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Elle saute partout, il peine à se concentrer, elle manque de confiance, il oublie ses affaires, elle crise à la moindre frustration, il est violent à l'école, elle se montre difficile à table, il fait encore pipi au lit... Que d'exaspération devant leurs comportements ! Et s'il y avait des raisons autres que le manque de limites ? Méconnaître le rythme du développement cérébral de l'enfant est source de nombreux conflits, cris et punitions. Un jour il a besoin de liberté, le lendemain il vient se réfugier dans les bras de maman.

Natsuki n'est pas une petite fille comme les autres. Son meilleur ami est un hérisson en peluche qui la somme de sauver les Terriens, et elle passe tous ses étés à la montagne avec son cousin Yû, espérant qu'un vaisseau spatial la ramène d'où elle vient vraiment. Quand un événement menace de séparer les cousins pour toujours, ils se font une promesse : survivre, quoi qu'il arrive. Des années plus tard, Natsuki est mariée et semble mener une vie normale. Mais les ombres de son enfance refont surface et la jeune femme se réfugie chez Yû.

Vicious. Le nom qu'il s'est choisi parle de lui-même. C'est un homme froid, cruel... et immensément riche. Ce qui veut dire qu'il a le monde à ses pieds. Millie ne fera plus jamais l'erreur qu'elle a commise dix ans plus tôt, quand elle a cru qu'elle pouvait se mesurer à lui, répondre à ses provocations, lui rendre coup pour coup. Ils n'étaient que deux adolescents, et pourtant il a détruit sa vie, l'a forcée à l'exil, loin de sa famille et de tout ce qu'elle connaissait.

L'archipel de Stockholm vit des heures inquiétantes : des cadavres de jeunes hommes échouent sur ses côtes. Un tandem de flics est missionné : la jeune Malin, enceinte, et son supérieur Manfred, dont la fille est entre la vie et la mort. En parallèle, la vie de Samuel, adolescent rebelle, bascule quand sa mère jette à la poubelle des échantillons de cocaïne que le baron de la drogue lui a confiés. Alors que Samuel trouve une planque sur la petite île de Marholmen, Malin et Manfred font fausse route.

In this series we look at short stories from many of our most accomplished writers. Miniature masterpieces with a lot to say. This volume is dedicated to one such recognised master of the short story, namely Katherine Mansfield, whose innovative stream of consciousness and symbolic narrative style profoundly influenced Virginia Woolf. She was born on 14th October 1888 into a prominent family in Wellington, New Zealand, the middle child of five. A gifted cellist who at one point considered taking it up professionally, her first attempts at writing were published in school magazines.

Le diagnostic est tombé : trouble du spectre de l'autisme. Ces quelques mots peuvent être déroutants. Par où commencer pour amener votre enfant à s'intégrer à notre monde « typique » ? Armé d'un simple bloc-notes, d'un tableau blanc ou d'une tablette électronique, vous serez à même de mieux vous faire comprendre de lui, mais surtout de connaître ses besoins particuliers et d'y répondre.

Spring, 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks's studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling, underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark on the world. When war breaks out and the army won't take Paul, he enlists in the Belgian Red Cross just as he and fellow student Elinor Brooke admit their feelings for one another.

Alien Gorgons, Federation enemies? No contest. Telepathic anti-terrorist agent David Adams can fight anything. Anything, that is, but his feelings for Genoa, the sassy, sexy spy he’s been charged with protecting. Genoa doesn’t need an intergalactic space ranger getting into her business. But, when things get out of control, she realizes there is a little more to the spy. As they race for their lives, trusting each other becomes a necessity.

When a local man is brutally murdered in his home library, Kate and Nathan are brought in to find the killer. But this was no ordinary library. Filled with books on the occult, it’s clear that they were after something. Something that was not in the library. Something that they’re willing to kill for. With the clock ticking, Kate and Nathan must find the killers or the item they were after, before they kill again.

2020, centenaire de la canonisation de Jeanne d'Arc. Ce livre audio se propose, en quelques chapitres très clairs, de couper court aux pires bêtises qui circulent encore sur Jeanne. Car depuis plusieures années, les recherches ont permis d'établir de façon scientifique et incontestable la vie de la "Pucelle d'Orléans". Face aux hypothèses sensationnalistes que l'on peut lire ou entendre encore, Colette Beaune, avec la rigueur et l'exigence d'une grande historienne, rétablit ici la vérité : Jeanne fut-elle bergère ou fille d'un roi caché?

These 11 stories include, amongst others, a terrifying Nordic curse and a country garden inhabited by a deadly ghost. Aiken's other works include 'The Kingdom Under The Sea', 'Mortimer Says Nothing' and 'Past Eight O'Clock'.

The art of writing a short story can be barely noticed by a reader or listener - such is the quality with which they are usually written. It is a difficult trade, an unforgiving discipline, but for those who master it, the rewards are many. In this series of works by our greatest female writers, we bring you a selection of those we consider the best. In Volume 2 we bring you the classics 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and 'Roman Fever' by Edith Wharton.

From the author of The Daffodil Sea comes this post-war saga of love and loss. Corporal Reith Douglas loses his memory after sustaining a head injury. Desperate to recover his past, he little realises that things are never quite what they seem.

Silence is rare in Nature. When we really listen, Nature is conducting symphonies of sound as her world goes about the day and night. Her invisible heartbeat is everywhere, for everyone. Our eyes are constantly bathed in the wonder of her ways, the soft drizzle of rain from soft grey clouds, the bleached harsh desert sand of a noon day, a wave caressing the shore, to the ravenous colours of a departing sunset. Indeed, whenever we look and listen to the vastness of our world Nature’s beauty is always there for us. In these 60 minutes Nature takes us through her world of wonder.

I'm too smart to do something dumb like fall in love with the pizza boy. I love pizza as much as the next girl, but I'm not bingeing on delivery for the pepperoni. It's Tariq's gorgeous smile I crave. But I don't have time for a guy, with finals coming up, then graduate school graduation & starting a new job. Still, his kisses are so hot. And it turns out, the sex is downright mind-blowing. Maybe I can find time for a fling. It doesn't have to be more than that. Just because we like the same comics and nerdy movie quotes doesn't mean I'm falling for him.

Merci Lanard made peace with her past and is ready for a simple future of murders and larceny while protecting the heart of her city. The Truth has other plans. When her boyfriend gets a distressed call from his old pack in Scotland, she cashes in her vacation days to help Rafe pick up the pieces of a life he left behind 18 years ago. A life that included a pack and a hot ex-girlfriend.

Wild and crazy college roommates Whitney and Meg end up at a local fraternity party where Meg, furious at her boyfriend for cheating on her, is looking to even the score. Whitney has no problem backing up her friend in her time of need, so when a drinking game gets out of hand, the two girls put on a show that will go down in fraternity history. Who knew? Turns out revenge is a dish best served up blazing hot!

Après avoir affronté seule le mariage de son ex et de sa sœur, Léopoldine Courtecuisse en veut à Quentin sur lequel elle comptait pour la soutenir dans cette épreuve. Deux nouveaux meurtres, en plein marché de Noël, vont les contraindre à faire encore une fois équipe. Deux meurtres, deux enquêtes... de quoi occuper la brigade et le « gang des connasses » !

Pilotée par le consortium Forbidden Stories, ce livre est une enquête sur le scandale du logiciel Pegasus que de nombreux Etats, comme le Maroc, le Mexique ou les Emirats arabes unis, ont utilisé pour espionner en toute illégalité des journalistes, des militants ou des responsables politiques.

At thirty-two, Abby's pretty much got her shit together. She has a good job, a cozy home, a supportive family...and a biological clock that's starting to feel more like a time bomb. Turned off the by the cold science of artificial insemination but wary of the complications that might come from enlisting a close male friend, Abby settles on a happy medium. She places an ad in a newspaper and goes in search of men willing to help her conceive the good old-fashioned way.