Titres dans Vie urbaine

In the heart of Shanghai, the boundary between myth and reality is breaking. Mei Lin Huang, heir to an ancient bloodline, and Jack Roth, an American professor pulled into a war he doesn’t understand, must stand against gods and monsters determined to remake the world. Blending Chinese and Greek mythology with fast-paced action and simmering tension, Mandate of Myth is a thrilling fantasy where every choice could tip the balance between survival and destruction.

TONY MORETTI IS READY FOR NEW CHALLENGES. Smart, tough, and driven to make a difference, he leaves his post as an airport firefighter and embarks on a grueling three-month wildfire stint with the U.S. Forest Service. It's only a prelude to his next stop: a position as a fire department lieutenant in Western Pennsylvania's tough, steel-forged Monongahela Valley. But the transition is far from smooth.

Ambitious event planner Daisy Haywood is torn between a safe and steady engagement to Harvey Harris and her lingering love for Max Galant, the adventurous journalist who left her to pursue this career overseas. Daisy must decide if love is a luxury she can afford or the only thing worth fighting for. Reckless Bridie Haywood returns from London under a cloud of mystery; her plight worsens when her movie star good looks attract the attention of notorious Beamer’s factory boss Henry Beamer who is only after one thing.

Secrets is something that you share with your best friend, someone you trust with your life. A secret can build you or kill you, destroy what you thought was so right. Tyler, young beautiful, smart, and very outgoing becomes a victim of her secrets. Trying to keep them from the two people she loved and trusted most began to tear her down. Living day to day trying not to break had become her regular routine. Everything had become too much for her to bare. Jazz watched as her little sisters life fell apart piece by piece. Not knowing what Tyler was facing, Jazz had no clue how to respond.

Mathieu vit dans la rue. Il l’a choisi. Ce n’est pas un aventurier, et ça n’a rien à voir avec la liberté. Est-ce qu’il s’autodétruit? Est-ce ainsi qu’il se préserve? Peu importe. Sa chienne Sam est là, qui l’aide à continuer. Mais quand elle disparaît, Mathieu doit mettre fin à son errance. Pour la retrouver, il entreprend un voyage dont les bifurcations le ramènent au secret de son passé.

Stefan Zweig was born on the 28th November 1881 in Vienna, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and into a wealthy Jewish family with interests in banking and textiles. Zweig first published in 1900 and two decades later was a popular and highly regarded author in many parts of the world, although not in England. He was also the librettist with Richard Strauss of two operas and a keen collector of autographed musical manuscripts. His collection of over two hundred pieces was later donated to the British Library.

A retired employee of the Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles, Mrs. Washington runs the mean, cold streets of Chi-town messing with all types of young thugs with multiple felonies. A widow for some time now, Vernita is determined to make up for her stale marriage. However, when a major health scare sets her back, she finds herself losing everything. Reality sets in that her time on Earth is about to come to a close. Now faced with a death sentence, Vernita seeks to live out her remaining days being the biggest old super freak.

Ironico e dissacrante, impietoso ritratto dell’Italia di oggi nelle sue infinite piccolezze, Che la festa cominci è un’irresistibile commedia umana. E sullo sfondo del party più esclusivo della nuova Repubblica, Ammaniti mette in scena un moderno Satyricon, con il palazzinaro Sasà Chiatti nelle vesti di novello Trimalchione e una schiera di improbabili invitati a rappresentare, oggi come allora, una società alla deriva.

John Salvatore Fontanelli ist ein armer Schlucker, bis er eine unglaubliche Erbschaft macht: ein Vermögen, das ein entfernter Vorfahr im 16. Jahrhundert hinterlassen hat und das durch Zins und Zinseszins in fast 500 Jahren auf über eine Billion Dollar angewachsen ist. Der Erbe dieses Vermögens, so heißt es im Testament, werde einst der Menschheit die verlorene Zukunft wiedergeben. John tritt das Erbe an. Er legt sich Leibwächter zu, verhandelt mit Ministern und Kardinälen.

En el verano de 1978, cuando España no ha salido aún del franquismo y no termina de entrar en la democracia y las fronteras sociales y morales parecen más porosas que nunca, un adolescente llamado Ignacio Cañas conoce por casualidad al Zarco y a Tere, dos delincuentes de su edad, y ese encuentro cambiará para siempre su vida.

Znikają dzieci kontrowersyjnego działacza mniejszości niemieckiej. Śledztwo przeradza się w walkę z czasem. Przed trudnym zadaniem staje ambitna policjantka Olga Olszewska. Wspierają ją bezkompromisowy były milicjant Marian Żwirski i doświadczony oficer Bernard Bednar. Każdy krok na drodze do prawdy zmusi ich do konfrontacji nie tylko z porywaczem, ale także z własnymi lękami, bolesnymi sekretami, presją mediów i uwikłanych w polityczne układy przełożonych.

Jede Geschichte spielt in der Advents- und Weihnachtszeit, erzählt in einfachen, schönen Sätzen und mit viel Atmosphäre. Du spürst Nähe, Hoffnung und die leisen Wunder, die genau dann passieren, wenn man sie am meisten braucht. Dieses Buch schenkt dir vom ersten Satz an weihnachtliche Stimmung.

Editoriales embusteras, comediantes retirados y niños perdidos en el subsuelo convergen en esta novela, un caleidoscopio de personajes e hilos narrativos que van tejiendo la biografía de una ciudad. A través de fragmentos hábilmente entrelazados, moviéndose entre lo individual y lo colectivo Desafiante como un rompecabezas y ligera com una sonrisa, le devuelve a la narrativa su potencia de juego e invención.

Kurz vor Weihnachten erfährt Cash, dass die Bar, in der sie als Tänzerin arbeitet, verkauft werden soll und sie wittert ihre Chance. Nach Jahren will sie den Karrieresprung schaffen und das Wild Lady kaufen. Der Laden und ihre Kolleginnen liegen ihr am Herzen und alles soll so erhalten bleiben, wie es ist. Leider kommt ihr jemand zuvor: Zane Manning. Großinvestor, Weihnachtsmuffel, verboten attraktiv und zu Cashs Leidwesen ihr neuer Boss. Zwischen den beiden sprühen heftige Funken.

Dans le New York des années 1930, le fabuleux destin d'une jeune femme qui allait révolutionner l'univers de la beauté : Estée Lauder. Une épopée romanesque et féministe, un vrai bijou de lecture. New York, l'endroit parfait pour se faire oublier. C'est en tout cas l'espoir de la jeune Gloria qui fuit un scandale familial dévastateur. Prête à se réinventer, il ne lui manque plus qu'une nouvelle amie pour l'accompagner dans la ville de tous les possibles. C'est alors qu'elle va trouver sur sa route la très idéaliste Estée.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system. This debut of a blazingly original voice “bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you...

A raw, honest and distinctive novel that dissects the heartbreak, passion, insecurity, obsession, betrayal and joy of modern relationships. For readers of Sally Rooney, Jacqueline Maley, Diana Reid and anyone who has experienced love or heartache in equal measure. 'Do you think much about love?...

Joost (29) is bandagist. Hij ontfermt zich over de zieke benen van ouderen in Amsterdam, de stad die hem en zijn vrienden geen woning kan bieden. Het contrast tussen zijn zwervende bestaan en dat van zijn patiënten, die zijn gebonden aan hun grote en volgestouwde huizen, wordt steeds groter. De bandagist is een roman over eenzaamheid en geborgenheid, over herinneren en vergeten.

Could you abandon someone you love, leaving them behind with absolutely no memory of the life you shared if it meant sparing their life? Could you willingly surrender yourself into the hands of the one that wants you dead, if it meant your loved one would survive? And what would you give to see them again? These are the questions The Dante Family must face in The Kindred.

Leaving behind a nightmarish college experience, Nicole and her friend, Eric, escape their home of Bangor, Maine to start a new life in Boston. Fragile and scared, Nicole desperately seeks a new beginning to help erase her past. But there is something besides freedom waiting for her in the shadows—a drug that will make every day a nightmare. Heroin. With one taste, the love that once flowed through Nicole's veins turns into cravings. Tracks mark the passing of time, and heroin's grip gets tighter. It holds her hand through deaths and prostitution, but her addiction keeps her in the darkness.