Title : Austerlitz 10.5 - Anne-Laure Béatrix, François-Xavier Dillard - book Summary : Imagine a world where the Mona Lisa has disappeared... In 1910, the Seine reached its maximum level during the great flood of Paris: 8.62 meters on the hydrometric scale of the Austerlitz bridge. Today, it has been raining for three days in the capital. For the first three days, the city's residents grumbled. And then, on the evening of the fourth day, the power supply was cut. Most arrondissements experienced a total blackout, sending an unprecedented wave of panic through the population. The metro was shut down. The entire vast underground public transportation network was flooded by hectoliters of dark, icy water. When the first buildings collapsed and the great wave of mud swept over the city, a veritable mass hysteria gripped Parisians, and the worst atrocities were committed. In the name of survival... Fear, then violence, swept over the city. Paris is devastated and most of the inhabitants, at least those lucky enough to still have a roof over their heads, are hiding in their homes waiting for the insane rain to finally stop... Under the Austerlitz bridge, the water level reached its record high: 10.5. A year later, we know that Paris will never be the same again. For François Mallarmé, who lost everything in this catastrophe, his wife and child, life is nothing but a long nightmare. He continues as best he can to do his job as a cop in a city where nothing makes sense anymore. Until the day when a case of sordid murders brings him back to his nightmare, in the very heart of the Louvre, in this museum which for the whole world was the symbol of what was once the most beautiful city in the world, and where even the Mona Lisa has disappeared.... EAN : 9782714473356 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Wings of Morning, the Fires of Twilight - Volume 4 - Lesage Mireille - Book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782857043652 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Full Moon Assassins - Jean Pierre Fabre - book Summary : Is there a relationship between criminal assaults and the phases of the moon? Many scientists believe so. "It is very likely that such phenomena exist, but science on this subject is still in its infancy," Professor Rémy Chauvin emphasized during the Leroy trial at the Périgueux Assize Court in 1989. Jean-Pierre Fabre recounts here the most notable criminal stories in which the role of the full moon has been invoked. Papavoine, murderer of two children in 1824. It was in this case that, for the first time, a defense attorney argued that the culprit was irresponsible: "Since punishments are inflicted only as an example, whenever the example is null, the punishment is barbaric." The madman of Bergerac, who killed twice, in 1961 and 1984, and who terrorized the town for twenty years with multiple attacks. The star-crossed lovers of Aubusson. Minh, the shy student who raped and murdered a thirteen-year-old girl in a villa in Montpellier. The story, too, of the Abbeville killer, who slept on his mother's grave on full moon nights and who, one night, raped and strangled a seventy-six-year-old woman. EAN : 9782910188160 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Hocus - A New Mystery by Irene Kelly - Jan Burke - book Summary : Hocus has news for you..." A group of unbalanced youths is spreading terror in Las Piernas. Their latest exploit: the kidnapping of a police officer. And not just any police officer: Frank Harriman, Irene Kelly's husband. To find him, the journalist will have to confront the demons of the past. However, the man of her life hasn't told her everything... A book nominated three times for "best crime novel": it won the Agatha, Macavity, and Barry awards. EAN : 9782847520149 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The New Life of Barbara Devane - Karleen Koen - book Summary : See photos EAN : 2744104124 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Dar baroud - GARDEL Louis - book Summary : Gabriel Loré, the hero of this book, is my father. I'm going to tell his life story like a novel, because it is one, full of adventures. How can I tell the story of Gabriel? For twenty-four years, I lived as if I had no father. I often wonder how I could accept for so long knowing nothing about him, contenting myself with the caricatured image of a colonial adventurer living in Africa, a thousand miles from what was dear to me. At the end of the last century, he left Nîmes and landed in Morocco. The era demanded empire builders. My father would always be a nomad and the opposite of a conqueror: when Lyautey imposed the Protectorate, Gabriel retired to the house of Dar Baroud on land he never wanted to own. How many witnesses did I have to find to know him and recognize him, to reconstruct this itinerary with its incessant twists and turns: his brother the caïd Mahieddine, Riby Azuelos, a merchant and banker from Tangier, and the three women who loved him and then lost him? Dorothy preferred to fight against slavery, Sarah-Louise had to grow up a little, and my mother raised her by hook or by crook in Spain and allowed me to fulfill my vocation in Paris: I am a dancer. So, as I walked Gabriel's path, I kept discovering that it was as far from mine as possible. So beyond our physical resemblance—we're both blond—what makes us so close? I know now that we love the same skin and the same vibes, that we're gripped by the same desires and the same torments. I know he would have loved Sarah-Louise as I loved her, just as much. In our own way. EAN : 9782286001865 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : I Always Knew It Was You - Gilbert Montagné - book Summary : Often, too often, family secrets leave in their wake irreversible sorrow and suffering. The one that rocked Gilbert Montagné's early years remained buried for half a century. Only his mother, who had made her youngest son her privileged confidant, had agreed to share it with him. For the first time, Gilbert recounts his courageous little mother's struggle during the war and reveals, in a wonderfully romantic tale, the existence of a ghost woman who haunted his days and nights. They loved each other without knowing each other. Fate decided to bring them together before it was too late. "I was waiting for you. I always knew it was you!" "I know how to receive the precious gifts that life offers you because I believe in possibilities, like my mother!" EAN : 9782702141243 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Castle of Olive Trees - Frédérique Hébrard - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782738208064 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The African Farm - Blixen Karen - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782298009019 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Novel - Polanski - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782221008034 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Alone in the Night - Ann Rule - book Summary : Nine days before Christmas in 1998, thirty-two-year-old Ronda Reynolds prepares to spend some time with her family before the holidays. Her second marriage is failing after only a year, her career is stalled, but this optimistic young woman is determined to make a fresh start in life, as she confides over the phone to her mother, Barb Thompson. So when Ronda's husband calls the police the next morning to announce that his wife has killed herself, Barb refuses to believe it. With the help of a police officer who shares her conviction, she begins a long fight to prove that it was murder and to remove the word "suicide" from her daughter's death certificate. Inconsistencies in the investigation, a botched autopsy, conflicting testimonies, and the slowness of the legal system: Barb will have to fight for eleven years before her case is heard. With her usual tenacity, Ann Rule interviewed all the protagonists in this affair, cross-checked the statements of each and every one, and traced the events to finally answer this haunting question: what really happened in the silence of that cold December night? EAN : 9782749916231 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Princess - Peter Prange - book Summary : In refined 17th-century Rome, two talented artists vie for the title of first architect. Bernini is an accomplished master whose superiority is recognized by both the Church and the aristocracy; his student, Francesco Borromini, introverted and gifted, dares not break free. Brilliant and destructive, the two men fall in love with the same young woman, Clarissa Mac Kingsley, an English princess visiting the Eternal City. They court her in a manner full of contrasts. Bernini, an unabashed and seductive libertine, oscillating between purity and vice, offers her the discovery of new worlds, flattering her young conscience. Francesco, working on the colossal redevelopment of Piazza Pamphili, confides in the young woman with the ambiguity of a shy person. But the Vatican plays on the rivalry between the two artists, the shadow of the papacy, and the intrigues of power will disrupt both certainties and hopes. By blending fiction and historical fact, Peter Prange captivatingly retraces the intrigues of a Rome at the height of its artistic and religious development. EAN : 9782268054308 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Discovering Mystical and Legendary Egypt - Guy-Rachet - book Summary : See photos EAN : 2710703866 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Untouchables - David Mamet - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782258020795 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Too Much Happiness - Alice Munro - book Summary : On the train platform, a black cat crosses their path obliquely. She hates cats. Black cats even more. But she says nothing and suppresses a shudder. As if to reward this restraint, he announces that he will travel with her to Cannes, if she agrees. She can barely reply, she is so grateful. Alice Munro's characters chase happiness. A vain, desperate, and dizzying quest, but one they pursue relentlessly. In this collection of short stories, we encounter a student who accepts an old man's indecent proposals, a grieving mother who changes her identity, and a woman finally facing her share of cruelty. With precise and sensitive writing, Alice Munro highlights the invisible forces guiding each destiny. EAN : 9782879297293 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Christian Art Manual - Abel Fabre - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Men in White - André Soubiran - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Lily and the Chili Pepper - Marcelle Vioux - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Complete Works - Jean Cocteau - book Summary : See photos EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Prisoner Volume 1 - Marcel Proust - book Summary : See photos EAN : Marcel Proust Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Cyrano de Bergerac - Edmond Rostand - book Summary : See photos EAN : Edmond Rostand Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : James Bond 007 vs. Dr. No - Ian Fleming - book Summary : Then Bond heard a noise he had never heard in his life. Yes, he distinctly heard his hair stand on end, hitting the pillow. It was incredible... He had always thought that was a figure of speech, designed to capture the imagination. And now it was happening to him! James Bond 007 "This man is a dangerous professional terrorist and spy. He has worked for the British Secret Service since 1938 and now bears the number 007. This double zero denotes an agent who has killed and is authorized to kill on active service. EAN : 9782265058590 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : We Have All Lived - Testimonies on Reincarnation and the Experience of Death - Edith Fiore - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782221002421 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Magical Reality - Roger De Lafforest - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782221027677 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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