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'Vera Wong is my new favourite sleuth' Elle Cosimano Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy ‘detective’ work on...

‘Had me laughing aloud within its first five pages. Charming, hilarious and heartfelt’ Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read Life is good for sixty-year-old teashop owner and amateur sleuth, Vera Wong. Her teashop is bustling, and her son, Tilly, finally has a...

Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss, both recovering from recent unhappiness, meet and quickly fall in love. However, over their new-found bliss looms the spectre of Vera, Wemyss’s first wife who died in mysterious circumstances. After their wedding the couple return home and Lucy really does begin to be troubled by what happened to Vera. Considered a high-water mark by the author, the story is an extraordinarily black vision of a young wife who gradually begins to understand that her husband will accept nothing less than total intellectual and emotional servitude.

Una mattina estiva del 1920 la giovane Lucy perde il padre improvvisamente ritrovandosi sola e disperata, senza speranze. È uno sconosciuto a risvegliarla dal torpore che il lutto le ha causato: il legame con Everard Wemyss, quarantenne rimasto vedovo da poco, è immediato, e la condivisa sofferenza per la recente perdita dà origine a una confortante intimità. Ma il matrimonio con Wemyss sarà diverso da come Lucy aveva sognato: le mura di casa diverranno quelle di una tetra prigione dove i giorni sono scanditi da rituali irrazionali.

Vera lives in the Andromeda galaxy, located hundreds of light-years away from the Milky Way, and thus from Earth! Many things are different there, starting with the inhabitants with strange names: the Ephemerians, the Magniox, the Irisians and the Cortexians. The little alien with a well-tempered character spends fanta-cosmic days with her school friends and her robot-cat B54! In this episode : Vera has to take care of an adorable "bubule". It can't be much different from a robot, can it ? The little alien is far from over her surprises ...

Vera (1921) by Elizabeth von Arnim is a darkly comedic exploration of her tumultuous second marriage to Earl Russell, offering a sharp critique of the romantic illusions that lead wives to tolerate their husbands tyrannies. This unromantic tale weaves a narrative that foreshadows Daphne du Mauriers Rebecca. Naive Lucy Entwhistle finds herself swept into marriage with widower Everard Wemyss, whose imposing mansion, The Willows, is haunted by the ghost of his late wife, Vera—an obsession that consumes Lucy. The households servants play both sides, cleverly undermining Everards oppressive ...

Véra vit dans la galaxie d'Andromède, située à des centaines d'années-lumière de la Voie Lactée, et donc de la Terre ! Là-bas, beaucoup de choses sont différentes, à commencer par les habitants aux noms bizarres : les Euphémériens, les Magniox, les Irisiens et les Cortéxiens. La petite extra-terrestre au caractère bien trempé passe des journées fantacosmiques avec ses copains d'école et son robot-chat B54 ! Véra doit s'occuper d'un adorable "bubule". Ça ne doit pas être très différent d'un robot ! La petite extra-terrestre n'est pas au bout de ses surprises.

Vera lives in the Andromeda galaxy, located hundreds of light-years away from the Milky Way, and thus from Earth! Many things are different there, starting with the inhabitants with strange names: the Ephemerians, the Magniox, the Irisians and the Cortexians.

Vera lives in the Andromeda galaxy, located hundreds of light-years away from the Milky Way, and thus from Earth! Many things are different there, starting with the inhabitants with strange names: the Ephemerians, the Magniox, the Irisians and the Cortexians. The little alien with a well-tempered character spends fanta-cosmic days with her school friends and her robot-cat B54! In this episode : Gégatron, a funny Magniox, is Vera's best friend.

Vera lives in the Andromeda galaxy, located hundreds of light-years away from the Milky Way, and thus from Earth! Many things are different there, starting with the inhabitants with strange names: the Ephemerians, the Magniox, the Irisians and the Cortexians. The little alien with a well-tempered character spends fanta-cosmic days with her school friends and her robot-cat B54! In this episode : A double eclipse is announced in Témarix.

Vera lives in the Andromeda galaxy, located hundreds of light-years away from the Milky Way, and thus from Earth! Many things are different there, starting with the inhabitants with strange names: the Ephemerians, the Magniox, the Irisians and the Cortexians. The little alien with a well-tempered character spends fanta-cosmic days with her school friends and her robot-cat B54! In this episode : Today, Vera is in a bad mood! Even her robot-cat doesn't dare to say anything... Fortunately, Gégatron has a good idea to help his friend relax...

Sold is a terrifying, gripping and true story about a young Russian girl who dreams of a better life, but instead falls victim to trafficking. Seventeen-year-old Natasja is attracted by an offer to work as a nanny in Sweden. Her ticket to freedom turns out to be a worse nightmare than she ever could have imagined. Time and time again, she is sold to different men. But even though she is slowly falling apart, Natasja refuses to give up and silently starts to plan her escape. In Sold, she talks about how she managed to get free against all odds.

Vera vive nella galassia di Andromeda, situata a centinaia di anni luce di distanza dalla Via Lattea, e quindi dalla Terra! Lì, molte cose sono diverse, a cominciare dagli abitanti dai nomi strani: gli Efemeriani, i Magnosiani, gli Irisiani e i Cortexiani. La piccola aliena dal carattere forte trascorre le sue giornate in un mondo fantastico con i suoi compagni di scuola e il suo gatto robot B54!

Vera vive nella galassia di Andromeda, situata a centinaia di anni luce di distanza dalla Via Lattea, e quindi dalla Terra! Lì, molte cose sono diverse, a cominciare dagli abitanti dai nomi strani: gli Efemeriani, i Magnosiani, gli Irisiani e i Cortexiani. La piccola aliena dal carattere forte trascorre le sue giornate in un mondo fantastico con i suoi compagni di scuola e il suo gatto robot B54!

Vera vive nella galassia di Andromeda, situata a centinaia di anni luce di distanza dalla Via Lattea, e quindi dalla Terra! Lì, molte cose sono diverse, a cominciare dagli abitanti dai nomi strani: gli Efemeriani, i Magnosiani, gli Irisiani e i Cortexiani. La piccola aliena dal carattere forte trascorre le sue giornate in un mondo fantastico con i suoi compagni di scuola e il suo gatto robot B54!

Véra vit dans la galaxie d'Andromède, située à des centaines d'années-lumière de la Voie Lactée, et donc de la Terre ! Là-bas, beaucoup de choses sont différentes, à commencer par les habitants aux noms bizarres : les Euphémériens, les Magniox, les Irisiens et les Cortéxiens. La petite extra-terrestre au caractère bien trempé passe des journées fantacosmiques avec ses copains d'école et son robot-chat B54 ! Gégatron, un Magniox rigolo, est le meilleur ami de Véra.

Véra vit dans la galaxie d'Andromède, située à des centaines d'années-lumière de la Voie Lactée, et donc de la Terre ! Là-bas, beaucoup de choses sont différentes, à commencer par les habitants aux noms bizarres : les Euphémériens, les Magniox, les Irisiens et les Cortéxiens. La petite extra-terrestre au caractère bien trempé passe des journées fantacosmiques avec ses copains d'école et son robot-chat B54 !

Vera vive nella galassia di Andromeda, situata a centinaia di anni luce di distanza dalla Via Lattea, e quindi dalla Terra! Lì, molte cose sono diverse, a cominciare dagli abitanti dai nomi strani: gli Efemeriani, i Magnosiani, gli Irisiani e i Cortexiani. La piccola aliena dal carattere forte trascorre le sue giornate in un mondo fantastico con i suoi compagni di scuola e il suo gatto robot B54!

Vera vive nella galassia di Andromeda, situata a centinaia di anni luce di distanza dalla Via Lattea, e quindi dalla Terra! Lì, molte cose sono diverse, a cominciare dagli abitanti dai nomi strani: gli Efemeriani, i Magnosiani, gli Irisiani e i Cortexiani. La piccola aliena dal carattere forte trascorre le sue giornate in un mondo fantastico con i suoi compagni di scuola e il suo gatto robot B54!

Vera vive nella galassia di Andromeda, situata a centinaia di anni luce di distanza dalla Via Lattea, e quindi dalla Terra! Lì, molte cose sono diverse, a cominciare dagli abitanti dai nomi strani: gli Efemeriani, i Magnosiani, gli Irisiani e i Cortexiani. La piccola aliena dal carattere forte trascorre le sue giornate in un mondo fantastico con i suoi compagni di scuola e il suo gatto robot B54!