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Chine, été 1995. Nannan a 5 ans, une coupe au bol et porte les habits de ses grands frères. Seuls avec leur mère, ils vivent modestement dans un village rural dont le nom signifie "Le trou du serpent".
La vie est paisible et traditionnelle au Trou du serpent. Chaque matin, Nannan accompagne sa maman aux champs et passe la journée à jouer avec ses copines. Mais le retour de son père va chambouler l'équilibre de cette petite communauté: s'étant...
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Juin 1992, les nations constitutives de la Yougoslavie se déchirent. Pendant ce temps, en France, Samuel Marchadier, jeune skinhead nationaliste effectue son service militaire au 126e régiment d'infanterie de Brive-la-Gaillarde. Attentif aux débuts de ce conflit, Samuel voit se présenter une opportunité inespérée d'en devenir un de ses acteurs car son régiment est appelé à y intervenir, dans le cadre du mandat donné à la Force de protection...
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Un livre publié en partenariat avec la SPA.
En novembre 2020, en plein confinement, Fred, la quarantaine, sa copine Sophie et sa fille Lou sont à la recherche d'un peu de réconfort. Ils décident donc d'adopter un chien, une jeune Shiba, nommée Tiki. Mais en l'espace d'une semaine, l'adorable petite boule de poils fait tout voler en éclats dans la vie de Fred: les certitudes, les liens, les équilibres. A la manière d'un révélateur photographique,...
4) Fights
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Propelled into a world filled with uncertainty and desperation, young Joel is pushed toward using violence to solve his problems by everything and everyone around him. But fighting doesn't always yield the best results for a confused and sensitive kid who yearns for a better, more fulfilling life than the one he was born into, as Joel learns in a series of brutal conflicts that eventually lead him to question everything he has learned about what it...
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Comme d'autres "établis" - démarche amorcée à la suite de mai 1968 et visant à faire entrer des militants révolutionnaires dans les usines - Fabienne Lauret se fait embaucher à l'usine Renault-Flins, dans les Yvelines, le 3 mai 1972.
Son engagement pour la cause ouvrière, à l'instar de nombreux établis, deviendra très vite la trajectoire de toute une vie. Elle passera ainsi plus de trente-six ans à l'atelier de couture et au comité d'entreprise...
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A six-year-old boy is puzzled as his grandma forgets his name. Unaware that his grandma has dementia, he thinks his grandma does not love him. "When Grandma Forgot My Name" evokes a conversation between the boy and his Oma as they journey down memory lane to help him understand his grandma's illness has nothing to do with her love for him. When Grandma Forgot My Name is a true testament.
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The story of Creation and Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden are familiar Bible stories. But they also present a wonderful opportunity to share important biblical truths with eagerly questioning minds through answers that even the youngest believer can understand. Look inside to learn:
• How did God create everything from nothing?
• Why was the first person that God created a boy?
• Why did God have Adam name the animals?
• The serpent talked...
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Claire et Hervé sont parisiens et habitent un appartement cossu, au pied de la Tour Eiffel.
Ensemble, ils viennent d'avoir une petite fille, Rose, mais pour l'un comme pour l'autre, pas question de délaisser sa carrière: il faut engager au plus vite une nounou.
Udama, elle, est malienne. Elle vit en périphérie de la capitale, dans une mansarde minuscule et insalubre, avec sa cousine et ses enfants.
Répondant à leur annonce, la jeune femme...
9) Voyeurs
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Dominika et Szymon sont multiples. Multiples et amoureux.
Dans le jeu de l'amour, ils se découvrent et se redécouvrent. Ensemble, ils renouvellent sans cesse les situations et dessinent, depuis le coeur de leurs sentiments, mille chemins à emprunter. Autant de vies et d'identités au service d'un mariage dont la stabilité ne saurait être ébranlée.
Cependant, le doux Szymon voudrait connaître sa muse encore plus pleinement et découvrir ses...
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Prix BD de la différence - Festival d'Angoulême 2012
C'est dans ce centre que Nono et Lucy ont découvert qu'ils s'aimaient. Et si leurs journées continuent d'être rythmées par les prises de médicaments et par un travail de manutentionnaire en CAT, désormais, ils sont deux.
Un jour, Lucy vole un livre sur les océans et mers de France dans un hypermarché. Conquis à l'avance par des paysages comme ils n'en ont jamais vu, ils décident...
11) An Egg Is Quiet
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Introduce your little budding naturalists to the wonderful world of eggs with this beautiful picture book full of wit and charm.
Award-winning artist Sylvia Long has teamed with up-and-coming author Dianna Aston to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to eggs. From tiny hummingbird eggs to giant ostrich eggs, oval ladybug eggs to tubular dogfish eggs, gooey frog eggs to fossilized dinosaur eggs, it magnificently captures the incredible...
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This book is based on factual events that the author has experienced and his knowledge of African American culture.
A God-Fearing, cantankerous elderly woman is asked to undergo a traditional, daunting summer task. Her responsibilities included the 'watchdog effort,' and the use of any means necessary to discipline and teach her grandchildren, great-nieces; and great-nephews how to live a Christian way of life.
Their ages range from 10-17, and...
13) Jewish Alphabet
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Jam-packed with informative and fun facts, this ABC book teaches Jewish culture and tradition with alliteration and rhyme. In I is for Israel, young readers learn which language is acknowledged nationally, which city is recognized as the capital, and what three major religions are rooted and represented in that country. B is for bagels describes the popular food's variety as well as what is traditionally eaten with them.
The entire alphabet is...
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There are always many choices in reading material. I could say, read this book if you love dogs.
Yes, It's a dog story. Several dogs. Mostly my dogs, but it's also about the adventure, the exciting emotional and totally satisfying experience of having a dog as your best friend. You could say it's God's gift to humans allowing us to be in that wonderful love a dog has to offer.
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Strap on your hiking boots! Hidden Puzzle Pictures in the Forest is filled with 50 black and white hidden puzzle pictures, all from deep inside the forest. With more than 400 secret items and animals for children to find within each illustration, from cute bear cubs to singing songbirds, they'll be on the prowl for hours! They'll also learn while they play by reading the mini fun facts in the margins that are all about forest animals. These black...
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Immerse your children in the beauty and wonder of the U.S. National Parks. Help them comprehend how BIG and WIDE, how TALL and DEEP your love for them will always be. These are memories they will never forget! As you explore, see if you can identify which national parks are pictured!
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If you are searching for a way in which to interest children or anyone wishing to learn English, a good way is to suggest this book. For adults, both fluent in English and those wishing to become so, the book serves as a handy reference. Readers and Users receive three benefits:
-The first is the opportunity to learn English grammar in an entertaining, easy to remember way.
-The second is that while reading the book, since it is the context...
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Recipes from old favorites-pizza, tacos, cupcakes-to new discoveries-summer rolls, frittatas, madeleines-that help kids develop their chef-pertise.
Aspiring junior chefs will never be at a loss about what to cook again. With this yummy and comprehensive collection of kid favorites, young cooks will learn to master their favorite recipes with easy step-by-step instructions, helpful illustrations, and beautiful color photography to guide them. Whether...
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Heartthrob volume 2
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Callie tried to go straight. She escaped both Mercer and the FBI to Canada. She got a new beau, a new job, and with the few years remaining on her borrowed heart, everything should be perfect. But Callie's old life isn't entirely done with her. As her old crew keeps robbing and sucks her back into the one thing she's great at, Callie sets out to create a criminal empire of her own.
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At age ten, Mar�a Montoya Mart�nez was stricken with smallpox. Near death, she lay limply in her mother's arms, unable even to swallow the herbal teas offered her. All the attempts to revive her seemed to have failed. Trying one last remedy, her aunt and mother filled the hearth with thick green cedar boughs and smoked the room, waving the fumes towards the sick little girl. Mar�a's mother desperately prayed to Santo Ni�o, the...
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