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'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?' 'My mother, Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her daughters, Rosette and Annie, live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped - at least for a while. Then into their lives blows Zozie de l'Alba, the lady with the lollipop shoes, and everything begins to change...But this new friendship is not what it seems. Ruthless, devious and seductive, Zozie de l'Alba has plans of her own - plans that ...

1610. Des bûchers de toutes sortes embrasent la France ceux des procès de sorcellerie, des tentatives de régicide ou des guerres de Religion. Actrice, danseuse, acrobate, Juliette doit quitter sa troupe pour une abbaye vendéenne où, après avoir donné naissance à Fleur, elle prend le voile. Mais réussit-on jamais à fuir son passé ? Le père Columbus est-il seulement le confesseur de la nouvelle prieure ? Juliette va devoir mener une lutte sans merci au sein du couvent, dans un déchaînement de passions, de pièges et de sortilèges. Un grand roman historique, sur fond de théâtre et de fanatisme, de fête et de magie, de vengeance et de liberté.

The place is St Oswald's, an old and long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England. A new year has just begun, and for the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world and Roy Straitley, Latin master, eccentric, and veteran of St Oswald's, is finally - reluctantly - contemplating retirement. But beneath the little rivalries, petty disputes and everyday crises of the school, a darker undercurrent stirs. And a bitter grudge, hidden and carefully nurtured for thirteen years, is about to erupt. Who is Mole, the mysterious insider, whose cruel practical jokes are gradually escalating towards violence - and perhaps, murder? And how can an old and half-forgotten scandal, become the stone that brings down a giant?

« Le chauffeur prit mon argent et partit sans un regard en arrière et en faisant jaillir le sable et hoqueter son pot d'échappement. Lorsque, enfin, le silence se fut rétabli autour de moi, j'eus conscience d'une sensation qui m'inquiéta et, de nouveau, j'éprouvai un sentiment de culpabilité en réalisant que ce que je ressentais là n'était que de la joie. J'avais fait à ma mère la promesse de ne plus jamais revenir ici. » Rien n'a changé depuis des siècles sur la petite île du Devin, au large de Noirmoutier, battue par les vents et habitée par deux clans animés d'une haine séculaire, les Houssins et les Salannais. Après dix ans d'absence, Madeleine retrouve un village à la dérive et un père vieillissant. Au prix de tragédies intimes, et contre ses proches, elle entreprend de sauver les Salants.

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Joanne Harris' bestselling novels, "Chocolat", "Blackberry Wine" and "Five-Quarters of the Orange", are affectionately known as her culinary trilogy. In them, Joanne Harris whets our appetites with some tantalisingly delicious recipes taken from her own grandmere's recipe book. For, like Framboise, the heroine of "Five-Quarters of the Orange", Joanne has family recipes which have been passed down through the generations and which she shares with us now in a mouth-watering celebration of French cuisine. From pumkin soup to Moules Mariniere, from Tarte aux cassis to Fouace Aveyronnaise (Grandmother's festival loaf), and taking in salads, starters, fish, poultry and plenty more along the way, these are simple and stylish recipes from the heart of the French family kitchen. Illustrated with stunning integrated photographs and complemented by anecdotes from her family, past and present, "The French Kitchen" will be a must-have cookbook for all lovers of food and France.

Sleep, Pale Sister, a powerful, atmospheric and blackly gothic evocation of Victorian artistic life, was originally published before Joanne Harris achieved worldwide recognition. Henry Chester, a domineering and puritanical Victorian artist, is in search of the perfect model. In nine-year-old Effie he finds her. Ten years later, lovely, childlike and sedated, Effie seems the ideal wife. But something inside her is about to awaken. Drawn by her lover, Mose, into a dangerous underworld of intrigue and blackmail, she meets Fanny Miller, the brothel-keeper, and her shadowy daughter, Marta - murdered ten years ago on the day of Henry's weekly visit... And as friendship becomes possession and Henry's secret past is revealed, Effie and Marta plan their revenge together.

"Esplendida. Como Chocolat pero ambientada en el mundo contemporáneo. " CompanyB.B. tiene cuarenta y dos años, vive con su madre y trabaja como empleado de limpieza en un hospital. Todos sus amigos son virtuales y su lugar de encuentro es un foro de Internet. Alli comparten una comun aficion por lo siniestro y los relatos violentos que a veces parecen confundir la ficcion con la realidad. Y es que B.B. necesita contar una historia: la suya. Un pasado de rivalidades y mentiras en el seno de una familia disfuncional y perturbada.