Life at Corduroy Mansions, nestled in London's hip Pimlico neighborhood, is as lively as ever. While Berthea Snark scribbles a scathing biography of a Parliament member--her son!--William French...
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Auteur: McCall Smith, AlexanderSommaire:Genre: Humorous fiction -
Auteur: Horowitz, AnthonySommaire:Having escaped from Hong Kong, fifteen-year-old Matt and four other Gatekeepers take an ultimate stand against a destructive evil force that has unleashed a decimating storm as part of a plot to...
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Auteur: Putney, Mary JoSommaire:
Alexander Randall is the last heir to the Earl of Daventry and he must find himself a bride. His prayers are answered in the form of distressed midwife Julia Bancroft. But though their union would...
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Auteur: McCall Smith, AlexanderSommaire:
Alexander McCall Smith brings his peerless wit to this second entry featuring a motley collection of residents in London's Pimlico neighborhood. Literary agent Barbara Ragg has agreed to represent...
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Auteur: Wells, H. G.Sommaire:Presents a science fiction story about a young man who encounters an eccentric scientist on a lonely island which leads to terror and a fight for survival.
Genre: Science fiction -
Auteur: Lawrence, IainSommaire:An account--from the point of view of a pony--of what it was like to be part of Captain Robert Scott's 1910 expedition to reach the South Pole before rival Roald Amundsen.
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Auteur: Horowitz, AnthonySommaire:Presented with an unexpected assignment, Alex Rider's greatest nemesis, Yassen Gregoravich, recalls his life and the path that led him to become an assassin while his one-time friend, Alex's uncle...
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Auteur: Nesbit, E.Sommaire:When their father's business fails, the six Bastable children decide to restore the family fortune. But although they think of many ingenious ways to do so, their well-meant efforts are often more...
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Auteur: Erickson, CarollySommaire:
A powerful ruler, an alluring young woman, a scandal that would rock the nation: Anne Boleyn's life story sounds more like a juicy TV docu-drama than a chapter of English history. Although she is...
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Auteur: Weir, AlisonSommaire:
Weir sheds light on the scheming, backstabbing and brutality that plagued 16th-century England.
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Auteur: Locke, JohnSommaire:
When we last encountered Donovan Creed, former CIA assassin and freelance killer, he had successfully stolen billions of dollars from the world's most lethal criminals. Now all he wants is a...
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Auteur: Hawking, S. W.Sommaire:Stephen Hawking brings us to the cutting edge of theoretical physics, where truth is often stranger than fiction, to explain in laymen's terms the principles that control our universe.
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Auteur: Hanff, HeleneSommaire:
This charming classic love story, first published in 1970, brings together twenty years of correspondence between Helene Hanff, at the time, a freelance writer living in New York City, and a used-...