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371481) Requiem Périgord
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Le thriller « Requiem Périgord » est le 6éme opus de la série Périgord (Le Blues du Périgord, Périgord Rhapsodie, Symphonie Périgord, Nocturnes Périgord, Dernière Sonate en Périgord).
Laurie n'imaginait pas qu'un jour son passé, qu'elle pensait avoir enterré à Sorillac, la rattraperait pour venir percuter violemment son présent au point de mettre en danger sa vie et celle de son fils Lucien. Jusqu'o peut-on souffrir, comment résister...
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Cara shares her bedroom with her toys, but she has no idea what they get up to when she is not there, which is probably a good thing!
Some are very special to Cara, some not so much.
The house is quiet, Cara and her mum have left for school, the lady who tidies up has arrived. The toys are alone and behaving themselves, for now anyway! Misty and Pip, Cara's cats, are curled up downstairs on the sofa, probably for the rest of the day!
Phoebe,...
371483) Loaves of Love
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As the only girl in a family of eight, Katie Swartzentruber has been left in charge of her family's bakery while her mother recuperates from surgery. At first, Katie doesn't think tending to the bakery alone will be difficult. She's worked alongside her mother for years. But Christmas is coming, and with the holiday comes a flood of patrons, both regulars and tourists. When Katie becomes overwhelmed with the orders she is receiving, she is tempted...
371484) Colonization
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Finding a new home has never been so dangerous.
Andromeda has spent all seventeen years of her life aboard a deep space transport vessel destined for a paradise planet. Her safe cocoon is about to break open as Paradise 21 looms only one month away, and she must take the aptitude tests to determine her role on the new world and her computer assigned lifemate. As a great-granddaughter of the Commander of the ship, she wants to live up to her family...
371485) Murder Without a Hitch
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Past trauma meets the present... When someone from Valeria Cosoi's past sends her a package in the mail, she is tempted to just send it right back. But when she sees the very personal contents inside, her world is tipped upside down, as she realizes what she has believed about the past isn't really true. Valeria reluctantly sets out to uncover the truth, only to quickly meet resistance. A threat is made, one that has been carried out before... Can...
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"You're an old soul, Journey, and your reason will serve you well, but you mustn't forget to play, sometimes. There is great value in being silly, at least once in awhile." Fairy Godparent Journey travels through a twisted world of fairy tales, solving frivolous puzzles and unmuddling ridiculous messes for those who wish for help. Taking on whatever identity and clothing is required--including many outfits they find far too sparkly for their liking--Journey...
371487) Talking out loud
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Readers love to hear your characters talk. They might know nothing about the art of creating a believable plot. They may not care about whether your settings are factually correct. But, they do know how real people talk. They hear it every day. Most of them like to talk too.
This informative book guides you through the pitfalls of creating dialogue, and suggests ways to tighten the words you put into the mouths of those who live on your pages.
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371488) Stories from the Attic
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From a celebrated master of the Southern Gothic comes a last collection
of hard-hitting short fiction, his final posthumous work
Beloved for his novels Twilight, The Long Home, and The Lost Country
and his groundbreaking collection I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down,
William Gay returns with one final posthumous collection of short stories, adapted
from the archive found after his death in February 2012. In addition to previously
unpublished...
371489) Cottage Cove Homecoming
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In the small town of Cottage Cove, Conrad returns after years away, seeking help from the one person he's always trusted: Whitney. But he's taken aback when he encounters a remarkable change in her. No longer the shy and awkward girl he once knew, Whitney has blossomed into a sassy, sweet, and stunning woman with an impressive talent for baking. When Whitney takes charge of a special project that could bring attention to the retired football pro,...
371490) Death At The Last Chapter
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After meeting his old friend Tom, Robert Bruce is commissioned to help Tom find the daughter he never knew. But even before he can begin his quest, Robert is drawn to a murder investigation. Closely guarded family secrets and crooked cops both seem to have something to do with the killing. Dedicated to unravel the mystery, Robert swears he will find the killer - and Tom's daughter. With bodies piling up and clues hard to come by, can Robert solve...
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Égalité Femmes-Hommes ou Hommes-Femmes...
Une cinquantaine de femmes de tous horizons et de dix pays nous parlent de cette différence.
Les textes reçus sont explicites du décalage de plus en plus grand au sein de notre société. L'actualité confirme chaque semaine le recul insupportable en la matière.
Ce recueil de nouvelles est donc très réussi. Il est fort, plein de courage, de cris, de beauté, et surtout toujours très touchant.
Tous...
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Une énigme qui traverse les générations...
Avril 1945. Anna Schmidt erre dans les rues dévastées de Berlin à la recherche d'un abri. Janvier 1953. Elle confie à son cousin Heinrich une mystérieuse lettre qu'elle lui demande de remettre à son fils Josef si un jour celui-ci se sentait en danger et venait la réclamer. Septembre 2012. La capitaine Hoffer enquête sur l'assassinat d'un gardien du musée d'Histoire de Berlin. Le mobile du crime...
371493) K-9 Blues
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An ancient Evil invades Chula Vista. Two K9 officers are framed, when they get close to the truth, banished from the CVPD, must turn to their sometimes rivals, the Three Dog Detective Agency. What's at stake, however, is not the fate of two K9s, but the fate of a city.
371495) The Machu Picchu Mystery
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The fourth and most spooky Monstacademy mystery.The mountains are full of secrets...Trixie, Gloria and Colin are off on a trip to Peru to study ancient monsters. When they arrive and find that the children of the local school for monsters are disappearing, it becomes a race against time. Has a dark secret that's been trapped in the mountains come back to haunt them all? Has an ancient Inca curse been released? Or is it somebody much closer to home?The...
371496) March
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I might be the beta, but I'm all alpha wolf. Not many females appeal to me, but I know when I like what I see. My alpha bitch's cousin is gorgeous, smart, and confident. She's probably also a red wolf and I don't think she likes me. I don't know why, I'm a great guy.My worries about my cousins, both of them, just keep multiplying. They are involved with some kind of weird cult. Most of the people seem alright, but this one guy is an arrogant pecker...
371497) Holly and the Pittie Party
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After her family realizes the puppy they adopted is a pit bull, Holly finds herself abandoned in the city. To make matters worse, many people are unwilling to help her because of the misconceptions about her breed. Holly's search for love (and food) takes her through the city to a dog park, an animal shelter, and, finally, a fabulous pittie party. Against the backdrop of a culture not yet ready to accept all kinds of dogs, Holly learns that love and...
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Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 106
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At first, Claudia hated going back to seventh grade. But things are definitely improving. She's on top of her schoolwork, she's made some great friends, and her new classmates really look up to her -- so much that they nominate her to be Queen of the Seventh Grade. And when the votes come in, the results are clear: Claudia's not just adjusting to seventh grade, she's ruling it! Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which...
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Prepare to be swept away as two couples embark on an odyssey of secret longings and scorching desires. City of Sin by Nana Malone A weekend at Las Vegas's over-the-top Decadence Hotel is strictly business for marketing analyst Synthia Michaels. Until her rival for a major account gorgeous, blue-eyed Tristan Dawson shows her just how irresistible a bad boy can be. But unless the reformed playboy can inspire her trust as well as her passion, what happens...
371500) Restored
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Eighteen years ago, Henry Asquith, Duke of Avesbury had to leave his kept lover, Kit Redford, in order to devote himself to raising his young family. Now, a lifetime later, his children are moving on and for the first time in years, Henry is alone.
During a rare visit to London, Henry unexpectedly happens upon an old friend of Kit's and learns that Kit did not receive the financial pay off he was entitled to when Henry left him. Instead Kit was thrown...
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