Nouveautés

If the candidates in the Project Hometown Selection Process have learned one thing, it’s that the whole program was designed to mess with their heads. Dominic “Dom” Russo is one of those candidates. After nearly a year in the program, he has survived Phase 1 (AKA “Hell Indeterminate”) and the infamous Phase 2 (AKA “The Lord of the Flies Phase”). And now he’s HALO jumping into Phase 3, where simulations and training end, and a real-world test of his skills begins.

Новая пронзительная книга Кристин Ханны, автора знаменитых романов « Соловей », « Четыре ветра » и « Улица светлячков », уже ставшая главным американским бестселлером прошлого года. Главная героиня, двадцатилетняя Фрэнсис Макграт или просто Фрэнки, — прилежная студентка-медсестра из благополучной семьи, где всегда царили строгие правила и безупречные манеры. Она всегда была послушной девочкой и хотела, чтобы родители ею гордились. Но однажды ее мир рушится: начинается Вьетнамская война, и ее любимого брата отправляют на фронт. Фрэнки больше не может оставаться в стороне.

Will the mission closest to home turn out to be their most dangerous yet? Sarge and Numbers head to the sleepy town of Berding’s Pointe, Indiana, for the funeral of a friend and fellow veteran, only to find that everything has changed. The once peaceful town is now gripped with fear and riddled with corruption. What starts as a protection racket escalates into full-blown violence. A sinister cult, preparing to make a huge sacrifice, is slowly taking over. The authorities don’t care, and the residents are helpless. When the sacrifice looms closer and people go missing, the town needs an army.

In the wake of a global crisis, a covert action team goes to work on behalf of an enemy of the United States. When a failed assassination attempt on the Russian President rocks the global stage, U.S. President Eleanor Cashman, a hardline Russia hawk, faces a brutal decision: watch a nuclear-armed Russia destabilize, or prop up a weakened Russian leader to prevent the collapse.

Quand un jeune photographe français pointe son objectif vers ce vieillard entouré de livres, il ignore qu'il s'apprête à traverser le miroir. Commence alors l'odyssée palestinienne d'un homme qui a choisi les mots comme refuge, résistance et patrie. De l'exode à la prison, des engagements à la désillusion politique, du théâtre aux amours, des enfants qu'on voit grandir et vivre, aux drames qui vous arrachent ceux que vous aimez, sa voix nous guide à travers les labyrinthes de l'Histoire et de l'intime.

Gertrud, Emilie und Hans, die Kinder von Helene, sowie Paul und Aumoe, die Kinder von Martha, erleben den Krieg auf ganz unterschiedliche Weise und müssen sich neuen Herausforderungen stellen. Die dramatischen Ereignisse des Krieges zwingen die junge Generation, neue Wege zu gehen.

Raised in Tehran but torn between two worlds, Ricardo’s young life is thrown into chaos when his American father abandons the family just as the Islamic Revolution of 1979 breaks out. As fundamental human rights are washed away in a tide of religious, anti-Western fanaticism, Ricardo’s mother remarries, introducing a stepfather with a dark secret.

John Milton s’efforce de se racheter après sa carrière de tueur à gages pour les Services secrets britanniques. Il cherche désespérément à réparer ses erreurs et à réécrire son passé sanglant. Il se retrouve en Louisiane – au cœur du bayou et parmi les ravages de Katrina – avec une dette à payer. Isadora Bartholomew, qui a sauvé la vie de son partenaire, a besoin d’aide. Joel Babineaux, un magnat de l’immobilier, a décidé de saboter l’association qu’elle a fondée pour reconstruire le quartier du Lower Ninth.

When Kitty Dunbar was forced to confront her husband’s debts and close the family hotel, she transformed Dunbar’s into a storage business for bombed-out families. But with her daughter to support, and relishing her new independence, Kitty is keen to come up with more ways to use the once prestigious hotel. Sharing her home are former chambermaid Lily, and kind-hearted welfare worker Beatrice, both haunted by past loss. Together, the three women create a new kind of family in the heart of the Manchester Blitz.