Title: Someone Good - Françoise Bourdin - book Summary : Caroline Serval is the only general practitioner in the region. She practices her profession with passion and dedication, even if it means putting her private life aside. Her only prospect is to recruit a colleague, a difficult task when you live in a remote Provençal village. Her personal life is suffering as a result. After a divorce and joint custody of her only daughter, Caroline struggles to maintain a stable relationship. Between her deeply held vocation, the desires of the heart, and heavy family secrets, she will have to reconsider her life to move forward... EAN: 9782266315609 The book matches the photo

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Title : Temptation - Stephenie Meyer - book Summary : Bella turns 18. The birthday party the Cullens throw for her goes awry: the young girl injures herself, and the sight of her blood provokes various reactions among the vampires. Three days later, Edward announces that he no longer loves her and that his family is moving. Bella doesn't understand this sudden turn of events and sinks into depression. She gradually regains control and realizes that even when she's in serious danger, she can hear Edward's voice. She then decides to expose herself regularly. To this end, she restores old motorcycles with Jacob, Billy's son. A loving friendship develops between them. But the sudden return of Victoria and Laurent causes trouble in Forks. Bella finds herself hunted. She is saved in extremis by the Indian clan of the Protectors, who are none other than werewolves, hereditary enemies of vampires... EAN : 9782012012950 Used book The book matches the photo

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Title : Temptation - Stephenie Meyer - book Summary : Bella turns 18. The birthday party the Cullens throw for her goes awry: the young girl injures herself, and the sight of her blood provokes various reactions among the vampires. Three days later, Edward announces that he no longer loves her and that his family is moving. Bella doesn't understand this sudden turn of events and sinks into depression. She gradually regains control and realizes that even when she's in serious danger, she can hear Edward's voice. She then decides to expose herself regularly. To this end, she restores old motorcycles with Jacob, Billy's son. A loving friendship develops between them. But the sudden return of Victoria and Laurent causes trouble in Forks. Bella finds herself hunted. She is saved in extremis by the Indian clan of the Protectors, who are none other than werewolves, hereditary enemies of vampires... EAN : 9782012012950 Used book The book matches the photo

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Title: Such a beautiful school - Christian Signol - book Summary : Becoming a teacher was the dream of many children in France immediately after the war. Ornella, for example, fought hard to get into the École Normale, but success was just around the corner and led her to her first position as a schoolteacher in Ségalières, a remote village in the highlands of the Lot region, in October 1954. There, she encountered hostility from the mayor, the priest, and the locals, who needed their children on the farms. A new position awaited her in Peyrignac, on the Causse, where she would share a class with Pierre, the son of a lord of the manor from Cahors. Between these two teachers from different backgrounds but who lived only for their profession, it was love at first sight, overshadowed only by the Algerian War. Over the years, with the school reforms, they will pursue their careers with the same passion until a ministerial decision transforms them into "school teachers" in 1989. The school of yesteryear, its smell of chalk and purple ink, its teachers heirs to the hussars of the Third Republic, respected by all, exemplary and devoted, this is what Christian Signol evokes with great emotion and truth in this beautiful novel which also relates half a century of the history of a French society, whose school symbolized success and hope for the future. EAN: 9782226215086 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title : A Delicate Truth - John le Carré - Book Summary : 2008. The Rock of Gibraltar, the jewel of the British colonies, is the scene of a counterterrorism operation led by a British commando and American mercenaries. Codename: Wildlife. Objective: to kidnap a jihadist arms buyer. Sponsors: an ambitious foreign minister and his personal friend, the head of a private military company. Kit Probyn, a candid diplomat, is summoned to be the politician's hotline. The operation is so delicate that even the minister's private secretary, Toby Bell, is kept out of it. 2011. Kit Probyn, now retired, summons Toby Bell to his Cornish manor. Toby must choose between his conscience and his loyalty as a servant of the state. But if the passivity of honest men is enough to make evil triumph, how can he remain silent? Of burning topicality – the clash between Christianity and Islam –, Such a delicate truth, The author's twenty-third novel is hard-hitting, tight as a fist. Masterful. Translated from English (Great Britain) by Isabelle Perrin John le Carré , born in 1931, studied at the universities of Bern and Oxford, taught at Eton, and worked briefly for British intelligence during the Cold War. For six decades, he devoted himself to writing. He died in 2020 at the age of 89. Isabelle Perrin , who was destined for a wise academic career, caught the literary translation bug from his mother Mimi. The incurable duettists would co-author more than thirty translations, including all of John le Carré's novels since The Russia House . Press excerpts: "John le Carré transcends mere genre literature and will go down in history as perhaps the most important writer of the second half of the 20th century." Ian McEwan "Le Carré returns to his roots here. Jubilant and subtle, this novel is the most striking of his recent works." The Times “John le Carré’s best novel! It hits the mark: a gripping story about state cover-ups, individual conscience, and duty to one’s country.” New York Times " In Such a delicate truth , the tension mounts as the revelations unfold. Le Carré, a fine analyst of the contemporary world, knows how to provoke while giving food for thought. The Independent “Le Carré’s voice is as recognizable as Dickens’ or Jane Austen’s: often imitated, never equaled, he created his own world of pathetic spies, treacherous lovers, guilt-ridden private school alumni, and ruthless establishment figures as seductive as they are immoral.” Financial Times EAN: 9782021113921 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Life of Light and Wind - Christian Signol - book Summary : Jean, the foundling, was raised by a couple of illiterate, unsophisticated, and superstitious shepherds. Fortunately, military service will save him from this hell. With the help of a teacher, he finally learns to read and write, discovering the warmth of a real home. Then comes the "Phoney War" on the eastern borders, and the debacle. The beginning of a long wandering that brings Jean back to the South, until he meets Joseph, his friend, his double, and Dorine, a simple heart, who has fallen madly in love with the young man. But as the war draws closer, will Jean be able to escape his destiny? Rooted in the wild beauty of the windswept highlands of the South, the story of this boy without family, without reference points, in search of a little human warmth and love, is overwhelming. Jean Dolin will probably remain as one of the purest and most endearing characters in the work of Christian Signol, whose sensitivity and accuracy shine through on every page of this great novel. EAN : 9782226259905 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Such a Long Hatred - Martine Delomme - book EAN: 9782298169072 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: One Night - Grégoire Solotareff - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782211333221 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: A Handful of Rye - Agatha Christie - book Summary : Why slip a handful of rye into a man's pocket after poisoning him? Why hang a clothes hanger up a young girl's nose after strangling her? What do these ludicrous clues mean? Are they the murderer's signature? If so, he can only be a madman. A monster. A dangerous maniac is walking free at Yewtree Lodge. A maniac who may strike again. A maniac whom Miss Marple has come to unmask. For what may seem ludicrous to some takes on meaning in her eyes. Miss Marple is a very old lady and she has seen so much. EAN : 9782702400067 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: An Aesthetic Death - Phyllis Dorothy James - book Summary : When renowned investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn is admitted to Dr. Chandler-Powell's private clinic to remove a scar that has disfigured her since childhood, she faces surgery by a renowned surgeon, a peaceful week of recovery in one of Dorset's finest mansions, and the start of a new life. Yet despite the success of the operation, she will not leave Cheverell Mannar alive. Commander Dalgliesh and his team, called in to investigate what turns out to be a murder followed by a second suspicious death, find themselves faced with problems that will take them far beyond the simple search for the culprits... EAN : 9782253133742 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title : A New Life - Françoise Bourdin - Book Summary : The Normandy coast, Trouville, a Belle Époque villa overlooking the sea... It's here, in the family home, that Alban Espérandieu returns to live after having to give up his career as an airline pilot following an accident. But his childhood home will reveal terrible secrets one by one... Alban Espérandieu's life is turned upside down the day a health problem forces him to abandon his career as a pilot. The handsome captain then decides to leave Paris and move to Trouville, to the house where he spent his entire childhood. There, he reunites with Jo, his beloved grandmother, who raised him and his two brothers after the tragic death of their parents. But the old woman doesn't welcome the arrival of her grandson, soon joined by Valentine, the woman he loves, who gives up her career as a translator to come and live with him. While he's pondering his career change, the pilot stumbles upon strange events that took place in the villa thirty years earlier. Surrounded by his brothers, his sisters-in-law, and Jo, who clearly knows more than she's letting on, Alban tries to get to the bottom of his past. By revealing its secrets one by one, will the house prevent it from rebuilding itself? EAN: 9782714444509 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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