Résultats pour "Change" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Violette Toussaint est garde-cimetière dans une petite ville de Bourgogne. Les gens de passage et les habitués viennent se réchauffer dans sa loge où rires et larmes se mélangent au café qu'elle leur offre. Son quotidien est rythmé par leurs confidences. Un jour, parce qu'un homme et une femme ont décidé de reposer ensemble dans son carré de terre, tout bascule. Des liens qui unissent vivants et morts sont exhumés, et certaines âmes que l'on croyait noires se révèlent lumineuses.

William McRaven est l'amiral le plus connu (il a dirigé l'opération de capture de Ben Laden) et le plus décoré aujourd'hui aux États-Unis. Quand il s'est adressé aux étudiants de l'université du Texas en 2014, pour leur livrer les principes de vie qui lui ont permis de réussir sa carrière et de faire face à des situations très difficiles en tant que directeur des opérations spéciales, son discours a soulevé un incroyable enthousiasme.

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ""The Change is like a guttural rage scream (and somehow a soft, tearful hug) of a book, and I couldn't have loved it any more."" --Emily Henry Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick—a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp revenge fantasy about...

Enfermé dans une minuscule cellule de 9 m2, Bart traverse une mauvaise passe. Cela faisait pourtant plusieurs années qu'il filait droit et évitait à tout prix les problèmes avec la justice. Comment a-t-il pu en arriver là ? Quelques jours après son incarcération, il fait la rencontre d'un mystérieux personnage, Billy, qui d'après les rumeurs est derrière les barreaux depuis plus de 40 ans. Contrairement aux autres détenus, Billy ne se laisse pas intimider par Bart, et semble même le connaître.

À trente et un ans, Elizabeth Gilbert possède tout ce dont une femme ambitieuse peut rêver : un mari dévoué, une belle maison, une carrière prometteuse. Elle devrait nager dans le bonheur, pourtant elle est rongée par l'angoisse, le doute, l'insatisfaction... S'ensuivent un divorce, une dépression et une liaison désastreuse qui la laissent exsangue et encore plus désemparée. Elle décide de tout plaquer pour partir seule à travers le monde. À elle de se construire la vie qu'elle s'est choisie !

Fight, survive, adapt, and rely only on yourself. That is Derek’s creed and what's got him through the System Integration on Earth. Everything changed when the System came. Cute bunnies and beautiful butterflies became savage killing machines. Then the Invaders arrived with a single goal: to obtain ownership of this new habitable planet. War has raged ever since. None of this mattered much to Derek, aside from making living a little more perilous.

The city of Bridgetown has a poor reputation. With weekly homicides on the east side, an affluent section of the city where residents want no part of the Bridgetown name, and a downtown area where the city’s budget is being drained. Madeline Cross is on her way to becoming a movie star. But when she is brutally slaughtered alongside her oldest son, Brandon, and live-in nanny, Sarah, in the affluent part of the city, speculation grows about who committed the crime and, more importantly, why.

Earth is dying, and humanity is scrambling to set up colonies in other star systems. But the search process for habitable planets is not perfect, as the crew of the Ouroboros discover on arrival at their new home.

An instant USA Today bestseller A hockey player and a baker shoot their shot in this steamy new romance by Lana Ferguson, USA Today bestselling author of The Nanny. When a very public breakup becomes a PR nightmare for Ian Chase's team, he hopes to focus on his game, but that suddenly seem less...

De New York aux splendides paysages du Montana, une histoire d'amour et d'émotion, et un héros extraordinairement attachant, prêt à payer le prix pour vivre sa vie. Qui n'a jamais rêvé de changer de vie ? De New York aux splendides paysages du Montana, une histoire d'amour et d'émotion, et un héros extraordinairement attachant, prêt à payer le prix pour vivre sa vie.

Pour sa dernière année de lycée, Camille a enfin la chance d'avoir ses meilleurs amis dans sa classe. Avec sa complice de toujours, Léa, avec Axel, Léo, Marie et leur joyeuse bande, la jeune fille découvre ce qui fait la vie. À quelques mois du bac, tous se demandent encore quel chemin ils vont prendre. Ils ignorent qu'avant l'été, le destin va leur en faire vivre plus que dans toute une vie.

For anyone who ever wondered what Marcel Proust had in mind when he wrote the one-and-a-quarter-million words of In Search of Lost Time (while bedridden no less), Alain de Botton has the answer. For, in this stylish, erudite and frequently hilarious book, de Botton dips deeply into Proust’s life and work - his fiction, letter, and conversations – and distils from them that rare self-help manual: one that is actually helpful.

Un roman magnifique et réconfortant pour faire le plein d'air frais et de tendresse ! Mandy Hope, qui vient d'obtenir son diplôme de vétérinaire, décide de quitter Leeds, et son petit ami Simon, pour retourner dans le village du Yorkshire dans lequel elle a grandi, pour s'occuper des animaux de tout poil et de toutes tailles avec ses parents. Mais rien n'est évident : Mandy commence par se disputer avec la figure locale Jimmy Marsh, et certains villageois voient d'un œil méfiant l'arrivée d'un nouveau vétérinaire.

Karyn Macadam loses her footing after suffering another heartbreaking loss. Yet this final chance could lead to making peace with the disappointments in life, discovering what she’s truly made of . . . and crossing the threshold of becoming the woman she was always meant to be.

From Rhonda Byrne, creator of the international bestselling movie and book, The Secret, comes Hero, her latest world-changing self-help project and the most important to date in the New Age and spirituality movement. FROM ZERO TO HERO...YOUR SECRET STEP-BY-STEP MAP TO A RICH LIFE. What is your...

After the devastating blow of the Coalition’s invasion of their compound, the Underground—especially their leader, Kane—has lost all confidence in their ability to help anyone. Quietly, they train for their next mission, not knowing when or if it will ever come. Still wrestling with the doubts caused by her recoding, Perryn faces a painful question: what will she do if Willis is found? Though she once believed they were in love, her trust in Willis has been shattered. Facing him again is the only way to know if it’s been shattered forever.

Matrimony is the last thing on Elizabeth Bennet’s mind when she arrives at Netherfield Park to tend to her ill sister. When proud Mr. Darcy acts rashly to thwart a compromise and tells her that the entire household believes they are engaged, she dismisses him outright and refuses his offer of marriage. But more surprises await her at Longbourn. Mr. Collins is ready with an offer of marriage, and it is not only her mother who thinks it a fine match.

Mags was a Trainee in the Heraldic Collegium in Haven, Valdemar’s capital city. Though his background of poverty and abuse at Cole Pieters’ gem mine set him apart from most other trainees, nonetheless he had found his own group of friends. Bear, Lena, and Amily were all students whose situations in life set them apart from more usual Trainees. The four of them had found mutual support in their shared misfortunes, and together struggled to help one another find solutions to their individual problems.

Upon the death of her mother, Kit, in turn becomes one of The Gifted, able to shape-shift into feline form and secretly change the lives of humans. Her journey through the centuries provides stories which are chilling, humorous, bitter-sweet, mysterious, or shocking. During her travels Kit encounters witchcraft in the 18th century, the Music Hall of the 19th century, organized crime in the Roaring 20s, murder in 40s' USA, a rock star's finest hour, a mysterious underground cult....

When a young woman is found murdered in a seedy massage parlor near his neighborhood, the police recruit Randall Lee - an American acupuncturist and Tai Chi master - as a translator and expert in Chinese culture, to assist in the investigation. Lee discovers that the murderer is an expert in a forbidden Chinese martial art - the dark mirror to his own healing practices - and joins in the hunt for the killer to escape his own inner demons and save the woman he loves.