Book type: fiction (6541)


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Consider Me : A Playing for Keeps Hockey Romance by Becka Mack EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Description:
In the sizzling hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, the ultimate player turns romantic to charm the woman he is desperate to win over. "Endlessly sexy and funny. Consider Me will have you fanning yourself and googling your closest hockey team hangout." --Hannah Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Wildfire and Icebreaker The first book in the globally popular Playing for Keeps series. For a shot at love, he'll do whatever it takes... Carter Beckett is the NHL's best player--both on and off the ice. His career is at its peak, his friends are performing better than ever, and th... continue



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Contes et légendes des Comores by Salim Hatubou, Aux origines du monde, FR

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Comoros flag Comoros
Description:
Un florilège de mythes, de contes et de légendes permet de pénétrer dans l'imaginaire des Comores Je suis l'enfant d'une contrée de sagesse et de folie. Bercé par le son des tam-tams, je viens, les pieds nus, vous transmettre les mots de mes ancêtres bantus. Sachez que Conte n'aurait pas existé si la vieille femme ne s'était pas perdue à Allahalélé ; si le vieux Gombé ne lui avait pas donné la petite marmite en terre qui contenait de belles histoires; si Soleil, jaloux et aigri, ne l'avait pas cassée. Depuis, chaque pays détient des contes, mais prenez garde de ne jamais les raconter en présen... continue

975.

Contours du jour qui vient by Leonora Miano FR

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Country: Africa / Cameroon flag Cameroon
Description:
Décryptez Contours du jour qui vient de Léonora Miano avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de Contours du jour qui vient, le troisième volet de la "Suite africaine" de Léonora Miano ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée. Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche : • Un résumé complet • Une présentation des personnages principaux tels que Musango et Ewenji • Une analyse des spécificités de l’œuvre : La relation mère-fille, l'interrogation sur l'avenir, la narration en "je" Une analyse de référence pour com... continue
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976.

Contra el viento del norte by Daniel Glattauer ES

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
En la vida diaria ¿hay lugar más seguro para los deseos secretos que el mundo virtual? Leo Leike recibe mensajes por error de una desconocida llamada Emmi. Como es educado, le contesta y como él la atrae, ella escribe de nuevo. Así, poco a poco, se entabla un diálogo en el que no hay marcha atrás. Parece solo una cuestión de tiempo que se conozcan en persona, pero la idea los altera tan profundamente que prefieren posponer el encuentro. ¿Sobrevivirían las emociones enviadas, recibidas y guardadas un encuentro «real»? «Una novela dramática, loca, tierna, maravillosa y sobre todo emocionante...U... continue

977.

Convenience Store Woman : A Novel by Sayaka Murata EN

Rating: 4 (119 votes)
Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
Description:
Meet Keiko. Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years. Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she won't get married. But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she's not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store... *Convenience Store Woman comes in three different colours; the colour you receive will be chosen at random*

978.

Conversación en la catedral by Mario Vargas Llosa ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: South America / Peru flag Peru
Description:
Zavalita y el zambo Ambrosio conversan en La Catedral. Estamos en Perú, durante el ochenio dictatorial del general Manuel A. Odría. Unas cuantas cervezas y un río de palabras en libertad para responder a la palabra amordazada por la dictadura. Los personajes, las historias que éstos cuentan, los fragmentos que van encajando, conforman la descripción minuciosa de un envilecimiento colectivo, el repaso de todos los caminos que hacen desembocar a un pueblo entero en la frustración.

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Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney EN

Rating: 4 (12 votes)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
'This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I'm not alone.' - Sarah Jessica Parker (Instagram) WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2018 A SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. A stude... continue
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Coraline by Neil Gaiman EN

Rating: 4 (11 votes)
Description:
In Coraline's family's new flat there's a locked door. On the other side is a brick wall—until Coraline unlocks the door . . . and finds a passage to another flat in another house just like her own. Only different. The food is better there. Books have pictures that writhe and crawl and shimmer. And there's another mother and father there who want Coraline to be their little girl. They want to change her and keep her with them. . . . Forever. Coraline is an extraordinary fairy tale/nightmare from the uniquely skewed imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman.