Latina superstar Thalia isback with Radiante! , a gorgeous guide for women seeking afit and fabulous pregnancy. Having just enjoyed the same herself,Thalia is the perfect woman to advise and inspire, sharingnutrition advice, fitness tips, fashion dos and don'ts, and so muchmore. She's broken the book down into trimesters (including thelittle acknowledged but very real "fourth" trimester). Each sectionaddresses a woman's state of mind, body, and spirit. Thalia and herpersonal ob-gyn, Dr. Kramer, advise first time moms on theimportance of prenatal care, what tests will be offered when, andhow best to cope with any attendant anxieties. With its soundadvice and Thalia's bright personality stamped on every page, Radiante! is a go-to resource formoms-to-be.

London GP Katie Carr always thought she was a good person. With her husband David making a living as‘The Angriest Man in Holloway’，she figured she could put up with anything Until．that is，David meets DJ Goodnews and becomes a good person too．A far-too-good person who starts committing crimes of Charity like taking in the homeless and giving their kids’toys away．Suddenly Katie's feeling very bad about herself，and thinking that if charity egins at home．then maybe it's time to move…

Eine Reminiszenz an Helene Hanff's ' Charing Cross Road'. Eine warme, witzige und durch und durch unterhaltsame Ode an die Kraft des geschrieben Wortes.

Following the hugely successful hardback, thisextraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to bethe non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden behind velvet curtainsabove a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormousand beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map ofanywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named WilliamSmith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles: he wasimprisoned for debt, turned out of his home, his work wasplagiarised, his wife went insane and the scientific establishmentshunned him. It was not until 1829, when a Yorkshire aristocratrecognised his genius, that he was returned to London in triumph:The Map That Changed the World is his story.

During World War II, Nazi doctor Josef Mengele subjected some3,000 twins to medical experiments of unspeakable horror; only 160survived. In this remarkable narrative, the life of Auschwitz'sAngel of Death is told in counterpoint to the lives of thesurvivors, who until now have kept silent about their heinousdeath-camp ordeals. 8 pages of photographs.

A new erotic paranormal series, starring dragon shapeshifters,kicks off with a very sexy debut... Prince Dylan MacLeod is one of the last pure-blood dragon shape-shifters-and ruler of a dying race, the Dragonstar clan. It fallsto him to protect his people and their ancient magic. But he hasone important duty: to provide an heir... Like all dragons, Dylan, who has a dark, rampant sexual appetite,can only procreate with his destined mate-for whom he's searchedfor the last five hundred years. But his quest is delayed when adisease sweeps through the Dragonstars, and Dylan must venture tothe human world to find a cure. He tracks down bio-chemist PhoebeQuillum, never imagining the beautiful scientist would be the matehe's been seeking. But even with the fate of the clan on theirshoulders, Phoebe and Dylan are overcome by their sexualdesire. Their passion turns to something truer, but when Phoebe iskidnapped by Dylan's oldest enemy, he must risk everything for hislove and his clan...

Simon Winchester undertakes a journey from the mouth of the Yangste River to its source. This is the story of the river, it's cities and their people, built around the author's own journey to discover something of the essence of China and her people, the Yangtse being her soul and center.

Dans le domaine de la pensée, la lumière est " ce qui éclairel'esprit dans la recherche de la vérité ". Indissociables du XVIIIesiècle tout au long duquel elles se sont développées, les Lumièresrecouvrent ainsi un vaste mouvement intellectuel et philosophique,qui, dans l'Europe entière, diffuse la croyance dans le progrès del'esprit humain et de la civilisation. Soutenu en France parMontesquieu, Diderot, Voltaire, Rousseau, le mouvement deslumières, dédié à la raison, constitue dans l'histoire des idéesune rupture radicale qui ouvre la voie à la Révolutionfran?aise.

L'auteur de ces Contes est une adolescente de 13 ans. Une jeunefille juive obligée de se cacher avec sa famille pour échapper auxrafles nazies. Tout en rédigeant le Journal qui va immortaliser sonnom, Anne Frank échappe à son enfermement gr?ce à ces histoires quitémoignent d'une imagination moderne et de qualités d'écritureexceptionnelles. Comme elle, ses personnages affichent, dans uncontexte tragique, une incroyable fra?cheur de pensée et une vieintérieure rayonnante.

Lee Child has become one of the most popular writers in a genre known for the hard-earned loyalty of its readers. Fortunately, his character Jack Reacher, "the literary heir to Mike Hammer, Sir Lancelot and, perhaps, Jack Paladin" (Denver Post), shows no signs of cooling off. Critics applaud Child for bringing fresh observations and endearing quirks to Reacher's character (keep an eye out for the clothing in this latest effort), who was first introduced to readers in Killing Floor (1997) and most recently appeared in One Shot (2005). The books also contain a sense of humor, which contrasts nicely, at times ironically, with scenes of intense violence and cerebral intrigue.

The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled,as have his glorious teachings,cats and divine sacritice after his thirtieth birthday.But no one knows about the early life of the Son of god,the missing uears-except Biff,the Messiah's best bud,who has been resurrected to fill us in on what really happened. Verily,the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one,filled with remarkable joruneys,magic,healings,kung fu,corpse reanimations,demons and hot babes. But even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Saviour's pal may not be enough to divert joshua from his tragic desting.Of course,there's no one who loves Josh more-except maybe'Maggie',Mary of Magdala-and Biff isn't about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight. 作者简介： Christopher Moore began writing at the age of six and became the oldest known child prodigy when, in his early thirties, he published his first novel. His tum-ons are the ocean, playing toad lotto, and talking animals on TV. His tum-offs are salm

La ma?tresse est inquiète, le photographe s'éponge le front,le Bouillon devient tout rouge, les mamans ont mauvaise mine, quantà l'inspecteur, il est reparti aussi vite qu'il était venu.Pourtant, Geoffroy, Agnan, Eudes, Rufus, Clotaire, Maixent,Alceste, Joachim... et le petit Nicolas sont presque - toujourssages... Un chef-d'oeuvre d'humour à ne pas lire si vous n'aimezpas rire ! --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ounon disponible de ce titre.

One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory,Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain is a masterpiece that is at once an enthralling adventure,a stirring story,and a luminous evocaion of a vanished America in all its savagery,solitude,and splendor. Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg,Inman,a Confederate soldier,decidet to walk backto his home in the Blue Ridge mountains and to Ada,the woman he loved there years before.His trek across the disintegrating South brings him into intimate and sometimes lethal converse with slaves and marauders,bounty hunters and witches,both helpful and malign.At the same time,Ada is trying to revive her father's derelict farm and learn to survieve in a world where the old certainties have been swept away.As it interweaves their.Cold Mountain asserts itself as authentic American Odyssey-hugely powerfrl,majestically lovely,and keenly moving.

Ever since Whit and Wisty Allgood were cruelly torn from theirhome and family in the middle of the night, the soldiers of abrutal totalitarian government have relentlessly tried to captureand execute them for 'collusion, conspiracy, and experimentationwith the dark and foul arts'. But this supremely skilled witch andwizard have instead boldly spearheaded the fight against the wickedregime of the New Order and its systematic destruction of music,art, books, and imagination.The villainous leader of the New Orderis just a breath away from the ability to control the forces ofnature and to manipulate his citizens on the most profound levelimaginable – through their minds. There is only one more thing heneeds to triumph in his evil quest: the Gifts of Whit and WistyAllgood. And he will stop at nothing to seize them. --This textrefers to the KindleEdition edition.

"Ten Eternal Questions" asks leading political, artistic, andreligious figures the timeless spiritual questions. 'What is yourconcept of God?''Do you think this life is all there is?' are justtwo of the ten questions author Zo Sallis puts to such diversefigures as Nelson Mandela and U2's Bono, Shimon Peres and JackNicholson, Paulo Coelho and the Dalai Lama. Chapters are organizedby question with extracts drawn from Sallis's interviews withalmost 40 personalities, among them Bob Geldof, Gore Vidal, PrinceMangosuthu Buthelezi, Gianfranco Ferre, Farah Pahlavi (the exiledEmpress of Iran), Anjelica Huston, as well as other artists,scientists, and religious figures. In these days of increasingcommercialism and religious polarization, this absorbing bookspeaks to an impulse for a stronger spiritual dimension in ourlives and its range of answers spontaneous, surprising, andinsightful; provocative, considered, and personally revealingoffers readers much to ponder and reflect upon in their own questto understand life'

I cannot recall a book so rich in theme and symbol and yetwith plot and character so grounded in the here-and-now. Chartingone man's fall from--and reclamation of--grace, "Disgrace" weavesmetaphor that is ironic, blunt, disturbing and, ultimately,timeless around two events that could not be more contemporary:sexual harassment of a co-ed by an aging professor; and an attackby native South Africans on a white farm. David Lurie is a professor of "Communications" at a Cape Townuniversity. His specialty is Romantic poets, in particular Byron.At age 52, twice divorced and finding gratification, if notfulfillment, in orchestrated liaisons with prostitutes, Lurie is atrivial version of the Byronic hero he studies. Despite hisprofessorship, Lurie, by his own admission, is no teacher. Heprefers the tag "scholar." He is in fact a manipulator, acontroller.

It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet. From 1891, beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the now legendary and pioneering Strand Magazine began serialising Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless tales of detection, featuring the incomparable sleuth patiently assisted by his doggedly loyal and lovably pedantic friend and companion, Dr Watson. The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sydney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock Holmes and his world derive and who first equipped Holmes with his famous deerstalker hat. The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love and revere the penetrating mind and ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals.

Monsieur Linh est un vieil homme. Il a quitté son villagedévasté par la guerre, n’emportant avec lui qu’une petite valisecontenant quelques vêtements usagés, une photo jaunie, une poignéede terre de son pays. Dans ses bras, repose un nouveau-né. Lesparents de l’enfant sont morts et Monsieur Linh a décidé de partiravec Sang Di?, sa petite fille. Après un long voyage en bateau, ilsdébarquent dans une ville froide et grise, avec des centaines deréfugiés. Monsieur Linh a tout perdu. Il partage désormais un dortoir avecd’autres exilés qui se moquent de sa maladresse. Dans cette villeinconnue où les gens s’ignorent, il va pourtant se faire un ami,Monsieur Bark, un gros homme solitaire. Ils ne parlent pas la mêmelangue, mais ils comprennent la musique des mots et la pudeur desgestes. Monsieur Linh est un c?ur simple, brisé par les guerres etles deuils, qui ne vit plus que pour sa petite fille. PhilippeClaudel accompagne ses personnages avec respect et délicatesse. Ilcélèbre les thème

A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO. Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificentcycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm ofSwords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece ofmodern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer.Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pagesand transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced.Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning seriesis destined to stand as one of the great achievements ofimaginative fiction. A GAME OF THRONES Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw theseasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decadesand winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning,and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister andsupernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protectiveWall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, afamily as harsh and unyi

A sometime spy by trade and art restorer by preference. Gabriel A[Lon arrives in Zurich to clean the work of an Old Master for a millionaire banker - only to find himself standing in his Client’s blood and framed for the murder. Without warning, Allon is drawn into a spiraling chain of events involving Nazi art theft, a Decades-old suicide, and a bloody trail of killings-some of the his own, the spy world Allon thought he had put aside will envelop his once again. And he will have to battle for his life against the assassin he helped train. Tense, taut, expertly crafted, and brimming with unexpected reversals, The English Assassin is Daniel Silva at his storytelling best.

Agatha Christie est sans nul doute l'une desromancières les plus appréciées de son temps. Auteur dequatre-vingt-quatre ouvrages qui constituent pour la plupart desintrigues policières, d'une vingtaine de pièces de thé?tre et deplusieurs recueils de nouvelles il est vrai, bien moins connues,elle est parvenue à faire de ses oeuvres de grands succès du XXesiècle, lues partout dans le monde. Elle a participé à la mise enplace des règles du roman policier par excellence et a donné unenouvelle approche de la résolution des énigmes par ses fameuxdétectives que sont Hercule Poirot et Miss Marple. Elle a su àtravers tous ses romans mêler une intrigue complexe à unemachination adroite et à une solution toujours inattendue et habiletout en donnant une multitudes d'indices dont il faut ?ter lesintrus. En conclusion, Agatha Christie est parvenue, à traverstoute sa vie et aujourd'hui encore, à divertir bon nombre depersonnes autour d'oeuvres plus captivantes les unes que lesautres, publiées da

Benjamin Malaussène a un dr?le de métier : bouc émissaireau service réclamations d'un grand magasin parisien où il estchargé d'apitoyer les clients grincheux. Une bombe, puis deux,explosent dans le magasin. Benjamin est le suspect numéro un decette vague d'attentats aveugles. Attentats ? Aveugles ?Et s'il n'y avait que ?a ! Quand on est l'a?né, il faut aussisurvivre aux tribulations de sa tumultueuse famille : la douceClara qui photographie comme elle respire, Thérèse l'extralucide,Louna l'amoureuse, Jérémy le curieux, le Petit rêveur, la maman etses amants... Le tout sous les yeux de Julius, le chienépileptique, et de Tante Julia, journaliste volcanique. Quelcirque !