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The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. The year is coming to a close and Asle, an aging painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbor, Åsleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bjørgvin, a couple hours' drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another...
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Six-year-old Abdullah Anwar loves getting gifts from the birds.
They flock to his back garden, bringing everything from buttons to broken light bulbs.
Then one day, much to his devout father's bafflement, they leave a key.
What can it possibly mean?
Meanwhile, Professor James Jeggert is a staunch atheist, a man, who has no time for the mystical aspects of life.
He simply wants people to be more rational, a stance that's about to put him on a collision...
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Jean Laforest, de retour dans le village de ses ancêtre, décide d'investir dans l'immobilier. Mais son nom de famille évoque des souvenirs douloureux aux habitants du village...
L'irruption d'un homme jeune, citadin, pressé et mystérieux, fait sensation à Mazereix. Il s'appelle Jean Laforest. Que vient-il faire, frimant dans sa voiture de luxe, alors que depuis des années aucun Laforest n'est apparu ici ? De cela chacun se félicite : trop...
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She found love, but is it worth the price?Cassandra's life as a talented but isolated artist in Homer, Alaska, has allowed her to hide the emotional wounds that haunt her. Now, unexpectedly, she finally has the love of the one man she's adored for years. But that love has come at a terrible price: the destruction of Cass' only true friendship.As she struggles to control the massive changes ricocheting through the fabric of her life, a mysterious figure...
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"Fosse's fusing of the commonplace and the existential, together with his dramatic forays into the past, make for a relentlessly consuming work: already Septology feels momentous."-The GuardianThe Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. The year is coming to a close and Asle, an aging painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbor, Åsleik,...
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Condamné à des travaux d'intérêt général, Anna Marchal est envoyée dans un centre de sauvegarde pour les oiseaux blessés.
Anna Marchal est condamnée à deux mois de prison pour dégradation de voiture et menaces verbales contre son voisin qu'elle accuse d'avoir empoisonné son chat. Comme elle n'a toutefois jamais eu affaire à la justice, sa peine est aménagée en travaux d'intérêt général, qu'elle accomplira dans un centre de sauvegarde...
87) The Tussle
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The Tussle is the story of an Indian girl with a potential for excellence and the ensuing social drama that ruin hopes in an attempt to promote welfare. The story pictures a darker undercurrent that still runs in the veins of the Indian society as opposed to the bright and glamorous picture that the more privileged among us are used to.Mohona wanted to get out of the vicious cycle of poverty and ignorance and achieve the educational and social standards...
88) River of Destiny
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From the bestselling author of Time's Legacy and Lady of Hay comes a thrilling new novel, River of Destiny, an epic story that spans Anglo Saxon Britain, Victorian Suffolk and the present day.
Perfect for fans of Kate Mosse's Labyrinth.
On the banks of the River Deben in Suffolk are ancient barns dating back to Anglo Saxon times - within these walls lie secrets that have been buried for centuries.
New arrivals Zoe and Ken move into one of the converted...
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A successful artist shoots a dog harassing his cows and descends into madness in this dark novel by the Tony Award–winning author of Sticks and Bones.
In classic works such as Hurlyburly and Streamers, David Rabe's depictions of violence and the dark side of the human psyche have won him widespread acclaim. In Recital of the Dog, a painter who has left urban chaos for the country soon finds his hopes of tranquility shattered by a marauding intruder-a...
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Propriétaire de l'Auberge des Glycines et amante d'un homme riche, la vie d'Emma Célérier change lorsqu'un curieux visiteur arrive à l'auberge...
La pimpante Auberge des Glycines jouit d'une excellente réputation. Emma Célérier, âgée d'une trentaine d'années, en est devenue propriétaire après avoir rencontré René Bachou. Cet homme marié, riche et autoritaire, capable de violence autant que d'amour, est tombé éperdument amoureux de...
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Alternating between the voices of an old, one-legged knife-sharpener, a game warden who writes poetry, and Sokolov himself, this language-driven novel unfolds a story of life on the upper Volga River, in which time, characters, and death all prove unstable. The one constant is the Russian landscape, where the Volga is a more-crossable River Styx, especially when it freezes in winter.
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In this rollicking dark comedy about a failing hospital in Mars, Nebraska, Dr. Wave, a kind and well-meaning outsider, leaps into a year-long fight against an overwhelming bureaucracy upheld by a corrupt administrator who refuses to budge. Wave juggles some of the worst (and silliest) medical cases of his career and struggles to manage a hostile coterie of MDs with a host of defects, the least of which is their ubiquitous lack of Medical Board certifications,...
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Greg Mitchell had everything, position, wealth, a beautiful wife and a glittering future. Acclaimed as UK's businessman of the decade. In the crash of a judge's gavel he had nothing and nobody to support him, losing it all through the treachery of his wife's family and those closest to him. Instead of fighting back, he ran away to the United States, ostensibly to find himself. While following a vexing diversion through the small, Nebraskan town of...
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There is nothing honest about photography. Truth is but a trick of the light. A reckoning is coming to Sol Ridge Vineyards. And her name is Jac.
Conrad Kurtz manages the Sol Ridge Winery, a sprawling, dew-slickened vineyard nestled into the Santa Cruz mountains. Conrad is a businessman and a glorified caretaker of sorts, keeping the grapes growing and the wine flowing until his stepdaughter, Iris, lawfully inherits her late mother's bequest and...
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WHEN RECENTLY WIDOWED SCOOTER JAMES returns to his boyhood home for his annual hunting trip, all he's looking for are a few pheasant and some peace and quiet. What he finds are the demons he's been running from since childhood, and the mysterious death of his mentor, John, a profane old rancher-a death in which Scooter played a supporting role. The trip goes weirdly wrong when John pays a ghostly visit, and detours and roadblocks abound as Scooter...
96) Shining Hero
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A rich and dramatic story of a poor young Indian boy who fights like a tiger to achieve fame and fortune.
In a village just outside present-day Calcutta, Koonty, a young girl, is squatting in pain beside the river, convinced that her agony is the result of a fish allergy. It's not - she's giving birth and as the realisation dawns on her, she makes the connection with the encounter she had all those months ago with the swimming stranger with the golden...
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James Hoffman is a successful aviator and businessman who has a secret. Several in fact. Events and experiences in his youth have shaped his behavior and choices. Choices his wife and her best friend fully support. But, Hoffman's behavior masks a deeper desire.
Set in a Midwestern University town, A Wilderness of Mirrors explores the motives, desires and obsessions driving the Hoffman's marriage. A marriage of alternative sexual preferences, promiscuity...
98) Crazy About You
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Brad lives on the grounds of an insane asylum because his father is dentist to Larned State Hospital's 1,500 patients. "Crazy About You" is a novel about one week in this high school boy's life that will grow him up faster than he could ever have wanted. It's a coming-of-age story, murder mystery, suspense thriller, and a lot more.
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A millionaire businessman and his loving family; two young conmen and an unspoken bond; a pair of hardened hitmen—these three groups are from different worlds, but one event will bring those worlds together and change their lives forever. Richards and Phillips have been looking for a big score—something that will help them leave all their petty cons and crimes in the dust. And Price, the local (and loaded) businessman may just be able...
100) L'été du renouveau
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Suite aux récentes révélations, la vie de Marjolaine a bien changé...
Marjolaine est une fillette de huit ans qui a un problème relationnel avec sa maman. Elle grandit à Mazerolles, un charmant petit village situé à proximité de Mont-de-Marsan.
Durant sa scolarité, Marjolaine s'attache bien vite à son institutrice, Emilie Berthomieu ; celle-ci jouera un rle important dans son existence.
De nature sensible, l'état physique de la petite...
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