This phenomenal novel is the first in a trilogy packed with shooting contests, train robberies, festivals under the stars, powerful Djinni magic and an electrifying love story.
Lenkas und Josefs Geschichte beginnt im Prag der 1930er Jahre. Kurz nach ihrer Heirat werden die jungen Liebenden beim Einmarsch der Deutschen auseinandergerissen.
Hidden by London's wealth, energy and need for cheap labour, the city's emigrant population is powerless, despised and often illegal. So when a young woman's body is discovered on Hampstead Heath one cold morning, she could be anyone...
For a thousand years, the Etherworld has known peace.Until now. Many centuries ago, desperate to save her dying sister, Dianna made a deal with Kaden, a monster far worse than any nightmare.
Betrayed and bloodied, The Hand has failed. After a desperate battle, Nismera, the Goddess of War, now rules the realms as the last remnants of Samkiel's power spill across the sky.
Dianna is hellbent on revenge. As the last shred of her humanity is ripped from her, she decides to embrace her monstrous side and set the worlds alight.
Prétextat Tach, prix Nobel de littérature, n’a plus que deux mois a vivre. Des journalistes du monde entier sollicitent des interviews de l’écrivain que sa misanthropie tient reclus depuis des années.
En 1990, au Japon, Amélie est engagée comme interprete chez Yumimoto, une entreprise d'import-export. Elle pense que son reve de vivre comme une Japonaise va pouvoir se réaliser.
The internationally bestselling first book in a high-octane trilogy. Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the worst thing she’d ever been through. That was before her planet was invaded.
Amin Maalouf est l'auteur de Léon l'Africain, ouvrage traduit aujourd'hui dans le monde entier. Son premier livre, Les Croisades vues par les Arabes, est devenu lui aussi un classique.
Amin Maalouf est l’auteur de plusieurs livres dont Léon l’Africain, Samarcande, Le Rocher de Tanios (prix Goncourt 1993) et Origines. Il a été Il a été élu a l’Académie française en 2011.
Waterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the midst of the rush of a great city, numerous moments of connections span out and i
Rajkumar is only another boy, helping on a market stall in the dusty square outside the royal palace, when the British force the Burmese king, queen and all the court into exile.