Résultats pour "Vera" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Antoine Duris est professeur aux Beaux-Arts de Lyon. Du jour au lendemain, il décide de tout quitter pour devenir gardien de salle au musée d’Orsay. Personne ne connaît les raisons de cette reconversion ni le traumatisme qu’il vient d’éprouver. Pour survivre, cet homme n’a trouvé qu’un remède, se tourner vers la beauté. Derrière son secret, on comprendra qu’il y a un autre destin, celui d’une jeune femme, Camille, hantée par un drame. Xavier Béja nous emporte aux côtés de personnages émouvants, qui trouveront dans l’art la seule réponse à la douleur. Un récit bouleversant.

Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.… A New York Times' Best Mystery Novels of 2025 2026 Edgar's Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award Nominee 2026 Audie Award for Best Mystery Finalist Ever since a man was found...

Cuando el deseo también es el peligro Vera ha seguido siempre las reglas: ha vivido durante más de veinte años con la elegancia, la discreción y la dignidad exigidas a la esposa de un marqués. Pero ahora, a los cuarenta y cinco, recién separada y sin nadie que le dicte qué hacer, empieza...

Sous les ruines d'un monde ancien grouille la vie... Dans une ville croulante, sur une planète mourante et oubliée de tous, le jeune Annelyn profite de la fête organisée à l'occasion de la nouvelle Mascarade solaire. Superbe dans son costume de soie, son arrogance est à la hauteur de sa beauté. Quand il est moqué devant ses nobles amis par le Viandard, chasseur de grouns, il échafaude un plan de revanche. Mais la terrible vérité qui se cache derrière l'histoire de son ennemi va transformer sa tentative en une inexorable descente aux enfers.

A USA Today bestseller Edgar Award Winner for Best Original Paperback Audie Award Winner for Mystery Libby Award Winner for Best Mystery A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of...

Mars, terminus, tout le monde descend ! Alors qu'une sonde robotisée se pose enfin sur Mars, prélude à une première mission habitée vers la planète rouge, Elma York embarque à bord de la navette qui la ramènera sur Terre après une affectation de trois mois sur la Lune. Mais le retour ne se passe pas comme prévu : un incident contraint son appareil à se poser en urgence dans un champ désert, loin du lieu d'atterrissage initial.

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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...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE A poignant and bitterly funny tale of a family struggling to stay together in a country rapidly coming apart, told through the eyes of their wondrous ten-year-old daughter, by the bestselling author of Super Sad True Love...

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 ...

En el segundo capítulo de "Valora" los protagonistas se encuentran en una encrucijada, debatiéndose entre hacer lo correcto o renunciar a la ética con tal de alimentar a su ego a cualquier precio. ¿Lograrán entre todos reconducir la situación y hacer que el tenis vuelva a ser un deporte noble y libre de presión?

No futuro distópico apresentado em Não Verás País Nenhum, falta água, o calor é insuportável e as florestas desaparecem aos poucos. O clássico de Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, escrito em 1981, fala diretamente com a nossa realidade hoje e, consequentemente, sua narrativa se torna cada vez mais essencial e urgente. A nova edição conta com apresentação de Heloise M.

20 luglio 2001. Mentre il movimento no-global sfila nelle strade di Genova contro il G8, tre romani intorno ai trent'anni, Enzo, Giacomo e Filippo, tutti e tre in qualche modo di sinistra e "contro er capitale", imboccano la famigerata Pontina diretti a Lavinio alla festa di compleanno di una cugina di Giacomo, per poi passare la notte ad Anzio, nella casa dei genitori di Enzo. Alla notizia alla radio degli scontri a Genova, protestano e discutono. Ma soprattutto cazzeggiano, i loro pensieri sempre un po' diversi da ciò che dicono.

New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She's working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills get her noticed by a recruiter for the CIA. Next thing she knows she's in Argentina, tasked with wiretapping a congressman and infiltrating a group of student activists in Buenos Aires. When a betrayal leaves her stranded in the wake of a coup, Vera learns the Cold War makes for strange and unexpected bedfellows.

New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers “an all-encompassing and enthralling” (Oprah Daily) novel featuring an unforgettable heroine coming of age in the aftermath of catastrophe, and her quest for love and reinvention. Meet Vera Johnson, fifteen-year-old illegitimate...

Paris, 1942. The war is everywhere. But inside the quiet corridors of the Bibliothèque nationale, another battle is being fought—one measured in documents, archives, and secrets hidden in plain sight.

‘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...

Vera Wong’s Vacation Hacks for Catching a Killer, a new HQ book, full description to follow when available...

Auxilio Lacouture se considera a sí misma «la madre de todos los mexicanos» y «la madre de la poesía mexicana». Uruguaya de nacimiento, residente de México D.F., abonada a los trabajos humildes y esporádicos durante el día, incansablemente inmersa en la bohemia nocturna de la ciudad, todo cambia para ella el 18 de septiembre de 1968, cuando el ejército toma posesión del campus de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y ella queda encerrada en los baños de la facultad de filosofía y letras.

Ante la ola de violencia, presión y competitividad insana que se está imponiendo a los valores tradicionales del tenis, Sergio, el director de un club, lleva a cabo una iniciativa, denominada "Valora", para poner fin a esta espiral negativa. El reto de reeducar a la población del tenis es complicado, por lo que Sergio deberá recabar los recursos y apoyos necesarios e ir superando todo tipo de obstáculos y problemas que vayan surgiendo para lograr su propósito de reconducir la situación.