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Now in the pantheon of great thinkers, Simone Weil (1909–1943) lived largely in the shadows, searching for her spiritual home while bearing witness to the violence that devastated Europe twice in her brief lifetime. The letters she wrote to her parents and brother from childhood onward chart her intellectual range as well as her itinerancy and ever-shifting preoccupations, revealing the singular personality at the heart of her brilliant essays. The first complete collection of Weil's missives to her family, A Life in Letters offers new insight into her personal relationships and experiences.

1986: Adrien, Etienne, and Nina are ten years old when they meet at school and quickly become inseparable. They promise each other they will one day leave their provincial backwater, move to Paris, and never part. 2017: A car is pulled up from the bottom of the lake, a body inside. Virginie, a local journalist with an enigmatic past, reports on the case while also reflecting on the relationship between the three friends, who were unusually close when younger but now no longer speak. As Virginie moves closer to the surprising truth, relationships fray, and others are formed.

Justine is 21 years old, and has lived with her grandparents and her cousin Jules since the death of her parents. As a nursing assistant at a retirement home, she spends much of her days listening to her residents’ stories. After bonding with Hélène, an almost 100-year-old resident, the two women slowly reveal their stories to one another. Whilst Justine helps Hélène to relive her memories of love and war, Hélène encourages Justine to confront the secrets of her own past and the loss she keeps buried deep within.

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.

Far from the land she knows, Faythe is beckoned toward the secrets of her heritage. Through trials of her name and a challenge to her claim, does she have what it takes to rule? Faythe bears a future that haunts; Reylan harbors a past that lingers. At his side, what ignited in her heart is kindling, but letting her guard fall could break them . . . or make them stronger.

Beginning with Nin's arrival in New York, this volume is filled with the stories of her analytical patients. There is a shift in emphasis also, as Nin becomes aware of the inevitable choice facing the artist in the modern world.

Moitié licorne, moitié suceuse de sang. Le parfait cocktail pour s’attirer les problèmes. L’impétueuse adolescente peut-elle survivre lorsque son secret fuite ? La vie de Tru Dennison semble être une vaste blague. À peine remise de la mort de son grand-père, la jeune fille de dix-sept ans n’en revient pas lorsque son vaurien d’oncle la met dehors. Désormais coincée entre deux boulots harassants afin d’économiser pour un logement, la morsure d’un client métamorphe est la dernière chose dont sa magie d’hybride a besoin…

Prince Ryu's hatred of magic is matched only by his loyalty to his dying country. So when his mother orders him to track down a mage consorting with Arn's legendary tidefoxes, he won't let anything stand in his way of healing the land… not even the beautiful mage or her animal companions. Mellie reluctantly agrees to help Arn and the mysterious Ryu, but when she learns he's actually the cunning prince known for hunting mages, it's too late to run—she's his captive, and the lives of her wolves and fox are at risk unless she does exactly what Ryu wants.

Tinker, tailor, soldier, scholar, spy. Who could have imagined that the young man with modest beginnings who had grown up in a farming village in the Loire valley, was made destitute by the Great Depression, went on to serve in the Foreign Legion, was educated and taught at the Louvre, captured after Dunkirk by the Wehrmacht during the German invasion of France, escaped and found his way to Valençay where he was charged with safeguarding in his bedroom Leonardo’s immortal Mona Lisa from destruction by the Nazis.

A fun, smart and surprising dive into the past, present and future of accents – and the enduring power of sounding different Accents have long held our fascination. As far back as the 7th century BCE, Egyptian pharaohs experimented with babies to test out theories about the “original”...

La vie comme animal de compagnie d’un démon lui plaisait bien. Mais c’était avant que les hurlements d’un innocent déchirent son monde… Emma Case est en proie à une crise de panique. Vivre entourée de monstres est risqué, sans parler d’enfreindre les règles. Mais la gentillesse qui l’anime ne peut rester de marbre face aux cris de détresse d’un louveteau. C’est ainsi que, malgré elle, Emma s’aventure en terrain interdit. Après avoir découvert que la pauvre bête était un métamorphe, elle tombe sous le choc lorsque la meute du louveteau l’accuse et l’enlève pour l’interroger.

Depuis le jour où je suis née, on m'a préparée à devenir le guide parfait pour les membres de ma meute, mais lorsqu'ils ont été massacrés, tout a changé. Aux côtés de mon compagnon destiné, nous tenons tête à l'ennemi, déterminés à lui donner un nom et un visage. Ce que nous découvrons cependant est pire que tout ce que nous avions imaginé, les choses n'étant pas ce qu'elles semblent.

Named a Best Book of 2026 So Far by The New Yorker “Violaine Huisman explores and contests the myths surrounding the great men of her family, using fiction where the official archives fall silent. The Monuments of Paris is a moving elegy for her accomplished, mercurial, outrageous father—and...

Thaïs a pris une décision radicale : elle a renoncé à toute forme de magie, au grand dam de sa famille de sorcières. L’irruption d’un séduisant fantôme écossais met quelque peu à mal ses résolutions. Comment se débarrasser d’un type capable de traverser les murs et que personne, à part vous, ne peut voir et entendre ?

Mon compagnon prédestiné est un alpha d'une force incroyable, que rien n'arrêtera pour me protéger. Mais ma toute nouvelle meute est en danger à cause de moi. Les secrets qui m'ont été cachés ne font que renforcer le fait que Griffin et moi sommes sérieusement en danger. Plus nous nous rapprochons, plus le danger nous guette. Une chose est claire, il n'y a pas moyen de gagner si nous ne savons même pas qui nous affrontons.

Je suis la dernière survivante de ma meute et je fuis pour sauver ma peau. En tant que future cheffe des Loups Argentés, ma vie était soigneusement planifiée : rester cachée et apprendre à combattre. Mais en un instant, tout change. Après le massacre de ma meute par un ennemi inconnu, seule et incertaine des personnes auxquelles je peux faire confiance, je me vois forcée de trouver un endroit pour me mettre en sécurité. À présent, un chef de meute qui m'offre ce que personne d'autre ne peut : une protection.

This audiobook does not require a text. It is designed for eyes-free learning. Phrase in English, then French at normal speed, 3 repetitions SLOW SPEED, 2 repetitions normal speed. We have found this to be the best format to learn. The same 101 dialogues are then repeated at slow and fast speeds with a longer pause so the listener gets a chance to repeat them more.

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.

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.

Josie thought she was getting a promotion at her architectural firm, but instead her career implodes. She impulsively takes up her roommates’ offer to nanny for a little girl on a mega yacht in the South of France. Even though she can't stand boats, this seems like fate giving her an opportunity to lick her wounds in a bucket list paradise while she figures out how to get her life back.