91 Langues (s) Etrangeres (s) Adulte (s)

It was the dawn of science and technology. Anything seemed possible - even the creation of life itself. Victor Frankenstein becomes obsessed with this idea and works relentlessly to prove his theories; but the glory he imagined becomes a living nightmare - not only for him, but for his friends and family too.

What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge on her dead husband?

When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attemps to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again—for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruth’s estranged husband, Derek. Yet Hercule Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie reenactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board. . . .

Ten strangers are invited to take a holiday at a small island mansion. Over dinner, their unseen host accuses each guest of hiding a guilty secret - and by the end of the evening, one of them is dead. As the hours pass, the survivors realize that the murderer is among them, preparing to kill again... and again... until there are none !

What connects Chimneys, a formidable country estate nestled in the English countryside, with the small Balkan nation of Herzoslovakia ? If Anthony Cade had known the answer, perhaps the chance to earn a thousand pounds just delivering a parcel would not have seemed like such easy money !

Egypt. Awesome land of the Pharaohs. The perfect place for a honeymoon - unless you are being stalked by your husband's ex-girlfriend ! Hercule Poirot is determined not to let jealous young newlyweds ruin his holiday. Until the jealousies boil over into threats. And accidents. And murder !

Shancarrig School stands in the shade of a glorious old copper beech whose colours tell the passing of the seasons and the years : a tree that has watched over many young lives... Under Junior Assistant Mistress Maddy Ross's careful gaze the children play, but out of school Maddy's gaze lingers where it shouldn't. Maura Brennan, a bundle of fun from the rough end of town, plays with her pals : leap year baby Eddie Barton, the apple of his mother's eye, and Nessa Ryan, who little realises as she carves his name at the roots of the copper beech on the very last day of school, that she'll get a lot more from one of her schoolmates than her first shy kiss.

Jack is five. He lives in a single, locked room with his Ma.

Je suis debout au bord d'une sorte d'étang aux eaux noires. De l'autre côté, juste en face de moi, se tient le tueur. Pardessus sombre, pantalon gris très neutre, il a les mains dans les poches. Il a noué des sacs-poubelle à ses chevilles. Sans doute pour ne pas laisser l'empreinte de ses chaussures dans la boue. Ce mec est prudent et méticuleux. Il porte un masque de carnaval ou d'halloween qui lui recouvre toute la tête. Un masque de loup-garou. À cette distance et avec les vêtements qu'il porte, impossible d'évaluer sa taille ou sa corpulence. Je suppose qu'il porte des gants. Il ne laissera aucun indice derrière lui. I'm standing by the black waters of some kind of pond. On the opposite shore, the killer is facing me. He's wearing a dark overcoat and nondescript grey trousers. He's got his hands in his pockets. He has tied rubbish bags over his shoes so as not to leave any shoe print in the mud, I reckon. The guy is obviously careful and fastidious. A carnival or Halloween mask, that of a werewolf, covers his entire head. Because of the distance and his clothes, I can't assess his size and bulk at all. I suppose he's wearing gloves. He's the type that leaves no clue behind.

Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, a librarian, have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty. They were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry was thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity in his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.

Harry Ricks is a man who has lost everything. A romantic mistake at the small American college where he used to teach has cost him his job, his marriage and his relationship with his only child. And when the ensuing scandal threatens to completely destroy him, he votes with his feet and flees... to Paris. He arrives in the French capital in the bleak midwinter, where a series of accidental encounters lands him in a grubby room in a grubby quarter, and a job as a nightwatchman for a sinister operation. Just when Harry begins to think that he has hit rock bottom, romance enters his life. Her name is Margit - an elegant, cultivated Hungarian émigré, long resident in Paris - widowed and, like Harry, alone. But though Harry is soon smitten with her, Margit keeps her distance. She will only see him at her apartment in the fifth arrondissement for a few hours twice a week, and remains guarded about her work, her past, her life. However, Harry's frustrations with her reticence are soon overshadowed by a ever-growing preoccupation that a dark force is at work in his life - as punishment begins to be meted out to anyone who has recently done him wrong. Before he knows it, he finds himself of increasing interest to the police and waking up in a nightmare from which there is no easy escape.

When Caroline Fielding and her husband Joshua, a celebrated actor and director, receive an invitation to visit Charles Netheridge over the Christmas period, they feel they cannot refuse. Netheridge has agreed to fund Joshua's next production if he and his actors perform his daughter Alice's amateur dramatisation of Bram Stocker's Dracula. As Joshua's company begin their preparations, a stranger with an intimate knowledge of vampire lore arrives, asking for shelter from the deepening snow. Soon, the dark nightmares of Dracula are played out off, as well as on, stage. Who exactly has Netheridge invited into his home ? And when a life is taken, can the culprit be found before the snow melts ?

As if from nowhere, she appears one day on a seaside promenade, with a black flower and a horrifying story about where she's been. But telling that story will start a chain reaction of dangerous lies and deadly illusions that will claim many more victims in the years to come. Neil Dawson has grown up wanting to be like his father—a writer. When his father commits suicide, he is devastated. But through his grief, Neil knows something isn't right. Looking through his father's papers, he finds a copy of an old novel, The Black Flower. Opening it will take Neil into an investigation full of danger, pain and subterfuge. Hannah Price is also mourning her father. She followed his footsteps into the police force, and knows she has a big reputation to live up to. When she gets assigned to Neil's father's case, it will lead her on a journey into her own past and to the heart of a shattering secret.

For more than a hundred years, "Waltzing Matilda" has been Australia's best loved song and unofficial national anthem. Written by our most popular poet, Banjo Paterson, at a pivotal time in Australia's history, it is as important to Australian culture as the Eureka Stockade and Ned Kelly - yet few of us know its secret history.

In 1993, Greg Mortenson tried to climb K2 in honor of his younger sister, but when another member of this group got sick, they turned around, and Greg became lost in the mountains of Pakistan. He wandered into a poor village, where the village chief and his people took him in. Moved by their kindness, he promised to return and build a school for the children. Over the next decade, Mortenson built more than sixty schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He has endured death threats, a kidnapping, and more to dedicate his life to building literacy and peace, one child at a time.

Un homme ouvre une lettre adressée à sa femme qui vient de mourir et découvre qu'elle lui est envoyée par un ancien amant. Il décide de lui répondre en se faisant passer pour l'infidèle afin de trouver qui est "l'autre"...

It is a few days before Christmas. For forty-six years Sterling has lingered in the celestial waiting room outside the heavenly gates, awaiting summons by the Heavenly Council. Will he be deemed fit for entrance into heaven ? At last the day comes and the council settles on a test for Sterling - he will be sent back to earth and given an opportunity to prove his worthiness by helping someone else.

In a Swiss sanatorium, a brilliant psychiatrist encounters a rich young patient whose problems exert a seductive fascination. After their marriage, they live on the French Riviera. There, set against the sun-baked stone houses and the drama of the sea, Dick and Nicole Diver's glamour and wealth suggest a fabled existence - the charmed lives of the seriously and breathtakingly frivolous. But, as with all confidence tricks, luck can run out.