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A New York Times bestseller. From the author of the international bestseller Girl With A Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard, Tracy Chevalier once again paints a distant age with a rich and provocative palette of characters. Falling Angels follows the fortunes of two families in the emerging years of the twentieth century in England, while the Queen's death reverberates through a changing nation.

From the author of the critically acclaimed, prizewinning, and internationally bestselling The Colony of Unrequited Dreams comes an epic family mystery with a powerful, surprise ending, which features the return of the ever-fascinating Sheilagh Fielding, one of the most memorable characters in fiction. Ned Vatcher, only 14, ambles home from school in the chill hush that precedes the first storm of the winter of 1936 to find the house locked, the family car missing, and his parents gone without a trace.

"Gigi" est l'un des romans les plus célèbres de Colette, une œuvre brillante qui mêle subtilement sensualité, humour et réflexion sociale. Publiée en 1944, cette histoire nous plonge dans l'univers raffiné de Paris à la Belle Époque, où le luxe, le charme et les conventions sociales définissent les relations humaines. Gigi, une jeune fille issue d'une famille modeste, grandit sous l'influence de sa grand-mère et de sa tante, toutes deux impliquées dans l'univers des courtisanes et des mondanités.

Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as the great American novel. Widely considered the great American novel, and often remembered for its epic film version, Gone With the Wind explores the depth of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Finalist for the Dublin Literary Award. In a time of plague and terror, three men abandon their familiar world and set out in a small boat for an island they don't know exists, with only faith and devotion to guide them. In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar priest named Artt has a dream in which God tells him to leave the sinful world behind. With two monks—young Trian and old Cormac—he rows down the River Shannon in search of an isolated spot in which to found a monastery.

Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium. Belgium, 1942. Young schoolteacher Andrée Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium, who are forcing Jews to wear a yellow Star of David. Andrée is not Jewish, but she feels a maternal connection to her students, who are living in constant fear, and decides to take action. No child should have to suffer under such persecution. But what can one woman do against an entire army?

Prix Goncourt 2024. "Je suis la véritable trace, le plus solide des indices attestant de tout ce que nous avons vécu en dix ans en Algérie. Je cache l'histoire d'une guerre entière, inscrite sur ma peau depuis que je suis enfant." Aube est une jeune Algérienne qui doit se souvenir de la guerre d'indépendance, qu'elle n'a pas vécue, et oublier la guerre civile des années 1990, qu'elle a elle-même traversée. Sa tragédie est marquée sur son corps : une cicatrice au cou et des cordes vocales détruites.

Discover the runaway #1 international bestseller that has captured readers the world over—and reminds us all why we remember the name Julius Caesar. “Posteguillo shows just how thrilling a historical novel can be.” —El País. Every legend has a beginning . . . Rome, 77 B.C. The corrupt Senator Dolabella is about to go on trial for his crimes. But Dolabella owns the jury. He’s hired the best lawyers in the city. And he’s very willing to use violence against those who oppose him.

Juillet 1960. Dans son havre de la Finca Vigía, près de La Havane, Ernest Hemingway éprouve de plus en plus de difficultés à écrire. Fatigué, déprimé, cerné par l'impuissance, il part pour Madrid et ses corridas. Malade, il est contraint de retourner aux États-Unis. Il mourra un an plus tard, dans sa maison de l'Idaho, sans avoir jamais revu Cuba.

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