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Semences des mots est un recueil de poèmes dans lequel les mots sont des graines emportées par le vent. On y découvre des mangues devenues langage, les trouvailles d'un flâneur dans un livre inédit déniché chez un bouquiniste des quais de la Seine, des confidences entre amoureux ou presque, mais aussi des pages emplies de colère contre la guerre, l'exclusion, la misère et les barbaries du monde. Malgré sa fragilité, l'amour fraternel rétablit...

Paris, juin 1867 L'empereur Napoléon III, malgré les réticences de son entourage et du troublant inspecteur Lecoq, confie une affaire délicate au capitaine Allonfleur. Un meurtre a été commis à l'Exposition universelle qui se tient au Champ de Mars. Lors de cette enquête, Hadrien Allonfleur se heurtera à la réalité douloureuse des conditions de vie des femmes au travail, conduisant les plus démunies à la prostitution occasionnelle. Le...

Andrea Bernardi, Detektiv der Stadtpolizei Zürich, jagt einen Drogendealer. Unterstützt wird er von der Praktikantin Rea. Eine Spur führt in die Wohnung der attraktiven, geheimnisvollen Rebecca König, die rund um den Globus fliegt und abwechselnd im Central Park joggt, durch Jeddahs Suqs schlendert, in Accra ein SOS-Kinderdorf besucht, über die Golden Gate Bridge fährt oder in Miami am Strand liegt. Ist sie die perfekt getarnte Kokainhändlerin?...

"Vienna Price never intended to return for more than a passing visit to Oregon and all the bad memories she'd left behind. But when your career tanks, home is where you go to nurse your wounds and chart a new course. Only temporarily, of course -- because as much as she loves her quirky mom, anything more than a short stay would drive them both crazy. A trip to Oregon isn't in Matt Quinn's plans, either, until a perfectly timed appeal for help arrives...

Human connection is a basic human need. In her second memoir, The Power of Meeting and Connecting with Strangers, author Irene Sardanis captures the importance of connection and illustrates how it can be met in the most unlikely places: with strangers. Irene has discovered that connections can be forged everywhere she goes and in unpredictable ways. Doing so has led to rich, vibrant connections she never anticipated, which she shares in these pages. Irene...

The genres of expository writing and persuasion are covered in this book. Each lesson has a description of the writing genre, how to practice in class, teaching ideas, and ways to display student work. Lessons on bookmaking and publishing are included. Great for writing teachers and homeschoolers.

Accountant jokes are meant to lighten the mood and bring a smile to the faces of accountants, who often deal with complex financial matters. These jokes provide a humorous take on the profession and the terminology associated with it.

When Emma visits friends on the Darling River, she isn't expecting to find herself defending one of them from an accusation of murder. But now two men are dead and not everyone believes it was an accident.There are twists in the story and being manipulated by the family doesn't sit well with Emma. She must reveal the culprit before she returns home, or leave the Lockwoods with a murderer in their midst, and her friends with an uncertain future.But...

Time is a fascinating subject, and one that offers many opportunities for learning, both for those just starting out with telling time, to more advanced ideas like time zones, time telling devices and telling time by the sun and stars. This ebook includes lesson ideas on basic time telling, reading analog and digital clocks, 24-hour clocks, the reasons for seasons, and much more.

While Emma discovers that even the dead have secrets, she isn't about to let that prevent her from taking care of what her friend left behind. But the children they take on board the Mary B prove to have secrets of their own. Not taking care of them isn't an option for Emma, despite their resentment at being uprooted. But when that care brings her face to face with a killer she quickly discovers that the secrets of the living can be downright deadly....