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In diesem Buch wird die bewegende Geschichte von Aldo Blindenhöfer erzählt, einem Mann, der die Dunkelheit des Krieges erlebte, aber nie aufhörte, nach dem Licht zu suchen. Sein Leben ist ein inspirierendes Beispiel dafür, wie man sich aus schwierigen Umständen herauskämpfen und zu einem wichtigen Mitglied der Gesellschaft werden kann. Dies ist die fesselnde Biografie eines außergewöhnlichen Lebens, das Mut, Durchhaltevermögen und den Glauben...
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Claire leaves her pretentious and arty husband because he declared that her dream journal did not have enough Freudian imagery. Claire realizes that her dream is actually to spend some time alone on her personal and artistic development as a novelist. She rents an apartment above a bistro in New York City's Greenwich Village. Claire pours all of her pain and doubt into a first novel featuring an unconventional heroine named Nevada whose trials mirror...
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Why Mommy Swears is the much anticipated new novel from Gill Sims, author of the hilarious Why Mommy Drinks and online sensation Peter and Jane. It's every parents' nightmare — the start of the school holidays — and instead of sitting in the sun, reading a book over a cold, crisp glass of Pinot Grigio, Mummy has two bored moppets to attend to. After frantically booking sports camps, child minder slots, not to mention time off work, Mummy is exhausted....
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An engrossing historical saga based on the life of the eighteenth-century woman who endured loss and betrayal-and dared to pursue her dreams.
Her parents warned Elizabeth that Alexander Blackwell would not make a dependable husband, and only after eloping with him did she learn they may have been right . . .
After their marriage, the couple finds lodgings in London. Alexander looks for work while Elizabeth learns engraving. Before long, though,...
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My dear girl! I could never fall in love by letter. Though I have no doubt you are a notorious breaker of hearts, not to mention a princess in disguise, and if I were a few miles closer to Toot-above-the-Batch I would be in great danger. From the safe distance of another continent, I will admit to a modest desire to see how your pearl becomes you, even to know the color of your hair and eyes, but this is mere curiosity, I assure you. -Your knight,...
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Célèbre comique et écrivain français, Pierre Desproges était réputé pour son humour caustique et sa satire mordante. Son intelligence et son style littéraire distinctif étaient ses marques de fabrique et il est fascinant d'imaginer sa perspective caricaturale sur des sujets contemporains tels que le président Macron, la réforme des retraites, la guerre en Ukraine ou la pandémie de COVID-19…
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"The details of daily life, customs, and beliefs of the people are wonderfully revealed through the words and deeds of the characters.. . . . A substantial glossary helps to identify and explain unfamiliar terms. A fine story for enjoyment or as curriculum support for units on ancient Egypt." School Library Journal -
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« J'ai quatorze ans. Je savoure ma première nuit dehors, sans abri. Je suis cette enfant blessée mais libre, libre depuis peu, quelques poignées d'heures à vue de nez, depuis quelques respirations sûrement et très certainement depuis quelques battements de cœur. Un cœur déchiré mais qui bat fort et vite. Je suis celle qui a claqué la porte à l'insupportable, l'intolérable. L'amputée d'une enfance cotonneuse, moelleuse. Épuisée mais...
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La vida y obra de muchos artistas de la talla y fama de Leonardo Davinci siempre ha sido tema de interés publico y de la historia misma. Aquí estamos enfocando la vida de Leonardo y sus obras desde el enigma de sus pasiones y lujurias. Su vida fue desde su nacimiento una mezcla de tragedia y fortuna, que lo acompañó por toda su vida hasta aquel gris día, allí en compañía de su amado amigo Melzi, quien le cuido y dio todo su amor y dedicación,...
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In this loving tribute to Virginia Lee Burton, the New York Times best-selling creators Sherri Duskey Rinker and John Rocco pay homage to the storied life of one of the most beloved creators in children's literature. Everyone in Folly Cove knows Virginia Lee as “Jinnee.” With her magical wands she can draw whatever she imagines, but for her sons Aris and Michael, she draws the most wonderful characters of all: BIG MACHINES with friendly names...
11) Une autre vie
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"Une autre vie" est un roman historique et captivant dans lequel Philippe Ducourneau partage avec réalisme une expérience personnelle de réincarnation vécue dans son enfance. Avec sa plume, il dévoile le pouvoir fascinant de voyager à travers les époques grâce à une machine à remonter le temps. Il nous plonge ainsi au cœur d'un XX siècle marqué par les tourments de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Entre réalité et fiction, ce récit nous...
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Jacques Martineau, impatient de prendre sa retraite, envisage une randonnée de la pointe du Raz à Menton. Cependant, un coup de fil inattendu va radicalement bouleverser ses plans, et l'entraîner malgré lui vers des chemins arides et inconnus. Obligé de faire face à ce nouveau paradigme, il entame un voyage plein de rebondissements dont le seul but est de rester en vie.
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Philippe Coldeboeuf exprime ses réflexions sur...
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Floris de Bonneville revisite les Voyages et aventures du capitaine Bonneville de l'écrivain américain Washington Irving. À travers ce livre, il offre un regard contemporain sur l'exploration de certains territoires des États-Unis d'Amérique au XIX siècle et nous plonge au cœur du périple extraordinaire d'un héros français qui a laissé son empreinte en jouant un rle d'observateur au cours de l'établissement des cow-boys dans le Far West...
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Award-winning playwright Ed Bullins received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for his play The Taking of Miss Janie, and is also renowned for such works as In the Wine Time and Clara's Ole Man. In this collection of his early short fiction, he explores themes of loneliness and despair and the African American experience in beautifully crafted stories.
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A beautifully illustrated collection of prose retellings of seven Shakespeare plays will bring the Bard to life for young readers. Not only is this a beautiful keepsake edition, full of gorgeous illustrations by Antonio Javier Caparo, but the prose retellings by beloved classic children's book author E. Nesbit are an excellent tool to introduce children to the complex language of Shakespeare.
A foreword by John Lithgow touches on his own childhood...
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L'auteure rend par ces récits un hommage vibrant à des femmes inspirantes à travers une approche unique et novatrice. Chacun d'entre eux est empreint de détermination et de résilience face à l'adversité, tout en rayonnant d'optimisme et d'espoir. Qu'elles soient lauréates du prix Nobel, sportives de haut niveau, entrepreneures ou artistes, ces femmes extraordinaires tracent des voies étoilées pour la jeune génération.
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17) The story seeker
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Story collector volume 2
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"Twelve-year-old Viviani Fedeler, proud resident of the New York Public Library, has her sights set on becoming a star reporter. She's thrilled when Miss Hutch announces a story contest where the winner gets their essay printed in the New York Times! But then Viviani gets her first-ever case of writer's block. As she struggles to find inspiration, the library is hit with a strange mystery involving overdue books, secret messages, and perhaps a spy...
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In the summer of 1883, a famous clipper ship ran aground off the coast of Prince Edward Island near the home of a young girl named Lucy Maud Montgomery. Lucy Maud, who became one of Canada's most beloved writers, wrote about the grand adventure in her journals and reflected on it years later in her notebooks. The town of Cavendish was transformed by the presence of the crew, and the ship's captain stayed with Lucy Maud and her strait-laced grandparents....
19) Figures in silk
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Married off by their silk merchant father on the eve of England's late-fifteenth-century War of the Roses, two sisters find their subsequent lives marked by a scandalous affair with Edward IV and the inner workings of a powerful silk dynasty.
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