Paul Gallico
Coronation
Imagine seeing the Queen that close as she goes by in her golden carriage! The kiddies will have something to tell their kiddies, won’t they? And a drink of real champagne to go with it! Coronation Day, 2 June 1953! A humble, working-class family from Sheffield is desperate to buy train tickets to London to see the coronation, but doing so means forsaking their annual seaside holiday. After some scrimping and saving, and a family meeting in which the enthusiasm of the children overrules the reluctance of their long-suffering mother and grandmother, the Clagg family take the plunge and buy premium, champagne tickets for the big day.
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Undermajordomo minor
En Anglais – Lucy Minor is the resident odd duck in the hamlet of Bury. He is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for begetting brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as undermajordomo, he soon discovers the place harbours many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts of the castle's master, Baron Von Aux. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder. Undermajordomo Minor is an ink-black comedy of manners, an adventure, and a mystery, and a searing portrayal of rural Alpine bad behaviour, but above all it is a love story. And Lucy must be careful, for love is a violent thing.
Le jardin des bêtes sauvages
Tout en contournant le récif du Panthéon, je ruminais une question que je devais me poser mille et mille fois par la suite, une question que je sentais déjà familière à toutes mes fibres : “Allons! Qu'est-ce qu'il' y a encore? Qu'a-t-il encore inventé?” Oui, telle était la question qui, plus ou moins bien formulée, s'élevait du fond de mon coeur quand je voyais maman serrer les lèvres jusqu'à les vider de toute cou-leur, ou quand papa préludait en public à quelqu'une de ces colères théâtrales qui avaient fait, qui faisaient encore la terreur du clan.
Pêcheurs d’Homme
Une étonnante aventure se joue, depuis plus de trente ans, parmi les jeunes catholiques ouvriers, une aventure où s’exaltent les passions les plus nobles : ils se sont faits ” pécheurs d’hommes “. C’est cette aventure, celle de leurs espérances, celle de leurs combats, qu’évoque le saisissant roman de Maxence van der Meersch.
Marker, segnali d’allarme
En italien – New York, Manhattan General Hospital: persone sane e giovani, sottoposte a interventi di routine, muoiono ventiquattr’ore dopo l’operazione. La cosa insospettisce Laurie Montgomery, medico legale dell’ospedale. La dottoressa si getta a capofitto nell’indagine, anche se ostacolata da superiori e colleghi che pensano si tratti di pure coincidenze. Le morti però aumentano e Laurie è sempre più convinta che sia opera di un serial killer: tutte le vittime hanno infatti mappe genetiche simili. Che qualcuno abbia bisogno di materia su sui fare esperimenti? Il tempo scorre rapido ed è necessario trovare una soluzione all’enigma anche per salvare la vita alla stessa Laurie, che, positiva a un marker tumorale, scoprirà di avere un legame particolare con la vicenda…