Maria Barbara Piccioli Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Une intrigue bien ourdie comme il est d'usage chez cette prolifique auteure. [SDM]

On les appelle le peuple sauvage. Lorsque Marlo Morgan, Américaine tranquille, rencontre cette tribu d'aborigènes australiens, elle ne sait pas que sa vie va être bouleversée. Dépouillée de ses vêtements, déconnectée de sa culture, la " mutante " est propulsée, pieds nus, dans le bush australien. Au contact de ses étranges compagnons, entre la peur et l'émerveillement, elle va apprendre à remplacer les médicaments par les plantes, les pièces de téléphone par la télépathie, le stress par la communion avec la nature et animaux. Recevoir les dons généreux du hasard, devenir réel, entendre les messages de la nature auxquels nous sommes devenus sourds : tel est l'enseignement de ce récit insolite qui nous ouvre les portes d'une sagesse vieille de cinquante mille ans. Écoutons battre, jaillies du désert, les pulsations d'une vie très ancienne : un monde de pureté nous est offert.

Il suo fato era scritto nelle stelle. Quel giovane dal carattere forte edeciso, coraggioso fino all'incoscienza, non poteva che essere destinato aqualcosa di grande. Lo sapeva bene il feroce Renio, l'ex gladiatore cui erastato affidato il compito di farne un vero guerriero. Nel futuro di CaioGiulio Cesare c'è Roma, la città eterna che si accinge a estendere il suodominio su tutto il Mediterraneo, ma cova in seno molte serpi velenose. Onorie ricchezze attendono l'uomo che, destreggiandosi tra intrighi politici esanguinarie guerre intestine, saprà rimanere fedele a se stesso e ai propriideali. Ma dure prove si profilano all'orizzonte, dalla guerra contro i piratiche flagellano le coste italiche al conflitto con Mitridate, ambizioso re delPonto, prima che Cesare possa intraprendere il suo cammino verso la gloria el'immortalità.

In this novel, ace lawyer Bennie Rosato is duelling evil in the form of her own twin sister, ex-convict Alice Connolly, who has returned to Philadelphia to exact her revenge and ruin Bennie. A mysterious stranger appears just in time to help Bennie in a fight that turns out to be for her life.

1400 miglia nell'Outback australiano, a piedi nudi, cibandosi di quanto la natura offre, vermi compresi, sotto un sole implacabile. Ma, privata anche del più piccolo agio cui la civiltà ci ha abituati, condividendo la vita quotidiana degli aborigeni, imparando i loro segreti per sopravvivere, Marlo Morgan scopre un altro mondo e un altro modo di essere, in completa armonia con se stessa e con gli altri, e comprende il vero significato della parola esistere.

In 1972, a 16-year-old American living in Amsterdam finds a mysterious book in her diplomat father's library. The book is ancient, blank except for a sinister woodcut of a dragon and the word "Drakulya," but it's the letters tucked inside, dated 1930 and addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," that really pique her curiosity. Her widowed father, Paul, reluctantly provides pieces of a chilling story; it seems this ominous little book has a way of forcing itself on its owners, with terrifying results. Paul's former adviser at Oxford, Professor Rossi, became obsessed with researching Dracula and was convinced that he remained alive. When Rossi disappeared, Paul continued his quest with the help of another scholar, Helen, who had her own reasons for seeking the truth. As Paul relates these stories to his daughter, she secretly begins her own research. Kostova builds suspense by revealing the threads of her story as the narrator discovers them: what she's told, what she reads in old letters and, of course, what she discovers directly when the legendary threat of Dracula looms. Along with all the fascinating historical information, there's also a mounting casualty count, and the big showdown amps up the drama by pulling at the heartstrings at the same time it revels in the gruesome. Exotic locales, tantalizing history, a family legacy and a love of the bloodthirsty: it's hard to imagine that readers won't be bitten, too.

Les hommes et les femmes ne parlent pas la même langue ! D'où les frustrations, les malentendus, les déchirements... Mars, dieu de la Guerre, Vénus, déesse de l'Amour : les deux sexes se ressemblent peu dans leur manière d'agir et d'exprimer leurs sentiments. Des années d'expérience conjugale ont permis à John Gray d'analyser ces différences pour en faire une source d'enrichissement mutuel plutôt que de conflit. Best-seller dans le monde entier, ce guide est indispensable pour communiquer et vivre en harmonie avec l'autre sexe.

En 1891, des jeunes filles disparaissent mystérieusement. Mais lorsqu'un siècle plus tard, on découvre leurs squelettes ainsi que les cadavres de mortes plus récentes, la petite ville de Spring Lake, vieille station balnéaire chic de la côte atlantique, est tétanisée. Chacun semble avoir quelque chose à cacher. Le docteur, l'agent immobilier, le restaurateur... tous paraissent suspects. Mais sont-ils pour autant coupables? Dans cette atmosphère d'angoisse grandissante, Emily Graham, une jeune avocate new-yorkaise, s'installe dans la maison de famille où, jadis, vécut Madeline, son ancêtre assassinée. Un homme observe ses faits et gestes. S'agit-il d'un tueur ? De mystérieux liens semblent le rattacher à toutes ces victimes du passé. Emily sera-t-elle sa prochaine cible?

For as long as she can remember, Lady Adriana Sutton has adored Colton Wyndham, to whom she has been promised by an agreement of courtship and betrothal since childhood.

Discover the classic thriller that launched the #1 detective series of the past twenty-five years, now one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads" Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in the ghettos of D. C. and looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano. But he also has two adorable kids of his own, and they are his own special vulnerabilities. Jezzie Flanagan is the first woman ever to hold the highly sensitive job as supervisor of the Secret Service in Washington. Blond, mysterious, seductive, she's got an outer shell that's as tough as it is beautiful. She rides her black BMW motorcycle at speeds of no less than 100 mph. What is she running from? What is her secret? Alex Cross and Jezzie Flanagan are about to have a forbidden love affair-at the worst possible time for both of them. Because Gary Soneji, who wants to commit the "crime of the century," is playing at the top of his game. Soneji has outsmarted the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police. Who will be his next victim? Gary Soneji is every parent's worst nightmare. He has become Alex Cross's nightmare. And now, reader, he's about to become yours.