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Disappointed hopes and the friendship of a stranger. When the Sun Sleeps is a sweet novella of approximately 20,000 words.

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets Fitzwilliam Darcy, she is not feeling quite herself. Miserable and in an unsociable temper, she decides to attend the Meryton Assembly against her better judgment to support her beloved sister. Fitzwilliam Darcy unknowingly misjudges the condition of Miss Elizabeth Bennet’s health. What begins as complete disinterest soon develops into pity when an unknown surgeon offers an even more bleak outlook for the young woman’s future.

"Si j'ai appris une chose, c'est que l'amour est chaotique. Il ne nous est pas livré dans un joli paquet cadeau. Il ressemble plutôt au cadeau d'un enfant, tout froissé et gribouillé au crayon. Imparfait. Mais toujours un cadeau. Seulement, tous les cadeaux ne sont pas faits pour durer éternellement." Fantasque et drôle, Jubilee Jenkins souffre d'un mal extrêmement rare : elle est allergique au contact humain (pour résumer aux gens). Après un épisode qui a failli lui coûter la vie, elle décide de ne plus sortir de chez elle.

Pèlerine multirécidiviste, peu douée pour la marche et accrochée à ses cigarettes, Alix de Saint-André a pris trois fois la route de Compostelle. D'abord, depuis Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, sur le "chemin français", où s'envolèrent ses idées de méditation solitaire dans des refuges surpeuplés ; puis, de La Corogne jusqu'à Finisterre, sur le "chemin anglais" ; et enfin depuis les bords de Loire, pour accomplir ce que les Espagnols appellent "le vrai chemin", celui qu'on doit faire en partant de chez soi.

“A finely atmospheric debut…Christie’s novel is a worthy tribute to the technological revolution it reimagines, as well as a haunting elegy to the culture of print…One thinks of Donna Tartt’s obsessive accounts of furniture decoration in The Goldfinch or even Philip Roth’s lovingly...

Gwenyth Killigrew, the Witch of Kerrow, has seen the tragic fate that awaits any man she's foolish enough to fall in love with. Yet she yearns for a daughter to carry on her healer's wisdom and otherworldly gifts of Sight. When Rafe Fleming, a notorious smuggler, washes ashore near her home, she thinks she's found the man to father that child.

L'effrayant récit de la nuit passée par une jeune femme dans les rues du Mont Saint-Michel, rendu au silence des moines et aux fantômes du passé.

This incredible debut historical novel—in the tradition of Beatriz Williams and Jennifer Robson—tells the fascinating story of a young mother who flees her home on the rocky cliffs of Cornwall and the daughter who finds her way back, seeking answers. Cornwall, 1940. Back in England after the...

A Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist Raised in Montreal by their disinterested single mother, half-sisters Lark and Robin form a fierce team in spite of their differences. When Lark flees to America to attend college, her sister soon joins her. But even as Lark discovers a calling working in...

Jess est à bout : elle se tue à la tâche, son mari a disparu de la circulation, son fils rentre de cours couvert de bleus, et elle n'a pas les moyens de payer à sa fille surdouée l'école prestigieuse qui la promettrait à un brillant avenir. Alors qu'elle ne s'y attendait plus, la chance lui sourit enfin. La chance, ou plutôt le millionnaire dont Jess entretient la résidence. Accusé de délit d'initié, Ed risque la prison, et il craint plus que tout d'accabler son père malade avec cette nouvelle.

An Esquire Best Book of Summer A collection of glittering, surprising, darkly funny stories of people testing the boundaries of their lives—from the award-winning author of Dual Citizens, who is "spoken of in the same reverent breath as Lorrie Moore and Joy Williams" (Heidi Julavits...

"Amy Landon's lively narration unites present-day Ohio and Perceforest, a fairy-tale realm, in this immersive reimagining of the Sleeping Beauty universe." - AudioFile Magazine USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a...

In this remarkable memoir, a harrowing true story of family, violence, guilt and atonement, a journalist reflects on his own journey to come to terms with his brother’s terrible crimes—and to find justice for the young girl he killed. In the gritty docklands of south-east England, Alix...

Este curso de nivel básico en francés canadiense para hispanohablantes es una introducción completa en formato audio, diseñada para quienes desean aprender el vocabulario y las frases esenciales de esta variante del francés. Con un enfoque en palabras y expresiones comunes, el curso es perfecto para principiantes que buscan utilizar el francés canadiense en situaciones cotidianas y en contextos de viaje.

My life is in tatters: a scandalous elopement, the possible loss of my beloved Longbourn, and the mortifying memory of a rejected proposal. As if that's not enough, I now have the delightful job of handling the unruly Holt children as their governess. Little did I know, this role would pull me into the world of international intrigue. Italy, Napoleon, and danger? Not exactly what I signed up for.

When tragedy leaves Fitzwilliam Darcy clinging to life, Elizabeth Bennet sacrifices her dreams to repay the debt owed to her family's damaged savior. But can her compassion penetrate his bitter heart and spark hope again?

In 2074, all Alex Sheppard wanted was to explore the cosmos. But instead, he got Disgardium—a game realm more dangerous than space's darkest corners.

The year is 1838. A young Scotsman forced from his homeland arrives at Hudson's Bay. Angus McDonald is contracted to British masters to trade for fur. But the world he discovers is beyond even a Highlander's wildest imaginings: raging rivers, buffalo hunts, and the powerful daughter of an ancient and magnificent people. In Catherine Baptiste, kin to Nez Perce chiefs, Angus recognizes a kindred spirit.

Scyth, known in the Inferno as the tiefling Hakkar, decanus in the worst legion of them all, must gain an audience with Prince Belial to get his hands on the Coals of Hellflame. Alex Sheppard faces the most stressful week of his life, and if he can't handle the pressure, then it might be his last.

Includes Class-A Threat, Apostle of the Sleeping Gods, The Destroying Plague, and Resistance.