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1701) Rencontre
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Extrait : "Ce fut un hasard, un vrai hasard. Le baron d'Étraille, fatigué de rester debout, entra, tous les appartements de la princesse étant ouverts ce soir de fête, dans la chambre à coucher déserte et presque sombre au sortir des salons illuminés. Il cherchait un siège o dormir, certain que sa femme ne voudrait point partir avant le jour. Il aperçut dès la porte, le large lit d'azur à fleurs d'or, dressé au milieu de la vaste pièce,...
1702) La Grande Bretèche
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La Grande Bretèche est une nouvelle de La Comédie humaine d'Honoré de Balzac. D'abord publiée en 1831 dans les Contes bruns, elle est associée à une autre nouvelle, Le Message, puis dissociée de celui-ci pour être rattachée en 1842 à une grande nouvelle : Autre étude de femme, qui est elle-même un puzzle de nouvelles et de récits.
Lors d'une soirée, le docteur Bianchon s'apprête à raconter à l'assemblée des convives une histoire...
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Evil Readers, as ye partake of Encyclopedia of Hell, rejoice! The hateful sequel written by Satan has arrived!
After Hell's army conquers Insignificant Earth and devours the human race in a celebratory feast, Lord Satan reveals that he will now journey deep into the universe to find the throne of the despised Creator. There Satan will depose God and take his rightful place as Emperor of Existence.
However, hellish complications quickly arise: exposed...
1704) Jacques Galéron
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Extrait : "Madame, si vous avez conservé quelques bons souvenirs du pensionnat Orréard, ne vous rappellerez-vous point cette Elise Mayot, votre meilleure amie d'alors, une grande fille blonde et mince qu'on appelait le peuplier ; qui, plus âgée que vous de deux ans, je crois, vous expliquais vos leçons et recevait vos confidences, quand nous nous promenions, les bras entrelacés, aux heures des récréations, le long du grand mur tapissé de...
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Why can't a wicked witch get a happy ending too? Imprisoning Donnabella was a bad idea-A VERY bad idea-and now Prince Sharman has to pay for it. As soon as she's free, she turns the pompous prince into a frog. Then a miscast spell sends them on an adventure of their own... While Sharman is away, his Winter Palace is conquered by the bratty Prince Gideon, who turns Cinderella into one of slaves. Princes, shapeshifters and witches all find happy endings...
1706) Paper Chase
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Four MI5 retirees prove they've still got it in this spy thriller for fans of Rob Thomas and Hopscotch.
The four old spies are long past their glory days, and now meet up mostly at the funerals of former colleagues, after which they typically enjoy an hour or two of complaining about the relaxation of standards at Britain's security services. The latest indignity: The Director has recently sent round a most discourteous directive that the four are...
1707) Alien Stories
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Celebrated Nigerian-born writer E.C. Osondu delivers a short-story collection of nimble dexterity and startling originality in his BOA Alien Stories.
These eighteen startling stories, each centered around, an encounter with the unexpected, explore what it means to be an alien. With a nod to the dual meaning of alien as both foreigner and extraterrestrial, Osondu turns familiar science-fiction tropes and immigration narratives on their heads, blending...
1708) One Potato
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Eddie Morales finds his lowly R&D life completely upended when his Boise-based biotech firm dispatches him to Puerto Malogrado, a tiny but tumultuous country in South America where the international media is accusing their experimental potatoes of causing a bizarre medical crisis.
Eddie unwillingly arrives in South America only to find his plans for a quick resolution thwarted when he gets caught between the two sides of an impending revolution,...
1709) Tequila Blue
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It's not easy being a cop in Mexico City. Meet Carlito, a police detective with a complicated life. A wife, a mistress, children by both. He resorts to money laundering and arms dealing to finance his police activity. The money for justice must be found somewhere. The corpse in the hotel room is that of a gringo with a weakness for blue movies. Carlito's maverick investigation leads him into a labyrinth of gang wars and corrupt politicians. Rolo Diez,...
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The director of an exclusive New Age meditation centre in a fancy Barcelona neighborhood is murdered, a case for twin detectives Borja and Eduard. The murder of a CIA agent simultaneously drags them into an international conspiracy that transports them to China and back. This hilarious mystery novel is a remorseless satire of those practicing pseudo-science and pseudo-spirituality.
1711) Vintage 1954
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When Hubert Larnaudie invites some fellow residents of his Parisian apartment building to drink an exceptional bottle of 1954 Bordeaux, he has no idea of its special properties.
The following morning, Hubert finds himself waking up in 1950s Paris, as do antique restorer Magalie, mixologist Julien, and Airbnb tenant Bob from Milwaukee, who's on his first trip to Europe.
After their initial shock, the city of Edith Piaf and An American in Paris begins...
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Extrait : "On causait femmes. Monistrac avait la parole. – Un jour de l'été passé, dit-il, je me trouvais, en bras de chemise, le visage défait, les paupières rougies dans une chambre d'htel, à Saint-Malo. Le dernier chapitre d'un roman m'avait tenu à la table de travail, depuis minuit jusqu'à neuf heures du matin, avec la lampe brûlant encore et les rideaux verts couvrant les hautes fenêtres."
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1713) SpaceHive
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"A fast-paced cross-pollination of invading giant wasps and bees sure to sting the imagination." - Paula Shene, author There's a buzz in the air - and it's deadly. After getting kidnapped by alien bees, twelve-year-old Jason Anderson arrives to a spaceship called SpaceHive. There, he learns of a plot to annihilate Earth's population, so that the extra-terrestrial bees can migrate to a new world. As a swarm of spaceships make a beeline toward Earth,...
1714) Disorderly Elements
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A humorous debut spy novel for fans of Ross Thomas, featuring a Cold War MI6 intelligence analyst who uses rumors of a leak to defer his imminent layoff.
"There's a recession on, you know." With an unemployed son and a baby on the way, these are not words that Michael Wyman wants to hear, particularly not from his employers, the university where he's a professor of philosophy, or the British secret service for which he's worked for 30 years. And...
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Dover Publications
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2023.
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Dorothy Parker's literary prowess reveals a razor-sharp wit in this original collection of twelve short stories, published between 1922 and 1927 in the top literary magazines of the day, including The Smart Set, The New Yorker, and The New Republic. These superbly crafted satirical stories, rich with keen insights into human nature, illuminate the pretentious absurdities within relationships between men and women - in and outside of marriage, the...
1716) Herland
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Herland (1915) is a utopian novel by American author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Herland was originally published in The Forerunner, a monthly magazine edited by Gilman, before going out of print for the next several decades. The novel was republished with an influential introduction by scholar Ann J. Lane in 1979 and has since been recognized as an important work of science fiction written by a leading feminist of the early twentieth century.
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"Mark Twain's classic satirical tale of time travel and Arthurian legend Hank Morgan is a supervisor at a firearms factory in Hartford, Connecticut. Following a violent argument with a man named Hercules, Hank is surprised to find himself under an oak tree, staring up at a man on horseback in full armor. The year is 528, and Hank has somehow landed in King Arthur's Court in Camelot. Worse still, Hank is ridiculed by the boorish knights, brought in...
1718) Contes et nouvelles
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Extrait : "Je dois trop au beau sexe, il me fait trop d'honneur De lire ces récits, si tant est qu'il les lise. Pourquoi non ? c'est assez qu'il condamne en son cœur Celles qui font quelque sottise. Ne peut-il pas, sans qu'il le dise, Rire sous cape de ces tours, Quelque aventure qu'il y trouve ?"
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1719) Sam in the Suburbs
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Otbebookpublishing
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2022.
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English
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Having failed miserably while working for his uncle, Sam finds himself shipped off to America. He would much rather have been headed to Canada as he'd fallen in love with the picture of a women he'd found left behind in a remote cabin when he'd vacationed there. That is, until he sees another picture of her, in America, while visiting an old friend. He discovers his dream girl, Kay, is the niece of Matthew Wrenn who works for Mammoth Publishing Company....
1720) The Moneychangers
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Open Road Media
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[2015]
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English
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A financial thriller based on the Panic of 1907 by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Jungle In 1907 the stock market crashed as a result of the manipulations of a group of powerful, wealthy, and unscrupulous men. The repercussions were felt across the nation, taking a devastating toll on thousands of small investors and hardworking Americans. The Moneychangers, written a century before the term "too big to fail" became part of the national...
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