Philip - Libros y biografía

Les deux matelots avaient déposé la cantine contenant le trésor dans le trou qu’ils avaient creusé sous le cocotier et, maintenant, ils suivaient, pelle sur l’épaule, la belle piratesse qui les guidait...

D’abord, il s’était contenté d’accélérer le pas. Mais les deux hommes qui le suivaient maintenaient la distance. Maintenant, il courait pour échapper à l’horreur, dévalant les ruelles de la favela de...

Quand José Varano sortit du bordel, avec une bonne dizaine de verres d’aguardiente dans le nez, il était complètement ivre. Se prenant le pied dans une racine, il s’étala de tout son long, assommé par...

Des cris d’enfants s’échappaient de la fenêtre du premier étage. L’immeuble était à demi délabré, comme tous ceux de ce quartier misérable de Manille. – Madre de Dios, qu’est-ce que cette bande de pédés...

Le chef des braconniers leva les bras, puis tira deux rafales. Un feu roulant se déclencha simultanément derrière lui. Les quatorze éléphants s’abattirent dans les hautes herbes, comme des quilles géantes....

À la joie de la naissance, succède l'horreur : David, l'enfant, est défiguré. Pourtant, il doit vivre ! Cela exigera de multiples interventions, risquées, coûteuses. Or, Philip Boney et sa femme, Katia,...

Une très belle histoire initiatique. Un petit pingouin qui a froid dans l'univers unicolore de la banquise part avec son amie la baleine vers les tropiques à la découverte de la chaleur. Ses amis des...

'A vital, thorough and accessible history that everyone who cares about the past or the future should read.' Rosamund Young, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Cows_______________________________The...

30th July, 1763. Two striking figures part the heaving crowd at London Bridge. Peddlers cease their haggling, ferrymen grow quiet, beggars stop and stare. Even the stink of the Thames seems to fade in...

The Prince, a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli, is widely regarded as the most important exploration of politics - and in particular the politics...

A world Bible for our time from Buddhist, Hindu, Confucian, Taoist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and primal religion sources! In this perfect companion to Huston Smith's bestselling The World's Wisdom,...

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Castes mark their children deeply; and as a caste, the English gentry resident in Ireland were pronounced. Every conquest leaves a caste behind it, since conquerors are always apt to perpetuate their...

This biography illuminates the life and thought of Baroness Mary Warnock, whose active years spanned the second half of the twentieth century, a period during which opportunities for middle-class women...

After learning that her boyfriend has cheated on her, Wendy decides to get away from it all with her two best friends, Tiffany and Amy. They travel to Paris. She wants to forget Josh anyway, assume that...

A protagonist with whom hundreds of readers have felt identified and an eroticism as daring as it is elegant.Malena's married life takes a nosedive . With no job, no place to go, no direction for her...

Thanks to the large fortune that their parents left them, Wendy and Rick have been able to live without problems. She is rejected by the university she intended to go to, so she decides it's time to go...

Wendy and Josh's story has gone through a thousand ups and downs. At first they hated each other, then they fell in love. Then she thought that Josh had cheated on her, so she ran away to Paris and found...

Phil, o nerd, é um garoto de 12 anos muito inteligente que adora estar com os amigos. Ele e sua turma precisam se preparar para competir nas Olimpíadas de Matemática e Ciências. Mas, para tentar conquistar...

A história trata dos devaneios de um menino que quer ser um jogador de futebol famoso - grandes conquistas, muito treino, momentos difíceis, troféus e riqueza. As pessoas vão me reconhecer na rua... e...

Rapturous in its ability to depict the creative process, Words Without Music allows readers to experience that sublime moment of creative fusion when life merges with art. Biography lovers will be inspired...

Inspired by the flotsam of contemporary culture, Philip Terry transforms Shakespeare's sonnet sequence into a celebration of language unleashed. The results are as disrespectful and anarchic as a cartoon...

They were an unlikely pairing—he an urchin from the back streets of Belfast, she a sickly youngster from a well-to-do background. Yet they were chosen to go against the most fearsome creature ever to...

After being released from prison Luke Barcley intended to build a new life for himself, but fate interfered with his plans. He got drawn back to his old haunts when his family ran afoul of the shady owners...

In 1977, Philip Bray joined the Irish prison service, working in Limerick Prison. At the time, prisons were places where pillows, blankets and even food were scarce. Most prisoners were illiterate and...

When Pádraig Harrington won the Open Championship in 2007, he became only the second Irish golfer ever to win a Major, ending a drought which dated back to Fred Daly's victory of 1947. But Harrington's...

Artists have always been fascinated with portraying the nude: the beauty and nuances of the human figure are endlessly absorbing. This practical and inspirational book celebrates and continues that enduring...

NEW AND UPDATED EDITIONA magisterial and profoundly perceptive survey of Britain's post-war role on the global stage, from Suez to Brexit. 'The fullest long-run political and diplomatic narrative yet...

Let the energy of crystals transform your life with this handy illustrated guide. Beautiful, mesmeric, tactile, and easily available, crystals are natural and powerful tools for bringing health, wealth,...

A sensational and ground breaking expose revealing a wealth of new information confirming the identity and modus operandi of Jack the Ripper, a senior Freemason with Royal connections, and founder of...