1. La Chute des géants, cinq familles - une américaine, une russe, une allemande, une anglaise et une galloise - se croisent, s'aiment et se déchirent au rythme de la Première Guerre mondiale et de la Révolution russe. 2. L'Hiver du monde raconte la vie de leurs enfants au moment de l'accession au pouvoir des nazis puis des grands drames de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. 3. Aux portes de l'éternité retrace leurs destinées toujours enchevêtrées à l'ère des immenses troubles sociaux, politiques et économiques des années 1960 à 1990
Two Secret Service agents sworn to guard their protectees lost them in a single moment...and in this #1 New York Times bestseller, they're about to learn that the violence has just begun. Michelle Maxwell has just wrecked her promising career at the Secret Service. Against her instincts, she let a presidential candidate out of her sight for the briefest moment and the man whose safety was her responsibility vanished into thin air. Sean King knows how the younger agent feels. Eight years earlier, the hard-charging Secret Service agent allowed his attention to be diverted for a split second. And the candidate he was protecting was gunned down before his eyes. Now Michelle and Sean are about to see their destinies converge. Drawn into a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, the two discredited agents uncover a shocking truth: that the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives were really a long time in the making--and are a long way from over
When Travis Boyette, a convicted felon, enters a small-town Missouri church, he carries a dark secret about the disappearance of high school senior Nicole Yarber nearly a decade ago. Despite extensive searches, Nicole's body was never found, leaving her hometown in despair. Now, Donte Drumm, a young black athlete wrongfully convicted of her murder, awaits execution in less than a week. Robbie Flak, Donte's dedicated lawyer, has spent nine years and all his resources fighting for justice, but he is out of options. The only hope lies in Travis Boyette's confession, which could exonerate Donte if it can be acted upon in time. The urgency of the situation intensifies as the clock ticks down to the execution date.
John Ray Grisham, Jr., born on February 8, 1955, is a renowned American author celebrated for his legal thrillers. He has won the Galaxy British Book Awards and is one of only two authors to sell two million copies in a first printing. Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and later attended the University of Mississippi School of Law, practicing criminal law for about a decade. He began writing in 1984, with his first novel, A Time To Kill, published in 1989. By 2008, his works had sold over 250 million copies globally, and several have been adapted into films. His bestselling titles include The Firm, The Testament, and The Broker, translated into 29 languages.
Robert Langdon, professeur de symbologie à Harvard, se réveille en pleine nuit à l'hôpital. Désorienté, blessé à la tête, il n'a aucun souvenir des dernières trente-six heures. Pourquoi se retrouve-t-il à Florence ? D'où vient cet objet macabre que les médecins ont découvert dans ses affaires ? Quand son monde vire brutalement au cauchemar, Langdon va s'enfuir avec une jeune femme, Sienna Brooks. Rapidement, Langdon comprend qu'il est en possession d'un message codé créé par un éminent scientifique - un génie qui a voué sa vie à éviter la fin du monde, une obsession qui n'a d'égale que sa passion pour l'une des oeuvres de Dante Alighieri: le grand poème épique Inferno. Pris dans une course contre la montre, Langdon et Sienna remontent le temps à travers un dédale de lieux mythiques, explorant passages dérobés et secrets anciens, pour retrouver l'ultime création du scientifique - véritable bombe à retardement - dont personne ne sait si elle va améliorer la vie sur terre ou la détruire.
In this novel, the careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it is what happens off the field that makes this story a classic.
The divorced ex-cop, Kinsey Millhone, turns 33, is hired to bring a mother back from the desert, and makes a top slot on Tyrone Patty's hit list, all on the same day.
In the midst of struggling to cope with a marriage in difficulty and a business under pressure, Jack & Alison Heywood suffer every parent's worst nightmare. Their two children are involved in a horrific road accident which leaves seven-year-old Frankie in a coma and her elder brother, Ben, severely traumatized by guilt.
Malgré son armée d'avocats, malgré ses bataillons d'experts, malgré ses moyens et sa stature, Krane Chemical vient de perdre un procès retentissant. Reconnue coupable de pollution délibérée, la multinationale a été rendue responsable de la mort de deux personnes. 41 millions de dollars de dommages et intérêts. Avec les centaines de cas similaires qui se présentent déjà, c'est la ruine assurée... Mais Carl Trudeau, son P.-D.G., n'est pas homme à se laisser abattre. Et il lui reste un dernier recours : faire casser ce jugement. Pour cela, il a besoin d'une oreille bienveillante à la Cour suprême du Mississippi. Pour cela, il lui suffit d'y faire élire un homme prêt à toutes les compromissions...
If you like Sophie Kinsella, you'll love Cocktails for Three. Madeleine Wickham, who writes the internationally bestselling Shopaholic series as Sophie Kinsella, has penned an irresistibly dishy and entertaining novel about three savvy young women and the secrets they share over monthly drinks. At the first of every month, when the office has reached its pinnacle of hysteria, Maggie, Roxanne, and Candice meet at London's swankiest bar for an evening of cocktails and gossip. Here, they chat about what's new at The Londoner, the glossy fashion magazine where they all work, and everything else that's going on in their lives. Or almost everything. Beneath the girl talk and the laughter, each of the three has a secret. And when a chance encounter at the cocktail bar sets in motion an extraordinary chain of events, each one will find their biggest secret revealed...
