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The White Garden

Woolf, Virginia

Publié en 2007

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Fiction
Roman

In March 1941, Virginia Woolf filled her pockets with stones and drowned herself in England’s River Ouse. Her body was found three weeks later. What seemed like a tragic ending at the time was, in fact, just the beginning of a mystery. . . . Six decades after Virginia Woolf’s death, landscape designer Jo Bellamy has come to Sissinghurst Castle for two reasons: to study the celebrated White Garden created by Woolf’s lover Vita Sackville-West and to recover from the terrible wound of her grandfather’s unexplained suicide. In the shadow of one of England’s most famous castles, Jo makes a shocking find: Woolf’s last diary, its first entry dated the day after she allegedly killed herself. If authenticated, Jo’s discovery could shatter everything historians believe about Woolf’s final hours. But when the Woolf diary is suddenly stolen, Jo’s quest to uncover the truth will lead her on a perilous journey into the tumultuous inner life of a literary icon whose connection to the White Garden ultimately proved devastating. Rich with historical detail, The White Garden is an enthralling novel of literary suspense that explores the many ways the past haunts the present–and the dark secrets that lurk beneath the surface of the most carefully tended garden.

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• Anglais (Langue)

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All He Ever Wanted

Shreve, Anita

Publié en 2005

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Fiction
Roman

"A marriage is always two intersecting stories." This realization comes perhaps too late to the husband of Etna Bliss-a man whose obsession with his young wife begins at the moment of their first meeting, as he helps Etna and her companions escape from a fire in a hotel restaurant, and culminates in a marriage doomed by secrets and betrayal. Written with the intelligence and grace that are the hallmarks of Anita Shreve's bestselling novels, this gripping tale of desire, jealousy, and loss is peopled by unforgettable characters as real as the emotions that bring them together.

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• Anglais (Langue)

Langue : Français

Le crocodile

Roubaud, Jacques

Publié en 2008 Rue du monde

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Fiction
Poésie

Un crocodile n'a qu'une envie : croquer Odile, une petite fille...

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• Rime (Langage / Poésie / Littérature)
• Histoire courte (Littérature / Genre littéraire)

Langue : Français

Light on Snow

Shreve, Anita

Publié en 2004

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Fiction
Roman

Written from the point of view of 30-year-old Nicky as she recalls the vivid December day 19 years ago when she and her father found an abandoned infant in the snow, this beautiful contemporary bestseller about love and memory from the author of the bestselling All He Ever Wanted.

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• Anglais (Langue)

Langue : Français

La femme panthère : et autres contes du Bénin

Thers, Nicolas

Publié en 2006

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Fiction
Conte

illustrateur : Thers, Nicolas / collection : Collection Folio / 1 vol. (117 p.)

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Langue : Français

L'épopée du Roi Singe

Fauliot, Pascal

Publié en 2012 Casterman

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Fiction
Conte

Légende chinoise qui illustre des croyances et avance des explications sur la formation de l’univers : Un singe naît d’une pierre s’improvise un jour le roi de sa race. A travers un long périple, il part à la recherche de l’immortalité...

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14 contes du Québec

Muzi, Jean

Publié en 2005 Flammarion

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Fiction
Conte

Contes canadiens de langue française

collection : Castor poche. / 1 vol. (111 p.)

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Langue : Français

Treasure Island

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Publié en 2001

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Fiction
Roman

"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the novel creates scenes and characters that have fired the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of both action and atmosphere, the story centers upon the conflict between good and evil - but in this case a particularly engaging form of evil. It is the villainy of that most ambiguous rogue Long John Silver that sets the tempo of this tale of treachery, greed, and daring. Designed to forever kindle a dream of high romance and distant horizons, Treasure Island is, in the words of G. K. Chesterton, 'the realization of an ideal, that which is promised in its provocative and beckoning map; a vision not only of white skeletons but also green palm trees and sapphire seas.' G. S. Fraser terms it 'an utterly original book' and goes on to write: 'There will always be a place for stories like Treasure Island that can keep boys and old men happy.'

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• Anglais (Langue)

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In God's Name: An Investigation Into the Murder of Pope John Paul I

Yallop, David A

Publié en 2007

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Fiction
Roman

In God's Name' was denounced by the Vatican yet became an award-winning international bestseller. In this new edition, Yallop brings the story up to date and reveals new evidence that has been long buried concerning the truth behind the Vatican cover-up. This is a classic work of investigative writing whose revelations will continue to reverberate around the world.

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• Anglais (Langue)

Langue : Français

La Belle et la Bête

Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne-marie

Publié en 2006 Gallimard

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Fiction
Conte

Par amour pour son père, la Belle se sacrifie et accepte d'aller dans le château de la Bête...

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Langue : Français

Khodumodumo : et autres contes de monstres

Cassabois, Jacques

Publié en 2017

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Fiction
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collection : Le Livre de poche / 1 vol. (156 p.)

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Murder on the Potomac

Truman, Margaret

Publié en 1995

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Fiction
Roman

"A first-rate mystery writer." --Los Angeles Times Book Review First time in paperback! "Harry's daughter knows her milieu; better still, she knows how to portray it convincingly." --The San Diego Union Law professor Mac has unflagging passion for two things in his life: his wife Annabel and the majestic Potomac River. When Mac discovers a weed-shrouded body in the latter, the former gets edgy. Lovely Annabel, owner of a flourishing Georgetown art gallery, must not only endure her husband's obsession with another killing, but she must believe Mac when he says that a stunning female former student is one of the only people who can help him. They discover that the corpse was once the confidante' of a wealthy Washingtonian, which leads to the Scarlet Sin Society, a theatrical group that--perilously--reenacts historical murders. And soon, the only thing that matters more to Mac than solving this serpentine case is preventing Annabel's untimely death (. "Truman 'knows the forks' in the nation's capital and how to pitchfork her readers into a web of murder and detection." --The Christian Science Monitor "Margaret Truman has settled firmly into a career of writing murder mysteries, all evoking brilliantly the Washington she knows so well." --The Houston Post

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• Anglais (Langue)

Langue : Français