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In 1934, at the age of fourteen, Colette Brull-Ulmann knew that she wanted to become a pediatrician. By 1942, Brull-Ulman and her family had become registered Jews under the ever-increasing statutes against them enacted by Petain's government. Her father had been arrested and interned at the Drancy detention camp and Brull-Ulman had become an intern at the Rothschild Hospital.

Jared has fought hard to achieve something close to "normal". Needing to get away from his well-meaning but suffocating family, he follows a message he wrote on a scrap of paper to a new city, hoping to find a missing piece of his past. When Kyrone, a cocky pole dancer at the Heaven and Hell club, saunters into the tattoo parlor Jared works in, his life is turned upside down again.

Primera de las cuatro obras dedicadas al personaje con el que Colette revolucionó la literatura francesa, Claudine en la escuela (1900) nos presenta a la protagonista a la edad de quince años, cuando está a punto de terminar su educación formal y aventurarse en la vida adulta. Rebelde, ingeniosa y efervescente, Claudine se mete en líos con sus compañeras, se burla de sus mayores, critica a los acartonados señores que tiene por maestros y compite con la directora del colegio por el afecto de la señorita Aimée, que ha despertado en ella algo más que amor por el conocimiento.

The Love Zion members are in the middle of a spiritual tsunami. The flood has them up to their necks, deep in muck and mire, and treading water looking for a life raft. The full-figured Esther Redding doesn’t realize it, but she desperately needs a change. Her Cinderella tiara is tarnished, and her glass slippers are cracked.

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?

"On s’apercevra peut-être un jour que c’est là mon meilleur livre", disait-elle. De fait, Colette tenait énormément à cet ouvrage de 1932 qu’elle réécrivit en 1941, à 69 ans, et qui est à placer au même rang que "Sido" et "La Naissance du jour". Pionnière de l’autofiction, elle offre ici une enquête sur les femmes, le plaisir et les hommes, où l’on croise la femme cougar, le don Juan, le gay, la lesbienne, celles qui se travestissent ou revendiquent une identité masculine, et des thèmes comme le fait de mentir sur sa jouissance, la jalousie, le triolisme, etc.

« Je veux faire ce que je veux. Je veux jouer la pantomime, même la comédie. » Précédemment parus dans divers journaux, ces textes de nature diverse – confidences, dialogues, textes courts, scénettes, poèmes en prose – ont été écrits lorsque Colette se sépare de son premier époux, Willy, et tombe amoureuse de Mathilde de Morny, dite Missy. C’est également l’époque où Colette monte sur scène et devient mime, des choix de vie osés au début du 20e siècle.

Léa de Lonval, une courtisane de près de cinquante ans, est la maîtresse de Fred Peloux, surnommé Chéri. À mesure qu’elle constate le manque de conviction croissant de son jeune amant, Léa ressent, avec autant émerveillement que d’amertume, les effets d’une passion qui sera la dernière. Pourtant, il suffira à Chéri d’épouser la jeune Edmée pour comprendre que la rupture avec Léa n’irait pas sans regrets.

Un voyage initiatique au pays de Bouddha, mais aussi un récit drôle et savoureux. Une des légendes les plus célèbres de la littérature chinoise qui met en scène un petit singe hors du commun, né dans un œuf de pierre... Avec sa voix chaleureuse, François Delaive nous propose une lecture savoureuse de cette étonnante légende chinoise.

The voluptuous Esther Wiley has always known that she is special. She’s a tiara-wearing, wand-carrying kind of Cinderella princess in disguise. The problem that her very own fairy godmother, the Prophetess Mother Reed, struggles with is getting her to live like it. Briggs Stokes is the reluctant heir to his father’s worldwide, multimillion-dollar televangelist ministry, yet he yearns to be his own man. His past mistakes have caused him a private life of hurt and loneliness.

Colette aura plusieurs maisons, mais il en est une, sa maison du Midi provençal, qui occupe une place décisive. Avec l’achat de La Treille muscate, à Saint-Tropez, Colette se sait à la fin d’un parcours et à l’aube d’une révélation. Et si La Naissance du jour (1928) brille d’un éclat solaire, c’est que ce livre, véritable ode au génie d’un lieu, est indissociable de l’émoi d’un commencement.

Ryan Logan thinks he has it all.... A young attorney specializing in finance and tax law, Logan has earned an impressive reputation and commands a hefty fee for his services. But when he advises his corporate employers against a merger with a shady financial institution, he soon finds himself caught up in a web of betrayal and deceit. Framed for the murder of his wealthy boss, Logan is forced to accept a plea deal, to keep his own dark secrets from coming to light.... Can a burned out lawyer outwit an army of con artists and killers?

Chéri (1920) de Colette est un roman élégant et poignant qui explore les thèmes de l’amour, du temps et de la liberté. L’histoire se concentre sur la liaison entre Léa, une courtisane d’âge mûr, et Fred Peloux, surnommé Chéri, un jeune homme beau et insouciant. Leur relation, faite de passion et de tendresse, est mise à l’épreuve lorsque Chéri est contraint de se marier avec une jeune femme de son milieu social.

Adam and Luc used to be close. At least they were before Luc distanced himself from Adam at 14, then eventually left home. Adam never got over the sting of betrayal, or the loss of his one-time best friend. When Luc is invited back home to help get his parents' failing dance school back on track, Adam isn't sure he can cope with having his stepbrother back in his life. Especially when he discovers Luc's decade-old secret. Luc left home because he was sure no one would understand that he had fallen in love with his stepbrother.

The perfect start to your fivefold ministry call. Identify your God-given gifts for serving the church and then mature into your fivefold ministry calling. Make steady progress toward your goal to become a fivefold minister. Master the skill sets necessary for your ministry. Apostle Colette Toach has trained Christians for 25 years to recognize their spiritual gifts and fivefold ministry destinies. However big the promise/vision God's given you, it starts with this strong foundation. You’ll learn: Your core purpose and calling for what you've been put on this earth for. How God uses you ...

In 1859, Junie Benson was a twelve-year-old genius and enslaved. His older sister, Sari, had her own difficulties, including being auctioned to the highest bidder. She was also beautiful, flighty, and had dreams about a hazel-eyed white stranger. Everybody with the good sense God had given them knew her dream was forbidden. In 2022, three things troubled ex-Special Forces Lt. Colonel Zachary Trumble: his new job as director of security for Burstein Labs, his loveless marriage, and the green-eyed siren who won’t let him sleep in peace. Then time’s fickle hand brewed a miracle.

In the future there is no disease. There is no war. There is no discontent. All citizens are complacent members of the Global Governance. But one summer is about to change everything. Keeva Tee just turned 15. She's about to make the trip to Monarch Camp to be imprinted with her intended life partner. But in her happy, carefree life in the Ocean Community, she hears whispers about "anomalies" - citizens who can't be imprinted. When Keeva arrives at Monarch Camp, her worst nightmare becomes a reality.

I know her inside out. I know what she’s thinking, I know what she wants. So I can’t give up on her, she knows I never will. Some friendships fizzle out. Rachel and Clara promised theirs would last forever. They met in high school when Rachel was the shy, awkward new girl and Clara was the friend everyone wanted. Instantly, they fell under each other’s spell, and nothing would be the same again. Now they are in their late twenties, and Rachel has the television career, the apartment, and the boyfriend, while Clara’s life is spiraling out of control.

After taking early retirement from the police force, Liam is happy avoiding people and tending to his roses. Or he was, until Felix moves in next door. Felix is taking a break from his acting career, even though he's on the cusp of stardom. With his cheeky, persistent, and very naughty behavior, he gets under Liam’s skin instantly. Felix needs someone who can set him boundaries - man who can handle him firmly, but with love. Liam doesn't think he needs anyone, until Felix brings much needed sunshine into his life.