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Summer ira peut-être en enfer mais elle ira avec Charlie... Las Vegas, 1952 : Elvis, Marilyn, l'Amérique en pleine guerre froide. Summer et son mari vivent dans le désert du Nevada une base militaire chargée d'étudier la bombe atomique. A chaque lancer, ils sont aux premières loges et il n'y a que Summer pour ne pas savourer le spectacle. En bonne épouse, elle joue le jeu et organise des apéritifs atomiques. Sa docilité volera en éclat avec l'arrivée d'une autre bombe sur la base, Charlie. Elle est tout ce que Summer n'est pas : forte, indépendante et sensuelle...

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961—a powerful exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past.

Dr. Margaret Richter has it all. She’s rich, thanks to her best-selling self-help books. She has a beautiful home in Cape Cod overlooking the beach. And she has a monthly book club that everyone is dying to get invited to. Literally. Because behind the crystal wine glasses, the fine linens and the catered hors d'oeuvres lies a tangled web of secrets, of deceit, of murder. No member of the book club is innocent—and many are guilty. And the person with the most to hide is Margaret Richter herself.

As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything - beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses - but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets.

The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss, Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job. Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job isn't like the others. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes—especially after what happened last time.

Marcus Whitmore was made a vampire in the 18th century. Over 200 years later, he finds himself in love with Phoebe Taylor, a human who decides to become a vampire herself. But her transformation will prove as challenging now as it was for Marcus when he first encountered Matthew de Clermont, his sire. While Phoebe is secreted away, Marcus relives his own journey from the battlefields of the American Revolutionary War, through the treachery of the French Revolution, to a bloody finale in New Orleans.

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive.

Le professeur Pierre Philip est reconnu en France et à l'étranger comme un expert du sommeil. Ses nombreuses publications scientifiques ont montré comment un meilleur sommeil permet de combattre la fatigue. En trente ans, nous avons perdu 1h30 de sommeil. Anxiété, stress, bouleversement des rythmes de vie... Les conséquences sur notre santé sont désormais prouvées et sérieuses. Et c'est un véritable enjeu de santé publique. La durée et la qualité de notre sommeil sont nos meilleurs atouts antifatigue.

Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.

Votre enfant pleure dès que vous le couchez alors qu'il est fatigué ? Ne peut s'endormir que dans les bras, au sein ou avec une présence ? Se réveille régulièrement la nuit ? Débarque dans votre lit toutes les nuits ? Se réveille car il a perdu la tétine ? Le rituel du coucher est interminable ? Vous êtes épuisé, vous pensez avoir tout essayé ?

Névralgie cervico-brachiale, polyarthrite, fibromyalgie, endométriose... Ces maladies toutes plus mystérieuses les unes que les autres ont un point commun : des douleurs chroniques, et l'impuissance du patient à trouver du soulagement et au corps médical à proposer des nouvelles pistes. L'errance diagnostique est souvent la règle : on sait qu'on a mal, souvent, beaucoup et depuis longtemps, sans savoir ce qu'on a ! On s'interroge, et souvent, on s'entend dire « mais non tu n'as rien, c'est dans ta tête ! »

Wer kümmert sich um sie, wenn nicht ich?, denkt Cody Sullivan, als seine beste Freundin seit Kindertagen, Kylie Parker, in Gefahr gerät. Natürlich ist er auch jetzt für sie da, als ihr Fake-Freund und Bodyguard. Was, wenn Kylie ihm immer mehr unter die Haut geht? Was, wenn auch sie Gefühle für ihn entwickelt?

Le récit hors du commun de celle qui communique avec les animaux. Comme nous, les animaux ressentent les énergies qui les entourent et communiquent à leur façon, par leur comportement, leur regard et les sons qu'ils émettent. Mais comment comprendre ce qu'ils nous disent et entrer en contact avec eux ?

Darth Tyranus. Count of Serenno. Leader of the Separatists. A red saber, unsheathed in the dark. But who was he before he became the right hand of the Sith? As Dooku courts a new apprentice, the hidden truth of the Sith Lord’s past begins to come to light.

At work, I’m King of Wall Street. I’m shrewd. Exacting. Some say ruthless. At home, I’m a single dad trying to keep his fourteen-year-old daughter a kid for as long as possible. And nothing I say is ever right. When Harper Jayne starts as a junior researcher at my firm, the barriers between my worlds begin to dissolve. Soon, she will have to learn that I don't just rule the boardroom. I’m in charge of the bedroom, too.

Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, an all-female boarding house in the heart of the US capital, where secrets hide behind respectable facades. But when the mysterious Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbours – a poised English beauty, a policeman’s daughter, a frustrated female baseball star, and a rabidly pro-McCarthy typist – into an unlikely friendship.

In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard’s world changes forever when Caitlin Somers chooses her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomes Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on Martha’s Vineyard, an enchanting place where the two friends become “summer sisters”. Now, years later, Vix is working in New York City. Caitlin is getting married on the Vineyard. And the early magic of their long complicated friendship has faded.

All-Star Superman is a spectacular reimagining of the Superman mythos, from the Man of Steel's origin to his greatest foes and beyond and is considered one of the most iconic storylines in the character’s history. In the audiobook, The Man of Steel goes toe-to-toe with Bizarro, his oddball twin, and the new character Zibarro, also from the Bizarro planet. And Superman faces the final revenge of Lex Luthor in the form of his own death!

Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the third instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. Kelsingra waits for those brave enough to enter… The dragons and their keepers have discovered Kelsingra but so far only Heeby has succeeded in flying over the river to enter the fabled city. The other dragons, with their deformed wings and feeble muscles, are afraid to risk failure and humiliation.