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Alice, Maria, Nadia et Thérèse, alias Les Panthères grises, préfèrent de loin leur cours de théâtre au club du troisième âge du quartier. C'est même la consécration quand Alice est choisie pour jouer le rôle de la victime lors d'une reconstitution organisée par la police - la vraie ! Mais lorsqu'elle se fait étrangler - pour de faux ! - par le suspect qui clame son innocence, les Panthères grises, piquées par la curiosité et le désir de vérité, s'embarquent dans une aventure policière rocambolesque.

L'été s'annonce chaud pour les Panthères grises ! Lorsque Maria, la croqueuse d'hommes de la bande, est contactée par Henri, son premier amour, elle voit déjà se raviver une ancienne flamme... que nenni ! Henri a simplement besoin de son aide pour retrouver sa femme portée disparue depuis quelques jours sur l'île de Noirmoutier. Autant dire que cette proposition tombe à pic pour Maria qui entraîne aussitôt ses copines dans une nouvelle enquête. Ravies de quitter la morosité parisienne, les Panthères rejoignent l'île sans se douter des surprises qui les attendent...

Having recently stepped down as chairman and CEO of Best Buy, Hubert Joly shares the leadership principles illustrated by multiple vivid and concrete stories that underpinned the remarkable resurgence of Best Buy and that he believes are at the heart of business: pursue a noble purpose, put people at the center, embrace all stakeholders, and treat profit as an outcome.

Fibromyalgia is characterised by fatigue, muscle aches, wandering chronic pains, depression, and anxiety. It often develops slowly, usually over several years. This book will help you to understand the symptoms of fibromyalgia and provides tools you can use to feel better.

Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by an exotic family heirloom—reclaim secrets and lost loves in this sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives. “My favorite kind of page-turner—unputdownable!”—Martha Hall Kelly, author of...

Witness the incredible life of Caroline, a woman from Hanover who gained significant influence after moving to England. When her father-in-law ascended the throne as George I, and her husband became the Prince of Wales, she found herself in the midst of royal tumult. Despite the unpopularity and ineffectiveness of the King, Caroline strived to mediate between him and his disgruntled subjects. When her husband took the throne as George II, the situation worsened, and Caroline found herself reigning over the country in all but name. In this captivating examination, Wilkins presents Caroline as ...

Dive into the second volume of Queen Carolines riveting biography, wherein we explore her intriguing relationships with the Church, Walpole, and her children. Her journey as Queen Consort and occasional Queen Regent of George II is colored by triumphs and trials, leading up to her eventual illness and demise. This is a testament to the life and times of an extraordinary queen. - Summary by LynneT

Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state. Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it housed, fed, and treated thousands of patients incapable of surviving on their own. The patient population in 1961 eclipsed 6,600, well above its listed capacity of 4,823. By the mid-1990s, the patient population had fallen under 700, and the hospital had become a symbol of captivity, horror, and chaos.

This podcast is just about a Librarian talking about the life of a full time working mom with kids and a husband. I mean, sounds boring, but it's actually quite entertaining! I'm not your average Librarian that you think about with glasses and a bun on top. I'm more of the kind who dances, sings, acts, and more, all while doing my side job as a human taxi for my kids! Take a listen!

Matt, Daniel and Paul were childhood friends. Now in their 30s, they've lost touch and have only one thing in common: their mothers. Little do they know that, having spent a cardless Mother's Day discussing how their emotionally dysfunctional offspring should be settling down, Carol, Gillian and Helen have decided to pay their wayward sons a visit. On the same day, they turn up on their sons' doorsteps, uninvited and unannounced. Their plan is to reestablish the mother-son bond by moving in for one week. Just a week. Surely that's not a lot to ask....

*A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist *Named Best Comedy Book by the African American Literary Awards Show Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the message...

In her latest novel, Pura Belpré Award–winning author Carolina Ixta weaves a tender story about love and hope, following a teen as she works to protect her family and community from a major corporation taking over her town. Paloma Vistamontes is heartbroken. A year ago, her ex-boyfriend...

Caroline Johnson was an unlikely aviator candidate. A tall blonde debutante from Colorado, she could have just as easily gone into fashion or filmmaking, and yet she went on to become an F/A-18 Super Hornet Weapons System Operator. She was one of the first women to fly a combat mission over Iraq since 2011, and she was the first woman to drop bombs on ISIS. Jet Girl tells the remarkable story of the women fighting at the forefront in a military system that allows them to reach the highest peaks and yet is in many respects still a fraternity.

Wes Miller grew up in the shadow of the Atlantic Coast Conference, college basketball's most powerful league. But as a high school senior, none of those elite programs offered him a scholarship - they thought he was too small and too slow. After a year at a mid-major program, he chose to attend North Carolina without a basketball scholarship. Over the next four years, Miller's hard work resulted in a major role on the Carolina team. He earned a starting spot as a junior, displacing more highly touted players. He began his senior year with a mission - to chronicle all aspects of his final season in Chapel Hill.

Meet women who fanned flames and forged their metal through adversity. Dive deeper for more proficiency in emotional aquatics and self-sufficiency. Dissolve heartaches. Discover how word magic, notes, tones, and phonetics affect your life. Supercharge your intuitive abilities, and speak to power. Get grounded and improve back pain as you align your spine with the divine.

Alistair Oliphant has devoted his entire life to his clan's well-being. As one of the laird's bastard sons, he's determined to prove his worth by managing the Oliphants' correspondence, alliances, land stewardship, trading schedules, and about a million other—boring—aspects of keeping a busy Highland clan going. When his father declares whichever of his sons marries and produces a son first will become the next laird, Alistair figures his destiny has finally arrived. The only problem is...he just doesn't have the time to find a wife.

Rocque Oliphant has simple wants: a fine sword at his hip, a good meal in his belly, and a lusty wench by his side. His position as the Oliphant Commander, leader of men, ensures the first, and his long-term affair with Merewyn, the clan healer, ensures the second and third. She brings him joy - and pleasure - in a way he once only dreamed of!

Laird Oliphant's sons have no choice but to get married. Without an heir, the laird has gathered his sons - his six illegitimate sons, all born in the same year - and declared whoever presents him with a grandson first will become the next Highland Laird.

After finishing his studies to become a doctor, Graham followed the woman he loved to Oliphant Castle and discovered—among other things—that he was not the fatherless, family-less bastard he'd always assumed. Well, he was still a bastard, but now he was an Oliphant bastard; he had father who loved him, and six brothers who cared as fiercely as they fought. He'd found a home. And he might've been happy, had Davina MacKinnon been allowed to share it with him. But her grandfather has never seen him as good enough for her.

Duncan Oliphant's father has insisted he - and all of his brothers - marry and start producing grandsons...like, yesterday. And Dunc is having none of it. All he wants in life is a small cottage behind his forge and enough gold and silver to craft valuable delicate jewelry.