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5621) Conte de Sinouhé
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Le conte de Sinouhé, également appelé histoire de Sanehat, est l'un des récits les plus populaires du Moyen Empire égyptien qui soit parvenu jusqu'à nous. Des dizaines de fragments d'exemplaires ont été retrouvés, ce qui est inhabituel et en dit long sur la popularité de ce récit au Moyen Empire. Les égyptologues sont divisés sur la part de fiction, certains affirmant qu'il s'agit d'un texte historique, tandis que d'autres prétendent...
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The fourth volume in the official biography. Covering the years 1917 to 1922, Martin Gilbert's fascinating account carefully traces Churchill's wide-ranging activities and shows how, by his persuasive oratory, administrative skill, and masterful contributions to Cabinet discussions, Churchill regained, only a few years after the disaster of the Dardanelles, a leading position in British political life. There are many dramatic and controversial episodes:...
5623) The Gabinian Affair
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The Gabinian Affair is a memoir written by a retired Roman soldier, Gaius Marius Insubrecus, who served Caesar during his wars in Gaul. As a youth, Insubrecus is caught between two worlds: the heroic myths of his people, the Gahâél, and the harsh realities of their conqueror, Rome. Insubrecus tries to escape assassins sent after him from Rome by hiding in the Roman army, right at the time that the new governor, Gaius Iulius Caesar, launches his...
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From an Edgar Award–winning British crime novelist, this unsettling homicide investigation features the unorthodox French detective Henri Castang.
On a sultry summer night in a French provincial city, Insp. Henri Castang is summoned from his office at the Police Judiciaire to the site of a triple murder. The killer? A husband who came home unexpectedly to discover his wife and daughter in bed with another man. A crime of passion? Perhaps. Except...
5625) Eleanor
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The second book in the Thursday's Child Series - Eleanor: 1917 South Australia - The world is at war! A conflict that will sweep away the lingering ghost of a century just gone, to reshape the world into which she has been born. Growing up in the comforting security of a loving family...she will dabble in young romance, be betrayed by one man while pining for another twenty years her senior. And like many others, she will experience the hardship of...
5626) A Bride for Tucker
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From a USA Today Bestselling Author...THE PRESCOTT BRIDESFive lady outlaws sent to prison for bank robbery. Their sentences commuted to time served if they become mail-order brides.Five brothers looking for wives, take a chance on the outlaw brides.Will they find happiness or heartache?This is Ivy's story.Ivy Sheahan was married to the man she loved…for a full three months before he was killed in the in a robbery of the mercantile in Flagstaff,...
5628) The Final Hour: A Novel
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In the final chapter of the saga that began with Dynasty of Death and The Eagles Gather, a global munitions empire must take sides in World War II. Peter Bouchard journeyed from afar to intervene in the power struggle between Armand and Christopher Bouchard. At stake was control of the family's vast conglomerate spanning the armament, airplane, and automobile industries. Now Peter and his wife, Celeste, have returned from Europe, where the winds of...
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The end of 'organised' combat between the forces loyal to King Charles I and those loyal to Parliament. Charles, isolated in Oxford, is slowly losing all control as the New Model Army under Generals Fairfax and Cromwell deal the final hammer-blows to a disorganised and demoralised royal army.
How all this affects (or is mostly disregarded by) the inhabitants of small Devon towns and villages, who have other things on their minds - how to ensure a...
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This rags-to-riches history of three generations offers a "terrifically readable, compelling" look at the Chinese middle class and the immigrant experience (Publishers Weekly). If you're Irish American or African American or Eastern European Jewish American, there's a rich literature to give you a sense of your family's arrival-in-America story. Until now, that hasn't been the case for Chinese Americans. From noted historian Mae Ngai, The Lucky...
5631) Breath Witch
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Is the only way to find peace to wage war?Alaysha is trapped in an endless cycle of ruthless decisions that remind her more of her father than of the innocent but jaded young witch she once was. Her magic is burgeoning, growing ever more powerful and ever more dangerous, trapping everyone with her in a world of doubt and confusion.She needs to find the goddess who started it all if she is to find peace. Only the divinity can confront the witch of...
5632) Mon messie
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Le petit Denis aspire à un changement radical dans sa vie en pleine guerre d'Algérie et d'exode familial. Il place tous ses espoirs dans un sauveur au Clos Bissardon à Lyon. Ce messie se manifestera-t-il ?
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Danny Nabet est né en Algérie en 1956. À la fin de cette année, sa famille quitta l'Algérie et arriva à Lyon. Ils ont ensuite immigré en Israël en 1968. Cette expérience de vie a inspiré l'écriture de "Mon messie"....
5633) Mémoire de mes souvenirs
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"Mémoire de mes souvenirs" offre une interprétation authentique et solide d'Alger, basée sur des faits documentés avec des dates précises et des témoignages crédibles. Cet ouvrage couvre des moments clés tels que l'implication de l'Algérie pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les Évènements d'Algérie, la révolution hongroise de 1956, la bataille d'Alger, la décolonisation de l'Algérie et les attentats du FLN, entre autres. Quels autres...
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Catriona McPherson's critically acclaimed mystery series set in 1920s Scotland and featuring plucky and laugh-out-loud-funny heroine Dandy Gilver is perfect for fans of PG Wodehouse, Dorothy L Sayers, and Agatha Christie.
In A Deadly Measure of Brimstone, Dandy and the whole Gilver clan travel to a spa town for a weekend of relaxation which is quickly interrupted by a slew of mysterious- and deadly-events.
The men of the Gilver family have come...
5635) Flight from Nevèrÿon
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Two novellas and a full-length novel of Nevèrÿon, the land at the limit of history In The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals, a disease has come to Nevèrÿon. Men, rich and poor, have been stricken with it-but far fewer women. More and more die, and no one recovers. The illness seems to have first come from the Bridge of Lost Desire, a hangout for prostitutes male and female, but its spread through the city has been terrifying. And it will change Nevèrÿon...
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Evangeline Holland, author of the Bledington Park series, enchants readers with this poignant short story about a woman seemingly alone in terrible aftermath of the Great War and the man who proves she has more than she ever realized.
War stole everything from Morven Williams-her husband, her friends, her livelihood, and her home. As Paris erupts in Armistice celebrations, she stands on the precipice of her past and her future, and the arrival of...
5637) Loveda Brown Comes Home
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Loveda Brown inherits more than a tiny hotel in Idyllwild, she inherits the guests that come with it and the killer walking among them. Loveda Brown has inherited more than a tiny hotel in Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, she's inherited trouble. A pretentious lawyer, a Boy Scout troop invasion, insufferable suffragettes, and a pair of pompous honeymooners are about to interrupt her best laid plans. Between murder and a kidnapping,...
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In the tranquil city of Helsinborgh, where cobblestone streets and historic buildings hide more secrets than it seems, a mystery unfolds that will shake the foundations of the community. At the heart of this intrigue lies William Olstrom, a successful and enigmatic entrepreneur. His days of prosperity came to an end when he began receiving anonymous threats that shook his world.William, the computer and systems entrepreneur who had built a business...
5639) A New Life in London
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Elizabeth engineers a happily-ever-after… When Sir Walter Elliot dies, his two unmarried daughters are swiftly and unceremoniously evicted from Kellynch by their cousin. Taking refuge in London they settle the last of their father's affairs – while taking heed to their own. Elizabeth Elliot is determined to marry well and will make every use of this last chance she has for herself and, when Anne is not suitably concerned with her own future, for...
5640) Wyatt's Bride
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Sometimes family isn't always who is related to you by blood. Family means the people who were there when you needed them, and who would never leave you behind.After working in the textile mill for a few years, Rebecca is ready to start a new life. When the matron of the boardinghouse where she lives finds a match for her with a man out west looking for a bride, she jumps at the chance. She hopes she can find a man to love, who will love her, who...
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