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Box set contains Hostile Territory, Shot in the Dark, and Contingency Plan! Series contains a band of brothers unwilling to just stand by and watch a woman in need, a foul-mouthed parrot who gets in everyone's business, and a level of steam you may not be ready for.

Egypt, 1400s BC. The pharaoh's pampered second daughter, lively, intelligent Hatshepsut, delights in racing her chariot through the marketplace and testing her archery skills in the Nile's marshlands. But the death of her elder sister, Neferubity, in a gruesome accident arising from Hatshepsut's games forces her to confront her guilt...and sets her on a profoundly changed course.

MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever. Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country that expelled them to hunt her sister’s murderer. But after discovering that she descends from a bloodline both gifted and cursed, Mac is plunged into a secret history: an ancient conflict between humans and immortals who have lived concealed among us for thousands of years.

Join original Charmed cast members as they discuss their time on the hit TV show episode by episode. Hear behind the scenes stories and get insight into the production process of the hit cult show.

Cœur policier regroupe les témoignages de 30 membres actifs ou retraités des diverses forces de l’ordre québécoises, dont plusieurs se confient pour la toute première fois. Avec générosité, ils se souviennent des gestes posés pour dénouer des situations de crise où leur apport s’est révélé vital.

En Alagaësia, des mois se sont écoulés depuis la chute du tyran Galbatorix. Murtagh le Dragonnier et son dragon Thorn sont toujours considérés comme des traîtres et des meurtriers, car le royaume ignore l’aide qu’ils ont apportée à Eragon et Nasuada. Ils vivent en parias, à l’abri des regards. Mais la rumeur d’étranges évènements, aux confins de l’Alagaësia, ravivent de douloureux souvenirs pour Murtagh et Thorn. Et nul ne peut se soustraire à son destin. Commence alors pour nos héros un voyage épique à travers des terres à la fois familières et inexplorées.

London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France.

À la mort de leur père, énigmatique milliardaire qui les a adoptées aux quatre coins du monde lorsqu'elles étaient bébés, Star d'Aplièse et ses sœurs se retrouvent dans la maison de leur enfance, Atlantis, un magnifique château sur les bords du lac de Genève. Star, la troisième sœur, est la plus mystérieuse. Toujours dans l'ombre de sa cadette CeCe, c'est en suivant le premier indice que son père lui a laissé pour remonter la piste de son passé qu'elle réussit à s'émanciper. Elle découvre ainsi une librairie de livres anciens à Londres.

He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart - until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland.

By early 1960s standards, Margaret Ryan, Viv Buschetti, and Bitsy Cobb, suburban housewives in a brand-new "planned community" in Northern Virginia, appear to have it all. The fact that "all" doesn't feel like enough leaves them feeling confused and guilty, certain the fault must lie with them. Things begin to change when they form a book club with Charlotte Gustafson—the eccentric and artsy "new neighbor" from Manhattan—and read Betty Friedan's just-released book, The Feminine Mystique.

The When Swords Fall Silent anthology showcases the imaginations and talents of more than a dozen of the best modern science-fiction and fantasy authors, with each tale centered around one or more characters burdened with a bloody task they will see to completion no matter the cost. Every story takes you for a vicious ride through a world of shadow and death, each as unique in perspective and execution as the contracts carried out within.

Mary Rose MacKinnon is a successful author of YA fiction doing a tour of duty as stay-at-home mom while her partner Hilary takes a turn focusing on her career. She tries valiantly to balance the (mostly) solo parenting of two young children with the relentless needs of her aging parents. But amid the hilarities of full-on domesticity arises a sense of dread. Do others notice the dents in the expensive refrigerator?

À la mort de leur père, énigmatique milliardaire qui les a adoptées aux quatre coins du monde lorsqu'elles étaient bébés, CeCe d'Aplièse et ses sœurs se retrouvent dans la maison de leur enfance, Atlantis, un magnifique château sur les bords du lac de Genève. CeCe, la quatrième sœur, ne s'est jamais vraiment sentie à sa place, et au décès de son père, elle se retrouve complètement perdue. N'ayant que les quelques indices que ce dernier lui a laissés, elle part à la recherche de ses origines jusque dans la chaleur et la poussière du centre rouge de l'Australie.

Max et Cam sont amis. C’est une de leurs seules certitudes. Sauf que la ligne entre l’amour et l’amitié, c’est comme de la peau: au fil du temps, elle s’amincit. Max a un peu le syndrome de l’enfant-roi; cela dit, c’est un gars cool, sociable et insouciant. Sa relation avec ses parents est complexe. Il aime les femmes et les femmes le lui rendent bien. Max aime Cam, surtout, mais il ne sait pas comment s’y prendre avec elle. C’est dur d’aimer quelqu’un quand on a peur de tout gâcher.

In the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Bell is growing up at Fayne, a vast and lonely estate straddling the border between England and Scotland, where she has been kept from the world by her adoring father, Lord Henry Bell, owing to a mysterious condition. Charlotte, strong and insatiably curious, revels in the moorlands, and has learned the treacherous and healing ways of the bog from the old hired man, Byrn, whose own origins are shrouded in mystery.

On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window of her attic bedroom. Lilly isn't allowed to explore the meadows around Blackwood Manor. She's never even ventured beyond her narrow room. Momma insists it's for Lilly's own protection, that people would be afraid if they saw her. But on this unforgettable night, Lilly is taken outside for the first time - and sold to the circus sideshow.

Mitza Maric has always been a little different from other girls. Most 20-year-olds are wives by now, not studying physics at an elite Zurich university with only male students trying to outdo her clever calculations. But Mitza is smart enough to know that, for her, math is an easier path than marriage. And then fellow student Albert Einstein takes an interest in her, and the world turns sideways. Theirs becomes a partnership of the mind and of the heart, but there might not be room for more than one genius in a marriage.

"Nous étions quatre. Angélique, qui, Dieu sait, n'avait rien d'un ange, Morgane, qu'on qualifierait aujourd'hui de "haut potentiel", Jasmine, charitablement renommée "la fille de la femme de ménage" dans les journaux et le rapport de police, et Sarah Leroy. À moins que vous n'ayez passé les vingt dernières années à hiberner dans un igloo au Groenland, il est de toute évidence inutile de présenter Sarah Leroy."

Severing a cherished relationship is one of the most painful experiences in life - and cutting those emotional ties to a loved one can feel almost like ending an addiction. Up till now, people recovering from other problems were able to get real help - like AA and rehab - while those struggling in the aftermath of traumatic breaks dealt with platitudes and friends insisting they should "get over it already". But now Exaholics Anonymous treats getting over an ex like kicking a chemical habit.

Dans ce sixième volume de sa série True Crime, Adrian Langenscheid, l'auteur allemand le plus vendu de True Crime, nous offre une nouvelle fois une lecture passionnante et addictive. Les descriptions factuelles, froides et neutres, dressent des portraits bouleversants et profondément dérangeants des abîmes de l’âme humaine et donnent des émotions puissantes.