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La Reine Margot is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder, and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action, and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the world’s greatest and best-loved storytellers.

Cela commence comme du Balzac, avec les affaires d'une riche dame de la bourgeoisie parisienne qui voit son capital détourné par sa favorite. Mais le sujet de cette nouvelle de Musset, c'est en fait la jeune Margot, 16 ans, débarquée de sa Beauce natale et qui découvre Paris, et l'amour. Aveuglée par ses sentiments, il lui faut beaucoup de temps et des épreuves difficiles pour découvrir que celui-ci n'est pas forcément synonyme de bonheur, et que la vie peut être plus heureuse avec ceux qui s'accordent mieux avec soi.

Brought to you by Penguin. An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories. Their last one begins here. Life is short - no one knows that better than seventeen year-old Lenni Petterssen. On the Terminal Ward, the nurses are offering their condolences already, but Lenni still has plenty of...

When its librarian keeper mysteriously dies, two former classmates must race to locate a rare book from their college years that can foretell your future if you confess a secret from your past—but someone is intent on protecting what’s hidden inside. It can write the story of your future...

Die Nachricht kommt für Lara überraschend: Ihre italienische Freundin Celia will in vier Wochen heiraten, und sie soll ihre Trauzeugin werden! Die Hamburgerin sieht darin eine wunderbare Gelegenheit für einen Spontanurlaub, sie liebt das Städtchen Positano, aus dem Celia stammt. Und erst recht das Hotel an der Amalfiküste, das schon seit vielen Jahren im Besitz der Familie Marconi ist. Als Lara in Italien eintrifft und Celias charmantem Bruder Romeo begegnet, beginnt ihr Herz höherzuschlagen – ein romantischer Urlaubsflirt wäre jetzt genau das Richtige!

The last years of King Charles IX's reign in France were dominated by religious wars between Catholics and Protestants. Queen Margot begins in 1572 with the marriage of Marguerite de Valois to Henri de Navarre. Marguerite is King Charles' sister and the daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, all firm Catholics. Henri de Navarre is a Protestant who later will become the beloved King Henri IV. Several important political events have led up to this marriage including the mysterious murder of Henri de Navarre's mother, cleverly plotted by Catherine de Medici. The wedding brings noblemen from all over the world to Paris resulting in the notorious Saint Bartholomew Massacre, where thousands of Protestants are killed. In this inventive and compelling novel, Dumas brings an extraordinary period of history vividly to life with much excitement and romance. The lively prose and wonderfully constructed plot tell of court intrigues and forbidden love, of beautiful queens, duchesses, and noblemen, suspense, conspiracies, betrayals, assassinations, superstitions, poisonings, and sumptuous feasts. With well-known historical figures as main characters in a dangerous and breathtaking game for power, Queen Margot tells of conspiracies, clandestine trysts, and daring escapes. There is the infamous Catherine de Medici, deliciously evil, constantly plotting and poisoning; Le Mole, a dashing and irresistable young Protestant who becomes Marguerite's lover; the noble Coconnos who provides a great source of comic relief; and at the center of all this intrigue are the good-hearted Marguerite and Henri who are perfect political allies with complicated and fascinating love lives.

Le monde s’écroule. Les dieux dorment depuis trop longtemps. Partout, des guerres éclatent. Les humains se soulèvent contre la souveraineté des elfes qui se déchirent entre eux. Quelque chose patiente dans les ténèbres, déterminée à faire basculer les Terres Mères. C’est dans ce sombre contexte qu’Azaëlla apprend l’assassinat de ses pères. Pour retrouver les responsables, elle opte pour un choix aussi radical que douloureux : négocier les services d’un conteur-d’os afin de se plonger dans leurs souvenirs contenus dans leurs ossements.

Two women take an impromptu road trip, just like old times. When the truth catches up, will they keep running or face the darkness they once left behind?

Das Hörbuch zum Kinofilm1943 stellt das Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory der NACA,die später zur NASA wird, erstmalig afroamerikanische Frauen ein. "Menschliche Rechner" - unter ihnen Dorothy Vaughan, die 1953 Vorgesetzte der brillanten afroamerikanischen Mathematikerin Katherine Johnson wird. Trotz Diskriminierung und Vorurteilen, treiben sie die Forschungen der NASA voran und Katherine Johnsons Berechnungen werden maßgeblich für den Erfolg der Apollo-Missionen. Dies ist ihre Geschichte.

Donald believes he knows all there is to know about seeing. An optometrist in suburban Boston, he is sure that he and his wife, Viv, who runs the local stables, are both devoted to their two children and to each other. Then Mercury - a gorgeous young thoroughbred with a murky past - arrives at Windy Hill, and everything changes. Mercury's owner, Hilary, is a newcomer to town who has enrolled her daughter in riding lessons.

A taut emotional thriller about love, obsession and the secrets that pull a family apart. Donald believes he knows all there is to know about seeing. An optician in suburban Boston, he rests assured that he and his wife, Viv, who works at the local stables, will live out quiet lives with their...

One September afternoon in 1999, teenagers Matthew, Zoe and Duncan Lang are walking home from school when they discover a boy lying in a field, bloody and unconscious. Thanks to their intervention, the boy's life is saved. In the aftermath, all three siblings are irrevocably changed. Matthew, the oldest, becomes obsessed with tracking down the assailant, secretly searching the local town with the victim's brother. Zoe wanders the streets of Oxford looking at men, and one of them, a visiting American graduate student, looks back.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy delivers another “luminous, unforgettable, and perfectly rendered” (Dennis Lehane) novel—a poignant and probing psychological drama that follows the lives of three siblings in the wake of a violent crime. One September...

The Baxter sisters come from a long line of women with disastrous luck in love. But this summer, Sunshine and Margot will turn disasters into destiny… As an etiquette coach, Margot teaches her clients to fit in. But she’s never faced a client like Bianca, an aging movie star who gained...

Lenni é uma adolescente de dezessete anos, dona de uma personalidade especial e de muito carisma. Pode-se dizer que é uma garota cheia de vida... exceto que, segundo os médicos, ela está à beira da morte. Como um modo de preencher seus dias no hospital em que está internada e sozinha—e de cumprir uma aposta feita com o padre da capela—Lenni começa a frequentar aulas de arte terapêutica. E é então que conhece Margot, uma senhora de oitenta e três anos, doce e de coração rebelde como o de Lenni.

Eine außergewöhnliche Freundschaft. Ein Leben voller Geschichten. Ihre letzte Geschichte beginnt hier. Das Leben ist kurz. Niemand weiß das besser als die siebzehnjährige Lenni. Sie leidet an einer unheilbaren Krankheit, die ihr nicht mehr viel Zeit lässt. In einem Malkurs im Krankenhaus trifft sie auf Margot: dreiundachtzig, voller Lebenserfahrung, Witz und Widerspenstigkeit. Margot weiß, wie es ist, im letzten Kapitel des Lebens angekommen zu sein.

Eine außergewöhnliche Freundschaft. Ein Leben voller Geschichten. Ihre letzte Geschichte beginnt hier. Das Leben ist kurz. Niemand weiß das besser als die siebzehnjährige Lenni. Sie leidet an einer unheilbaren Krankheit, die ihr nicht mehr viel Zeit lässt. In einem Malkurs im Krankenhaus trifft sie auf Margot: dreiundachtzig, voller Lebenserfahrung, Witz und Widerspenstigkeit. Margot weiß, wie es ist, im letzten Kapitel des Lebens angekommen zu sein.

Love may be blind, but obsession’s a real killer. Nora Holliday is not that kind of woman. Not the kind who has an illicit affair with a married man. But Josh Landon is everything Nora’s alcoholic husband isn’t. And now she and Josh are so infatuated, they can’t stay away from one...

On their first date back in law school, Natalie and Will Clarke bonded over drinks, dinner and whether they could get away with murder. Now married, they’ll put the latter to the test when an unchecked danger in their community places their son in jeopardy. Working as a criminal defense...

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young woman whose gift of second sight complicates her coming of age in late-nineteenth-century Scotland “Bewitching and seductive.” —Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions for You “A...