Norman Gobetti Livres

The Ibis, carrying a cargo of indentured servants, battles a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. Among those fighting for survival are Neel, a convicted raja; Paulette, a French orphan disguised as a deckhand; and Deeti, a widowed poppy grower escaping with her love, Kalua. The storm also endangers the clipper ship Anahita, laden with the largest opium shipment ever sent from India to Canton. Meanwhile, the Redruth, a nursery ship, transports horticulturist "Fitcher" Penrose, who seeks the hidden treasures of China—plants with healing, beautifying, or intoxicating properties. These characters converge in Canton's Fanqui-Town, a chaotic enclave where cultures collide and sometimes merge, serving as a powder keg on the brink of the Opium Wars. The narrative is filled with spectacular coincidences, reversals of fortune, and tender love stories. However, it transcends being a mere page-turner; it delves into the relentless pursuit of wealth, the drug trade's dominance, and the hypocrisy of freedom rhetoric. This historical novel intertwines the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, offering powerful contemporary relevance. Critics have lauded the previous installment for its vibrant storytelling and rich narrative, and this continuation promises to engage readers worldwide.

" On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is. Cleans them right off the face of the earth.They all go." Alan Weisman looks to the future to discover what the world might be like, and how it would change, if humans disappeared right now, for good. In the current age of anxiety over our impact on the earth's climate and environment, this timely book offers an intriguing glimpse of what the real legacy of our time on the planet may be. How would the natural world respond if it were suddenly relieved of the burden of humanity? Would the climate return to where it was before we fired up our engines? Could nature ever obliterate all traces of human civilization?How would it undo our largest buildings and public works, and could it reduce our myriad plastics and synthetics to benign, basic elements? And what about architecture and art?What will be our most enduring legacy? This groundbreaking book examines areas of the world that have been abandoned or never occupied by humans to see how they have fared without us and looks beyond to discover whether, and for how long, our largest cities, biggest achievements and most devastating mistakes will last after we are gone. In doing so it wrestles with some of the key concerns of our time and reveals a picture of the future that is both illuminating and terrifying.

In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors--doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As violence and the threat of violence escalate, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through.

En 1951, pendant la guerre de Corée, Marcus Messner, 19 ans et d'origine juive, étudie au Winesburg College dans l'Ohio pour fuir la paranoïa de son père. Ce roman d'apprentissage explore son parcours intellectuel et sexuel.

Ten-year-old Judith McPherson sees the world with the clear eyes of faith. Other students persecute her for her differences. To escape, Judith builds a Land of Decoration, a model in miniature of the Promised Land. When her father's factory job is threated by a strike and the taunting of school slips into dangerous territory, they threaten the very foundations of Judith's world

A spellbinding, globe-trotting novel by the bestselling author of the Ibis trilogy