remain was awarded the December Prize and the prestigious Médicis Prize. EAN: 9791041415656 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Mystery of the Bewitched Crypt - Anabel Herbout - book Summary : Two boarders from a religious school in Barcelona have disappeared. A delusional nun and a crooked police officer promise freedom to a deranged criminal on the condition that he solves the mystery. The investigation reveals the existence of an underground passage behind the school chapel, where the two girls allegedly engaged in bloody rituals. A detective novel of parodic ferocity, which takes a look at post-Franco Spain in a way that is as comical as it is merciless. EAN: 9782020102902 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Barbarian Princess - Nicole Fabre - book Summary : The year is 878. In the clumsy hands of his descendants, Charlemagne's immense empire is slowly disintegrating. Taking advantage of this unrest, the Scandinavians attempt to invade Western Europe. On the foggy shores of the North Sea, one of their expeditions is wiped out by Saxon raiders. Only Inga, a barbarian princess, and her servant Vigtis escape the massacre. Enslaved, they end their odyssey in the market square of Arles, where Audifré, manager of the Fabrègue estate, moved by Inga's strange beauty, buys them. He is far from suspecting the upheavals their arrival in Fabrègue will cause: while the Burgundian threat looms over Provence in the person of Boson, Duke of Provence-Viennois, determined to usurp part of the Carolingian heritage. Without ever betraying history, this powerful novel traces a surprisingly civilized daily life in 9th-century Provence and the merciless struggles waged by the heirs of Charlemagne, under the interested arbitration of the princes of the Church. Creating a plot in which real and fictional characters evolve is the challenge taken and won by Nicole Fabre. EAN: 9782253059905 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Zombies - Bret Easton Ellis - book Summary : In a Los Angeles saturated with dollars and excess, Bret Easton Ellis paints a scalpel-like portrait of a society riddled with vice and superficiality. Neglected wives, stupid blondes "stinking of suntan oil and sex," rock stars: his zombie-like characters wander the vast void of a flavorless life... "Ellis does precisely to literature what Basquiat did to painting: wake it up." Frédéric Beigbeder, Elle EAN: 9782264026545 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : When the teenager is doing badly... Listen to him, understand him, love him - Xavier Pommereau - book Summary : Running away, eating disorders, drugs, violent behavior, silence when the teenager is feeling bad, he says it with words, silences, actions that are all cries for help. He sometimes goes so far as to put his life in danger in an attempt to exist... How can we relearn to listen, to understand? Dr. Pommereau explores the origins of these disorders, analyzes the reactions of adults and proposes new models of relationship based on trust, communication and questioning, to help the teenager get out of the impasse. EAN: 9782290071472 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Other Falstaff - Jack-Alain Léger - book Summary : A noble tramp, a magnificent wreck, overflowing with humanity and generosity, with a delightful immorality, the enormous, truculent Falstaff is languishing in a Windsor inn: he is nostalgic for the time when he was the friend of the lords who today vie for the Queen's favor. Who will save him from his melancholy, who will save him from himself? The corrupt great lords whom his bad jokes once so amused? The beautiful Alice who devotes such a candid, pure love to him? Or Shakespeare himself, since "all in this world is buffoonery"? Who will make him discover, in himself, the other Falstaff - the comic character who, for us, embodies the love of life? The writer at the height of his powers - an irresistible blend of verve, gaiety, virtuosity, fantasy, smiling gravity and amused erudition - tells us again, with brilliance, with joy, that the novel is, first and foremost, a celebration. EAN: 9782070402328 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : I'm Fifteen and I Don't Want to Die - Christine Arnothy - book Summary : World War II ravaged the European continent. In 1944-1945, the Germans occupied Budapest and sought to win their final battle against the Russians in the martyred city, which was bombarded day and night. Survival was essential under the rubble. Christine Arnothy takes refuge with her parents in the basement of a building on the banks of the Danube. Writing by candlelight, she recounts daily events and evokes hunger and thirst. To fetch water with her father, she has to step over corpses in the streets. After a two-month siege, the city, like all of Hungary, was occupied by the Soviets. Choosing freedom, Christine and her parents crossed the Austro-Hungarian border on foot and ended up in a refugee camp in Austria. This teenager's vocation as a writer was revealed in the face of death. This war diary and its sequel, It's Not So Easy to Live , are read around the world. EAN: 9782253003229 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Place Your Bets! - Loren-D Estleman - book Summary : Things are heating up in Detroit, Motorville, with the announcement that casino gambling will be allowed. There are pros and cons, of course, and one hell of a Reverend is thunderously preaching against it. Killers are targeting him, of course, but not the ones you'd think. Because the gang really doesn't want to see the Reverend disappear. EAN: 9782070490967 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Scent of the Desert The Storm Lover The Weapons of the Heart - Susan Mallery, Marie Ferrarella, Barbara Mac Mahon - book Summary : The scent of the desert: Arriving in the kingdom of El Deharia, Maggie Collins, a young, independent and dynamic American, has only one thing in mind: to do the best job she can to complete the task for which Sheikh Qadir has sent her and return immediately to her country. Little does she know that an extraordinary destiny awaits her in this land of the Arabian Nights, whose captivating scents intoxicate her at every moment and whose prince is the most seductive man she has ever met... The storm lover: Tired of city life, Kayla left San Francisco to return to the small town of her childhood. But one evening, when a terrible storm has just broken out, she helps a man whose car has broken down near her home. Driven by his generosity—and unwillingly troubled by the seductive stranger—Kayla offers him hospitality for the night. What she doesn't know is that her guest is none other than Alain Dulac, a famous lawyer, as rich and worldly as she is simple and solitary. EAN: 9782280845168 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Memoirs of a Eunuch in the Forbidden City - Shi Dan - book Summary : Yu Chunhe, a eunuch in the palace of Empress Xiaoding, gives us this exceptional account of the daily lives of castrati and their masters. Entering the Forbidden City in 1898 at the age of seventeen, he spent eighteen terrible years there, marked by the war against foreigners, the exile of the court to Xian, the revolution, and the fall of the empire. His memoirs, rich in intrigue and acerbic portraits of court insiders, teach us much more than an official history book. An edifying description of the morals of an era, its decadence and corruption, Memoirs of a Eunuch in the Forbidden City constitutes a unique historical document, but is above all the moving account of the tragic fate of a teenager sold to the child traffickers of Beijing who supplied the imperial palace with eunuchs. Yu Chunhe reveals what has often been hidden about the private lives of these innocents, forcibly castrated and then imprisoned within the walls of the Forbidden City where they were treated as slaves according to the whim of their masters. EAN: 9782877302388 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Apothecary and the Manor of Shadows - Deryn Lake - book Summary : While quietly working on his preparations, apothecary John Rawlings is surprised by the unexpected entry into his shop of a panicked stranger. But it is a safe haven, not a cure, that the man needs. No sooner has the apothecary hidden him in the back room than a spectacularly beautiful woman enters. She is looking for a man who matches the fugitive's every detail. Keeping his word, Rawlings turns her away but, intrigued, decides to question the man. His name is Aidan Fenchurch, and he has been pursued for years by a former mistress, Ariadne Bussell, who follows him like a shadow. Glad to have spared him such fury, Rawlings is shocked to learn a few days later that the man has been found dead. Everything points to Mrs. Bussell, but she will soon succumb to what looks alarmingly like poisoning. As the victims pile up, John Rawlings, determined to convict the culprit(s), opens the investigation that leads him to the heart of Surrey. EAN: 9782702433713 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Zoli - Colum McCann - book Summary : A Roma poet with a fiery voice, Zoli fascinates those who approach her but remains elusive. Raised on the roads by her grandfather, who defied the Gypsy ban by teaching her to read and write, Zoli discovered the power of words at a very young age. But putting the history of her community on paper means handing it over to the gadz and a part of the gypsy soul. Adored by the communist regime before becoming an outcast, banished by her own people for having transgressed the rules, Zoli will pay a high price for her freedom... A parable about exile, a praise of difference, Zoli is the journey of no return through Europe from the 1930s to the present day, of a woman with a ruthless will, and, through her, a hymn to the "wanderers of the world" who are desperately wanted to be tied to the earth. EAN: 9782264047502 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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