Title : The Mystery of the Key - Patricia Wentworth - book Summary : Upon learning of Michael Harsh's death, the residents of the small village of Bourne are in turmoil. Suicide or murder? The results of the investigation confirm the first hypothesis, yet Scotland Yard is alerted. What could be the motives for the crime? Professional jealousy, enmity, political gain? Anything seems possible... While the inspectors follow several leads, Miss Silver, for her part, makes sure to lead them to the right one! EAN: 9782264021632 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Colomba - And Ten Other Stories - Prosper Mérimée - book Summary : Reading Mérimée's short stories is like seeing an author reveal himself over the pages, identifying autobiographical elements, appreciating his erudition and the diversity of his sources of inspiration. This first volume brings together eleven short stories, arranged in chronological order of their writing. Some are well-known; others deserve to be better known. We find here a taste for travel and exoticism (Corsica, the Orient, Spain), meticulous psychological descriptions, a commitment against slavery, stories of honor and revenge, an attraction to mystery and fantasy. While the themes are varied, the writing always retains a great precision, which allows Mérimée to exercise a biting irony. EAN: 9782070368198 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Alice's Nights - René Frégni - book Summary : Lucien is a dreamer, shy, he loves reading and the sun. He should never have met that smooth-talking Pierrot in the port of Toulon, fresh out of prison, unwavering. They live together and to survive they organize botched thefts in the surrounding villas or steal the enormous rolls of copper that EDF imprudently leaves lying around on the roadsides of Provence. While out walking, Lucien saves a young girl: the beautiful and runaway Alice who will turn the lives of the two boys upside down. For her, nothing will be beautiful or expensive enough. She disappears for weeks then suddenly returns, as if nothing had happened, to live with them in their unsanitary attic. What does she do with her nights, her days? Will the two boys' friendship survive the troubling Alice? EAN: 9782070389513 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Trevayne Conspiracy - Robert Ludlum - book Summary : In his forties, Andrew Trevayne has everything a man could desire: wealth, happiness, and a reputation for total independence. But he's not one to shy away when America needs him. Called upon by the Presidency and the Senate to lead a Commission of Inquiry into arms budgets, he alone is capable of assembling a team of experts above all suspicion. Using unorthodox methods, he will carry the investigation to the end, caught between the Pentagon's surveillance and the barely veiled threats of lobbies over which the shadow of the mafia looms. But behind the enormous interests his commission uncovers, the real issue is none other than the survival of democracy. In this battle of the titans, will Trevayne's certainties and integrity be enough to thwart the ambitions of the proponents of a new world order? Trevayne has no right to fail. EAN: 9782266082020 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Beyond... Growing After Loss - Sophie Davant - book Summary : Sophie Davant, one of television's most beautiful smiles, has been hiding a wound since she was twenty: the loss of her mother, struck down by cancer. Today, she reflects on this recurring pain and reminds us of our own questions in the face of the irremediable: should we reveal to the patient the seriousness of their condition? What progress has been made to heal and soothe the pain? How can the difficult work of mourning be liberating? Supported by specialists, Sophie Davant offers alternatives to our regrets, our remorse, our guilt. EAN: 9782290025505 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Laufer Fortune - Bernard Lenteric - book Summary : Marthe and Rodolphe meet under the lanterns of a neighborhood dance, at the Liberation. Between the daughter of "bougnats" and the demobilized sergeant, it's love at first sight. And also a shared ambition: to succeed. But one doesn't carve out an empire with impunity in the Paris of night, dance halls, and places of pleasure. To consolidate their fortune, they will have to employ the most implacable methods, and not shy away even from crime. They will pay a very heavy price: the life of their son Paul, murdered. And it is ultimately Jean, the disowned, neglected son, who will stand before them as their true heir... An heir who rejects them. The novelist of The Night of the Child Kings and The Masters of Bread draws us, with his customary efficiency, into a family saga full of light and shadow, where the suspense of the best thrillers takes on reflections of Shakespearean tragedy. EAN: 9782253141488 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Great Stars of Cinema - Claude Villers - book Summary : Every morning on France Inter, the warm voice of Claude Villers announces immediate boarding for the journey, the adventure, and the dream. On the way to the constellation where the stars of cinema twinkle and the persistent radiance of their glory. Here we are, immersed in the secrets of these demigods who were also mere mortals. These short stories resemble a novel, that of living legends, where, among other things, the fragile beauty of Gérard Philippe and the precocious genius of Orson Welles, the peasant childhood of Bourvil and the follies of Erroll Flynn, the erotic obsession of Michel Simon and the profound humanity of Bogart, coexist. EAN: 9782266070201 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Lord of the White Lotus - The Dalai Lama - Claude Levenson - book Summary : The Lord of the White Lotus, Ocean of Wisdom, The Precious Victorious, The Incomparable Master, or simply, The Presence: these are some of the titles that Tibetans give to the most illustrious and venerated among them, the Dalai Lama, god-king, an exceptional being, long surrounded by legends and mysteries. Claude B. Levenson set out in search of this presence. This quest took her from one side of the Himalayas to the other, from Tibet inland to Tibet in exile, and led her, inexorably, to Tenzin Gyatso: the Dalai Lama, with whom long hours of interviews allowed her to restore the multiple facets of an extraordinary personality, to retrace the prodigious romance of a life - how a turbulent toddler born into a modest peasant family was recognized as the fourteenth incarnation of the Buddha of Infinite Compassion. But also to reveal the cardinal foundations of a great civilization threatened with annihilation by the Chinese invasion. This is not an edifying book on the life of the Living God but a true immersion into the interior of the world, that of Tibet on the borders of China. Irina de Chikoff, Le Figaro. EAN: 9782253053309 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Our Money - Christiane Collange - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782253053347 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt - book Summary : When I look back on my childhood, the mere fact of having survived amazes me. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: a happy childhood is rarely worth dwelling on. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable childhood in Ireland. And worse still is the miserable childhood in Catholic Ireland. " This is what Frank McCourt describes in this autobiographical account. The father, Malachy, is an irresponsible charmer. When, by chance, he finds work, he goes drinking his wages in pubs and comes home at night bawling patriotic songs. Angela, the mother, swallows her pride to beg. Frankie, the eldest of the siblings, watches the little ones, gets up to mischief with his friends. And, above all, observes the adult world. The magic of Frank McCourt is to have rediscovered his child's perspective, to revive the most miserable of pasts without any bitterness. EAN: 9782290305553 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Life and Nothing Else - Cosmos Jean - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782253056324 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Carmody's Crusade - John Tittensor - book Summary : What a story! A brave Australian returning from London—where he was staying in a psychiatric asylum—discovers that his dear mother has died in his absence. So far, nothing out of the ordinary. But then, the maternal remains perform miracle after miracle. And our poor hero finds himself plunged into the heart of a fierce battle between two teams of American nuns (one lesbian, the other nymphos), each wanting to secure exclusive rights to the holy woman's remains. From this succinct summary, we will have understood that Carmody's Crusade is not an austere novel. One word to describe it: hilarious. EAN: 9782264027887 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : If we remain silent... The martyrdom of the monks of Tibhirine - Rene Guitton - book Summary : Montyon Prize 2002 Let us remember. On May 21, 1996, seven monks who came to Algeria, to the monastery of Tibhirine, had their throats slit by members of the GIA. René Guitton spent his childhood in North Africa, immersed himself in the religions of Abraham, and experienced with emotion the presence of the Church in the land of Islam. After the tragedy, he felt the need to seek the truth. Aided by the testimonies of the victims' families, the highest religious authorities, Christian and Muslim, politicians, secret services, and anonymous witnesses, he unraveled the threads of this tragic imbroglio. Both a quest and an investigation, this work aims to seek the light as did Christian, Christophe, Luc, Paul, Michel, Bruno and Célestin, the seven monks of Tibhirine. EAN: 9782266192439 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Driving on the left - Hervé Claude - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782253060826 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Murders at the Olympics - Dominique Kim - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782266027618 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Season of Wolves - Bernard Clavel - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782277212355 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Ladies of Boston - Eileen Lottman - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782253036203 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Abbé Pierre - The Insurgent of God - Pierre Lunel - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782253056300 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : My beautiful orange tree - José Mauro de Vasconcelos - book Summary : At five years old, Zézé has taught himself everything: reading, the vulgarities of the street, marble dealing, the sentimental tangos of the song merchant. Everyone beats him, except his sister Gloria. Angel or devil, he has a secret in his heart: a small sweet orange vine, the only confidant of his dreams, who listens to him and answers him. EAN: 9782010139802 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Tchipayuk Or The Way of the Wolf - Ronald Lavallee - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782253051480 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Most Beautiful Novel by Wade Phillips - Lorna Michaels - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782280114974 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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