Title: The Famous Five Go Camping Pink Library - Enid Blyton - book Summary : What a strange and disturbing country the Five have chosen to camp in! Hills that tremble and let out white smoke... A remote valley where silent and deserted railway tracks wind... Reigning over this fantastic land, a terrifying character with a wooden leg warns Claude and his cousins: "Go away! Be careful! They are here, the ghost trains." EAN: 9782012002975 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Flight of the Hornet - Ken Follett - book Summary : June 1941. The skies belong to Hitler. Most of the British bombers fall under enemy fire. As if the Luftwaffe were able to detect the planes... Could the Germans have outdone the British in the development of this new strategic tool: radar? Winston Churchill, deeply concerned, asks his best agents to clarify the situation as quickly as possible. Harald, a young eighteen-year-old Dane, determined to fight against the German occupier, has found a top-secret German installation that seems to predict the arrival of British bombers. His discovery could turn the tide of the war. But who should he reveal it to? Who can he trust? Harald knows too much; he risks death. Aboard the Frelon, his makeshift biplane, he will risk his life to share his discovery. Spy novels ( Code Zero, The Corneille Network ), thrillers ( A Flock of Eagles ), historical epics ( The Pillars of the Earth, The Mark of Windfield ), Ken Follett's bestsellers have been translated into more than twenty languages. EAN: 9782253109136 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Never Forget - Michel Bussi - book Summary : He was the last to see her alive... And he looks like a scapegoat. Would you believe Jamal? In Yport, having gone for a run on the highest cliff in Europe, Jamal first noticed the scarf, red, hanging from a fence. Then the woman, incredibly beautiful, her dress torn, her back facing the void, her eyes fixed on his. Jamal held out the scarf to her like a lifebuoy. A few seconds later, on the icy pebbles of the deserted beach, lies the inert body of the stranger. Around her neck, the red scarf. Everyone thinks he pushed her. He just wanted to save her. This is Jamal's version. Do you believe it? "With his mechanical skill, the novelist hits the mark." Marianne Payot – The Express EAN: 9782266254571 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Illiterate Man Who Knew How to Count - Jonas Jonasson - book Summary : What are the odds that Nombeko, an illiterate, black orphan born in South Africa's largest ghetto, desperately trying to get rid of a postal package containing a nuclear bomb, ends up trapped in a potato truck with the King of Sweden and his Prime Minister? One in forty-five billion six hundred seventy million two hundred twelve thousand eight hundred ten. According to the calculations of the said illiterate. "A new comedy, in a crazy style, from the author of The Old Man Who Didn't Want to Celebrate His Birthday ." Le Figaro Littéraire "A popular novel that makes you laugh with finesse? This is where it happens." ELLE EAN: 9782266248983 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Orphan of Manhattan - Marie-Bernadette Dupuy - book Summary : New York is their promised land. Leaving their native Charente in the fall of 1886 to board a steamer bound for the New World, Guillaume and Catherine are eager for a new life and full of hope. However, their dream of freedom will quickly turn into a nightmare. Due to a succession of tragedies, their daughter Élisabeth finds herself alone in New York, left to fend for herself in the heart of the immense American city. After wandering through Central Park for a night, the little girl is run over by the wealthy Woolworths' carriage. The couple nurses her back to health and decides to keep this adorable child, who seems to have come out of nowhere, close to them. She begins to grow up pampered, like a princess. But on the other side of the ocean, his paternal grandfather, a winegrower from Charente, soon sets off in search of him... EAN: 9782253934455 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: A Scent of Ink and Freedom - Sarah McCoy - book Summary : 1859. In the Brown household, the abolitionist cause is passed down from father to daughter. In the midst of the Civil War, young Sarah follows in her famous father's footsteps, sacrificing everything in her life as a woman in his fight for freedom... 2014, suburb of Washington. By purchasing this old house on Apple Hill, Eden thought she could cure her desire for a child—one her body refused. A new life, new neighbors, and, above all, this mysterious doll's head found in the cellar—will open up a new path, one that has been mapped out for her for over 150 years. Several decades separate these two women, yet their destinies are similar in many ways... "Sarah McCoy creates a great fresco as Americans know so well how to imagine them." ELLE . EAN: 9782266259002 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: My Health Herbalist - Maurice Mességué - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782221001165 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Heal and stay healthy, with wild plants by Maurice Mességué - Franco Victor - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782868045652 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Passions - Nicolas Sarkozy - book Summary : All my life I have been lucky, very lucky, perhaps even too lucky when I think of all those who have no other choice but to face the grayness of a desperate and, often, painful daily life. It is not that I have been spared trials. I have had my share of professional and personal failures. I even have the impression that I have sometimes had to pay a high price for success and notoriety. But never, ever, have I known boredom. For as long as I can remember, I have been able to live with passion, meet often extraordinary people, and confront myself with events that will be remembered by history. Passion and the need for commitment have always been present at the heart of my identity. Deep down, if I do not know the "why" of this inclination so anchored in me, at least I have had the desire to explain the "how". It took me a long time to embark on this path of truth that I want to be as sincere as possible, even if I know that it will, by nature, be relative. EAN: 9791032908310 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Patrick Dewaere, a life - Christophe Carrière - book Summary : Thirty years since he left us. Yet, he's still here. Very much present in each of us. Because there's one fact everyone agrees on: Patrick Dewaere was never replaced. Even today, many directors rage during casting: "If only we had Patrick!" But said Patrick decided to slip away on July 16, 1982. With a bullet to the head. He was 35 years old. The violence of the act puts everything into perspective. EAN: 9782353151509 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: I forgot to tell you - Jean-Claude Brialy - book Summary : Why write a sequel to Monkey Creek? Because, once the word "end" was written at the bottom of the book, thousands of other memories came back to me and I wanted to share them with you again. Because, obviously, I had forgotten to tell you..." What Jean-Claude Brialy tells us today is the story of a full life, with its madness, its sadness and its anger, with its beautiful encounters and its joyful complicity. Whether they are famous or unknown, they all cross paths here on side roads called friendship, a time for confidences and sharing. Whether their names are Gabin, Trenet, Barbara, Cocteau, Nureyev or Arletty, whether it is a party, an intimate dinner or a film shoot, these are not stars who show themselves, these are the magical encounters of an extraordinary man who evokes from a personal and warm angle new unforgettable encounters... for our greatest pleasure. EAN: 9782845631588 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Interrupted Memories - Bertrand Tavernier - book Summary : Bertrand loved to write. He had to think about his Memoirs, which you have in your hands. On screen, the monumental Journey through French Cinema, this introspection conducted into his own cinephile past, took time to mature: it was nevertheless up to him to tell this story, but no doubt the pride of being in charge of it was mixed with a restraint which, contrary to appearances, was a striking trait of his character. On the other hand, he took the decision to gather his memories alone. Was it because he felt that each new film project would be a difficult struggle (like that American screenplay he had just written with Russell Banks and which he failed to edit) that this hyperactive man decided to undertake his autobiography - or, to use one of those contemporary understatements that made us both laugh, the "story of the self"? He would never have given up on making one more film, on creating once again. But since he chose to write, this text must be considered as part of his work. Because reading the emotions of a young film buff, the beginnings of a filmmaker who will come of age, delighting in a text full of verve and life from a pure writer, seeing actors or simply fundamental figures of French cinema revived under his pen, rediscovering what the defense of authors and the fight against the colorization of works were, the commitments of artists and political disillusionments, in his way of exhuming the submerged world of France from the 1950s to the 2000s, we will only regret, despite the six hundred pages already blackened, that he could not choose to put the final point himself to a confession that we have rarely seen so intense. And once the book was closed, we would have liked to be able to tell him that among the great books written by filmmakers, he had just joined the authors he loved. (Excerpt from the foreword by Thierry Frémaux) EAN: 9782330190286 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes - John Dickson Carr, Arthur Conan Doyle - book Summary : The Adventure of Seven Clocks, The Gold Hunter, The Wax Gamblers, The Miracle at Highgate, The Dark Baronet, The Hermetically Sealed Room, Foulkes Rath, Abbas's Ruby, The Black Angels, The Two Women, The Horror at Deptford, The Widow. Told by the faithful Watson, twelve exploits of Sherlock Holmes, twelve captivating, inextricable "cases", which the famous detective succeeds in unraveling thanks to his keen powers of observation, his implacable logic, his subtle and bold methods. EAN: 9782253004400 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: A Wounded Woman - Marina Carrère d'Encausse - book Summary : Admitted to the hospital in Souleymaneh, in Iraqi Kurdistan, Fatimah prefers to keep quiet about the circumstances that saw her burn alive. A domestic accident? Everyone in the village, starting with her husband and family, pretends to believe it... Silence has fallen on the horror, on the injuries. Until Fatimah, driven by the inextinguishable desire to live, regains her speech, the words to tell her story, and finally rediscovers her dignity as a woman. EAN: 9782266258814 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Captain of the Ship - Patrick O'Brian - book Summary : Our two heroes, Jack Aubrey, an officer in His Majesty George III's navy, and Stephen Maturin, a ship's doctor, secret agent, and rat and gannet breeder, are back. This time, Napoleon has just broken the Peace of Amiens, and it's a matter of preventing him at all costs from continuing to cast his bloody shadow over Europe. Aubrey finally receives the long-awaited rank of captain and a new command. But what a disappointment when he discovers his ship. The Navy's shortage of ships forces him to take the helm of a vessel unworthy of sailing, equipped with the worst crew the sea has ever seen. The adventure promises to be more eventful than ever! EAN: 9782266081986 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Surprise - Patrick O'Brian - book Summary : The expedition takes Jack Aubrey to the unusual landscapes and scents of the Indian subcontinent - where he seizes a gunboat and storms a nest of enemy spies who are holding prisoner his friend Stephen Maturin, ship's doctor, musician and secret agent. Then he receives the commander of a frigate, the Surprise, with the mission of conveying an ambassador of Her Britannic Majesty to India. Drifting to the coast of Brazil, descending towards the tip of Africa with passage of storms under the Cape of Good Hope, then ascending towards Asia. Scurvy epidemic, tornadoes and monsoons... Dramatic or tragicomic adventures follow one another, on board and at stopovers, in increasingly exotic lands. EAN: 9782266081979 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Master on Board - Patrick O'Brian - book Summary : April 1, 1800... Stephen Maturin, an Irish doctor, nudges a young Royal Navy lieutenant, Jack Aubrey, who, enthusiastic about music, spoils his pleasure of hearing a quartet in the Governor's drawing room at Port Mahon (in Minorca). After dinner, these two terribly different men discover they have a lot in common. Aubrey plays the violin, Maturin the cello; they become the best of friends. Napoleon then reigns over Europe. The only one not to be subject to his influence, England, thanks to the finest navy of all time, exercises an implacable blockade against the continent. Aubrey has just been appointed lieutenant aboard a sloop, "La Sophie." He is preparing to hunt down all foreign ships in the Mediterranean. He is missing a doctor on board. So, quite naturally, he suggests that his new friend embark with him. EAN: 9782266081993 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Mission to the Ionian Sea - Patrick O'Brian - book Summary : Bold, seafaring hearts. Jack Aubrey, Royal Navy commander, and Stephen Maturin, Her Majesty's doctor and spy, have returned to their beloved vessel, the drum of alarm, and the smell of gunpowder. While the French fleet puts up increasingly fierce resistance to the blockades imposed by the English, their frigate sails towards Greece and its islands, where a new mission awaits them: to conclude an alliance that would allow the Navy to drive the French from the Mediterranean and deal a fatal blow to Napoleon. Will Aubrey succeed in changing the course of history? EAN: 9782266111256 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Expedition to Mauritius - Patrick O'Brian - book Summary : Jack Aubrey yearns for the sea. Trapped in the family routine, he dreams only of commanding a ship. A visit from his friend Stephen Maturin, a doctor and secret agent, brings him deliverance. Promoted to commander, Lucky Jack Aubrey returns to service and embarks aboard the "Boadicea." His mission: to neutralize Bonaparte's French frigates based in the Indian Ocean and reclaim Mauritius and Réunion as colonies for the English Crown. A great adventure thus begins for the "Boadicea" and the other Royal Navy vessels that have come to lend a hand. EAN: 9782266100199 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Fortune of War - Patrick O'Brian - book Summary : They were believed to be dead, buried forever at the bottom of the southern seas. But, thank God, Jack Aubrey and his accomplice Stephen Maturin are alive and have managed to reach the East Indies. Shortly after this event, Aubrey receives orders to return to England. He embarks with Maturin aboard the "Arrow" for a crossing that promises to be calm. Too calm. Soon, fate intervenes and disasters follow one after another. Fire, shipwreck, drifting... Exhausted, half-dead from hunger and thirst, they are picked up by a Royal Navy frigate. They are not out of the woods yet, however, because, in the meantime, the American colonies have just launched a war of independence against England and are waging a merciless struggle. The first ship that appears on the horizon flies the banner of the insurgents... Also available at Pocket, the first five parts of Patrick O'Brian's great maritime saga: "Master on Board", "Captain of the Ship", "The Surprise", "Expedition to Mauritius" and "The Island of Desolation". EAN: 9782266104272 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Baltic Citadel - Patrick O'Brian - book Summary : If anyone had told Jack Aubrey - a Royal Navy captain - and his sidekick Stephen Maturin - a doctor, naturalist, and secret agent - that one day they would face perils on land greater than those of the ocean, they would never have believed it... Yet that's what's happening to them today. They're forced to leave Halifax as quickly as possible, where they planned to celebrate the Navy's victory over an American schooner. Jack, to escape a schemer who has set her sights on him. Stephen, to elude the French and American intelligence agents pursuing him. In England, Stephen is entrusted with a most delicate mission: to land on a fortified island in the Baltic held by a Catalan brigade in the service of the French and convince their leaders to submit. Naturally, he drags Jack into this adventure. EAN: 9782266107952 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: The Harbor of Betrayal - Patrick O'Brian - book Summary : Jack Aubrey is a resounding success in the Ionian Sea in the Royal Navy's relentless—and sometimes fraught—war against the ogre Napoleon. But the ships and men have suffered. Here is the captain on enforced rest in Malta, and his favorite frigate, "La Surprise," in dry dock. He discovers an island rife with intrigue, poorly governed, infested with rebels and French spies. Female spies too. For whom exactly is the exquisite Laura Fielding, promoted to Her Majesty's secret agent, working, whose audacity and Neapolitan origins raise fears of betrayal? As for this supposed treasure, held by the French retreating to the African coast, it's a trap, of course. EAN: 9782266112932 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: Desolation Island - Patrick O'Brian - book Summary : The Leopard's voyage is halted in the Sargasso Sea. The trade winds have died down. A calm sea immobilizes Captain Jack Aubrey's ship, while on board an unknown infection decimates the crew. Of the 343 sailors on board, only 200 are able-bodied. The ship's doctor, Stephen Maturin, fears the worst. They must dock urgently. So, when the flag of the Waakzaamheid, a Dutch ship with no fewer than 74 cannons, appears on the port side, Jack Aubrey understands that the situation is serious. His ship, a fourth-rate vessel, has only 50 artillery pieces and will not be able to repel a boarding. Would flight be the best course of action? But without a strong northeast wind, how can they escape the impending danger? The "Leopard" may well never reach Botany Bay and thus fail in the mission entrusted to it by the Admiralty: to deliver a cargo as precious as it is dangerous. EAN: 9782266103022 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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Title: N is for Nausea - Sue Grafton - book Summary : When she accepts this new case, Kinsey Millhone tells herself she'll take a few days off in Nota Lake, California. The widow of sheriff's deputy Tom Newquist has asked her to investigate her husband's death. At $400 a day, Kinsey is ready to hear anything. She inspects the dead man's office, grills the sheriff and his relatives. It's routine. But in Nota Lake, people aren't talkative. It's even as if they've all lost the power of speech. Around Tiny's Tavern, where Tom was seen the night of his death, one name is mentioned, Alfie Toth. Two days to track him down, two months since he died. But while leads are multiplying, witnesses are becoming scarce. Clearly, in Nota Lake, silence is golden... and speech is deadly. For Kinsey, vacation will come later. EAN: 9782266094986 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo

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