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Lost in China is the true story of two Anglo-American children separated from their parents in China during World War II, and their unforgettable journey to America a year later. When their mother and father fly to Hong Kong on a short trip and get caught up in the Japanese attack, the Dobbs children are left parentless, with no idea when their parents will return—or if they are even still alive.

Ayala Abraham, finds herself and her family in danger following the creation of new a country. As hostility toward her family intensifies in her home country and neighboring nations, her family's safety and livelihood are put at risk. A chance encounter with a British soldier sets in motion a series of events that will permanently alter Ayala's life.

Com experiência extensa no jornalismo, Ricardo Viveiros traz uma escrita que deixa transparecer seu olhar perspicaz para os fatos e do qual o ouvinte não sai ileso. De modo amplo e didático, a obra nos leva a entender o cenário no qual a população brasileira dividiu-se entre os “contra” e os “a favor”.

Odile, wise beyond her years, will surely pass the Conseil's vetting. But when she happens upon a mourning tour she wasn't supposed to see, she realizes her dear friend Edme's parents have crossed the border from the east, from twenty years in the future, to view their son still alive in Odile's present. Edme, who's so funny and light. Edme, who's a violin virtuoso at just sixteen. Edme, who's the first boy to even see Odile, to really like her.... And it's Edme who's going to die.

Sophia Perkins is a member of the Bow Street Ladies, a group of women that investigates crimes cast aside by the Bow Street Runners of the Home Office. With the help of her fellow "Ladies" Sophia is determined to uncover the truth about the murder of the Marquess of Arlington. Marcus Harrington, the Duke of Raqueport, has been fighting his past and future. With responsibilities to his family, he has found an outlet to quell his anger in the dark recesses of the London underground.

Il paraît que toutes les histoires ont déjà été racontées. Alix refuse d'y croire. Elle est romancière et, pour son métier, elle a renoncé au reste. Un jour, elle accepte de partager sa passion lors d'un atelier d'écriture sur l'île de Groix. Si chacun des six participants pensait savoir pourquoi il se lançait dans l'aventure, celle-ci se révèle pleine de surprises. Ensemble, ils vont découvrir que le soleil peut se coucher à l'est, qu'une voix muselée une vie entière sait encore chanter, que l'amour vaut la peine d'être gueulé ou acclamé sur scène, et qu'il n'y a pas d'âge pour pardonner et recommencer.

In this middle-grade mystery, eleven year old Charlie moves from NYC to Florida only to find herself in the haunted Winklevoss Manor. To her surprise, she's not alone—she's joined by three mischievous ghosts cursed for snatching a dead man's diamond.

Un club de prédateurs sexuels sévit sur un campus... Une nouvelle enquête pour Will Trent, le héros de Karin Slaughter à retrouver sur Disney +. Il y a quinze ans, l'existence de Sara Linton a changé à jamais lorsqu'une soirée de fête s'est terminée par la violente attaque qui a bouleversé son monde. Depuis, Sara a refait sa vie. Pédiatre reconnue, fiancée à l'agent spécial du GBI Will Trent, elle a réussi à laisser le passé derrière elle. C'était sans compter ce procès qui la ramène à une autre nuit éprouvante, trois ans plus tôt, où, de garde aux urgences, elle s'est évertuée à sauver Dani Cooper.

1890, Lutèce: In this city, Talents are everything: precious gems that gift unrivalled skills to their owners. The most coveted, Elite Talents, are claimed by the aristocracy, passed through generations by blood magic. Cleodora dreamed of inheriting her father's Tailoring Talent, but when he died, the magic died with him. Now she's left with empty promises, a dress shop she can't keep afloat, and her bed-ridden younger sister. But everything changes when she meets the dark-eyed Lady Dahlia Sibille.

Clarissa Driscoll teaches accomplishments to the children of the gentry. But she was once the Earl of Kinsford’s equal in society, and she refuses to let him browbeat her. If Clarissa is a tad eccentric, well, the earl is a bit overbearing. These two strong wills make sparks fly.

The Stories We Cannot Tell is a contemporary novel about the emotional journey of two women. Rachel is a thirty-year-old married, Jewish woman who's wanted a baby for a long time. Katie's a thirty-two-year-old single, Catholic woman who has been trying to find a man who'll stick around. We follow the women individually as they find themselves pregnant, Rachel happily, Katie, not.

In den Bergen des Libanon wächst die junge Amal in der strengen, patriarchalischen Religionsgemeinschaft der Drusen auf. Sie will nur eines: die Schule besuchen und studieren, doch Mädchen haben dort keine Rechte. Der Großvater lässt zwischen sich und seiner Frau eine Mauer errichten, aber die Mutter darf immerhin Brot backen, und damit bezahlt sie das Schulgeld ihrer Töchter. Als Amal, die jüngste, mit fünfzehn verheiratet wird und das Elternhaus verlässt, schweigt die Mutter.

After serving in the Civil War as part of a Minnesota infantry regiment, Zachary feels compelled to head further west to follow the call of God tugging on his heart. He has finally completed correspondence school and earned a certificate to become a preacher. He accepts a minister’s position in the small town of Blossom in Dakota Territory, but there’s a catch.

When Nick Vincent, producer of true-crime show Infamous, hears about an explosive new angle on a high-profile case – the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Oxford in 2016 – he leaps at the chance to send a researcher to verify the claims. Two months later, a dog walker discovers a woman’s body, bound and buried in a shallow grave in the woods, and forensic evidence links it to the disappearance of that same child. DCI Adam Fawley, the original investigating officer, is called in to run the enquiry.

When the celebrated critic and cultural historian Alexandra Harris returned to her childhood home of West Sussex, she realised that she barely knew the place at all. As she probed beneath the surface, excavating layers of archival records and everyday objects, bringing a lifetime's reading to bear on the place where she started, hundreds of unexpected stories and hypnotic voices emerged from the area's past. Who has stood here, she asks; what did they see?

Une caserne d'apparence quelconque, à l'est de Paris. Les automobilistes qui empruntent le boulevard Mortier ne la remarquent même pas. C'est le but. La DGSE n'aime rien tant que la discrétion, pour ne pas dire le secret, gage de la réussite de ses opérations à l'étranger. Pour la première fois de son histoire, pendant plusieurs mois, la DGSE a ouvert ses portes à Jean-Christophe Notin et son équipe. Une vingtaine d'entretiens ont pu être menés, à tous les échelons de la hiérarchie, du directeur général aux experts de la contre-prolifération et du contre-terrorisme.

Once upon a time in a land far, far away, a wish-granting spirit rapidly approaches burnout. Meanwhile, a banished fairy answers a Craigslist ad, a Victorian orphan navigates an occult situationship, and a multiverse assassin contemplates the one who got away. With both iconic fan-favorite stories and entirely original pieces, Januaries features modified fairy tales, contemporary heists, absurdist poetry, and at least one set of actual wedding vows. Escape the slow trudge of mortality by diving into these enchanting new worlds with a master of imagination.

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"Qui laisse une trace, laisse une plaie". Depuis six ans, Jean, commandant de police à la retraite, est obnubilé par une enquête qu'il n'a su résoudre : la disparition en 2015, à Fraconville, de l'adolescente Alice Bastide. Lorsqu'il apprend qu'il est atteint d'un cancer incurable, après avoir, sa vie durant, tout donné pour son métier, il tente de se rapprocher de sa famille. Célia, sa petite-fille, est victime de terreurs nocturnes depuis plusieurs années. Florence, sa mère, tente de comprendre ce que traverse sa fille alors qu'elle doit elle-même faire la paix avec ce père si longtemps absent.

In einem Waldgebiet am walisischen Bala Lake regnete es Säure vom Himmel! Eine furchtbare Umweltkatastrophe oder ein grausiger Plan teuflischer Mächte, der viele Menschen das Leben kostete? Bald kehrten die Toten zurück und mein alter Freund Bill Conolly und ich gerieten in ein wahrhaft höllisches Abenteuer! Actionreiches Grusel-Kino für die Ohren. Mit den besten Stimmen Hollywoods und einem phänomenalen Soundtrack.