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After ten years away to build a family, Mallory returns to Floreana Island in the Galápagos, and to Gavin, the mentor with whom she had a long-ago affair. Their project is to build nests to revive the vulnerable penguin population. But Mallory doesn’t dare tell Gavin why she’s really come back. Then she discovers old journals hidden in a lava cave—confessions of another woman who needed to disappear.

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.

Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarceration and forced incestuous marriage during the worst violence of the French Revolution of 1789, they dared sartorial revolt.

Welcome to picturesque Provence, where the Lady of the Chateau, Séraphine Demargelasse, has opened its elegant doors to her granddaughter Darcy and three friends. Twenty years earlier, the four girlfriends studied abroad together in France and visited the old woman on the weekends, creating the group’s deep bond. But why this sudden invitation? Amid winery tours, market visits and fancy dinners overlooking olive groves and lavender fields, it becomes clear that each woman has a hidden reason for returning. Then, following a wild evening’s celebration, Séraphine is found brutally murdered.

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.

Paris, 1941. At the height of World War II, young and headstrong Josephine Portier is the protégé of a wealthy family in the highest echelons of Paris society. When she meets the arrogant but handsome Gabriel, she wants nothing to do with him—until he reveals a shocking secret about her adoptive family that puts her in grave danger. With her life turned upside down and the Nazi forces ever advancing, Josephine finds a new calling when she joins the French underground Resistance. Her dislike for Gabriel soon flourishes into love, but their romance is short lived.

“Vivid and intriguing...Evokes unresolved family history with subtle heat.” —The New York Times From National Book Award–winning Elisa Shua Dusapin, a subtle yet powerful portrayal of family, secrets, and silence set against the backdrop of a crumbling house in the French...

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”...

Princess Riona was eight when the Revonian king murdered her family and conquered her kingdom with a mysterious magic. She has spent the last decade training—and waiting for her moment to avenge them all and reclaim her rightful title.

Sherlyn Coyle uses her brilliant detective skills hunting her murderous ex-fiance, known around the world as "The Ripper". Fang is a vampire assassin who broke out of her cage, and she's looking for blood. Fate brings them together to catch an evil madman who stole a dangerous book, the Curse of Shadows, a tome able to turn ordinary people into horrid creatures. Can Coyle and Fang trust each other enough to stop thousands from being destroyed?

Isarrel Dalmyar is too human for her elven home, and too elven to be accepted anywhere else. Banished after her human magic endangered two elves, she must learn how to control her chaotic power if she ever wants to return home. Liam Galway's loyalty to his king has always guided him, so when he's ordered to find the missing mages of Makaria—including his childhood friend—he does so eagerly. But the sparse clues only hint at dark dealings that stretch far beyond their own borders.

On m’a enlevé ma licence Merlin. Pour la retrouver, je dois réaliser les épreuves en sorcellerie. Bon, en fait, je dois réussir quelques tours de magie. Rien d’insurmontable. N’est-ce pas ? Grosse erreur. Les épreuves sont traîtresses, redoutables et terribles. Je ne suis pas prête pour ces tests magiques si brutaux, mais je ne peux plus m’arrêter maintenant. Sinon, ce sera l’échec, et trop de personnes comptent sur moi.

A fascinating look at the real Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, the designer who forever revolutionized the way women look. She was a free spirit, brilliant business woman, and beauty who never found reciprocated love. Madsen, with authority, delves into this fashion doyenne's business and private lives to reveal one woman's extraordinary progress: from orphan to millinery shopkeeper, from lodestar of feminine style to a very rich woman with a closet full of dark secrets.

Are you tired of your puppy leaving “messes” all over the house? What about the biting and chewing? Do you want to teach your new puppy how to sit, stay, or play fetch? This audiobook can help you with it all! Everything you need to know about German shepherd training and basic obedience. This audiobook is guaranteed to answer any beginner's questions about training your German shepherd and is a must have for anyone thinking of getting a German shepherd puppy.

Monarchs often face the consequences of a predecessor’s actions - but death is asking too much. Kitlyn and Oona never wanted power, only to love each other...a potentially deadly desire in a kingdom obsessed with a twisted notion of purity. After years hiding the truth, even from themselves, they sit on the throne together as queens. It only took bringing an end to a horrible war - and the direct intervention of a goddess - for the citizens to accept a marriage between two young women.

Dans mon métier, c’est important de rester toujours occupé, et les nouveaux défis me maintiennent dans la course. Seulement, je ne m’attendais pas à ce que ce soit si rapide. D’accord, j’ai accepté le don de l’archidémon Lucian, dans l’espoir que cela me rende invincible... grosse erreur.

Quand la Légion des anges m’a tuée, me transformant en ange avant de me ramener, j’ai cru que j’allais pouvoir me reposer un bout de temps. J’allais lever le pied... passer du temps de qualité avec mon elfe sexy. Mais je me trompais.

Ne ratez pas L’Ange des ombres, le prochain tome de la série Ombre et Lumière. Lucian, le premier des archi-démons déchus, est un abruti de première catégorie. Et il est à ma recherche. Génial.

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.

Je pensais que ma vie ne pourrait pas aller encore plus mal, mais je me trompais. Une série de meurtres sanglants ébranle la ville de New York, et c’est mon devoir d’essayer d’attraper ces ordures avant qu’ils ne s’en prennent à leur prochaine victime. Pourtant, quelque chose sent mauvais dans cette histoire. Au sens propre du terme. Plus je creuse, plus cela empeste. Il s’avère que ces meurtres ne sont pas ce qu’ils semblent être. Ils sont bien pires encore.