Les chroniques de Greenbrae

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Black Paradise

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‘‘Expatriation via an international company is often professionally seen as a golden opportunity, a money-making or career- advancement move. Families highlight the chance to live in a different country and a very unique experience in the children’s lives, or even – for the “adventurous”...‘‘ Lire la suite

The Great Outdoors The Great Outdoors

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‘‘After Lightness and the aftermath of surviving the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack, Catherine Meurisse transports us with tender mirth to the happy time and place of her childhood in rural France. She recreates a world filled with poetry of stone ruins, philosophy of cuttings taken from...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 3 The Kingdom of the Blind

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‘‘The Invisibles are still behind bars, with Indianna just getting out to join Laurette in Canada, slowly trying to leave bitterness and resentment behind. Francis, Laurette’s dad, has reached the top of his ambitions, as a reward for his betrayal and high ambition. His logic is...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 2 The Kingdom of the Blind

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‘‘While Laurette has definitively joined the rank of the Invisibles, her father seems to be playing a dangerous double game. Adil, her adopted brother, defies all procedures to find his sister he still believes could have been eliminated as a dissenter. While the country’s retirees earn...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 1 The Kingdom of the Blind

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‘‘Our society at some point in the future. Under mass surveillance. The majority prefer it that way. Living under the illusion of democracy. A group of revolutionary “lefties”, amongst whom Laurette, proceed to blow servers up to fight the system they find so oppressing. Things don’t...‘‘ Lire la suite

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Forte Forte

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‘‘Forte is one of these books where magical sound is vital to experience the full power of the story. Paradoxal? Not quite. Very complementary indeed. So let’s get the headsets out. “The music must come to you, not the other way around. You work too hard, you don’t breathe enough. If you...‘‘ Lire la suite

A Lapse in Judgment A Lapse in Judgment

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‘‘“We mistakingly believe that judges are exceptional men. Perhaps stronger, or more balanced. They’re certainly stronger. But I’m not sure about balanced. It did not take me long to realise I was deeply terrified of abandonment”. Judges have a deep understanding of the human mind, and “its...‘‘ Lire la suite

T 1 The Lions of Leningrad

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‘‘A bouncy and easy-to-read story in two volumes of teenage courage, friendship and bravado at the heart of the most terrible siege of the Second World War, the siege of Leningrad. The blockade became one of the longest and most destructive in history, and possibly the costliest in...‘‘ Lire la suite

T 2 The Regiment

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‘‘“To some British officers, we didn’t rate higher than terrorists. True, our methods bore a passing resemblance. But our actions had but a single goal: to spare our people’s blood, prevent British soldiers from being bombed or an RAF pilot from going down in flames”. The SAS’s motto: Who...‘‘ Lire la suite

T 1 The Regiment

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‘‘“The SAS is an elite unit, forged in the desert through direct contact with the enemy. Your memoir writers and assorted armchair generals love this sort of pedantic declaration. But despite my Oxford education, I can’t stand this sort of horseshit. We created the SAS because we were...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 2 Hammerfall

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‘‘Björn the Beautiful offers Svear prisoners, amongst whom Harald, his brother and his wife, to some frightful non-human creatures, the Skanes, so that he can continue their journey into Ulf the White’s territory. Lina is still his prisoner, trying to deceive him by falsely converting to...‘‘ Lire la suite

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T 1 Hammerfall

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‘‘In the spring of 794, Ulf the White’s warriors raid a monastery in Jarrow, Northumberland, to get their hands on holy relics. Jarrow is of great significance to the Christian West, as new paths of ecclesiastic thought are being opened up there. It is the beginning of a war that would...‘‘ Lire la suite