Dans un cottage anglais baigné de lavande, Ruth Thorne découvre les secrets d’amour et d’amitié laissés par sa tante Jane. Un roman victorien où humour, émotion et mystère s’entrelacent pour célébrer la résilience des femmes.

1898, France : la veuve du colonel Henry, complice de l’affaire Dreyfus, lance avec Drumont une souscription pour ériger un monument. 25 000 Français y souscrivent, révélant une idéologie du rejet aux accents génocidaires.

Avec Vies, Gérard Bayo, prix Artaud 1976, nous donne son septième recueil de poèmes. Comment les mots qui sont ici faits d'attention et de douceur, peuvent-ils se révéler en même temps aussi décapants ? Il semble que la musique de la vie en nous, mystérieusement claire et grave, soit en certaines heures (en permanence peut-être, à notre insu) déchirée ou magnifiée par une sorte de « vraie vie » 1 - à la fois autre et vigilante présence en elle - vie plurielle, intimement nôtre et qui porte pourtant, parfois de façon très explicite, le destin de toute une génération.

Au cœur de la nuit poétique, Au sommet de la nuit de Gérard Bayo invite à une méditation intense sur l'absence, la mémoire et la lumière qui perce l'obscurité.

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When Piper James unexpectedly gets a message from her insanely hot teenage crush Rob Kingsford, inviting her to their school reunion, her heart flips. She hasn't seen Rob in eight years - and he's always been the one that got away. Older (but not wiser), fatter (but much happier), and still definitely crushing on Rob, Piper's about to come face-to-face with the very best of old friends and the very worst of old frenemies. Add in enough G&Ts and a few too many Cosmos, and there are all the ingredients for a real night to remember... Could it be second-time lucky for Piper and Rob, or will she have her heartbroken all over again? A hilarious and uplifting story about facing your fears and being true to who you are - perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Sophie Kinsella and Sophie Ranald. Read what everyone is saying about The One That Got Away: `Oh my gosh it was brilliant! I laughed, I got choked up, my emotions were all over the place and by the end, I was uplifted into believing I could do anything... I loved everything about this book.' Katie's Book Cave, 5 stars `I adored the story from start to finish! Rob was completely and utterly gorgeous and I literally swooned every time he appeared on the page... Had me laughing one minute and then crying the next!... Had me hooked... A fantastic and uplifting read which I would heartily recommend!' Stardust Book Reviews, 5 stars `I am now completely head over heels in love with this book and the characters. I think Piper may be my new favourite character ever (sorry Hermione Granger)... Funny, heart-warming, emotional all at once... Just perfect!' Vicki in Neverland, 5 stars. Over 24,000 copies sold Keris lives in Lancashire with her husband and two sons. She's written a bunch of books for young adults and children and is obsessed with Twitter and tea.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 On December 14, 1992, I had just returned from one of those always well-intentioned but rarely stimulating charity dinners that are part of a New York City CEO's life. I had not been in my Fifth Avenue apartment more than five minutes when my phone rang with a call from the concierge desk downstairs. It was nearly 10 P. M. The concierge said, Mr. Burke wants to see you as soon as possible this evening. #2 In 1993, IBM was looking for a new CEO. The search committee hired two recruiting firms to find the best candidates. I met with Burke and his fellow search committee member, Tom Murphy, then CEO of Cap Cities/ABC. I told them that I was not qualified for the position, and that I did not want to proceed any further with the process. #3 I was skeptical of IBM, as I read what the press, Wall Street, and the Silicon Valley computer visionaries and pundits were saying about them. They had written a book, Computer Wars, that took a grim view of IBM's prospects. #4 I had been drawn to a challenge ever since I left Harvard Business School. The IBM proposition was daunting, but it was also intriguing. I wanted to meet with Paul Rizzo, an executive at IBM in the 1980s, to see how the company was planning for the future.

"The Mirror of the Sea" (1906) is a collection of autobiographical essays first published in various magazines between 1904 and 1906. Joseph Conrad lived an exciting and eventful life as a seaman, and as a writer he possessed a unique insight into human psychology, which is clearly reflected in his fictional works as well as in his essays. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-born author who left Poland in his teens to avoid enlistment in the Russian Army. He learned English aboard British ships and started writing in that language after settling in England. His most famous novel is "Heart of Darkness" (1899), which was inspired by his experiences on the open sea.

Le vent s'est éloigné. Peut-être est-il sur la mer à présent. Et l'arbre, dont la branche s'était perdue, renonce à ses tourments. Au soir, le merle recommence à chanter et dit que l'univers n'a forme ni frontières. On dirait que, dans l'arbre, jamais la branche n'a manqué.

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Lavender and Old Lace is a Victorian romance novel written by Myrtle Reed and published Sep., 1902. It tells the story of some remarkable women, each of whom have a unique experience with love. The book follows in Reed's long history of inciting laughter and tears in her readers through provocative prose. She was often witty in dialogue and dispensing in advice, while gingerly skirting the moral issues.

« Il faut écouter ce poète à rebrousse-conscience. » Alain Bosquet (Le Monde) « Au silence, Gérard Bayo oppose la douloureuse attente, sans lieu ni date, d'un voyageur sans bagages fixant l'immobilité d'un papier peint. » Patrice Delbourg (Les Nouvelles Littéraires) « Gérard Bayo veille sur la flamme de notre inquiétude. » Françoise Han (Europe) « Adossé à la nuit, Gérard Bayo répand la paille des images sur un feu d'inquiétude pour trouver la douceur exacte d'aimer, le geste sûr du désir. » Jean-Michel Maulpoix (Vagabondages) « De quelle calcination verbale résultent ces mots de chaux destinés aussi bien, semble-t-il, à brûler de lyrisme au fond de l'oeil qu'à « blanchir » l'imaginaire... Sous l'apparente débâcle de cet univers poétique (voici) l'une des voix les plus rigoureuses d'aujourd'hui, notamment par l'âpre aplomb qu'elle sait établir entre cohérence et disparité. » Didier Pobel (La Nouvelle Revue Française, 2/1982)

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