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In Mossad, authors MichaelBar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's 60-year history.

Retrouvez vos Gaulois préférés dans une nouvelle expérience sonore inoubliable ! 8 voix exceptionnelles, une musique originale et des bruitages sur-mesure, pour faire le plein d'aventures renversantes avec Astérix et Obélix. Astérix et Cléopâtre. La reine Cléopâtre ayant fait à César le pari de construire un somptueux palais à Alexandrie en trois mois, Astérix et Obélix escortent le druide Panoramix au pays des pharaons pour venir au secours de son ami architecte, Numérobis. Astérix légionnaire.

La mythologie ? Quelle barbe jupitérienne... Sauf si Percy Jackson, le plus célèbre des demi-dieux, se mêle de nous la raconter de l’intérieur. Révisez votre mythologie grecque, et plongez dans les vies mouvementées des divinités de l’Olympe !

Fair warning: Raised in Captivity does not slot into a smooth preexisting groove. If Saul Steinberg and Italo Calvino had adopted a child from a Romanian orphanage and raised him on Gary Larsen and Thomas Bernhard, he would still be nothing like Chuck Klosterman. They might be good company, though. Funny, wise and weird in equal measure, Raised in Captivity bids fair to be one of the most original and exciting story collections in recent memory, a fever graph of our deepest unvoiced hopes, fears and preoccupations.

In Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s New York Times bestselling autobiography, the prime minister of Israel tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his unceasing commitment to defending his country and securing its future. Through a host of vivid anecdotes, he narrates his own evolution from soldier to statesman, while providing a unique perspective on leadership, the fraught geopolitics of the Middle East, and his successful efforts to liberate Israel’s economy, which helped turn it into a global powerhouse of technological innovation.

I had a plan to get through senior year. Get good grades, stay busy with clubs, don’t forget to carve out time for Mom and Hannah, and most importantly, stay far, far away from Landon Atwater. That plan collapsed at the end of summer when my mom announced her surprise engagement… to Landon’s father. Now, I have to live with the jerk who has spent years tormenting me. At school, I could make sure we weren’t in the same classes and turn the other way if I saw him in the halls, but avoiding him gets a lot harder when I’m living in his seaside mansion.

The Mongol Empire was the largest empire the world has ever seen, forged by conquests across Eurasia in the 13th and 14th centuries. Yet despite the unparalleled brutality of the Mongols, they played a key role in launching civilization’s evolution into the modern world. In 24 half-hour lectures delivered by award-winning teacher and historian Craig Benjamin of Grand Valley State University, explore the paradox of the Mongols’ extreme barbarity combined with their enlightened religious attitudes and respect for high civilization, in The Mongol Empire.

Automne 1830, dans un Paris fiévreux encore sous le choc des Journées révolutionnaires de juillet, le gouvernement de Louis-Philippe, nouveau roi des Français, tente de juguler une opposition divisée mais virulente. Valentin Verne, jeune inspecteur du service des mœurs, est muté à la brigade de Sûreté fondée quelques années plus tôt par le fameux Vidocq. Il doit élucider une série de morts étranges susceptible de déstabiliser le régime. Car la science qui progresse, mêlée à l'ésotérisme alors en vogue, inspire un nouveau type de criminalité.

Daisy is a girl coming of age in LA in the late '60s, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she’s 20, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne.

Sept demi-dieux héroïques. Le plus grand des sacrifices. La Colonie des Sang-Mêlé est harcelée de toutes parts, Octave et ses légions approchent, Gaïa et son armée de géants vont détruire le Monde. Percy et ses amis doivent absolument l'arrêter avant la fête de Spes à Athènes où se déroulera l'ultime sacrifice. Une terrible bataille se prépare, quelle qu'en soit l'issue, une chose est sûre : ce sera la dernière... Après le best-seller international Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan invente de nouveaux héros qu'il transporte dans son univers inspiré par la mythologie et le XXIe siècle.

The world's foremost entrepreneurial coach shows you how to make a mindset shift that opens the door to explosive growth and limitless possibility - in your business and your life.

Une nouvelle enquête de l'inspecteur Valentin Verne, le génial créateur du Bureau des affaires occultes, où la science flirte avec le vice et le crime. Quelle créature funeste hante le bocage vendéen ? Que signifie ce chant maléfique qui retentit la nuit pour annoncer de singuliers trépas ? Les victimes étant des légitimistes, certains y voient la main des espions de Louis-Philippe qui cherchent à empêcher le retour de la branche aînée des Bourbons sur le trône de France.

A war-weary Navy pilot confronts the deadly skies of the South Pacific, training Marine pilots and battling Soviets MiGs in the wake of the Vietnam WarFighter pilot Jake Grafton is adrift following combat in Vietnam. With no place in the States to call home, Grafton sticks to what he knows best: taking on the world’s most treacherous skies from the cockpit of a Grumman A-6 Intruder.

China. Korea. Japan. Southeast Asia. How did Eastern civilization develop? What do we know about the history, politics, governments, art, science, and technology of these countries? And how does the story of Eastern civilization play out in today's world of business, politics, and international exchange?

After a risk is taken and a confession is made, one relationship heats up while another hangs in the balance. When everything rests on shaky ground, we find the stability we need tangled up in each other. Guards are let down and trust is repaired, but all vulnerability comes with a side of weakness. And the betrayal that hits us is one we never saw coming. Revenge is a dangerous game, especially when fueled by jealousy. We’ll do whatever it takes to protect our own, even if it means seeking help from unlikely sources.

Scream of Eagles is the fourth book in William W. Johnstone’s epic saga of the MacCallister clan, a family caught up in the vivid sweep of American history. Jamie Ian MacCallister has survived the bloodshed of the Alamo and the Civil War. Now the battle has gotten personal: Jamie is on a one-man vendetta against the Miles Nelson gang, the men responsible for the brutal murder of his wife Kate. His journey of revenge will take him from Atlantic City to the deadly landscape of the Colorado Rockies - and finally to the Battle of Little Big Horn.

I’m a lone wolf, and I like it that way. Banished from my birth pack after a bloodbath, I never wanted a mate. Then I meet Kylie. My temptation. We’re trapped in an elevator together, and her panic almost makes her pass out in my arms. She’s strong, but broken. And she’s hiding something.

La spécialité de Jack McEvoy, c'est la mort. En tant que chroniqueur judiciaire au Rocky Mountain News, il y a été confronté plus d'une fois. Mais rien n'a pu le préparer au suicide de son frère jumeau. Inspecteur de police, déprimé et incapable de supporter le meurtre non résolu d'une jeune femme retrouvée coupée en deux, Sean s'est tiré une balle dans la bouche, comme le font souvent les policiers dépressifs.

In an effort to get Charlie out of her system once and for all, Nova offers a proposition: one night, no strings. They’ll kick their uncomfortable attraction to the curb and return to their respective responsibilities. But their explosive night together scatters their expectations like fallen leaves. And with Charlie in town as the temporary head of Lovelight Farms, Nova can’t quite avoid him.

Dans les steppes glacées de l'Antarctique, le mythe des amants légendaires revisité par Barjavel. Un grand classique de la littérature, toujours en tête de liste des romans préférés des Français. Dans le grand silence blanc de l'Antarctique, les membres d'une mission des Expéditions polaires françaises s'activent à prélever des carottes de glace. L'épaisseur de la banquise atteint plus de 1 000 mètres, les couches les plus profondes remontant à 900 000 ans.