1896. L'atelier Moreau est détruit dans une explosion criminelle. Le chef d'atelier y perd la vie.Son fils, Ennoé, est sauvé des décombres par son meilleur ami, Lisandre, mais ses jambes ont été écrasées.1900. Paris célèbre le progrès et la modernité à l'occasion de l'Exposition universelle.Bien décidé à venger son père, Ennoé Moreau réapparait sous une fausse identité. Toujours accompagné de Lisandre, il se lance à la poursuite de L'Octopode écarlate, une organisation criminelle qui ne recule devant rien pour s'approprier les inventions les plus prometteuses.Mais pour le jeune inventeur, il est plus facile de réparer ses jambes que de réparer un coeur et une âme meurtris, et sa quête de vengeance pourrait bien le mener à sa perte.#SteamPunk #Handicap #Enquête #Vengeance #FriendsToLovers
Patientez, collecte en cours !Dans la ville, des travailleurs de l’ombre s’activent. Nettoyer, balayer, astiquer, ils sont là pour lutter contre nos déchets mais que se passerait-il si un petit chien coquin débarquait dans leur routine ? Caché derrière les poubelles ou dans un carton, il est partout ! Bruno et Jojo les éboueurs arriveront-ils à s’en débarrasser ?
C’est l’histoire d’hommes et de femmes qui ont espionné pour l’Est durant la guerre froide. Des témoignages, jusqu’alors dissimulés dans des coffres-forts de l’ancien bloc soviétique, sont sortis de l’ombre lors de l’ouverture des archives de la StB, filiale tchécoslovaque du KGB. La lecture de ces documents top secret révèle qu’une trentaine de Français, aux noms souvent familiers, journalistes, hommes politiques ou hauts fonctionnaires, ont livré des secrets d’État ou infiltré des médias, collaborant pour de l’argent ou par pure idéologie. Un regard inédit sur l’histoire récente de la France et les manipulations de la Russie d’aujourd’hui. Vincent Jauvert est grand reporter, ancien chef du service étranger de L’Obs et spécialiste des affaires de renseignement. Il a notamment publié La Mafia d’État (Seuil, 2021) et Le Dictionnaire amoureux de l’espionnage (Plon, 2023).
GTIN: 9783125297821Educational: modern (non-native) languages: language learning
À la une ist eine neue Sammlung von Französisch als Fremdsprache für Jugendliche. À la une 2 ist der zweite Band der Reihe. Er richtet sich an Anfänger und stellt uns Jugendliche aus Frankreich und anderen französischsprachigen Ländern vor. Jede Einheit konzentriert sich auf einen der Jugendlichen, der von seiner Familie, seinem Alltag, seinen Hobbys usw. erzählt. Das Cahier d'exercices begleitet das Livre de l'élève und ermöglicht es, das auf den Lektionsseiten des Lehrbuchs erworbene Wissen zu vertiefen.
GTIN: 9788419236760Educational: modern (non-native) languages
Le Livre de l'élève éd. hybride À la une 2 est un composant de la collection À la une, la nouvelle méthode FLE pour les adolescents.NOUVEAUTÉ HYBRIDE : Cette édition hybride inclut un code d'accès de 12 mois aux ressources numériques du manuel sur la plateforme Espace virtuel (manuel numérique, cahier interactif, vidéos, fichiers audio, exercices autocorrectifs) et à toutes les fonctionnalités qui permettent d'utiliser facilement le numérique en classe (idéal aussi bien pour des cours hybrides, à distance ou en présentiel).
GTIN: 9788419236777Educational: modern (non-native) languages
Le Livre de l'élève éd. hybride À la une 3 est un composant de la collection À la une, la nouvelle méthode FLE pour les adolescents.NOUVEAUTÉ HYBRIDE : Cette édition hybride inclut un code d'accès de 12 mois aux ressources numériques du manuel sur la plateforme Espace virtuel (manuel numérique, cahier interactif, vidéos, fichiers audio, exercices autocorrectifs) et à toutes les fonctionnalités qui permettent d'utiliser facilement le numérique en classe (idéal aussi bien pour des cours hybrides, à distance ou en présentiel).
GTIN: 9788419236753Educational: modern (non-native) languages
Le Livre de l'élève éd. hybride À la une 1 est un composant de la collection À la une, la nouvelle méthode FLE pour les adolescents.NOUVEAUTÉ HYBRIDE : Cette édition hybride inclut un code d'accès de 12 mois aux ressources numériques du manuel sur la plateforme Espace virtuel (manuel numérique, cahier interactif, vidéos, fichiers audio, exercices autocorrectifs) et à toutes les fonctionnalités qui permettent d'utiliser facilement le numérique en classe (idéal aussi bien pour des cours hybrides, à distance ou en présentiel).
All moonlight is moving, wherever it may be...Japanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look behind the painted screens in the Emperor's palace and discover a lost world, in which games of poetry are the highest form of wit, lovers send each other elegant morning-after letters, and appreciation of the natural world - wild geese in autumn, the pure white frost of winter - is one of life's most exquisite pleasures.
GTIN: 9780008756611Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance
The most exciting debut of 2025 - an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK.Welcome to Bletchley Park... with dragons. London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn't worried. She's going to follow the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war.With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered in the form of a mysterious 'job', she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker helping the war effort - if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again. If she doesn't, they'll all die.At first Viv believes that her challenge, of discovering the secrets of a hidden dragon language, is doable. But the more she learns, the more she realises that the bubble she's grown up in isn't as safe as she thought, and eventually Viv must decide: What war is she really fighting?An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a clandestine, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable story, filled with twists and turns, betrayals and secret identities, A Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025, from an extraordinary new voice.
GTIN: 9780140384284Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Amid the rough-and-tumble world of frontier Iowa, eighteen-year-old Abbie Mackenzie treasured a secret dream. And while dreams don't always come true, Abbie finds love and laughter in a story that has captivated generations.
A Latin Grammar gives clear, concise, and easily understood explanations of all the key points of Latin grammar. With additional features such as a glossary of grammatical terms, a vocabulary list covering all the Latin words found in the main tex
Although big law firm and small law firm marketing strategies have similarities to other small businesses, there is one thing you must keep in mind. You are NOT like other small or local businesses. The question then becomes, why are you utilizing the same
A Lesson Before Dying , is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, who left his hometown for the university, has returned to the plantation school to teach. As he struggles with his decision whether to stay or escape to another state, his aunt and Jefferson's godmother persuade him to visit Jefferson in his cell and impart his learning and his pride to Jefferson before his death. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting - and defying - the expected.§§Ernest J. Gaines brings to this novel the same rich sense of place, the same deep understanding of the human psyche, and the same compassion for a people and their struggle that have unformed his previous, highly praised works of fiction.§
From the author of the USA Today bestselling Priest and New Camelot series comes a high-heat, gothic, dark academia fairy tale full of lantern-lit rituals, foggy moors, and obsessions that last for a lifetime. Twelve years ago, she left Thornchapel—and the two boys she gave her heart to—behind. Now, Proserpina Markham has returned, hopeful…and wary.Because it’s so very easy to be drawn back into the world of the seductive and elegant Auden Guest…and into the world of his worst enemy, St. Sebastian Martinez. The beautiful and brooding St.Sebastian is as irresistible as he ever was, and Auden is just as handsome and arrogant, and the three of them can’t seem to unknot themselves from each other. From the hasty promise they three made all those years ago. As Thornchapel slowly tightens its coil of truths and lies around them, the reluctant threesome starts unravelling into filthy, holy pleasure and pain.Together, they’ve awakened a centuries-old fate that will either bloom like a rose…or destroy them all.
A dark, twisty thriller about a centuries-old, ivy-covered boarding school haunted by its history of witchcraft and two girls dangerously close to digging up the past. The dangerous romance and atmospheric setting makes it a perfect read for fans of dark academia.Felicity Morrow is back at the Dalloway School. Perched in the Catskill Mountains, the centuries-old, ivy-covered campus was home until the tragic death of her girlfriend. Now, after a year away, she's returned to finish high school. She even has her old room in Godwin House, the exclusive dormitory rumored to be haunted by the spirits of five Dalloway students—girls some say were witches. The Dalloway Five all died mysteriously, one after another, right on Godwin grounds. Witchcraft is woven into Dalloway's past. The school doesn't talk about it, but the students do. In secret rooms and shadowy corners, girls convene. And before her girlfriend died, Felicity was drawn to the dark. She's determined to leave that behind now, but it's hard when Dalloway's occult history is everywhere. And when the new girl won't let her forget. It's Ellis Haley's first year at Dalloway, and she has already amassed a loyal following. A prodigy novelist at seventeen, Ellis is a so-called method writer. She's eccentric and brilliant, and Felicity can't shake the pull she feels to her. So when Ellis asks Felicity to help her research the Dalloway Five for her second book, Felicity can't say no. Given her history with the arcane, Felicity is the perfect resource. And when history begins to repeat itself, Felicity will have to face the darkness in Dalloway—and herself.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 284, Publishers: BUSINESS EXPERT PR, Author: Max Rapaport, ISBN-13: 9781637425459, Date of issue: 2023
The suspenseful and sexy saga of half-mortal/half-magic princess private eye Meredith Gentry continues. The dark Queen Andais has commanded Merry to attempt to conceive a child, an heir to succeed her on the throne. One by one, consorts have come to her bed to help save her claim--and her life.
Michael Jackson is one of the biggest legends of all time. The whole world celebrates his musical legacy and groundbreaking achievements in the entertainment business. Yet little is known about the fact that he also broke records with his charitable accomplishments and used his tremendous popularity, influence and amazing success to call attention to social and political problems. A life for L.O.V.E. is the first book that exclusively concentrates on Michael Jackson's humanitarian achievements. It contains a potpourri of stories written by people who knew him, were his friends, worked for him or who themselves received the singer's help and encouragement. They give first-hand accounts of his concern and care for other human beings, animals and the world. This collection of true stories from around the world paints a personal portrait and a vivid picture of a man whose declared goal it was to heal the world and who started with the man in the mirror by showing the utmost respect to fellow human beings. With his message he inspired millions to follow his cause. To join the line of those keeping Michael Jackson's message alive, all proceeds from this book are being donated to charity.May this book inspire even more people to follow his lead and to do their share to make this world a better place!
The history of Japan's martial traditions is replete with many outstanding individuals, but few have attained the legendary status of Morihei Ueshiba. Throughout his extraordinary life, Ueshiba mastered an array of martial arts and techniques, including ju
The inspiring letters of philosopher, mystic, and freedom fighter Simone Weil to her family, presented for the first time in English. Now in the pantheon of great thinkers, Simone Weil (1909-1943) lived largely in the shadows, searching for her spiritual home while bearing witness to the violence that devastated Europe twice in her brief lifetime. The letters she wrote to her parents and brother from childhood onward chart her intellectual range as well as her itinerancy and ever-shifting preoccupations, revealing the singular personality at the heart of her brilliant essays. The first complete collection of Weil's missives to her family, A Life in Letters offers new insight into her personal relationships and experiences. The letters abound with vivid illustrations of a life marked by wisdom as much as seeking. The daughter of a bourgeois Parisian Jewish family, Weil was a troublemaking idealist who preferred the company of miners and Russian exiles to that of her peers. An extraordinary scholar of history and politics, she ultimately found a home in Christian mysticism. Weil paired teaching with poetry and even dabbled in mathematics, as evidenced by her correspondence with her brother, Andre, who won the Kyoto Prize in 1994 for the famed Weil Conjectures. A Life in Letters depicts Simone Weil's thought taking shape amid political turmoil, as she describes her participation in the Spanish struggle against fascism and in the transatlantic resistance to the Nazis. An introduction and notes by Robert Chenavier contextualize the letters historically and intellectually, relating Weil's letters to her general body of writing. This book is an ideal entryway into Weil's philosophical insights, one for both neophytes and acolytes to treasure.
"Nothing short of riveting...an engrossing first-person account by one of our finest actors" (Huffington Post)--both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft--Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of hist
GTIN: 9780756618032Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places & peoples
Presented in conjunction with UNICEF, this book provides remarkable insight on how children from all over the globe lead their lives in different and fascinating ways. Full color.
GTIN: 9781470002619Dating, relationships, living together & marriage: advice
"A Live of Love" is a guide book on how to create Male/Female relationships that work. It is based on the first universal law of attraction--polarity. It applies the principles of Yin and Yang energy by describing the differences between men and women and
GTIN: 9781529108293Autobiography: arts & entertainment
With a new afterword, Why You Are Here: A speech on the opening of the COP26 climate summitAs a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity.I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet contains my witness statement, and my vision for the future - the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.We have the opportunity to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.All we need is the will do so.
There's a light on in the attic. I can see it from outside, And I know you're on the inside ...lookin' out. Step inside the mind of Shel Silverstein and you'll discover a magic homework machine, a Polar Bear in the fridge and a Meehoo With an Exactlywatt. But beware stolen knees, the babysitter who likes to squash children - and the nighttime peril of the Whatifs! This is the second book of beloved poems and pictures from the marvellous master of nonsense, Shel Silverstein.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book two in her Flesh and Fire series…The only one who can save Sera now is the one she spent her life planning to kill.The truth about Sera’s plan is out, shattering the fragile trust forged between her and Nyktos. Surrounded by those distrustful of her, all Sera has is her duty. She will do anything to end Kolis, the false King of Gods, and his tyrannical rule of Iliseeum, thus stopping the threat he poses to the mortal realm.Nyktos has a plan, though, and as they work together, the last thing they need is the undeniable, scorching passion that continues to ignite between them. Sera cannot afford to fall for the tortured Primal, not when a life no longer bound to a destiny she never wanted is more attainable than ever. But memories of their shared pleasure and unrivaled desire are a siren’s call impossible to resist.And as Sera begins to realize that she wants to be more than a Consort in name only, the danger surrounding them intensifies. The attacks on the Shadowlands are increasing, and when Kolis summons them to Court, a whole new risk becomes apparent. The Primal power of Life is growing inside her, pushing her closer to the end of her Culling. And without Nyktos’s love—an emotion he’s incapable of feeling—she won’t survive her Ascension. That is if she even makes it to her Ascension and Kolis doesn’t get to her first.Because time is running out. For both her and the realms.
Return to a darker Oz with Gregory Maguire. In A Lion Among Men, the third volume in Maguire's acclaimed, New York Times bestselling series The Wicked Years, a fuller, more complex Cowardly Lion is brought to life and gets to tell his
"If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much." - Mark TwainFrom Six Dinner Sid and T.S. Eliot's rebellious Rum Tum Tugger to the infuriating Cheshire Cat of Wonderland and Behemoth the Cat, the demonic shapeshifter of Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, A Literary Cat for Every Day of the Year draws together quotes and passages from poems and stories in celebration of the most famous cats in literature. A must-have for all cat-lovers and book lovers, this inspirational collection - with beautiful vintage line illustrations - is the perfect gift for feline fans to treasure all year long.
The impassioned relationship between Anais Nin and Henry Miller is further explored in this exchange of letters, written over a period of twenty-some years. Here is one of the richest and most intimate correspondences in literary history.
Language: English, Binding: Board book, Number of pages: 24, Publishers: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), ISBN-13: 9780241743591, Date of issue: 2025
GTIN: 9781452174136Self-help & personal development
A Little Book of Japanese Contentments is a beautiful book that distills traditional Japanese philosophies intrinsic to wellbeing. A richly illustrated journey through Japanese culture that leads to a more mindful and gratified life:
GTIN: 9780300283235Language: history & general works
A lively journey through the story of language, from an infant's first word to the languages of the internet Language never leaves you alone. It's there in your head, helping you think. It's there to help you make relationships - and to break them. It's there to remind you who you are and where you come from. From the first words of an infant to texting and emojis, languages are full of mysteries and quirks. In this entertaining book, renowned author David Crystal sheds light on the development of unique linguistic styles, the origins of obscure accents, and the search for the first written word. Little Histories - Inspiring Guides for Curious Minds
When was the first chat line between men established? Who was the first "lesbian"? Were ancient Greek men who had sex with each other necessarily "gay," and what did Shakespeare think about crossdressing? A Little Gay History answers these quest
