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Après la résolution d'un cold case vieux de trente ans (cf. tome 6), la vie reprend son cours à Wahlbourg pour Léopoldine et Quentin. C'est alors qu'arrive une grande nouvelle : Niels Anderson, parrain de la première édition du festival du polar, a été si enchanté par son séjour en Alsace et par l'accueil qui lui a été réservé (cf. tome 5) qu'il propose d'inviter à ses frais douze personnes à un séminaire sur le roman policier européen à Londres. Fin août, une joyeuse bande s'envole pour la capitale anglaise. Entre tourisme et shopping, ils sont censés passer un bon moment.

On a cold Christmas Eve in Victorian London, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge greets the season with a scowl and his famous “Bah! Humbug!” But when a ghostly visitor from his past warns him of a terrible fate, Scrooge is thrust into a haunting night of revelation and redemption.

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One of Charles Dickens’s more tender and lesser-known Christmas novellas, The Battle of Life unfolds in a tranquil English village, where the rhythm of daily life is soon disturbed by the quiet dramas of the human heart.

A man named Redlaw, burdened by sorrow and past regrets, is visited by a mysterious ghost who offers him a strange bargain: to forget all pain and suffering. At first, this gift seems like a blessing, but Redlaw soon discovers that erasing sorrow can also erase compassion, empathy, and human connection.

One of Charles Dickens’ most enduring works, Oliver Twist tells the compelling story of an orphaned boy navigating the harsh realities of 19th-century London. Born in a workhouse and left motherless, Oliver faces the cruelty and deprivation of a society indifferent to the poor. From his early days in the workhouse to the perilous streets of the city, his journey is marked by danger, injustice, and remarkable resilience.

On a cold and fog-shrouded Christmas Eve in London, the miserly and hard-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge sits alone in his counting-house, dismissing the warmth of human kindness with his scornful cry of “Bah! Humbug!” To him, charity is folly and friendship a waste of time; money and solitude are his only companions. But when the ghost of his long-dead partner, Jacob Marley, appears with clanking chains and a dire warning, Scrooge is drawn into a night of revelation that will change him forever.

Dieses Hörbuch präsentiert eine abwechslungsreiche Sammlung kurzer französischer Dialoge und Geschichten, die typische Alltagssituationen aus verschiedenen Lebensbereichen aufgreifen. Die Figuren erleben kleine Überraschungen, Missverständnisse und Begegnungen, wie sie überall auf der Welt auftreten können: zufällige Gespräche, Beobachtungen in Cafés und Geschäften, kulturelle Höflichkeitsformen, Momente des Lernens im Berufsalltag oder kleine Gesten zwischen Fremden, die eine größere Wirkung haben.

Dans l’ombre d’une boutique encombrée de bibelots et de souvenirs, Dickens fait naître un monde où les objets muets reflètent les passions humaines. Autour du magasin d’antiquités, une galerie de figures inoubliables—humblement héroïques, burlesques ou inquiétantes—se croisent, tandis que la compassion et la satire se répondent. Entre émotion et ironie, il tisse une chronique où la précarité, la convoitise et l’espérance s’affrontent.

A House to Let is a rare literary collaboration between four of the greatest voices of the Victorian era—Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter. First published as a Christmas story, this richly woven tale combines Dickens’ humor and humanity, Collins’ flair for suspense, Gaskell’s warmth and insight, and Procter’s poetic sensibility.

Amateur sleuth Charles Lenox investigates the murder of a Parliament member, moving through the glamorous high society of Victorian London in the next novel from acclaimed author Charles Finch. In the spring of 1881, Lenox is caught up in the whirl of London life when his brother arrives to tell...

Noah Kingston, a journalist from 2025, wakes up at Norman Manley International Airport—300 years in the future. The year is 2300, and Jamaica has become a dazzling high-tech metropolis where solar-powered skyscrapers pierce the sky, and AI governs daily life. But beneath this glittering utopia lies a dark conspiracy that Noah is inexplicably tied to.

I’m a ghost. A specter, some would say. A spirit. A shade, the hallucination of a compromised mind. Whatever moniker you prefer, that’s me. Excepting that last one. Uncle MortonI ran freight and wagon trains for years from Missouri to Santa Fe. Courted death from arrows to snake bites, drowning to dysentery, each and every trip. Came through all that only to be dealt a bad hand in Deadwood. Got myself killed.

If your mind feels busy even when your body is still, you are not alone. Quiet the Mind: Quick Guide on 7 Paths Leading to Freedom from Overthinking is a compassionate guide to understanding the thoughts that keep you awake at night and learning how to let them rest.

Considered as the foundation of evolutionary biology, Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking On the Origin of Species profoundly transformed the field of biology at the time, as well as contemporary religious beliefs.

Two brothers. Two perspectives. One loud "Absolutely Not." Absolutely Not with Eric & Charles is the unapologetically honest, unfiltered, and sometimes hilarious podcast where real life gets talked about for real. From family and fatherhood to faith, culture, leadership, and whatever wild story Eric decides to bring to the table this week, nothing is off limits. Charles brings the grounded wisdom, Eric brings the uncut energy, and together they create a space where the conversations are as authentic as they are necessary. It's the kind of show that feels like pulling up a chair at the family ...

Follow the genial Mr. Samuel Pickwick, an affable and inquisitive gentleman of leisure, as he embarks on a series of delightfully chaotic adventures across the English countryside. With his loyal companions—Mr. Tupman, the romantic; Mr. Snodgrass, the would-be poet; and Mr. Winkle, the bumbling sportsman—Pickwick sets out to observe the follies, customs, and curiosities of his fellow countrymen. What begins as a harmless society of amateur observers soon unfolds into a grand comedy of mishaps, misunderstandings, and unexpected revelations.

A young boy named Edward comes of age in a tale filled with warmth, humor, and the quiet wisdom of everyday life. Dickens follows him—and a spirited cast of friends, neighbors, and family—as they move through the tender joys and small heartbreaks of childhood in a close-knit English village. Through dramatic twists of fate, comic misunderstandings, and unexpected acts of kindness, Edward learns the timeless lessons of love, honesty, and forgiveness.

An often overlooked, yet very important, environmental process in world history is known as the “Late Antique Little Ice Age,” which took place during the 6th century A.D. across most of the Northern Hemisphere and received its name because it was shorter and less well-known than the Little Ice Age, which took place from the 16th-19th centuries.

Mit seiner Gedichtsammlung Die Blumen des Bösen schuf er den Grundstein für die moderne europäische Lyrik: Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867). Diese Sammlung ist keineswegs eine reine Anthologie von Gedichten, sondern ein durchkomponiertes Ganzes, das in sechs Kapiteln angeordnet ist. Romantik, Melancholie und Weltschmerz sind die beherrschenden Stimmungen dieses großen Werkes, das so viele spätere Poeten so nachhaltig beeinflussen sollte.