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L’intrigue a pour centre névralgique le quartier de Berlose, sur les rives du lac Léman, habité par une communauté huppée et richissime avec comme point de chute Monaco, évidemment. La vie quotidienne n’est pas simple à Belrose, entre relations adultérines, égotismes de fortunes rapides et douteuses, mensonges de tous ordres. C’est un quartier où les faux-semblants et les jeux de dupes règnent en maître. Tout aurait très bien pu continuer ainsi si une série de meurtres mystérieux concomitants au divorce couteux d’un des leurs, l’oligarque Yuri Karatov, roi de l’acier russe, n’avait perturbé la vie tranquille de ces happy-few. L’argent, la finance, l’art se t...
Dear Girl, Be Brave is a comforting companion on your journey towards healing. A mix of verse and practical wisdom, this poetry and prose collection encourages resilience and celebrates a woman's ability to triumph over adversity. Concluded with journal and poem prompts, the book incites deep reflection for cultivating courage, inner strength and self-love.
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Harper Lee has a worthy successor. Wolk is a big new talent - The Times Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is shattered, along with everything she's ever known about right and wrong. When Betty disappears, suspicion falls on strange, gentle loner Toby. As Wolf Hollow turns against him, and tensions quickly mount, Annabelle must do everything in her power to protect Toby - and to find Betty, before it is too late. Powerful, poignant and lyrical, Wolf Hollow is an unforgettable story.
This eerie tale of psychological horror sees the real inhabitants of turn-of-the-century Princeton fall under the influence of a supernatural power.
If you gotta be a dog, be a bitch. Sandra Francy is seventeen and under pressure – pressure to be good and work hard at school. But she’s fed up with all that. She’s been having fun, running wild – some say too wild. Then she gets turned into a dog. She’s frightened at first, but she quickly realises there are pleasures she hardly knew existed. Is being human worth all the effort?
This book is an exploration of the life and art of Maryse Condi, who first won international acclaim for Segu, a novel about West African experience and the slave trade. Born in Guadeloupe in 1937, Condi lived in Guinea after it won its independence from France. Later she lived in Ghana and Senegal during turbulent, decisive moments in the histories of these countries. Her writings-novels, plays, essays, stories, and children's books-have led her to an increasingly important role within Africa and throughout the world. Frangoise Pfaff met Maryse Condi in 1981, when she first interviewed her. Their friendship grew quickly. In 1991 the two women continued recording conversations about Condi's ...