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Après quatre années à être ballotée de foyer en foyer suite à la mort tragique de ses parents, Ruby est recueillie par son oncle et sa tante à l'âge de 12 ans. Hélas, elle est victime de leurs sévices durant près d'une décennie. C'est le jour de sa majorité qu'elle prend la décision de fuir la « maison de l'horreur », comme elle l'appelle. Mais ce à quoi Ruby ne s'attendait pas, c'est qu'elle allait quitter les ténèbres, pour sombrer dans bien pire encore... Kade, 28 ans, est un homme sans pitié, et surtout avec ceux qui tentent de le duper.

Un thriller psychologique déroutant de Freida McFadden, l'autrice du best-seller La femme de ménage, lu par un trio de comédiens ! Un thriller psychologique déroutant de Freida McFadden, l'auteur du best-seller La femme de ménage ! Eve Bennett, une professeure de mathématiques du lycée Casham, mène une vie ordinaire qui est un jour perturbée par Addie, l'une de ses élèves. Les rumeurs racontent que l'adolescente aurait entretenu une liaison l'année précédente avec un professeur.

Amaya rejoint Londres en espérant écrire une nouvelle page de son histoire - une qui ne sera pas tachée de sang et d'horreur. Mais son arrivée ne se déroule pas comme prévu. Elle se retrouve à devoir cohabiter avec Hunter Bamford, le meilleur ami de son grand frère, un brillant neurochirurgien un peu... particulier. Un homme qui contrôle au millimètre près le moindre aspect de sa vie. Et qui lui est interdit en tout point.

Some people are born boring. Some live boring. Some even die boring. Fred managed to do all three, and when he woke up as a vampire, he did so as a boring one. Timid, socially awkward, and plagued by self-esteem issues, Fred has never been the adventurous sort. One fateful night, Fred reconnects with an old friend at his high school reunion. This rekindled relationship sets off a chain of events thrusting him right into the chaos that is the parahuman world.

Jack loves his childhood toy Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens - DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life...even toys. And Jack’s newest toy - the Christmas Pig (DP’s annoying replacement) - has a daring plan: Together they’ll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost and to save the best friend Jack has ever known....

Au royaume d’Argalh, dans le Duché de Noshaïa, la jeune Eléa rêve de chevaliers et d’aventures. Elle devient l’apprentie de l’intransigeante Maistre Ecuyer Maï-Lô. Pour parfaire sa formation, elle entre au château ducal, où le séduisant chevalier de Tuhr devient son référent. À travers les entraînements équestres et les jeux de l’amour, la jeune femme s’épanouit. Mais sa relation avec le chevalier est révélée et le Seigneur de la Province de la Licorne Blanche s’oppose à la validation de la fin de son apprentissage.

Convertie à l'islam, Mélodie rencontre sur Facebook le chef français d'une brigade islamiste. En quarante-huit heures, il "tombe amoureux" d'elle, l'appelle nuit et jour, la presse de venir faire son djihad en Syrie et dans la foulée la demande en mariage, lui faisant miroiter une vie paradisiaque... De "chat" Facebook en conversation Skype, Mélodie se prend au jeu et commence à préparer secrètement son départ. Des jeunes Européennes comme Mélodie, chaque semaine plus nombreuses à se laisser embrigader via Internet, l'auteur de ce livre en connaît des dizaines : c'est elle, Anna Erelle, qui se cache en réalité derrière le profil de "Mélodie".

À CHAQUE INSTANT, DES OBJETS ET DES GENS DISPARAISSENT MYSTÉRIEUSEMENT. Où atterrissent les choses que l'on égare chaque jour ? Ce trousseau de clés qu'on pensait avoir glissé au fond de son sac, ou ce livre qu'on jurerait avoir laissé sur sa table de chevet en s'endormant. Parfois, ce sont des personnes que l'on perd de vue, comme si elles s'étaient évaporées... Et si ces objets et ces gens n'avaient pas été perdus, mais volés par des créatures avides, venues d'un autre monde pour arracher des morceaux du nôtre : les croquemitaines.

The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the number-one New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. For the last two years, I've interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it’s the first time they’ve agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview.

Je traîne ma grosse couverte jusque dans le salon et je m’écrase en bobettes sur mon vieux sofa moelleux. Je scrolle Instagram: des gens qui brunchent, des gens qui cuisinent santé, des gens qui gravissent des montagnes, des gens qui lisent, des gens qui se promènent en amoureux dans le Vieux-Port. Moi, mes cheveux gras, mon haleine de cheval et mon trait d’eye-liner d’y a deux jours, on se sent soudainement pas pire pathétiques.

She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family’s support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating—and each other—to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating the world with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style, and roller-coaster relationship.

When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes as unpredictably as it arose, leaving all kinds of paranormal problems in its wake. Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up these magical problems. But when Kate’s guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions within Atlanta’s magic circles.

Explanation - conveying meaning - is an art. And the BBC presenter and journalist Ros Atkins, creator of the viral 'Ros Atkins on...' explainer videos, is something of a master of the form. In this book, Ros shares the secrets he has learned from years of working in high-pressure newsrooms, identifying the ten elements of a good explanation and the seven steps you need to take to express yourself as persuasively and accurately as possible.

Bristlebrook is up in smoke, my brutes are dead, and Sam’s camp is a powder keg begging for a flame. Injured and furious over their losses, the surviving hunters are preoccupied with their own problems. Their factions and allegiances. Their internal wars and pissing contests. The new world they want to forge. They don’t look twice at their meek little captive.

Lexi is a survivor; she has spent her whole life moving from one abusive foster home to the next, until she decided to take charge of her own life. Living in abandoned buildings, couch surfing, and working at a strip clubs were a huge improvement on what she had before. All she needs is enough money to feed herself, finish high school, and hopefully go to college. She has a plan. That is until she is caught and sent to live with a strange foster family upstate.

Following the loss of most of his colleagues in a violent ambush, Kenton has become Lord Mastrell of the few remaining Sand Masters, magicians who can manipulate sand to do their bidding. With the ruling council poised against him, the hot-headed Kenton must become a diplomat to have any hope of preventing the eradication of his people forever. However, there’s another complication: assassins are coming for him from all directions, and Kenton’s only true ally is Khriss, a visitor from the other side of the planet who has an agenda of her own to pursue.

Xavier Kingston’s life is turned upside down when his nemesis and business rival, Sierra Windsor, suddenly begins to show interest in a man that isn’t him. Certain he’s at risk of losing his chance with her forever, Xavier offers the Windsors a deal they cannot refuse: a merger between his company and Windsor Real Estate. On one condition: Sierra must marry him.

Orphaned and raising my little brother on an alien planet had never been part of my life plan. Yet, here I am. Experience has taught me not to rely on or trust anyone, especially men. So when one of the native alien warriors rushes in to "protect me" from a guy in our human settlement, my response is anger. Soon after though, circumstances force me to move to the Tavikhi village. As I find myself spending more time around Rojtar, I begin to realize he might be the one man I can trust.

One wild night turns into two pink lines. Sleeping with the best man at my cousin’s wedding felt right at the time—he was a hot, available firefighter, and I was the tipsy maid of honor. It’s a rite of passage. No regrets… until two pink lines flipped my world upside down. Now I’m wildly unprepared and trying to hide my pregnancy in my small Alaskan town where privacy is a myth and gossip spreads faster than frostbite. But wait, it gets worse. Baby Daddy just came back to town—with a fiancée in tow. And guess who she wants to plan their wedding? Me. Keeping the secret was hard enough.

Wren Ballard is trying to find herself. She never expected to be divorced at 27, but now that the court date has passed, it's official. The paperwork is final. Her feelings on it aren't. Spending the summer in a small mountain town outside Seattle is exactly what she needs. The peaceful scenery is a given, the cat with the croaky meow is a surprise, but the real kicker? A broody neighbor with nice arms, a strange reputation, and absolutely no interest in her.