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41) Jamais l'oubli
Author
Publisher
Mémoire d'encrier
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Français
Description
LE LIVRE:
Jamais l'oubli suit les destins de Virgil Moody, le fils blanc d'un propriétaire de plantation géorgienne qui pense avoir désavoué l'esclavage et Tamsey Lewis, esclave libérée qui tente de se rendre au Canada. Leurs chemins se croisent dans l'Indiana en 1850, alors que la Loi des esclaves fugitifs est adoptée.
Jamais l'oubli pose la question de la culpabilité, à la fois individuelle et collective, dans un pays construit sur le...
Author
Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Français
Description
Extrait : "Il existe dans une ville espagnole située sur une île de la Méditerranée, un couvent de Carmélites Déchaussées o la règle de l'Ordre institué par sainte Thérèse s'est conservée dans la rigueur primitive de la réformation due à cette illustre femme. Ce fait est vrai, quelque extraordinaire qu'il puisse paraître..."
À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN
Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de qualité de grands...
Author
Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Français
Description
La Femme abandonnée est une nouvelle d'Honoré de Balzac parue en 1832 dans La Revue de Paris et publiée en volume en 1833 dans le tome II des Scènes de la vie de province des Études de mœurs aux éditions de Madame Béchet. Elle est rééditée en 1839 aux éditions Charpentier, puis en 1842 dans l'édition Furne avec une dédicace à la duchesse d'Abrantès. Elle figure alors dans les Scènes de la vie privée de La Comédie humaine.
Au printemps...
44) The Ordways
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1965 [c1964]
Language
English
Description
On the annual graveyard-working day in Clarksville, Texas, families come from all over East Texas to pay respects to their loved ones. The Ordways are one such clan, and in this eloquent and original novel, our narrator recounts the story of how he and his kin arrived in this magical land where the South meets the West. The tale begins with his great-grandfather, Thomas Ordway, who lost his sight at the Battle of Shiloh and vowed to quit Tennessee...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As World War Two rages, MI5 agent Sarah Gillespie is faced with her toughest challenge yet: handling Adeline Vernier, a mysterious double agent from Paris. A dangerous mission. Adeline's coded letters could help the Allies defeat the Germans - but, in return, she demands that her boyfriend is rescued from Nazi-occupied France. Adeline is not above threatening to double-cross MI5 to get what she wants, leaving Sarah fearful for the millions of lives...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After her last disastrous competition went viral, Olympic hopeful Veronica del Valle spent three years healing - and hiding. Finally ready for another shot, Veronica agrees to train at an under-the-radar, family-run ranch in tiny Esperanza, California. The living accommodations? Sparse. High-end equestrian equipment? Zero. What Rancho Lindo does have is stable manager Tmas Ortega, a brooding, handsome cowboy who offers Veronica unsolicited advice...
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A novel told through interviews with former classmates and the main characters blog posts, playlists, and text messages, reveals how, a year after arriving at an elite New Jersey boarding school, Foster Dade was expelled in a tragic scandal. - source not specified.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"1907. On the eve of her fifth birthday, Poppy Pendleton is tucked safely in her bed, listening to her parents entertain New York's gilded society in their Thousand Islands castle; the next morning, she is gone, and her father is found dead in his smoking room. 1992. Though Chloe Ridell lives in the shadows of Poppy's castle, now in ruins, she has little interest in the mystery that still captivates tourists and locals alike. She is focused on preserving...
Author
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Spanning from 1891 to 2023, this bold new saga of the American West follows Ashton Maddox who runs the biggest Black Angus ranch in the country as he and County Sheriff John T. Drew do what their forefathers did many years ago: join forces against a common enemy"--
Author
Series
Five island cove ; 9
Publisher
Aej Creative Works
Pub. Date
20230802
Language
English
Description
"After an eventful summer, Madeline Lancaster is starting to feel a sense of normalcy. Her son is married, and she's finally settled as the manager of the newest upscal restaurant on Diamond Island--The Glass Dolphin. Oh, and she gets engaged. Meanwhile, Alice and Robin find the quietness of their empty nests deafening and embark on projects of their own. A.J. is navigating motherhood with her energetic toddler, while Eloise is juggling her thriving...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"One hundred years after her family was transformed by greed during the Klondike Gold Rush, Anna Bush grapples with moral conflict and questions of justice as she travels to the Klondike to bequeath her would-be inheritance to the First Nations peoples who paid the price for its creation."--
Author
Publisher
Historium Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Set in various time periods, from the declining days of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey to Armenian communities in Rhode Island and Massachusetts during the 1990s, the book provides a deep immersion into a lesser-known era. The story revolves around themes of survival, motherhood, and love, drawing inspiration from the author's own family history. The narrative is framed by a mysterious discovery of Armenian dolls at Victoria's grave many years later,...
53) Sweet Pea Summer
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Can first love truly have a second chance when two high school sweethearts find themselves working together to save their respective businesses in this charming, laugh-out-loud retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion? Eight years ago, May Anderson made the biggest mistake of her life and watched her high school sweetheart Tom Rileyleave Hillsboro, California-and her-in his rearview mirror. Now, after traveling the world, he's come back home. While Tom...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After an unexpected encounter with Eilidh MacDonald, Max Wood thinks this shockingly beautiful woman is unlike anyone he's ever met! Working to restore the Scottish estate long neglected by his family, Max is achieving more than he thought possible. As a carefree second son, he's never considered marriage--until now... But is shaking off his decadent persona enough to win the flame-haired lady who's captured his heart?"--
Author
Publisher
One More Chapter
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Helsingør, Denmark, 1943. In the midst of the German occupation during World War II, Inger Bredahl joins the underground resistance and risks her life to save members of Denmark’s Jewish community and help them escape to Sweden. Copenhagen, 2018. Inger’s granddaughter, Cecilie Lund, is mourning her death when a mysterious discovery while cleaning out Inger’s flat leads past and present to intersect. As long-held secrets finally see the light...
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