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We all love animals, even if sometimes its only from afar on TV or at a zoo. But many of us have felt a closer friendship and companionship with our friends in the animal world. We talk and react to them as if they really do understand us. Perhaps they do. In this volume Hardy, Thackeray, Carroll, DH Lawrence, Emily Dickinson, and many others share their words with our ears.

Dans cet essai, Daniel Cohen décrypte la société d’aujourd’hui et dessine celle du futur.

The Holybrooke Curse - Penelope Childe is contracted to wed a man that she's never met before. She dislikes her betrothed, Lord Taredell. The family is gathered at the manor, and the centuries-old Holybrooke curse has struck again. With a murderer in the house, dare she trust in his lordship? Cupid's Choice - Guin Holland dreads her London debut. She is to be married off to the highest bidder. Bullied by her mother, she stammers, and is horribly shy. Sir Frederick Hawkesworth has a soft spot for damsels in distress.

When her grandfather dies, Jessica Adams inherits the family construction business. But there are strings attached. Big, deal-breaking strings. For one, Jessica's grandfather was in the process of selling the company to a national firm. And two? The bigwig who made the offer for Jessica's business is none other than Daniel Spencer, her ex-lover and the father of her seven-year-old son. Only Daniel doesn't know.

From the best-selling author of My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You and The Heroes' Welcome, Louisa Young's Devotion is a novel of family, love, race and politics set during the electric change of the 1930s. Tom loves Nenna. Nenna loves her father. Her father loves Mussolini. Ideals and convictions are not always so clear in the murky years between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the second.

Tina's New Year's resolution brings out the explorer in her partner Beth, and the two women go on a mission to find the perfect new toy for their sexual adventures!

Flossie Teacake, the youngest member of the family, is back! As always she is clad in her magical fur coat which turns our heroine from a timid ten year old into an extremely exciting 18 year old! Nothing stops Flossie and her helter-skelter life which races along at its usual frantic pace. This time she manages to become a dancing teacher at the Grapefruit Dance Studios in Covent Garden...

When Flossie Teacake tries on her older sister's fur coat she is transformed from a timid ten-year-old into a glamorous 18-year-old. With all her dreams coming true she is determined to have a fantastic time.

Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866 in Bromley in Kent. He was the youngest of four siblings and his family affectionately knew him as ‘Bertie’. The first few years of his childhood were spent fairly quietly, and Wells didn’t display much literary interest until, in 1874, he accidentally broke his leg and was left to recover in bed, largely entertained by the library of books his father regularly brought him. Through these Wells found he could escape the boredom and misery of his bed and convalescence by exploring the new worlds he encountered in these books.

Siana aime son travail par-dessus tout. Son nouveau patron sexy et un peu trop autoritaire ? Pas tant que ça. Pourtant, après une période de chômage qui n'en finissait plus, elle sait tout ce qu'elle lui doit. Alors quand il va exiger d'elle un Noël en compagnie de sa famille, pour compenser une bourde qu'elle a commise, elle ne pourra pas refuser. Même si sa famille est vraiment, vraiment la pire de l'univers... Knox est intransigeant, froid et arrogant. Lorsque son regard dur se pose sur Siana, il ne veut qu'elle. Immédiatement.

Élu livre le plus addictif de l'année par Amazon. Classé parmi les meilleures ventes du Wall Street Journal, du Washington Post et d'Amazon. Vi Keeland et Penelope Ward, autrices de best-sellers au classement du New York Times, reviennent avec une histoire d'amour inattendue, une histoire de seconde chance entre deux cœurs brisés...

Un jour de neige en décembre, à travers la vitre embuée d'un bus londonien, Laurie aperçoit un homme. Leurs regards se croisent... et le bus redémarre. En cet instant suspendu et magnétique, celle qui pensait que le coup de foudre n'existait que dans les films, tombe désespérément amoureuse. Pendant une année entière, elle étudie tous les visages, sonde les foules, arpente la ville pour le retrouver. En vain... Jusqu'à ce soir de Noël, où sa meilleure amie et colocataire lui présente le nouvel homme de sa vie... Jack, l'homme du bus.

C'est quoi le Grand Amour ? Pourquoi vous voulez tout et son contraire ? Quels sont les besoins affectifs qui guident vos choix ? Comment surmonter les conflits ou survivre à la routine ? Parce que l'amour est un mécanisme complexe, construire une relation durable nécessite d'en comprendre le fonctionnement. À l'heure des sites de rencontres et du tout-jetable, Inge Cantegreil-Kallen vous donne les clefs nécessaires pour tisser, jour après jour, une relation profonde, riche et sereine avec votre partenaire.

Nous naissons stériles, mais sommes envahis dès notre toute première seconde de vie par des bactéries qui resteront en nous définitivement. Fort heureusement, nous vivons en parfaite symbiose avec elles. Nos bactéries sont heureuses en nous et elles nous le rendent bien car, malgré leur mauvaise réputation, elles sont bienveillantes et nous protègent de nombre de maladies.

George Robert Gissing was born on November 22, 1857, in Wakefield, Yorkshire. He was educated at Back Lane School in Wakefield. Gissing loved school. He was enthusiastic with a thirst for learning and always diligent. By the age of 10 he was reading Dickens, a lifelong hero. In 1872, Gissing won a scholarship to Owens College. Whilst there, Gissing worked hard but remained solitary. Unfortunately, he had run short of funds and stole from his fellow students. He was arrested, prosecuted, found guilty, expelled and sentenced to a month's hard labour in 1876.

Eight very different kids, from eight different continents, all go about their day and experience the same moments of happiness: greeting the sun in the morning, swinging on a swing, flying a kite, being tucked in by Mommy at bedtime.

Vicious. Le nom qu'il s'est choisi parle de lui-même. C'est un homme froid, cruel... et immensément riche. Ce qui veut dire qu'il a le monde à ses pieds. Millie ne fera plus jamais l'erreur qu'elle a commise dix ans plus tôt, quand elle a cru qu'elle pouvait se mesurer à lui, répondre à ses provocations, lui rendre coup pour coup. Ils n'étaient que deux adolescents, et pourtant il a détruit sa vie, l'a forcée à l'exil, loin de sa famille et de tout ce qu'elle connaissait.

L'archipel de Stockholm vit des heures inquiétantes : des cadavres de jeunes hommes échouent sur ses côtes. Un tandem de flics est missionné : la jeune Malin, enceinte, et son supérieur Manfred, dont la fille est entre la vie et la mort. En parallèle, la vie de Samuel, adolescent rebelle, bascule quand sa mère jette à la poubelle des échantillons de cocaïne que le baron de la drogue lui a confiés. Alors que Samuel trouve une planque sur la petite île de Marholmen, Malin et Manfred font fausse route.

From GI's in New York's Times Square to Bette Davis, Jane Powell, and Eve Arden at the Hollywood Canteen, Americans rejoiced on V-J Day (August 15, 1945). These classic radio moments come from the NBC Radio Network's live coverage.

Harry Smith is a lone wolf, and he likes it that way. When he's targeted to be coalpha of the local pack, there is only one thing he can do to maintain his freedom: flee. But it'll take a miracle to stay a step ahead of shifters in their own territory. June Travis has been in love with Harry for years, but he doesn't know her real identity. He sees her as the sweet owner of the local tearoom - the facade June presents to humans and werewolves to keep them from finding out she's a witch. She may not be able to offer Harry a miracle, but she can help him escape.