Anthill : a novel
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Astonishing, inspirational, even magical: a naturalist's novel about an Alabama boy who heroically tries to save a sacred forest.






Astonishing, inspirational, even magical: a naturalist's novel about an Alabama boy who heroically tries to save a sacred forest.
For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12—"Cupid Day"—should be one big party, a day of valentines and roses and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And it is … until she dies in a terrible accident that night. However, she still wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she ever imagined. Before I Fall is now a major motion picture Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, and Kian Lawley. Named to numerous state reading lists, the novel was also recognized as a Best Book of the Year by Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, The Daily Beast, NPR, and Publishers Weekly .
Lacy Stoltz est avocate pour le BJC, le service de l'inspection judiciaire. Sa mission consiste à enquêter quand on lui rapporte des manquements à l'éthique. La plupart des écarts de conduite sont dus à l'incompétence. Parfois, des affaires d’une autre nature arrivent sur son bureau comme un détournement de fonds par une magistrate de l'État de Floride. La juge serait mêlée à la construction d'un casino sur une réserve indienne sous l'emprise de la Coast Mafia, qui se sert largement dans la caisse. Elle reçoit sa part du butin et ferme les yeux sur ces activités illicites. L’alliance est solide. Lacy Stoltz comprend aussitôt que l'affaire risque d'être dangereuse. Le danger est une chose. La mort en est une autre. Haletant, nourri de culture locale, foisonnant de personnages hauts en couleur, L’Informateur se dévore. Renaud Baronian, Le Parisien. Une plongée quasi documentaire sur les rouages de l’institution sous forme de thriller ultramoderne. Hubert Artus, Lire. Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Dominique Defert. 
Christopher Moore brings us another hilarious, irreverent novel of love, strange beasts and much more besides.
La Terre est envahie. L'humanité est en danger. Nos corps restent les mêmes, mais nos esprits sont contrôlés. Mélanie Stryder vient d'être capturée. Elle refuse cependant de laisser place à l'être qui tente de la posséder. Quelque part, caché dans le désert, il y a un homme qu'elle ne peut pas oublier. L'amour pourra-t-elle la sauver ?
Deanna Madden, aka Jessica Reilly, hasn't touched another person in three years. She hasn't left her apartment. She makes money from performing to webcams on a sex site, where her clients pay $6.99 a minute for her time. She's doing alright. The dollars are piling up in the bank. She's the number 3 model on cams.com. And she hasn't killed anyone for years. But when Deanna sees on the news that a little girl called Annie has gone missing, the story rattles her carefully ordered world. It's uncomfortably similar to the dark fantasy of one of her most disturbing online clients. She's convinced he's responsible for the girl's abduction - but no one will listen to her. So, after three years, Deanna finally leaves the apartment. And this is what happens...
Bella a fait son choix : elle s'apprête à épouser Edward. Mais le jeune homme honorera-t-il sa part du marché ? Acceptera-t-il de la transformer en vampire et d'accepter de la voir renoncer à sa vie humaine ?
Bianca is starting school at Evernight Academy, a prestigious boarding school deep in the countryside, and from the first day, she can't wait to escape. Her parents, who are teachers there, are sure she'll be happy, but Bianca has a feeling there's something seriously wrong with the place. Something evil lurking in the shadowy woods at the edge of the school grounds ... As she settles in, Bianca's sense of unease grows. Her classmates are impossibly perfect, her teachers are slightly sinister, and the new boy, Lucas, continues to send out mixed signals. Is he attracted to her or not? Meanwhile, another classmate, Balthazar, is definitely interested ... and he's totally gorgeous! Things come to a horrifying climax on the night of the Autumn Ball, where Bianca makes a shocking discovery about herself and her feelings for Lucas that will affect their lives forever.
The novel begins as Michael, a middle-aged man of means, is dressing for dinner at a friend's country house in Ireland. As he descends the grand staircase, he spots a small painting of a landing with an old linen press and the white marble statue of an angel. In the background is a woman clad in a dark green dress. During dinner, Michael comments on the painting to his hosts but they say there is no woman in the picture. When Michael goes up to bed later, he sees that they are correct. This is only the first in a series of incidents that lead Michael to question his grip on reality. His wife Elilzabeth is unsettled by the changes she sees in a man she originally married because he was dependable and steady, not because she loved him. Suddenly she is aware that she has never really known Michael and as he changes, she sees glimpses of someone she could fall in love with. Michael, in the meantime, is disturbed by events at his family's ancestral home in the wilds of Scotland and by a past that he is threatening to destroy everything, and everyone, he has ever loved.
Bianca will risk everything to be with Lucas. After escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school where they met, Bianca and Lucas take refuge with Black Cross, a fanatical group of vampire hunters. Bianca must hide her supernatural heritage or risk certain death at their hands. But when Black Cross captures her friend—the vampire Balthazar—hiding is no longer an option. Soon, Bianca and Lucas are on the run again, pursued not only by Black Cross, but by the powerful leaders of Evernight. Yet no matter how far they travel, Bianca can't escape her destiny. Bianca has always believed their love could survive anything . . . but can it survive what's to come?
Quelles ont été les suites de la vie du jeune avocat Mitch McDeere après avoir révélé les malversations d'un cabinet à Memphis, détourné de l'argent de la mafia et fui le pays ? Quinze ans plus tard, Mitch vit avec sa femme à Manhattan et est associé dans l'une des plus grandes firmes d'avocats au monde, Scully & Pershing. Lorsqu'un ami et associé senior de la filiale romaine lui demande de l'aide pour une affaire impliquant une entreprise de construction turque ayant obtenu un contrat de plusieurs millions de dollars du gouvernement libyen pour construire un pont au-dessus d'une rivière asséchée dans le désert, Mitch n'hésite pas. Accompagné de la fille de son ami, Giovanna, également avocate, il se rend en Libye pour enquêter. Peu après leur arrivée, Giovanna est enlevée par des individus si bien informés qu'ils semblent agir sur ordre supérieur. Mitch, se sentant responsable, se lance dans une course contre la montre pour rassembler la rançon et sauver Giovanna, avec seulement dix jours avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.