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Neuf jours de haine
By Jean-Jules Richard. 1999
" On commence à haïr. On hait l'obscurité. On hait les bouffées de puanteur venues des charognes et des rêves.…
On hait son propre instinct de prendre abri. On hait ses propres réflexes. On hait ceux qui marchent à côté, en avant, en arrière. On hait ceux qui commandent. On se hait soi-même. " La publication de cette œuvre en 1948 révélait un auteur exceptionnel et une écriture éblouissante. Enrôlé dans l'armée canadienne, Jean-Jules Richard (1911-1975) avait participé à la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Neuf jours de haine, qui est le fruit de son expérience de soldat, reste sans conteste le meilleur roman de cet écrivain inclassable.Maître à bord: roman (Les Aventures de l'esprit)
By Patrick O'Brian. 1996
Premier volet d'une saga historique, maritime et guerrière, mettant en scène le capitaine Jack Aubrey, de la Royal Navy, et…
Stephen Maturin, son médecin de bord, agent de renseignements dans la guerre secrète que l'Angleterre livre à la France de Napoléon.Le chamane du Bout-du-Monde: roman
By Jean Courtin. 1998
Il y a 20.000 ans, vivait dans les montagnes le clan de la Panthère. Pour avoir violé les lois qui…
interdisent aux femmes de pénétrer dans les grottes sacrées, Roud le chasseur et Léti aux yeux verts sont chassés de la tribu. Commence alors une longue errance. Arrivé aux rivages de la Grande Eau, Roud, pour le peuple de la Côte, sera le nouveau chamane. L'auteur est préhistorien.Le soldat désaccordé: Suivi d'un entretien avec l'auteur
By Gilles Marchand. 2024
Paris, années 20, un ancien combattant est chargé de retrouver un soldat disparu en 1917. Arpentant les champs de bataille,…
interrogeant témoins et soldats, il va découvrir, au milieu de mille histoires plus incroyables les unes que les autres, la folle histoire d'amour que le jeune homme a vécue au milieu de l'Enfer. Alors que l'enquête progresse, la France se rapproche d'une nouvelle guerre et notre héros se jette à corps perdu dans cette mission désespérée, devenue sa seule source d'espoir dans un monde qui s'effondre. Roman de guerres, roman d'amour, Le Soldat désaccordé captive et émeut. De l'horreur de la guerre et de ses séquelles, Gilles Marchand parvient à faire surgir de la poésie, de la tendresse, de l'humanité surtout. Laurent Natrella épouse la langue imagée de l'auteur, son rythme, sa gouaille. Prix des Libraires 2023. Prix Libraires en Seine - Corinne Kim 2023. Grand Prix du Roman francophone « Naissance d'une œuvre » 2023. Prix Eugène-Dabit du roman populiste 2023. Prix La Boétie 2023. Prix La Passerelle 2023, remis par les bibliothèques de l'agglomération Valence-Romans. Prix Infiniment Quiberon 2023. Lauréat du Prix littéraire des Villes sœurs 2023Code name butterfly
By Embassie Susberry. 2024
Inspired by the incredible true story of Josephine Baker's role in the French Resistance, this is a heart-wrenching, unforgettable tale…
of the strength of the human spirit in the darkest days of World War II. In the City of Light, one woman will stand against darkness. Paris, 1941. With Nazi occupation imminent, journalist Elodie Mitchell plans to return home to Chicago. But an unexpected invitation to a Josephine Baker show changes everything. Mistaken for the star, Elodie is whisked backstage, where she uncovers an underground resistance movement hidden beneath the glitz and glamour. Drawn into a whisper network of spies, Elodie accepts a perilous mission: to go undercover as Josephine's cousin and gather vital intelligence. In a world on the edge of darkness, Elodie must summon unwavering courage to protect her beloved adopted city and its people - and getting caught is not an option. A wartime epic about love, bravery and fighting against prejudice in all its forms, perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, Marie Benedict and Pam Jenoff. ------------------------------------------ Readers adore Code Name Butterfly: 'A WWII story with a difference...' ????? 'The setting and atmosphere is stellar!' ????? 'I felt like I was in Paris! Susberry's vivid descriptions were phenomenal.' ????? 'I've read many books with this setting, but none as wonderfully immersive as this one.' ????? 'Could not recommend it more! Have never read a book so fast!' ????? 'Draws the reader in from the first page and doesn't let go. Please pick it up! It won't disappoint.' ????? 'An interesting, well researched and well written book. An excellent read.' ????? 'A complex story about more than just WWII in France or Josephine Baker.' ????? 'It's about family, racism, and courage. I loved it.' ?????Return to half moon farm
By Holly Hepburn. 2024
When Daisy's mother falls ill she is forced to return home. With her twin sons in tow, she moves back…
to Half Moon Farm, her family's ancient hop farm. But a new life in the Kent countryside isn't necessarily as idyllic as it might seem. Daisy's relationship with her mother is complicated and the tumbledown farm isn't the only thing that needs rebuilding. Daisy and her sons must adjust to life with estranged family, a leaking roof, and no WiFi. Luckily for Daisy, she might yet find some distraction in silver fox farmer, Drew, or in the haughty heir to the nearby estate, Kit, who she can't seem to avoid. Daisy must learn to juggle her new life, the boys, and the daunting task of updating the farm. But there are secrets lurking in her family's past that might throw everything into further disarrayHollow bamboo: A novel
By William Ping. 2023
The hilarious and heartbreaking story of two William Pings in Newfoundland — the lost millennial and the grandfather he knows…
nothing about William Ping's millennial life revolves around eating at restaurants, posting online about eating at restaurants, then overanalyzing it. This changes unexpectedly when a dinner with his Chinese girlfriend's family goes sideways and his insecurity about his biracial identity and his ignorance of his own Chinese heritage overflow like lava. During a much-needed break from the dinner table, Will is visited in the men's room by a sarcastic, bullying spirit named Mo. The spirit whisks him into the past to learn about the life of his grandfather, the first William Ping, who emigrated from China to Newfoundland in 1931 to work in a laundry. Based on a true story, Hollow Bamboo recounts with humour and sympathy the often-brutal struggles, and occasional successes, faced by some of the first Chinese immigrants in Newfoundland. It is a journey of heartbreak, sacrifice, brotherhood and family ties. But most of all, it is about love and survival on the Rock. Drawing on elements of magical realism, autofiction and satire, as well as deep historical research, Hollow Bamboo is a fresh and original portrayal of our past and our present, and the debut of an extraordinary new authorMaude horton's glorious revenge
By Lizzie Pook. 2024
For readers of Sarah Penner and Stuart Turton comes a historical mystery about a young woman in Victorian London who…
will stop at nothing to avenge her sister after her suspicious death aboard an Arctic exploration ship. An Arctic expedition. A mysterious death. And the lengths to which one woman will go to avenge her sister. When Maude Horton receives a letter from the British Admiralty informing her of her younger sister's death, her world is shattered. Bold and daring, Constance had run away from her life in Victorian London two years prior, disguising herself as a boy to board the Makepeace, an expedition vessel bound for the Arctic's unexplored Northwest Passage. The admiralty claims Constance's death was a tragic accident, but Maude knows when she is being deceived. Armed with Constance's diary from her time at sea and a fiery desire for justice, Maude sets her sights on the Makepeace's former scientist, Edison Stowe, a greedy and manipulative man who she suspects had a hand in her sister's death. When she learns he has a new venture, a travel company that escorts spectators across the country to witness popular public hangings, Maude decides to join the latest tour, determined to extract the truth from Stowe and avenge her sister—no matter the risk to herself. From the stark beauty of the Arctic to the teeming streets of Victorian London, Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge is a mysterious, transporting tale about the unbreakable bond of sisterhood and the things we are driven to do by both love and greedAn inconvenient earl (Royal Match #4)
By Julia London. 2023
"Deliciously clever." —Booklist on The Duke Not Taken Bold. Beautiful. Beguiling. It's been over a year since Emma Clark's no-good…
husband left on an expedition. The Countess of Dearborn has played the abandoned wife, but people are beginning to presume the earl is dead, which doesn't suit Emma at all. Emma likes being head of household in Albert's absence and does her best to keep his family believing he is alive and well. She's thirty years old and finally having some fun. If the earl is in fact dead, his family is waiting in the wings to swoop in and throw Emma out, leaving her destitute. Then along comes Luka Olivien, the Weslorian Earl of Marlaine. He's traveled all the way from Egypt, duty-bound to return to the countess her deceased husband's precious pocket watch—only to discover she doesn't know he's dead... Or does she? It's hard to tell. Luka catches glimpses of the desperate vulnerability beneath the party girl exterior and can't help being drawn into the beguiling countess's ruse. A Royal Match Book 1: Last Duke Standing Book 2: The Duke Not Taken Book 3: The Viscount Who Vexed Me Book 4: An Inconvenient EarlThe djinn waits a hundred years: A novel
By Shubnum Khan. 2024
AN INDIE NEXT PICK A LIBRARYREADS PICK “A dark and heady dream of a book” (Alix E. Harrow) about a…
ruined mansion by the sea, the djinn that haunts it, and a curious girl who unearths the tragedy that happened there a hundred years previous Akbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa. Nearly a century later, it stands in ruins: an isolated boardinghouse for eclectic misfits, seeking solely to disappear into the mansion’s dark corridors. Except for Sana. Unlike the others, she is curious and questioning and finds herself irresistibly drawn to the history of the mansion: To the eerie and forgotten East Wing, home to a clutter of broken and abandoned objects—and to the door at its end, locked for decades. Behind the door is a bedroom frozen in time and a worn diary that whispers of a dark past: the long-forgotten story of a young woman named Meena, who died there tragically a hundred years ago. Watching Sana from the room’s shadows is a besotted, grieving djinn, an invisible spirit who has haunted the mansion since her mysterious death. Obsessed with Meena’s story, and unaware of the creature that follows her, Sana digs into the past like fingers into a wound, dredging up old and terrible secrets that will change the lives of everyone living and dead at Akbar Manzil. Sublime, heart-wrenching, and lyrically stunning, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years is a haunting, a love story, and a mystery, all twined beautifully into one young girl’s search for belongingThe house of fortune (Miniaturist #2)
By Jessie Burton. 2022
Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensational New York Times…
bestseller The Miniaturist , which has sold more than two million copies. In 1705 Amsterdam, Thea Brandt is coming of age, trying to grapple with her family's secrets and her own identity as a young Dutch-African woman. She's drawn to the theater and an artistic life, but with her family in serious financial decline, pressure is on Thea to marry up in society. As her father and Aunt Nella work desperately to save the family home and catastrophe threatens to engulf them, Thea seeks refuge in the arms of her secret lover, Walter, the chief set-painter at her favorite theater. But the thrill of their romance is shadowed by another secret she keeps close: Her birthday marks the day her mother, Marin, died in labor. Thea's family refuses to share the details of the story, just as they seem terrified to speak of the shadowy artist from their past whose tiny figurines seem to capture the things most carefully hidden away. Aunt Nella believes the solution to Thea's problems is to find her a husband, and an unexpected invitation to Amsterdam's most exclusive ball seems like a golden opportunity. But when a miniature figure of Walter turns up on Thea's doorstep, it becomes clear that someone out there has another fate in mind for the family— and that perhaps the new beginning Thea seeks won't depend on a man. A feat of sweeping, magical storytelling, The House of Fortune is an unputdownable novel about love and obsession, family and loyalty, and the fantastic power of secretsRiver sing me home
By Eleanor Shearer. 2023
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother’s gripping journey across…
the Caribbean to find her stolen children and piece her family back together is a “celebration of motherhood and female resilience” ( The Observer ). Named One of Time ’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 “A powerful novel that explores how freedom and family are truly defined”—Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian Her search begins with an ending.… The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come into effect. The cries of joy fall silent when he announces that they are no longer his slaves; they are now his apprentices. No one can leave. They must work for him for another six years. Freedom is just another name for the life they have always lived. So Rachel runs. Away from Providence, she begins a desperate search to find her children—the five who survived birth and were sold. Are any of them still alive? Rachel has to know. The grueling, dangerous journey takes her from Barbados then, by river, deep into the forest of British Guiana and finally across the sea to Trinidad. She is driven on by the certainty that a mother cannot be truly free without knowing what has become of her children, even if the answer is more than she can bear. These are the stories of Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas Augustus, Cherry Jane and Mercy. But above all this is the story of Rachel and the extraordinary lengths to which a mother will go to find her children...and her freedomThe london bookshop affair: A novel of the cold war
By Louise Fein. 2024
From the bestselling author of Daughter of the Reich, an historical drama set in London about a bookshop involved in…
an espionage network. "An utterly atmospheric and completely compelling read!" —Julia Kelly, international bestselling author of The Lost English Girl Two courageous women. One astonishing secret. A world on the brink of war. London, 1962: The world is teetering on the brink of nuclear war but life must go on. Celia Duchesne longs for a career, but with no means or qualifications, passes her time working at a dusty bookshop. The day a handsome American enters the shop, she thinks she might have found her way out of the monotony. Just as the excitement of a budding relationship engulfs her, a devastating secret draws her into the murky world of espionage. France, 1942: Nineteen-year-old Anya Moreau was dropped behind enemy lines to aid the resistance, sending messages back home to London via wireless transmitter. When she was cruelly betrayed, evidence of her legacy and the truth of her actions were buried by wartime injustices. As Celia learns more about Anya—and her unexpected connection to the undercover agent—she becomes increasingly aware of furious efforts, both past and present, to protect state secrets. With her newly formed romance taking a surprising turn and the world on the verge of nuclear annihilation, Celia must risk everything she holds dear, in the name of justice. Propulsive and illuminating, The London Bookshop Affair is a gripping story of secrets and love, inspired by true events and figures of the Cold WarLe pont de la rivière Kwaï: roman (Presses Pocket #1405)
By Pierre Boulle. 1976
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les Japonais ont mis au travail des milliers de prisonniers anglais pour construire la voie…
ferrée de Bangkok-Rangoon. Vivant symbole de la tradition britannique, le colonel Nicholson oppose à ses geôliers une résistance stoïque, jusqu'au jour où ceux-ci consentent à respecter les conventions internationales sur les prisonniers de guerre. Il se met alors à leur service pour édifier un pont d'une importance stratégique capitale. Mais les services spéciaux britanniques ont décidé de tout mettre en œuvre pour faire obstacle à ce projet... Qui sortira vainqueur de cette lutte où l'idéal humain du "travail bien fait" s'oppose au patriotisme ? Cette œuvre d'une rare vérité est l'un des "classiques" de notre temps. Elle a inspiré l'un des plus grand succès du cinéma.Les amandiers fleurissaient rouge (Presses Pocket #3171)
By Christian Signol. 1990
Juillet 1936. Les troupes nationalistes de Franco entreprennent de conquérir le pays dirigé par les républicains : le drame de…
la guerre civile espagnole commence. Dans l'Aragonais républicain, Soledad et Miguel se donnent l'un à l'autre avant que Miguel, enrôlé de force malgré ses opinions, parte combattre dans les rangs nationalistes. Soledad l'attendra... à moins que la guerre ne se charge de modifier les destins. Malgré une vie envahie par la peur et peuplée de morts, Soledad trouve un peu de réconfort auprès de Luis, un milicien républicain. Mais, devant la menace franquiste, il faut fuir...Rêve d'or
By Gisèle Cavali. 2001
"...l'idée de tenir un journal qui peut-être disparaîtra avec mon cadavre au fond d'une vallée glacée du Grand Nord ne…
me dit rien qui vaille. C'est pourquoi, depuis mon départ de Dawson, je n'ai rien écrit. Mais ce soir, je me sens dans un état à faire des confidences. Je me sens seul. Et j'ai tellement envie de parler à quelqu'un, pour dire ma fierté et ma satisfaction d'avoir enfin un toit au-dessus de ma tête..." Un journal, une correspondance, ce sont là les traces laissées par le héros émouvant de Rêves d'or, né dans l'imagination de la romancière Gisèle Cavali.La chair de pierre (Littérature d'Amérique)
By Jacques Folch-Ribas. 1996
Soucieux de faire oeuvre belle et utile, Claude Baillif devient un architecte réputé dans la Nouvelle-France du XVIIe siècle. Un…
magnifique roman historique sur le pays à bâtir doublé d'une interrogation philosophique sur le bonheur.Laure Conan: la romancière aux rubans (Les Grandes figures #7)
By Louise Simard. 1995
Derrière Laure Conan se cache une femme secrète : Félicité Angers vécut presque toute sa vie à La Malbaie et…
ne voulut jamais révéler à ses concitoyens le métier qu'elle pratiquait. Pourtant, cette amoureuse déçue par un homme qui la quitta brutalement et à qui elle resta profondément fidèle fut le plus grand écrivain de son siècle...À la conquête du royaume: roman
By Wilbur A Smith. 1999
Suite des aventures en Afrique de Zounga Ballantyne et de sa sœur Robyn. Zounga, sa femme Aletta et leurs deux…
fils Ralph et Jordan quittent le Cap et s'installent à Kimberley pour y exploiter une concession de diamants. C'est la période de la ruée vers le diamant et les conditions de vie sont pires qu'au Far-West. Aletta va très vite mourir d'une fièvre et laissera Zounga seul pour élever ses deux fils, aidé seulement par son fidèle compagnon, le hottentot Jan Cheroot. Des noirs Matabélé viendront s'engager comme mineurs, c'est ainsi que Ralph deviendra l'ami de Bazo "la hache". Leur filon n'est pas très bon et les deux garçons vont décider de partir vivre leurs aventures. Jordan, le plus jeune, deviendra la secrétaire très particulier de Sir Cecil Rhodes, homme d'affaires anglais ambitieux. Ralph partira vers le Nord avec son ami Bazo vers le territoire des Matabélés à la chasse à l'ivoire. Progressivement la British South African Company prendra pied dans les territoires Matébélé, jusqu'à la défaite du roi Lobengula et la mise en coupe réglée du pays par les Anglais.La chambre des officiers: roman
By Marc Dugain. 1998