Titres dans Littérature et fiction

Welcome to the Grand Masquerade Ball for the Wyrde…and Wondrous! It’s time to party like it’s 1820, and you know what that means. Rout cakes and punch, satins and silks, and flirting on the balcony under a star-washed sky. Decorous. Genteel. Lovely. Nobody knows who’s throwing this bash, but who cares? It’s the party of the century, and everyone who’s anyone is going to be there. Including, astonishingly, the Werths. Famous recluses they may be, but who can resist a mystery and a waltz? Not that everyone’s on their best behaviour.

Wenn man nach zehn Jahren Ehe von seinem Mann per Telefon verlassen wird, dann ist das ein Schock. Zum Glück sind Schwester und Freundinnen gleich zur Stelle und verordnen der viel reisenden Verlagsvertreterin Christine als Erstes den Umzug nach Hamburg. Dort angekommen, geht's dann richtig los – und allmählich begreift Christine, dass das Leben als 40-jährige Singlefrau gar nicht so schlecht ist! Ein beschwingter, Mut machender Frauenroman über einen Neuanfang, bei dem viel mehr herauskommt als nur die Bewältigung einer unfreiwilligen Lebenskrise.

From the brilliantly witty author of Aphrodite and Herc comes a story set in the court of King Arthur, featuring knights, valour, sacrifice, magic and a feminist retelling of the love story of Tristan and Isolde. Praise for Phoenicia Rogerson: 'A joyful exploration of one woman's quest for home...

Don't miss the new uplifting and laugh-out-loud novel about friendship, love, and chaotic dates from Mary Newnham, perfect for fans of Kristen Bailey and Sophie Ranald. Available to pre-order now! Two unlikely housemates. Two tragic dating lives. One mission to try and find love... Maddie didn't...

This isn’t a guide. It’s a record. Campus Confidential: The Unwritten Handbook is a short-form audio document that captures the unwritten rules, familiar figures, and overlooked dynamics of modern campus life. Presented under the name T. Knox, the work reflects a perspective that feels less like instruction and more like confirmation. It does not explain how institutions function. It assumes the listener already understands the system and instead outlines the patterns that shape it. The result is a concise, observational piece that sits somewhere between satire and social commentary.

فى السنة اللي عمل فيها جون جراي كتابه الشهير الرجال من المريخ والنساء من الزهرة ...عملنا كتاب الرجال من بولاق والنساء من أول فيصل ... واللي باع أكتر من خمسين نسخة. كتب...

‘A superb satirical novelist’ WASHINGTON POST In a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant – who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be. ‘An incendiary provocateur’...

Simon, Garance et Lola, trois frères et sœurs devenus grands, s'enfuient d'un mariage de famille qui s'annonce particulièrement éprouvant pour aller rejoindre Vincent, le petit dernier, devenu guide saisonnier d'un château perdu au fin fond de la campagne tourangelle. Oubliant pour quelques heures marmaille, conjoint, divorce, soucis et mondanités, ils vont s'offrir une dernière vraie belle journée d'enfance volée à leur vie d'adultes.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

"Tout le monde riait. Les Manoscrivi riaient. C'est l'image d'eux qui est restée. Jean-Lino, en chemise parme, avec ses nouvelles lunettes jaunes semi-rondes, debout derrière le canapé, empourpré par le champagne ou par l'excitation d'être en société, toutes dents exposées. Lydie, assise en dessous, jupe déployée de part et d'autre, visage penché vers la gauche et riant aux éclats. Riant sans doute du dernier rire de sa vie. Un rire que je scrute à l'infini."

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB “For all those who crave a good page-turner, this is one wild ride of a story that carries equal parts wit and wisdom. I learned so much about Stoicism—I laughed out loud for real. And underneath the humor there was always...

"Peu importait le fond pour Guylain. Seul l'acte de lire revêtait de l'importance à ses yeux. Il débitait les textes avec une même application acharnée. Et à chaque fois, la magie opérait. Les mots en quittant ses lèvres emportaient avec eux un peu de cet écœurement qui l'étouffait à l'approche de l'usine." Employé discret, Guylain Vignolles travaille au pilon, au service d'une redoutable broyeuse de livres invendus, la Zerstor 500.

The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads, so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.

Now a movie starring Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell, USA Today bestselling author Sally Thorne’s hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love. Ready by narrator Katie Schorr Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. 2)...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE SUNDAY TIMES WORD-OF-MOUTH BESTSELLER. A profoundly moving and life-affirming novel about one man’s desire to preserve his autonomy, the multitude of stories contained within a life, and the big things for which we have no words. Shortlisted for the Waterstones...

The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighborhood of St. Crispian’s. But Emma’s plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian’s. Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Equal Rites is narrated by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones; Luther; This Way Up). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning...

I sent an anonymous email to The Ghost—a hacker who destroys scumbags for fun—detailing my darkest fantasy. He replied. With a phone number. Now he's texting me, saying he can make it real. That he's watching me. That he knows exactly what I need. I should run. Instead, I'm saying yes. The question driving me insane: Who is he? The question that's going to ruin me: Do I really want to find out?

Cette guerre inventée entre l'homme et l'animal c'est, en 1936, tout ce que le monde embrase : le nazisme, l'antisémitisme, la croyance dans le progrès ; ce livre brosse avec humour une satire des hommes et de leur société. Mêlant la parodie au fantastique, à la fois roman et conte philosophique, il se révèle, sous une apparente légèreté, extrêmement lucide et sombre. Étonnamment perspicace quant au devenir de l'Europe quelques années plus tard, "La Guerre des Salamandres" anticipe également les problèmes écologiques.

They're a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together - birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. And they're a happy family. Johnny's wife, Jessie - who has the most money - insists on it. Under the surface, though, conditions are murkier. While some people clash, other people like each other far too much.... Everything stays under control until Ed's wife Cara, gets concussion and can't keep her thoughts to herself.