Title : Aurore's Diary - Volume 1 - Never Happy - Marie Desplechin - book Summary : February 12th. You can ruin your life in less than ten seconds. I know it. I just did it. Right there, right now. I arrive at the door of the building, a modest baguette in one hand and the modest change in the other, when Nameless-Wonder appears in front of me. Unexpectedly. Less than two inches away (he's leaving and I'm about to enter, we almost smash our heads together, forehead to forehead). He calmly fixes his sublime eyes on me. I lower mine immediately, which is to say I practically throw them underground, deep down, between the sewer pipe and the gas pipe. His friendly voice echoes in the evening air: - Hey! Aurore! Are you okay? I stand there with my mouth open for about two million seconds, before making up my mind and yelling in his face: - There! Thank you! EAN: 9782211228176 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Birth of the Sword Volume 1 - Margaret Weis - book Summary : Persecuted magicians have fled to another world where mere human beings are called the Dead—those who are not awake—as distinct from the dead—those who have fallen asleep forever. However, a prophecy proclaims: "There will be born in the Royal House a child who will be dead and yet will live, who will die again and be reborn. And when he returns, he will hold in his hand the destruction of the world." Bishop Vanya goes to test the emperor's newborn son; having no gift, he is declared Dead and taken by the catalyst Saryon to the test that will make him dead. Soon after, a young woman, Anja, and her baby Joram arrive in a village. They live there in poverty, Anja teaching Joram conjuring tricks that allow him to conceal his death. But when Joram reaches his seventeenth year, the village chief summons him to prove he has the gift. He flees to a village of sorcerers who practice the forbidden art of technology... It is there that the adult Joram will be recognized for what he truly is and forge his own sword. EAN: 9782266137430 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Symphony of Chance - Volume 1 - Douglas Kennedy - book Summary : All families are secret societies. Reading these words, Alice is struck by their accuracy. She knows secrets, the unspoken. The Burns family has made a specialty of them. The latest? This revelation that her trader brother, Adam, has just made to her from his prison visiting room... And which takes her back fifteen years. It was the America of the 1970s, the era of civil rights and bustling campuses. A wind of freedom stirred desires, and Alice dreamed of escape. It was time to make choices. The first notes of a symphony to come... "From the great Douglas Kennedy. Once you're in Alice's shoes, you can't put her down." Sandrine Bajos – The Parisian "No doubt, this man knows how to tell stories." Pascale Frey – SHE "Alcohol, secrets, lies, betrayals: the American family Kennedy describes has it all." Amélie Cordonnier – Modern woman EAN: 9782266286725 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Taltos - Anne Rice - book Summary : So who is the strange Mr. Ash, a calm and infinitely gentle giant, collector of antique dolls and philanthropist? At the head of a vast financial empire, is he really the only survivor of the legendary Taltos species? He has every reason to believe so. But soon he learns from a mysterious informant that one of his own has been reported in Scotland, on the very spot where, centuries earlier, before the arrival of the Romans, he led his clan. His investigations immediately propel him into the world of Rowan Mayfair and her family of witches, tormented for all eternity by ghosts and demons. Women with fiery temperaments and exceptional powers, who are not unrelated to the Taltos legacy... EAN: 9782265079663 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Chronicles of Krondor Volume 1 - Pug the Apprentice: The Rift War - Raymond Feist - book Summary : Born to unknown parents, young Pug was taken in and raised at Crydee Castle, where he served as a kitchen boy while dreaming of a life of adventure. However, his life was turned upside down when Kulgan, the court magician, took him on as an apprentice and revealed that he possessed a power of as yet unknown magnitude. At the same time, strange evil phenomena began to appear, and dark hordes of warriors from nowhere invaded the land. As the forces of Chaos inevitably threatened the fate of the world, Pug must learn to rely only on himself... EAN: 9782290310137 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Tears of Tarzan - Katarina Mazetti - book Summary : An impossible love story between a single mother on the rocks and a young, dynamic executive who drives a Lamborghini. With the humor that made "The Guy from the Grave Next Door" a hit, "Teardrops" denounces social injustices while mocking the eternal opposition between men and women. EAN: 9782742788255 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Next Time - Marc Levy - book Summary : Jonathan Gardner is a painting expert in Boston. While searching for a mysterious painting, he is invited to a gallery in England to prepare for a major auction. There, he meets its owner, Clara. The two are convinced they've met before. But where and when? In London... over a century ago? "A charming tale full of mystery in the world of art." L'Express EAN: 9782266199551 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Chronicles 1954-2003 - Françoise Sagan - book Summary : Here are gathered, for the first time, 99 chronicles (some of which have never been published since their original publication) that Françoise Sagan wrote between 1954, the date of the release and worldwide success of Bonjour Tristesse , and 2003, shortly before her death. As early as 1954, Hélène Gordon-Lazareff, who was then head of the newspaper Elle, offers her to write travel stories. Then, L'Express sends her to Cuba, to the dark rooms for Hiroshima, mon amour by Alain Resnais or even to the trial of the Algerian Djamila Boupacha… She thus collaborates with many other newspapers: Femme, Le Nouveau Fémina, Playboy, L'Humanité , Globe, Vogue, Self - centered … With these piquant, erudite, generous and committed texts, François Sagan reveals his favorites, his indignations, his admirations and his friendships. In these Chronicles , the reader will find the words, the accuracy and this apparent lightness which reveal the intense acuity of one of our greatest writers. Denis Westhoff EAN: 9782253068723 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Murder on the Grandvaux - Bernard Clavel - book Summary : "If this novel burst out of me in one go, it was like blood flowing from a wound. The last line written, I was as if drained of life," admits Bernard Clavel, who achieves a tragic force, a unique power and mastery. The drama's intensity is matched by its brevity. Simple, powerful words lead us to this land as mythical as it is real, where men, isolated from everything, lost in the mists of a perpetually black mountain, locked in their secrets, stand, rugged, proud, and wild. EAN: 9782226053145 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Mr. Linh's Little Daughter - Philippe Claudel - book Summary : Mr. Linh is an old man. He left his war-devastated village, taking with him only a small suitcase containing a few worn clothes, a yellowed photo, and a handful of earth from his country. In his arms lies a newborn baby. The child's parents are dead, and Mr. Linh has decided to leave with Sang Diû, his granddaughter. After a long boat trip, they arrive in a cold, gray city with hundreds of refugees. Mr. Linh has lost everything. He now shares a dormitory with other exiles who mock his clumsiness. In this unknown city where people ignore each other, he will nevertheless make a friend, Mr. Bark, a large, solitary man. They do not speak the same language, but they understand the music of words and the modesty of gestures. Mr. Linh is a simple heart, broken by wars and bereavement, who now lives only for his granddaughter. Philippe Claudel accompanies his characters with respect and sensitivity. Celebrating the universal themes of friendship and compassion, this novel possesses the grace and clarity of the great classics. EAN: 9782234057746 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Three Powerful Women - Marie NDiaye - book Summary : Three stories, three women who say no. Their names are Norah, Fanta, and Khady Demba. Each fights to preserve her dignity against the humiliations life inflicts on her with a methodical and incomprehensible obstinacy. Marie NDiaye's art appears here in all its singularity and mystery. The strength of her writing lies in its apparent gentleness, in the slow convolutions that draw the reader under the glaze of impeccable and refined prose, into the meanders of a conscience given over to the pure violence of feelings. EAN: 9782070786541 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Call of the Angel - Guillaume Musso - book Summary : A publishing phenomenon... 750,000 copies (total print run as of 08/31/2011) 2011, record year: +30% sales New York. Kennedy Airport. In the crowded departure lounge, a man and a woman collide. A minor argument, and then they both go their separate ways. Madeline and Jonathan had never met, they should never have met again. But while packing their things, they exchanged cell phones. When they realized their misunderstanding, they were 10,000 kilometers apart: she was a florist in Paris, he ran a restaurant in San Francisco. Surrendering to curiosity, each explores the contents of the other's phone. A double indiscretion and a revelation: their lives are linked by a secret they thought buried forever... EAN: 9782845635173 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : 2010, Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782226018052 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Khufu and the Pyramid of the Sun - Guy Rachet - book Summary : Egypt is in turmoil because Snefru, suffering from a mysterious illness, has not yet designated his successor. All the nobles of the court are wondering: who will ascend the throne of the Kingdom of the Two Lands? Nefermaat, a schemer, will stop at nothing and hatches plot after plot to oust his half-brother. He has only one goal: to achieve the supreme goal and become pharaoh; not just a simple king, but a true god on earth. Khufu, the rightful heir, unaware of the dangers that threaten him, continues to lead his simple life. A solitary hunter, he spends his days roaming the Fayum and observing from afar the construction of the pyramids, those grandiose monuments that fascinate him. However, his mother, the Great Royal Wife, sensing his destiny, decides to send him to Heliopolis to be initiated into the secrets of the Phoenix. There, the young prince forges strong alliances with the local clergy and begins his spiritual journey. Snefru is now about to abdicate, and Khufu feels ready to rule Osiris's people, if that is his father's decision. But perhaps he is counting on an invisible hand that threatens him at every moment. Is Nefermaat this criminal, or is there, lurking in the shadows, an unknown and far more formidable enemy? EAN: 9782268025179 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Meeting - Isabelle Pestre - book Summary : In a carnal, poetic and plant-filled universe, the poignant journey of a young woman in search of herself. Finalist for the Prix des deux Magots The gate opens and closes by some photoelectric trick. The car slides, Marie turns around. Is it possible? Beyond the wall, the furious confusion of the world is abolished. The park offers itself to be read, a page written in a mother tongue then forgotten. To the walker, the order of the garden is immediately intelligible, even familiar, and at the same time, hidden. The meaning constantly eludes us. A path opens and stops, we retrace our steps without knowing it, we get lost and understand nothing of the happiness that takes us entirely. One night, while driving her car, Marie hits a cyclist. Unable to cope with his actions, she escapes. Thus begins a long wandering for her. Now, what meaning can she give to her life? Will she give in to the easy option and exile herself from the world? Lose herself in the arms of a clumsy man she meets at a bend in the road? The young woman returns to the scene of the accident, drawn in spite of herself. She finds a place at the magnificent Yprée estate, where the victim's father lives. This radiant park, where nature, both wild and tamed, flourishes, will be the occasion for a beautiful and impromptu encounter. But the past has left indelible traces... EAN: 9782714453181 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Gamines - Sylvie Testud - book Summary : - What were you doing in Mom's room? - I stole a photo. A very small photo. “You look so much like him,” my sister said. I put the photo in my jeans pocket. I sat on it for thirty years. - The photo came out of my pocket! I told my sisters. I saw the man in the photo! - Who ? - The one with the same name as us, the same name as me. It's not a photo, it's a man! So I have a father. What should I do? For thirty years I've been saying, "I don't have a father. I only have a photo." Faced with sympathetic expressions, I've been saying for thirty years, "I don't have a father, but I don't care, that's just the way it is." EAN: 9782213629513 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Secret Years of a Man's Life - Robert Sabatier - book Summary : After the Swedish Matches series , Robert Sabatier invites us to experience the extraordinary adventure of a man of our time, Emmanuel Gaspard Oth, known as "Ego." This journey of a lifetime is also that of our planet, from Europe to the Far East and other places. Where is the promised land? In this fishing village in the south of Japan where Ego mixes with local life and discovers the love of Hayano the diver? The Pacific Ocean of typhoons during a magnificent odyssey? A lost islet where unexpected witnesses of an already old battle appear? A sumptuous residence in the company of the one who will transform his thoughts and his person, the mysterious Alexandre J. Bisao, of the ephebe Tokujiro, of a lady of the court? On the borders of madness and opium? In Hong Kong, in India, in Africa, in France where strange reunions take place? Endless encounters, adventures, passions, and wounds are the narrator's lot. And, at the heart of this teeming tale, the flash of a contemporary tragedy, a realistic vision whose Passion will be constantly lived, a page of history traced in letters of fire as it has never been described thus. Finally, the intrusion of the most terrifying mystery: the splitting of the being and its own rejection. Crossed by signs, uniting the magnificence of terrestrial or marine landscapes with the marvelous interior, it is a great work in which human questions are identified: search for a saving path, mirror of the century, cry of indignation before the miseries of the world, praise of its beauties, call for union - because the novel reads at the same time as the story of a concrete adventure and that of a design where a dynamic thought finds its nest. The Secret Years of a Man 's Life, a long-matured novel of wandering, history, love and destiny, these are the years of each and every one at the heart of the 20th century through a writing conducted at the height of the subject, from watercolor to fresco, from solitary song to symphonic instrumentation. It is the emergence of a language of frank flow, crossed by overwhelming vibrations, a line-by-line exploration, an extraction of the minerals and precious stones that each person contains within themselves and in which the reader, a new Ulysses, will recognize himself, because this book, between winds and tides, is that of the man of our time. EAN: 9782226019578 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Sukkwan Island - David Vann - book Summary : A wild island in southern Alaska, accessible only by boat or seaplane, surrounded by rainforests and rugged mountains. It is in this setting that Jim decides to take his thirteen-year-old son to live in an isolated cabin for a year. After a series of personal failures, he sees this as an opportunity to make a fresh start and reconnect with this boy he knows so little about. The harshness of this life and his father's failings soon turn this stay into a nightmare, and the situation quickly spirals out of control. Until the violent and unpredictable tragedy that will seal their fate. EAN: 9782351780305 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Woman in the Flesh Mask - An Investigation by Inspector Brunetti - Donna Leon - book Summary : One evening, as snow falls on the Serenissima, a blonde woman perched on high heels and wrapped in a fur coat crosses paths with our dear Commissioner Guido Brunetti. Her name is Franca Marinello, she has a disfigured face, quotes Cicero and Virgil by heart, and she is the wife of a dubious Venetian businessman. Fascinated, Brunetti arranges to investigate the husband while pursuing another case he thinks is over. But the murder of a truck driver draws him into the heart of a Mafia-organized waste trafficking ring. Behind this trafficking and the dishonest money it generates, the health of thousands of people is put at risk. Soon, feuds between rival Italian police forces arose, assassinations multiplied, and familiar faces resurfaced. All of Venice seemed to be involved in these criminal enterprises. And so did Brunetti's family. “Beyond the detective story… the reunion with beloved characters… what makes Donna Leon's books special and what makes Venice so lively is Brunetti's unique perspective.” EAN: 9782702141410 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : I Miss You - Harlan Coben - book Summary : Coben, quite simply one of the greatest writers of all time." Gillian Flynn, author of Appearances . It's been eighteen years since Kat lost her father, a cop gunned down on a New York street. And since her boyfriend, Jeff, left her without explanation. Today, Kat is a cop herself. Still single. Her best friend signs her up to a dating site. There, a face. Hers. Jeff, her first love. A touch. Cold. Strange. Doubt sets in. Who is he? And then, this teenager with the disturbing revelations. For Kat, it's the beginning of the most gruesome, sordid, and risky investigation of her career. Women trapped online; a sadistic killer on the loose; bloody events unearthed from the past. Can the lies that bind us also kill us? Machiavellian, haunting, terrifying, the new earthquake from the master of your sleepless nights. EAN: 9782714454843 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Six Years Already - Harlan Coben - book Summary : In love, there are truths that kill. After six years without news from the one he loved, a man decides to do everything he can to get back in touch. But she seems to have never existed... Did he dream up this passionate and fleeting love story? What is hidden behind this disappearance? In the tradition of Tell No One, an obsessive and murderous quest for truth masterfully orchestrated by the master of your sleepless nights. Will you be able to keep your cool? Deadly tension, red herrings, and twists galore; a masterpiece of suspense and emotion, a dive to the depths of anguish by the master of your sleepless nights. Six years have passed since Jake saw Natalie, the woman of his life, marry another man. Six years of fighting against himself to keep his promise not to try to see her again. And then one day, an obituary: Natalie is a widow. And suddenly, hope is reborn. But at the funeral, a complete stranger appears. Where is Natalie? Why did she disappear six years ago? How much did she lie to him? Determined to find the woman who broke his heart, Jake falls prey to a murderous plot. He discovers that in love, there are truths that kill... EAN: 9782714450746 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Into the Woods - Harlan Coben - book Summary : What happened that night? Secrets, blackmail, score settling, pretenses... A true nightmare, driven at a frenetic pace. Harlan Coben at the height of his powers. Summer 1985? New Jersey Paul Copeland is a counselor at a summer camp on the edge of the woods. One night, lured by his girlfriend, he abandons the camp. Four young people take the opportunity to slip away, including his sister, Camille. They were never seen again. Only two bodies were found. The teenagers' deaths were attributed to a serial killer who was operating in the region. Twenty years later Paul has become a prosecutor. While arguing a rape case, he is called upon to identify a body. Stunned, he formally recognizes Gil Perez, one of the missing. Why do Gil's parents persist in denying his identity? And if Gil has been alive all this time, could Camille be alive today? Determined to shed light on the tragedy that has never ceased to eat away at him, Paul will delve back into the memories of that terrible night... EAN: 9782714442970 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Uncovered - Harlan Coben - book Summary : The year couldn't have gotten off to a worse start for Mickey Bolitar. Tragic events force him to temporarily live with his uncle Myron, whom he believes is at least partly responsible for his situation. On top of that, Ashley, his new girlfriend, hasn't shown up for class in days and hasn't shown any sign of life. Worse, no one at the address where she used to live seems to know her. Mickey, who has already experienced too many painful breakups, refuses to let this happen again. He soon discovers that Ashley wasn't really the shy girl he fell in love with and that she was hanging out in a dangerous circle. Like his uncle, Mickey is tenacious and careless about his own safety, but he didn't expect his research to shake up everything he thought he knew about his family and uncover a plot far beyond anything he could have imagined. Mickey's going to need help... but isn't it already too late? "A frenetic pace and a plot with a thousand twists and turns." Kirkus Reviews EAN: 9782265092501 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : This Changing Heart - Agnès Desarthe - book Summary : Facing life, she had the same impression as when she watched the landscape pass by through the train window: if she was facing the direction of travel, the panorama seemed to fall on her, and her frantic eyes did not know which detail to focus on or which line to follow. She felt crushed by the image that did not stay still, constantly changing. Sitting facing the opposite direction, she regained her calm and contemplated the horizon until she fell asleep. So... so, she thought, perhaps one could say that it is the same thing whether one looks towards the future or towards the past. Perhaps that is why I need my memories so much. Born at the dawn of the 20th century, Rose arrives in Paris at the age of 20 and finds herself thrust into a completely unknown universe. The Dreyfus Affair, then the First World War, breaks out. The Roaring Twenties follow one another. The slums, the bohemian lifestyle, solitude... Rose risks falling at any moment. Using all the resources of the novel, Agnès Desarthe mixes the whisper of the intimate and the breath of History in this great baroque book which marks her return to fiction. EAN: 9782823601992 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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