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Un voyage initiatique o règnent magie, aventures et dangers.
Depuis son petit balcon perché au sommet d'une tour du 232e secteur, Éphriarc contemple les dédales vertigineux de la cité d'Arcensiès, mégapole tentaculaire des Terres de l'Ouest. Sous la chape d'un épais nuage de pollution, l'horizon industriel semble s'étendre à l'infini.
Pourtant, loin d'ici, dans les Terres de l'Est, règne encore la magie. À l'invitation de Mirfasal, imposant...
4942) Dancing on Deansgate
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Where there's community, there's courage…
Jess Delaney has always longed for independence. But when the Blitz reaches Manchester, she is locked in the cellar by her feckless mother, Lizzie. As bombs reign down from a sky turned blood red with flame, Jess waits for Lizzie to return.
But fortunes are fickle, and soon Jess finds herself packed off to live with her tyrant Uncle Bernie, a bullying black marketeer. Though he treats her like a servant,...
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The Cotswolds, Summer, 1947 In the aftermath of war, Emily Sutton struggles to find her place in a world irrevocably changed by conflict. When she refuses to follow tradition and join her father's antiques business - or get married - her parents send her for an 'improving' stay with her spinster cousin in the Cotswolds. But Emily arrives to find her cousin's cottage empty and a criminal at work in the neighbourhood. A deadly scandal still haunts this...
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Au cœur du duché de Montfort, une enfant équipée d'un mystérieux médaillon échappe à la destruction de son village...
À l'approche de l'an mil, tandis que l'Église étend son pouvoir, le duché de Montfort est déchiré par les plaies du Moyen ge : raids vikings, complots, lutte de pouvoir, famine et mal des ardents… Dans ce chaos qui touche toute l'Europe occidentale, une fillette, seule rescapée de la mise à sac de son village,...
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Can true love conquer all?
Sisters Bette Tredinnick and Sara Marrack live quiet lives, content with the comings and goings of their small Cornish hometown. But when hundreds of US Marines arrive, everything changes.
Bette, footloose and fancy free, embarks on a whirlwind romance and finds herself bound for America as a GI bride. Meanwhile, married woman Sara finds herself falling for officer Charles Denham, despite her better judgement and her...
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Immersion dans un univers riche, plein de magie et de dangers.
Éphriarc et ses compagnons n'auront pas l'occasion de célébrer la sauvegarde de la Ride de Frangemer, enchantement qui protège les Éthériens des Substanciels. Pendant les tumultes, la jeune Kaekylia a été enlevée et le temps presse. La troupe, encore sous la torpeur des affrontements, quitte la Forêt du Tacitus et poursuit sa route en Terres de l'Est au cœur de l'abstrus Désert...
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They must band together to get through the toughest of times…
Imogen Caldwell is excelling in her role as an Auxiliary Territorial Service driver, trying her hardest to distract herself from worrying about her fiancé, James Church, who is off fighting in North Africa.
Meanwhile, the Bristol Blitz finally persuades sister Elsie to move her family to Yorkshire in an attempt to leave the war behind. But her husband's physical and emotional wounds...
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Une fiche de référence sur La Guerre des étoiles, un chef-d'oeuvre de George Lucas.
À l'amour fou des clubs de fans, aux montagnes de jouets, aux jeux vidéo, au culte mondial s'ajoutent, au cours de quelque trente ans de succès, cinq autres volets. Pourtant, à l'origine, le film n'affichait que les prétentions d'une science-fiction « rétro », avec son histoire de princesse à délivrer et ses scènes séparées par des volets latéraux...
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The war is drawing to a close, but life for the Caldwell sisters is far from peaceful…
Still waiting for her fiancé, James, to return from fighting in North Africa, Imogen focuses her attention on driving for the Auxiliary Territorial Service General. Between work and looking out for her sisters, she soon finds she has very little time left over to worry.
Meanwhile, Elsie continues to nurse her husband back to health, finally content with her...
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Very village scandal volume 1
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The Earl she loved to hate... until she stayed in his mansion! A Very Village Scandal story: Sophie Gilbert has thwarted the standoffish new Earl's plans to sell his country estate and the quaint village which forms part of it. But when disaster strikes and he offers her refuge she must reconsider everything about this vexing, determined man. After the heartbreak in her past, it's a revelation to feel her pulse racing and her body yearning for his...
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Young Victorian ladies volume 3
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His best friend's sister. Now a tempting beauty Taking Lady Daisy Springfeld to his estate to convalesce after a cycling accident is the least the Duke of Mandivale can do to help the family who have been so kind to him. But now that Daisy has grown into a beautiful, rebellious young lady, Guy knows he must suppress any lustful thoughts. Only all too soon they've gone beyond friendship, and the taste of the forbidden is too tempting to ignore...
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Secrets of the duke's family volume 3
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The most notorious gentleman. Is the only man she wants... Everyone has heard the whispers about the Duke of Scofield: that he killed his own father! But Lady Rachel knows he's innocent, because she was with him that fateful night. He's too honourable to clear his name by ruining her, but why has he cut her out of his life? Rachel must discover the whole truth if she's to have any chance of being with him?
4953) La peau de chagrin
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"La Peau de chagrin" de Honoré de Balzac est un roman fantastique énigmatique qui explore les thèmes de la passion, de l'argent et de la mort. L'histoire suit le jeune Raphaël de Valentin, un homme désespéré qui se voit offrir une peau de chagrin magique qui peut exaucer tous ses souhaits. Mais chaque désir réalisé entraîne une réduction de la peau, rapprochant ainsi Raphaël de sa mort inévitable. Au fil du récit, Balzac crée un univers...
4954) Daughters of Paris
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"Paris 1930s: A promise that binds them together. A war that pulls them apart... Childhood companions Fleur and Colette make a vow, under the trailing ivy of their secret garden, that they will be secret sisters forever. But as they grow up, the promises of childhood are put to the ultimate test. For Colette is the daughter of the house, and her life is all jazz clubs, silk dresses and chilled champagne, while Fleur is the orphan niece of the housekeeper...
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She saved his life He awakened her heart Nurse Thea Peverett saves an injured soldier in the Crimea - only to realise he can't remember who he is! She brings him home to England to help him recuperate. But as Thea warms to charming, irresistible Edward, who understands her as no other man ever has, she forces herself to resist him. For one day he might recall his true identity and leave her behind...
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Southern belles in London volume 2
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She trusted him with her life... But what about her heart? After the American Civil War propels widow Clara and her daughter to England, they're given refuge by the enigmatic Marquess of Clairmount. Being a damsel in distress doesn't come easily to independent Clara - so, finding his estate in disarray, she seizes her chance to help him. As she plays the role of Marchioness her attraction to the guarded Marquess is bittersweet... as this Cinderella...
4957) A laird without a past
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"His past is forgotten... Can a mysterious healer unlock his future? Part of Secrets of Clan Cameron. When Royce wakes with no memories, suddenly blind, his situation seems dire. The only thing he remembers is being attacked by shadowy figures...but not the beautiful woman who came to his rescue. Now Iona MacKenzie's every touch drives Royce wild. But when news of a manhunt for him reaches them Royce knows he must uncover his past if he has any chance...
4958) Brixton Beach
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An artistic young girl forced to leave war-torn Sri Lanka finds the shadow of violence following her to London.
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'One hell of a journey…a great curl up and read book' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Outstandingly fabulous' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Had me going to bed early just so that I could listen to it!' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Her code breaking will save lives.But will it save the man she loves…? September 1939. London is in blackout, war has been declared, but Dulcie Treadwell can think only of her heartbreak over American broadcaster, Glenn...
4960) Star Song
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Come meet the people who met Jesus. You are one of them Probably you are several of them. Go ahead and struggle with him as they did. Laugh. Cry. Do mental battle with him. Emotional battle too. Fight for your faith as they fought. Pause to listen for what you've never heard before. Then touch Jesus.
This is the story of faith in the impossible. Hope in the inconceivable. Love for the invincible. It is the dreams of youth, the desperations...