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Saint-Côme, 1903. Victorine a tout pour être heureuse. L'aînée des trois sœurs Gaudet est jeune, jolie et folle d'amour pour Maxime Beauséjour. Lorsque ce dernier lui propose de l'épouser, la jeune fille est aux anges. Elle imagine déjà leur futur logis rempli d'enfants, de rires et de chansons.

Haunting, uplifting, beautiful: the final work from Helen Dunmore. Helen Dunmore passed away in June 2017, leaving behind this remarkable collection of short stories. With her trademark imagination and gift for making history human, she explores the fragile ties between passion, love, family, friendship and grief, often through people facing turning points in their lives.

Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. But her sheltered life is about to change. A strange manuscript has come into her possession. It is filled with testimonies from the darkest chapters of human history, which all record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth, the loneliest being in the world. Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she tries to beguile the guilty and lure them away for a lifetime wandering alongside her.

Au tournant du vingtième siècle, Héléna Pelletier, une jeune femme originaire de La Plaine, cherche le bonheur dans son petit patelin du trécarré. Éblouie par la vision d'un amour parfait, elle n'arrive pas à trouver un homme en harmonie avec les élans de son cœur. Elle s'aventure ainsi sur un chemin de sacrifices et de persévérance pour aller au bout de son rêve, car, pour elle comme pour d'autres, le mariage apparaît comme une planche de salut.

La vie n'est pas facile pour les femmes de la famille Beauséjour. En effet, c'est au tour de Rose, la fille de Victorine, de subir les misères du destin qui lui est imposé. Seule fille parmi une fratrie de garçons, Rose comprend bien vite que les hommes détiennent tous les privilèges et que le sort des femmes est de se soumettre aux caprices de la bienséance, dictée par la société.

What do libraries, streetlights, and fire stations have in common? What about bifocal lenses and the odometer? Sayings like "haste makes waste?" Benjamin Franklin was a man of many talents: a scientist who experimented with electricity; a diplomat who served as envoy to France and negotiated peace with England; a mapmaker, printer, and writer famous for his Poor Richard's Almanack.

Financial literacy can start at an early age, leading to a lifetime of benefits. Here's a children's book on the all-important topic of how to make money.

A phenomenally unusual three-way murder mystery. With a murder at its heart, Roberto Bolano’s The Skating Rink is, among other things, a crime novel. Murder seems to have exerted a fascination for the endlessly talented Bolano, who in his last interview, according to The Observer, "declared, in all apparent seriousness, that what he would most like to have been was a homicide detective." Set in the seaside town of Z, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink is told in short, suspenseful chapters by three male narrators, and revolves around a beautiful figure skating champion, Nuria Mart.

June 6, 1944: The greatest amphibious invasion the world had ever seen was launched, involving thousands of ships, incredible planning and preparation, and a million courageous soldiers, sailors, and airmen willing to sacrifice their lives for victory. Author and journalist Bruce Bliven was there that day, on the beaches of France, and he recounts it all, from the risky plans developed by the American and British military leaders through the daring landing itself.

There are 8,240 species of reptiles (turtles, snakes, crocodiles, and lizards) that inhabit every continent on Earth, except for Antarctica. And there are more than 6,000 species of amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts). This audiobook describes the basic attributes of reptiles and amphibians and provides examples of various species.

Experts agree: kids today need to be more active. But luckily, one of the best things about exercise is that it is fun!

A lyrical and authentic book that recounts the story of a border-town family in Brownsville, Texas in the 1980s, as each member of the family desperately tries to assimilate and escape life on the border to become "real" Americans, even at the expense of their shared family history. This is really un-mined territory in the memoir genre that gives in-depth insight into a previously unexplored corner of America.

The oceans cover 72 percent of the earth's surface, or 141,600,000 square miles. Ocean life comes in an enormous variety of sizes and shapes - from microscopic plankton to huge whales. This audiobook explores the oceans of the world and describes the types of plants and animals that can be found in them.

Whether you're in nursery school or graduate school, it's never to early to learn about the environmental issues. Here's a children's book on the importance of taking care of the environment.

Depuis l'incarcération de Kurt Bell, Don RedHawk est le président intérimaire des Black Angels, un gang de bikers dont la réputation sulfureuse n'est plus à faire. Une existence déjà bien compliquée... et plus encore quand le destin jette sur sa route Juliette Bell, la petite sœur de Kate. Car depuis que Don lui a sauvé la vie durant le braquage d'une épicerie, l'innocente - et tentante - Juliette cherche un moyen de le remercier, voyant en lui un superhéros qu'il n'est certainement pas.

Our solar system is made up of a star - the Sun - eight planets, 144 moons, a bunch of comets, asteroids and space rocks, ice and several dwarf planets, such as Pluto. This book introduces the planets and moons found in our solar system.

Le temps était clément, offrant cette lumière de début de printemps qui insuffle de la beauté jusque dans les décors les plus usés ; dehors, des hirondelles se chamaillaient bruyamment dans les haies. Sa première pensée lucide fut : "Cette maison est comme nous. Elle a été désertée, abandonnée. Maintenant, elle va veiller sur nous, et nous la ramènerons à la vie." Lorsque son mari meurt sans crier gare, lui laissant une montagne de dettes, Isabel Delancey doit radicalement changer de train de vie.

Falkenberg, Suède. Le commissaire Bergström découvre le cadavre terriblement mutilé d'une femme. Londres. Profileuse de renom, la ténébreuse Emily Roy enquête sur une série de meurtres d’enfants dont les corps présentent les mêmes blessures que la victime suédoise : trachée sectionnée, yeux énucléés et un mystérieux Y gravé sur le bras. Étrange serial killer, qui change de lieu de chasse et de type de proie.

"J'ai cru que c'était la fin du monde. J'ai cru que rien de bon ne pourrait plus m'arriver. Je ne mangeais plus, je ne sortais plus. Je ne voulais plus voir personne. Mais j'ai survécu. Contre toute attente, j'ai fini par surmonter l'insurmontable et, petit à petit, la vie m'a paru vivable."

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