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Loulou is usually a happy little child without a care in the world. But, she's about to learn a tough lesson on human nature. It begins with a smartphone... Loulou's parents have finally decided it was time to let their daughter own a smartphone. They wanted Lou Lou to fit in with her peers at her new school, as she always tended to be, ridiculed. They hoped it would be different at her new school this time, but sometimes, life doesn't always bend...
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Extrait : "- Permettez-moi, monsieur, de vous demander... Le passant tressaillit et, quelque peu effrayé, considéra le personnage à grande pelisse qui lui adressait ainsi la parole à brûle-pourpoint, vers huit heures du soir, au milieu de la rue (lieu et heure, - on le sait assez! - o un individu abordé à l'improviste par un Pétersbourgeois a tout droit de s'effrayer).
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12923) The Voice in the Fog
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Excerpt: "The Seriphus was a ten thousand ton, straight bow ocean tanker, and her history was the common one of Clyde-built ships-a voyage here and a passage there, charters by strange oil companies, petrol for Brazil, crude petroleum that went to Asia (for anointment purposes among the heathen) and once there was a hurried call to some unpronounceable Aegean port where the Seriphus acted against the Turks in their flare-up after the Great War. The...
12924) Juggernaut
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Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Africa.
It is no ordinary juggernaut. Longer than a football pitch, weighing 550 tons, and moving at just five miles per hour, its job - and that of troubleshooter Neil Mannix - is to move a giant transformer across an oil-rich African state. But when Nyala erupts in civil war, Mannix's juggernaut is at the centre of the conflict - a target of ambush and threat, with no way to run and nowhere...
12925) Valentine
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Extrait : "La partie sud-est du Berry renferme quelques lieues d'un pays singulièrement pittoresque. La grande route qui le traverse dans la direction de Paris à Clermont étant bordée des terres les plus habitées, il est difficile au voyageur de soupçonner la beauté des sites qui l'avoisinent. Mais à celui qui, cherchant l'ombre et le silence, s'enfoncerait dans un de ces chemins tortueux et encaissés qui débouchent sur la route à chaque...
12926) Zoology
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A funny, wise and heartwarming story of a young man's first forays into love during a long, hot summer in New York City. Henry likes to think of himself as a promising jazz musician. The truth, however, is slightly less glamorous. At 18, he's dropped out of university, lives at home with his bickering parents, and spends most of his time with the family dog. The outlook, it seems, is bleak. So when his brother offers to put him up for the summer in...
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Together for the first time in one omnibus binding are all ten of the original Tarzan Novels that cemented Tarzan's name in the annals of heroic fiction. That's more than one thousand pages of pulse pounding adventure. Almost a million words! Plus superb color illustrations from some of the original titles.
Return to a simpler more exciting time with Tarzan and his adventures.
Included in this edition:
• Tarzan of the Apes
• The Return Of Tarzan
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12928) Nuit montmartroise
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Extrait : "- Oh, la vie débordante de Montmartre, la vie nocturne de Montmartre, la vie nocturne de Montmartre surtout, tous ces cris, tous ces refrains, toute cette gaieté qui s'émanent des concerts, des bals, des music-hall et des cabarets plus ou moins artistiques, courent les rues, animent les femmes et les hommes et donnent à toutes et à tous ces visages rieurs et ces bouches épanouies ; on s'amuse peut-être à Paris ; on ne rit qu'à...
12929) Antidote to Venom
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George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care. As Surridge's debts mount and the pressure on him increases, he begins to dream of miracle solutions. But is he cunning enough to turn his dreams into reality - and could he commit the most devious murder in pursuit of his goals? This ingenious crime novel,...
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Tagore's treatment of caste culture, bureaucracy and poverty paint a vivid portrait of nineteenth century India and all are, interwoven with Tagore's perceptive eye for detail, strong sense of humanity and deep affinity for the natural world. Tagore's stories continue to rise above geographic and cultural boundaries to capture the imaginations of readers around the world.
This collection contains some of the best stories of Tagore who put India on...
12931) Le cas de Madame Luneau
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Extrait : "Le juge de paix, gros, avec un œil fermé et l'autre à peine ouvert, écoute les plaignants d'un air mécontent. Parfois il pousse une sorte de grognement qui fait préjuger son opinion, et il interrompt d'une voix grêle comme celle d'un enfant, pour poser des questions."
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Step on to a stage full of stories with this beautiful anthology of 12 stories from Shakespeare, re told to be accessible for children.
Get lost in Shakespeare's most loved stories with this beautiful anthology of some of the most popular stories in the world. Introduce the children in your life to a collection of the most important stories every written, collected and retold by the much-loved author Angela McAllister. Featuring classics such...
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Aristophane est inconsolable : ses rivaux dramaturges monopolisent toute l'attention d'Athènes, un aspirant poète en mal de reconnaissance lui colle aux basques, ses acteurs sont incapables de retenir la moindre réplique et son propre mécène semble avoir été piqué par la mouche de l'avarice.
Comment La Paix, sa dernière comédie, pourrait-elle convaincre les Athéniens de s'opposer à la guerre contre Sparte dans de telles conditions ?
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12934) The Love Magnet of Oz
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There's a new witch in the broken castle of the Wicked Witch of the West. She calls herself The Sorceress Lady Mumps, and she wants to make Oz marvelous again. All she needs is three clever cronies and a powerful weapon. Meanwhile, at Reed Elementary, Mildred finds an old magnet stuck to the buckle of her old boot. Louise recognizes it immediately. But this charm has more magic than anyone ever knew. When Mildred and Louise and their friend Thaddeus...
12935) Children's Stories
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TODAY WE BRING YOU A HUGE GIFT!DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO LEARN VALUES OR DO YOU WANT TO STRENGTHEN HIS READING HABIT? , if the answer is yes! , THIS BOOK IS FOR THEM , it has been shown that READING AND MENTAL EXERCISE helps develop concentration, perception and stimulates empathy in children, our entire team produced content that is attractive to your child's mind and effective at time to DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, the...
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When the prompter falls dead during the second act of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre during a matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera, as one can imagine, it causes quite a stir, especially when it is discovered that the deceased, a one-time world-famous Heldentenor has been poisoned. The detective assigned to the case, Lt. Quentin, finds himself immersed in the backstage drama of professional opera. His task is made more difficult when he decides...
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Jane Austen: Stolz und Vorurteil Neu editierte Ausgabe 2020, mit aktualisierter Rechtschreibung Im England des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts steht die junge und schöne Elizabeth Bennet vor einer Lebensentscheidung: Der Wahl des passenden Heiratskandidaten. Ihr stolzes Wesen lässt sie jedoch immer wieder zurückschrecken und zaudern. Die Partnersuche wird zur Psycho-Tortur für sie selbst und für ihre Verehrer. Austens Roman folgt oberflächlich...
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Dubbed the 'father of science fiction', H.G. Wells forged the path down which many have followed.
This beautiful hardback compendium assembles four of his most iconic science fiction works: War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Time Machine. Whether concerning alien invasion, time travel or the risks of scientific development, these tales examine the potential futures of humanity which are at once thrilling and terrifying.
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12939) Little Red Riding Minnie
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Little Red Riding Minnie's grandmother is awfully sick, so she decides to bake a batch of her famous cookies to make her grandmother feel better! But as soon as Big Bad Pete learns that Little Red Riding Minnie is baking cookies, he thinks up a crafty plan to steal the cookies for himself! Don't miss this hilarious retelling of the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood-with a Disney twist!
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A Nebula Award winner presents tales that shaped modern science fiction and fantasy-five complete novels by Mark Twain, H.G. Wells, and more. In this handpicked collection, New York Times–bestselling author Greg Bear travels back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when novelists let their imaginations soar beyond conventional boundaries of time and space and contributed to the emergence of imaginative new literary genres. In 1889,...
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