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Arrogant. Provocateur. Irrésistible. Dans la vie, Hunter Fitzpatrick a trois priorités : le sexe, l'alcool et le sexe. Certes, il a peut-être manqué de vigilance en apparaissant dans une sextape qui a été diffusée dans tout le pays. Mais, déjà, on devrait le féliciter pour sa performance. Ensuite, est-ce vraiment grave que l'un des héritiers de la Royal Pipelines Company ait offert au monde le spectacle de sa – sublime – nudité ? Selon son père, oui.

In her therapy practice specializing in grief, Smith confronts the quandary of what happens next. In a dynamic five-part structure, she answers the unanswerable questions - will I ever see my parents again? Can my parents see me now, even though they are gone? Will I remain connected to my own daughters when I die? - for herself and for all of us.

Frankie’s BFF and four-year-old son are trapped inside a fanatical militia’s compound. In Alaska, no less. Wilderness rescues are so not in the New Yorker’s skill set. But she’ll figure it out. She must.

FBI Agent Emma Griffin is sent undercover to the small sleepy town of Feathered Nest to uncover the truth behind the strings of disappearances that has left the town terrified. To Emma, there is nothing that can lay buried forever. Even though her own childhood has been plagued by deaths and disappearances.

To the wild hearts, anything is possible! It’s not either or, it’s both: heart choices and abundance. This book is about shifting and aligning our ways of being, our thinking, acting from our hearts and generating a lot of money with it.

Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter. One of the world's leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed with the label Big Machine Records and became the youngest artist ever signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house

After being framed for her parent’s death and ending up in an insane asylum, Maya escapes and hopes to settle down in a small town in the middle of nowhere. The small house seems like the perfect place to bury the ghosts of her past, but sometimes, those ghosts refuse to stay dead, and perfect isn’t so perfect after all.

His name means hunter. Once the best assassin in black ops, Cazador is now the best at saving lives. His path has changed from seeking bloody vengeance to running a health clinic in Rescue, Alaska. He will never again risk loving someone he can’t protect. His mother and sister were murdered in front of him, his fiancée slaughtered in a war zone. Despite his popularity with women, he’s determined to remain unattached. His heart can bear no more loss. Unfortunately, the universe isn’t listening.

Grace has it all. At least she did until a moment of indiscretion threatened to destroy her career. With everything in London at stake and her fate in the Board’s hands, she escapes to her Aunt’s house in the Lake District—the perfect place to hide from her secrets and to get some much-needed peace and quiet. But Duckton-by-Dale is nothing like she remembered and she certainly didn’t expect to be attracted to her new neighbor, Harriet. But then she also didn’t expect her world to be turned upside down by the quirky ensemble of villagers who plot to give love a helping hand.

Claire Tefnin prête toute son intelligence des mots à ce clin d'œil, entre humour, suspense et analyse subtile des sentiments, au célèbre conte de Charles Perrault.

Kit survived her abusive husband. Survived imprisonment and beatings from the Patriot Zealots. Now free, and healing, she can make a new life for herself, and her son....Except, her son has attached himself to a terrifying, scarred, tattooed ex-mercenary. Women take one look at him, and flee. So, why in hell does the four-year-old stick to him like glue? But, she knows that being near Hawk is the safest place on earth, for now.

It is almost impossible to envision what childhood would be like without the enchanting world of fairyland. Three-headed trolls, horses that carry their masters up mountains of glass, giants and dwarfs, monsters and magicians, fairies and ogres - these are the companions who will thrill young boys and girls of all lands and all times, as Andrew Lang's phenomenally successful collections of stories have proved.

Hannah Driver's life is on the skids: single, newly jobless, and nursing ambitions of becoming a drag king that make her traditional family baulk. She's at a crossroads. Enter Cordy Starling, the charming and composed pianist who moves in with Hannah, and quickly becomes the nudgeor—or rather, full-on shove—Hannah needs to chase her dreams. The prospect of romance with Cordy twinkles on the horizon like a disco ball, promising glitter but guaranteeing chaos.

Meticulously researched, Remembering Shanghai follows five generations, from vibrant Shanghai to the bright lights of Hong Kong. By turns harrowing and heartwarming, this vivid memoir explores identity and loss against the epic backdrop of a country in turmoil.

La culture toltèque a développé une sagesse ancestrale, basée sur des règles de vie et de communication, permettant d'atteindre un équilibre harmonieux avec soi-même et les autres. Bienveillance, estime de soi, respect, communication non violente, persévérance... sont les principes fondamentaux de cette philosophie profitable aux parents comme aux enfants.

Hiro Kirishima. Fils cadet du leader des Fuck Off, groupe de rock célèbre dans le monde entier. Frère d'un mannequin à succès et d'un musicien de génie. Écrivain et homme d'affaires à ses heures. Surdoué, sociable et manipulateur. Son credo : "les femmes sont comme les romans qui ornent ma bibliothèque : elles ne comblent le vide que durant un temps déterminé." Loin du show-business, Hiro vit une existence tranquille entre son entreprise, ses potes, ses livres, et ses deux petites amies.

What is it like to be old? Diana Athill, born in 1917, made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs. In Somewhere Towards the End she reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age brings, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. This is a lively narrative of events, lovers and friendships: the people and experiences that have taight her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation.

Almost forty years after the end of the war, Claire Baum opens a package from a stranger in Rotterdam, unleashing a flood of repressed memories from her childhood. As Claire delves into her past, she uncovers the personal sacrifice and bravery of her parents, the Dutch resistance and the families that selflessly gave shelter to her and her sister, Ollie. The Hidden Package portrays Claire’s years spent in hiding and pays tribute to all those who played a part in saving her life and ensuring a future for the next generations of her family.

Unearthed is the story of how Claire Ratinon found belonging through falling in love with growing plants. For years, her troubled relationship with the land of her birth left her feeling unwanted, but reconnecting with nature allowed her finally to put down roots. Like many diasporic people of colour, Claire grew up feeling cut off from the natural world. She lived in cities, and stuck with the belief that success and status could fill the space where belonging was absent. Through learning the practise of growing food, she unpicked her beliefs about who she ought to be.

While security operative Jason "Tuff" Tanner lives for dangerous assignments, he likes his downtime in his quiet neighborhood too. But that peacefulness is suddenly interrupted when his new next-door neighbor becomes a target for someone with nefarious intentions. Canine rescuer Concetta "Chet" Suarez brings all his protective instincts to the surface, along with feelings he's never experienced with any other woman. Will he lose her before he ever gets a chance to make her his?