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The question is no longer whether we are heading for disaster. The question is: should we survive it? "A breathtaking prophetic novel" From the bestselling French author Julie de Lestrange. Matilda was born in a strange world. A territory under attack, a hostile environment, an unexplained drop in fertility... Her elders taught her to resist at all costs. But what if she'd been lied to? What if, behind the borders, people were thinking differently? Could history take a different turn? Eager for freedom, Matilda fights to discover her truth. The race against time has begun. Julie de Lestrange is a bestselling French author. She has written several books, including two successful trilogies....
Gardener to the King
"As gardener to His Majesty, Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie is master of his own domain, the royal fruit and vegetable garden. Louis' generals might proclaim the power of France abroad, but La Quintine's espaliers and vegetable plots assert nothing less than man's mastery over nature; a garden that can feed a thousand at a sitting, standards of pruning that in three hundred years have never been surpassed."--Jacket.
Do We Dream Under the Same Sky
Published in conjunction with the eponymous installation at Art Basel 2015, DO WE DREAM UNDER THE SAME SKY is an extension of the collaboration between artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, architects Nikolaus Hirsch and Michel Müller, and chef Antto Melasniemi. Designed by Hirsch and Müller as an outdoor shelter, the installation, made of modular bamboo and steel, welcomes visitors to engage in discussions while participating in the convivial atmosphere of shared food. This supplemental publication includes interviews, texts, images, and poems that illuminate the installation's properties of self-sufficiency and how it was conceived as a new component of Tiravanija and Kamin Lertchaiprasert's ongoin...
Private
Fifteen-year-old Reed Brennan is delighted when she wins a scholarship to Easton Academy - it's the golden ticket out of her suburban life and away from her pill-popping mother. But when she arrives at the beautiful, tradition-steeped campus, everyone is more sophisticated, more gorgeous and a WHOLE lot wealthier than she is. Reed may have been accepted to the Academy, but she certainly hasn't been accepted by her classmates. She feels like she's on the outside, looking in… until she meets the Billings Girls. They're the most beautiful, intelligent and powerful girls on campus. And, boy, do they know it. Reed vows to do whatever it takes to be accepted into their inner circle. But once she's in, she discovers much more than designer clothes hiding in their closets - there are also plenty of skeletons… Secrets which must be kept PRIVATE. Whatever the cost. This compelling series full of dark secrets, mystery and satire is a must for fans of Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars and Mean Girls?.
Murder on the the Thirty-first Floor
In an unnamed country, in an unnamed year sometime in the future, Chief Inspector Jensen of the Sixteenth Division is called in after the publishers controlling the entire country's newspapers and magazines receive a threat to blow up their building, in retaliation for a murder they are accused of committing. The building is evacuated, but the bomb fails to explode and Jensen is given seven days in which to track down the letter writer. Jensen has never had a case he could not solve before, but as his investigation into the identity of the letter writer begins it soon becomes clear that the directors of the publishers have their own secrets, not least the identity of the 'Special Department' on the thirty first floor; the only department not permitted to be evacuated after the bomb threat.
The Sum of Our Follies
The Sum of Our Follies is a novel set in Lubok Sayong, an imaginary Malaysian town. Two narrators describe Lubok Sayong and its community of quirky inhabitants. The first is Auyong, a retiree from the city who operates a lychee factory in Lubok Sayong. The other is eleven-year-old Mary Anne, an orphan who is taken in by an irascible woman in charge of the Big House. Through anecdotes and gentle humour, the two narrators observe the events that change the town and their lives as modernity sets in and Mary Anne grows up.
Alice
Une enfant disparaît. Deux versions du drame. Une seule vérité. Harriet avait confié sa fille à sa meilleure amie Charlotte pour un après-midi à la kermesse de l’école. Charlotte est persuadée de n’avoir quitté Alice des yeux qu’une fraction de seconde. Le temps pour la fillette de se volatiliser. Dévastée, Harriet ne peut plus envisager de revoir Charlotte. Elle ne lui fera sans doute jamais plus confiance. Mais elle n’aura pas le choix. Car, deux semaines plus tard, les deux femmes sont convoquées par la police pour être interrogées séparément. Il semblerait que chacune d’elles ait des choses à se reprocher... « Un des thrillers les plus aboutis que j’aie jamais lus. » Amy Lloyd, auteure de Innocente. « Impossible d’aller dormir avant de connaître la fin. » Hollie Overton, auteure de Baby Doll.
Wither
After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying at age twenty, girls are kidnapped and married off in order to repopulate the world.
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
"Phaedra Patrick understands the soul. Eccentric, charming, and wise...The Curious Charms is not just for those who are mourning over love or the past. This book will illuminate your heart." -- Nina George, New York Times bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop Don't miss this curiously charming debut In this hauntingly beautiful story of love, loneliness and self-discovery, an endearing widower embarks on a life-changing adventure. Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard sweater vest, waters his fern, Frederica, and heads out to hi...
The Grandisons
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