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A serial killer is on the loose in Bordeaux. A local chief detective calls wine expert Benjamin Cooker to the crime scene of a brutal murder. The killer has left a strange calling card: 12 wine glasses lined up in a semi-circle with the first one filled with wine. Cooker is charged with the task of identifying the fabulous grand cru and is astonished by what he learns. A second victim is found, with two glasses filled. Is the killer intentionally leaving clues about his victims and his motives?

Alors que tout le monde ne songe qu'aux prochaines élections du Parlement des Fées, Griffont doit aider un ami soupçonné de meurtre. De son côté, Isabel se trouve aux prises avec de dangereux anarchistes venus de l'OutreMonde et décidés à ensanglanter Paris pour se faire entendre. Mais ces deux affaires pourraient bien être liées, et nos deux héros ne tarderont pas à lever le voile sur un secret ancien susceptible d'ébranler le trône d'Ambremer. Un secret que convoite la Reine Noire, jumelle maléfique et ennemie acharnée de la reine des fées.

"Il était une fois la ville de Paris. Il était une fois une rue Broca. Il était une fois un Café Kabyle. Il était une fois un Monsieur Pierre. Il était une fois un petit garçon qui s'appelait Bachir. Il était une fois une petite fille. Et c'est ainsi que vous allez faire la connaissance d'une sorcière, d'une paire de chaussures, d'une fée du robinet et de deux petits poissons magiques."

Les circonstances : depuis 1636, la France et l'Espagne se disputent l'hégémonie européenne dans une guerre sans merci. Les deux États ont la même religion, le même régime politique et social ; les deux rois ennemis sont doublement beaux-frères ; les officiers qui se font face sont souvent proches les uns des autres par le sang ou les alliances, l'amitié, les conceptions de la vie... Ils s'entretuent quand même. Corneille, lui, après deux ans de silence, écrit "Horace" et le dédie à Richelieu.

Ellana est face à son destin, et doit livrer une ultime bataille pour tenter de retrouver ce qu'elle a de plus précieux au monde : son fils, enlevé par les mercenaires du Chaos. Mais où se trouve la cité des mercenaires ? Est-il encore temps de sauver Destan et l'Empire, promis tous deux à un terrible avenir ? L'ultime tome de la trilogie culte de Pierre Bottero, dans lequel la légendaire Ellana accomplit enfin sa destinée de Marchombre.

Der 7. Fall für Madame le Commissaire und ihren Assistenten Apollinaire. Der siebte Fall für Isabelle Bonnet - Provence-Krimi mit Wohlfühlatmosphäre vom Bestsellerautor.

Eine Villa nur für Frauen - für Frauen, die vor ihren Männern fliehen mussten, das ist aus dem Erbe geworden, das ihr Lover Thierry Isabelle Bonnet in Fragolin hinterlassen hat. Die Kommissarin ist glücklich, dass sie Thierrys Hinterlassenschaft so einem guten Zweck zuführen konnte. Doch dann entpuppt sich der wahr gewordene Traum als Albtraum, denn aus der "Villa des Friedens" verschwindet eines Tages eine der Bewohnerinnen spurlos - mitsamt ihrem Kind. Und sie wird nicht die Einzige bleiben.

Samuel de Champlain est le véritable père de la Nouvelle-France. Navigateur, cartographe, écrivain, ethnographe, il avait une vision : celle d’installer une colonie française sur les bords du Saint-Laurent. Il a toujours manifesté un grand respect pour les nations amérindiennes qu’il a côtoyées. Malgré tous les obstacles rencontrés sur sa route et les multiples voyages qu’il a dû effectuer entre la France et le Nouveau-Monde, il n’a jamais cédé, jamais fait de compromis.

The Catholic Church defines the seven sacraments as “efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us.” Do you regularly partake of these “efficacious signs of grace?” Catholic clergy, religious, and laity alike declare the wonderful blessings of the sacraments. Yet, many people still have questions. What are the seven sacraments? When did Jesus institute the sacraments? How did the Church recognize the sacraments? Why should Christians receive the sacraments? Father Pierre Pourrat (1871-1957) answers these ...

Alain Delambre is a 57-year-old former HR executive, drained by four years of hopeless unemployment. The only job offers he gets are for low-level, demoralizing positions. He has reached rock bottom and can see no way out. So when a major company finally invites him in for an interview, Alain is ready to do anything - borrow money, shame his wife and his daughters, and even participate in the ultimate recruitment test: a role-playing game that involves taking hostages. Alain vows to commit body and soul in this struggle to regain his dignity.

Britney Spears is the ultimate Queen of pop. This unique audiobiography reveals her untamed rise to fame. She was groomed for stardom, spending her early childhood performing in talent shows and at eight years old she was snapped up by a New York agent. Britney spent her summers in New York studying at the Off Broadway Dance Centre and the Performing Arts School - doing commercials in her spare time.

Huit contes de la rue Broca : "Le géant aux chaussettes rouges", "Roman d'amour d'une patate", "La maison de l'oncle Pierre", "Le prince Blub et la sirène", "Je-ne-sais-qui, je-ne-sais-quoi", "Scoubidou", "La poupée qui sait tout", "Histoire de Lustucru". Portés par la malice de Pierre Gripari, ces contes modernes, irréverencieux et insolites révèlent les princes et les sorcières sous un nouveau jour.

« Conduite de Vie » s'inspire largement de l'Éthique à Nicomaque, mais dépasse cette source en s'inscrivant à l'intersection universelle de plusieurs traditions : la philosophie gréco-arabe, la scolastique judéo-chrétienne, le judaïsme classique séfarade et la pensée juive médiévale. Ainsi, cet ouvrage contribue à la paix et à la compréhension interculturelle des peuples.

The Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in Beirut. The patriarch, Louis, has built a successful business manufacturing and exporting artisanal soaps. He hoped to pass the business on to his eldest son, Jean, but Jean doesn't have the sharpness or aptitude for such an enterprise. After nearly running the company into the ground, Jean marries a money-grubbing young woman who quickly makes him miserable, and they emigrate to Paris. But there's another reason Jean must leave - he has committed a terrible crime.

Dancing is more than just movement-it's a sacred expression of worship. From the Heart of a Dancer is a journey into the spiritual life of a worship dancer. Compiled by the Halal Dance Ministry -a collective of 42 dancers spanning generations from the Sanctuary Empowerment Centre-this devotional is written to inspire and uplift dancers and worshippers worldwide. Each day of the year offers a unique reflection, drawing from these devoted dancers' collective wisdom and experiences. From insightful reflections to powerful prayers, this devotional invites other dancers to deepen their ...

Fine wines, dirty secrets. It's summer in Bordeaux. There's a heat wave, the vineyards are suffering, vintners are on edge, and wine expert Benjamin Cooker's daughter is visiting. A tragic car accident draws the winemaker detective and his assistant, Virgile, into a case where the stakes are very personal.

Transform your children’s experience of life in this sad, wonderful world as they journey home to God by following scripture’s epic story. Author Jeremy Pierre wants to awaken children to a brave journey - a journey home. This beautiful tale traces the theme of God’s presence through the storyline of scripture. People were created to be with God but lost their nearness to him at the fall. So God sent his son Jesus Christ to cross that distance, making a way for people to follow him on their own journey home.

Dana is entering her freshman year at college and is nervous about going to her first frat party. She does not know anyone there but sees a familiar face in Mark, her new stepbrother. Their parents have recently married, and they both feel a tinge of immediate attraction for one another..

Could the lives of innocent young girls have been saved? No doubt! Are there more victims, non-identified? Probably! On Saturday afternoon, 24th June 1995, two little girls disappeared in Grâce-Hollogne, a town near the city of Liège. Two months later, in the early hours of 23rd August 1995, two teenagers vanished from Ostend, a city on the Belgian coast. In spring 1996, on 28th May, a twelve-year-old girl cycled to school in the morning, but she never arrived there. She too disappeared without leaving any trace. On Friday evening, 9th August 1996, a fourteen-year-old girl did not return ...

Three soldiers, bound together by a single terrible event in the final days of the First World War, and a scheme to stun an entire country. Wounded and traumatised by their wartime experience, Albert Maillard and Édouard Péricourt return from the fighting on the Western Front and find themselves struggling in a society where reverence for the dead can never erase the revulsion for those who survived.