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A powerful new novel, heart-breaking but ultimately uplifting, from the author of the classic Twopence to Cross The Mersey.
Life in a Liverpool tenement block during the Great Depression is a grim struggle for Martha Connelly and her poverty-stricken family, as every day renews the threat of homelessness, hunger and disease.
Family warmth remains constant however, despite the misery and disquiet of the slum surroundings, and the indomitable neighbourhood...
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À la sortie d'un cimetière, une femme meurt dans les bras de Rose et lui confie son carnet...
« Elle me pointe un petit carnet qui gît le long du caniveau et murmure :
- Dites-leur pour moi que je les aime.
Je demande :
- À qui ?
Elle convulse.
Je pleure.
- À qui ?
Elle est partie.
La femme qui sortait du cimetière est venue mourir dans mes bras... Je souffle « Je le leur dirai » comme une promesse indestructible.
Rose ne sait pas...
6223) The Tussle
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The Tussle is the story of an Indian girl with a potential for excellence and the ensuing social drama that ruin hopes in an attempt to promote welfare. The story pictures a darker undercurrent that still runs in the veins of the Indian society as opposed to the bright and glamorous picture that the more privileged among us are used to.Mohona wanted to get out of the vicious cycle of poverty and ignorance and achieve the educational and social standards...
6224) La route de Zanzibar
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La route de Zanzibar conte l'histoire d'un homme très ordinaire, médiocre, mal aimé, hypocondriaque, qui est habité par un rêve : partir! Partir, seul, à la voile, faire le tour de l'Afrique jusqu'à Zanzibar. Parviendra-t-il à accomplir ce voyage ? À changer de vie ? Nous sommes tous, peu ou prou, dans l'espérance d'un départ. Pourtant, comme le dit W. Faulkner : « Cette espérance sans fondement qui est la nourriture des faibles » est-elle...
6225) Queenie
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For young Queenie, life in the backstreets of Whitechapel was a lesson in survival - Hitler's bombs hit those with nothing the hardest. When danger strikes close to home, Queenie finds an ally in Mrs. O'Leary, whose two sons are the kingpins of the East End. But while the O'Leary's are the light in Queenie's life, fate has a different path in store. Now married to the useless Albie Butler, Queenie is raising her children to fight their own battles....
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How much adversity can a person take?A brilliant financial attorney, Claudia is under Clawson's control both at his law firm where she works and at home. He even orchestrated her marriage. He has kept her under his thumb since she was a small child even though he refuses to acknowledge her as his daughter.What power does Clawson hold over Claudia? How can he manipulate her to do his bidding even when it is illegal and unethical? Even when it could...
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Suivez les reboiseurs dans leurs rêves et leur dur labeur, au coeur des grands espaces de l'Ouest canadien!
J'ai appris de la femme que j'aime que ce n'est pas le silence qui neutralise les individus, mais l'absence de repères, ceux qui balisent les échanges, le soutien moral et la reconnaissance. Quotidiennement, nous avons su éclairer et guider nos actions de façon commune et le reboisement, la plantation d'arbres dans l'Ouest canadien, nous...
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Condamné à des travaux d'intérêt général, Anna Marchal est envoyée dans un centre de sauvegarde pour les oiseaux blessés.
Anna Marchal est condamnée à deux mois de prison pour dégradation de voiture et menaces verbales contre son voisin qu'elle accuse d'avoir empoisonné son chat. Comme elle n'a toutefois jamais eu affaire à la justice, sa peine est aménagée en travaux d'intérêt général, qu'elle accomplira dans un centre de sauvegarde...
6229) Shining Hero
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A rich and dramatic story of a poor young Indian boy who fights like a tiger to achieve fame and fortune.
In a village just outside present-day Calcutta, Koonty, a young girl, is squatting in pain beside the river, convinced that her agony is the result of a fish allergy. It's not - she's giving birth and as the realisation dawns on her, she makes the connection with the encounter she had all those months ago with the swimming stranger with the golden...
6230) The Perfect Scandal
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THE PERFECT SCANDAL is book #23 in a new psychological suspense series by bestselling author Blake Pierce, which begins with The Perfect Wife, a #1 bestseller (and free download) with over 5,000 five-star ratings and 1,000 five-star reviews.
Can Jessie outsmart her keeper before it’s too late?
Or will Jessie Hunt become just another cold case?
A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense,...
6231) Hellbounce
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Prison psychologist Eva Ross has dealt with her share of sinners. The corrupt, the insane; their minds were hers to unlock. But when those around her start to show the same characteristics, she is forced to turn to a stranger for help.Together with the mysterious Madden Scott, Eva enters a new reality. As the world around her shifts, secrets barely hidden under the surface are revealed.In an adventure that takes them through nightmares and across...
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"Pandora, l'espérance malmenée" vous convie à un voyage à travers l'histoire de l'humanité, depuis la préhistoire jusqu'à l'ère du transhumanisme. L'arrière-plan de ce récit est une planète gravement altérée par son habitant le plus évolué, l'être humain. Une question s'impose : chez l'homme, l'intelligence et la conscience peuvent-elles dialoguer harmonieusement ? Selon la mythologie, Pandora réussit à préserver l'espérance qui...
6233) I Hate It I Want It
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Lonely, living in a car she stole, with money running low, still tormented by an affliction she Can't understand and impulses she struggles to control, 25 year old Lisa Hedge continues her descent into the construct of the psychopathic serial killer she believes she is meant to be, determined to document it all. After torturing and killing animals for years at the behest of the despotic voice, Lisa wants to graduate to murder. But she Can't Won't...
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"The Crocodile - An Extraordinary Incident" introduces the reader to Dostoevsky's silly side, with an absurd and surreal plot that will have you howling with laughter. Satirical and deeply humorous, this volume is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Dostoevsky's seminal work. Other notable works by this author include: "Crime and Punishment" (1866), "Notes from the Underground" (1864), and "The Idiot" (1869). Many vintage books such as this...
6235) The Edge of Nowhere
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Some promises are easy to break and harder to forget.
Billy Shaw lives on the edge of nowhere. Half Aleut, half American, he escapes his old life in Alaska for a taste of the real world, the world his father came from, promising his sister and the remaining elders he will return to lead them into a new beginning, a real future.
Just like his American father, flying is in his blood. But unlike his father, he wants more from life. He wants somewhere...
6236) Wilkie Collins - 10 Short Stories of Suspense and Terror from a Master of the Genres (Fantasy and
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This collection of eerie premonitions and ghostly apparitions features ten expertly crafted short stories by one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era.
Wilkie Collins masterfully captures the essence of the ghost story genre, infusing it with his unique blend of literary brilliance. With vivid descriptions and intriguing characters, this collection is a chilling world of suspense, terror, and intrigue. Each story, including 'The Last Stage...
6237) Frissons dans la vallée
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Florence parviendra-t-elle à se reconstruire et à s'épanouir à nouveau ?
Grâce à son courage, sa patience et la bienveillance de ses deux amies, Florence est ressortie plus forte de son divorce. Bien installée dans sa nouvelle vie, elle jongle entre la reprise de son métier d'enseignante et son projet de chambres d'htes qui l'enthousiasme. Sentimentalement, elle oscille entre son ex-mari, qui semble la découvrir sous un jour nouveau, et...
6238) Le privilège du Phénix
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Le Privilège du Phénix , Ce roman paru en 1989 sous le vrai nom de Yasmina Khadra, Mohammed Moulessehoul, revient à l'actualité littéraire qui a porté l'auteur à la célébrité internationale avec notamment, a quoi rêvent les loups? et son écrit autobiographique l'écrivain. Le récit à pour cadre, l'Algérie aux premières années de la conquête coloniale. Il se construit sur une énigme du personnage Flen qui n'a plus que ses pas errants...
6239) The Broken Bird
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One suspicious death. One key to what happened. Innocence and malice, hatched in the same nest, ends in tragedy for one family. Father Tonio Rinaldi helps fold back the layers exposing the rotten egg, standing by to pick up the broken pieces. One girl holds the key to the truth. Can Father Rinaldi guide her into revealing it?
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Heloise is a suburban madam who flies under the radar in her affluent Maryland community by claiming she's a lobbyist. Featured in Laura Lippman's novel And When She Was Good, Heloise first appeared in two short stories, "One True Love" and "Scratch a Woman". In a third story, "Form 95", a police detective spins a web that not even the vigilant Heloise suspects. Available singly or as a collection.