Title : The Passenger - Jean-Christophe Grangé - Book Summary : I am the shadow. I am the prey. I am the killer. I am the target. To escape, there is only one option: to flee the other. But what if the other is myself? Grangé has a knack for constructing his long-running plot with watchmaker-like precision, making credible what his overflowing imagination invents in a totally unbridled manner. Bravo, artist! Blaise de Chabalier, Le Figaro littéraire. Diabolically constructed according to the principle of Russian dolls, The Passenger is devoured with a mixture of terror and jubilation. Grangé explores the tenuous line that separates reason from madness. The blurred line between good and evil. He draws us into abysses that are all the more distressing because he has drawn them from the ordinary—barely exaggerated—of contemporary society and its excesses. Hubert Lizé, Today in France. EAN: 9782253175735 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Division of the Waters - Alejo Carpentier - Book Summary : Fleeing New York and civilization, a musician reaches the virgin forest of Venezuela. Thus begins a series of fabulous adventures from which rise, like a symphony, the great themes of New York, the Forest, Water, Revolution... EAN: 9782070367955 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Torn Screen - Paul Couturiau - Book Summary : The continuation of the Red silk screen set against a backdrop of conspiracies and the Opium Wars in the 19th-century Chinese Empire. A magical escape into the heart of a country and its mystery. After The Red Silk Screen, a magnificent epic in the heart of 18th century China, The Torn Screen reveals a little more of the mysteries of this fascinating empire. Risking his life, musician Thomas Charles Perkins forces his way into the Middle Kingdom to find the woman he loves, the beautiful Zhang. With the help of his friends from the Red Silk Screen theater troupe and the occult support of the future Emperor Jiaqing, Thomas and Zhang strive to thwart the schemes of their enemy, Andy McCarthy, who, for his part, will stop at nothing to reach the man he has sworn to destroy. The two lovers work in the shadows for the good of the Empire. Will they succeed in fulfilling their mission while preserving their love? Because the economic stakes are too high for the British, and China has become more assertive, the Opium War seems inevitable... EAN: 9782258060975 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Horse Paradise - Jane Smiley - book Summary : With her usual verve and humor, Jane Smiley plunges us into the heart of the equestrian world, where unforgettable characters live tumultuous stories... We meet Krista, owner of a small stud farm, who juggles the births of her fillies, her bills and her baby's bottles; Joy, more at ease in the company of horses than in that of men; two star trainers and competitors, the friendly Farley, constantly racked by doubt, and the awful Buddy, dishonest but irresistibly funny, who tries to redeem his sins by negotiating with Jesus. However, the real heroes of this book are the horses: the author allows us to discover their personalities, their desires, their philosophy of life. We follow with amusement or emotion their setbacks and their successes, their loves and their sorrows. A rich and exhilarating novel, but also funny and tender, which will bring the reader as much satisfaction as a winning combination at the PMU. EAN: 9782743611132 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Scent of the Desert The Storm Lover The Weapons of the Heart - Susan Mallery, Marie Ferrarella, Barbara Mac Mahon - book Summary : The scent of the desert: Arriving in the kingdom of El Deharia, Maggie Collins, a young, independent and dynamic American, has only one thing in mind: to do the best job she can to complete the task for which Sheikh Qadir has sent her and return immediately to her country. Little does she know that an extraordinary destiny awaits her in this land of the Arabian Nights, whose captivating scents intoxicate her at every moment and whose prince is the most seductive man she has ever met... The storm lover: Tired of city life, Kayla left San Francisco to return to the small town of her childhood. But one evening, when a terrible storm has just broken out, she helps a man whose car has broken down near her home. Driven by his generosity—and unwillingly troubled by the seductive stranger—Kayla offers him hospitality for the night. What she doesn't know is that her guest is none other than Alain Dulac, a famous lawyer, as rich and worldly as she is simple and solitary. EAN: 9782280845168 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Golden Pavilion - Yukio Mishima - book Summary : Without changing her perfectly formal pose, the woman suddenly opened the collar of her kimono. My ears could almost hear the rustling of the silk rubbed against the stiff underside of the belt. Two snow-white breasts appeared. I held my breath. She took one of the white and opulent breasts in her hands and I thought I saw her begin to knead it. The officer, still kneeling before his companion, held out the deep black cup. Without claiming to have literally seen it, I at least had the clear sensation, as if it had taken place before my eyes, of the warm white milk spurting into the tea whose greenish foam filled the dark cup - soon settling there, leaving only small spots on the surface -, of the tranquil face of the beverage troubled by the milky foam EAN: 9782070366491 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Boss of the Kahawai Clinic A Reckless Oath - Betty Neels, Dianne Drake - Harlequin - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782280848718 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The English Patient (The Burnt Man) - Michael Ondaatje - book Summary : In an Italian villa transformed into a field hospital, Hana, a young nurse, watches over a badly burned English airman. Her only company is an adventurer who worked in intelligence and a young Sikh bomb disposal expert. A doomsday atmosphere where everyone gradually reveals their secrets. But the most enigmatic remains this burned man, bound to his nurse by a strange passion... Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje received the Nelly Sachs Prize for his poetic work. The English Patient , adapted to the screen under the title The Burning Man , won the prestigious Booker Prize in 1992 and the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018. “A quality and originality of writing that gives this mysterious and beautiful book the energy and brilliance of an oriental tale.” EAN : 9782020181617 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Country You Never Arrive At - André Dhotel - book Summary : What kind of world have I fallen into? I, whom my aunt doomed to routine, was carried off by a piebald horse, sent here by a baroque hairdresser, and now I'm playing checkers with the son of a cat whisker collector, who is immensely rich. So, in this new world for Gaspard, there were certainly terrible and bizarre things. EAN : 2277110612 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Passerby at the End of the World - Francisco Coloane - book Summary : At almost ninety years old, the old wolf of the Great South pulls one last trick out of his bag: the story of his life, no less. But don't expect to read an autobiography in the classic sense of the word. Coloane, from his childhood on the island of Chiloé, whipped by the offshore winds, to the years of fame in the wake of his brother Pablo Neruda, navigates by sight and composes his book by inspiration: a book as undisciplined as his mop of hair. In short, a story à la Coloane, one more, and with great allure. The writer explains: he has always wanted his books to carve their adventurous path as close as possible to life. "I have taken care, in these last pages, to ensure that the writing cheats as little as possible. At least my readers will not be disoriented. This time I am selling them the same alcohol, drawn from the same still, an alcohol as unadulterated as possible - simply, this latest batch will have marinated a little longer than the others in the barrel." EAN : 9782859406530 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Father Goriot - H. De Balzac - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Hanged Man of London - 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 : The Red Silk Screen - Paul Couturiau - book Summary : 1793. England seeks to open the doors to China, the most closed empire in the world. King George III sends a solemn embassy to the Son of Heaven in order to obtain significant economic benefits from him. The young musician Thomas Charles Perkins, promised a brilliant career but wounded in his love for the beautiful Grace, decides to participate in the adventure in order to discover the music of this Chinese people who fascinate him. Manipulated by his friends, plunged against his will into the heart of a struggle whose scale he ignores, the young man is taken in by the troupe of the Red Silk Screen. There, he will meet the beautiful and fierce Zhang… EAN : 9782266130578 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Perfume of the Lady in Black - Gaston Leroux - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782277508960 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Past on the Trail - Rebecca Scherm - book Summary : The mastermind behind a burglary gone wrong, Grace left her native Tennessee with a stolen painting to take refuge in Paris. There, she forged a new identity: she is now Julie from California and clandestinely restores art objects at Zanuso & Filles. Her two accomplices were not so lucky. Arrested and sentenced, they are serving their sentences at Garland Penitentiary. When she learns that they are about to be released, Grace can no longer lie to herself: they will try to find her, and the painting... From the heartland of America to the cosmopolitan world of art, Grace's multiple lives are gradually revealed and her faces take shape like a puzzle. EAN : 9782234080454 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Country - Marie Darrieussecq - book Summary : A woman returns home. She is a daughter, granddaughter, wife, mother, and sister. This last point is the place of secrets. This woman runs, moves, buys furniture and leaves others, settles down for a few months, and writes from time to time. The House of the Dead attracts her like a casino attracts a gambler, but her husband is against it, fortunately. It is a small country, charming and seaside, but whose funeral traditions are not designed to attract tourists, it must be admitted. A native country is a plot of land, it is also a uterine lining, it is a language, it is the memory of the dead, it is a history and a geography. It is a romance novel, and postcards. But does a country without a state exist? A country cut into pieces? And a pregnant woman with a political brain? With a very subtle humor, a seriousness and an almost scientific precision, Marie Darrieussecq allows us to experience the whole metaphysics of origins, the question of filiation, and delivers a perceptive analysis of the effects of solitude and uprooting. EAN : 9782070347049 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Little Bastard - Mireille Pluchard - book Summary Clarisse Chardenon, a veritable little mother to her entire family, is sent to work in the Huguenot Cévennes during the silkworm season. Despite her father's warnings against "these people," she enjoys the Blanchon-Troupet estate. She meets Jean, the youngest son of the house. A romance blossoms during the silkworm-rearing season. Clarisse returns home, but she's not quite the same. On Midsummer night, she became a woman in the arms of her lover. She keeps her secret from her family, but soon her fears are confirmed: she's pregnant. Father Chardenon, furious, decides to abandon the child at the orphanage, the only place he believes a bastard can have. But he doesn't take into account the mother's immense love for her child. EAN : 9782812908699 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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