Title : An Act of Love - James Meek - book Summary : 1919. Siberia. At the end of an incredible landscape, along the Trans-Siberian Railway, a small town occupied by Czech soldiers awaits attack by the Bolsheviks. The entire town, strangely childless, belongs to a religious sect led by Balashov, the barber. Samarin arrives. He emerges from the forest and tells of escaping from a penal colony near the Arctic Circle and being pursued by a cannibal. Anna Petrovna, a seductive young widow, takes an interest in this newcomer. A local shaman is found dead, and suspicion, fear, and madness descend upon the town. The Czech captain, who wants to build a kingdom for himself in this frozen corner of the world, appoints a tribunal to judge Samarin and confronts Mutz, the lieutenant full of humanity and common sense. The Reds arrive. The underlying theme of the entire novel is found in the title. The four main characters agree that love exists; what they disagree on is what it can be. Balashov and Samarin believe that beyond individual love there is love of God and love of others, of the homeland, the origin of religious and political fanaticism. The act of loving others is literally an act of cannibalism. For Samarin, it is an act of love from one dying generation to the next, which should be happier. This way of seeing a cruel act as an act of love is the expression of all idealistic extremism. With characters of exceptional intensity and grandeur, all the charm of the great Russian novels is combined with the storytelling talent and liveliness of a modern thriller. A bestseller in Great Britain and the United States, this novel has been translated into 27 languages. The film adaptation rights were purchased by Johnny Depp (Infinitum films). “Spellbinding. [.] Truly a great book.” Irvine Welsh, The Guardian “The best and most original book I have read in years.” Louis de Bernières James Meek was born in London in 1962 and grew up in Dundee. A journalist and senior reporter since 1985, he lived in Russia from 1991 to 1999. He currently lives in London and contributes to the Guardian, the London Review of Books, and Granta. In 2004, his reporting on Iraq and Guantanamo received major international awards. He is the author of two other novels and short story collections. EAN: 9782864246077 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : My wife of your life - Carla Guelfenbein - book Summary : They are two friends, young, handsome, idealistic, and desperate as one can be at twenty, brought together in London in the 1980s. To the rhythm of the captivating melodies of Joan Baez or Bob Marley, they remake the world in the pubs of Soho, and a handful of convictions seem enough to decide their lives. Between Théo, an English sociology student, and Antonio, basking in the glory of his Chilean exile, the attraction is immediate. The political commitment of one in the resistance forces against the dictatorship exacerbates the thirst for freedom of the other - a freedom bridled by the austere Thatcher years. They are brothers in arms, who have sworn loyalty to each other for life and death. The irruption of the beautiful Clara will overcome their promise. To win her love, they betray each other. Fifteen years of silence ensue; Théo chases after his illusions. A war correspondent, he travels through refugee camps and devastated cities when, one day, Antonio, now Clara's husband, invites him to Chile to bring him face to face with the woman of his life again. EAN: 9782742767830 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Fanny Stevenson - Between passion and freedom - Alexandra Lapierre - book Summary : She lived a thousand lives. She was a gold prospector in the deserts of Nevada, she cleared jungles in the South Sea Islands, she was one of the first female painters in Impressionist Paris. One spring day in 1876, in an inn on the banks of the Loing, she meets a young Scottish intellectual. He is eleven years younger than her. He suffers from lung disease and people fear for his life. Between these two people, whom everything separates - she is American, married, mother of three children; he is the only son of austere bourgeois Victorians - love explodes. A love stronger than all prohibitions. Stronger than illness and death. A love that will make the young rebel one of the most famous literary geniuses of his time. Robert Louis Stevenson, the immortal author of Treasure Island and Strange Case of Jekyll and Mr Hyde . Fanny Stevenson is the passionate tale of an extraordinary life, a life teeming with adventures, dreams, and conquests. The life of a woman who was the only love of one of the greatest writers. A woman who, all by herself, embodies an era, a myth, and a world. EAN: 9782221058046 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Finding Nemo - Walt Disney Productions - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782230016785 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Magic Treehouse - Volume 1 - Valley of the Dinosaurs - Mary Pope Osborne - book Summary : Thanks to a magic cabin they encounter during a walk, Tom and his sister Léa are sent to the time of the dinosaurs and will experience many adventures. EAN: 9782747018340 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Kaïken - Jean-Christophe Grangé - book Summary : When the Rising Sun becomes a black Sun, When the past becomes as sharp as a naked blade, When Japan is no longer a memory but a nightmare, So, time for... EAN: 9782226243034 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Italian Shoes - Henning Mankell - book Summary : Fredrik Welin lives as a recluse on a Baltic island. At sixty-six, without a wife or friends, his only activity is a daily swim in an ice hole. The intrusion of Harriet, the love of his youth abandoned forty years earlier, disrupts his routine. Dying, she demands that he keep a promise: to show her a forest lake. Fredrik doesn't know it yet, but his life has just begun again. Born in Sweden in 1948, Henning Mankell is one of the undisputed masters of the detective novel and an internationally renowned novelist. He divides his time between Sweden and Mozambique. The Fifth Wife , The Lone Warrior And The Dead of Saint John , in particular, are available in Points. “Masterpiece. Truly.” The Express Translated from Swedish by Anna Gibson EAN: 9782757821626 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Ulysses from Baghdad - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt - book Summary : This new edition includes a writing journal on the theme of immigration. "My name is Saad Saad, which means Hope Hope in Arabic and Sad Sad in English." Saad wants to leave Baghdad and its chaos, to reach Europe, freedom, a future. But how can he cross borders without a dinar in his pocket? Like Ulysses, he braves storms, survives shipwrecks, escapes opium traffickers, ignores the song of the sirens, and must tear himself away from the enchantments of love. By turns absurd, farcical, and dramatic, Saad's journey of no return begins... Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt skillfully combines politics and oriental magic, tells the story of a country in distress and joyfully brings ghosts back and speak, mixing tragedy and fantasy. He generously gives us an understanding and a way to dream about the world. Fabienne Pascaud, Télérama. EAN: 9782253134541 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Marie des Brebis - Christian Signol - book Summary : Marie did not know the exact date of her birth. Johannes, the old shepherd of Maslafon, had found her sleeping among the sheep one autumn morning in 1901. He named her "Marie of the Sheep" and loved her like his own daughter. Nearly a century later, this same Marie, in her old age, confides her life to Christian Signol. He listens to her with passion and offers us a book with scents of wild laurel from the Causses, honey, and Christmas orange. Marie's existence, simple and modest, punctuated by the seasons and the upheavals of history, is a formidable lesson in courage and humanity, as if the truth were never as true as in the mouths of the most humble. EAN: 9782266111454 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Mystery of Henri Pick - David Foenkinos - book Summary : In Brittany, a librarian collects all the books rejected by publishers. Among these manuscripts, a young editor discovers a gem written by a certain Henri Pick. She sets out to find him and learns that he died two years earlier. But according to his widow, he never wrote anything other than shopping lists... Could he have had a secret life? Surrounded by this mystery, Pick's book will have astonishing consequences on the literary world. EAN: 9782072762031 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Chess Player - Stefan Zweig - book Summary : Who is this stranger capable of outwitting the great Czentovic, the world chess champion, a true prodigy as unsophisticated as he is unpleasant? Can anyone believe, as he claims, that he hasn't played for over twenty years? This is a mystery that the idle passengers of this luxury liner would like to unravel. The narrator will succeed. The circumstances in which the stranger acquired this knowledge are terrible. They take us back to the Nazi experiments on the effects of absolute isolation, when, on the verge of madness, between two interrogations, the human brain manages to deploy its strangest faculties. A disturbing, fantastic fable, which, as the character says with painful irony, "could serve as an illustration of the charming times in which we live." EAN: 9782253057840 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Old Man Who Read Love Stories - Luis Sepúlveda - book Summary : A wild and beautiful book, built like an American thriller Antonio José Bolivar knows the depths of the Amazon rainforest and its inhabitants, the noble people of the Shuars . When the villagers of El Idilio wrongly accuse them of the murder of a white hunter, the The old man leaves his love stories – his only escape from the barbarity of men – to hunt down the real culprit, a majestic panther... " It doesn't take twenty lines for us to fall under its spell. Then we go on without being able to stop until an ending that our pleasure deems too quick. . » The World Born in Chile in 1949, Luis Sepúlveda , is one of the greatest contemporary Spanish-language authors. Translated worldwide, his novels, chronicles, stories, and short stories are available from Points. He died in April 2020. EAN: 9782020239301 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Renegades - David Gemmell - book Summary : There were nine of them. Nine knights devoted body and soul to protecting the kingdom and upholding justice. Nine knights who never returned after crossing a magical portal. Since then, a new order has replaced them, that of the Red Knights, one of evil and corruption. Yet, hope remains. For one of the nine remained on this side of the portal, saved by his cowardice. But to reclaim the kingdom, he will have to regain his lost honor and discover what became of his companions, for only they are capable of putting an end to the terrible reign of the Red Knights. EAN: 9782290340905 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Beautiful Bitch - Christina Lauren - book Summary : An uncontrollable attraction. A romantic tug-of-war. And never a minute to yourself. The more ambitious young Chloe's career takes off, the less time she has to devote to Bennett. But he's still the boss and intends to show her... Chloe finds herself with a plane ticket in hand. What better way to experience torrid moments than a stay in the south of France? The magnetic couple continues their tumultuous affair on the French Riviera and prepares to take a new step. Will he succeed? EAN: 9782266250856 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Mercury - Amélie Nothomb - book Summary : On an island off the coast of Cherbourg, an old man and a young girl live in isolation, surrounded by servants and bodyguards, protected from any reflection; under no circumstances must Hazel see her own face. Hired to care for the young girl, Françoise, a nurse, will discover why Hazel resigns herself to the old man's caresses. She will understand the implacable machinations at the cost of the latter satisfying a mad, paroxysmal love... At the heart of this disturbing closed-door drama, Amélie Nothomb rediscovers her favorite themes: absolute love and its illusions, passion inseparable from perversity. EAN: 9782253149118 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Grip - Marc Dugain - book Summary : A presidential favorite, the president of a military-industrial group, a director of domestic intelligence, a union leader who disappeared after the murder of his family, a popular Chinese photographer... What could possibly connect them? Lorraine, a secret service agent, is tasked with making the connection. From Paris, via Brittany and Ireland, will she be able to do it? Nothing is less certain. Nine years after The Curse of Edgar, Marc Dugain offers us an uncompromising romantic dive into the heart of the French system where politicians, industrialists, and spies mingle. EAN: 9782070463046 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Everything on Earth Must Perish The Last Unicorn - Michel Bussi - book Summary : A devilishly seductive historical intrigue that takes the reader on a wild ride, from Bordeaux to Yerevan via the Vatican and Hong Kong, in pursuit of a secret that is nothing less than that of all humanity... A dark, unexplained mass, trapped in the ancient ice of Mount Ararat... A forbidden book, kept under lock and key in the hell of the Vatican... An enigmatic wooden animal, bearing a single horn on its forehead... The clues are there, scattered. A gigantic puzzle to piece together to trace the origins of all the world's religions. From Bordeaux to Hong Kong, via Armenia, Zak Ikabi has only one obsession: to bring all the pieces together. And finally find Noah's Ark. Embarked against her will on her quest, glaciologist Cécile Serval, as erudite as she is volcanic, soon finds herself confronted with a veritable deluge of questions. And Kalashnikov bullets... Because to keep this secret, some are ready to make any sacrifice... “A really well-crafted esoteric thriller.” The Voice of the North This work was previously published under the title The Last Unicorn , behind the pseudonym of Tobby Rolland Unpublished preface by the author EAN: 9782266285490 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The First Night - Marc Levy - book Summary : Love is the ultimate adventure, m But the adventure is not without dangers... "There is a legend that tells that the child in his mother's womb knows everything about the mystery of Creation, from the origin of the world to the end of time. At his birth, a messenger passes over his cradle and places a finger on his lips so that he will never reveal the secret entrusted to him, the secret of life. This finger, which erases the child's memory forever, leaves a mark. We all have this mark above our upper lip, except me. The day I was born, the messenger forgot to visit me, and I remember everything..." From the Ethiopian highlands to the frozen expanses of the northern Urals, Marc Levy concludes with this novel the fantastic epic begun with The First Day . EAN: 9782266203364 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Like a Brother - Françoise Bourdin - book RESUME : A farm lost in the middle of the Jura fir forests, two brothers bound by a tragic destiny. In a closed atmosphere, Like a brother is the story of an exclusive love that the arrival of a woman will turn upside down. A dramatic, dense and profound novel. In an isolated village in the Jura region, one name is terrifying: Nathan Desroches. A colossus capable of lifting a log with his bare hands, the only one who dares to raise horses in this region with its hostile climate. But if the power of this tireless worker impresses those around him, his house is frightening. In this immense house where he has been raising his two brothers alone since the fire that ravaged their parents' farm, Nathan has established a sinister family atmosphere. This authoritarian man reserves all his hatred for one of them, whom he never lets out. It is Justin, the younger brother, simple-minded, who is behind the disaster that left them orphans. To the other, Joachim, a beautiful and fragile child, Nathan gives all his love. A love as inhuman as he is, immense, exclusive, and demanding. To the point that the two brothers never leave each other. No girl has been able to separate them, not even Nathan's wife, who must step aside...Until the day Joachim falls in love. Tragedy, then, is inevitable. "This intimate book evokes the tragic family stories of a Bazin man. A book where every word counts." The Parisian EAN: 9782714450173 Used book The book matches the photo

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Title : The Spook's Apprentice Volume 1 - The Spook's Apprentice - Joseph Delaney - book Summary : Thomas, the seventh son of a seventh son, has the qualities required to become the Spook's apprentice. This is a stroke of luck, as he is not attracted to the life of a farmer. He has a special gift for seeing and hearing things that ordinary mortals cannot. He begins his training with the Spook, who tests him on the first night by locking him in a haunted house. EAN: 9782747017107 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Graceling - Kristin Cashore - book Summary : In the Seven Kingdoms, they are called Gracelings—rare beings with incredible powers. Katsa can kill a man with her bare hands, and her uncle, the King of the Middluns, forces her to kill for him. The killer's encounter with Prince Po, another Graceling, will change the course of her life... EAN: 9782360510023 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Midnight 2 - Stephen King - book Summary : Have you ever wondered what happens after midnight? Everything changes. Time bends, stretches, folds, or breaks, sometimes taking a piece of reality with it. And what happens to the person staring, wide-eyed, at the window between reality and unreality just before it explodes and glass needles start flying in all directions? Stephen King's nightmares will keep you awake for a long time after midnight. Midnight 1 : The hour when a plane can land in nothingness, the world of the Langoliers. Midnight 2 : The hour when a writer can encounter the worst, in a very secret garden from which there is no return. After midnight, it's always Stephen King's time. EAN: 9782226053985 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Antichrista - Amélie Nothomb - book Summary : I was sixteen years old. I owned nothing, no material goods, no spiritual comfort. I had no friends, no love, I had experienced nothing. I had no ideas, I wasn't sure I had a soul. My body was all I had. EAN: 9782226138828 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Men Who Didn't Like Women Millennium 1 - Stieg Larsson - book Summary : Former editor of "Millenium," a magazine of social and economic investigations, Mikael Blomkvist is contacted by a major industrialist to relaunch an investigation abandoned forty years ago. Behind closed doors on an island, Henrik Vanger's great-niece has disappeared, probably murdered, and someone takes great pleasure in reminding him of this on each of his birthdays. Assisted by Lisbeth Salander, a rebellious and disturbed young woman, placed under social control but an outstanding snooper, Mikael Blomkvist, broken by a defamation trial that he has just lost, plunges hopelessly into the documents examined a hundred times, until the day when an intuition makes him take up a file again. Regularly shaken by new information, following the twists and turns of family hatreds and financial scandals, soon launched into the world of psychopathic killers, the tenacious journalist and the raw nerve will solve the case of the dried flowers and discover what should perhaps be kept quiet. At the end of this volume, the reader suspects that he will once again encounter the characters and the magazine "Millenium." Threads have been tied, doors opened. Impatient, panting, we will find Mikael and his anger under a good-natured appearance, and Lisbeth with the dark areas that surround her, in: "Millenium 2 - The Girl Who Dreamed of a Can of Gasoline and a Match"; "Millenium 3 - The Queen in the Palace of Drafts." EAN: 9782330055868 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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