Extrait "Il n'y a pas longtemps qu'il m'advint de rencontrer, dans un café voisin du Palais, un ancien agent du service de la sûreté, d'un esprit original, et d'une mémoire intéressante à feuilleter comme un livre d'anecdotes. Nous liâmes conversation. En dépit qu'on en ait, c'est un fort honnête homme, qui conserve en son cœur le goût du métier qu'il n'a plus le droit de pratiquer et le ferait encore par amour de l'art." À PROPOS DES...

The foundational concepts of belonging and becoming weave throughout this book as authors Laurie Barron and Patti Kinney help us understand why these concepts are so critical and how to help our students on the path to belonging and becoming. With current thinking and up-to-date research, Laurie and Patti discuss and share dozens of school and classroom examples on topics such as Executive function Self-efficacy Student voice/choice Differentiation...

Written by outspoken, authoritative experts, Frommer's Spain shows travelers how to experience the country the way the locals do. That means eating in the places tourists don't know about, visiting top attractions at times when the crowds are at their thinnest, and patronizing the bars and clubs Spaniards hold dear. Whether you're partying the night away in the Balearic Islands, exploring architecture and history in Barcelona or Bilbao, or running...

1. If you can't handle jokes about Jesus being cranky when he was hungry - turn back now. 2. If you think that the disciples were perfect men - prepare to be disillusioned. 3. If you think Jesus only has really smart and gifted people for friends - guess again. Are you up for a crazy ride through Scripture? Do you want to be in on the jokes and the hidden treasures in many of the passages you thought you knew by heart? Do you want to see how, despite...

Becky thought she'd left Zoe Golden and that summer far behind.Set in 1995 against the backdrop of Auckland's burgeoning party scene, Golden Days is the story of an intense late-teens friendship between bookish Becky and star-dusted Zoe Golden, and what happened when one terrifying night changed their lives and destroyed their friendship forever.After finding out that her husband has been cheating on her, Becky is mourning the end of her picture-perfect...

The thirteenth installment in Stephanie Barron's fan-favorite Being a Jane Austen Mystery series. Between novels, Victorian England's most beloved author doubles as a sleuth in often idyllic locales. November, 1815. The Battle of Waterloo has left the British economy in shreds; Henry Austen, Jane's favorite brother, is about to declare bankruptcy. The crisis destroys Henry's health, and Jane flies to his London bedside. While she is there, the Reverend...

WHAT IS THE POINT OF KNOWING IF NOBODY WILL LISTEN? Ancient Sumer, 3800 BC. Indentured and forced into prostitution to survive, a reluctant seer known only as Girl, finds herself experiencing cataclysmic visions. Kaylem, most junior scribe of the Temple and her one, true friend, realises Girl is the mouthpiece of the gods and is the only one to believe her. Somehow, Girl and Kaylem must convince the corrupt priestcraft of Ur to heed Girl's message...

If you have a Jane Austen-would-have-been-my-best-friend complex, look no further... [Barron] has painstakingly sifted through the famed author's letters and writings, as well as extensive biographical information, to create a finely detailed portrait of Austen's life - with a dash of fictional murder... Some of the most enjoyable, well-written fanfic ever created. - O Magazine May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant...

May, 1989. The two nuclear superpowers are finally talking peace, but not everyone in the Soviet Union seeks such resolution. Senior Soviet ministers and generals conduct a coup to seize power and prevent the dissolution of the USSR and the Warsaw Pact. To cover up their plot and capitalize on the resulting chaos, they invade West Germany, setting off a chain of events and the Third World War. Across Europe, soldiers and spies are drawn into the conflict....

From Fear City to the City of Dreams, the greatest American turnaround story from the people who made it happen.