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Émile, négociateur du GIGN, doit intervenir lors d’une prise d’otages dans une école maternelle. Une situation presque banale pour lui, à ceci près : le forcené prétend s’appeler Elon Musk. Après le succès de S’adapter, prix Goncourt des Lycéens et prix Femina 2021, Clara Dupont-Monod nous offre un texte haletant, conçu comme une joute médiévale. Une farce triste, qui rappelle aussi la sacralité du verbe.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam” (Elle), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo “A heart-filled novel about an...

Le blizzard fait rage en Alaska. Au cœur de la tempête, un jeune garçon disparaît.Il n'aura fallu que quelques secondes, le temps de refaire ses lacets, pour que Bess lâche la main de l'enfant et le perde de vue. Elle se lance à sa recherche, suivie de près par les rares habitants de ce bout du monde. Une course effrénée contre la mort s'engage alors, où la destinée de chacun, face aux éléments, se dévoile.

In the heart of Boston in the 1980s, an unlikely friendship develops between two students at Cathedral High School. Patrick is an Irish Catholic born leader. His friends follow him with blind allegiance. Nate is a young, disciplined, Black athlete, focused on finding his way out of the neighborhood alive. The two young men find themselves on hectic school grounds in a culture that shuns friendships like theirs. This is the story of a Boston friendship that crossed neighborhood lines, broke cultural boundaries, and propelled two adolescents to rethink the world around them.

Do you feel exhausted by tribalism? You aren't alone. As culture warriors divide the world into us and them—fracturing families, friendships, and churches—most of us long for an end to the constant fighting. But does a practical path exist? Jesus lived in a culture split by tribalism, but he resisted its allure by choosing something bigger: truth. He's now inviting you to apply his ancient path to the modern culture war. How would your community change if you became a catalyst for Christlike unity? Rejecting tribalism is the first step.

Tim Latham had only been riding for the Pony Express for a week before he has to show the new guy the trail. Jeremiah Rollins grew up in San Francisco under the shadow of his father's successful shipping business. On a whim, he signs up for the Pony Express and leaves his old life behind for the steep, rocky trails that cross the Sierra Nevada. Both men are excited to begin their journey on their first ride together to Nevada Territory. They set out, making their way from station to station, racing as fast as their horses can carry them, and their friendship grows every mile.

A 55 year-old professor of physics at Harvard University, Mark Peterson creates a time machine and uses it to travel back to 1973 and revisit his first love, Lena Mendleson. When traveling to his past, he does not arrive as a double of himself but takes over the body of his younger self which goes into a limbo state.

Over 100 years before Julius Caesar's assassination, Rome marched against Carthage and left it in ruin. Contrary to recorded history, Rome fought not to eliminate her greatest rival but for the survival of all mankind. A secret lost to time is now revealed, told through the eyes of a witness to the horrible darkness spreading out of Carthage. Mixing historical fact with elements of Lovecraftian horror, The Darkness out of Carthage explores the Third Punic War with the question, "What if Rome fought not to be the world's conqueror, but its savior?"

The Courage Book features quotes revealing the many ways that courage is a valuable quality to have and how to use it to bring more success and happiness into your life.

"Telling Tales of Civil Warriors" has been adapted and expanded from the Audie Award-winning production of The Civil War Tales of Ambrose Bierce and has been selected by AudioFile magazine as a recipient of it's prestigious Earphone Award.

Telling Tales of Civil Warriors was recorded by Joel Block at The Production Block Studios.

With "Buckshot Cheney's Last Train Ride" and "A Mysterious Visit", a Magical Reality Chatauqua Show celebrates the comic genius of Americana's premier folk humorist. Mark Twain has been making us laugh for generations and, with "Buckshot Cheney's Last Train Ride" and the preposterous income tax insights of "A Mysterious Visit," American Listener's Theatre presents us with the greatest known antidote to the waves of fear that grip the nation: some belly shaking laughter at the expense of our tormentors.

Esteemed mystery writer Anne Perry, author of more than twenty-five novels and two acclaimed detective series, heads up a delectable cast of writers, the very best from both sides of the Atlantic. In the tradition of honored crime writers Agatha Christie, Malice Domestic, Volume 6 jumps the pond between Britain and America to deliver 100 percent pure suspense in all its spine-tingling glory. The ten mysteries included here are read by Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Cazenove, Reed Diamond, Judy Geeson, Patrick Macnee, and Emmy winners Juliet Mills and William Windom.