Résultats pour "The Beau" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Jamais Étienne et Mélina n'auraient imaginé quitter les berges de la Garonne. Les deux gamins aiment se retrouver sur une petite île au milieu du fleuve, insouciants et heureux malgré la pauvreté de leurs familles. La crise qui bouleverse le pays met fin à l'enfance. Étienne part apprendre le métier d'imprimeur à Toulouse, très vite rejoint parMélina, engagée comme gouvernante par de riches industriels. Dans la ville rose, le monde ouvrier se prend à rêver à des lendemains qui chantent.1936 sera l'année de tous les possibles.

Beau Whittaker has watched his brothers find love one by one, but every attempt he's made has ended in disaster. He's carved more time for dating by leaving his busy law practice in favor of living out at Whiskey Mountain Lodge and providing private law help and professional bodyguard services for select clients.

Beau Austin never thought he'd be a millionaire, and he certainly never thought he'd gain his wealth from being a gamer. Playing for a professional eSports company set Beau up for life at a young age. As the youngest member of The Millionaire Boys Club, Beau doesn't have much to complain about. When he sets his sights on the sexy Illianna, he's not prepared for her to reject him because of his age. Beau is ten years her junior, and she's not interested. Beau doesn't have an issue with applying pressure, but even he has to admit that there's a fine line between applying pressure and begging.

"Il n'y a pas un bruit dans la maison. Jacob et moi sommes les seuls à dormir dans le bâtiment principal. Cela fait des années que Joël et moi ne partageons plus le même lit à cause de ses ronflements. Du moins est-ce l'excuse que nous nous donnons. Je suis habituée à dormir seule ou à rester éveillée plusieurs heures d'affilée, frisant parfois l'insomnie l'été."

When tragedy strikes, Erin races to the hospital to be by her brother's side—but never makes it. A flat tire on a lonely road. A stranger with a kind smile. A car ride straight into a nightmare. She awakens in a child's bedroom. Pink walls, glittery drawings, a collection of dolls…and no way out. Erin's captor offers her a mind-boggling proposition: play the part of his sickly sister, and in return, Erin will be freed when all is said and done.

Le roman inspiré de la vie d'Ernest Beaux, qui vous fera revivre le destin exceptionnel du créateur du mythique parfum du №5 de Chanel. Une fresque vivante où les destins humains sont happés par l'Histoire, un roman d'amour émouvant entre un Français né à Moscou, à la fin du XIXe siècle, et une très jeune femme d'origine allemande et russe. Deux destins qui se forgent dans la survie durant la Première guerre mondiale, dans le mystère infini de l'absence, dans l'attente, le désir, le souvenir de l'autre, tantôt brûlant, impérieux, tantôt évanescent, désespérant.

Fiona is beautiful and built...perfect for a hot, sexy fling. But she claims to be my wife. Yes, I said wife. Yikes. If that’s the truth, why don’t I remember her? I’m Beau Wallace. If you don’t know my name, then you don’t follow racing. Car racing is the love of my life. It’s what I know, what I do, and what I live for. The doctors say that I had a bad accident on the track, but I have no memory of it. Apparently, I also have a loving wife, named Fiona. I don’t even recognize her. How am I going to weasel my way out of this mess?

Charles Péguy entre à l'Ecole normale supérieure où Bergson fut l'un de ses professeurs. Très tôt, ses prises de position déroutent : croyant, il critique l'Eglise catholique, socialiste, il s'oppose au pacifisme et à l'internationalisme de la gauche, et nationaliste, il ne rejoint jamais la classe bourgeoise. En 1900, il crée sa propre revue, Cahiers de la quinzaine qui représente un témoignage inégalé sur la vie intellectuelle de l'époque.

Povestea lui Diane începe în mod brutal cu moartea soțului și a fetiței sale, eveniment care o aruncă în cea mai cumplită depresie. Totul se oprește în loc, în afară de inima ei, care continuă să bată. Cu încăpățânare. Dureros. Zadarnic. Când cel mai bun prieten și asociat în mica afacere cu o cafenea literară la Paris, Felix, îi propune o călătorie ca început pentru o nouă viață, Diane alege să îndeplinească o mai veche dorință a fostului ei soț și se refugiază departe de lume, într-o mică așezare din Irlanda.

Dive into a world of misadventure where two charming gentlemen, each down on their luck, adopt disguises as master and servant, believing that a well-placed dowry could be their ticket to fortune. Along the way, they encounter a band of bumbling highwaymen, a cunning innkeeper and his spirited daughter, and a country home filled with a drunken squire, his long-suffering wife, a medicine-practicing lady, and a stunning daughter. With such a colorful cast, you won’t want to miss the chaos that ensues! (Summary by ToddHW)

First published in 1924, Beau Geste tells the story of a stolen sapphire and three brothers, who consequently join the Foreign Legion. Michael "Beau" Geste, as his nickname suggests, represents honor and bravery in the midst of deceit and treachery. An action-packed adventure, much of the plot is set in French North Africa, where the Geste brothers have to contend with both a mutiny in their ranks and the attacks of the Touaregs.

As the youngest Barrett, I have a reputation that belies who I really am. Everyone believes I’m a billionaire bad boy who travels the globe seeking fun, wine, and anything fine—the antithesis of my older brother. But something is calling me—something I can’t quite understand. With enough money to want for nothing, is it possible that what I want has been right under my nose all along.

A shot rang out. The Arabs surged forward under a savage fusillade of heavy fire. Nearer and nearer they came, shouting with hate and blood-lust. Geste rushed up and down his side of the roof, pausing only long enough to load his rifle and fire into the shrieking mob below, hoping to trick the Arabs into believing the fort was heavily manned.

From the beloved author of Kit McBride Gets a Wife and Marrying Off Morgan McBride comes a ‘sweet, hilarious and totally delicious’ love story (Hannah Grace). Beau McBride wants a wife, and his meddling little sister Junebug is itching to find him a mail-order bride. But why stop at just one?...

Allyson’s Beau is a story about one young woman’s attempt to obtain a Disney movie type life. Allyson, married young, and with her new husband, set off to make all her dreams come true. After all, what did she have to lose? She immediately thrusts herself into the world of horses hoping to become someone special. As mere wishes meet concrete reality, “She didn't know what she feared more, riding Beau or arousing Barbara's anger."

Quando uma pedra preciosa é misteriosamente roubada de uma casa de campo inglesa, todos desconfiam dos três irmãos órfãos... Para fugir da suspeita, eles se alistam separadamente na Legião Estrangeira Francesa. Agora valentes legionários, os irmãos enfrentam diversos perigos e devem lutar pela sobrevivência. Será que eles conseguirão voltar para a Inglaterra a salvo? Quem teria sido o ladrão dessa pedra tão almejada? Essa história clássica sobre fraternidade e honra foi fonte de inspiração para o filme clássico "Beau geste" (1926) com William Powell e para a série de televisão homônima da BBC, realizada em 1982.

En 1640, Ercole Vitelli assassine son cousin François, gendre et héritier du prince de Monteleone. Andréa, le fils de François, est l'unique témoin du crime. Elevé par des brigands, il devient leur chef et le fondateur de la conspiration secrète des Frères de la Miséricorde sous le nom de Bel Demonio. Il décide de revenir pour venger son père.

Tragedy and a family feud years ago tore Cassandra Weatherstone and her twin apart. Cassandra exchanges lives with her sister to get to know her grandfather. She’s astonished to discover that Sir Marcus has arranged to betroth his granddaughter to his godson, Philip Raven. The problem is, she's the wrong granddaughter!

Nestor Castle—a bestselling, award-winning extreme horror author—has the perfect life, having transitioned from indie darling to mainstream success. Although he dislikes the limelight, he finds comfort cooped up in his lake house with his loving wife and healthy daughter. However, after announcing his next book—a departure from the horror genre—he finds himself targeted by a disgruntled fan who calls himself ‘Butterfly.’

Neglected by his wife and haunted by his past, Scoot McDonald, a taxi driver, succumbs to his sex addiction and visits a brothel. He awakens the next morning in his taxi in an abandoned multistory parking garage, aching all over and bleeding internally. He tries to bury and forget his secrets, but he soon finds himself blackmailed into working for Vincent Luciano, the leader of a local crime syndicate. He refuses at first, but the truth concerning his night at the brothel turns out to be much more sinister than he had imagined...