Laurence: 1326 books

From the pen of Laurence Cossé, author of A Novel Bookstore, comes this delightful story about friendship across racial and economic barriers set in contemporary paris.  Édith can hardly believe it when she learns that Fadila, her sixty-year-old housemaid, is completely illiterate. How...

Since 1800, students have spent millions of hours learning English grammar. Students and teachers have toiled at parsing and analysis, dreading the English exam at the end of the year, as debate over the real value of learning grammar has raged. Nowhere have these arguments been as passionate as in...

From the author of A Novel Bookstore comes further proof of a prodigious and remarkable literary imagination at work. In An Accident in August, Laurence Cossé takes one of the most famous news events of recent world history as the starting point for a novel as intelligent as it is gripping.  Lady...

Décryptez L'Enfant de Jules Vallès avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de L'Enfant, le roman réaliste phare de la littérature française du XIXe siècle ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée. Vous trouverez...

Plongez-vous dans l’analyse du passage traitant des Cannibales dans les Essais de Michel de Montaigne pour approfondir votre compréhension de l’œuvre ! Que retenir du chapitre Des Cannibales provenant du premier livre des Essais, l’oeuvre majeure de Montaigne ? Retrouvez toutes les...

Stone is back – angrier than ever, and determined to bring violent justice to those around him. Stranded in hostile territory and burdened with the mission of a dead man, he will have to be at his most ruthless to survive. Six months have passed since the collapse of the Place of Bridges...

Les aventures d'un chaton intrépide !Léon est un jeune chat qui découvre le monde. Il va partout, touche à tout et n'a aucune conscience du danger. A chaque instant, il risque un accident…À la suite de l’histoire, un texte documentaire est proposé sous forme d’article de presse apportant...

This edition of the Bradt guide to Bishkek by expert author Laurence Mitchell combines what to see and do with maps, walking tours, historical and cultural perspectives and suggestions for hotels, restaurants, cafés and bars as well as detailed information on city transport, shopping, activities...

Kina McKevie, East London’s rawest and newest private detective … Sixty-one year old Barry Fraser is missing and his best mate, Donnie Copeland, is out of his mind with worry. Donnie doesn’t trust the cops and turns to Kina for help. Once onboard, she uncovers conflicting versions of Barry and...

BESCHÜTZT IN STARKEN ARMEN von ORWIG, SARA Ein tragischer Unglücksfall hat Tom und seine Ehefrau Emily einander entfremdet. Er ist bereits ausgezogen, als Emily Opfer eines anonymen Erpressers wird. Auch wenn Tom nur als ihr Beschützer zurückkehrt, steigt die erotische Spannung mit jedem Tag,...

?The Psycho Records follows the influence of the primal shower scene within subsequent slasher and splatter films. American soldiers returning from World War II were called "psychos" if they exhibited mental illness. Robert Bloch and Alfred Hitchcock turned the term into a catch-all phrase...

Rave reviews for INTEGER AND COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION "This book provides an excellent introduction and survey of traditional fields of combinatorial optimization . . . It is indeed one of the best and most complete texts on combinatorial optimization . . . available. [And] with more than...

La première nuit, les premiers pleurs, le premier bain, les premières tétées à la maison… Lorsqu’il s’agit de votre premier enfant, vous vous posez mille questions, qui vous semblent parfois bêtes ou naïves. Doit-il faire un rot au milieu de son biberon ? Jusqu’à quel âge le nourrir...

Many people have asked whether it is possible to combine gaining lean muscle mass with being a vegetarian? More and more people are turning vegetarian either by health choices or by not wanting to aid the cruelty animals suffer worldwide. Either way is a healthy choice for us, the planet and most...