Title : Homer, Iliad - Alessandro Baricco - book Summary : Sadness is our destiny: but that is why our lives will be sung forever, by all the men who will come." Homer's voice continues to resonate from the depths of the centuries. The Iliad sings of fifty-one days of the last year of a ten-year war that ends with the conquest and destruction of Troy. It sings of gods, men, and heroes, unforgettable in their anger and ambition, audacity and ingenuity, vengeance and pity, prisoners on the borders of an eternal battlefield. Starting from a modern translation, Alessandro Baricco has concentrated and reduced the raw material of the text to twenty-one voices, the last of which, that of the bard Demodocus, tells the story of the end of Troy; Homer's characters are invited onto the stage—the gods left in the background—to tell, with very contemporary accents, their story of passion and blood, their great war, their great adventure. EAN : 9782070341337 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Twelve Wandering Tales - Gabriel García Márquez - book Summary : A woman picked up while hitchhiking on a bus to an insane asylum finds herself interned. A Colombian lays siege to the Vatican with the rotting corpse of his daughter, whom he would like to have beatified. Seventeen Englishmen are poisoned in Naples by oyster soup... The novelist of Love in the Time of Cholera, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, proves to be as gifted as he is at the short story as he is at the epic. Each of the stories in this book takes us, in a few pages, to the heart of astounding situations, where the "magical realism" dear to the Colombian writer permeates Vienna, Naples, Geneva, Barcelona in turn... EAN : 9782253137474 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Unknown Man of Leningrad SAS 96 - Gérard De Villiers - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782738600721 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Order reigns in Santiago SAS - Gérard De Villiers - book Summary : See photos EAN : 2265058149 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Miami Killer SAS 69 - Gérard De Villiers - book Summary : See photos EAN : 2259010040 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 5 - Stone Shelters, volume 2 - Jean Marie Auel - book Summary : Later, millennia later, this region would be called Périgord. This is where Ayla and Jondalar, "children of the Earth," finally arrived. The blond giant and the golden-haired woman left their respective clans, driven by the spirit of adventure and discovery, and traveled the vast steppes of the European continent during the Ice Age. When they reach the Ninth Cave, where Jondalar grew up, the Zelandonii tribe gives them a mixed reception. They are wary of Ayla, her strange language, the tame wolf that accompanies her, and the horses over which she exerts a disturbing power. Civilization begins its slow march. EAN : 9782266129701 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 : Children of the Earth, Volume 1 - The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean Marie Auel - book Summary : 35,000 years ago, a long ice age ended and the Earth began to warm. Man gradually freed himself from the beast and appeared much as he does today. He knew tools, fire, and clothing. He made weapons for hunting and built caves for shelter. In the chaos of nature, he managed to create a little harmony. In these early days of the world, Ayla, a 5-year-old girl, escapes an earthquake and escapes from the clutches of a lion to seek refuge with a foreign clan. She is adopted. Very quickly, Ayla's actions and words arouse astonishment and concern. EAN : 9782266004039 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Walk to the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf - book Summary : Will it be nice weather tomorrow for the walk to the lighthouse? This question hangs over the family gathered one mid-September evening in their large holiday home in the Hebrides. The pulse of the sea insinuates itself throughout the book. Water hinders thoughts. Life pours forth and death surprises. The years pass. The house is abandoned. What remains are the small daily miracles, those "matches unexpectedly struck in the dark." They are what give meaning to things, movement to life. EAN : 9782253031536 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Lieutenant Eve Dallas - Nora Roberts - book Summary : In New York, a body is found in a dumpster. The victim? A homeless woman known for offering paper flowers in exchange for a little change. As a bonus, she kept the cops informed of the crimes she witnessed. But the notebook in which she jotted down her information remains missing. In parallel with this delicate case, Lieutenant Dallas is summoned to a construction site where the remains of a woman wearing gold jewelry and expensive clothing have been unearthed. However, the site belongs to Connors, her husband, which complicates matters. To bring justice to these two women, Eve must navigate a complex world, between real estate shenanigans, family intrigues, shady deals, and terrible secrets... EAN : 9782290375068 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Tales of a Tibetan Grandmother - Yveline Féray - book Summary : More than ever, we must read these tales while listening to them, because Tibet has delivered the richness of its immemorial culture above all through its bards, its oracles and its songs. These stories, which disturb us, amaze us and trouble us, delve into the origins of the Tibetan people, into their powerfully original identity, where, at the top of the high country, the snow touches the sky in spaces without shores. Whether they belong to the Tales of the Golden Vetala or of the Raised Corpse, or to the Folk Tales and Songs, they symbolically illustrate this aptitude of the Tibetans, these eternal travelers, to survive their own demons by dominating them, and to all their adversaries by opposing them with the materialized force of the spirit, the soul of their peaks. EAN : 9782809713848 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : File 64 - Jussi Adler-Olsen - book Summary : Copenhagen, 2010. A brutal attack in the Vesterbro district prompts Inspector Morck's fiery assistant, Rose, to reopen a cold case into the unexplained disappearance of a prostitute. Bowing to her pressure, Department V unearths a gruesome affair dating back to the 1950s: on the small island of Sprögo, women were interned and forcibly sterilized under the direction of Dr. Curt Wad... With this new investigation by the essential trio formed by Carl Morck and his assistants Assad and Rose, Jussi Adler-Olsen raises the tension a notch by plunging us into a dark chapter of Danish history, where the influence of extremism is more relevant than ever. The novelist hits the mark and hits the mark. Pascale Frey, Elle . As always, we are gripped by a dense, knife-sharp climate. Claire Julliard, Le Nouvel Observateur . EAN : 9782253095156 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : No Killing - Louise Penny - book Summary : At the height of summer, the Manoir Bellechasse, a luxurious hotel in the Eastern Townships, welcomes members of a wealthy English-Canadian family who have come to pay tribute to their deceased patriarch. In their minds and in the sky, the atmosphere becomes heavy and a storm hits, leaving behind a corpse that is almost too well staged. But who would dare to kill in front of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, who is celebrating his wedding anniversary there, as he does every year? EAN : 9782330052478 Used book Book in good condition 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 : Until Death Do Us Part - Karine Giebel - book Summary : The mountain doesn't forgive. Vincent Lapaz, a solitary guide wounded by life, learns this the hard way today: death has just struck, striking down a loved one. A simple accident? Vincent doesn't believe it: the victim knew the route like the back of her hand. It's murder. With the help of a young policewoman, Vincent leads the investigation, from crevice to pitfall, unearthing one by one the secrets that haunt this valley. And Lapaz isn't the forgiving type either... "This book is a captivating psychological thriller set against the majestic backdrop of the mountains." Jean-Paul Guéry – Free Maine This book received the Readers' Prize at the Cognac crime fiction festival. EAN : 9782266214001 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Swallow's Journal - Amélie Nothomb - book Summary : It's a love story whose episodes have been mixed up by a madman. EAN : 9782253121077 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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