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Alexandre Dumas was a French writer. His works have been translated into many languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century into nearly 200 films. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing plays, which were successfully produced from the first. He also wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totalled 100,000 pages. In the 1840s, Dumas founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris.

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Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1 July 1804 - 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist, and journalist. One of the more popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than both Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era. George Sand was the most popular writer (of any gender) in Europe by the age of 27, more popular than both Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, and she remained immensely popular as a writer throughout her lifetime and long after her death. Early in her career, her work was in high demand and already by 1836, the first of several compendia of her writings was published in 24 volumes.

Né à Dakar en 1945, sous le régime de la colonisation française, Samba Sy entre dans l'âge adulte aux premières années de l'indépendance de son pays, le Sénégal. Cet ouvrage relate le parcours d'un homme sous toutes ses facettes, au travers des joies et des douleurs tant humaines que professionnelles. C'est le témoignage d'un homme solidaire de ses collègues policiers radiés pendant les années difficiles, sujet à la reconnaissance tardive du pouvoir et, enfin, victime des attaques d'une presse orientée qui blesseront profondément l'être humain et le père de famille qu'il est. Blanchi par la justice et intégralement réhabilité, il transmet à ses contemporains la sagesse avec laquelle il a pu traverser ces épreuves et rester digne pendant celles-ci et après l'orage. L'indispensable témoignage d'un Sénégalais de son siècle.

Las vidas de dos mujeres se entrecruzan con más de cincuenta años de diferencia en una historia de secretos que por fin salen de las sombras. Emilie siempre ha luchado contra su ascendencia aristocrática, pero tras la muerte de su madre se descubre sola en el mundo, única heredera de la gran casa donde pasó su infancia en el sur francés. Un viejo cuaderno con poemas la lleva a indagar en la vida de la misteriosa y bella Sophia, cuya trágica historia de amor lo cambió todo. A medida que Emilie avanza en su búsqueda, también ella se embarca en su propio viaje de descubrimiento: quizás en el castillo encuentre las huellas de su intricado pasado para, finalmente, abrir las puertas al futuro. Londres, 1943. Constance Carruthers es reclutada como espía durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Separada de su contacto en Francia, conoce a una acaudalada familia atrapada en un terrible juego de mentiras. Despojada de su identidad y de los lazos que la unen a su país y a su amado esposo, Constance se hallará en medio de una red de engaños cuyas repercusiones afectarán a las generaciones por venir. Reseñas:'Una historia para fans de Kate Morton. Un libro fascinante.'Booklist 'Una novela magnífica. Cautivadora y tierna.'Naples Daily News

Anatole France born François-Anatole Thibault, 16 April 1844 - 12 October 1924 was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie Française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament". France is also widely believed to be the model for narrator Marcel's literary idol Bergotte in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.

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Ein kalabrisches Dorf voller Geheimnisse und eine junge Frau voller SehnsuchtDomenico Dara entführt uns in die Magie der Fotoromane und die Härte der politischen Unruhen der 1970er-Jahre. Eine Zeit, in der sich die junge Liberata entscheiden muss - für ihren eigenen Weg. Ein Roman, so federleicht wie geheimnisvoll. Kalabrien, 1970er-Jahre: Die junge Liberata flieht vor der tristen Enge ihres Dorfes in die schillernde Welt der Fotoromane. Sie träumt sich an die Seite von Kinostars und schickt Polaroids an ihren Lieblingsschauspieler. Liberata glaubt an die unsichtbaren Dinge und die Gesetze der Natur - so wie ihr Vater, ein Insektensammler, es sie gelehrt hat. Während die Mutter in der Religion Zuflucht findet. Bis die politischen Unruhen der 'Bleiernen Jahre' auch in das kleine Dorf vordringen und der rätselhafte, verführerische Mechaniker Luvio in Liberatas Leben tritt. Mit beunruhigender Intensität bricht er durch ihre Fantasiewelt. Die Fotoromane verlieren ihre Farben, und Liberata stürzt sich in die reale, bedrohliche Liebe.

Color edition. Illustrated by R. T. Rose. Dante's Divine Comedy, written in the fourteenth century, is one of the greatest epic poems ever written in Italian, and it certainly ranks among the world's greatest literary undertakings. This version, designed to introduce the Divine Comedy to younger readers (but older ones will find it equally readable), tells the story of each of the canticas, or main parts of the Divine Comedy: the Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise.The Inferno, possibly the most famous cantica, tells of Dante's journey to the Underworld, accompanied by the poet Virgil. There they see how each class of sinner is punished according to the extent of their misdeeds.Purgatory tells of Dante's and Virgil's ascent of the Mountain of Purgatory. It has seven terraces, corresponding to the seven deadly sins: Wrath, Envy, Pride, Sloth, Lust, Gluttony, and Greed. Paradise tells how Beatrice guides Dante into the celestial spheres of Heaven, and finishes with Dante coming before God in person.This marvelous retelling of the Divine Comedy has been completely reset and benefits from a glossary to help guide the modern reader through this classic work.

Ludovic Zahed n'a pas encore vingt ans quand, en juillet 1997, il apprend qu'il est séropositif. Son univers bascule, son insouciance disparaît ; il est persuadé de n'avoir plus comme perspective qu'une mort prématurée. Mais les années passent et il est toujours là. Il décide donc de se lancer dans un pari fou : faire le tour du monde pour aller à la rencontre des enfants du sida, ceux qui, comme lui, ont perdu trop tôt leur insouciance et sont atteints de cette maladie qui exclut.

Ever thought what would happen if the things you interact with in your everyday life posed as a source of terror?The water you look at every day, or the Uber ride you take to your favorite coffee shop or the elevator you take to your office ....what if they begin to haunt your lives?13 Haunting Stories presents 13 short tales portraying the simple parts of life as an inspiration for horror and paranormal experiences.This book will make you question with fear, even the things that have always seemed normal and reassuring.Dive into a journey of the scariest, horrifying episodes of terror and revisit your own life in a way you may have never imagined!Because the greatest horror lives within you!

It was foolish. Taking off her engagement ring for just one night. It wasn't meant to become anything.But now even when she moves across the state to start her new job, and even if she wanted to get Ethan out of her mind - fate has other plans.Maybe he was just what she needed to wake her up. Maybe this is the beginning of her new life.Or maybe this is the beginning of everything falling apart.

Rendez-vous en Galilée affiche une invitation quasi-confidentielle à se rendre en Galilée.Par son lieu, la Galilée, qui peut être prise au propre et au figuré ; et par sa promesse, absolument inédite historiquement, de rencontrer un revenant d'outre-tombe, un ressuscité. Ce journal raconte ce double voyage, vers cette Galilée géographique et personnelle, à travers une Méditerranée, elle-même carrefour très explosif de cultures.

Doctor Mason is known in his town as the best psychotherapist. In this book he writes about his most memorable patient Luisa Fores. Dr. Mason uses Provacative Therapy a rather unkown therapy strategy on her. The book is fiction but based on real stories and real therapy techniques put into a fictional setting. You will get to know the life inside and outside the therapy room.This book is written to bring light to other types of therapy then the "mainstream" view we have from movies and books and also bring light to some of the traumatic and love filling experiences one can have in their life, And i can promise you after reading this you will look diffrently to the people around you.

Sacerdoce Profané est le récit de la rencontre entre deux jeunes gens, Létchem et Tévy. De leur union sont nées des jumelles dont le voisinage s'arrache l'affection. Mais leur relation va connaitre une fin brutale. Le déni par Tévy de son statut de mère la conduira à une tragédie que le lecteur découvrira en parcourant ce roman.

Les Instantanés suisses répondent aux Impromptus italiens déjà publiés dans la collection Amarante. La Suisse est le pays des artistes qui l'ont admiré tels Corot ou Balthus, qui l'ont identifié comme Hodler ou Anker, qui l'ont transgressé comme Giacometti ou Steinlen. Pierre Pelou, philosophe et conservateur, nous offre une fresque, une mosaïque, peut-être même un vitrail personnel sur un pays ouvert à la tolérance, la neutralité et la liberté.

Stefans Jugendfreund Haven meldet sich nach 40 Jahren plötzlich bei ihm und bittet ihn, dringend zu ihm zu reisen. Haven war damals nach Alaska ausgewandert, um sich darüber klar zu werden, ob er Stefan so, wie Stefan ihn, lieben kann. Es soll eine vorübergehende Auszeit werden; Haven kehrt jedoch nie zu Stefan zurück. Nach so langer Zeit möchte Haven nun Stefan etwas mitteilen, was er nur persönlich, von Angesicht zu Angesicht, tun kann. Stefan bricht sofort nach Alaska auf, auch, weil er schon so lange und immer noch auf ein Liebes-Happyend mit Haven hofft. Es wird eine sehr persönliche Abenteuerreise in eine ihm gänzlich fremde Welt, sowohl in sein Inneres, als auch in ein Land mit überwältigender Schönheit und Natur, die ihm auf seinem Weg zu Haven einiges seiner Gefühle zurückspiegelt. Das, was Haven ihm nach seiner Ankunft eröffnet, wird sein Leben für alle Zeit verändern.

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Comme ses grands-parents, parents et soeur, Raymond Morge a été élevé dans le "sérail Michelin" et a fait carrière au sein de la célèbre manufacture. Il témoigne ici de son vécu et celui de son entourage baignant dans "L'Esprit Michelin" depuis trois générations. Son récit couvre les années 1958-1994, lors desquelles nous allons suivre son parcours, de son service militaire effectué à Berlin en passant par ses séjours professionnels en Afrique de l'Est et au Nigeria.

The One Plus One is the beautiful, poignant and utterly compelling new novel by the internationally bestselling author Jojo Moyes.<BR><BR>One single mum<BR>With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best day after day. But it's hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn't. Because you have to . . .<BR><BR>One chaotic family<BR>Jess's gifted, quirky daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without a helping hand she'll never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess's teenage stepson, can't fight the bullies alone. <BR>Sometimes Jess feels like they're sinking . . .<BR><BR>One handsome stranger<BR>Into their lives comes Ed Nicholls, a man whose life is in chaos, and who is running from a deeply uncertain future. But he has time on his hands. He knows what it's like to be lonely. And he wants to help . . .<BR><BR>One unexpected love story<BR>The One Plus One is a captivating and unconventional romance from Jojo Moyes about two lost souls meeting in the most unlikely circumstances.<BR><BR>Praise for Jojo Moyes:<BR><BR>'Majestic, utterly compelling, tremendous. A heart-stopping read' Independent on Sunday<BR><BR>'Truly beautiful. Made us laugh, smile and sob like a baby - you simply have to read it' Closer<BR><BR>'A triumph. Packs such an emotional punch, you'll need a box of tissues' Elle<BR><BR>Jojo Moyes is a novelist and a journalist. She worked at the Independent for ten years before leaving to write full time. Her previous novels have all been critically acclaimed and include The Ship of Brides, Foreign Fruit, The Last Letter From Your Lover, winner of Spring 2012's most popular Richard and Judy Book Club title Me Before You and most recently The Girl you Left Behind. She lives in Essex with her husband and their three children.