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Au Bonheur des Dames est un roman d'Émile Zola publié en 1883, le onzième volume de la suite romanesque Les Rougon-Macquart. À travers une histoire sentimentale à l'issue inhabituellement heureuse, le roman entraîne le lecteur dans le monde des grands magasins, l'une des innovations du Second Empire. Le modèle du personnage d'Octave Mouret est Auguste Hériot, co-fondateur des Grands Magasins du Louvre.

Anne Bishop’s “erotic, fervently romantic, [and] superbly entertaining” (Booklist) novel Sebastian introduced readers to the realm of Ephemera. Now, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author continues her tale of light and darkness. The Eater of the World is casting its shadow over the landscapes of Ephemera, tainting people’s souls with doubts and fears. Only Glorianna Belladonna possesses the ability to thwart the Eater—but she is not alone.

A swoony new romance from the author of Sunkissed! When her football-player boyfriend and now ex lands the podcast job she’s been dreaming of, a girl takes matters into her own hands by enlisting the help of his nemesis to get revenge. Seventeen-year-old Finley has only ever had one goal: to become a famous podcaster. This includes coming up with the perfect pitch to land her on her school's podcast team. But when her football-obsessed boyfriend, Jensen, decides to also try out—and uses her idea—she's left confused and betrayed.

Bonus: This edition contains an excerpt from Nikki Turner's Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife. #1 bestselling author Nikki Turner returns with an explosive new novel about a woman at an emotional crossroads—and the men left in her wake. Isis Tatum knows firsthand the way love can mess up a person. After all, she saw her mother drive a truck through the home of her father’s mistress before killing her dad.

Return to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop's Ephemera, a world of strange and magical landscapes connected only by bridges—bridges that may transport you where you truly belong, rather than where you wish to go. When wizards threaten Glorianna Belladonna and her work to keep Ephemera balanced, her brother, Lee, sacrifices himself in order to save her—and ends up an Asylum inmate in the city of Vision, far away from all he knows.

Enniscorthy, Irlande, années 1950. Comme de nombreuses jeunes femmes de son âge, Eilis Lacey ne parvient pas à trouver du travail. Par l'entremise d'un prêtre, on lui propose un emploi en Amérique, à Brooklyn. Poussée par sa famille, Eilis s'exile à contre-cœur. D'abord submergée par le mal du pays, elle goûte ensuite, loin du regard de ceux qui la connaissent depuis toujours, une sensation de liberté proche du bonheur. Puis un drame familial l'oblige à retraverser l'Atlantique.

An Instant USA Today Bestseller! Two opposites decide to test their chemistry with one steamy night together. But will once be enough? Nova Porter isn’t looking for love, and she certainly has no explanation for her attraction to buttoned-up, three-piece-suit-wearing investment banker Charlie Milford. Maybe it’s his charm? Or maybe it’s his determination to help her fledgling business however he can. Either way, she’s distracted every time he’s around. With her new tattoo studio set to open in her hometown of Inglewild, she doesn’t have time for frivolous flirtations.

One of The New York Times' Best Romances of the Year! "Intimate and unflinching." — New York Times. A USA Today Bestseller! An Indie Next Pick. A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick. One of Amazon's Best Romances of July. Named a Most Anticipated Summer Read by Buzzfeed, Glamour, Town & Country, BookRiot, and more! A ghostwriter and a struggling actor help each other on the page and in the bedroom in this steamy romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Talk.

Gloria est convaincue qu'à chaque fois qu'elle s'approche trop près du bord, elle saura faire pirouette arrière. Seulement, plus le temps passe, plus elle devient championne dans l'art de souffrir... Il pleut sur Nancy, sa ville natale, et Gloria, à trente-cinq ans passés, est de nouveau SDF, avec pour unique point d'échouage Le Royal, « son » bar, le seul endroit où elle puisse librement traîner sa déprime et sa hargne, trouver chez qui squatter, et boire sans limite de crédit.

As seen on BBC Between the Covers. 25th anniversary edition - with a new introduction by the author. "A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy" —Daily Mail. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first, he is ostracised by the locals, but over time he proves himself to be civilised, humorous – and a consummate musician.