Meggie, douze ans, vit seule avec son père, Mo. Comme lui, elle a une passion pour les livres. Mais pourquoi Mo ne lit-il plus d'histoires à voix haute? Ses livres auraient-ils un secret? Leurs mots auraient-ils un pouvoir? Un soir, un étrange personnage frappe à leur porte. Alors commence pour Meggie et Mo une extraordinaire aventure, encore plus ( Read more... )

Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich
as related to & edited by Solomon Volkov, translated by Antonina W. Bouis

The story of the creation and emergence of Testimony is one of high drama. In these memoirs Dmitri Shostakovich, the musical titan whom the Russians presented to the world as the personification of their ideal in the arts, reveals ( Read more... )

First published in 1797, The Italian is one of the finest examples of Gothic romance. The fast-paced narrative centres on Ann Radcliffe's most brilliant creation, the sinister monk Schedoni, whose past is shrouded in mystery.

From the opening chapters the reader is ushered into a shadowy world, in which crime and religion intermingle. Leagued ( Read more... )

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Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren - he felt sure of it. So did his brother Hazel, for Fiver's sixth sense was never wrong. They had to leave the warren. And so a small band of rabbits began a long and perilous journey.


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Leo Vincey's father has left him a mysterious casket in his will, which can only be opened on his twenty-fifth birthday. When the day arrives, Leo unlocks it to discover ancient scrolls, a fragment of pottery marked with strange inscriptions - and a letter. Its contents reveal a mystery that Leo must travel all the way to Africa to solve, taking ( Read more... )

Avery Cates is a very bad man. Some might call him a criminal. He might even be a killer - for the Right Price. But right now, Avery Cates is scared. He's up against the Monks: cyborgs with human brains, enhanced robotic bodies, and a small arsenal of advanced weaponry. Their mission is to convert anyone and everyone to the Electric Church. But ( Read more... )

Narnia... where dwarfs are loyal and tough and strong -- or are they? ... where you must say good-bye ... and where the adventure begins again.

The Unicorn says that humans are brought to Narnia when Narnia is stirred and upset. And Narnia is in trouble now: A false Aslan roams the land. Narnia's only hope is that Eustace and Jill, old friends to ( Read more... )

Narnia... where owls are wise, where some of the giants like to snack on humans (and, if carefully cooked, or Marsh-wiggles, too), where a prince is put under an evil spell... and where the adventure begins.

Eustace and Jill escape from the bullies at school through a strange door in the wall, which, for once, is unlocked. It leads to the open moor ( Read more... )

Narnia... the world of wicked dragons and magic spells, where the very best is brought out of even the worst people, where anything can happen (and most often does)... and where the adventure begins.

The Dawn Treader is the first ship Narnia has seen in centuries. King Caspian has built it for his voyage to find the seven lords, good men whom his ( Read more... )

The Horse and His Boy

Narnia… where horses talk and hermits like company, where evil men turn into donkeys, where boys go into battle… and where the adventure begins.

During the Golden Age of Narnia, when Peter is High King, a boy named Shasta discovers he is not the son of Arsheesh, the Calormene fisherman, and decides to run far away to the North ( Read more... )