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1) Azizam
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Téhéran. A la mort de sa femme, Amir et ses trois enfants, Shirin, Reza et Mohammad, découvrent que celle-ci a légué un véritable trésor dont nul n'avait connaissance : un terrain agricole de trois hectares. Si les garçons héritent de la plus grosse part du gâteau, comme le veut la loi iranienne, Shirin découvre quant à elle que sa part contient un trésor inestimable : un noyer.
S'ensuit une querelle entre la sœur et ses deux frères...
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Part devil, part angel, the specter of Jim Morrison has haunted America's consciousness since his premature death in 1971. His spirit seemed dark, and the graphic despair of his Lizard King persona reigned supreme in his lifetime, but Jim Morrison died with a smile on his face. Was his journey through the afterlife as tumultuous as his journey through life? This is the question Mick Farren answers in his fascinatingly complex novel based on one of...
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At only six years old the only thing Alexis worries about is inventing new games and having fun with his dog Sultan in the city of Mobile. His whole world crumbles when he falls into the hands of two enigmatic characters. His disappearance unleashes an exciting process where events unfold at neck breaking pace. Peter and The Collector embark on a wild search while the clock ticks away. Will they find him before nightfall?
This story is a sequel...
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Jesse B. Simple, Simple to his fans, made weekly appearances beginning in 1943 in Langston Hughes' column in the Chicago Defender. Simple may have shared his readers feelings of loss and dispossession, but he also cheered them on with his wonderful wit and passion for life.
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Martin Sproale is an assistant postmaster obsessed with Ernest Hemingway. Martin lives in a small English village, where he studies his hero and putters about harmlessly--until an ambitious outsider, Nick Marshall, is appointed postmaster instead of Martin. Slick and self-assured, Nick steals Martin's girlfriend and decides to modernize the friendly local office by firing dedicated but elderly employees and privatizing the business. Suddenly, gentle...
6) L'Épice
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Cette quête exaltante, imprévisible et pourtant parfois hilarante, vous emmène depuis le confort d'un restaurant londonien branché jusqu'aux jungles sauvages des Montagnes Cardamomes, o un boulanger anglais et un réfugié cambodgien sont à la recherche d'une famille disparue et essaient de trouver une plante mythique, source d'une épice incroyable et unique. Ben Bakewell est maître-pâtissier dans l'un des restaurants les plus prestigieux...
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A vacation romance run amok. Does what happens in Jamaica always stay in Jamaica? Tasha Smith enjoys her laid-back life running her shop called, Naturally, where she sells organic fruits and vegetables-even though lately she's been in a funk over a broken engagement, or rather, leaving her fiancé standing at the altar. It was the right thing to do but she'd handled it badly. Determined to shake her blues, she heads down to a resort in sunny Jamaica,...
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In this collection of side stories, Theia tries to get Elle to open up by reminiscing about the adventure filled summer vacation they had shared with the residents of room 106. Meanwhile, Harumi and Shizuka train the Sun Rangers, Forthorthian royals learn how to play Earth games, and much more!
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This new collection of poetry and short stories explores the labyrinths of suburban living, once upon a time. The characters make their ways - going left, going right, going back. The twin mask of comedy and tragedy is, of course, at hand often. Also by Fairleigh BrooksFictionMr. Willy & ArthurAn imagined meeting between two of the most iconic characters in American literature, Boo Radley and Willy Loman. The author changes time and fates for both...
10) Entitled
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"Cookie Boyle has written a smart, funny, and heartfelt novel that captures the unexpected adventures in the life of a book." - Blue Ink Review
Entitled is a love letter to books, travel and the people we meet along the way.
Life isn't easy when you're a book.
This charming, humorous, warm-hearted novel follows the extraordinary adventures of an extraordinary book. Entitled is told from the perspective of a book as it reluctantly travels from San...
11) Sock: A Novel
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Twisting the buddy cop story upside down and inside out, Penn Jillette has created the most distinctive narrator to come along in fiction in many years: a sock monkey called Dickie. The sock monkey belongs to a New York City police diver who discovers the body of an old lover in the murky waters of the Hudson River and sets off with her best friend to find her killer. The story of their quest swerves and veers, takes off into philosophical riffs,...
12) World War Moo
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It began with a cow that just wouldn't die. Yep. That's right. They're still un-dead, and now the disease has spread to humans. The epidemic that transformed Britain's bovine population into a blood-thirsty, brain-grazing, zombie horde...err...zombie herd... is threatening to take over the globe in Michael Logan's World War Moo.
And there's not much time left to stop it. All of Great Britain is infected and hungry. The rest of the world has a tough...
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A fun, fresh frolic of a novel starring a spoiled but lovable Texas heiress out to reclaim her fortune
Pippa Walker's wedding was to be huge-Texas huge-complete with twelve bridesmaids under contract from Pippa's mother to stay lean and long-haired, gondolas flown in from Venice, A- and B- guest lists. But when Pippa finds out her handsome husband-to-be isn't what she thought, she bolts from her own wedding, shocking society and getting herself disinherited....
14) Losing Venice
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Short-listed for the 2019 People's Book Prize"A remarkable novel... only someone who has lived in Venice could write with such vivid detail, clarity and affection about her charms and annoyances."JoAnn Loctov, Dream of VeniceSurrounded by beauty, can you learn to live beautifully?Travel marketing specialist Mark Vandermar leads an itinerant life. Elsewhere is where he calls home, so it's no surprise when he's called to Venice to craft the Venice Tourism...
15) The Three Whims
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The Three Whims is a story about an impulsive husband, a cautious wife, and a LEMON. It is followed by two anecdotes entitled "Wedding Bloopers" and Portrait of a Has-Been."
16) Legion
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"All I can say is WOW!" ★★★★★ The Final Battle will soon be upon them... Back in Chicago, a broken and battered Artemus and Smokey sink into despair, the loss of the man they were born to protect a burden they cannot bear, much to the frustration of the Guardians and super soldiers who remain at their side. When a group of unexpected visitors turn up at the mansion, Artemus is forced to face the ramifications of their failure in Rome and...
17) Heir
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"This series MUST continue!" ★★★★★ The Beginning of the End has never been so bittersweet… In the wake of their latest battle against Ba'al, one thing has become clear to Artemus Steele and his companions. The demonic organization is intent on dragging Drake Hunter to Hell, come what may. While Karl LeBlanc's warning continues to preoccupy Artemus and the other Guardians, strange earthquakes rock the four continents, the origins of which...
18) Hallowed Ground
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"Fantastically addictive!" ★★★★★ Once upon a time in Chicago… There are only two things Artemus Steele and his friends want after their latest battle with Ba'al in Rome. Some R&R and zero encounters with demonic entities trying to kill them. Unfortunately for the angel and his allies, Ba'al is headed to Chicago in search of the slumbering Guardian they know to be there. Detective Jeremiah Chase does not believe in monsters. But when his...
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Sandy Huntington-Ackerman's life becomes increasingly complicated when his bungling, moneygrubbing uncles try to shanghai the family fortune by poisoning a birthday cake. Luckily, those conniving uncles prove yet again that they can't do anything right. Instead of bumping off the whole family, they put Sandy's mom and dad and their pet chicken into mysterious comas. Sandy joins forces with his loyal butler and a wise and wacky nurse to save his parents...
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