Title: A Shard of Eternity - Valérie Tong Cuong - book Summary : Anna Gauthier leads a life sheltered from torment between her pharmacy, her villa overlooking the sea and her close-knit family. In a volatile social climate, an incident occurs and her son Léo, a high school student with no history, finds himself in trouble with the law. Anna watches helplessly as her world, built brick by brick, crumbles, having measured each of her actions to maintain control. What happens when a grain of sand jams the machine and shatters appearances for a summer?  Through a portrait of a woman bursting with intensity and emotion, A shard of eternity traces the thread of Anna's life and in one breath questions the walled-up part of a sacrificed childhood that was never to resurface. "With her captivating thirteenth novel, Valerie Tong Cuong confirms her talent as a writer, her art of shattering appearances." Livres Hebdo “We expect the best from her and we are never disappointed.” SHE "Valérie Tong Cuong then plumbs the abyss of guilt and the ravages of repression. Intense, profoundly dark, her novel, whose title we only understand on the last page, grips us by the throat until its astonishing end." L'Obs “She analyzes with disarming accuracy the fragility of the social contract and the human tragedy playing out on the world stage.” Le Figaro Littéraire EAN : 9782709668644 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title : A True Genius! - Patrick Dennis - Book Summary : Leander Starr, one of the most famous American directors, is on the run in Mexico, pursued by the tax authorities and his ex-wives for overdue alimony payments, among others. To restore his image, and with his well-known eccentricity, he undertakes to make a new film. Enter Catalina Ximinez, star of his magnum opus, The Nymph of the Yucatán; Emily Starr, the genius's beloved daughter who arrives unexpectedly; not to mention the tireless Mrs. Pomeroy, a colorful billionaire who comes to make her advances directly. A humorous novel in the vein of the great American comedies. EAN: 9782081337213 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Snow Supper - Jean Anglade - Book Summary : The chronicle of a small village in the heart of Auvergne, Saint-Coutain, under the tender and amused gaze of Jean Anglade. The village of Saint-Coutain, established on the departmental border, is shared between Cantal and Aveyron. It therefore has two town halls, two schools, two post offices, two churches, two patron saints: Saint Christopher and Saint Nicol. Minds are as divided as the territories. People vote left on one side, right on the other. Red cows graze the grass of Auvergne, blondes graze the grass of Rouergate. At an Aveyron stall, little Léonce Bros steals an orange that he intends for Flora, his "sister" in sentiment. Tirabi, the "Nicolaud" rural policeman, pursues him and arrests him on Cantal soil. He is accused of child abduction. To clarify the exact boundary of their communes, the two mayors decide to have a border line painted on the ground. This white line becomes a tourist attraction. But it further separates Léonce and Flora, poor ten-year-old Romeo and Juliet. Their thwarted love will force Léonce to leave Saint-Coutain. He will make a career in Paris as a waiter in brasseries in Auvergne and Aveyron. One day, he will return... EAN: 9782856165843 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Hint of Forbidden - Françoise Bourdin - Book Summary : While Daphne struggles to come to terms with the loss of her husband, Ivan, she rediscovers her joy in life and gradually rebuilds her life through contact with her in-laws, with whom she has remained very close. But the many unspoken questions surrounding Ivan's death could turn everything upside down... Daphné remained very attached to her in-laws, whom she regularly visited on weekends at the La Jouve estate, near Montpellier, despite the painful memories the place brought back. It was there that her husband Ivan, the youngest son of the Bréchignac clan, died during a violent argument with his father, a renowned sculptor. Eight years have passed, but the circumstances of this tragic accident remain a mystery, creating serious tensions within the family. For her part, Daphne is facing serious financial problems. She confides in Dimitri, Ivan's older brother, whom she has always found a friend and confidant. He spontaneously offers to help her, despite his busy work as a perfume designer. When they discover an attraction for each other, Daphne is troubled. Can she still love? Dimitri, however, continues to wonder about the unspoken things surrounding his brother's death. Why is their father increasingly deserting La Jouve? Does he have reason to feel guilty? EAN: 9782714446022 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 : A Traitor - Hervé Bentegeat - book Summary : In 1945, a man, from the depths of his prison, writes to his son. Sentenced to death for collaboration, he retraces the events that led him there, without attempting, in this long letter, to justify himself. "Don't judge me, don't absolve me, listen to me..." In September 1942, during the dark hours of the Occupation, he was summoned to the Paris Police Prefecture. Unbeknownst to him, he held vital information about a man whom the German and French police were relentlessly hunting. The tragic hours he was about to experience would force him to face himself and accept his true identity, an identity he had tried in vain to forget. A sober, disturbing tale about ambiguity, A Traitor paints the portrait of an ordinary man who was initially indifferent to the spectacle of the Occupation, but who is caught up in History and will have to account for both his origins and his actions. EAN: 9782843371240 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Turbulent Silence - André Brink - book Summary : 1824. On an isolated farm in South Africa, a slave revolt breaks out. Galant the Chained One rises up against his masters: Nicolaas, who is in fact his foster brother, and Barend, the husband of the beautiful Hester. In this doomed revolt, the white Hester ends up joining the black slave. Galant, recaptured, will be hanged. But in the meantime, an inexorable wind of freedom will have blown, generating the future storms of decolonization. A novel unanimously hailed as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1978. EAN: 9782234053403 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Sudden Stir of the Heart - Barbara Taylor Bradford - book Summary : In this new bestseller, the author of The Space of a Life paints a moving portrait of Claire and Laura, two childhood friends subject to the whims of fate. Both models of professional and personal success, they possess everything a woman could wish for. Yet, this happiness that seemed so certain to them hides terrible dramas. Tragedy strikes Claire; while Laura's family's painful past resurfaces. Will they find in friendship a weapon strong enough to face life's trials? EAN: 9782226108944 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A ray of sunshine on the Causse - Ange Emmanuel Barberie - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Century of Football - Jean-Philippe Bouchard, Alain Constant - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782702135136 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A King Prisoner of Fantômas - Allain Marcel Souvestre Pierre - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Pure Spy - John Le Carré - book Summary : Magnus Pym has disappeared: a wave of panic is sweeping through Her Majesty's secret service. Could the honorable British spy be a traitor, as the Americans keep repeating? EAN : 9782221049037 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Sun Too Late - Anne Ray-Wendling - book Summary : Have you ever had the impression of a very strong invisible presence at your side? That of a deceased person, father, mother, child, spouse, friend, who wanted to communicate, protect you, warn you of a threat, or on the contrary of great imminent happiness? Have you ever felt deep within your being this resulting desire for dialogue? This overwhelming experience can happen to all of us, but, like each of us, Florence, the heroine of this story, was not prepared for it, nor for the twists and turns that followed the contact. Yet, she lives it every day. Throughout the pages of her extraordinary adventure, without artifice or complacency, she takes us with her on these mysterious paths, strewn with pitfalls, doubts and revelations about this unknown world, this parallel universe, from where our loved ones, apparently gone forever, sometimes send us these strange messages. EAN : 9782753800441 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : One Night at the Club - Christian Gailly - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782707317735 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Traitor to Our Taste - John Le Carre - book Summary : They simply wanted to play a game of tennis. Gail and Perry, a young English couple on vacation in the Caribbean, exchange a few balls with other vacationers, the Dimas, an ordinary Russian family. Invited to their party, they unwittingly become emissaries of the mafia. The British secret service is on their trail. To escape, Perry has only one solution: become a spy. EAN : 9782757827994 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Sport and a Pastime - James Salter - book Summary : “Pale end of day and the station is deserted. In the cafes the lights are not yet on. Dean is sitting outside at one of the iron tables. In the sloping tree-lined street that opens onto the square, tiny, almost alone, Anne-Marie gets out.” She is not so pretty, though. But Dean is crazy about her, about her body, about her skin. For the duration of a trip across France, they experience a radiant, incandescent, and fatally fleeting love... Since its publication, A sport and a hobby provoked the most fanatical praise and established James Salter, often compared to Nabokov, as one of the great voices of American literature. EAN : 9782757811016 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : One Love - Anita Shreve - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782744139253 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Such a Great Love - Danielle Steel - book Summary : Edwina Winfield, the eldest daughter of a wealthy American family, embarks with her parents, five siblings, and fiancé aboard the largest ocean liner ever built. An unsinkable building, a masterpiece of modern technology, christened the Titanic ... The gigantic ship prepares to make its first Atlantic crossing in a festive atmosphere, and the young engaged couple are overjoyed by the voyage. But fate has decided otherwise, and what was supposed to be a cruise of happiness descends into horror and despair. The Titanic sinks... In a single fatal and tragic night, somewhere in the middle of the ocean, all of Edwina's dreams are reduced to nothing. Overnight, the carefree young girl becomes at once a woman mourning her lost love, a second mother to her younger brothers and sisters, and the owner of the newspaper founded by her father in San Francisco. Edwina rises to the challenge with exceptional courage and strength of mind. Twelve long years later, an encounter with a man will mark a new turning point in her life. EAN : 9782744115042 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: A Streetcar Named Desire followed by Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams - 1984 - book EAN: 9782253029540 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: A King in the Ocean, the Dolphin - Animals of the Seas - 2005 - book EAN: 9782731232158 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: A Very Small World - David Lodge - 1992 - book EAN: 9782869305588 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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