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In this fable by Aesop, a thirsty crow finds a pitcher, but can’t reach the water at the bottom. How will the clever bird quench its thirst?

In this fable by Aesop, Fox plays an insensitive trick on his friend Stork while they eat dinner together.

Comment un homme d’affaires insensible et grincheux peut-il métamorphoser un parc d’attractions voué à apporter du bonheur à ses visiteurs ? C’est pourtant la mission que doit réaliser Rowan Kane pour toucher sa part de l’héritage familial… L’insupportable mais rayonnante Zahra, qui n’a pas sa langue dans sa poche, pourra peut-être lui être utile.
Cette relation, purement professionnelle, n’a que six mois pour porter ses fruits…

Les Aeons sont la première civilisation. Immortels et secrets, ils se tiennent à l'écart des hommes. Wynter sait qu'ils n'auront de cesse que de la capturer et l'exécuter. Fuyant son foyer, elle se réfugie au Cœur des Démons, cité des parias, des proscrits et des déments, régie d'une main de fer par les Anciens, sept êtres éternels autrefois bannis par les Aeons. Le premier d'entre eux est le tristement célèbre Cain, frère d'Abel et incarnation de la jalousie, et il a décidé que Wynter serait sienne.

Embark on a captivating journey into a not-so-distant future where the world teeters on the edge of transformation. Meet Hope Valencia, one of the world's most accomplished PT-SOF agents for the League of Consciousness, as she embarks on a mission that defies the boundaries of time and space. Her adventure commences in the future city of Amsterdam, cloaked in an aura of uncertainty, where a cryptic task awaits her.

Shy and deaf, 23-year-old Claire Deveraux has worked hard to land her dream job as a foreign service officer at the US Embassy in Paris. Yet her idyllic life is shattered when she finds a woman lying on the restroom floor dying from a gunshot wound. The dying woman utters three words to Claire and conceals a thumb drive in Claire’s pocket. The items are keys to the location of proceeds from a bank robbery. The killer, certain Claire now has sole possession of those items, must find her, recover the code words and the drive, then kill her before she can solve the puzzle and recover the money.

Miami homicide detective Nicole Stone’s first case is as dangerous and threatening as it is terrifying. An up-and-coming actress has been violently snatched from her bed. If the taker's MO holds true, she will be killed within the next few days. She’s the most recent victim to be abducted in this manner but certainly not the first. There have been at least eight others before her, with no survivors. At first it might seem that murder is the endgame. As Nicole is about to find out, however, it is all just the start of something much more personal.

Local police have announced that they're closing the investigation of the suspected drowning of 37-year-old painter Colleen Westcott. She disappeared on April 11, 2010, and her car was found parked near the waterfront in Cleveland two days later, but her body has never been found. I close the online search window, annoyed. These articles never have enough detail. They think my husband's first wife disappeared, or they think she is dead. My phone rings. The only answer to my hello is empty static. When the voice does finally come. A wave of panic spreads. It's Colleen.

Layla est confrontée à des dilemmes plus préoccupants que la plupart des adolescents de son âge. Comment choisir entre le sexy Roth et Zayne, son amour d'enfance ? Pour compliquer les choses, un Lilin - le plus meurtrier des démons - a été libéré, faisant des ravages sur son entourage… en particulier sur sa meilleure amie. Pour la sauver d'un sort bien pire que la mort, Layla doit conclure un accord avec l'ennemi. Déchirée entre deux mondes et deux hommes, bouleversée par le poids des secrets, elle devra se battre et suivre son cœur.

Brandi hates that she has to spend the summer with her dad in the small town of Campsville, where there is nothing to do but sit at home and read while her mom and new stepdad go on their honeymoon. However, when her dad tells her that he just bought the old movie theater in town and is going to fix it up, it gives her something to look forward to. When Brandi goes to the movie theater for the first time, she notices that something is off about the place but chooses not to think too much of it. Then, later, when her new friend Summer tells her that the movie theater is supposedly haunted.

Layla est un être unique. Non seulement ses baisers sont capables de tuer n'importe qui ayant une âme, mais elle est aussi la seule représentante de son espèce : mi-gargouille, mi-démon. Or, quand on grandit au sein d'un clan de Gardiens chargés d'anéantir les créatures démoniaques pour protéger l'humanité, mieux vaut faire profil bas et cacher ses sentiments.

Layla a perdu la seule personne capable de la comprendre, et Zayne, qu'elle aime depuis l'enfance, lui est inaccessible. Pour couronner le tout, son propre clan lui cache de dangereux secrets ! Si elle pensait que la situation ne pouvait pas empirer, l'évolution inattendue de ses pouvoirs vient la contredire.

After seventeen years, Aston has found his long-lost wife and daughter. But his dream becomes a nightmare when he learns his wife has remarried and made a life with Eugene, her new husband. When his teenage twins are discovered to be immune to plaguer bites, they are kidnapped by a pirate warlord in a move to consolidate his power. Aston is frantic to save his kids, but needs Eugene's help to do it. Can the rivals work together to save their kids, or will their mutual enmity sentence their children to a life as lab rats in the murky waters of the shattered Afterworld?

When their helicopter is shot down in the Alaskan wilderness, Li Yuan and Eugene are captured by a sadistic warlord. They are taken to an arena, where they will be forced to fight plaguers in gladiator-style events. Eugene won’t stand a chance in the arena. In an effort to keep him alive, Li Yuan strikes a perilous bargain with the warlord. In the chaos of the helicopter crash, Aston manages to escape. Desperate to save his captured family, he sets out on foot to free them from the warlord’s vicious sport.

Lilou is a witch. Now what? Having been initiated into the craft by her French grandmother, Lilou returns to Pittsburgh without a plan. Magic is of little help when dealing with a divorce. Nor does it help in her everyday job as an accountant. The only lifeline to her magical abilities is Josh, Lilou’s house-elf or a domovoy, as he likes to be called. Josh leads Lilou on a journey of self-discovery and helps her understand the parallel universe of household helpers.

A collection of short stories for kids from around the world. This collection includes “Winnie-the-Pooh and the Bees” by A. A. Milne, “Gigi Finds Her Voice” by Lorena Romero, “Calypso in the Kitchen” by Lauren Kratz Prushko, “The Kind Elephant” by Molly Milazzo, and “The Thankful Tree” by Lorena Romero.

For many years, Jeffrey Demitrack searched for a meaningful and fulfilling relationship and, most of all, hoped that one day he would find a significant other who understood and unconditionally accepted his struggles with epilepsy. People have their insecurities, and relationships already are hard without throwing seizures into the mix, so his search has been a challenging one.

Attention : roman issu de la saga "Not a fuckin’ romance/Fuck Off". Le résumé qui suit risque de vous plonger dans le brouillard le plus total si vous n’avez pas lu les romans précédents. Pour votre santé mentale, n’allez pas plus loin. En revanche, si vous pensez être déjà atteint, foncez découvrir l’univers romantico-déjanté de la bande des chocolatines (liste chronologique disponible ci-dessous.)

A kind but lonely elephant seeks friendship among the other animals of the forest, yet one by one, they reject him. One day, a lion enters the forest, and all the other animals flee in terror. The elephant alone can protect the smaller animals, but why bother when they were all so cruel to him?

The book Bullet Catchers: I Am the Weapon is a story of unique men and women in the industry of close personal protection that gives a glimpse at who we are and why we do what we do. Even with knowing the high-risk factor that is attached to it. What makes individuals like us want to do this? Some would automatically say the money! Yes, that is true for some, but I wouldn’t say that is the only reason across the board. There must be more.