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Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But can the SAS distract the Nazis to allow airborne landings to go ahead? September 1944: in the wake of the successful ‘Anvil’ landings, the Allies plan airborne landings in the Orléans Gap. To ‘soften’ the enemy beforehand, they decide to drop a...

Stone Barrington is back and better than ever in the astonishing new thriller from New York Times bestseller Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington has returned to Paris to attend to some business concerns, and finds himself embroiled in high-stakes trouble on both sides of the pond. An old enemy is...

King Henry V has defeated the French, but he has yet to grasp the crown of France. He returns to finish the job which was begun at Agincourt. At his side is his mentor, Sir William Strongstaff, Knight of the Garter. The oldest man in the army, he has yet to become a mere observer, and he is sent on a diplomatic mission to Burgundy and an alliance with Duke John the Fearless. When the Scots ally with the French and kill the king’s brother in battle, it seems that the campaign is over, but the English archers and men at arms show their enemies that they reign supreme.

Montpellier in 1566 - only fools walk the streets at night unarmed while a profession of faith in the wrong company can lead to a knife in the back. Not even this proud city of philosophers is safe from the menaces that endanger the peace of France. The city militia are struggling to contend with the lawlessness and religious hatred that threaten to tear the whole country in two.

Anno 3959. La Terra non è mai stata tanto ricca e rigogliosa. Nello scenario mozzafiato di una società verde e solare, l'umanità allargata prospera grazie al lavoro degli animali, con spettacolari arbopoli senzienti che svettano fronzute, prendendosi cura di chi le abita. La maestria dei bioarchitetti nel generare casealbero dalle forme e dai colori strabilianti non ha limiti. Ellie, però, è nata nel buio di una colonia spaziale. Vuole vedere la Terra e sbarca da clandestina, ma la gioia dura poco, perché qualcuno vuole ucciderla.

La conclusion palpitante des aventures de Catalina et Matthew. Matthew et Catalina croient que leurs deux destinées les condamnent à s'éloigner l'un de l'autre. Ils n'ont plus rien en commun et un futur à conquérir, pour lequel il faudra se battre et affronter des épreuves au sein du Cercle. Mais s'ils triomphent peut-être qu'ils pourraient se retrouver.

Les mémoires d'une reine du poker déchue " Des élites de Hollywood aux clubs privés de Wall Street, mes aventures dans le milieu du poker underground " Petite fille, Molly Bloom rêvait d'une vie sans contraintes, sans limites, une vie où elle n'aurait de comptes à rendre à personne – une vie où elle pourrait devenir elle-même. Pour finir par obtenir bien plus que ce qu'elle aurait pu imaginer.

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin. The royal house of France has fallen. Charles IV is dead, fulfilling the curse of the Templars once and for all. This leaves the path to the throne open for Robert of Artois to place his cousin, Philippe of Valois, upon it. Having...

La recette du bonheur contient toujours un peu de courage... et beaucoup d'amour. Adèle a tout quitté : Paris, le grand restaurant dans lequel elle travaillait, la pression constante des cuisines, la misogynie du chef qui la bridait chaque jour un peu plus. Pour échapper au burn out, elle s'est réfugiée chez une amie de sa grand-mère, à Saint-Malo. Dans la crêperie de Joséphine, elle reprend petit à petit ses marques, restant loin des cuisines mais s'occupant du service et des clients.

Revolutionary France is full of blood and bite . . . 1793. Eleanor, once a lowly English maid, is now a member of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel: renowned for their daring deeds, and for rescuing aristocrats and vampires from the guillotine. When the notorious French diplomat...

Quatre mois ont passé. La rébellion doit se réorganiser pour préparer un plan d'attaque contre le Grand Oracle. Malgré la prudence excessive du nouveau commandement, Leah reste focalisée sur ses objectifs : tuer Kahini quoi qu'il lui en coûte. Briser le joug de l'Allégeance. Terminer le travail de Zam. Or, dans quelques semaines aura lieu la cérémonie annuelle du Chant des Âmes, l'occasion parfaite pour accomplir cette vengeance.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “All the Steve Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history—plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.”—Lee Child Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American...

Dans un futur pas très lointain, deux civilisations, que tout oppose, peuplent la terre. Les Technos vivent dans des cités puissantes, ils ont colonisé Mars et Jupiter, disposent d'un luxe et d'un confort impensables pour un homme du XXIe siècle. Les Sixpiliens vivent en dehors des cités, éparpillés dans de petits villages, avec le strict nécessaire pour mener à bien leur occupation principale : la culture de la terre.

It is 1793 in France, the year of the guillotine. Already, Louis XVI has been sentenced to the scaffold, and Terror reigns. The architects of the Revolution (Marat, Danton, and Robespierre) have set up the Convention, an embryo parliament, designed to stem social chaos. But ideals topple in the face of political necessity, alliances founder, and intrigue is a way of life.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “All the Steve Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history—plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.”—Lee Child Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American...

From the glittering ballrooms of 17th Century England to the dangerous intrigues of the French court, Laura L. Sullivan brings an unlikely heroine to the page, turning on its head everything we’ve been told about The Three Musketeers and their ultimate rival. I’ve gone by many names...