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Sent by his fiancée to seek her son who has run away with an entrancing Parisian woman, Lambert Strether finds himself nearly as bewitched by the culture and women of Europe as his would-be son-in-law. Strether gets chased or dragged across provincial France by a slew of influences intent either on drawing the pair of bachelors home to Boston or showing him the world, and winds up testing his patience along with his own illusions.

"Drama, family secrets, and a KGB spy in his own kitchen! How will Yevgeny ever fulfill his parents' dream that he become a national hero when he doesn't even have his own room? He's not a star athlete or a legendary ballet dancer. In the tiny apartment he shares with his Baryshnikov-obsessed mother, poetry-loving father, continually outraged grandmother, and safely talented brother, all Yevgeny has is his little pencil, the underside of a massive...

Etre humain versus technologie: qui remportera le combat? C'est un duel d'un genre nouveau auquel vous allez assister. Celui opposant un renard à une tondeuse électrique automatique. Un de ces robots qui tond la pelouse quand les gens ne sont pas là. Ça se passe près de chez vous, dans le jardin du voisin. Une histoire qui ne pouvait se dérouler que dans notre XXIe siècle technologique. Mais c'est aussi une lutte éternelle: celle d'un être...

Ganda le rhinocéros et Ossem entament un odyssée loind de leur terre natale. Ganda, c'est l'histoire folle d'un rhinocéros parti d'Inde pour rejoindre la ménagerie du roi Manuel Ier du Portugal, en caravelle! Un cadeau diplomatique de deux tonnes et demie qui ne passe pas inaperçu et aiguise les imaginations... C'est aussi le roman d'Ossem, le cornac obligé de suivre le pachyderme dans son odyssée. Malin, inventif, Ossem se donne tous les...

On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength - Princess Diana. When an army fighter pilot, Steve Trevor, crash lands on the island, the rebellious and headstrong Diana defies Amazonian law by accompanying Trevor back to civilization. Meanwhile, Aries has escaped his imprisonment at the hands of the Amazonians and has decided to exact his revenge.

"The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, but a brave little rooster decides he must sing, despite the progressively severe punishments he receives for continuing to crow. The silenced populace, invigorated by the rooster's bravery, ousts the tyrannical mayor and returns their city to its free and clamorous state"--

Niles has just returned from eight years of serving his country as a Special Forces sniper. He's looking forward to a consulting job with Dynamic Defense and spending time with his family, including his bi-polar mother, Lorna, and his hard-drinking uncle, Willie. What Niles doesn't know is that Dynamic Defense is actually a CIA front. He's not interested in joining them, but they won't take no for an answer. Bridget St. John is one of the most beautiful...

"[A] hilarious look at dog show participants (and the pooches who love them). Join the fun as Mayflower Kennel Club competitors -- a fly-fishing shop owner from Pine Nut, NC, Shih Tzu-doting partners, squabbling yuppies, a trophy wife and her ace handler and a married couple -- vie for the top prize"--Container.

"An adorable baby hare springs into an adventure, following his human friend up, up, and away in this flight of fancy. He follows his friend ever higher, flying through fluffy white clouds, chasing a red airplane through a flock of geese, and soaring into space on a rocket ship, before catching a ride on a shooting star back down to earth and into his friend's waiting arms. With bright, kid-friendly collage, this is a beautiful and accessible celebration...

The second novel about the unforgettable Crystal women, a family battling to stay together as desire, deception, and ever-elusive happiness threaten to tear them apart ... Devereaux Crystal is a producer of a successful TV show, and she's engaged to her baby's daddy, Phoenix. When she starts to suspect that he's cheating on her with the star of the TV show, she enlists the help of her sister Alexis to exact revenge that could end up with devastating...