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Two strangers, young men from Pennsylvania and South Carolina, meet on the way to West Point.... Thus begins this brilliant novel of antebellum America, spanning three generations and chronicling the lives and loves of two great family dynasties. The Hazards and the Mains are brought together in bonds of friendship and affection that neither jealousy nor violence can shatter - until a storm of events sunders the nation and brings the cataclysm of war!

London: 1968. Liz Houghton is languishing as an obituary writer at a London newspaper when a young girl’s disappearance captivates the city. If Liz can break the story, it’s her way into the newsroom. She already has a scoop: Her best friend Marisa is a police officer who is assigned to the case. Liz follows Marisa to Dorset, where they make another disturbing discovery. Over two decades earlier, three girls disappeared while evacuating from London. One was found murdered in the woods near a train line. The other two were never seen again.

Team Yankee, the New York Times best-seller by Harold Coyle, presents a glimpse of what it would have been like for the soldiers who would have had to meet the relentless onslaught of Soviet and Warsaw Pact divisions. Using the geo-political and military scenarios described by General Sir John Hackett, former NORTHAG commander and author of World War Three; August 1985, Team Yankee follows the war as seen from the turret of Captain Sean Bannon's tank.

Being an unwanted twin in the Imperial line of succession, Farilane became a scholar, adventurer, and in a time when reading was once more forbidden—a book hunter. Her singular obsession is finding the mythical Book of Brin, a tome not just lost but intentionally buried. Respected and beloved by the Teshlor Knights, not even their legendary skills can protect her for what she finds is more dangerous than what she sought.

Having inspired a classic film and Broadway play, The Caine Mutiny is Herman Wouk's boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining novel of life—and mutiny—on a Navy warship in the Pacific theater. It was immediately embraced upon its original publication as one of the first serious works of American fiction to grapple with the moral complexities and the human consequences of the Second World War. In the intervening half century, this gripping story has become a perennial favorite, selling millions throughout the world, and claiming the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

Juillet 1776. Les treize colonies sécessionnistes ont signé leur déclaration d'indépendance, mais la guerre contre l'Empire britannique n'est pas pour autant terminée. Installé en Caroline du Nord avec sa femme Claire, l'Écossais Jamie Fraser soutient corps et âme la cause des Américains. Mais plutôt que de s'engager dans l'armée de George Washington, il décide de regagner l'Écosse afin de retrouver sa presse d'imprimerie et revenir se battre aux côtés des rebelles à coups de pamphlets. Pendant ce temps, William, comte d'Ellesmere et fils adoptif de lord John Grey, débarque dans les colonies avec les armées envoyées par Sa Majesté pour écraser l'insurrection.

A collection of stories from the most famous Western author of all time! Desert Death-Song is a compilation of some of Louis L’Amour’s greatest stories, many of which might otherwise be difficult to find. Whether he was writing under his early pen name, Jim Mayo, or his own, L’Amour’s stories are unforgettable, touching on rough and rugged American ideals, and set in the untamable frontier of the Western United States.

Germany, 1939. A tumbledown farmhouse, on the outskirts of a close-knit village in the heart of the rolling hills of Bavaria. A once happy family home torn apart by Nazi rule. And one young girl who refuses to give up on what she believes in...London, 2018: When 94-year-old Imogen receives a letter addressed to her in neat, unfamiliar handwriting, she notices the postmark is stamped from Germany - and it sends shivers down her spine....

Caroline Grant is struggling to accept the end of her marriage when she receives an unexpected bequest. Her beloved great-aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook, three keys, and a final whisper...Venice. Caroline’s quest: to scatter Juliet “Lettie” Browning’s ashes in the city she loved and to unlock the mysteries stored away for more than 60 years.

Montréal, août 1837. Baptiste Lefrançois rentre de France après six années d’études en médecine, impatient d’exercer son métier dans ce Nouveau Monde qui lui manquait tant. Il retrouve l’entourage de son enfance et de son adolescence : Alexis, son jeune frère, feu follet aux aspirations littéraires, Antoine, son ami de toujours, devenu un avocat roublard et politiquement ambitieux, Jeanne, femme d’affaires avant-gardiste, et l’inquiétant et mystérieux Thomas.

From the trenches of France, General Sean Courtney comes back to fame, fortune and a seat in the government. Mark Anders, the courageous young South African whom he has come to regard as his own son, returns to nothing, his grandfather murdered and his property seized by an unknown company. At the bottom of the mystery is Sean's son Dirk, the jealous, violent and power-crazed genius whose all-consuming hatred can only end in blood.... A Sparrow Falls is the thrilling third novel in the Courtney series, continuing from When the Lion Feeds and The Sound of Thunder.

Un matin de janvier 1313, Andréas Saint-Loup, dit l'Apothicaire, découvre dans sa boutique une pièce qu'il avait oubliée... Il comprend alors que jadis vivait ici une personne qui a soudainement disparu de toutes les mémoires. L'Apothicaire, poursuivi par d'obscurs ennemis, accusé d'hérésie par le roi Philippe le Bel et l'Inquisiteur de France, décide de partir à la recherche de son propre passé, de Paris à Compostelle, jusqu'au mont Sinaï.

Dans le Montréal des années 1940, tous les espoirs sont permis. Mariée à Maurice, Jeanne doit mener une lutte incessante pour assurer la survie de ses enfants et l'harmonie de sa famille. Le récit d'une époque où le dévouement et la générosité se dressaient devant les petits et les grands malheurs du monde.

Beginning with The Skystone, the first in his riveting Camulod Chronicles, Jack Whyte has embarked on an ambitious and remarkable re-telling of the Arthurian cycle, giving us a fresh and compelling take on a story that has been beloved for centuries. The Eagle brings us at last to the heart of the tale, the creation of fabled Camelot and the love story that enshrined its glory. Whyte takes us into the minds and lives of Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot, three astonishing but fallible people who were bound together by honor, loyalty, and love.

Jim Courtney is protected by all the wealth and influence that his family's successful business, the Courtney Brothers Trading Company, can provide in the Dutch-owned colonies of South Africa. Louisa Leuven is an orphaned young woman who escaped the plague only to be unjustly imprisoned and transported to the Cape. When a storm destroys her prison ship, Jim is her only hope of escape. But Louisa and Jim have greater adventures in the African wilds ahead of them.

Stockholm, 1913. Agneta ne peut que retenir ses larmes quand elle apprend que son père est décédé sans qu'elle ait pu le revoir. Sommée de retourner dans la demeure qu'elle avait fuie pour étudier l'art et vivre libre, loin des carcans imposés par son sexe, elle est désormais la seule héritière du domaine de Löwenhof et se doit de reprendre la gestion du haras familial.

Gwyneira (l'une des deux héroïnes du "Pays du nuage blanc") élève sa petite-fille Kura et s'inquiète pour elle. La jeune métis de quinze ans, surnommée la reine maorie, possède un physique et une voix magnifiques qui suscitent l'admiration. Mais, capricieuse et uniquement intéressée par la musique, Kura refuse d'assumer son rôle d'héritière de Kiward Station, le domaine familial. Gwyneira décide alors de l'envoyer en pensionnat pour lui donner une éducation stricte.

Molly Murphy always knew she'd end up in trouble, just as her mother predicted. So, when she commits murder in self-defense, she flees her cherished Ireland, under cover of a false identity, for the anonymous shores of late 19th-century America. When she arrives in New York and sees the welcoming promise of freedom in the Statue of Liberty, Molly begins to breathe easier. But when a man is murdered on Ellis Island, a man Molly was seen arguing with, she becomes a prime suspect in the crime.

Après un long voyage épique à travers l'Europe, Ayla et Jondalar arrivent à l'emplacement de la Neuvième Caverne, un camp de l'âge de pierre situé dans ce qu'on appellera bien plus tard le Périgord. C'est là que Jondalar retrouve la tribu qui l'a vu naître, et qui se réjouit de son retour. L'accueil fait à Ayla est plus mitigé. Cette femme parle avec un accent curieux et, surtout, elle est suivie par un loup et deux chevaux sur lesquels elle exerce un pouvoir troublant.

Throughout the widely praised Camulod Chronicles, When Arthur miraculously withdraws the Sword of Kingship from the stone in which it is set, he proves himself the true and deserving king - sworn to defend the Christian faith against invaders, and to preserve Britain as a powerful, united force.