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The year is 1993. The Ku Klux Klan hold a rally provoking violence from an unexpected quarter which leaves authorities with an extraordinary dilemma: how do you handle a 98-year-old perpetrator who will not speak out except to admit her guilt? The year is 1919. Exiled in disgrace from her family, mixed-race Alicia is shocked by the primitive conditions when she arrives in Key West. Unlike anywhere else in Florida, people just get along - whites, blacks, Cubans, Catholics and Jews.

With Pretty Omens, A. LaFaye has crafted a mesmerizing novel-in-verse inspired by the epic tradition of the myth of Cassandra that will transport you to a small Virginia mountain community where an ordinary girl becomes a hero.

Orphans Clara and Jacob Marley live by their wits, scavenging for scraps in the poorest alleyways of London, in the shadow of the workhouse. Every night, Jake promises his little sister ‘tomorrow will be better’, and when the chance to escape poverty comes their way, he seizes it despite the terrible price. And so Jacob Marley is set on a path that leads to his infamous partnership with Ebenezer Scrooge. As Jacob builds a fortress of wealth to keep the world out, only Clara can warn him of the hideous fate that awaits him if he refuses to let love and kindness into his heart....

Florida, 1935, and the residents of Heron Key are preparing for the Fourth of July barbecue, little realising how much their world is about to change. Domestic helps Missy and Selma are dismembering the alligator that tried to snatch the baby Missy was watching, before they can get ready for the party. Henry, a returned soldier from WW1, is hoping that his comrades in his construction team will not disgrace themselves in front of an already fiercely judgemental community.

¿Por qué se suicidó Stefan Zweig en Brasil en febrero de 1942? La segunda guerra mundial, la cruel persecución de los judíos, la pérdida de la patria austríaca anexionada por Hitler contribuyeron sin duda a su decisión, pero no fueron los únicos motivos. Jean-Jacques Lafaye ha tratado...

Premier pas FOH est à destination des entreprises et des personnes qui mettent en place la prévention et la gestion dans les domaines de la Qualité, de la Santé-Sécurité, de l'Environnement. Il s'adresse d'abord aux humains qui gèrent des humains, avec toute leurs forces et leurs failles. Comment conjuguer gestion de l'organisation et gestion de l'humain ? Comment conjuguer ressources Financières et Ressources Humaines ? C'est le défi que se lance ce podcast animé par Pascal Lafaye Consultant et Formateur dans la prévention et la gestion des risques professionnels. Son parcours de ...