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Le plus célèbre des romans dAlexandre Dumas. « – Vous avez dit que vous n’étiez que trois, mais il me semble, à moi, que nous sommes quatre.– Mais vous n’êtes pas des nôtres, dit Porthos.– C’est vrai

Un classique de la littérature, un roman d’amour inoubliable.« Et là tout près, la mer toujours, la grande nourrice et la grande dévorante de ces générations vigoureuses, s’agitant elle aussi, faisan

Une passion tumultueuse sur fond de Première guerre mondiale.« J’épuisais ma force nerveuse en lâcheté, en audace, éreinté par les mille contradictions de mon âge aux prises avec une aventure d’homme

Une nouvelle enquête de Gabrielle Kaplan dans le Maroc des années 1950.1952 : les corps de deux prostituées portant sur le ventre le même tatouage sont découverts à Casablanca. Le commissaire Renaud

Le grand roman réaliste de Maupassant, un monument de la littérature française !« Lorsqu’il parvint sur le seuil, il aperçut la foule amassée, une foule noire, bruissante, venue là pour lui, Georges

Le grand roman réaliste de Maupassant, un monument de la littérature française !« Lorsqu’il parvint sur le seuil, il aperçut la foule amassée, une foule noire, bruissante, venue là pour lui, Georges

« Ce qui manque furieusement à notre époque, c’est un art de vivre avec les technologies. Une faculté d’accueil et de filtre, d’empuissantement choisi et de déconnexion assumée. Des pratiques qui nou

« Ce qui manque furieusement à notre époque, c’est un art de vivre avec les technologies. Une faculté d’accueil et de filtre, d’empuissantement choisi et de déconnexion assumée. Des pratiques qui nou

My name is Jean Moreau. My place is at Evermore. I belong to the Moriyamas. It is a truth Jean has built his life around, a reminder this is the best he can hope for and all he deserves. But when he is stolen from Edgar Allan University and sold to a more dangerous master, Jean is forced to contend with a life outside of the Nest for the first time in five years. The Foxes call his transfer to California a fresh start; Jean knows it is little more than a golden cage. Captain Jeremy Knox is facing his final year with the USC Trojans and fifth straight year falling short of the championships trophy he desperately craves. Taking in the nations best defenseman is a no-brainer, even if that man is a Raven. But Jean is no monster, just a man with no hope or desire for a future, and when Evermores collapse starts dragging Jeans hideous secrets to light, Jeremy is forced to contend with the cost of victory.

There are three things you need to know about Nellie Belanger: She hates apologizing. She loves exploring her sensuality. She absolutely does not want a serious relationship with anyone extra emphasis on "one." Which is why no one can ever find out about that one sizzling afternoon she spent in JP Marchandaka her best friends brothersbedroom three years ago. After a chance encounter with her former professor, the semi-reserved and gorgeously attractive Ben, becomes unexpectedly steamy, Nellie thinks shes in for the summer of a lifetime. But when she offends the wrong person with her joyfully promiscuous attitude, it looks like three years of irritatingly flirty attempts to get her to call him are going to pay off for JP. At least, until an ill-advised promise backfires and leaves her at odds with the one person who could ruin everything: her increasingly demanding and image-obsessed father. Kiss Me If You Can is a spicy new adult romance with both best friends brother and an age gap involving a teacher. It is part of the If You Can series. These spicy new adult romance novels follow Nellie Belanger, an unapologetically sensual college student, on her journey from bed to bed and features multiple love interests/spicy partners with no love triangles or cheating. While recommended for maximum enjoyment, the prequel novella The Boy Next Door does not need to be read to enjoy this first book in the series.

Adeles inner strength is truly remarkable. Personal Best will light a fire of hope and determination in us all. -Lorraine KellyAward-winning BBC broadcaster, TV personality and DJ, Adele Roberts, was diagnosed with bowel cancer on the first of October 2021. In the months that followed, with her partner Kate Holderness alongside her, she fought very publicly through the challenges of chemotherapy and life with a stoma, whom she named Audrey. Adeles legions of fans avidly followed this remarkable journey, struck by her determination, her stoicism, and above all the resolute positivity that she and Kate demonstrated despite the many hurdles they faced along the way. 18 months on - she ran across the finish line of the London Marathon, setting a new Guinness World Record as the fastest female with an ileostomy.Personal Best is the story of those months but its also a tremendously valuable, life-enhancing guide to surviving and thriving through lifes challenges and setbacks, illuminating a path that anyone can follow to get back on track, go further than they thought and achieve their personal best in the marathon of life - punctured with inspirational quotes and playlists along the way. Personal Best will help you to take on whatever challenge you may be facing with enough resolution to give yourself the strongest possible chance of success.

UN ÉTÉ QUI NE SE SERA PAS DE TOUT REPOS POUR NOTRE CHÈRE ENQUÊTRICE !Été 1921. Posie Parker est une enquêtrice de renom. Pourtant, lorsqu’elle doit retrouver la trace d’un célèbre explorateur mystéri

Il a ce flegme british que rien ni personne ne perturbe.Sauf elle : une vraie bombe à retardement. Jude, lirrécupérable dandy, et Joe, la rebelle un brin revêche, se voient confier la garde de la pet

**DONT MISS WITCH TRIAL, THE BRAND NEW, JAW-DROPPING THRILLER FROM HARRIET TYCE**THREE WOMEN. ONE BODY. WILL THEY EVER LEARN?The shocks kept coming right up to the final pages.Lisa JewellHarriets best so far.Sophie HannahNothing short of unputdownable. One of the best openings Ive read in forever. Alex MichaelidesA shocking, provocative, standout thriller.Chris WhitakerLeft me breathless. Lucy ClarkeAnna wants a fresh start after three long years behind bars.Lucy craves the attention of the only man she cant have, her alluring Oxford professor.Marie has spent too long as a recluse living by someone elses rules.When three strangers stumble upon an elaborate web of lies and the dead body at the heart of it, they will discover the true price of getting the life they desire so badly.But will it be too late?MORE PRAISE FOR A LESSON IN CRUELTY:Tyces denouement pulls things together skilfully and surprisingly.Sunday TimesExpertly crafted with that chilling sense of dreadThe SunA dizzyingly satisfying page-turner. Sarah PinboroughUtterly compelling, A Lesson in Cruelty is in the very top tier of psychological thrillers and further cements Harriet Tyces place amongst the great British crime writers.M. W. CravenPerfect plotting, utterly brilliant.B.A. ParisI absolutely loved it and devoured it whole in one day. So suspenseful and clever of course, but such great characterisation and real heart.Laura MarshallCompulsive, dark and smart, A Lesson in Cruelty delivers on every level. Gilly MacmillanAn imaginatively told (and very bingeable) thriller.John MarrsSuperb, twisty plotting thats sure to keep readers guessing until the very end.Femi KayodeA deliciously sinister tale of revenge and redemption, with heart-in-mouth tension and head-spinning twists. Ellery Lloyd

Andrew Gold is the new Jon Ronson. Smart, funny, brave and deeply thoughtful, The Psychology of Secrets is an absolute must read Will Storr, author of The Status GameCult leaders, murderers, psychopaths and you. Take a deep dive into the bizarre psychology of secrecy with Andrew Gold, award-winning investigative journalist and host of Heretics.We all keep secrets. 97 per cent of us are hiding a secret right now, and on average we each hold thirteen at any one time. Theres a one-in-two chance that those secrets involve a breach of trust, a lie or a financial impropriety. They are the stuff of gossip, of novels and of classic dramas; secrets form a major part of our hidden inner lives.Andrew Gold knows this better than anyone. As a public figure, he has found himself the unwitting recipient of hundreds of strangers most private revelations. This set him on a journey to understand this critical part of our societies and lives. Why do we keep secrets? Why are we fascinated by those of others? What happens to our mind when we confess?Drawing from psychology, history, social science, philosophy and personal interviews, The Psychology of Secrets is a rollicking journey through the history of secrecy.Andrew Gold is but should not be one of our cultures best kept secrets. He is a truly edgy journalist, broadcaster and writer David Baddiel, bestselling author of The God Desire

Ils navaient pas le droit. Ils lont pris. « À 15 ans, jai rencontré mon pire ennemi. Sauf que Tristan Quinn était aussi le fils de la nouvelle femme de mon père. Et que ça faisait de lui mon demi-frè

** A WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH **WHAT DARK SECRETS WAIT TO BE UNCOVERED WHEN YOU CHECK IN TO THE VILLA ROSA?The scintillating new novel from the author of The End of Mr YThis is fiction roaring on all cylinders. GuardianGloriously dark and tangled . . . clever . . . I highly recommend it. ObserverA dark, twisty, savagely humorous plunge into a cauldron of toxic relationships . . . as well as a mystery loaded with menace, this is a smart, layered, stinging look at power and its abuse. The TimesThrough her bold storytelling, The Sleepwalkers becomes a work of peculiar, gonzo genius. New York TimesOnce more she earns her place in a postwar British canon of playfully serious mavericks that runs from Muriel Spark and Brigid Brophy to Nicola Barker and Ali Smith. SpectatorLike a darker, funnier The White Lotus, The Sleepwalkers is horrifying in the best possible way. I loved every moment of it. James Smythe The Sleepwalkers is brilliant, savage and hilarious.This is Scarletts best yet, and I dont say that lightly. Bidisha MamataA twisty Gothic tale of vertiginous depths and haunting power. Sandra Newman, author of JuliaThis original thriller has plenty of surprises.Good HousekeepingStill reeling from the chaos of their wedding, Evelyn and Richard arrive on an idyllic Greek island for their honeymoon. Its the end of the season and out at sea a storm is brewing.They check in to an exclusive hotel, the Villa Rosa, where the proprietor Isabella a strangely intense woman of indeterminate accent flirts outrageously with Richard while treating Evelyn with a rudeness bordering on contempt. Isabella tells them the story of the sleepwalkers: a couple who stayed at the hotel the year before and drowned in a tragic and unexplained accident. It starts to feel like the entire island is obsessed with the sleepwalkers, but what at first seems like a fun tale to tell before bed quickly evolves into a living nightmare. Caught in a web of deception and intrigue, where nothing and nobody are quite what they seem, Evelyn and Richard discover that their island paradise may in fact be hell on earth and that their only means of escape is to confront dark truths about themselves and those they love. Exhilarating, suspenseful, and subversively funny, in The Sleepwalkers Thomas takes elements of Daphne Du Maurier and Patricia Highsmith and blends them with her own unique sensibility to create an unforgettable thriller of rare intelligence that cements her reputation as the most exciting and original author of her generation.Muriel Sparks disreputable niece. Spectator Shes a genius. Douglas Coupland

The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby Theres no one funnier than Joel Golby GREG JAMES I love this book DOLLY ALDERTON How much of your life do you review? Books, TV, film, music the reviewable things? Ever tried going a little further, reviewing the intangibles, the abstract, the weird: a houseplant; the sunlight on the pavement on a crisp spring day; being embarrassed; that strange wave you do at cars when they slow down at zebra crossings. A dead houseplant. From almond croissants to the concept of life itself, Joel Golby embarks on a journey through modern living, leaving no stone unturned no one thing unreviewed to consider what it all really means; why we all care so much about opinions; and whether, deep down, its better to live a life thats good rather than, well, five stars out of five.

A tour de force S.A. CosbyAn instant classic Alex MichaelidesSet in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a murder case sets a duo of Black and white lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants. **********Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with killing a wealthy, elderly white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder trial.Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best prosecutor in town. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories achieved by the Civil Rights movement.Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can stop the prosecutions deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the electric chair. But together, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible: a chance for a fair trial and true justice.A Calamity of Souls is the gripping historical courtroom drama from international no. 1 bestselling author David Baldacci. And be sure not to miss Strangers In Time, Baldaccis pulse-pounding wartime novel. **********KILLER TWISTS. HEROES TO BELIEVE IN. TRUST BALDACCI. One of the worlds thriller masters Daily MailBaldacci is still peerless Sunday TimesDavid Baldacci at his best Michael ConnellyOne of the all-time best thriller authors Lisa GardnerBaldacci on top form Peter James*The 6.20 Man, the first instalment in Baldaccis Travis Devine series, was an instant New York Times bestseller w/c 31/07/2024

A brilliantly original exploration of our obsession with the end of the world, from Mary Shelleys The Last Man to the HBOs The Last of Us.Will make you happy to be alive and reading until the lights go out . . . Brilliant The SpectatorClever and voluminous . . . So engagingly plotted and written The GuardianWe have always told ourselves stories about the end of the world. Long before we watched superintelligent AI wage war on humanity in The Terminator, or read about a catastrophic deluge in J. G. Ballards The Drowned World, art, literature and politics were all haunted by recurring visions of apocalypse.In Everything Must Go a colourful, witty and stirring cultural history of the modern world that weaves in politics, history and science Dorian Lynskey explores the endings that we have read, listened to, or watched with morbid fascination, from the sci-fi terrors of H. G. Wells and John Wyndham to the apocalyptic ballads of Bob Dylan and planet-shattering movie blockbusters.Whether were fantasizing about nuclear holocaust or a collision with an asteroid, a devastating pandemic or a robot revolution, why do we like to scare ourselves, and why do we keep coming back for more? And how do fictional premonitions of the end play into real-life responses to existential threats?Deeply illuminating about our past and our present, and surprisingly hopeful about our future, Everything Must Go will grip you from beginning to, well, end.I was blown away by this book Sathnam Sanghera, author of EmpirelandImpossibly epic, brain-expanding, life-affirming and profound Ian Dunt, author of How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesnt