Title: The Beekeeper's Investigations - Volume 1 Checkmate to the Queen - Valérie Valeix - book Summary : A prominent consultant beekeeper in Quercy, young Audrey Astier travels the world in search of different working methods with the aim of ensuring the protection of bees. While she has an appointment with her old training supervisor, Janissou Laborde, known as the Pope, he mysteriously disappears... Alongside the disturbing Lieutenant Steinberger, recently assigned to the Rocamadour gendarmerie after his return from Afghanistan, Audrey will run the causse to try to outwit the traps of a terrifying secret society ready to do anything to achieve its ends... This new genre series skillfully mixes intrigue (all the ingredients of an excellent detective novel are present: investigation, suspense, action...), ecology (recalling the importance of protecting bees and apitherapy), History (many significant local or national events are discussed) and heritage (we discover with pleasure the riches and traditions of the regions). A real success, to be discovered urgently! EAN : 9782372600750 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title : The Children of the Wolf's Step - Marie-Bernadette Dupuy - Book Summary : A beautiful love story on the banks of the Charente. In 1863, in Saint-Simon, a small port on the banks of the Charente, Louise's heart sank when she saw the handsome Hugo's boat appear on the horizon. She was his most faithful friend, and it was at Pas du Loup, a passage along the river, that he confided his sorrows and hopes to her: to own his own barge, the boat that carried goods, brandy, and cannons along the river, and to find Alexandrine, whom he had met in Tonnay and had disappeared without a trace. While Hugo fulfills his dream of becoming a bargeman and sets out in search of Alexandrine, Louise continues to love him in secret. But the trials and whims of fate await them both at the bend in the Charente and will take their lives on a surprising path. EAN: 9782365592840 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Children of the Earth, Volume 6 - The Land of Sacred Caves Part 1 - Jean M. Auel - Book Summary : A year after her arrival in the Neanderthal tribe of the Ninth Cave, Ayla, the young Cro-Magnon, continues her integration into the small community. Her healing talents and her knowledge of animals are impressive. Noticed by the First Among Those Who Serve the Great Earth Mother, she becomes her acolyte. A long initiation awaits the young mother, with a striking ritual visit to the Sacred Caves. "Eighty years old, but with his eye still full of mischief behind his embroiderer's glasses, Jean Auel today celebrates the apotheosis of a romantic adventure that began almost by chance thirty years ago." Le Figaro littéraire EAN: 9782266215657 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Children of the Earth, Volume 6 - The Land of Sacred Caves Part 2 - Jean M. Auel - Book Summary : Ayla, the young Cro-Magnon, continues her Doniate Journey. Her initiation into the secrets of the shamans and the Zelandoni status she aspires to are demanding, hardly compatible with a second pregnancy and a real life as a couple. The ordeal she will go through with her companion Jondalar will transform the young woman and shake the very foundations of the Ninth Cave tribe. "This latest book in the Children of the Earth saga , enriched like the previous ones with in-depth documentation praised by specialists, will not disappoint fans eager to immerse themselves once again in the heart of prehistoric life." Pilgrim Magazine EAN: 9782266216692 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The children of the Villa Eugénie: family secrets and passions in the torments of history - Anne Grandchamp - Book Summary : In Bordeaux in the mid-19th century, Charles Delpech, director of a fish factory, understood that his family's future lay in Arcachon. The burgeoning tourism industry was expected to transform this coastal village into a seaside resort that would inevitably bring money, luxury, and pleasure. Despite their marital difficulties, Charles and Amélie build a villa in the bay. A magnificent property bearing a name full of promise: that of their daughter, Eugénie. But secrets and a scandal soon tear the family apart: Eugénie becomes pregnant by her half-brother and is forced into exile. When Eugénie finally returns to the villa, her irreplaceable home, she must fight against all odds to keep her family in this property that has become a beacon lost in the turmoil of history... EAN: 9782824608549 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Investigations of Inspector Brunetti - Volume 22 - The Boy Who Didn't Talk - Donna Leon - book Summary : As autumn leaves begin to fall on the streets of Venice, Vice-Quaestor Patta tasks Commissioner Brunetti with investigating an offense committed by the mask shop on Campo San Barnaba owned by the mayor's future daughter-in-law. But now his wife, Paola, also presents him with a request. The man, probably mentally handicapped, who worked in their dry cleaners, has just died of an overdose of sleeping pills. Paola cannot bear the thought that no one ever noticed or helped him, in life or in death. Also intrigued by the death of this character he had crossed paths with for many years, Brunetti begins researching behind his superior's back. To his great surprise, he finds nothing about this man: no birth certificate, no passport, no credit card. According to the Italian authorities, he never existed. Even stranger, his mother refuses to speak to the police and insists that her son's identity papers were stolen during a burglary. As the revelations unfold, we discover that an aristocratic family, the Lembos, seems to be involved in this mysterious death. But why would these powerful and influential people have eliminated this unfortunate simpleton? EAN: 9782702154526 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Children of the Grail No. 4 - The Black Chalice Volume 1 The Secret of the Templars - Peter Berling - book Summary : Year of grace 1257. Returning from their journey to faraway Asia, Roç and Yeza, children of "real" (royal) blood, destined to accomplish the spiritual reconciliation of East and West, return to their native land, Occitania. There, while the Templars dream of founding a state in the ancient Cathar country, mysterious signs - a black stone bearing the imprint of a ciborium, a crypt where the Crucifixion is depicted - set them once again on the trail of the Grail. Yeza embarks aboard the ship led by Taxiarchos, the king of the beggars of Constantinople, with whom she will experience love. Roç, at the head of an army raised by Manfred of Sicily, will go from battle to battle... Sword blows, colorful characters, secrets of the Church or kingdoms... Peter Berling continues here, with an unequaled romantic breath, an extraordinary picture of the medieval world, its follies and its dreams. EAN: 9782253149279 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Beings of Light - volume 1 - Jean Pleyers - comic book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782873530419 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Beings of Light - Volume 2 - Jean Pleyers - Comic book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782873530488 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Children of the Earth, Volume 2 - The Valley of Horses - Jean Marie Auel - book Summary : After the surprise and wonder aroused by Ayla, the young blond-haired stranger they took in, the men of the "bear clan" became afraid of her extraordinary gifts. Because she claimed to hunt like men, because she experienced feelings unknown to them, because she wanted to keep her child for herself, Ayla would be cursed and exiled. "Go in search of your people," Iza the healer told her. "Go north, find your clan and a companion." A long, solitary journey begins, at the end of which Ayla meets two young men. One of them is Jondalar. Like her, he is blond and has blue eyes. EAN : 9782266004114 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Children of the Earth, Volume 3 - The Mammoth Hunters - Jean Marie Auel - book Summary : For several seasons, Ayla and her companion Jondalar shared everything. They knapped flint, tended the fire, hunted reindeer and deer, built shelters and boats. Together, they were afraid and cold, and lived in an intimacy of body and mind that gave rise to a disturbing and unknown feeling within them. The restless clan of "Mammoth Hunters" who welcome them is stunned by this pair of blond, blue-eyed giants who know how to ride horses and tame wolves. Among them, Ranec, the sculptor, is moved by Ayla. The age-old battle of love and jealousy has begun. EAN : 9782266004121 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Department V Investigations - Volume 1 - Mercy - Jussi Adler-Olsen - book Summary : Why has Merete Lyyngaard been languishing in a cage for years? Why are her torturers so relentless in their persecution of the young woman? Five years earlier, the sudden disappearance of the woman who embodied Denmark's political future had caused much ink to flow. But, lacking any clues, the police had closed the case. Until the intervention of the unlikely Carl Mørck and Hafez el Assad of Department V, a sidelined cop and his assistant of Syrian origin. For them, no cold case ... Winner of the most prestigious Scandinavian awards, from The Glass Key to the Golden Laurels of the booksellers, Jussi Adler-Olsen's thriller, Inspector Mørck's first investigation, is a true global publishing phenomenon. Jussi Adler Olsen, for Miséricorde, won the ELLE Readers' Grand Prize 2012 (Detective Fiction category) and the Livre de Poche Readers' Prize 2013 (Detective Fiction/Thrillers category). “A powerful, disturbing thriller. A talent as impressive as it is unsettling.” The Independent “It has everything fans of Scandinavian crime fiction love.” The Guardian EAN : 9782226229939 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: The Children of Timpelbach - Henry Winterfeld - 2021 - book EAN: 9782010023644 Used book at low prices Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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