The Glass Room is the fifth book in Ann Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope series – which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera. Sometimes crime strikes too close to home . . . DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but her neighbours keep her well-supplied in homebrew and conversation. But when one of them goes missing, her path leads her to more than a missing friend . . . Vera tracks the young woman down to the Writer’s House, a country retreat for aspiring authors. Things get complicated when a body is discovered and Vera’s neighbour is found with a knife in her hand. Calling in the team, Vera knows that she should hand the case over. She’s too close to the main suspect. But the investigation is too tempting and she’s never been one to follow the rules. Vera must find a killer who has taken murder off the page and is making it real . . . (4ème de couv.)

The astonishing and epic novel that won the 2013 Man Booker Prize

Newly unearthed! The first new Richard Scarry book for over 20 years features Lowly Worm and all your favourite Scarry characters! Drawn and written by Richard Scarry and completed by his son, Huck Scarry, this beautiful book is packed with charm, humour and delightful pictures. Including a day in the life of Lowly Worm, Lowly on the farm, cars and trucks, planes and trains, numbers and a fun where''s Lowly section. Scarry fans young and old will adore this charming and beautiful book!

The Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four children are suddenly dropped by their mother with a single sentence: You know what you did. They never hear from her again. Years later, when 18-year-old cousins Aubrey, Milly and Jonah Story receive a mysterious invitation to spend the summer at their grandmother's resort, they have no choice but to follow their curiosity and meet the woman who's been such an enigma their entire lives. This entire family is built on secrets, right? It's the Story legacy. This summer, the teenagers are determined to discover the truth at the heart of their family. But some secrets are better left alone. THE BRILLIANT NEW THRILLER FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE OF US IS LYING KAREN M MCMANUS

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a new life of freedom. But as a ruthless group of pigs takes control, they discover that they are hopelessly ensnared once more.

Half short stories, half dreams, and they mix a sometimes exquisite poetry with a homely realistic observation - Edmund Wilson

Oliver Twist, a meek, mild young boy, is born in the workhouse and spends his early years there until, finding the audacity to ask for more food, he is made to leave. Apprenticed to an undertaker by Mr Bumble, Oliver runs away in desperation and falls in with Fagin an his gang of thieves where he begins his new life in the criminal underworld....

"You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you..." Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance.

" And there in the stable this special baby was born, just as the angel Gabriel had said. " In this beautiful picture book, Australika's most-loved illustrators have chosen their favourite Nativity scene to illustrate.

7 nouvelles, 4 refuges, de l'émotion et de l'aventure. "Je pouvais encore m'acommoder de certaines choses. Mais, je ne tolérais pas de me faire réveiller de mes siestes par une langue baveuse et gluante! C'était trop! Mon pelage soyeux et si bien entretenu gâché par ce malotru." "Chaque humain qui s'en allait avec un autre compagnon que moi sous le bras, le sourire aux lèvres et sans un regard pour moi, partit malgré tout avec une chose : mon espoir" Retrouvez des félins aux (més)aventures (extra)ordinaires qui vous feront chavirer le coeur et l'esprit.

Au cours d'une réception, Mao Mao, entrée au service de dame Gyokuyo grâce à ses talents d'apothicaire, découvre que dame Llishu, une autre des concubines principales, a échappé à une tentative d'empoisonnement. L'une des servantes se suicide après s'être dénoncée. Jinshi et Mao Mao enquêtent pour découvrir le vrai coupable. ©Electre 2024

La curiosité n'est pas toujours un vilain défaut... Mao Mao a été renvoyée de la Cour intérieure à la suite de la tentative d'assassinat d'une concubine, affaire qu'elle a pourtant contribué à résoudre. Elle passe quelque temps dans le quartier des plaisirs, d'où elle est originaire, mais repart très vite au palais en tant que servante personnelle du beau Jinshi. Son quotidien n'est pas de tout repos, car les événements inexpliqués se multiplient (d'abord la mort d'un haut fonctionnaire, puis un mystérieuxincendie) et on lui demande de donner un cours particulier aux dames de la cour. Minoji Kurata, scénariste et dessinatrice de Assassin's Creed – Blade of Shao Jun, nous propose une superbe et passionnante adaptation du roman officiel Les Carnets de l'Apothicaire !

En deux mots ? La Terre et l?univers appartiennent depuis des temps immémoriaux à des entités puissantes et maléfiques, actuellement endormies. Des forces occultes sur terre cherchent à les réveiller? Des héros valeureux découvrent peu à peu vérité et tentent de s?interposer au péril de leur vie et de leur santé mentale. Cette boite est pensée pour l?initiation. A l?intérieur, vous aurez sous la main tout ce qu?il faut pour découvrir le jeu de rôle, le roi des jeux, et vivre des aventures incroyables.

Un guide visuel en plus de 600 photographies dévoilant les beautés de Kyoto à travers ses sites classés mais aussi des lieux méconnus pour découvrir la culture, la gastronomie ou encore les traditions de la ville : festivals, marchés, temples, jardins, restaurants, etc. ©Electre 2024