Une édition de référence de Nana d'Émile Zola, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. « Un murmure grandit, comme un soupir qui se gonflait. Quelques mains battirent, toutes les jumelles étaient fixées sur Vénus. Peu à peu, Nana avait pris possession du public, et maintenant chaque homme la subissait. Le rut qui montait d'elle, ainsi que d'une bête en folie, s'était épandu toujours davantage, emplissant la...

This sweeping saga captures life in the Far East during the Middle Ages and dramatizes the events that transformed a Mongol tribesman named Temujin into the man who would conquer Asia and be known to the world for centuries to come as Genghis Khan. Raised by an indomitable woman and educated by his outcast uncle, Temujin becomes a fearsome warrior who inspires loyalty in his friends and hatred in his enemies. But he is also blessed with a keen intelligence...

Malheur August opens with a map of Malheur County, OR and its Malheur River. "Malheur" means "bad time," we're told--and Nancy Minor plays with that notion skillfully. Set in 1971 with substantial flashback to the 1940s, her novel becomes an utterly convincing portrait of life in rural Oregon a generation or two ago. (Think of Grant Wood joking around with Dorothea Lange.) Our protagonist, Jean Algood, spends her last home-from-college summer, the...

New York Times Bestseller: A “beautifully written” and “truly outstanding” novel based on the life of Paul the Apostle (The Cincinnati Enquirer).
Born a veritable great lion of God to a devout Jewish family, Saul of Tarsus is raised by his parents to embrace their love of humanity. Dogged by what he perceives as a lack of true faith, he embarks on a journey to save his people from sacrilege....

In this book about the life and adventures of Chip, we find our protagonist drawn into the wild sixties lifestyle of Waikiki, replete with hippies, prostitutes, and tourists dressed in matching Hawaiian prints. But, Chip never loses a gnawing feeling that there must be, something more to life. His friends from the mainland, Matt, Robby, and Greg, visit him, and their wild partying gets Chip fired from his job. His Hawaiian sojourn ends and he returns...

A gripping saga of a family buffeted by war, dwindling fortunes, and royal rivalries, from the author of The Jacobite's Wife. William Herbert has no Jacobite sympathies, but he's been persecuted throughout his life for his family's loyalty to the exiled Stuart dynasty. His sister, Winifred Maxwell, is guilty of treason, and William could be found guilty of the same charge for helping her escape from London. Winifred and her unreliable husband...

SULTANA - In 13th century Moorish Spain, the realm of Granada is in crisis. The union of Fatima, granddaughter of the Sultan of Granada, with the Sultan's nephew Faraj has fractured the nation. A bitter civil war escalates and endangers both Fatima and Faraj's lives...SULTANA'S LEGACY - In 13th century Moorish Spain, the Sultanate of Granada faces a bleak future, as a tyrant seizes control. Fatima, the daughter of a Sultan, and her devoted husband...

From a #1 New York Times–bestselling author: The story of Judas Iscariot and the stunning betrayal that changed the course of history. One of the great dramas of the biblical era is brought to thrilling new life in this epic novel told from the unique perspective of Judas himself. This is the story of Judas the myth, condemned by Dante to the most terrifying circle of Hell. Judas the man, the son of wealth and power who fought to suppress the lusts...

Extrait : "Oui, figurez-vous ce jeune homme, ainsi fait, libre de ses actions et de sa fortune, et roulant de sa province vers Paris, comme d'une montagne à un gouffre, et quelles que soient les folles pensées qui aient tourbillonné dans sa pauvre tête, vous n'en serez point étonné ; vous comprendrez tout ce qui est en lui, tout ce qui vient de lui : et ses éclairs de gaîté, et son rire, et ses gestes animés, et sa parole pressée et pittoresque." À...

Le marquis de Sade n'a pas fini de choquer ses contemporains et nous embarque dans ses nouvelles aventures. Troisième et dernier tome de la trilogie des «Crimes du marquis de Sade». Voici dix ans que les frasques du marquis de Sade défraient la chronique! Donatien n'a pas fini de choquer ses contemporains, au grand dam de sa famille qui tente de faire taire la rumeur et museler la calomnie. Mais un nouveau scandale, bien plus effroyable que les...