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1313. En Terre Sainte, une compagnie de brigands attaque une cité isolée. Leur chef, Roncelin de Fos, parvient à s'emparer de la ville, sans se douter qu'elle intéresse fortement deux personnages clés : le Grand maître des Templiers et le légat du Pape. Roncelin prend la fuite avant d'être récupéré par le Temple. Pour payer sa dette, il devra retrouver le seul rabbin capable de décrypter le message que les Templiers ont découvert dans les souterrains du Temple de Salomon.

As a reporter, Jacques Peretti has spent his life investigating important stories. But there was one story, heard in scattered fragments throughout his childhood, that he never thought to investigate. The story of how his mother survived Auschwitz. In the few last months of the Second World War, 13-year-old Alina Peretti, along with her mother and sister, was one of 13,000 non-Jewish Poles sent to Auschwitz. Her experiences there cast a shadow over the rest of her life. Now 90, Alina has been diagnosed with dementia.

An uplifting study of the scientific evidence for the afterlife from an experienced anesthesiologist/intensive-care physician.

The Definitive Guide to Groovy Programming

"Business Analytics for Apes" is an exhilarating and approachable guide that invites you to swing through data with Python. This book turns the often-daunting world of business analytics into an adventurous playground for beginners and enthusiasts alike. With Python as your vine, you'll effortlessly swing from the basics of data analysis to the more complex canopies of predictive modeling and machine learning. It's a jungle out there in the business world, but this book ensures you're well-equipped to climb to the top, all while having a barrel of fun. Perfect for anyone who's ever felt ...

A rollicking conversation between British author Brian Jacques and Jon Scieszka about the newest installment in Jacques' beloved Redwall series, Eulalia!. Redwall's heroes are peace-loving mice, moles, shrews, squirrels, and their friends who exhibit human characteristics in a medieval setting. They face the dark side of the animal world, represented by rats, weasels, stoats, foxes, and their villain allies, in the day-to-day struggle of good versus evil.

1996. Pour avoir démantelé Body Store, une organisation internationale de trafic d’organes, John Paul Hurtubise a subi de terribles représailles: ses enfants ont été «vidés» de tous leurs organes et ses proches, menacés de mort.

"El hombre nace libre y, sin embargo, por todas partes se encuentra encadenado." En El contrato social, Rousseau explora el concepto de libertad y las estructuras políticas que pueden permitir que las personas la adquieran. Argumenta que el poder soberano de un estado no reside en ningún gobernante sino en la voluntad de la población en general. Rousseau argumenta que el estado ideal sería una democracia directa donde la toma de decisiones ejecutivas la llevan a cabo ciudadanos reunidos en asamblea, como lo harían en la antigua ciudad-estado de Atenas.

In a realm where starlight shimmers in hues of emerald, ancient gods awaken to the poetic call of fate. Ragnarök unfolds as chaos and order entwine, a celestial dance of thunder, valor, and ancient lore. Heroes and titanic forces rise and clash in mythic cadence, their echoes carved in the eternal light of the cosmos. Journey into this radiant saga, where every heartbeat unveils the mystic, timeless epic of the Emerald Cosmos.

Improve your French while listening and learning about the most interesting historical figure of France: Napoléon Bonaparte. The literature has been adapted into useful French words and verb tenses for conversation. With this book, you can improve your French progressively with natural fun, focus, and motivation.

Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men was written in response to a competition run by the Academy of Dijon answering the prompt: What is the origin of inequality among men, and whether such inequality is authorized by natural law? Rousseau puts forth the concept of two types of inequity: natural/physical and moral/political. He focuses on moral inequality and its link to power and wealth. He also covers the areas of self-love, compassion for others, and free-agency.

There are cultures that apparently flowered for thousands of years. Some of the cultures that we call primitive have already existed for so long that they seem to have no beginning and no end. Could they actually be immortal? Might not the truth be that during past ages, man has often tried to climb the rungs of the ladder that lead to a high immortal culture but has slipped and fallen? Perhaps we are even now in the process of building a culture that will know immortality on Earth and in heaven.

The world belongs to the dead. The living are just trying to borrow time. When civilization collapses under an unstoppable outbreak, survival is no longer about finding shelter—it’s about claiming territory. In the chaos, factions rise, the desperate turn ruthless, and the infected are only part of the nightmare. Every block, every building, every inch of land is contested, and the weak don’t last long. But in Domain Z, there are no rules. No safe zones. No second chances. Just hunger, power, and the fight to take back what should have never been lost. Welcome to the end. Hope you ...

Des attaques terroristes visent les symboles religieux de l’Occident - à Montréal, l’oratoire Saint-Joseph est touché -, des écoterroristes s’en prennent à des scientifiques du domaine agroalimentaire... Qui a intérêt à attiser les conflits religieux? Qui peut profiter d’un terrorisme qui menace la survie même du genre humain? Guru Gizmo Gaïa, la nouvelle coqueluche d’Internet, annonce que la Terre va sévir contre cette humanité qui la ravage.

Jean Legarec, responsable d'une agence privée de renseignements, n'a qu'une vague idée de ce qu'il va affronter lorsqu'il accepte une demande inhabituelle : enquêter sur la disparition d'un enfant de six ans, petit-fils d'un homme politique français influent. Pour un million d'euros, il va se lancer dans des recherches qui lui feront prendre tous les risques et le confronteront à son propre passé.

In the near future, a zombie pandemic breaks out and society collapses. Billions are dead, or undead. J, a survivor in San Francisco, refuses to surrender.

A lean strategy is about gaining a competitive edge by offering better quality products at competitive prices and making a sustainable profit by eliminating waste through engaging employees in discovering deeper ways to think about their own jobs and smarter ways of working together. In its current form, lean has been radically effective, but its true powers have yet to be harnessed. The Lean Strategy harnesses that power and delivers a new way of creating value from lean.

Over the past decade, our understanding of the cognition of literature has been transformed by scientific discoveries, such as the mirror neuron system and its role in empathy. Addressing questions such as why we care so deeply about fictional characters, what brain activities are sparked when we read literature, and how literary works and scholarship can inform the cognitive sciences, this book surveys the exciting recent developments in the field of cognitive literary studies.

"Il y a des nombres sacrés, il en existe aussi de diaboliques." À l'approche du débarquement, dans le Paris sombre de l’occupation, des meurtres étranges portent la signature 669. Le signe de l’apocalypse ? Face à un cercle de satanistes, les héros vont devoir plonger dans les ténèbres… Un nouvel opus lu à la perfection par François Hatt qui s’empare de cette fresque historique saisissante et en propose une lecture énergique et incarnée.

The Definitive Guide to Ubuntu Linux (for Linux newbies and Linux experts who want to read more about Ubuntu)