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1) Good fortune
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"When Elizabeth Chen's ever-hustling realtor mother finally sells the beloved if derelict community center down the block, the new owners don't look like typical New York City buyers. Brendan Lee and Darcy Wong are good Chinese boys with Hong Kong money. Clean-cut and charismatic, they say they are committed to cleaning up the neighborhood. To Elizabeth, that only means one thing: Darcy is looking to give the center an uptown makeover. Elizabeth is...
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"Our collective genesis guides our heartbeat as We run."
With nature reclaiming cities and mountainous tides drowning islands, a group of individuals - known collectively as the We - find themselves ravaged by hunger and struggling to survive. When another community - the They - promise them luxurious meals, the We are unable to decline.
After following the They to their farm, the We begin to notice some mysterious habits: odd sacrifices, talk of...
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Les récits de vie de six femmes qui luttent pour leur survie
Ce roman est une fiction inspirée de faits réels, de témoignages, de mon expérience auprès des helpers du refuge de l'organisation humanitaire HOME (Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics), et de ce que j'ai pu observer durant mon expatriation. Ces tranches de vie ne sont pas le fruit d'un travail journalistique; je ne prétends pas donner une vision objective de la situation...
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Can the Seaside Girls embrace the new year with courage...
Cleethorpes – 1940
As the new year dawns the show at the Empire comes to an end and it's time for the girls to move on.
Years of struggle are over for Frances O'Leary when Johnny Randolph returns to make things right for her and their daughter. Do they have a chance of happiness? Of being a family after so long?
But their good fortune is fraught with complications when sister Ruby...
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25 écrivains algériens et français s'expriment sur les cinquante dernières années de l'Algérie
Le travail littéraire présenté dans cet ouvrage, fait à plusieurs mains, ne prétend à rien, absolument rien d'autre que l'expression de subjectivités, individuelles, intimes, de femmes et d'hommes, aux horizons tout aussi éclatés, aux aspirations non moins variées, tous évoquant leur rapport à l'Algérie. Ce qui leur a été demandé,...
6) The Runaway
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To find what she has lost, she must go back to the beginning…
1924
The First World War is over and eleven-year-old Alexa is growing up on the idyllic Cornish coast with her best friend Harvey. But she soon discovers there are secrets at the heart of her family that have been hidden for years.
And when her mother dies suddenly, she finds her whole life thrown into turmoil.
1931
Still reeling from the secrets she uncovered, Alexa flees to...
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The next bloody and thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Brunanburh Series.Can the Norse and the Scots exact their revenge over the mighty King Athelstan of the English?
AD937
After the slaughter field of Brunanburh, a defeated Olaf Gothfrithson of the Dublin Norse and Constantin of the Scots narrowly escaped with their lives. In their kingdoms, failure has left them demoralised and weak.
Olaf licks his wounds in Dublin, whilst Constantin and...
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Pre-order the brand new instalment in Peter Gibbons' thrilling Saxon Warrior Series!In the aftermath of the great battle of Maldon, justice is demanded and vengeance will be served!
992AD
King Aethelred's the Unready's army has been defeated at the historic Battle of Maldon by Viking invaders led by Olaf Tryggvason and King Sweyn Forkbeard.
The strategic turning point of the battle was when Godric, an East Saxon Thegn, fled the battlefield taking...
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Extrait: "La poésie du paysage, au faubourg, c'est la rue mouvementée du foule, c'est l'aspect d'élément que prend l'humanité en marche dans les défilés, les ravins de maison, sur les sommets et les pentes des montées, aux creux et aux tranquillités de vallées des boulevard et des avenues."
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10) Storm of War
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The fight for a torn Kingdom rests in the hands of a few brave men…
990AD.
King Aethelred II, who men will one day call The Unready, rules over a land divided by the shadowy spin of his mother Queen 'lfthryth and the sprawling power of the Church.
The Viking Warlord, Olaf Tryggvason smelling the Kingdoms weakness brings the vicious Jomsvikings to the Saxon coastline ravenous for war and plunder.
Together Lord Byrthnoth, Ealdorman of the...
11) East of Hounslow
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"Javid, call him Jay, is a dope dealer living in West London. He goes to mosque on Friday, and he's just bought his pride and joy, a BMW. He lives with his mum, and life seems sweet. But his world is about to turn upside-down. Because MI5 have been watching him, and they think he's just the man they need for a delicate mission. One thing's for sure: now he's a long way East of Hounslow, Jay's life will never be the same again."--Back cover.
12) Les Contemporaines ou Aventures des plus jolies femmes de l'âge présent: Les Contemporaines mêlées
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Extrait : "Nicolas-Edme Restif naquit le 23 octobre 1734 à Sacy près Vermenton, dans le département de l'Yonne, ancienne province de Bourgogne. Son père, qu'il a peint sous les couleurs les plus avantageuses dans un livre qui tranche beaucoup sur le ton ordinaire de ses productions, était cultivateur après avoir abandonné par obéissance filiale un beau parti à Paris."
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La quête du bonheur, une aventure qui peut rendre tout le monde heureux !
Paul décide un jour de quitter un métier o il s'ennuie pour devenir sculpteur, le rêve de sa vie. De jour en jour, il façonne des têtes en argile, rien que des têtes... Les hasards de l'existence l'amènent à rencontrer — et surtout à réunir — des êtres dont il s'ingénie à faire le bonheur comme investi d'une mission divine. Sa notoriété établie et son art...
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