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'Exquisite' Veronica Henry

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Orphans Clara and Jacob Marley live by their wits, scavenging for scraps in the poorest alleyways of London, in the shadow...

Life for a family on a Nebraska homestead is difficult, with illness and weather causing worries about crops and finances, and conflicts between ranchers and farmers. For 11-year-old Nate's family, the days grow even darker when he gets his leg crushed in a farm accident. To help out, Nate's father brings home John Worth, just off the Orphan Train and dealing with the loss of his own family in a New York City tenement fire.

With Pretty Omens, A. LaFaye has crafted a mesmerizing novel-in-verse inspired by the epic tradition of the myth of Cassandra that will transport you to a small Virginia mountain community where an ordinary girl becomes a hero.

Kyna has a deep-seated (and well-earned) fear of the water. So when her adoptive parents announce that they have rented a summer house on Lake Champlain, she begs to be left behind for the summer. Alas, this is not possible. Yet even at the lake Kyna does her best to avoid the water. But when her new friend, Tylo, draws her into his quest for strange water creatures, Kyna finds herself pulled into unexpected discoveries.

Under a Dark Summer Sky is set in Florida in 1935 in a small town struggling with the effects of the Depression and at the time of the great hurricane. The racially charged narrative swirls around Missy, with her courageous dedication to duty, who works for the Kincaid family; Henry, a long absent WWI soldier who still loves Missy, the girl he left behind; Henry's sister and Missy's friend, Selma, with her no-nonsense approach to crises; and Sheriff Dwayne Campbell, whose duty is to protect Henry but who has personal reasons for wanting Henry to suffer.

¿Por qué se suicidó Stefan Zweig en Brasil en febrero de 1942? La segunda guerra mundial, la cruel persecución de los judíos, la pérdida de la patria austríaca anexionada por Hitler contribuyeron sin duda a su decisión, pero no fueron los únicos motivos. Jean-Jacques Lafaye ha tratado...

Premier pas FOH est à destination des entreprises et des personnes qui mettent en place la prévention et la gestion dans les domaines de la Qualité, de la Santé-Sécurité, de l'Environnement. Il s'adresse d'abord aux humains qui gèrent des humains, avec toute leurs forces et leurs failles. Comment conjuguer gestion de l'organisation et gestion de l'humain ? Comment conjuguer ressources Financières et Ressources Humaines ? C'est le défi que se lance ce podcast animé par Pascal Lafaye Consultant et Formateur dans la prévention et la gestion des risques professionnels. Son parcours de ...