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When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and to seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her cousin Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. Thomas Hardy’s timeless masterpiece is brought to life in this new recording by Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless, His Dark Materials).

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Sian Clifford, star of Fleabag and Vanity Fair. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Margaret R. Higonnet. When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a...

Castagnabuona, Valle Scrivia, entroterra di Genova. 852 anime a 453 metri sul livello del mare. Un bar e poco altro. Trent'anni fa, tre amici sedicenni - Giggi Cepollina, Cinghiatane e Aurelio Fierro - sognavano di fare insieme il colpo del secolo dopo essere rimasti folgorati da "Sette uomini d'oro", il film con Rossana Podestà e Philippe Leroy visto al cinema Centrale di Busalla. Oggi Giggi e Cinghiatone tirano stancamente a campare nel loro paesino, mentre di Aurelio si sono perse le tracce dopo il servizio militare.

"Les Chemins d'étoiles" raconte l'histoire, tragique, d'un très grand amour : celui qui unit, le temps d'une année, deux enfants : Daniel, dix ans, et Lisa, neuf. Lui est juif et, en ce mois de juin 1942, sa mère vient de le confier à une famille de paysans de la vallée de la Dordogne pour le soustraire à la fureur nazie. Elle est la fille de ces fermiers qui accueillent Daniel ; elle n'est pas "comme tout le monde" : sensible à tout, elle ne sait s'exprimer. Pourtant Daniel entend l'enfant muette, partage avec elle ses rêves qui les projettent très loin, par ces chemins d'étoiles que le vieux Baptiste montre au petit garçon, et au bout desquels, sans aucun doute, il retrouvera ses parents.

C'est dans les solitudes du Vercors, son pays natal, que Blanche a décidé de se retirer. Quarante ans auparavant, elle s'était pourtant juré de n'y jamais revenir... Blanche était institutrice. Un beau métier, conquis de haute lutte, rêvé dès l'enfance par une petite fille devenue orpheline à quatorze ans. Peu avant la guerre, elle avait rencontré Julien, un charbonnier illettré. Jour après jour, elle lui avait appris l'écriture et donné le goût des livres. Il lui avait appris à aimer.

Luke Craven is convinced that the world is against him; his once-happy life hasn’t been the same since he lost both of his parents and his wife in quick succession, and his everyday has become more about existing than living. But he is forced to reconsider his glass-half-empty outlook when he narrowly escapes a freak accident with his life - pushed to safety by a stranger, who isn’t so lucky.

Ils sont treize : l'abbé Théodéric et douze de ses frères bénédictins de l'abbaye de Solignac, en Limousin. Ils ont pour mission de faire revivre un monastère englouti par les terres hostiles - toutes de marécages, de forêts et de landes - de cette région que l'on appelle aujourd'hui la Brenne, proche de la Sologne. En ce temps-là, le milieu du XIe siècle, quand les héritiers de Charlemagne se disputaient l'Empire disloqué, c'était un pays où survivre était un exploit.

La Grande Guerre est finie depuis sept ans quand Maurice Poudevigne, que tout le monde croyait mort, revient "au pays". En suivant pas à pas l'itinéraire de cet ouvrier agricole de son enfance à sa mort, Jean Anglade nous offre un bel hymne à la vie et à la culture paysanne du début du siècle dernier. Fataliste, Maurice Poudevigne ? Il aime les joies simples, vivre entre les siens, monter, chaque été, sur le plateau du Cézallier, faucher les foins comme son père puis son frère aîné l'ont fait avant lui, au point d'être jugé le meilleur du canton.

Lisa and Elliot have been best friends ever since the day they met as children. Popular, bright and sporty, Lisa was Elliot's biggest supporter when the school bullies made his life a misery, and for that, he will always be grateful. Twenty years later, life has pulled the pair apart, and Lisa is struggling. Her marriage is floundering, her teenage kids are being secretive and she's so tired she can't think straight. So when Elliot knocks on the door, looking much better than she remembers, she can't help but be delighted to see her old friend again.

Dan's life has fallen apart at the seams. He's lost his house and his job, and now he's going to lose his family, too. All he's ever wanted is to keep them together, but is everything beyond repair? Maria is drowning in grief. She spends her days writing letters that will never be answered. Nights are spent trying to hold terrible memories at bay, to escape the pain that threatens to engulf her. Jack wakes up confused and alone. He doesn't know who he is, how he got there, or why he finds himself on a deserted clifftop, but will piecing together the past leave him a broken man?

Pubblicati i suoi primi romanzi, Gabriele D'Annunzio entra in contatto con l'opera del filosofo e pensatore tedesco Friedrich Nietzsche e con il tema del "Superuomo" a cui l'autore si ispira nel dar vita alla figura di Claudio Cantelmo. L'aristocratico musicista Claudio Cantelmo abbandona Roma e si ritira nella sua antica dimora nell'Agro romano per sfuggire alla dominante meschinità dell'Italia post-risorgimentale e piccolo-borghese.

Detective Abish Taylor left Utah for a reason. But with her husband’s passing, it’s time to come home. Reconnecting with her family means dealing with her past: the father she abandoned and the community she left behind. Her one escape is serving as the sole police detective in the small town of Pleasant View. But when the quiet Mormon suburb in the Wasatch Mountains is shaken by a macabre death - with the hallmarks of a sacred ritual dating back to the days of Brigham Young - Abbie is called into action.

Based on the true story behind a landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decision, K.D. Alden's debut is a rich and moving story of one woman's courage and determination to get her child back when all odds are stacked against her. Virginia, 1927: All Ruth Ann Riley wants is a chance to have a family. But...

Une nuit d'été, sur le plateau de Malefougasse, parmi "deux cents hommes et cent mille bêtes", Giono, l'imagination exaltée par des contes flottant au vent des collines, assiste stupéfait à un singulier spectacle, une véritable cérémonie secrète. À la lueur des feux, au son des harpes éoliennes et des flûtes à eau, une dizaine de bergers jouent un drame épique dans une langue tissée de visions, mêlant le provençal, le génois, le corse, le piémontais.

Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, "A Pure Woman", infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. The novel tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first...

Forestry student Jerry Conklin is fly-fishing when something huge lands on his car, crushing it into the earth. It looks like a big black box-about fifty feet high and two hundred feet long-and the object stirs up quite a commotion among the townspeople of Lone Pine, Minnesota. One of them even shoots at it-and quickly pays for it with his life.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first...

Rose has always been close to her father. Her mother died soon after she was born, so it’s been just the two of them for as long as she can remember. But a chance encounter days before she's due to get married leaves Rose questioning everything she has ever known. The man she trusts most in the world has been keeping a secret from her. And the truth will leave her with an impossible choice.

Plus fort qu'un simple nouvel écrit sur la Loire, voici le témoignage oral d'une figure de Loire encore vivante racontant sa passion pour la pêche et la batellerie, accompagné de quelques repères historiques et techniques d'un passionné. Le présent ouvrage vous emmène pour une petite virée sur la Loire et dans les souvenirs des mariniers. À noter que l'ensemble de l'enregistrement a été réalisé sur l'eau à bord de la toue cabanée du cousin Yves et du futreau "Éloïse-Alysée".