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Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by despatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World and the attentions of two privateers soon become menacing. The chase that follows through the fogs and shallows of the Grand Banks is as thrilling, as tense and as unexpected as anything Patrick O'Brian has written. Then, among other things, follows a shipwreck, and a particularly sinister internment in the Temple Prison in Paris. Once again the tigerish and fascinating Diana Villiers redresses the balance in this man's world of seamanship and war.

Nos deux héros Jack Aubrey, officier de la marine de Sa Majesté George III, et Stephen Maturin, médecin de bord, agent secret et de surcroît éleveur de rats et de fous de Bassan sont de retour. Cette fois, Napoléon vient de rompre la paix d'Amiens, et il s'agit de l'empêcher à tout prix de continuer à étendre son ombre sanglante sur l'Europe. Aubrey reçoit enfin le grade tant attendu de capitaine de vaisseau et un nouveau commandement. Mais quelle déception lorsqu'il découvre son bateau. La pénurie de navires qui frappe la Navy le contraint à prendre la barre d'un bâtiment indigne de naviguer, nanti du pire équipage que la mer ait porté. L'aventure promet d'être plus mouvementée que jamais !

"Irfan Orga was born into a prosperous family of the old Turkey under the Sultans. His mother was a beauty, married at thirteen, and lived in the total seclusion befitting her class. His grandmother, who also lived in their home, was an eccentric autocrat, determined at all costs to maintain her traditional habits. The 1914 War, however, brought ruin to the family and a transformation to Turkey. The red fez was ousted by the cloth cap, and the family was forced to adapt to an unimaginably impoverished life. In 1941 Irfan Orga arrived in London where, seven years later, he wrote his extraordinary story of his family's survival."--Back cover

De oorlog is voorbij, maar voor de Cazalets is het leven er niet per se makkelijker op geworden. Rupert moet weer wennen aan het burgerbestaan in Engeland. Zijn vrouw Zoë en hij koesteren allebei een ongemakkelijk geheim. Louise zit vast in een liefdeloos huwelijk en is naarstig op zoek naar een uitweg, terwijl Clary en Polly volwassen worden in een wereld die voorgoed is veranderd. Ondertussen moeten hun ouders beslissen waar ze in Londen gaan wonen en breekt voor Edward het uur der waarheid aan ten aanzien van zijn huwelijk. En op de achtergrond valt het Engelse wereldrijk uit elkaar.

From Indonesia comes a record-breaking bestseller and modern fairy tale. Published in 2005, this autobiographical debut novel sold over five million copies and is now set to enchant global audiences. Ikal is a student at the poorest village school on Belitong Island, where graduating sixth grade is a significant achievement. His school faces constant threats of closure, and Ikal, along with his friends known as the Rainbow Troops, confronts numerous challenges: skeptical officials, greedy corporations, deepening poverty, and their own self-doubt. Yet, hope shines through in the form of two extraordinary teachers, making Ikal's educational journey uplifting. We root for him as he stands up to the island's tin mine officials and experience his first love for a girl selling chalk behind a shop screen. We cheer for Lintang, the class's barefoot math genius, as he triumphs over students from the mining corporation's school in an academic competition. Above all, we gain insight into the customs and people of the world's largest Muslim society. This narrative, reminiscent of Khaled Hosseini's work, offers a captivating glimpse into a unique milieu, filled with charm and vitality.

In this candid and revealing memoir, Elizabeth Jane Howard looks back over the course of her eventful life, providing a story of as full of love, passion and betrayal as her novels.

Juillet 1937. À Home Place, au cœur du Sussex, jardiniers, femmes de chambre et cuisinière sont sur le pont. La Duche orchestre le ballet des domestiques avant l’arrivée de ses trois fils, Hugh, Edward et Rupert Cazalet, en chemin depuis Londres avec épouses, enfants et gouvernantes. Où dormira Clary, adolescente mal dans sa peau en plein conflit avec sa belle-mère? Quelle robe portera Villy, ancienne ballerine désormais mère au foyer? Polly, terrorisée à l’idée qu’une guerre éclate, s’entendra-t-elle avec sa cousine Louise qui rêve de devenir actrice? Rachel, la seule fille de la Duche, trouvera-t-elle un moment pour ouvrir la précieuse lettre de son amie Sid? Non-dits, chamailleries, profonds chagrins… Aux préoccupations des adultes font écho les inquiétudes des enfants, et à la résilience des femmes, qu’elles soient épouses, fillettes ou domestiques, répond la toute-puissance – ou l’impuissance – des hommes. L’été regorge d’incertitudes mais, sans l’ombre d’un doute, une nouvelle guerre approche : entre pique-niques sur la plage et soirées auprès du gramophone, il faudra inventorier lits de camp et masques à gaz.

De avonturen van een jong meisje aan het begin van de 20e eeuw op weg naar volwassenheid.

'I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silence...'To the authorities in pursuit of him, outlaw Ned Kelly is a horse thief, bank robber and police-killer. But to his fellow ordinary Australians, Kelly is their own Robin Hood. In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Peter Carey brings the famous bushranger wildly and passionately to life.

A fascinating book in which Hudson recalls memories of his childhood spent in South America.

Trawler Describes the author's three-week trip on an Orkney trawler as it journeys far into the north Atlantic in search of its catch. Combining humour with erudition, this title provides an account of this journey. Full description

Once part of a vast expanse where a wealthy Elizabethan family settled and built Fairfax Manor, by the mid-1960s the village of Lythe has become a disintegrated forest where the destroyed, dysfunctional Fairfax family continues to crumble.

Pleine d'espoir, Lee Fiora, rejoint Ault, le prestigieux pensionnat privé niché dans les collines du Massachusetts. Elle se heurte alors à l'univers fermé des vieilles familles de la Côte Est. Premier roman.

After a separation of many years, Emily 'Fido' Faithfull bumps into her old friend Helen Codrington on the streets of Victorian London. Much has changed since then. But, for all her independence of mind, Fido is too trusting of her once-dear companion and finds herself drawn into aiding Helen's obsessive affair with a young army officer.

In de loop van het onderzoek naar de moord op de echtgenote van een plaatselijke projectontwikkelaar krijgt de politie toch twijfels over de identiteit van de mogelijke dader.