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Spain, 2020. When expat fugitive Jack Cleland catches hirlfriend die, gunned down in a pursuit involving officer Cristina Sánchez Pradell, he promises to exact his revenge by destroying the policewoman. Cristina's aunt Ana has been deaf-blind for the entirety of her adult life : the victim of a rare condition called Usher Syndrome. Ana is the centre of Cristina's world ? and of Cleland's cruel plan. John Mackenzie ? an ingenious yet irascible Glaswegian investigator ? is seconded to aid the Spanish authorities in their manhunt. He alone can silence Cleland before the fugitive has the last, bloody, word.

When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings : playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct. For Beth, there's more at stake than merely winning and losing. A modern classic, The Queen's Gambit is a powerful portrait of genius and addiction, success and survival.

Idéal pour commencer à lire en VO un classique de la littérature anglo-saxonne.  A découvrir : un texte adapté et revu par des enseignants, de belles illustrations, un lexique en fin d'ouvrage pour aider à la compréhension du texte et une version audio pour s'imprégner du bon accent dès la classe de 6e, des fiches pédagogiques téléchargeables pour favoriser l'étude en classe. En 1890, un égyptologue, venu au musée du Louvre pour y étudier certains papyrus, remarque un gardien qui lui semble égyptien. Puis il le retrouve, la nuit, en train de délivrer une momie d'un sarcophage et de chercher une bague. Pourquoi agit-il ainsi ?

From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of the Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince - while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable... but not too amiable. Daphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. The fourth of eight siblings in her close=knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. But no one truly desires her. Amiability is not characteristic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings. Recently returned to England from abroad, he tends to shun both marriage and society - just as his callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful childhood. Yet an encounter with his best friend's sister offers another option. If Daphne agrees to a fake courtship, Sim can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him. Daphne, meanwhile, will see her prospects and her reputation soar. The plan works likes charm at first. But amid the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London's elite, there is only one certainty : love ignores every rule...

Après avoir reçu un mystérieux appel à l’aide de sa cousine récemment mariée, Noemí Taboada se rend à High Place, un manoir isolé dans la campagne mexicaine. Elle ignore ce qu’elle va y trouver, ne connaissant ni la région ni le compagnon de sa cousine, un séduisant Anglais. Avec ses robes chic et son rouge à lèvres, Noemí semble plus à sa place aux soirées mondaines de Mexico que dans une enquête de détective amateur. Elle n’a pourtant peur ni de l’époux de sa cousine, un homme à la fois troublant et hostile, ni du patriarche de la famille, fasciné par son invitée… ni du manoir lui-même, qui projette dans les rêves de Noemí des visions de meurtre et de sang. Car High Place cache bien des secrets entre ses murs. Autrefois, la fortune colossale de la famille la préservait des regards indiscrets. Aujourd’hui, Noemí découvre peu à peu d’effrayantes histoires de violence et de folie.

New York, 1940. Young, glamorous and inseparable, Vivian and Celia are chasing trouble from one end of the city to the other. But there is risk in all this play - that's what makes it so fun, and so dangerous. Sometimes, the world may feel like it's ending, but for Vivian and Celia, life is just beginning. City of Girls is about daring to break conventions and follow your desires : a celebration of glamour, resilience, growing up, and the joys of female friendship - and about the freedom that comes from finding a place you truly belong.

The First World War took everything from her. Her brother, her fiancé ? and her future. She is now considered a "surplus woman". But Violet is also fiercely independent and determined. Escaping her suffocating mother, she moves to Winchester to start a new life ? a change that will require courage, resilience and acts of quiet rebellion. And when whispers of another world war surface, she must live with a secret that could change everything ...

Plongez en VO dans ce chef-d'oeuvre absolu. Pour vous aider, des traductions en marge vous permettront de bien comprendre le texte original. Ce texte en VO fait partie des lectures imposées pour les classes de Première dans le cadre du nouveau bac 2020. Retrouvez Sage l'Ancien, vieux cochon que tous les animaux de la ferme respectent, et son rêve d'un monde nouveau, plus égal et plus juste, débarrassé de Mr. Jones, le fermier incompétent. Découvrez cette fable politique à l'humour grinçant : assistez au soulèvement des animaux, à l'instauration de leur république fondée sur l'égalité, et aux vicissitudes qu'ils vont rencontrer...