Reader for Hire - format ePub

A beautiful homage to the art of reading - light and funny. A celebration of the union of sensuality and language. Marie-Constance loves reading and possesses an attractive voice. So, one day she decides...

Une jeune femme, Véronique, déambule dans un grand magasin. Elle observe, examine, touche tout ce qui est offert à ses regards. Elle est conduite, ce jour-là, à voler un « objet ». Un surveillant du grand...

Compagnon de route du PCF pendant vingt-cinq ans, Raymond Jean a vu l'U.R.S.S. à travers Gide, la déclaration de guerre à travers Nizan, il a découvert le marxisme mais éprouvé la séduction existentialiste,...

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Une journée dans la vie de Medhi. Un témoignage subtil, minutieux, violent. Un cri d'indignation et de révolte. Le racisme quotidien, les conditions d'existence des travailleurs immigrés, la justice qui...

« Le lecteur ne trouvera pas ici une apologie d'André Chénier en tant que "contre-révolutionnaire". Mais plutôt une tentative pour répondre - par le récit, par le portrait, par l'étude des textes - à...

Une petite ville du Midi de la France. Une jeune femme, professeur, se baigne nue dans une rivière avec trois de ses élèves, trois garçons. Sans idée préconçue. Librement. Innocemment. Pour fêter la fin...

Philippe Leierman, journaliste à l'AFP, erre dans les rues de Santiago, à la veille du putsch qui va poignarder le Chili. Il y rencontre une jeune femme nommée Lidia qu'il perdra très vite de vue, car...

Quelques « moments » de la vie d’un travailleur immigré. Medhi rentre chez lui après une journée de travail sur un chantier. Dans l’autobus qui le ramène, un incident survient, dont il est, scandaleusement,...

Ce livre raconte ou plutôt "décrit" l’histoire d’une jeune femme nommée Lia, qui pourrait être un caractère stendhalien de notre temps. Le récit se distribue en plusieurs tableaux et s’organise en trois...

Un homme (probablement un professeur d’histoire), parlant ici à la première personne, séjourne à Prague pendant une semaine, un an après les événements de 1968. Il regarde la ville et s’interroge sur...

La collection Approches « Répertoire » du Théâtre National de Marseille Marcel Maréchal vise à prolonger le plaisir théâtral en publiant des textes joués, soit dans leur intégralité, soit en larges extraits,...

Des parents inquiets qui tournent en rond chez eux… Des enfants en promenade qui découvrent la ville avec toutes ses surprises… Le temps qui passe et accentue l’angoisse des uns, la joie et le bonheur...

Né à Charleroi (Belgique) le jour des Saints-Innocents 1940, Raymond-Jean Lenoble, futur médecin gynécologue, a publié son premier recueil (prix Marin) à 18 ans. De poète, il devient aussi revuiste, auteur...

Né à Charleroi (Belgique) le jour des Saints-Innocents 1940, Raymond-Jean Lenoble, futur médecin gynécologue, a publié son premier recueil (prix Marin) à 18 ans. De poète, il devient aussi revuiste, auteur...

Faisant suite à la première partie “Le temps du bonheur”, la seconde “La tragédie” raconte — avec les mythes et les légendes qui, au plus profond des âges, sont venus imprégner et façonner les mentalités...

From Robin Cook, the ‘master of the medical thriller’ (The New York Times), fan favourites Jack and Laurie return in another fast-paced story about a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world order...

After a two-day train journey, peripatetic dressmaker Jemima Flowerday makes the final approach to her new job on foot, following the canal to Castle Gloaming, which stands in the rugged North Wales countryside...

'The future of crime fiction is named Hannah Morrissey' Alex FinlayWhen business mogul Clive Reynolds disappeared twenty years ago, his name became synonymous with 'murder' and 'mystery'. Now, lured by...

The captivating new novel from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Steele is a spellbinding book club read set in the glittering French Riviera, sweeping from the Roaring Twenties through to the dangerous...

I have to make a choice.The woman I'd die for …Or the club that saved me …For years, I've watched her. My deadly obsession.I don't need to be told—I know Milly is too good for me. She's off limits to...

One wedding. One reluctant bodyguard. One dangerously inconvenient attraction…Penelope Lee didn't want a new bodyguard, especially not a brooding, battle-hardened vampire who would rather be anywhere...

'An extraordinary book' The Listener'An extremely urgent criticism of the present' Daily TelegraphThe earth is recovering from the Acid Head War, in which hallucinogenic chemicals were the primary weapon....

The highly anticipated fifth book in the Drowned Empire romantasy series!

This bad boy has betrayed almost everyone in his life—including the girl falling for him...he just doesn't know it yet.If I had to use one word to describe the last few years, it'd be stupid.I was stupid...

When Hallewell's Bureau Of Curiosities gets repossessed by the city, Cassie must help the grumpy cat with clearing it out. It's a huge challenge when it's full of trinkets and treasure, including a cursed...

The fate of Midrealm has already been decided. The "Ascension Four" prophecy named a magical family whose actions will change the very nature of reality, and Maliah is smack dab in the middle with the...

Tali is determined to gain the attention of the gods.As a Priestess of Thoth, Tali is determined to prove her worth and gain the highest honour she can get from the temple as a result, but that involves...

Julia Harper's career as a photographer keeps her on the road, never staying in one place for too long. Coming home after her father's death was only meant to be temporary, just long enough to settle...

As betrayal and war close in, can two hearts learn to trust again?  Deryn of Calleva flees her ruined home, betrayed by her own kin and pursued by Saxons. With nothing left but her wits and her will to...

He's her boss. She's untouchable. But some temptations are impossible to resist.At the underground casino I run, my word is law. Liars and cheats think they can play me, but I enjoy proving them wrong—usually...

"Stressed-out, sleep-deprived and pill-popping Dr Tekla Berg is as unusual a central character as you will find" Irish Independent"Tekla is a terrific character" Literary Review"Tekla Berg is a brilliant...

The perfect family Christmas? It's a beautifully crafted lie.Every year, the Walkers—a global Black family synonymous with success and unwavering pride—gather at their majestic, snow-dusted estate for...

Business is booming at Dharma Inspired, Libby Madsen's serene little spa in sunny Mesa, Arizona. But as the summer heat rises, Libby and her black Lab, Shadow, are ready for a cool mountain escape—and...

A stolen Templar codex. A vanished order.A secret worth killing for.When a lost manuscript surfaces after seven centuries, cryptologist Dr. Elena Voss instantly recognizes the symbols—and the danger....

A glitch brought William Wright into this timeline. Something far darker wants to keep him here.After being torn away from his world, William tries to adapt to life inside Harrison Home. But the halls...

Amélie Dubois never meant to become the centre of school drama.She only wanted to present her smart-inhaler project, hang out with her friends, dance, and live her normal, bubbly life in Nice.But when...

Elias has always kept people at a distance. Maya has always hidden her own needs. Both are experts at protecting themselves, until an unstable neighbor disrupts their carefully guarded lives.In this psychological...

When a silver-blade killer begins carving a trail through the city, three lives collide in ways none of them understand — and the truth waiting at the center is older than Earth itself.Sebastian King...

When single mother Emelie inherits a house from a distant relative, she imagines a sun-drenched estate in Sardinia. Instead, she finds herself on Sardinön, an island off the Swedish coast, in a house...

Lonely Places is a sweeping, intimate coming-of-age novel that follows the fierce, tender, and ultimately tragic bond between four Manhattan prep-school boys—Thomas, Atlas, Eli, and Paulie—whose friendship...

In a town ruled by monstrous officials who feed on stolen hours, Juan leads a quiet uprising. Armed only with memory, shadow, and a fragile scroll stitched from reclaimed time, he and his neighbors resist...

"The Truth Behind July 15" is a striking political-thriller novel that reconstructs the most controversial night of modern Turkish history through an inside perspective from the General Staff Headquarters,...

When Mount Vesuvius awakens, the city believes it faces a natural disaster. Livia knows better.A gifted healer trapped in the lowest caste, Livia uncovers a horrifying truth: the poison sickening her...

Safety is a luxury. Privacy is a memory. Rebellion is an error.In the near-future city of Seattle, the crime rate has dropped to zero. The reason is EIDOLON: a revolutionary Artificial Intelligence that...

Naomi Armstrong needs an escape. She doesn't need a campaign.After a career in the city nearly broke her, Naomi retreats to a quiet Vermont estate, far from deadlines, demanding clients, and the ambitious...