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"Anne d'Avonlea", le deuxième roman de la série bien-aimée d'Anne Shirley, plonge les lecteurs dans l'univers enchanteur et pittoresque d'Avonlea, une petite communauté rurale sur l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, au Canada. Écrit par Lucy Maud Montgomery et publié en 1909, ce livre continue les aventures de la pétillante orpheline aux cheveux roux que nous avons rencontrée pour la première fois dans "Anne... La maison aux pignons verts".

Paris, juin 1889 : le monde entier se presse à l'Exposition Universelle où la Tour Eiffel, qui vient d'être achevée, accueille plus de mille visiteurs par jour. Les Français s'aperçoivent qu'ils ont un Empire colonial en découvrant les pavillons exotiques et les villages indigènes groupés au pied d'un des temples d'Angkor reconstitué. C'est dans cette ambiance de kermesse que survient une série de morts inexpliquées. Les victimes ne présentent aucune blessure apparente et, hormis le fait d'avoir été présentes à l'Exposition, rien ne les relie entre elles.

Sommer 1926. Der Berliner Kommissar Ernst Gennat wird wegen eines Mordfalles nach Hohenschönhausen gerufen. Aber als er am Tatort eintrifft, fehlt von der Leiche jede Spur. Zwei Zeugen können allerdings das angebliche Opfer gut beschreiben. Und ein Taxifahrer will eine auf die Beschreibung passende Frau gefahren haben. Sie trug eine auffällige, mit grünen Steinen besetzte Brosche – ein seltenes Schmuckstück.

Lady Violet knows Lord Christian Jepstow is interested in women. The problem is, he hasn't seemed to realize that Violet is a living, breathing woman—a woman with needs. Which is a huge problem, considering the fact that Violet and Christian are betrothed. Violet has no intention of saying her vows without knowing if her husband has the capacity to love her properly, so she does what anyone would do in her situation—she steps into his study and offers to take off her clothes. What happens next could be an utter disaster . . . or it could be surprising, seductive, and sizzlingly sexy.

Recently impoverished orphan Titania Stanhope must marry money if she plans to survive. The Earl of Oakley has money, but, in an attempt to keep gold-digging girls at bay, keeps it a secret. Then he meets Titania, whose sharp wit and keen mind are rivaled only by her lovely face.

Lady Charlotte Jepstow certainly knows how to make an impression—a terrible one. Each one of her ball gowns is more ostentatiously ugly than the one before. Even she has been forced to wonder: Is she unmarried because of her abysmal wardrobe, or does she wear clashing clothing because she doesn't want to be pursued in the first place? But when Charlotte meets Lord David Marchston, suddenly a little courtship doesn't sound so bad after all.

Miss Katherine Grant is a lady's companion, one whose number of dishonorable offers (six) greatly outweigh her honorable ones (zero). Now tasked with making certain her charge, Lady Euphemia, does not contract herself to someone inappropriate, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to Mr. Henry Dawkins, the inappropriate gentleman Lady Euphemia wants to charm, who keeps the books at Madame Follette's. But it seems that Henry only has eyes for Miss Katherine Grant.

Settembre 1939. Aldo, ventenne fiorentino, giunge a San Domino, l’isola delle Tremiti scelta dal regime fascista come confino per chi era accusato di omosessualità. I cosiddetti “femminielli” alloggiano in due baracche fatiscenti, con un secchio a fare da gabinetto e un camino mal funzionante per le notti più fredde. Sono perlopiù siciliani, perché arrestati per un omicidio avvenuto anni prima a Catania e tuttora impunito, che continua a perseguitarli.

In the throes of crisis, Rome braces for change. Caesar, Rome’s greatest general and conqueror of Gaul, now faces being stripped of his command and dragged back to Italy for prosecution by his enemies. His former ally, Pompey, has sided with his opponents in the Senate and frustrates all efforts to find peace. With no alternatives, Caesar crosses the Rubicon and spearheads an invasion of Rome with Mark Antony at his side, throwing the empire into civil war. Will Antony rise to the heights of power or be executed as a traitor?

In 1954, ex-escort Sunni Sinclair breaks free of Australia’s gangland, reinventing herself as a pub owner in a lawless mining town near Sydney. A champion of justice, she challenges societal norms, advocating for women’s rights and downtrodden miners.

Wandeln Sie auf den Spuren des berühmten wie berüchtigten Apachen-Kriegers Geronimo und lassen Sie sich von seiner wechselvollen Lebensgeschichte voller Höhen und Tiefen, Siege und Niederlagen inmitten der Indianerkriege mitreißen! Am Ende seines Lebens angelangt, erinnert sich Geronimo an seine Zeit als junger Mann: Die Apachen müssen damals in den brutalen Indianerkriegen gleichzeitig gegen die US-Amerikaner und die Mexikaner kämpfen. Beide Nationen gehen mit äußerster Brutalität und Gnadenlosigkeit vor.

Auf Anhieb verliebt sich Inga in das alte Fachwerkhaus am Markt. Dort möchte sie sich den Traum einer Buchhandlung erfüllen. Mit viel Enthusiasmus geht sie an die Renovierung des Hauses – und stößt auf ein dunkles Geheimnis, das für immer verborgen bleiben sollte. Die Spuren reichen zurück von der Gegenwart bis in die schlimme Zeit der Naziherrschaft. Gebannt begibt sich Inga auf eine Suche, die für sie selbst ernsthafte Gefahren birgt.

Isobel MacNeil has grown up a simple village Lass and craves adventure, knowledge, and love. Laird Jamie Murray is looking for a woman who will bring a strong alliance and run his keep. Love is not required. When the two encounter each other in a loch, her bathing and him grievously wounded, sparks fly and passions ignite.

Disinherited and poverty stricken, bastard Danial clutches at the slim chance to earn a living as a guard, until a night attack leaves both he and his half-brother Devlin vampires. After finding true love with the aristocrat Lacey, Danial comes to the attention of James, the Vampire Lord of France. Enslaved by James, his love murdered, Danial plots to escape, his complex plan of years finally succeeding only to result in all of Europe's demonic forces on the hunt for him.

Este é um livro sobre ioga e meditação, mas também sobre depressão e terrorismo. Um autorretrato desconcertante, bem-humorado e honesto de um homem que luta para viver em harmonia com o mundo e consigo mesmo. Neste entrecruzamento entre o romance e a autobiografia, Carrère não explora apenas os limites da literatura, mas também os da alma humana: a sua e a dos outros.

A freak auto accident on a rainy night in Hawaii leaves a young man dead. The year? 1980. The young man? Mark David Chapman. Eighteen years later, Paul McCartney decides to honor his wife Linda’s passing with a benefit concert. Twenty eight years after the break-up, Paul calls his three oldest friends. “Hey lads, let’s put on a show…”The world has been waiting a lifetime for a Beatles reunion and now it’s here. Or is it?

"Fifty dollars just for asking a few questions? Jedediah Jones figures it must be his lucky day. What dancing and doughnuts have to do with anything, he neither knows nor cares. He’s only interested in earning that money so he can finally eat something other than the apples he's been living off for days. Once his stomach and his pockets are filled again, he plans to move on.

Kane Metclaf loves playing pool and had dreams of an NBA career before life got in the way! But the old man he encounters in the dank pool room in NYC may give him the chance he never thought he would have. What he doesn’t realize though, is that for every up there is a down and for every dream there is a sacrifice. How will he choose between his family’s very existence and his own mobility in exchange for all his dreams to come true? How would YOU choose?

Auteur van De nachtegaal en Aan het einde van de wereld. Wanneer de twintigjarige verpleegster Frances 'Frankie' McGrath de onverwachte woorden 'ook vrouwen kunnen helden zijn' hoort, gaat er een wereld voor haar open. Ze is opgegroeid op een idyllisch eiland voor de kust van Californië, onder de vleugels van haar conservatieve ouders. Haar toekomst leek zo simpel: school afmaken, trouwen en in haar moeders voetsporen treden als de perfecte vrouw des huizes. Maar het is 1965 en de wereld is aan het veranderen.

L'incredibile storia vera dei Catalano, gli immigrati siciliani che incantarono l'America con la loro musica. La Sicilia di inizio Novecento è una terra bellissima e crudele, che non fa sconti. Rosario Catalano lì non ha futuro; la sua passione per la musica e l'amore incondizionato per Rosa non bastano. Così, i due innamorati decidono di partire in cerca di fortuna nella scintillante New York. In poco tempo, il quartetto siciliano di Rosario conquista i cuori degli americani portandogli fama e ricchezza, ma anche tradimenti e gelosia.