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Dans ma vie, quand les choses dégénèrent, elles ne le font pas à moitié. Comme si être la proie d’un démon supérieur ou être menacée de mort par un archange dément n’était pas déjà assez grave, voilà que je me retrouve avec une mission pour une reine des fées que je déteste. Pourquoi ? Parce qu’une personne chère à mon cœur risque de tout perdre si je ne trouve pas un sacré paquet de fric au plus vite. Mais sans autre boulot en perspective, je suis coincée. Alors, quand la reine des fées de la cour des Ombres m’offre une mission, je l’accepte. 

What happens when all means of transportation and communication suddenly vanish? What happens when you can’t call for help? What happens when the only person you can rely on is yourself? What happens when an EMP sends Anchorage, Alaska back into the Stone Age? Find out now with this collection of pause-resisting EMP thrillers.

Following the success of Paris Noir, the Akashic Noir Series has expanded to include the famously diverse and sometimes controversial suburbs of this legendary city.

This is a premium summary and analysis of Daphne du Maurier's popular book My Cousin Rachel. Note: This is an unofficial summary and analysis of the original book, meant to enhance your listening experience, and not the original book.

Are you tired of your puppy leaving “messes” all over the house? What about the biting and chewing? Do you want to teach your new puppy how to sit, stay, or play fetch? This audiobook can help you with it all! Everything you need to know about golden retriever training and basic obedience. This audiobook is guaranteed to answer any beginner's questions about training your golden retriever and is a must have for anyone thinking of getting a Golden Retriever puppy.

Few in the small, remote town of Tibbetts, Connecticut, even remember the estate and the insidious events that took place years earlier. Struggling with writer’s block and a tight deadline for his new novel, David Pragmore suggests a retreat away from Hartford to his wife, Susan, in order to find fresh inspiration. The publishers want David’s new book to shine in the horror genre, so when David reads about the odd manor with a haunted past, it seems like the perfect place to recapture his muse. But David and Susan quickly discover that some stories aren’t meant to be told.

This is a premium summary and analysis of Tim Ferriss' popular book Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers. Designed with busy people in mind, it will give you a firm grasp on the story without sacrificing quality! Give it a try!

June 6, 1944. Allied forces hit the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Among the countless lives shattered are those of five spirited women with starkly different lives. As the war reaches its tipping point, each of the women fight for the survival of themselves, their countries, and their way of life during one of the most pivotal days in history. Now, during the most perilous hours of their lives, all five women must summon courage they never knew they had as they confront the dangers of war alongside treacherous family secrets, heartbreak, and the ability to trust themselves.

Welcome to picturesque Provence, where the Lady of the Chateau, Séraphine Demargelasse, has opened its elegant doors to her granddaughter Darcy and three friends. Twenty years earlier, the four girlfriends studied abroad together in France and visited the old woman on the weekends, creating the group’s deep bond. But why this sudden invitation? Amid winery tours, market visits and fancy dinners overlooking olive groves and lavender fields, it becomes clear that each woman has a hidden reason for returning. Then, following a wild evening’s celebration, Séraphine is found brutally murdered.

Why are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating alongside perfect strangers in a loud and crowded room to be an enjoyable pastime? To find the answer, Rebecca Spang takes us back to France in the eighteenth century, when a restaurant was not a place to eat but a quasi-medicinal bouillon not unlike the bone broths of today.

Are you tired of your puppy leaving “messes” all over the house? What about the biting and chewing? Do you want to teach your new puppy how to sit, stay, or play fetch? This audiobook can help you with it all! Everything you need to know about German shepherd training and basic obedience. This audiobook is guaranteed to answer any beginner's questions about training your German shepherd and is a must have for anyone thinking of getting a German shepherd puppy.

Adele grew up in the shadows—first watching from backstage at her mother’s Parisian dance halls, then wandering around the gloomy, haunted rooms of her father’s manor. When she’s finally sent away to boarding school in London, she’s happy to enter the brightly lit world of society girls and their wealthy suitors. Yet there are shadows there, too. Many of the men that try to charm Adele’s new friends do so with dark intentions. After a violent assault, she turns to a roguish young con woman for help. Together, they become vigilantes meting out justice.

Warsaw, 1939. Poland is on the brink of war, and for Anna Nowak, life will never be the same again. Her brother, Lech, is called up to fight as an officer in the Polish army. He expects to be home in a matter of weeks, but it will be many years and a journey of thousands of miles before he can be reunited with those he loves. Anna's younger brother, Jan, dreams of being a soldier too. But his dreams turn into nightmares when the Germans invade and his best friend is incarcerated within the ghetto.

In VOLUME 9 of The Things Our Fathers Saw® series, ‘Homefront/Women At War’, we will take an often-overlooked view of the story of World War II. You will visit with the people on the homefront, from schoolkids navigating growing up during the Great Depression and the War, to the women on the factory floor and the armed services, newly independent but having to fight for their rights and later, their jobs, laying the seeds of societal change for the future.

Between training and proving herself to the other Huntsmen, the last thing on Red’s mind is her prophecy. But when a letter about her sick Grandmother arrives, she has no choice but to let it start. With her Huntsman partner’s lessons, tracking training, and her former sweetheart on the loose around camp, Red has enough to contend with already. Can Red stop her prophecy from unfolding before it’s too late?

Memoirs which cover three decades of the second half of the 20th century, and the first years of the new millennium. Private life of the people in their 30s, their ways to earn money abroad and in Poland, their family ties, and their loved ones. The book describes the changes Poland underwent in the decades from the 1970 - ties to the turn of the century.

Monarchs often face the consequences of a predecessor’s actions - but death is asking too much. Kitlyn and Oona never wanted power, only to love each other...a potentially deadly desire in a kingdom obsessed with a twisted notion of purity. After years hiding the truth, even from themselves, they sit on the throne together as queens. It only took bringing an end to a horrible war - and the direct intervention of a goddess - for the citizens to accept a marriage between two young women.

Catherine Drummond dreams of a marriage as supportive and tender as that of her parents. But on her wedding night, her new husband relates his own vision. Catherine’s desire is crushed when Robert Picard reveals himself to be a man of his time, and assumes he will have the freedom to cavort without censure among the pantheon of women he has always kept. She is trapped in the gilded cage of the chateau Lac d’Or. Catherine attempts to escape, only to be cast into a fresh hell from which release means being sent on a treacherous journey she could never imagine. 

Isis Pnina Mahmoud, daughter of the president of Cairo, leads a privileged life, but it’s not what she wants. She longs for purpose. Purpose finds her when the mighty Retrograde threatens to annihilate her planet. To fend off a devastating attack, Isis defies her mother’s wishes and enlists in Cairo’s elite military unit. Joined in battle by the mysterious and enigmatic Khalfani Abaza, Isis finds herself drawn to him in inexplicable ways. The trio must rely on each other to survive a near-impossible mission. If they fail, Damara’s very existence will be no more.

Mages, monsters, and magical weapons. Just another day at work for Beka, the young apprentice of The Silverlight Smithy. When preparing for the Twin Worlds of Duo’s alignment celebration, an unexpected opportunity leaves her tangled in the web of a powerful noble. The spirited girl will sacrifice everything she has to protect those she cares for, and put an end to his sinister plot.