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Dans ce deuxième volume des Aventuriers de la mer, La Vivacia, le dernier bateau qui subsiste dans la famille des Vestrit, est désormais confiée à Kyle, qui compte en faire un transport d'esclaves afin de restaurer la fortune d'antan. Pour parvenir à ses fins, celui-ci entend soumettre chacun des siens à sa volonté de fer : son propre fils Hiémain, qui s'est destiné à des études humanistes, est condamné contre son gré à travailler à bord du navire.

De l'édification du mur de Berlin à l'effondrement de l'Union soviétique, la grande aventure du XXe siècle telle que personne ne l'a jamais racontée. 1961. Les Allemands de l'Est ferment l'accès à Berlin-Ouest. La tension entre les États-Unis et l'Union soviétique s'exacerbe pour atteindre un point culminant l'année suivante avec la crise des missiles de Cuba. Le monde scindé en deux blocs se livre une guerre froide qui risque de devenir une guerre nucléaire.

Etta James, the legendary jazz, gospel, rhythm & blues, and soul singer, was perfectly positioned to reign as the supreme artist in the emerging soul genre of the '40s and '50s in America. No one ever doubted her talent, the highly distinctive and versatile nature of her voice, or her drive to succeed, and yet, she has been "woefully overlooked" in the history of indigenous rock and blues music in the United States.

Hear rare recordings from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: Ezra Pound, "Old Men With Beautiful Manners"; W. B. Yeats, "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"; Robert Graves, "A Last Poem"'; Edna St. Vincent Millay, "The Harp-Weaver"; Richard Eberhart, "The Groundhog"; Philip Levine, "Blasting from Heaven"; Marianne Moore, "The Mind Is an Enchanting Thing"; Stephen Spender, "What I Expected"; and Vachel Lindsay, "An Interpolation by Mr. Lindsay".

Kids of Appetite by David Arnold is a tragicomedy of first love and devastating loss for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Jennifer Niven. In the Hackensack Police Department, Vic Benucci and his friend, Mad, are explaining how they found themselves wrapped up in a grisly murder. But in order to tell that story, they have to go way back.... It all started when Vic's dad died. Vic's dad was his best friend, and even now, two years later, he can't bring himself to touch the Untouchable Urn of Oblivion that sits in his front hall.

This collection brings together history, science, philosophy and comedy to explore our age-old search for meaning. We live in an age of self-improvement and self-examination - lifehacking, wellbeing, self-care, mindfulness retreats - but this seemingly very modern phenomenon is a pursuit that dates back for millennia.

Un tueur en série. Une légiste. Lequel des deux l'emportera ? Depuis qu'elle a échappé pour la deuxième fois à celui que les médias ont surnommé le " boucher du bayou ", le Dr Wren Muller se tient éloignée de sa table d'autopsie, toujours sous le choc. Mais Jeremy Rose, lui, n'a pas l'intention d'en rester là. Tandis qu'il fuit la Nouvelle-Orléans, il continue à semer le chaos dans son sillage, déterminé à faire jouer Wren selon ses propres règles tordues.

My name is Sarah Dearly, and trouble is my middle name. Last month, the world’s worst blind date turned me into a vampire. Then I may have, accidentally, ignited a war between local bloodsuckers and a group of murderously misguided vampire hunters who’ve nicknamed me the Slayer of Slayers. Now the vampire council is using me as bait to draw out the hunters’ badass leader, while my gorgeous 600-year-old boyfriend, Thierry seems to be blowing me off, and my super-hot, fanged friend Quinn wants to turn my self-defense lessons into make-out sessions.

Recently home from their trip to Brighton, Eliza and Connie are deep in preparation for the local village fete. Half the villagers are involved too, and once the marquee is assembled, it soon fills up with eager stall holders. With the competition prizes awarded, the afternoon is almost at an end, but everything stops when a body is found hidden amongst the debris. Dead!

Formidable conteur, Marcel Pagnol raconte la vengeance de Manon qui découvre l’existence de la source cherchée en vain par son père, et qui était connue des autres villageois. Bergère, " belle sauvageonne ", Manon est l’héroïne flamboyante de ce roman provençal.

Raina and Wizard are back, racing across the Northern Waste to outrun ice pirates as they follow a distress call to an isolated community that just might hold the answers to the mystery of Wizard's missing-and-presumed-dead, now-possibly-alive sister, Tatiana. But instead of answers, all they find are buried secrets and a truckload of trouble. Warning: Frozen includes nonstop action, Reavers, snowscooters, plasguns, frigid temperatures, rebels, a heroine who's a blonde tsunami with a backbone of pure steel, and a smart, hot hero who has a little difficulty with emotion.

August 1901: A garden party at Oak House is the perfect way to bring the villagers of Moreton-on-Thames together. It’s also an excellent chance for Eliza Thomson to snoop around her old home. Being told to stay outdoors wasn’t going to stop her and best friend, Connie, from taking a look inside, but when the master of the house is found murdered, they have some explaining to do....

The first comprehensive collection of writings by the Black Panther Party founder and revolutionary icon of the Black liberation era, The Huey P. Newton Reader combines now-classic texts ranging in topic from the formation of the Black Panthers, African Americans and armed self-defense, and FBI infiltration of civil rights groups with never-before-published writings from the Black Panther Party archives and Newton’s private collection, including articles on President Nixon, prison martyr George Jackson, Pan-Africanism, affirmative action, Cuba, and more.

Someone knows what really happened.... On a cold December day, teenager Joy Enright is found drowned at the edge of a frozen pond. When an autopsy reveals she was strangled first, suspicion is thrown onto Martin, the young graduate who was last to see her alive. Someone who is prepared to keep their secret at any cost. In a small community, secrets are hard to keep, and as the web of lies around Joy's life and death unravels, the truth will either bring one family closer together or tear them further apart.

Based on John Ball's novel which inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series, In the Heat of the Night pits a visiting black detective from California against a small Alabama town simmering with anger over desegregation. A fitting reflection of America in the 1960s, this Off-Broadway hit is provocative, timely, and uncomfortably relevant.

Dating is hard, but so is life. I’m writing this book for all of you struggling to find love, happiness, or enjoyment. There’s no formula for getting what you want, but the lessons learned while dating leave you stronger than before, all the while making you smile more than you would think. Go with it, trust me.

Step into the heart-pounding saga of a teenage girl whose life is flipped upside down by a shocking revelation—her parents are gone, and she is suddenly anointed as the Queen of Hearts. Thrust into a clandestine world where the stakes are as high as her royal title, she must navigate a labyrinth of secrets and allegiances.

Do you ever feel as though history is frustratingly repeating itself, with the dreaded ghosts of the past relentlessly attempting to sabotage your present? Has your confidence been shaken, leaving you struggling to find the courage to hold up the mirror and face vulnerability head-on? Rest assured, you’re not alone!

Spannende Kriminalfälle, scheinbar unlösbare Rätsel, haarsträubende Erlebnisse. Für die drei Geschwister Josh, Hank und Jeff aus dem Londoner Stadtteil Brixton kann es nicht knifflig und mysteriös genug sein. Mit Eifer und Elan stürzen sich die Drei in jedes Abenteuer. So wie auch in diesem Fall... Ein Archäologe verschwindet spurlos bei einem Tauchgang. Ist er tot? Für immer verloren? Und was hat es mit dem geheimnisvollen Wrack auf sich, nach dem er getaucht ist? Ist es wirklich das sagenumwobene Schiff des legendären Entdeckers Vasco da Gama? Die Sao Gabriel?

Um zu beweisen, dass er des Thrones von Iolkos würdig ist, soll der junge Jason das Goldene Vließ, das Fell des göttlichen Widders beschaffen, das vom halbgöttlichen König Aietes und einem Drachen bewacht wird. Dazu sammelt er eine Mannschaft von Helden um sich, wie sie die antike Welt noch nicht gesehen hat: So etwa den starken Herakles, den Sänger Orpheus, die Jägerin Atalante, den Dieb Autolykos … und schließlich auch Medea, die Priesterin der Hexengöttin Hekate, die ihm sowohl Glück, als auch maßloses Leid bringen soll.