Title : M, the edge of the abyss - Bernard Minier - Book Summary : A French woman is hired by a Chinese digital giant in Hong Kong. As soon as she arrives, violent employee deaths multiply. Why? Hong Kong. Between its frenetic streets and sleepless neon lights, the city's skyscrapers rise. Immense technological aquariums where the future of humanity is decided. It's there, in the sticky atmosphere of a tropical summer, that a French woman, Moïra, joins the Ming firm, a concentrate of artificial intelligence supposed to anticipate our desires. But for the young woman, the utopia turns into a nightmare. Behind the walls of the top-secret center, employees are found dead, raped, tortured. What is the Ming empire really looking for? Welcome to M... On the edge of the abyss. EAN: 9782266306560 Used book The book matches the photo

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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 : The Days After - Mélissa Da Costa - book Summary : Taking refuge in an isolated house in Auvergne to fully experience her grief, Amande didn't think it could be so painful. Days go by and outside the sun shines, but, reclusive, she refuses to see it. When she stumbles upon the horticultural calendars of the former owner of the place, she nevertheless decides, guided by Madame Hugues' handwritten notes, to try to bring the old abandoned garden back to life. As the seasons pass, she will draw from this contact with the earth the strength to be reborn and open herself to unique encounters. Until each tomorrow finally becomes a promise of the future. A subtle and emotional novel that invites us to open our eyes, our senses and our hearts, and a wonderful hymn to nature that reconciles us with life. EAN : 9782253079903 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: The gods always travel incognito - Laurent Gounelle - book Summary : Imagine: You are on the edge of a precipice. At that fateful moment, a man saves your life. In exchange: your commitment to do whatever he asks. You accept, and you're embarked on an incredible journey where everything seems out of control. More than a novel, a reflection on oneself that invites us to take our destiny into our own hands. "These delightful pages punctuate a novel 'with messages' that shows us how to overcome our fears and inhibitions." Erik Pigani – Psychologies EAN: 9782266219150 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Douai Notebooks - Arthur Rimbaud - 2023 - book EAN: 9791035826468 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title : The Husband's Secret - Liane Moriarty - book Summary : Cecilia should never have found this letter in the attic. On the yellowed envelope, a few words in her husband's handwriting: "Not to be opened until after my death." What decision should she make? Respect the wishes of John-Paul, who is very much alive? Or give in to curiosity and risk seeing her life turned upside down? All husbands—and all wives—have their secrets. Some can be devastating. A bestseller in the United States, this intense, sparkling and humane novel skillfully combines suspense and emotion to leave a lasting impression on its reader. The secret intrigues, it bursts forth, and we turn the pages faster and faster, from emotion to smiles, until the last one where we regret having finished. Cosmopolitan. EAN : 9782253067948 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Secret of Making Unwearable Socks - Annie Barrows - Book Summary : It wasn't the summer project Layla had dreamed of. Write the story of a small West Virginia town and its sock factory, Les Inusables Américaines. And yet... Summer 1938. Layla Beck, a wealthy young city girl, rejects the wealthy match her father has chosen for her and finds herself forced, for the first time in her life, to work. Recruited by a government agency, she travels to Macedonia to write a commissioned book about the small town. The summer promises to be deadly boring. But she'll fall under the spell of the penniless eccentrics she's boarding with. In the Romeyn family, there's... The daughter, Willa, twelve years old, who has decided to turn her back on childhood... The aunt, Jottie, who can't forget the tragedy that cost the life of the man she loved... And the father, the disturbing Felix, whose activities seem unorthodox. Formerly the owner of the factory, this family's history is closely linked to that of the town. From suspicions to revelations, Layla will forever change the lives of the members of this community, and bring to light buried truths and poorly healed wounds. EAN: 9782841118724 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: The Peony Pavilion - Lisa See - book Summary : China, 17th century. Secluded in the women's luxurious apartments, Peony kills time before her wedding. But rather than engage in proper exercises—embroidery or singing—she prefers to immerse herself in dangerous readings that exalt mad love. When, on the occasion of her birthday, her father allows her to attend, hidden behind a screen, the performance of his favorite opera, Peony falls in love with an elegant poet. Passion will burn the young girl and take her on a journey that will last well beyond her own death. EAN: 9782290418567 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Land of the Free - Ken Follett - book Summary : Between young Mack, condemned to near slavery in the Jamisson coal mines, and the non-conformist Lizzie, the disappointed wife of one of the master's sons, it only took a few glances and furtive encounters to spark the attraction of hearts. But in 18th-century English society, still feudal despite the new ideas of its philosophers, both have no choice but submission and revolt. Rebel, fugitive, recaptured and condemned, Mack will not see Lizzie again until he is on the Virginia plantation where he was deported for forced labor. Only then will they understand that happiness is earned by forcing destiny... From the slag heaps of Scotland to the docks of the Thames, from slave-owning America to the first forays into the still-virgin West, the author of The Pillars of the Earth takes us on a superb epic where passionate love merges with the aspiration of an entire era for freedom and justice. EAN : 9782253143307 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Unfinished Manuscript - Franck Thilliez - book Summary : Press review: "Franck Thilliez returns with a cleverly crafted mystery about violence and perversion... His plot keeps us on the edge of our seats, so hang on tight... Impeccable, as usual!" Michel Primault, Femme Actuelle "At Thilliez, it's the construction that grabs you by the guts." Éric Russon, Moustique Presse de Belgique "Franck Thilliez knows how to take us into the web of his imagination and ensnare us with mastery" Eric Hahn, Pèlerin "No downtime, no time to catch your breath, the pace is so frenetic and deliberately jerky. The Unfinished Manuscript lives up to all its promises. Devour it without delay." Aline Chartrel, La Voix du Nord " The Unfinished Manuscript , Franck Thilliez's latest novel, is once again set to be a great success." Morgane Goldenstein, La Voix du Nord "Thilliez hits hard with this trompe l'oeil thriller" François Lestavel, Paris Match "A diabolically orchestrated plunge into terror" Yves Calvi, RTL Near Grenoble, a car ends up in a ravine after a chase with customs. In the trunk is the body of a woman. At the gas station where the driver for the last time, video surveillance is clear: the man is not the owner of the vehicle. Léane Morgan and Enaël Miraure are one and the same. The schoolteacher turned thriller queen has always kept her private life a secret. Her life? A marriage of which nothing remains except a location, L'Inspirante, a villa nestled on the edge of the dunes of the Opal Coast, and the trauma of her daughter Sarah's kidnapping. Her husband's sudden assault will bring back the worst of the past four years. In the wind, the sand and the fog, one question among others arises: to whom, to what to turn, when the only truth is that everything becomes foreign to you? EAN : 9782265117808 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title : The Resistance - No. 132 - The newspaper of France in the 1940s - Magazine review book Summary : See photos EAN: Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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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 : The Circle - Bernard Minier - Book Summary : A new investigation for Commander Martin Servaz. Why is death so relentless in Marsac, a small university town in the Southwest? A murdered teacher, a breeder devoured by his own dogs... and a cryptic email, perhaps signed by the most devious of serial killers. Confronted in his investigation with a terrifying universe of perversity, Commander Servaz will learn about fear, for himself as well as for his family. "Bernard Minier persists and signs. After the resounding success of his first novel, Ice , here he is confirming his talent with The Circle . " The Literary Figaro "The author masterfully manages his suspense and we slow down our reading so that the book doesn't end." Femina Version 2013 Grand Cognac Libraries and Media Libraries Prize EAN: 9782266242806 Used book The book matches the photo

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Title: Life is easy, don't worry - Agnès Martin-Lugand - 2016 - book EAN: 9782266261586 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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