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From the haunted hills of Roman Britain to the sewers of occupied Warsaw … in the bloodied streets of Revolutionary Paris, and the anarchy World War II Shanghai … out of the wilds of America, India, Africa and Europe … down the long savage darkness of the centuries, monsters have fed upon us. They are shapeshifters, vampires, sorcerers and spirits—things named only in myth, and things for which we have no name. They are our demons, our reflections, our desires and our nightmares. And all too often, they are … only human.

In the heart of Paris, in the posh building made famous in The Elegance of Hedgehog, Pierre Athens, the greatest food critic in the world, is dying. Revered by some and reviled by many, Monsieur Arthens has been lording it over the world's most esteemed chefs for years, passing judgment on their creations, deciding their fates with a stroke of his pen, destroying and building reputations on a whim. But now, during these his final hours, his mind has turned to simpler things.

From the 1950s through the 1970s, downtown Manhattan was a hotbed of creative life where artists and writers were free to explore ideas and push boundaries. As a young man, celebrated author and playwright Joseph Caldwell arrived from Milwaukee to become one of the original pioneers of New York's gay bohemian community. In this charming, brutally candid memoir, Caldwell describes his tenure working at the venerated classical music station WQXR, marching in civil protests and being arrested, his evolution as a writer, and his many accomplished acquaintances.

Des attaques terroristes visent les symboles religieux de l’Occident - à Montréal, l’oratoire Saint-Joseph est touché -, des écoterroristes s’en prennent à des scientifiques du domaine agroalimentaire... Qui a intérêt à attiser les conflits religieux? Qui peut profiter d’un terrorisme qui menace la survie même du genre humain? Guru Gizmo Gaïa, la nouvelle coqueluche d’Internet, annonce que la Terre va sévir contre cette humanité qui la ravage.

1996. Pour avoir démantelé Body Store, une organisation internationale de trafic d’organes, John Paul Hurtubise a subi de terribles représailles: ses enfants ont été «vidés» de tous leurs organes et ses proches, menacés de mort.

Pour l’inspecteur-chef Théberge, tout débute avec la découverte, dans la voiture d’un gestionnaire, du corps totalement exsangue d’une danseuse de club. Qui donc aurait intérêt à faire croire qu’un vampire hante les rues de Montréal? Quelque temps plus tard, le milieu financier en entier est secoué par le décès – mort suspecte, suicide, assassinat - de plusieurs gestionnaires et par la disparition de 750 millions de dollars des coffres de la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.

Normalement, les cadavres ne sourient pas. Et ils n'ont pas l'air aussi heureux. Pas après avoir reçu deux balles dans la tête. D'où la perplexité de l'inspecteur-chef Dufaux... Sans parler des écoterroristes de Vert Demain, en guerre contre les producteurs d'or, qu'ils veulent éliminer de la surface de la planète. Et comme si les choses n'étaient pas suffisamment compliquées, il y a les étranges persécutions qui viennent pourrir la vie de Dufaux. Il y a ce mystérieux Roy Fisher, qui a l'air de sortir de nulle part.

Pendant qu'au Québec l'Église de la Réconciliation Universelle recrute secrètement des personnalités influentes, à Ottawa, un nouveau parti politique, l'Alliance progressiste-libérale et démocratique, veut prendre le pouvoir afin de maintenir l'unité du pays et de garantir la sécurité du territoire. Or, la campagne électorale québécoise est marquée par une violence ethnique et linguistique sans précédent, ce qui fait craindre le pire à la population et fournit de l'eau au moulin de l'APLD.

Weaving together three unique voices, My October is a masterful tale of a modern family torn apart by the power of language and the weight of history. Spare and insightful, Claire Holden Rothman's new novel explores the fascinating and sometimes shocking consequences of words left unsaid.

Un bain. Du sang. Un cadavre qui baigne dans le sang… Beaucoup de sang. Beaucoup trop pour une seule personne. D’où vient tout ce sang? Où sont les autres corps? Pourquoi le bain est-il exposé dans une vitrine? Au cours de son enquête, l’inspecteur Henri Dufaux croisera notamment des trafiquants d’êtres humains, un mafieux pianiste et philosophe, un ministre adepte de galipettes thaïlandaises, une psychanalyste gentiment sarcastique et un producteur porno qui veut sauver l’Occident....

À la controversée époque de l'Union nationale de Maurice Duplessis, le petit Armand, cinq ans, est placé avec sa sœur chez des étrangers sur une ferme à Saint-Augustin de Mirabel. Bien qu'il fut, et restera toujours, un petit garçon de la ville, il a la chance de vivre avec des gens aimants, qui n'avaient pour but que de faire un beau geste et de se créer une famille bien à eux.

La canicule fait rage à Montréal. Une série de meurtres menace la sécurité des habitants de la métropole. Deux détectives sont aux prises avec un passé qui ne veut pas se laisser oublier. Comme si ce n'était pas assez, le mécontentement étudiant s'est transformé en bruyante dissidence populaire. L'été est chaud... au sens propre et figuré. Avant la fin du mois de juillet, plusieurs atteindront leur point de rupture et verront leur vie changée à jamais.

Born into a famous family of artists, Pierre Matisse grew up immersed in the artistic life of Paris and the French Riviera, spending time with some of the most famous artists of the 20th century, including Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. The man he knew as his grandfather, legendary artist Henri Matisse, gave him his first painting lesson and a strong desire to become a great artist in his own right.

After escaping Kings Hollow, Julien, in an effort to keep his family whole, denies the emotional and physical scars that came back with them. His wife, Rachael, is tormented by their little girl, Jessica, who now shows signs of possessing the same dangerous gifts as Sarah. Rachael is terrified to be alone with the child she once desperately wished for and decides to end it all.

When Louis, a magnetic 40-something musician searching for true love, meets Francine, a young divorcée who immediately falls for him, everything seems simple. However, even though Louis is a widower, he needs the approval of his meddling twin sister, Alix, and his troubled adolescent son, Frédéric. What's more, Francine happens to be Frédéric's French teacher and the mother of a boy he hates

David and Gaspard are cousins bonded not only by blood but by an allegiance to their shared winemaking heritage. Breaking with tradition and moving their vineyards near Bordeaux threatens to upset the family - and that's only the beginning of their troubles. Short on funding, the two are forced to team up with a wealthy but morally bankrupt engineer - an alliance that may come at too high a price.

During the Great War, Hermann Kohler and Jean-Louis St-Cyr fought in Alsace on opposite sides of the barbed wire. Two decades later, they return as partners: a Gestapo officer and a French cop investigating everyday crimes in a world gone mad with war. In February 1943, Alsace is unrecognizable - an occupied country where speaking French is all it takes to lose one’s freedom.

Twelve short stories, 12 points of view, 12 neighborhoods of the same town, and finally, 12 pieces of the same puzzle. Paris Noir takes you on a ride through the old medieval center of town with its intertwined streets, its ghosts, and its secrets buried in history. You'll cruise Paris with its nightclubs full of mysterious beauties who seem to have a lot to hide.

On a hot summer afternoon in 1944, SS troops wiped out an entire French village. 644 men, women and children died that day. Just one child survived. This book tells the story of what happened in Oradour, and imagines what drove both the SS officer who ordered the massacre, and the seven-year-old boy who escaped it. Powerful, moving and almost unbearably tense, this book weaves the truth about what happened to the people in Oradour into a powerful fictional story centred on two characters: the plucky, inspirational seven-year-old Alfred Fournier, refugee and resident of Oradour, and the hot-headed, power-hungry SS commander who shattered his world and changed his life for ever, Major Gustav Dietrich. As their two worlds collide, we gain a fascinating insight into the extremes and contradictions of human behaviour and emotion. With a twist in the tale, this is a story which leaves the reader surprised, inspired and profoundly moved.

At the age of nine Julien Grenier witnessed the brutal murder of his grandfather. Now, at forty-five, he continues to be plagued by horrific nightmares of that tragic event. Julien has recreated himself, building emotional walls that even his young wife cannot penetrate. Julien is a good man with a heart of gold, enabling his wife, Rachael, to turn a blind eye to his tightly-kept secrets. But after a home invasion assault leaves Rachael emotionally unstable and destroys their care-free and content world, they relocate to a safer environment with the hope of a fresh start.